Senate Indian Affairs Committee, 115th Congress (2017–2018): Members & Record

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71 bills referred in the 115th Congress

930 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 119th at 95. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 115th Congress

Members, 115th Congress 17

Everyone who held a seat in the 115th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-ND	John Hoeven	Chair
D-NM	Tom Udall	Vice Chair
D-MN	Al FrankenLeft Dec 21, 2017
D-HI	Brian Schatz
D-NV	Catherine Cortez Masto
D-ND	Heidi Heitkamp
R-OK	James Lankford
R-KS	Jerry Moran
R-WY	John Barrasso
R-AZ	John McCainLeft Aug 23, 2018
R-AZ	Jon KylJoined Sep 6, 2018
D-MT	Jon Tester
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski
D-WA	Maria Cantwell
R-ID	Mike Crapo
R-MT	Steve Daines
D-MN	Tina SmithJoined Jan 9, 2018

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 115th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 115th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 3030	Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act	Referred To	Jun 7, 2018
S 2804	Cultivating Resources, Opportunity, Prosperity, and Sustainability (CROPS) for Indian Country Act	Markup By	May 16, 2018
S 1400	Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2017	Markup By	May 16, 2018
S 995	Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act	Reported By	May 7, 2018
HR 146	Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act	Referred To	Apr 17, 2018
S 1250	Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2017	Markup By	Apr 11, 2018
S 1870	SURVIVE Act	Reported By	Apr 9, 2018
S 2628	Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act	Referred To	Mar 22, 2018

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 115th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 115-611	Missing and Murdered: Confronting the Silent Crisis in Indian Country77 pagesOn S. 1870, S. 1942, S. 1953, S.Res. 401 6 witnesses Addington, Charles, Director, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior Alexander, Patricia, Co-Chair, Violence Against Women Task Force, Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Crotty, Hon. Amber, Delegate, Navajo Nation Council Johnson, Robert, Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice LaPorte, Gerald, Director, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice Loring-Heavy Runner, Kimberly, Missoula, MT	Dec 12, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-435	S. 2788, H.R. 2606, and H.R. 403245 pagesOn H.R. 2060, H.R. 2606, H.R. 4032, S. 2788 4 witnesses Enos, Jr., Hon. Barney, Councilman, Gila River Indian Community Floyd, Hon. James R., Principal Chief, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lacounte, Darryl, Acting Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior Yankton, Sr., Hon. Douglas, Vice-Chairman, Spirit Lake Tribe	Nov 14, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-423	GAO Reports Relating to Broadband Internet Availability on Tribal Lands62 pagesOn H.R. 1625, S. 2958 4 witnesses Blackwell, Geoffrey C., Chief Strategy Officer/General Counsel, Amerind Risk Management Corporation Enjady, Godfrey, President, National Tribal Telecommunications Association Goldstein, Mark, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office Webre, Patrick, Chief, Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission	Oct 3, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-610	Justice for Native Youth: the GAO Report on Native American Youth Involvement in Justice Systems and Information on Grants to Help Address Juvenile Delinquency66 pagesOn H.R. 3847, S. 1953 5 witnesses Abinanti, Hon. Abby, Chief Judge, Yurok Tribal Court Goodwin, Gretta L., Ph.D, Director, Justice and Law Enforcement Issues, Homeland Security and Justice Team, U.S. Government Accountability Office Harp, Caren, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice Rolnick, Addie, Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Tahsuda, John, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary For Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior	Sep 26, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-404	Overcrowded Housing and the Impacts on American Indians and Alaska Natives42 pages 6 witnesses Brancaleone III, Gaetano, Principal, Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial School Gologergen, Brianne P., Clinic Manager, Norton Sound Health Corporation Iya, Jacob, Student, Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial School Kolerok, Christopher, President/CEO, Bering Straits Regional Housing Authority Pungowiyi, Hon. Delbert, President, Native Village of Savoonga Stuckey, Greg, Administrator, Alaska Office of Native American Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develompent	Aug 25, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-367	Examining Efforts to Maintain and Revitalize Native Languages for Future Generations88 pagesOn H.R. 216, S. 254, S. 458 5 witnesses Baird, Hon. Jessie Little Doe, Vice Chairwoman, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Hovland, Hon. Jeannie, Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hummingbird, Lauren E., Graduate, Tsalagi Tsunadeloquasdi, Cherokee Nation Immersion School Rawlins, Namaka, Director, Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration, Aha Punana Leo Sims, Christine, Ph.D., Director, American Indian Language Policy Research and Teacher Training Center	Aug 22, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-343	S. 2154, S. 3060, and S. 316855 pagesOn H.R. 5317, S. 2154, S. 3060, S. 3168, S. 3172 4 witnesses Mikkelsen, Alan, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Water and Western Resource Issues; Chair, Working Group on Indian Water Settlements, U.S. Department of the Interior Pickernell, Hon. Harry, Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation Randall, Hon. Lester, Chairman, Kickapoo Tribe Tubbs, John, Director, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation	Jul 18, 2018
S. Hrg. 115-327	S. 2599, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act18 pagesOn S. 2599 2 witnesses Jackson, Sr., Hon. Faron, Chairman, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Weldon, Leslie, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Jul 11, 2018

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 115th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 115-433	To Amend the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 and the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to Provide for Advancements in Public Safety Services to Indian Communities, and for Other PurposesOn S. 1953	Dec 13, 2018
S. Rept. 115-411	To Direct the Attorney General to Review, Revise, and Develop Law Enforcement and Justice Protocols Appropriate to Address Missing and Murdered Indians, and for Other PurposesOn S. 1942	Dec 4, 2018
S. Rept. 115-401	To Approve the Settlement of the Water Rights Claims of the Navajo Nation in Utah, to Authorize Construction of Projects in Connection Therewith, and for Other PurposesOn S. 664	Nov 29, 2018
S. Rept. 115-399	Gila River Indian Community Federal Rights-Of-Way, Easements and Boundary Clarification ActOn H.R. 4032	Nov 29, 2018
S. Rept. 115-398	Stigler Act Amendments of 2018On H.R. 2606	Nov 29, 2018
S. Rept. 115-396	To Provide for the Transfer of Certain Federal Land in the State of Minnesota for the Benefit of the Leech Lake Band of OjibweOn S. 2599	Nov 28, 2018
S. Rept. 115-363	An Act to Repeal Section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to Remove the Prohibition on Certain Alcohol Manufacturing on Indian LandsOn H.R. 5317	Nov 14, 2018
S. Rept. 115-344	To Take Lands in Sonoma County, California, into Trust as Part of the Reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for Other PurposesOn H.R. 597	Oct 5, 2018

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 115th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN1180	Robert M. Weaver, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of four years, vice Yvette Roubideaux, term expired.Department of Health and Human Services	WithdrawnReceived message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.	Oct 24, 2017
PN1179	Tara Sweeney, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Kevin K. Washburn, resigned.Department of the Interior	Confirmed Jun 28, 2018Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Oct 24, 2017

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 115th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-7068	A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Fiscal Year 2015 Report to Congress on Administration of the Tribal Self-Governance Program"; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Nov 15, 2018
EC-6925	A communication from the Executive Analyst (Political), Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 17, 2018; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Nov 13, 2018
EC-6784	A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "2017 Annual Report to the Congress on the Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund"; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Oct 10, 2018
EC-6366	A communication from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "OMB Sequestration Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2019"; to the Special Committee on Aging; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Budget; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Select Committee on Ethics; Finance; Foreign Relations; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Indian Affairs; Select Committee on Intelligence; the Judiciary; Rules and Administration; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and Veterans' Affairs.Executive communication	Sep 6, 2018
POM-290	A resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of Hawaii urging the United States Congress to make permanent the authority of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act, with all the funding resources necessary to effect this policy; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Petition or memorial	Aug 23, 2018
EC-5987	A communication from the Executive Analyst (Political), Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy in the position of Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services, received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 13, 2018; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Jul 18, 2018
EC-5625	A communication from the Director of the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments; Annual Adjustments" (RIN1076-AF40) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 19, 2018; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Jun 26, 2018
EC-5624	A communication from the Director of the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Addition of the Wind River Indian Reservation to the List of Courts of Indian Offenses" (RIN1076-AF39) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on June 19, 2018; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Jun 26, 2018

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 115th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 115-17	LISTENING SESSION before the COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION	PDF · Text

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Nominations	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	12	95	36	6	35	25	8	3	17	0
118th2023–2024	11	75	34	3	33	26	18	1	29	0
117th2021–2022	12	81	26	15	24	34	26	2	34	1
116th2019–2020	13	90	38	11	37	16	22	2	35	0
115th2017–2018	17	71	35	11	34	—	33	2	33	1
114th2015–2016	14	78	39	11	38	—	43	1	47	2
113th2013–2014	14	60	27	7	22	—	35	5	32	1
112th2011–2012	14	53	20	7	13	—	45	6	33	2
111th2009–2010	15	55	25	6	21	—	43	6	16	2
110th2007–2008	16	59	26	8	25	—	42	8	19	2
109th2005–2006	14	66	32	12	32	—	41	1	21	1
108th2003–2004	15	88	35	9	33	—	57	6	20	2
107th2001–2002	15	59	20	6	18	—	53	5	40	1

Membership changes 4

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 115th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Sep 6, 2018	Jon Kyl R-AZ	Joined	S.Res. 623
Aug 23, 2018	John McCain R-AZ	Left Congress	Last recorded vote
Jan 9, 2018	Tina Smith D-MN	Joined	S.Res. 370
Dec 21, 2017	Al Franken D-MN	Left Congress	Last recorded vote

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