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81 bills referred in the 117th 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 117th Congress

Meetings

Hearings and business meetings in the 117th Congress

Members, 117th Congress 12

Everyone who held a seat in the 117th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
D-HI	Brian Schatz	Chair
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski	Vice Chair
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján
D-NV	Catherine Cortez Masto
R-OK	James Lankford
R-KS	Jerry Moran
R-ND	John Hoeven
D-MT	Jon Tester
D-WA	Maria Cantwell
R-SD	Mike Rounds
R-MT	Steve Daines
D-MN	Tina Smith

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 117th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 4439	Katimiîn and Ameekyáaraam Sacred Lands Act	Discharged From	Dec 21, 2022
HR 897	Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act	Discharged From	Dec 21, 2022
S 5087	A bill to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes.	Discharged From	Dec 20, 2022
S 4104	Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022	Reported By	Dec 20, 2022
S 3168	A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.	Reported By	Dec 20, 2022
S 3308	Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resiliency Act of 2022	Reported By	Dec 20, 2022
S 3789	A bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.	Reported By	Dec 6, 2022
S 3381	Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2021	Reported By	Dec 6, 2022

Hearings, markups and business meetings, newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Kind	Subject	Status	Date
Meeting	Business meeting to consider S.4439, to take certain Federal land located in Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe.Capitol (Senate side) 1201 document	Scheduled	Dec 14, 2022

Meeting	Business meeting to consider S.3168, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, S.3308, to authorize the Colorado River Indian Tribes to enter into lease or exchange agreements and storage agreements relating to water of the Colorado River allocated to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, S.4104, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, and S.5087, to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S.4870, to approve the settlement of the water right claims of the Tule River Tribe, and S.4898, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the Rio San Jose Stream System in the State of New Mexico.Dirksen Senate Office Building 6281 document	Scheduled	Nov 16, 2022

Meeting	Hearings to examine promoting and supporting tribal access to spectrum and related benefits in Native communities.Dirksen Senate Office Building 628	Scheduled	Sep 21, 2022
Meeting	An oversight hearing to examine select provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes.Dirksen Senate Office Building 628	Scheduled	Jul 27, 2022
Meeting	Hearings to examine S.4104, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, S.4439, to take certain Federal land located in Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and H.R.5221, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban Indian organization confer policy for the Department of Health and Human Services.Dirksen Senate Office Building 6281 document	Scheduled	Jul 20, 2022

Meeting	Business meeting to consider the nomination of Roselyn Tso, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.Capitol (Senate side) 1151 document	Scheduled	Jul 13, 2022

Meeting	An oversight hearing to examine Volume 1 of the Department of the Interior's Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative investigative report, including S.2907, to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States.Dirksen Senate Office Building 6281 document	Scheduled	Jun 22, 2022

Meeting	Hearings to examine the nomination of Roselyn Tso, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.Dirksen Senate Office Building 6281 document	Scheduled	May 25, 2022

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 117th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 117-590	S. 4870, S. 4896 and S. 489884 pagesOn H.R. 123, H.R. 2498, H.R. 2534, H.R. 4685, S. 4870 and 2 more 6 witnesses Galvan, Hon. Gabriel, Governor, Pueblo of Zia Kowemy, Jr., Hon. Martin, Governor, Pueblo of Laguna Loretto, Hon. Raymond, DVM, Governor, Pueblo of Jemez Newland, Hon. Bryan, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior Peyron, Hon. Neil, Chairman, Tule River Tribe Vicente, Hon. Randall, Governor, Pueblo of Acoma	Nov 16, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-539	Contaminated Land Conveyances: the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Detrimental Impacts of Contamination on Native Communities and the Next Steps for Environmental Justice70 pages 6 witnesses Beasley, Lara Chief, Environmental Division, U.S. Army Corps Engineers; accompanied by, Colonel Damon A. Delarosa, Commander Bissett, Hallie, Executive Director, Alaska Native Village Corporation Association Brune, Hon. Jason, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Cohn, Steven M., Alaska State Director, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior; accompanied by, Erika Reed, Acting Associate State Director, Bureau of Land Management Tutiakoff, Hon. Vincent, Mayor, City of Unalaska; Chairman of the Board, Unalaska Corporation; Traditional Chief, Qawalangin Tribe Waterhouse, Carlton J.D., Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Aug 23, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-527	Select Provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties Between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes155 pagesOn H.R. 16, H.R. 1514, H.R. 2606, H.R. 4637, S. 1 and 1 more 8 witnesses Burrage, Hon. Michael, General Counsel, Choctaw Nation Chaudhuri, Hon. Jonodev Osceola, Ambassador, Muscogee Creek Nation Greethman, Stephen, Senior Counsel, Chickasaw Nation Hoskin, Jr., Hon. Chuck, Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation Johnson, Hon. Lewis J., Chief, Seminole Nation; accompanied by Hon. Brian Thomas Palmer, Assistant Chief Newland, Hon. Bryan, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior Vann, Marilyn, President, Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Tribes Association Waters, Hon. Maxine, U.S. Representative from California	Jul 27, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-530	S. 4104, S. 4439, and H.R. 522146 pagesOn H.R. 5221, H.R. 6032, H.R. 7581, H.R. 7633, S. 1770 and 3 more 5 witnesses Attebery, Hon. Russell, Chairman, Karuk Tribe Clarke, Hon. Damon, Chairman, Hualapai Tribe Freihage, Jason, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Management, U.S. Department of the Interior Rock, Dr. Patrick, CEO, Indian Health Board Smith, Benjamin, Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Jul 20, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-352	Investing in Native Communities: Transformative Opportunities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act59 pages 10 witnesses Anderson, Hon. Keith B., Chairman, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Baumann, Jeremiah, Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary for Infrastructure, U.S. Department of Energy Benjamin, Hon. Melanie, CEO, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Chavers, Hon. Cathy, Chairwoman, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Dupuis, Sr., Hon. Kevin, Chairman, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Fowler, Elizabeth, Acting Director, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Larsen, Hon. Robert, President, Lower Sioux Indian Community Newland, Hon. Bryan, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior Savariego, Adam, Tribal Secretary, Upper Sioux Community Additional Statement Submitted for the Record by Hon. Michael Fairbanks, Tribal Chairman, White Earth Nation	Jun 28, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-534	Volume 1 of the Department of the Interior's Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report and S. 2907128 pagesOn H.R. 4054, H.R. 5444, S. 2907, S.Res. 2907 5 witnesses Francis, Hon. Kirk, Chief, Penobscot Indian Nation Haaland, Hon. Deb, Secretary of the Interior, Department of the Interior; accompanied by Hon. Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary Medicine Crow, La quen naay Liz, President/CEO, First Alaskans Institute White Hawk, Sandra, President, National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Wong, Norma Ryuko Kaweloku Roshi, Native Hawaiian Policy Lead, Office Of Former Hawai'i Governor John Waihe'e	Jun 22, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-318	Upholding the Federal Trust Responsibility: Funding and Program Access for Innovation for Native Hawaiians--Part 1Held Jun 1, 2022 to Jun 2, 2022 · 145 pages 14 witnesses June 1, 2022..................................................... Aila, Jr., William J., Chairman, Hawaiian Homes Commission Daniels, Sheri-Ann, Ed.D., Chief Executive Officer, Papa Ola LoKahi Farden, Elena, Executive Director, Native Hawaiian Education Council Lee, Winona Kaalouahi, M.D., Associate Chair, Medical Education, Department of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i Lewis, Kuhio, President/CEO, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement Lindsey, Hon. Carmen ``Hulu'', Chair, Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs June 2, 2022..................................................... Statement of Senator Schatz Kalili, Amy, Partner, Pilina First LLP Kawai'ae'a, Keiki, Ph.D., Director, Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikoLani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai`i Kawelu, Luana, Director, Merrie Monarch Festival Lincoln, Noa Kekuewa, Ph.D., Advisor, Hawai`i `Ulu Cooperative; President, MaLa Kalu`ulu Cooperative; and Associate Research Professor, University of Hawai`i Nae`ole-Wong, KaHealani, Head of School, Kamehameha Schools Rawlins, Namaka, Director, Hale Kipa `Oiwi Zane, KuHa'o, Creative Director, Sig Zane Designs and Szkaiao; Kalaimoku Board of Directors, Edith Kanaka`ole Foundation	Jun 1, 2022
S. Hrg. 117-547	Nomination of Roselyn Tso to Be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services45 pages 2 witnesses Nez, Hon. Jonathan, President, Navajo Nation Tso, Roselyn, nominated to be director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services	May 25, 2022

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 117th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 117-287	Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022On S. 4104	Dec 22, 2022
S. Rept. 117-286	Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resiliency Act of 2022On S. 3308	Dec 22, 2022
S. Rept. 117-285	To Amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to Modify the Enforceability Date for Certain Provisions, and for Other PurposesOn S. 3168	Dec 21, 2022
S. Rept. 117-234	A Bill to Amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to Authorize Grants to Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Native Hawaiian Organizations, and for Other PurposesOn S. 3789	Dec 6, 2022
S. Rept. 117-233	A Bill to Authorize Leases of Up to 99 Years for Land Held in Trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis ReservationOn S. 3773	Dec 6, 2022
S. Rept. 117-232	Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2021On S. 3381	Dec 6, 2022
S. Rept. 117-127	Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition ActOn H.R. 4881	Jun 23, 2022
S. Rept. 117-126	Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2021On H.R. 1975	Jun 23, 2022

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 117th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN1840	Roselyn Tso, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of four years, vice Michael D. Weahkee.Department of Health and Human Services	Confirmed Sep 21, 2022Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Mar 10, 2022
PN457	Bryan Todd Newland, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Tara Sweeney.Department of the Interior	Confirmed Aug 7, 2021Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Apr 27, 2021

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 117th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
EC-5890	A communication from the General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Audit Standards" (RIN3141-AA68) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on December 2, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 15, 2022
EC-5724	A communication from the Deputy Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a legislative proposal relative to establishing a subaccount within the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund to provide mandatory funding to address the ongoing Operation, Maintenance, and Repair requirements associated with four enacted Indian Water Rights Settlements managed by the Bureau of Reclamation; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 7, 2022
EC-5723	A communication from the General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Family License Notifications" (RIN3141-AA76) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 10, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Dec 7, 2022
EC-5323	A communication from the General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Submission of Gaming Ordinance or Resolution" (RIN3141-AA73) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Nov 16, 2022
EC-5322	A communication from the General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Audit Standards" (RIN3141-AA68) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 27, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Nov 16, 2022
EC-5287	A communication from the Wildlife Biologist, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2022-23 Season" (RIN1018-BF07) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 28, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Nov 16, 2022
EC-5286	A communication from the Senior Advisor, 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 in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 11, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Nov 16, 2022
EC-5153	A communication from the General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Facility License Notification" (RIN3141-AA76) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 19, 2022; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.Executive communication	Sep 21, 2022

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 117th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 117-13	Native Communities and the Climate Crisis	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	24	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

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