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Updated February 14, 2006

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
109th Congress - 1st& 2ndSession
Hearing List


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1st Session


January

1/26/05
Business Meeting, to select the Chairman and Vice Chairman, and adopt the rules of the Committee for the 108th Congress.


February

2/16/05
Oversight Hearing, on the President's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request


March

3/1/05
Hearing, on S. 147, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act.

3/9/05
    Business Meeting, on:
    • S. 147, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, and other pending Committee matters.
    • S. 536, A bill to make technical corrections to laws relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.

    Oversight Hearing, on Trust Reform.


April

4/5/05
Hearing, on S.113, a bill to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust.

4/13/05
Oversight Hearing, on Indian Health.

4/27/05
Oversight Hearing, on Regulation of Indian Gaming.


May

5/2/05
Field Hearing, on Youth Suicide Prevention.

5/11505
Oversight Hearing, on Federal Recognition of Indian Tribes.

5/18/05
Oversight Hearing, on Taking Land into Trust.

5/25/05
Hearing, on S.J.Res.15, A joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.


June

6/15/05
Oversight Hearing, on Youth Suicide Prevention.

6/16/05
Oversight Hearing, on Indian Education.

6/22/05
Oversight Hearing, on the In Re Tribal Lobbying Matters, Et Al.

6/28/05
Oversight Hearing, on the Regulation of Indian Gaming

6/29/05
Business Meeting, to consider pending committee issues.


July

7/14/05
Joint Hearing with the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, on S. 1057, the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act.

7/21/05
Hearing, on S.1003, Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Amendments of 2005.

7/26/05
Oversight Hearing, on legislation to resolve Cobell v. Norton.

7/27/05
Oversight Hearing, on IGRA exceptions and off-reservation gaming.

7/28/05
Oversight Hearing, on Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.


September

9/21/05
Oversight Hearing on Indian Gaming: Regulation of Class III Gaming.


October

10/27/05
Business Meeting, to consider pending committee issues.

November

11/02/05
Oversight Hearing on the In Re Tribal Lobbying Matters, et al. 11/17/05
Oversight Hearing on the In Re Tribal Lobbying Matters, et al.


2nd Session


February

02/01/06
Oversight Hearing Off Reservation Gaming: The Process for Considering Gaming Applications 02/08/06
Oversight Hearing on Indian Tribes and the Federal Election Campaign Act 02/14/06
Oversight Hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request for Indian Programs