Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland leads a budget briefing for tribal leaders on June 2, 2021.
The call focused on President Joe Biden's fiscal year 2022 budget request for Indian Affairs programs at the Department of the Interior.
The FY 2022 request for the Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs (AS-IA) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is $2.7 billion, $609.9 million over the FY 2021 enacted level.
For the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), which has a separate budget from the BIA’s, the total amount is $1.3 billion in current appropriations, $110.6 million over FY 2021.
For the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration (BTFA), which also has a separate budget, the total amount is $110.7 million, $2.3 million over FY 2021.
“The President’s FY 2022 budget request for Indian Affairs recognizes that key to building back better in Indian Country are serious investments that support Tribal self-sufficiency, self-determination, and sovereignty,” said Newland, a citizen of the Bay Mills Indian Community “It ensures that Indian Affairs’ mission of service to Tribes continues and supports its role in maintaining DOI’s nation-to-nation relationship and trust responsibilities.”
Cover photo by U.S. Department of the Interior
