House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs
Legislative Hearing on Indian Affairs Bills
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 2:00 PM
1324 Longworth House Office Building
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
H.R. 5244 (Rep. William Keating of Massachusetts), To reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and for other purposes. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act.
Hearing Memo
https://naturalresources.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Hearing_Memo_--_Leg_Hrg_H.R._5244_07.24.18.pdf
S. 607 (Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico), A bill to establish a business incubators program within the Department of the Interior to promote economic development in Indian reservation communities. Native American Business Incubators Program Act.
Hearing Memo
https://naturalresources.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Hearing_Memo_--_S_607_07.24.18.pdf
S. 1116 (Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota), A bill to amend the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy Indian Act, and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic development opportunities to Indian communities. Indian Community Economic Enhancement Act of 2018.
Hearing Memo
https://naturalresources.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Hearing_Memo_--_S._1116_07.24.18.pdf
WITNESSES:
Mr. Darryl LaCounte
Testimony:
S. 1116
S. 607
H.R. 5244
Acting Deputy Bureau Director - Office of Trust Services
Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Cedric Cromwell
Chairman
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Mashpee, Mass.
Mr. Chris James
President & CEO
The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
Mesa, Ariz.
Mr. Michael G. Anderson
Executive Director
Native American Contractors Association
Washington, D.C.
