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Legislative Hearing on 3 Tribal Bills
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 2:00 PM

1334 Longworth House Office Building



Legislative Hearing on:

  • H.R. 146 (Rep. Chuck Fleischmann), To take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and for other purposes."Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act"
  • Hearing Memo
  • H.R. 2402 (Rep. Ben Ray Lujan), To authorize the secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination, to substitute certain land selections of the Navajo Nation, and for other purposes."San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act"
  • Hearing Memo
  • H.R. 2606 (Rep. Tom Cole), To amend the Act of August 4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act), with respect to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.“Stigler Act Amendments of 2017”
  • Hearing Memo

Witnesses and Testimony:

Mr. Richard Sneed
Principal Chief
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Cherokee, NC
(Disclosure)

Mr. Russell Begaye
President
Navajo Nation
Window Rock, AZ
(Disclosure)

Mr. Bill John Baker
Principal Chief
Cherokee Nation
Tahlequah, OK
(Disclosure)
Resume

Related Documents:


To take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and for other purposes.
To take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and for other purposes.
To take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and for other purposes.

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