House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Legislative Hearing on H.R.4715, H.R.5715 & H.R.6707

Legislative: Remote SCIP Legislative Hearing – March 31, 2022

Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022

Time: 01:00 PM

Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair

On Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation:

• H.R.4715, the Quapaw Tribal Landowner Settlement Act of 2021. The bill authorizes the appropriation of $137.5 million to settle the federal government’s mismanagement of assets held in trust for citizens of the Quapaw Nation.

• H.R.5715, a bill to reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund to ensure that the Udall Foundation can continue to award scholarships to Native students.

• H.R.6707, the Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act. The bill ensures that the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation are treated in the same manner as other Indian nations in terms of law and policy. A land claim settlement currently imposes hurdles on the tribes when it comes to their sovereignty.

Witness List

Panel I

Representative Raúl Grijalva

Arizona, 3rd District

Representative Jared Golden

Maine, 2nd District

Panel II

The Honorable William J. Nicholas, Sr. (H.R. 6707)

Chief

Passamaquoddy Tribe

Princeton, ME

The Honorable Edward Peter-Paul (H.R. 6707)

Chief

Mi’kmaq Nation [Note: Aroostok Band of Micmacs]

Presque Isle, Maine

The Honorable Clarissa Sabattis (H.R. 6707)

Chief

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians

Littleton, Maine

The Honorable Kirk Francis (H.R. 6707)

Chief

Penobscot Nation

Indian Island, Maine

The Honorable Joseph T. Byrd (H.R. 4715)

Chairman

Quapaw Nation

Quapaw, Oklahoma

Mr. Charles P. Rose (H.R. 5715)

Chair, Board of Trustees

Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

Tucson, Arizona

Mr. Patrick Strauch (H.R. 6707)

Executive Director

Maine Forest Products Council

Augusta, Maine

This hearing will take place via Cisco WebEx and will be streamed on YouTube. For hearing materials and schedules, please visit U.S. House of Representatives, Committee Repository at docs.house.gov/.

Committee Notice:

https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/remote-scip-legislative-hearing_-march-31-2022