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.