Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Time: 02:00 PM

Location: Longworth House Office Building 1324

Presiding: The Hon. Ruben Gallego

On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will hold a legislative hearing entitled “Advance Appropriations: Protecting Tribal Communities from the Effects of a Government Shutdown.”

The hearing will be held on the following bills:

H.R. 1128 (Rep. Betty McCollum), To provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes. “Indian Programs Advanced Appropriations Act”

H.R. 1135 (Rep. Don Young), To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing 2-fiscal-year budget authority, and for other purposes. “Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2019”

Witness List

Panel I – Members of Congress

Rep. Betty McCollum – Invited

Minnesota, 4th District

Rep. Don Young – Invited

Alaska, At Large

Panel II – Tribal Leaders and Experts

Hon. Aaron Payment

1st Vice President, The National Congress of American Indians

Chairman, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Sault Ste. Marie, MI

Hon. Victoria Kitcheyan

Chairperson, the National Indian Health Board

Tribal Council Member, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

Winnebago, NE

Ms. Verné Boerner

President and CEO, Alaska Native Health Board

Inupiaq (Village of Kiana)

Anchorage, AK

Hon. Cheryl Andrews-Maltais

Board of Directors, United South and Eastern Tribes SPF

Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head

Aquinnah, MA

Hon. Janet Wak Wak Nicholson

Colville Business Council Member

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

Nespelem, WA

Panel III – Administration

Mr. Jason Freihage

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs U.S.

Department of the Interior

Washington, D.C.

Rear Adm. Michael D. Weahkee

Principal Deputy Director, the Indian Health Service

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Rockville, MD

Committee Notice:

https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/subcommittee-for-indigenous-peoples-of-the-united-states-legislative-hearing3

Photo courtesy House Committee on Natural Resources, Democrats:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/naturalresourcesdems/48795280916/