Witness list for House hearing on land-into-trust
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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Law
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Politics
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Trust
Note: Derek Bailey, the chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, will be at tomorrow's hearing.
The
House Natural
Resources Committee holds a hearing tomorrow on legislation to fix the
U.S. Supreme
Court decision in
Carcieri
v. Salazar.
The decision bars tribes that weren't "under federal jurisdiction" in 1934 from
following the land-into-trust process.
H.R.3697
and
H.R.3742
amend the
Indian
Reorganization Act to ensure that all tribes, regardless of the date of
recognition, can benefit.
The hearing takes place at 10am and will be
broadcast on the committee web site. The witness list follows:
Panel 1
The Honorable Michael Arcuri
Panel 2
Mr. Donald Laverdure
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs,
U.S. Department of the Interior
Panel 3
The Honorable Bill Iyall
Chairman, Cowlitz Indian Tribe
The Honorable Janice Mabee
Chairman, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe
The Honorable Sandra Klineburger
Chairwoman, Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians
The Honorable Richard Blumenthal
Attorney General of Connecticut
Mr. Steven Woodside
Sonoma County Counsel,
On behalf of the California State Association of Counties
Mr. Riyaz Kanji
Kanji & Katzen, On behalf of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Committee Notice:
Full
Committee Legislative Hearing On H.R. 3742 And H.R. 3697 (November 4, 2009)
Land-Into-Trust Fix:
S.1703
|
H.R.3697
|
H.R.3742
Supreme Court Decision:
Syllabus
|
Opinion
[Thomas] |
Concurrence
[Breyer] |
Dissent
[Stevens] |
Concurrence/Dissent
[Souter]
Supreme Court Documents:
Oral
Argument Transcript |
Briefs
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