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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
108th Congress
Issue Briefings
Updated April 6th, 2004

1st Session



February 7, 2003
Briefing on the FY 2004 Budget Request with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Room SR-485

February 13, 2003
Briefing on the Indian youth issues by the United National Indian Tribal Youth organization (UNITY).
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Room SR-485

February 19, 2003
Briefing on the FY 2004 Budget Request with the Department of Housing and Urban Development as it relates to Indian housing and related matters.
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Room SR-485

March 4, 2003
Briefing on the FY 2004 Budget Request with the Indian Health Service (IHS).
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Room SR-485

March 21, 2003
Briefing on the status of the Intertribal Economic Alliance (ITEA) contract with DoD for technical manual digitization, and the potential information technology may hold for addressing both the government's needs in this area as well as the high unemployment rates in Native communities.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Room SR-485

April 3, 2003
Briefing on President Nixon's Special Message to Congress on Indian Affairs the Continuing Vitality of the Policy of Indian Self Determination
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Room SD-628

July 15, 2003
Briefing on urban Indian health issues. Presentations will be made by national and regional urban Indian health care organizations and others.
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Room SR-485

September 26, 2003
Briefing on S. 437, the Arizona Indian Water Claim Settlement Act, a bill to provide for adjustment to the Central Arizona Project, to authorize the settlement of the Gila River Indian.
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Room SR-485

October 2, 2003
Discussion with the EPA's American Indian Environmental Office on "Current Issues in Environmental Law and Policy".
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Room SR-485

October 30, 2003
Staff Briefing to discuss the Report of the U.S. Indian Health Service entitled "American Indian and Alaska Native Health Disparities Report".
IHS / CDC Report on Health Disparities in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Time: 11:00 a.m.
Room SR-485

December 9, 2003
Tribal Relations Briefing by the USDA Forest Service.
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Room SR-485


2nd Session



January 28, 2004
Staff briefing on the issue of Contract Support Costs, Tribal Contracting and Compacting, and the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act.
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Room SR-485

February 10, 2004
Briefing on the FY2005 Budget Request for Indian Health and Related Programs by representatives of the Indian Health Service and Department of Health and Human Services.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Room SR-485

February 11, 2004
National Indian Health Board Briefing on a Variety of Indian Health Issues.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Room SR-485

February 12, 2004
Oral Health and Hygiene in Indian Country by Dr. David Quisell, University of Colorado School of Dentistry.
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Room SR-485

February 12, 2004
Indian Youth Issues by the Union of National of Indian Tribal Youth.
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Room SR-485

March 11, 2004
Briefing by the Indian Health Service regarding the Indian Diabetes Project and related issues.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Room SR-485

April 8, 2004
Briefing by representatives of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board on the implementation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Enforcement Act of 2000 and related topics.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Room SR-485

September 8, 2004
Briefing on the Notice of Claims and Petition for Settlement Filed by the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Room SR-485