Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Members

This committee has 15 members. Use the buttons below to see all of the members.

Legislation in this Committee

Below are the bills that are assigned to this committee in this legislative session. These bills and resolutions have been proposed by Members of Congress but may not have had any action taken on them on their path to becoming law. In fact, the vast majority of proposed legislation never becomes law.

Introduced Measures Pending Committee Consideration

S. 72: Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2009

S. 76: Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2009

S. 280: Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act

S. 381: A bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian and the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian government, and for other purposes.

S. 439: Indian Development Finance Corporation Act

S. 530: Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act

S. 617: Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act

S. 633: Tribal Health Promotion and Tribal Colleges and Universities Advancement Act of 2009

S. 708: A bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians, to provide a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government and the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian government, and for other purposes.

S. 980: Native American Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2009

S. 1011: Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009

S. 1264: Pine River Indian Irrigation Project Act of 2009

S. 1448: A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, the Klamath Tribes, and the Burns Paiute Tribe to obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land.

S. 1635: 7th Generation Promise: Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 2009

S. 1690: A bill to amend the Act of March 1, 1933, to transfer certain authority and resources to the Utah Dineh Corporation, and for other purposes.

S. 1703: A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.

S. 1732: Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2009

S. 1790: Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2009

S. 1936: Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2009

S. 2802: A bill to settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation.

S.Res. 28: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

S.Res. 303: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that October 17, 1984, the date of the restoration by the Federal Government of Federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, should be memorialized.

Bills and Resolutions Referred to this Committee on the Legislative Calendar

S. 313: White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2009

S. 375: Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009

S. 443: Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act

S. 797: Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009

S. 965: Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act

S. 1105: Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act

S. 1178: Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009

S. 1388: Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act

S. 1735: Lumbee Recognition Act

S.J.Res. 14: A joint resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.

Bills and Resolutions Voted on in One Chamber, or Failed Passage

H.R. 326: Cocopah Lands Act

H.R. 1129: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron working training program for Native Americans.

H.R. 1385: Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009

S. 151: Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2009

S. 338: A bill to amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust and to provide for the conduct of certain activities on the land.

Bills Considered by this Committee that have been Enacted

S. 39: A bill to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze".