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On the recordJune 25, 2012
Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on June 28, 2012, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a business meeting to consider the following: H.R. 443, To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska; H.R. 1560, To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe; H.R. 1272, To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, et al, by the United States Court of Federal Claims in Docket Numbers 19 and 188, and for other purposes; S. 134, A bill to authorize the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease adjudicated water rights; S. 1065, A bill to settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation; S. 2389, A bill to deem the submission of certain claims to an Indian Health Service contracting officer as timely; and S. 3193, A bill to make technical corrections to the legal description of certain land to be held in trust for the Barona Band of Mission Indians, and for other purposes. Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs Committee at (202) 224-2251. ____________________
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Daniel Akaka
Democratic · Hawaii

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