When my Subcomittee on Interior Appropriations reviewed your request for $3.4 million for the Wind River Irrigation Project, there was some question as to whether or not the BIA is ``legally obligated'' to maintain this system. Has the Senator been able to find out what the BIA's responsibilities are?
Questioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs' obligations regarding the Wind River Irrigation Project funding.
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