On the recordJune 1, 2015
Let me say just a few words about this particular piece legislation by myself. It is a one-page piece of legislation that should be easy to read--and those are always dangerous because they are easy to read-- that grants the request from the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to revoke a charter of incorporation which was issued back in the New Deal era--a 1936 law that was implemented in 1940. And as we know, any of those pieces of legislation that age that well have got to be reviewed at a specific period of time. Right now, we have a situation in which this tribe funds itself in a cumbersome situation with an outdated document that puts on limitations and uncertainty in the tribe business when they don't have to, because they are dealing instead with the business activities that come through their tribal constitution. They are doing it the right way. And unfortunately, it requires an act of Congress to allow them to do what they ought to be doing and are doing in the first place and just clean up this act. So only we can do that. It is in accordance with the tribal wishes, and it is in accordance with Congressman Mullin, who represents this particular tribe in the House. He has sponsored this. This is a good bill. The Department of the Interior does not object to this piece of legislation. An identical version passed in the House in the 113th Congress by a voice vote.…
