House Natural Resources Committee
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee
Tribal Cultural Protection Legislation
Rep. Joe Neguse, Chair
On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, in Longworth 1334 and via Cisco WebEx online conferencing, the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands (NPFPL) will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:
- H.R. 8108 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-AZ), To protect Native cultural sites located on Federal land, to improve consultation with Indian Tribes, to bring parity to Indian Tribes with regard to Federal public land management laws, and for other purposes. Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act.
- H.R. 8109 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-AZ), To establish the Tribal Cultural Areas System, and for other purposes. Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act.
- H.R. 8719 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-AZ), To establish the Great Bend of the Gila National Conservation Area in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes. Great Bend of the Gila Conservation Act.
The hearing for these three bills was recently announced in conjunction with a letter that Chair Grijalva and 42 other members of Congress sent to President Joe Biden asking him to seek opportunities to expand tribal co-management of U.S. public lands, waters, and resources.
Witnesses
Panel I: Congressional Panel- Rep. Raúl Grijalva, Arizona, 3rd District
- Witness TBA
- Tina Marie Osceola (All bills), Director, Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Fawn Sharp (All bills), President, National Congress of American Indians
- Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis (All bills), Governor, Gila River Indian Community
- Minority Witness TBA