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Testimonies Presented to Congress in 2014

Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs – Bureau of Indian Affairs

List of testimonies delivered by BIA officials to Congress during 2014, including dates and topics.
DateTitle
1/29/14Testimony of Kevin K. Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs,U.S. Senate on S. 919, Department of the Interior Tribal Self Governance Act Of 2013
2/12/14Testimony of Kevin K. Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on the Law and Order Commission Report: “A Roadmap for Making Native America Safer.”
3/13/14Statement of Michael Black, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on Oversight Hearing on Tribal Transportation: Pathways to Infrastructure and Economic Development in Indian Country
3/26/14Statement of Kevin Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on the President’s Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request for Indian Programs in the Department of the Interior
3/27/14Testimony of Kevin Washburn, Before the House Subcommittee on American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 4002
3/27/14Testimony of Kevin Washburn, Before the House Subcommittee on American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 3822, the “Fort Wingate Land Division Act of 2014”
4/2/14Testimony of Kevin Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 1474, S. 1574, S. 1622, and S. 2160
4/3/14Statement of Lawrence S. Roberts, Before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on “Implementing the Cobell Settlement: Missed Opportunity and Lessons Learned”
4/10/14Testimony of Michael Black, Before the House Subcommittee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives on the Indian Forest Management Assessment Team Report: “Tribal Forest Management: A Model for Promoting Healthy Forests and Rural Jobs”
4/30/14Testimony of Kevin Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 2132, the “Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014”
5/7/14Testimony of Michael S. Black, Before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 4350, Northern Cheyenne Lands Act
5/7/14Testimony of Kevin Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 2041, the May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act
5/7/14Testimony of Kevin Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 1603, the Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act
5/7/14Testimony of Kevin Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 2040, the Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014
5/7/14Statement of Kevin K. Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 2188, 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
5/7/14Testimony of Kevin Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 1818, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act
5/7/14Statement for the Record, Before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 409, the Indian Trust Reform Act
5/14/14Testimony of Kevin K. Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on Wildfires and Forest Management: Prevention is Preservation
5/21/14Statement of Charles Roessel. Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on Indian Education Series: Ensuring the Bureau of Indian Education Has the Tools Necessary to Improve
6/24/14Testimony of Michael Black, Before the House Subcommittee on American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on Child Protection and the Justice System on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation
7/9/14Testimony of Michael Black, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 2503, Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014
7/9/14Testimony of Michael S. Black, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 2480, Nevada Native Nations Lands Act
7/9/14Testimony of Michael S. Black, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 2465
7/9/14Testimony of Michael S. Black, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 2479, Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act
7/9/14Testimony of Michael S. Black, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 2442, Northern Cheyenne Lands Act
7/15/14Testimony of Kevin K. Washburn, Before the House Subcommittee on American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 4867, The “Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange ACT”
7/15/14Testimony of Kevin K. Washburn, Before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 4546 the “Department of the Interior Tribal Self Governance Act of 2014”
7/23/14Testimony of Kevin K. Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on Oversight Hearing on “Indian Gaming – The Next 25 Years”
7/29/14Testimony of Lawrence S. Roberts, Before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 5049, the Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014
7/29/14Testimony of Lawrence S. Roberts, Before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 5020, Indian Tribal Self-Determination in Land Consolidation Act of 2014
7/29/14Testimony of Lawrence S. Roberts, Before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 3608, the Grand Portage Pand Per Capita Adjustment Act
7/29/14Testimony of Lawrence Roberts, Before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 4534, the Native American Children’s Safety Act
7/29/14Testimony of Lawrence Roberts, Before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 5050, the May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act
7/30/14Statement for the Record, Before the Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senate on S. 1605, a Bill for the Relief of Michael G. Faber
9/10/14Testimony of Michael Black, Before the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 1600, the Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act (Respect Act)
9/10/14Statement for the Record, Before the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 4668, Point Spencer Coast Guard and Public-Private Sector Infrastructure Development Facilitation and Land Conveyance Act
9/10/14Statement of Lawrence S. Roberts, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on Oversight Hearing on Irrigation Projects In Indian Country
9/17/14Testimony of Kevin K. Washburn, Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate on S. 2670
9/19/14Testimony of Michael Black, Before the House Subcommittee on Water and Power, U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 4924 Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014

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