Dear USET/USET SPF Family,
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies has announced that it will hold American Indian/Alaska Native Public Witness Hearings for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 appropriations process on May 7 and 8, 2024. The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over discretionary funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service, among other agencies of importance to Indian Country. These public witness hearings inform the Subcommittee's proposed funding levels for these agencies.
If you would like to submit a request to testify, please send an email with the subject line: “Request to Testify” to: IN.Approp@mail.house.gov. In the email, please state who will be testifying (with title and institutional affiliation if applicable), the subject of the testimony, and contact information. All requests must be received by Friday, April 12, 2024.
For more information, please consult the Subcommittee's instructions here. You may also contact the Subcommittee by phone at: 202-225-3081
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