April 6, 2022

Dear USET/USET SPF Family,

This afternoon at 1:00 pm ET/12:00 pm CT, USET/USET SPF President Kirk Francis will testify before the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee on Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriations and the President's Budget Request. As in the past, our testimony elevates regional FY 2023 funding priorities identified through the  budget formulation process, along with advocating for systemic change in federal funding delivered in fulfillment of trust and treaty obligations to Tribal Nations.

You can watch President Francis testify live here. 

For more information, please see our recent press release on the President's FY 2023 Budget Request.

For more information, please contact Liz Malerba, USET SPF Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, at lmalerba@usetinc.org.

Established in 2014, the USET Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF) is a non-profit, inter-Tribal organization advocating on behalf of thirty-three (33) federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. USET SPF is dedicated to promoting, protecting, and advancing the inherent sovereign rights and authorities of Tribal Nations and in assisting its membership in dealing effectively with public policy issues.