Dear USET/USET SPF Family,
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has announced a Tribal consultation on the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget. OMB is inviting Tribal Leaders and their designees to provide comments and feedback on the President’s FY 2024 Budget for programs and services for Tribal Nations and organizations.
Details regarding this upcoming Tribal consultation are as follows—
OMB has also provided a document responding to Tribal Leader questions from the Tribal consultation held on the FY 2023 Budget. USET SPF submitted comments in response to this consultation that detailed funding requests for Indian Country. Our comments focused on mandatory funding for the Indian Health Service, funding for Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, funding for the White House Council on Native American Affairs, and a Marshall Plan for Tribal Nations to rebuild Tribal Nation infrastructure.
If there is an issue with registering for the OMB Tribal consultation, please email tribalconsultation@omb.eop.gov to receive alternative participation information. OMB will also be receiving comments on the FY 2024 Budget until Friday, October 14, 2022 and these should be submitted to tribalconsultation@omb.eop.gov.
For more information, please contact Brian Howard, USET SPF Senior Policy Analyst, at bhoward@usetinc.org.
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