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Tribal leaders and advocates urge Congress to expand self-governance authorities and modernize federal systems
Summary
Witnesses recommended Congress extend ISDEAA-style authorities to USDA, additional HHS programs and DOJ funds, stabilize contract support costs and modernize BIA/Interior systems that tribes rely on to run compacted programs.
Witnesses at the April 2 field hearing asked Congress to expand tribal self-governance authorities beyond the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Indian Health Service (IHS) and to modernize federal administrative systems that tribes use to run compacted programs.
Jay Spann, executive director of the Self Governance Communication and Education Tribal Consortium, recommended multiple changes in his prepared testimony: extend ISDEAA authority into the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to encompass food distribution, rural development and conservation; expand authority into additional Department of Health and Human Services…
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