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Subcommittee presses Interior and Forest Service on BIA office closures, staffing and tribal consultation
Summary
Members questioned Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service witnesses about proposed BIA office closures, workforce reductions, consultation with tribes, and impacts on wildfire prevention and tribal partnerships; agency witnesses pledged follow‑up and consultations.
Members of the House Natural Resources subcommittee pressed Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service witnesses on staffing, proposed Bureau of Indian Affairs office closures, and the need for government‑to‑government consultation before changes that affect tribes.
Ranking Member Ledger Fernandez and other members raised concerns about reported plans to close multiple BIA offices and about workforce actions that they said could disrupt services tribes rely on, including law enforcement, contract administration and wildfire…
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