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Senate Indian Affairs hearing warns OMB directives risk pausing tribal programs
Summary
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs members and tribal leaders urged the new administration to acknowledge tribal nations’ unique political status and avoid pausing or reclassifying federal funding that tribes rely on, calling for clear OMB guidance and agency secretarial orders to protect trust and treaty obligations.
Chair Lisa Murkowski opened a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs priorities hearing by stressing that the committee “listens first” to tribal leaders and will press the new administration to respect tribal nations’ unique political status.
The committee and witnesses told federal officials at the hearing that recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directives and other executive guidance had created confusion and threatened continued delivery of tribal programs. Mark Macarro, president of the National Congress of American Indians, said tribes “ask that Congress and the administration ensure federal funding for tribal programs is not paused, reallocated,…
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