Action Alert! Oppose H.R. 1904 in the Senate, Submit Comments on Cobell Draft Plan, and Trust Reform Commission

12.2.12

Action Alert! Oppose H.R. 1904 in the Senate, Submit Comments on Cobell Draft Plan, and Trust Reform Commission

Next week on Thursday, February 9, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a full committee hearing to receive testimony on H.R. 1904, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011. NCAI passed a resolution opposing H.R. 1904 this past November at its 2011 Annual Convention in Portland, Oregon.

H.R. 1904 represents a bill of national significance for Indian tribes across the country, as it would transfer a known sacred site into the private ownership of foreign mining companies and result in the destruction of the very elements of this place that make it a sacred site to Native peoples. The House of Representatives passed H.R. 1904 in October 2011, and it is critical that the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources know tribes oppose the legislation.

The hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2012, in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 366 and will be webcast at http://energy.senate.gov on the day of the hearing. We encourage tribal leaders to attend the hearing if they will be in Washington DC.

We urge tribes to submit letters for the hearing record to voice opposition to H.R. 1904.