S. HRG. 107-647

INDIAN TRUST ASSET AND TRUST FUND
MANAGEMENT AND REFORM ACT

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2212

TO ESTABLISH A DIRECT LINE OF AUTHORITY FOR THE OFFICE OF
TRUST REFORM IMPLEMENTATION AND OVERSIGHT TO OVERSEE THE
MANAGEMENT AND REFORM OF INDIAN TRUST FUNDS AND ASSETS
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
AND TO ADVANCE TRIBAL MANAGEMENT OF SUCH FUNDS AND AS-
SETS, PURSUANT TO THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION ACT

JULY 30, 2002
WASHINGTON, DC

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DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii, Chairman BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado, Vice Chairman

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CONTENTS

S. 2212, text of

Statements:

Campbell, Hon. Ben Nighthorse, U.S. Senator from Colorado, vice chair-

man, Committee on Indian Affairs

Conrad, Hon. Kent, U.S. Senator from North Dakota

Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii, chairman, Committee

on Indian Affairs

Jandreau, Michael, chairman, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

Johnson, Hon. Tim, U.S. Senator from South Dakota

Manuel, Edward, chairman, Tohono O'odham Nation, Sells, AZ

Martin, James T., executive director, United South and Eastern Tribes,
Nashville, TN

McCain, Hon. John, U.S. Senator from Arizona

McCaleb, Neal, assistant secretary for Indian affairs, Department of the
Interior, Washington, DC

Small, Geraldine, president, Northern Cheyenne Tribe and chairperson,

Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, Lame Deer, MT

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Prepared statements:

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Daschle, Hon. Tom, U.S. Senator from South Dakota

Intertribal Monitoring Association on Indian Trust Funds

Jandreau, Michael

Johnson, Hon. Tim, U.S. Senator from South Dakota

Manuel, Edward,

Marshall, Clifford, chairman, Hoopa Valley Tribe of California

Martin, James T.

McCain, Hon. John, U.S. Senator from Arizona

McCaleb, Neal

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INDIAN TRUST ASSET AND TRUST FUND
MANAGEMENT AND REFORM ACT

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2002

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS,

Washington, DC.

The committee met, pursuant to other business, at 11:35 a.m., in room 106, Dirksen Senate Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman of the committee) presiding.

Present: Senators Inouye, Campbell, Conrad, Johnson, McCain, and Thomas.

STATEMENT OF HON. DANIEL K. INOUYE, U.S. SENATOR FROM HAWAII, CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

The CHAIRMAN. The Committee on Indian Affairs meets again this morning to receive testimony on S. 2212, the Indian Trust Asset and Trust Fund Management and Reform Act of 2002.

This measure was introduced on April 18, 2002 by Senator John McCain for himself and Senators Daschle and Johnson as a discussion draft bill.

The stated purpose of this bill is to establish a direct line of authority for the Office of Trust Reform Implementation and Oversight to oversee the management and reform on Indian trust funds and assets, and to advance tribal management of those trust funds and assets.

[Text of S. 2212 follows:]