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~ARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED f?AGEN~Iu FOR 1996 APPROP~TIONS
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SIDNEY R. YATES. Illinois

NORMAN D. DICKS. Washingt~n TOM BEVILL. Alabama
DAVID E. SMGGS. Colorado ANOVICH, Nevada North Carolina $%I$RCUTI', Washington JR.

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m Rulee, Mr. L~vingston, Charman of the FuU Commrttee. and M Obey. as Ranking rw as r '+e h l Comm~ttee. l are authorid t sit as Members of all Subcommitteee. o + , MARKMIODUSKI.and JOELKAPLAN, .._ E A ~ R L Y LOREWA BEAUMONT, Staf Assislants

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In Support of Plaintiff's Oppc)sition to MotiorI to Dismiss on TPA & IHS Cctmirh J . U.S., NO.02-1383;L
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INTERIOR APPROPRIATKONS SUBCOMMIITFB HEARING QUaSIlONS

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

FY 1995 Appmpriations
F Y 1996 Request
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and other federal agencies, such as JHS, Labor, and Justice. While the Admioistration of Native Americas (ANA) pmvides pbnaing graats to tie'@! rbs(; individual trihal memben) for social and mwmic d e v e l q t shategie4, the Bureau pm,G&g$\ l a s and graats t tribal and individual tribal member busiwsses. When a tribe has deveIiy&$: on o a strategy under an ANA piiuming grant which calls for a business, ta business may a py \ $ ; ht p l -@ I s and a receive a n Bureau loan or grant, In t i manner, dae tribe contmls the c i i hs n o o -.. Lt".!e;r federal programs available to them. ' . ...% <& $, :: :
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Quostlon 67: Givea the Committees allocations for FY 1996and the out-years, we will be hard pFessed t fiod t e resources to fund tbese setdements at tbe current level and still provide tbe o h tribes with ongoing education, h u m d c e s , wmmunity development, aod natural xwowce programs. Wbat i the minimum fumliog that cao be provided b settlement? s y
Amwer: Thc table on the pmvious page shows what the Bureau and the Deputmeot consider to be minimum E 1996 funding for each enaded d e m e a t . The request level pmvide-s hd T os for settlements already euaued into law. To &lay funding would increase the ovetall w due s t to interest that may be owed as a mult of the delay, wst iodexing iacluded in several of tbe settlement acts. and wntrad @ties that might occur if the Navajo Indian Irrigation h j e d

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prov~de some cap on funding let's say $75 million u t l ni

Answer: A cap of $75 million per year would be insutTicieat to wver the amounts required to implement the authorities contained in the aracted -eats, some of which have the pdymeot
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Other Questions

- Question 69:
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Your Budget pmposes an increase of $2 million for small and needy tribes. Ln yoor justification you note that of the small tribes, 269 tribes (59 percent) receive tribal priority ollocaton funding below a minimum base. threshold needed to maiotain an effective tribal govement organization. Is fundmg allocated to every tribe regardless of size?

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Yes, Tribal Ptiority AUocations am dishibuted to evezy tribe. The Federal Governmeat has a govenunent-to-governmentrelatonship with all federally-recogoized tribes. -, ? size is an initial allaation fador iu some programs, such as Indian Child Welfare Asslstaoce and Johnson-O'Malley Bducatiooal Assistance grants. The small and needy funds ' awzle that eligible tribes have the minimum lwrources oece~sary , to establish and maiotain a -viabletribal governmeat.

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Is there some level below which it doesn't make any sense to establish a

goved~meotorganization?

-Answer:The statutory criteria for federal recognition does oot include a W u m population size. Furtheamore, the Administration does not discriminate based on population size.
Que#ion 71: Of the 100 tribes that were hutbest below the thnxhold, how many individuals there in each tribe? How do you define needy in the me t of this funding tsrtmitiative? tz

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Answer: The service populations varied from 24 in tbe Native V i e of Chicina, Alaska, to
664 in the Tucamra Nation of New York.