Indian Affairs Committee
U.S. Senate•Other
Summary
Indian Affairs is a other committee of the U.S. Senate with 11 members. It has 88 bills before it this session, has held 8 hearings and has filed 24 reports.
Chair
Chair: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Online at www.indian.senate.gov.
Indian Affairs has 88 bills, 30 meetings and 24 reports on the record this session.
Members
11 members sit on Indian Affairs, 6 in the majority and 5 in the minority; Lisa Murkowski is Chair and Brian Schatz is Vice Chairman.
Bills
88 bills have been referred to Indian Affairs this session, and 64 of them are still in committee.
Meetings
Indian Affairs has 22 meetings on the calendar.
Reports
Indian Affairs has filed 24 reports this Congress.
Nominations
3 nominations have been referred to Indian Affairs this Congress.
Communications
11 executive communications, petitions and memorials have been referred to Indian Affairs this Congress.
Lobbying
95 clients and 75 firms named 54 of the bills referred to Indian Affairs in 343 quarterly filings under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Registrants filing on those bills, and the bills they named most.
The bills most often named.
History
The committee has carried 3 names since Jan 4, 1977, established by 95SRES4.