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H.R. 4348 and S. 1813 Transportation Bills-
Senate and House Conferees Scheduled
to Meet Next Week
In March, the U.S. Senate passed S.1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), a two-year $109 billion bill that would maintain funding for highways, transit and safety programs at current levels, with most funding adjusted for inflation. In addition, MAP-21 would consolidate highway programs including the Indian Reservation Roads Program to Tribal Transportation Program. Two weeks ago, the House passed H.R. 4348, a highway extension that would extend SAFETEA-LU to September 30, 2012, and includes language that mandates construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
It has been announced the Senate-House conferees are scheduled to meet:
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: 216 Hart Bldg.
To prepare for the upcoming conference meeting, NCAI has developed a sample tribal letter and encourages tribes to send to Senate and House conferees, and to your Congressional members to support the tribal consensus provisions to include the final version of the surface transportation reauthorization. These provisions are non-funding formula related issues but are beneficial to tribal transportation, and it is very important for tribes to continue to build upon the successes of their transportation infrastructure as it is vital to the development of tribal communities and economies.
Download talking points for the Tribal Consensus recommendations documents
Sample Tribal Letter to Transportation Conferees
Tribal Consensus Recommendation to be attached to the tribal sample letter
Please CC Gwen Salt, NCAI Legislative Associate (gsalt@ncai.org) on any letters.
Last week the Senate and House Leadership announced the following Members as conferees to the transportation bill:
U.S. Senate:
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3553
Max Baucus (D-MT)
511 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2651
Dick Durbin (D-IL)
711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2152
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
136 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5842
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
716 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5274
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6542
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
528 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
531 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6472
James Inhofe (R-OK)
205 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4721
David Vitter (R-LA)
516 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4623
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
104 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5251
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5744
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5922
John Hoeven (R-ND)
120 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2551
U.S. House of Representatives:
Reps. John Mica (R-FL)
2165 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202)225-9446
Don Young (R-AK)
2314 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202)225-5765
John Duncan (R-TN)
2207 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5435
Bill Shuster (R-PA)
204 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-2431
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
2443 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C., 20515
(202) 225-2711
Rick Crawford (R-AR)
1408 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4076
Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
1130 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3536
Larry Buschon (R-IN)
1123 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4636
Richard Hanna (R-NY)
319 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202)225-3665
Steve Southerland (R-FL)
1229 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202)225-5235
James Lankford (R-OK)
509 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2132
Reid Ribble (R-WI)
1513 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5665
Fred Upton (R-MI)
2183 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-3761
Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
2368 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3115
Doc Hastings (R-WA)
1203 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5816
Rob Bishop (R-UT)
123 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202)225-0453
Ralph Hall (R-TX)
2405 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515-0001
(202)225-6673
Chip Cravaack (R-MN.)
508 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6211
Dave Camp (R-MI)
341 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3561
Patrick Tiberi (R-OH)
106 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5355
Nick Rahall (D-WV)
2307 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3452
Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
2134 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6416
Jerry Costello (D-IL)
2408 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5661
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
2334 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5635
Corrine Brown (D-FL)
2336 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-0123
Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
2235 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-4741
Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
1026 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3806
Tim Bishop (D-NY)
306 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3826
Henry Waxman (D-CA)
2204 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3976
Ed Markey (D-MA
2108 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-2836
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
2468 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-8885
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
1502 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4811
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
2136 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-8050
For information on transportation, please contact at NCAI, Gwen Salt, Legislative Associate, email: gsalt@ncai.org. |
Founded in 1944, the National Congress of American Indians is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization in the country. NCAI advocates on behalf of tribal governments, promoting strong tribal-federal government-to-government policies, and promoting a better understanding among the general public regarding American Indian and Alaska Native governments, people and rights.
 
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