Phase Out Of The Office Of Navajo And Hopi Indian Relocation

Excerpt from Phase-Out of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation: Hearing The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:10 p.m. in room 485, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Johm McCain (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senator McCain. Statement of Hon. John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona, Chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs. Senator McCain. This hearing is called to order. I apologize for the delay. As I'm sure many recognize, during the last week or two of session things get a little hectic around here. I'd like to welcome the witnesses here today to present testimony on the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act amendments of 1996, S. 2111. But first let me say that I'm hopeful there will be final Congressional action on S. 1973 before the 104th Congress adjourns. I recognize the many hours of negotiations that have gone into that legislation. The work of all parties in bringing that settlement to resolution is to be congratulated. Yesterday I introduced S. 2111, a bill to make certain amendments to the Navajo - Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 and to provide for the phase - out of the Navajo and Hopi relocation program within 5 years. I'm hopeful that all the interested parties will carefully review this legislation over the intervening months between the adjournment of the 104th Congress and the start of the 105th so that we can begin by discussions on the development of legislation that will effectively and efficiently bring an end to the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Program. I believe this legislation represents an appropriate starting point for these discussions. S. 2111 will phase out the Navajo - Hopi relocation program by September 30, 2001, and at that time transfer any remaining responsibilities to the Secretary of the Interior. This legislation will provide a time certain for eligible Navajo and Hopi individuals to apply for and receive relocation benefits. After that, the Federal Government will no longer be obligated to provide replacement housing for those individuals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.