US Senate Indian Affairs Committee Legislative Hearing: SAVE Native Women Act

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US Senate Committee on Indian AffairsSAVE Native Women Act

WASHINGTON - The US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is holding a legislative hearing on Thursday, November 10 at 2:15 pm on the three following Senate bills now pending:

  • S. 1763 Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act;
  • S.872, Bill to amend the Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to modify the land of the Lytton Rancheria of California to be held in trust and provide for the conduct of certain activities on the land; and
  • S. 1192, Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act of 201.

If enacted, the Stand Against Violence and Empower (SAVE) Native Women Act would:

  1. restore tribal criminal jurisdiction over all persons committing domestic violence and dating violence on tribal lands;
  2. clarify tribal civil jurisdiction over non-Indians;
  3. create new federal offenses to combat violence against women;
  4. increase support for Tribal Domestic and Sexual Assault Coalitions; and
  5. provide additional accountability measures to ensure federal consultation on these issues is meaningful and effective.

Several witnesses will discuss the various aspects of each pending Senate bill.

The hearing will be webcast live on Thursday afternoon.

WHEN:     Thursday, November 10, 2011

TIME:     2:15 pm est

WHERE:   Dirksen Senate Office Building
Room 628
Washington DC

Witnesses:

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
Senator - California
US Senate, Washington, DC

The Honorable Mark Begich
Senator - Alaska
US Senate, Washington, DC

Mr. Tom Perrelli
Assistant Attorney General
US Department of Justice
Washington, DC

Ms. Suzanne Koepplinger
Executive Director
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mr. Thomas B. Heffelinger
Attorney
Best & Flanagan, LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Honorable Margie Mejia
Chairperson
Lytton Rancheria
Santa Rosa, California

The Honorable Paul Morris
Mayor
City of San Pablo
San Pablo, California

Mr. Ralph Anderson
President & CEO
Bristol Bay Native Association
Dillingham, Alaska

Mr. Joe Masters
Commissioner
Public Safety
Anchorage, Alaska

posted November 9, 2011 8:00 am est

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