From Indianz:
The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, February 27, to discuss the Bush administration’s new land-into-trust policy.
In January, assistant secretary Carl Artman issued guidelines that make it harder for tribes to take land into trust for off-reservation casinos. More scrutiny will be applied to gaming sites that are hundreds of miles away from existing reservations. [See Bryan Newland's excellent commentary on these new rules here.]
Committee Notice:
Department Of Interior’s Recently Released Guidance On Taking Land Into Trust For Indian Tribes And Its Ramifications (Wednesday, February 27, 2008)
Relevant Links:
House Natural Resources Committee – http://resourcescommittee.house.gov
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February 26, 2008 at 5:49 pm
[...] Lands Acquisitions Jump to Comments Kevin Washburn has posted on SSRN his testimony for tomorrow’s hearing before the House Resources Committee on the new guidance for the acquisition of off-reservation [...]