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THE
IN
OPI TRIBE
Ferrell H. Secakuku
CHAIRMAN
July 30, 1997
Wayne Taylor, Jr.
VICE-CHAIRMAN
The Honorable Ted Stevens, Chairman
Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
522 Senate Hart Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
RE:
Provisions in FY-1998 Appropriations Bill H.R. 2107 for Department of the
Interior: Sections 112, 118; 120, 310, and Title I-General -- Endangered Species
Act in Relation to Indian Tribal Lands
Dear Chairman Stevens:
As Chairman of the Hopi Tribe, I seek your support in opposing Sections 112,
118, 120, 310, and Title I General-ESA Secretarial Order language under Fish and
Wildlife and Parks. These are extremely troublesome provisions to the FY 1998 Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.
Sec. 112. Limitation on Advance Payments to Indian Tribes
The existing requirements governing the investment of federal dollars by a Tribe
under Self-Governance compacts and P.L. 93-638 contract requirements has proven to
have been carried out under prudent fiscal management. Limitations such as those cited
under Sec. 112 are unnecessary and are imposed on tribes without sufficient justification,
further complicating a process which had otherwise been streamlined to provide greater
efficiencies in the management and accountability of federal funds.
Sec. 118. Needs Based Funding Distribution (Means Testing) for TPA Funds
We strongly oppose Sec. 118 which will impose needs based funding (means testing) of
tribal governments. Such an approach would penalize economically successful tribes,
which would receive significantly fewer federal funds. State and local governments are
not penalized by the federal government for achieving economic success. To the
contrary, the allocation of federal funds to state and local governments almost never
depend on how much money each state has earned through its various economic ventures.
Is Congress going to impose this funding formula on the States and their local
governments? We have only sought fairness in dealing with the Federal Government,
states and local governments. Let us all be treated equally.
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