On June 3, 2022, the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint notice, proposing to amend their regulations implementing the Community...
On Monday, July 18, 2022, U.S. House of Representatives, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva held a roundtable with tribal leaders regarding his proposed bill, H.R.2021 – Environmental Justice for All Act. Read the act here. The bill calls for...
On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Denezpi v. United States affirming the conviction of a criminal defendant in a federal court even though he had already been prosecuted and sentenced under tribal law in a Court of Indian Offenses. The...
In early June, the U.S. Department of the Interior held two tribal consultation sessions on its process for federal recognition of Indian tribes at 25 C.F.R. Part 83 (“Part 83”). Interior seeks comments from tribal leaders on whether it should consider changing the...
On June 17, the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) held a listening session on Cannabis in Indian Country to discuss tribal cannabis commerce and related equities. SCIA seeks comments from tribal leaders, designees, and experts about industry concerns and...
In May 2022, the Biden administration released the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Tribal Playbook: A Roadmap for Delivering Opportunity and Investment in Indian Country” to help tribal communities access funds to address infrastructure deficiencies. The $1...
