A standing committee of the United States Senate that oversees federal policy affecting American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian peoples and tribes. It conducts hearings, investigates issues, and considers legislation related to tribal sovereignty, health, education, housing, economic development, public safety, and federal trust responsibilities.
Native American and tribal affairs; tribal sovereignty and self-governance; Indian health, education, housing, and economic development; public safety and justice in Indian Country; federal trust responsibility; cultural and natural resource protection; Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native issues
Congressional appropriations through the United States Senate
Senator Lisa Murkowski (Chair/Vice Chair role depending on Congress), Senator Brian Schatz, and the committee’s Senate majority and minority staff
government committee
