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TheUnited States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is a standing committee of theU.S. Senate. The Senate re‑established the defunct Committee on Indian Affairs, making it a temporary Select Committee, on February 4, 1977.[1]

Leadership

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119th Congress

The committee chairwoman in the119th Congress isLisa Murkowski (R).

118th Congress

The committee chairman in the118th Congress wasBrian E. Schatz (D).

117th Congress

The committee chairman in the117th Congress wasBrian E. Schatz (D).

116th Congress

The committee chairman in the116th Congress wasJohn Hoeven (R).

115th Congress

The committee chairman in the115th Congress wasJohn Hoeven (R).

114th Congress

The committee chairman in the114th Congress wasJohn Barrasso (R).

113th Congress

The committee chairman in the113th Congress wasJon Tester (D).[2]

112th Congress

The committee chairman in the112th Congress wasDaniel Akaka (D).

Membership


2025-2026 (119th Congress)

Committee on Indian Affairs, 2025-2026

Democratic members (5)Republican members (6)
Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments




Tom Udall (D, Vice Chairman) left this committee in 2020.


Tom Udall (D, Vice Chairman) left this committee in 2018.


Tom Udall (D) left this committee in 2016.


Tom Udall (D) left this committee in 2014.


2011-2012 (112th Congress)

Committee on Indian Affairs, 2011-2012

Democratic members (6)Republican members (6)
Source: US Senate - Membership Assignments

Tom Udall (D) left this committee in 2012.



Jurisdiction

According to the officialSenate website, the jurisdiction of the Indian Affairs Committee includes the following:

“
  1. All proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to Indian affairs shall be referred to the select committee.
  2. It shall be the duty of the select committee to conduct a study of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of Indians, including but not limited to, Indian land management and trust responsibilities, Indian education, health, special services, and loan programs, and Indian claims against the United States.
  3. The select committee shall from time to time report to the Senate, by bill or otherwise, its recommendations with respect to matters referred to the select committee or otherwise within its jurisdiction.
  4. To make investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction.
  5. To make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate.
  6. To employ personnel.
  7. To hold hearings.
  8. To sit and act at any time or place during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate.
  9. To require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses and the production of correspondence, books, papers, and documents.
  10. To take depositions and other testimony.
  11. To procure the services of individual consultants or organizations thereof, in accordance with the provisions of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any such department or agency.

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—United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs[4]

Contact

United States Senate
838 Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-2251
Majority Fax: (202) 224-5429
Minority Fax: (202) 228-2589

See also

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