TITLE: Federal Lands Highway Program

CIS-NO: 2003-H751-35  
SOURCE: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Oct. 9, 2002  
LENGTH: v+108 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1024-A-01; 1024-B-01  
SUDOC: Y4.T68/2:107-101  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29879-7.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-101. Hearing before the Subcom on Highways and Transportation to review Federal lands highway programs.
 
Also examines concerns and recommendations regarding the Indian reservation roads (IRR) program, a joint BIA-FHWA initiative to provide funding for construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure on Indian lands.
 
Hearing was held in light of upcoming reauthorization of surface transportation programs under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21).
 
Supplementary material (p. 21-108) includes witnesses' written statements and submitted statements.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Fed lands hwy programs review; Indian reservation roads program, admin issues

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION. HOUSE;  BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS; FEDERAL AID TO TRANSPORTATION; FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; FEDERAL INTERAGENCY RELATIONS; GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY; HIGHWAYS; INDIANS; PUBLIC LANDS; TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

03-H751-35 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Oct. 9, 2002 p. 3-7
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   MCCALEB, NEAL A. (Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department of Interior)
   STOKES, VAUGHN (Director, Engineering, National Forest System, Forest Service)
 
STATEMENTS:
   Overview of Federal lands highway programs in the Department of Interior and Forest Service road programs.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fed lands hwy programs review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; FOREST SERVICE
 
 
03-H751-35 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Oct. 9, 2002 p. 8-20, 22-39, 43-53, 65-74, 84-108
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   TUBBY, TIMOTHY A. (Development Planner, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi)
   SIMPSON, ANDREW (Member, Transportation and Community Development Committee, Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah)
   DOXTATOR, BRIAN (Member, Business Committee, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin)
   BULLARD, LORETTA (President, Kawerak, Inc)
   GARRIGAN, JAMES (Director, Public Works, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Shortcomings of IRR program, citing experiences of represented tribes (related tables, p. 29-39; doc, p. 89-108); recommendations for IRR program improvement in connection with TEA-21 reauthorization.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Indian reservation roads program, admin issues
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   KAWERAK; MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS, MISSISSIPPI; NAVAJO NATION, ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH; ONEIDA TRIBE OF INDIANS OF WISCONSIN; RED LAKE BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS, MINNESOTA; STATISTICAL DATA: COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION; STATISTICAL DATA: GOVERNMENT

LOAD-DATE: August 29, 2003