WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced the availability of $71 million in funding through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Tribal communities electrify their homes. This investment is a critical step toward the goal of electrifying all homes in Indian Country with clean energy sources and advances the Biden-Harris administration’s work to reach a carbon-free electricity sector by 2035.
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At White House Water Summit, Biden-Harris Administration Announces Bold National Goal to Protect and Restore Freshwater Resources, Delivers Over $1 Billion for Tribal Clean Water Projects
Administration announces $1 billion for clean water for Tribal Nations and funding to combat megadrought in the West through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda
April 23, 2024
President Biden and Vice President Harris believe that every person should have access to clean drinking water and a healthy environment. Since Day One, the Biden-HarrisAdministration has worked to secure clean water for all, protect our vital freshwater resources, and ensure every community can count on water free of pollutants when they turn on the faucet. The Administration also recognizes that wetlands and other freshwater resources are critical in our fight against climate change.
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Secretary Haaland Announces Appointments to National Indian Gaming Commission
March 25, 2024
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the proposed appointments of Sharon Avery and Jeannie Hovland as Associate Commissioners to the National Indian Gaming Commission.
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SCHATZ LEADS GROUP OF SENATORS URGING U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND TO ALLOW FOR THE COMPASSIONATE RELEASE OF LEONARD PELTIER
March 15, 2024,
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led a group of senators urging U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to allow for the compassionate release of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier.
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Interior Department Makes $55 Million Available from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Clean Up Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells on Tribal Lands
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investments continue to help Tribes plug orphaned oil and gas wells, combat climate change, and protect natural resources
March 15, 2024
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced final guidance for Tribal communities on how to apply for $55 million in grant funding and direct assistance available under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells across Indian Country. Funding through the program may be utilized to plug, remediate or reclaim orphaned wells on Tribal lands, restore soil and habitat in degraded areas, decommission or remove associated infrastructure, identify and characterize additional undocumented wells on Tribal land, and set up well-plugging capacity where not already established.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $120 Million from President’s Investing in America Agenda to Enhance Climate Resilience in Tribal Communities
146 awards will support 102 Tribes and 9 Tribal organizations to strengthen preparedness, resilience in the face of climate change
March 14, 2024
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced that more than $120 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda will fund 146 projects to help Tribal communities plan for and implement projects to tackle severe climate-related environmental threats to their homelands.
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Interior Department Issues Statement on the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Proposed Budget
Proposed investments will address climate challenges, strengthen Indigenous communities, create good-paying American jobs while meeting energy and environmental needs
March 11, 2024,
WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Following historic progress made since the President took office—with nearly 15 million jobs created and inflation down two-thirds—the Budget protects and builds on this progress by lowering costs for working families, protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare, investing in America and the American people, and reducing the deficit by cracking down on fraud, cutting wasteful spending, and making the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share.
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Interior and Justice Departments Outline Commitment, Next Steps in Effort to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples and Human Trafficking Crisis
March 5, 2024
WASHINGTON — The Departments of the Interior and Justice today released their response to the Not Invisible Act Commission’s recommendations on how to combat the missing or murdered Indigenous peoples and human trafficking crisis. The federal response recognizes that more must be done across the federal government to resolve this longstanding crisis and support healing from the generational traumas that Indigenous peoples have endured in the United States.
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SCHATZ: TRIBES RECEIVE $72 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HOME ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS
Funding Comes from Schatz-Authored Provision of Inflation Reduction Act, Follows SCIA Hearings on Supporting Tribal Energy Needs
March 5, 2024
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Interior announced $72 million in federal funding for home electrification projects on Tribal lands. The funding for 21 tribes comes from DOI’s Tribal Electrification Program which was created through a Schatz-authored provision of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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