2016 Budget Hearing: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
January 1, 2015
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The Frame
This record documents the public input process for federal funding decisions affecting environmental protection, land management, and tribal programs for the 2016 fiscal year.
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American Indian and Alaska Native communities
These groups provided testimony regarding federal funding priorities for tribal programs.
Interior and Environment agencies
These agencies are the subject of the appropriations process discussed in the hearings.
Last recorded activity January 1, 2015.
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Summary
Key Facts
- The subcommittee held public witness hearings on March 18, March 24, and March 25, 2015.
- The hearings focused on appropriations for Interior, Environment, and related agencies for the 2016 fiscal year.
- Specific sessions were dedicated to testimony from American Indian and Alaska Native public witnesses.
- The document includes written testimony submitted by various individuals and organizations.
- The record is published by the U.S. Government Publishing Office as Part 8 of the hearing series.
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Why It Matters
This record documents the public input process for federal funding decisions affecting environmental protection, land management, and tribal programs for the 2016 fiscal year.
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Structured Public Input
The subcommittee explicitly separated general public testimony from tribal-specific testimony over three days, indicating a formal process for addressing Native American concerns.
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