The Natural Resources Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a "full markup" hearing on Wednesday, February 6 (2:00 pm eastern). The hearing is scheduled to be WebCast live. Two precedent setting bills that would allow for off-reservation Indian casinos in Michigan will be reportedly be among those considered:- H.R. 2176 (Stupak): To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community. The bill would allow the tribe to develop an off-reservation casino some 350+ miles by automobile from its existing reservation. (Google map). The tribe already has two casinos located on its Brimley, Michigan reservtion.
- H.R. 4115 (Dingell): To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The bill would allow the tribe to develop an off-reservation casino some 355+ miles by automobile from its existing reservation. (Google map). The tribe operates the five Kewadin casinos and is majority shareholder in Detroit's Greektown Casino.
The committee hearing can be viewed on live simultaneous WebCast at http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/. Click on the site's "view live WebCast" button in the left hand column or try the button we've provided below:
Supporters of the Port Huron bill claim they have secured the votes of Rep. Nick Rahall (WV-3rd) chairman of the House Resources Committee and GOP Rep. Don Young (AK), ranking GOP member of the committee.
originally posted 1.27.08
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