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Read. Follow. Verify.Hearing on Making the Select Committee on Indian Affairs a Permanent Senate Committee
Record date · July 19, 2026
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What This Bill Does
This document is a transcript of a 1980 Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing regarding 448, a proposal to transition the temporary on Indian Affairs into a permanent of the U.S. Senate.
The hearing addresses the structural status of the Senate's oversight body for Native American policy, which determines whether the committee remains a temporary entity subject to periodic renewal or becomes a permanent fixture of the legislative process.
Who It Affects
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Select Committee on Indian Affairs
The committee's organizational status and permanence within the Senate structure are the subject of the proposed resolution.
Native American tribes
The committee oversees federal policy and legislation impacting tribal nations.
Key Facts
- The hearing was held on June 25, 1980, by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
- The subject of the hearing was S. Res. 448, which proposed making the Select Committee on Indian Affairs a permanent standing committee.
- The document records the legislative process for transitioning a temporary select committee into a permanent committee within the Senate structure.
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Institutionalization of Indian Affairs
The hearing marks a transition point where the Senate moved toward providing permanent, dedicated oversight for Indian affairs rather than relying on temporary select committees.
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