Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to Hear Testimony on Covid-19 Impact on the Native Tourism Economies

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will host an oversight hearing, “Examining the COVID-19 Response in Native Communities: Native Tourism Economies One Year Later,” on Wednesday, May 12 at 2:30 p.m. – EDT.

The Committee wants to learn about infrastructure needs in Native communities and how resources in the American Rescue Plan Act and the NATIVE Act help support Native tourism economies as they recover from the impacts of Covid-19.

During the hearing, testimony from representatives from the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Indian Economic Development, and leaders in the Native American tourism industry.

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