Appropriations Subcommittees that work on Indian Affairs Note: See below the list for explanations of the committee names (CJS, Int, L-HHS, and T-HUD) and what they work on. Pick information from the budget stories to inspire and frame your message to your representative or senator. Member District/State Alabama Representative Martha Roby 2nd District CJS Representative Robert Aderholt 4th District CJS Senator Richard Shelby AL CJS (chair) L-HHS Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski AK CJS Int (chair) L-HHS T-HUD Arkansas Representative Steve Womack 3d District L-HHS vicechair Senator John Boozman AR CJS T-HUD California Representative Ken Calvert 42nd District Int (chair) Representative Barbara Lee 13th District L-HHS Representative David Valadao 21st District T-HUD Representative Pete Aguilar 31st District T-HUD Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard 40th District L-HHS Senator Dianne Feinstein CA CJS Int T-HUD Connecticut Four Appropriations Committees that are key for Indian Affairs. Where your members serve: L-HHS Representative Rosa Delauro 3d District Ranking Senator Christopher Murphy CT L-HHS T-HUD Delaware Senator Christopher Coons DE CJS T-HUD Florida Representative Mario Diaz-Balart 25th District Senator Marco Rubio FL L-HHS T-HUD, Chair
Georgia Representative Tom Graves 14th District T-HUD Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz HI CJS L-HHS T-HUD Iowa Representative David Young 3d District T-HUD Idaho Representative Mike Simpson 2d District Int L-HHS Illinois Representative Mike Quigley 5th District T-HUD Senator Richard Durbin IL L-HHS T-HUD Kansas Senator Jerry Moran KS L-HHS Kentucky Representative Hal Rogers 5th District CJS Senator Mitch McConnell KY Int Louisiana Senator John Kennedy LA CJS L-HHS Massachusetts Representative Katherine Clark 5th District L-HHS T-HUD Maryland Representative Andy Harris 1st District L-HHS Senator Chris Van Hollen MD CJS Int Maine Representative Chellie Pingree 1st District Int Senator Susan Collins ME CJS T-HUD, chair Michigan Representative John Moolenaar 4th District Labor- HHS Minnesota
Representative Betty McCollum 4th District Int, Ranking Missouri Senator Roy Blunt MO Int L-HHS, Chair T-HUD Mississippi Representative Steven Palazzo 4th District CJS Senator Thad Cochran MS CJS Int L-HHS T-HUD Montana Senator Steve Daines MT Int T-HUD Senator Jon Tester MT Int North Carolina Representative David Price 4th District T-HUD, Ranking North Dakota Senator John Hoeven ND Int T-HUD New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen VT CJS, Ranking New Mexico Senator Tom Udall NM Int, Ranking Nevada Representative Mark Amodei 2nd District Int New York Representative Grace Meng 6th District CJS Representative Jose Serrano 15th District CJS, Ranking Ohio Representative Marcy Kaptur 9th District Int Representative David Joyce 14th District Int T-HUD, Vice- Chair Oklahoma Representative Tom Cole 4th District Int L-HHS Chair Senator James Lankford OK CJS L-HHS
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley OR Int L-HHS Pennsylvania Representative Charlie Dent 15th District T-HUD Representative Matt Cartwright 17th District CJS Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed RI CJS Int L-HHS T-HUD, Ranking South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham SC CJS L-HHS T-HUD Tennessee Representative Chuck Fleischmann 3d District L-HHS Senator Lamar Alexander TN CJS Int L-HHS T-HUD Texas Representative John Culberson 7th District CJS, Chair T-HUD Representative John Carter 31st District CJS Utah Representative Chris Stewart 2nd District Int Vice-Chair Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy VT CJS Int L-HHS T-HUD Washington Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler 3d District L-HHS Representative Derek Kilmer 6th District CJS Int Senator Patty Murray WA L-HHS, Ranking T-HUD Wisconsin Representative Mark Pocan 2nd District L-HHS Senator Tammy Baldwin L-HHS West Virginia Representative Evan Jenkins 3d District CJS Int Senator Shelley Moore Capito WV CJS Int L-HHS T-HUD Senator Joe Manchin WV CJS L-HHS T-HUD
Notes: CJS = Commerce Justice Science Subcommittee: The Committee will consider funding for prevention and response to domestic violence and violence against women - in particular Native women - as part of the Justice Department Budget. Int = Interior/ Environment Subcommittee: The Subcommittee will decide on funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs, Road Maintenance and Economic Development programs L-HHS = Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommitee: the subcommittee will decide on funding for educational supports for students in programs ranging from preschool to post-graduate levels, including language preservation programs, and support for tribal colleges and for schools that serve many Native students T-HUD = Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee: The Subcommittee will decide on funds for Indian housing and community development. "Ranking" means the most senior Democrat on the committee. Vice-Chair assists the Chair, and is of the same party as the Chair