LEGISLATIVE TRACKING

NIEA Testimony: Education and Early Childhood Development Subcommittee
02.09.07

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NIEA joined with the National Congress of American Indians and the National Johnson O’Malley Association to request from the Department of Interior full funding the Johnson O’Malley (JOM) program at the FY 2006 level in the remaining months of fiscal year 2007. All three organizations also joined forces to request from the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the Native American Caucus assistance in ensuring that the Department of Interior provides funding for the Johnson O’Malley (JOM) program within the Bureau of Indian Affairs at least at the FY 2006 level of $16.4 million in the remaining months of fiscal year 2007.