This edition covers information made available through federal and state government websites from 6/30/23 through 9/29/23. AIPI reviewed 72 bills in Congress as well as 187 Federal Register Notices, an increase from the 42 bills and 169 federal register notices in our 2023 Q2 update. This update includes key legislation setting government agency budgets for FY2024. Bills affecting budgets and new program spending make up a bulk of bills reviewed this quarter. Congress has not passed any long-term spending bills since the Federal government’s fiscal year 2023 ended on 9/30/23.
We are halfway through the Fall 2023 cohort of the
On August 21 through 22, 2023, I attended the Chickasaw Listening Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. As a citizen who lives outside Chickasaw Treaty Territory and a member of the Arizona community council, I and 300 plus other members from various community councils in various states attended the first listening council since 2007.
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