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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2022
U.S. SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
Washington, DC.
NONDEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES
[CLERK'S NOTE.-The subcommittee was unable to hold hearings
on nondepartmental witnesses. The statements and letters of those
submitting written testimony are as follows:]
PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
April 1, 2021
The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen,
Chair
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Matt Cartwright,
Chair
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Re: Funding for Tribal Courts to Ensure
preme Court Decision in McGirt v Oklahon
The Honorable Jerry Moran,
Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Robert Aderholt,
Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Access to Justice Following the U.S. Su-
DEAR CHAIR SHAHEEN, RANKING MEMBER MORAN, CHAIR CARTWRIGHT, AND RANK-
ING MEMBER ADERHOLT:
On behalf of the American Bar Association (ABA), the largest voluntary associa-
tion of lawyers and legal professionals in the world, I write to express our concerns
over inadequate funding of Tribal criminal justice that has contributed to staggering
rates of violent crime and victimization on many Indian reservations. This is not
a new problem.
The underfunding of the Tribal justice systems has been well-documented in re-
port after report for over two decades.1 Most recently, in 2020, the Bureau of Indian
'U.S. Civil Rights Commission 1991 Report The Indian Civil Rights Act: A Report of the
United States Commission on Civil Rights; the U. S. Civil Rights Commission 2003 Report A
Quiet Crisis: Federal Funding and Unmet Needs in Indian Country; the Indian Law and Order
Commission 2013 report A Roadmap for Making Native America Safer: Report to the President
Continued
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