The tribe’s multimillion-dollar demand is in addition to the $218 million in federal funds that it received over the past 10 years.
Federalist: This week, Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany submitted a request to the House Appropriations Committee to prevent the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa from ever holding Wisconsinites hostage again. The appropriations request will pull any Indian tribe’s Tribal Transportation Program funds if it closes public access to roads registered in the program.
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Indian Tribe that closes or otherwise restricts public access to any roadway that was listed on the Indian Reservation Roads / Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory as of January 1, 2022, shall be ineligible for Tribal Transportation Program funds,” reads the letter. more here
Good idea, but good luck. With this woke administration they will probably increase the funding.
Has about as much chance of passing as a bill to defund PBS for being anti-American. But kudos for the effort.