Navajo Nation lawmakers are expected to consider proposed legislation on mining as well as potential capital projects during their summer session in Window Rock, Arizona.
The Farmington Daily Times reports that the session is slated to begin Monday and include proposed legislation that would regulate surface coal mining, reclamation and coal exploration on tribal land.
Other proposals include a loan to build a travel center near the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort near Flagstaff, Arizona, a bill that would change the way district grazing committee members are paid and three bills to seek supplemental funding from the Unreserved Undesignated Fund Balance.
Delegates are slated to hear Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye's State of the Nation address on Monday and reports from Arizona state Sen. Carlyle Begay, R-Ganado, on Tuesday and from U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., on Wednesday.
