U.S. Department of the Treasury

Overview

Pursuant to Section 3 of the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014, Pub. L. 113-168, and in accordance with the provisions of the FACA, the TTAC was established on February 10, 2015. This seven member Tribal advisory committee advises the Secretary on significant matters related to the taxation of Indians, the training of Internal Revenue Service field agents, and the provisions of training and technical assistance to Native American financial officers. The membership has three appointees nominated by the Secretary, two appointed by the House Committee on Ways and Means and two nominated by the Senate Committee on Finance.

Reports

• Subcommittee on Pensions Work Plan March 2023
• Subcommittee on General Welfare Exclusion Report October 2022 
• Subcommittee on Dual Taxation Report December 2020
• Subcommittee on Pensions Work Plan September 2020

Upcoming meetings

The Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee will hold its fourteenth periodic meeting on May 15, 2024, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. ET. You may register for the upcoming meeting here. Please register by Friday, May 10, 2024, 5 p.m. ET. You may find the agenda here. 

Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee Members

Chair

W. Ron Allen, Tribal Chair and CEO of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe    
(Secretary’s appointment)    
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (Washington State)

Members

Will Micklin, 4th Vice President of the Central Council of Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska    
(Secretary’s Appointment)    
Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Alaska)

Rodney A. Butler, Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation  
(Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal, Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Committee appointment)    
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (Connecticut)

Cora White Horse, Council Member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe 
(Secretary’s Appointment)
Oglala Sioux Tribe (South Dakota)

Treasury Designated Federal Officer    
Krishna Vallabhaneni, Tax Legislative Counsel, Office of Tax Policy

Martin Tucker, Chief Financial Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 
(Missouri Representative Jason Smith, Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee appointment)

Chief Allan, Chairman of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe
(Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee appointment)
Coeur d’Alene Tribe (Idaho)

Treasury Designated Federal Officer    
Fatima Abbas, Director, Office of Tribal and Native Affairs 
 

Past Meetings

January 24, 2024

• Agenda
• Meeting Minutes

September 7, 2023

• Agenda
• Meeting Minutes

June 14, 2023

• Agenda
• Meeting Minutes

March 14, 2023

• Agenda
• Meeting Minutes

October 26, 2022

• Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Public Comment

June 16, 2021

• Agenda
• Meeting minutes
• Seneca Nation Public Comment

March 17, 2021

• Agenda
• Meeting minutes
• Shawnee letter
• Redding Rancheria letter    
   

December 9, 2020

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes

September 16, 2020

• Meeting Minutes
• Public Comments Letter from Chill to TTAC Re CMF 9-1-2020
• Public Comments Kickapoo Tribe of Texas re SSA taxable income 9162020

March 31, 2020

• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Agenda

December 3, 2019

• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Agenda
• PowerPoint

Background and Public Comments for December 3, 2019 TTAC Public Meeting

• Background 1232019 Public Meeting NCAI Resolutions referenced in Chairmain Melendez' Public Comments 12032019
• Public Comment 1232019 Redding Rancheria re GWE
• Public Comment 1232019 Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians re GWE
• Public Comment 1232019 Seneca Nation Indians re Taxation

September 18, 2019

The Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee held its Public Meeting on September 18, 2019.

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes

Background and Public Comments for September 18, 2019 TTAC Public Meeting

• For the Record 9182019 NCAI Tax Priorities Resolution SD-15-036
• For the Record 9182019 NCAI.Resolution.MOH-17-019
• For the Record 91822019 Nunes_General_Welfare_Statement_of_Record
• Public Comment 9182019 Kickapoo Tribe re GWE
• Public Comment 9182019 Lummi Nation re Operating Procedures and By Laws
• Public Comment 9182019 Lummi Nation re Title 42 Foreign Tax Code
• Public Comment 9182019 Message of Concern and Explanation Lummi Nation re GWE and Ceremonial Activities
• Public Comment 9182019 Ogalala Sioux Tribe Comments to TTAC on IRS Consolidation
• Public Comment 9182019 Prairie Band Potawatomi Public Comments re Operating Procedures and Bylaws
• Public Comment 9182019 Santa Ynez GWE
• Public Comment Testimony 9182019 Lawrence Solomon Lummi Tribe re GWE.docx
• Public Comment Testimony 9182019 Lummi Tribe re GWE

June 20, 2019 Public Meeting

The Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee held its Public Meeting on June 20, 2019.

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes

Background and Public Comments for June 20, 2019 TTAC Public Meeting

PRIOR Activity

• On February 8, 2018, Treasury announced the seventh and final tribal representative for the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC). TTAC committee members will advise the Treasury Secretary on the taxation of Indians, the training of Internal Revenue Service field agents, and the provision of training and technical assistance to Native American financial officers. Committee members include:
  • W. Ron Allen, Tribal Chair and CEO, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
  • Rebecca Benally, Member of the Navajo Nation and San Juan County Commissioner
  • Sharon Edenfield, Tribal Council Member, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians
  • Lacey Horn, Treasurer, Cherokee Nation
  • Patricia King, Treasurer, Oneida Nation
  • Lynn Malerba, Lifetime Chief, Mohegan Tribe
  • Eugene Magnuson, Treasurer, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians    
     
• On November 2, 2016, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) appointed Patricia King of the Oneida Tribe in Wisconsin, as a member of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC).

• On September 30, 2016, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) appointed Sharon Edenfield of the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon of the as a member of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC).

• On December 21, 2015, House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Michigan) appointed Eugene Magnuson, Treasurer for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, as a member of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC).

• On December 21, 2015, Treasury announced the appointment of three representatives to serve on the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC). Committee members will advise the Secretary on matters related to the taxation of Indians, the raining of Internal Revenue Service field agents, and the provision of training and technical assistance to Native American financial officers. The TTAC was established in keeping with Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014. Members:
  • W. Ron Allen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
  • Lacey Horn, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation
  • Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba, Lifetime Chief of the Mohegan Tribe

• Treasury is now soliciting nominations and applications, particularly from tribal leaders, for the three Committee members who will be appointed by the Treasury Secretary.The deadline is April 28, 2015. For additional information please see the Federal Register notice. The Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Finance Committee and House of Representative Ways and Means Committee will each appoint one member.

Contact

Designated Federal Officer    
Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee    
U.S. Department of the Treasury    
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW    
Washington, D.C. 20220    
TTAC@treasury.gov