In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently. With the close of 2023 at hand, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, provided an update on the Committee's busy year. During 2023, 11 total Indian Affairs bills passed the U.S. Senate out of 21 that passed the Committee.