.Committee on Budget & Finance

The Committee on Budgets and Finance has the following oversight responsibilities:

• All overall Tribal budgets, including Indirect Costs and the Fair
• The Tribal Finance office
• Any subcontracts, contracts, grants or monetary agreements with other governmental, business or corporate entities or individuals
• The hearing of Step 3 grievances under the Tribal Personnel Policies
• Tribal financial and procurement policies

• The Tribal Youth Program, and, in conjunction with the Committee on Economic Development, the Summer Youth Programs
• Child welfare and child protection programs, in conjunction with the Committee on Community Development
• Educational policies, as they affect the welfare of children, in conjunction with the Committee on Education
• The Save the Children Program
• Juvenile and Youth Codes, in conjunction with the Committee on Judicial Affairs and Law Enforcement
• Scouting programs
• Youth recreation

• The Tribal Department of Education
• Relations between the Tribe and the BIA Office of Indian Education Programs

• The Tribal Department of Employment and Training and Office of Economic Development
• The Choctaw Indian Fair

.Committee on Governmental Affairs
The Committee on Governmental Affairs has the following oversight responsibilities:

• The Tribal administration (personnel office and planning office)
• All Tribal property and its disposition except for land
• The Tribe's departmental structure
• Any questions dealing with civil rights or the rights of specific populations such as the handicapped
• Relations between the Tribe and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except for the Office of Indian Education Programs), as well as the federal government as a whole (including any legislation pending in Congress)
• The Tribal Constitution, and any amendments thereto, and Tribal election procedures
• The Tribal Personnel Policies
• The Tribal Tax Commission

• The Tribal Department of Law Enforcement, the Fire Department and the Tribal Court
• The Tribal Code
• Relations with other jurisdictions

• Programs in the Executive Branch funded by the Environmental Protection Agency
• Any proposed use of Tribal Lands that might adversely affect the quality of life for reservation residents (including dog control and disposal of abandoned cars), in conjunction with the Committee on Community Development
• The environmental impacts of Tribal programs, enterprises or entities

• The Tribal Department of Health
• Tribal relations with the Indian Health Service
• The Choctaw Residential Center Enterprise

• All Tribal members who are or have been members of the armed forces
• The services of all Tribal programs as they are furnished to veterans

• All Tribal or prospective Tribal, real property
• The Tribal Department of Family and community Services and the Choctaw Housing Authority
• Housing Improvement Program
• Land use and land use or zoning plans
• Real property leases
• Adult recreation