Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act
USA115th CongressS-995| Senate
| Updated: 10/10/2018
Maria Cantwell
Democratic Senator
Washington
Cosponsors (1)
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Indian Affairs Committee, Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act This bill establishes the Spokane Tribe of Indians Recovery Trust Fund to compensate the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam. The council must prepare a plan for the use of those payments to promote any combination of: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the tribe and its members. The Bonneville Power Administration must make specified settlement payments to the tribe. Payments made to the council or tribe may be used or invested by the council in the same manner as other tribal governmental funds. Deposit of amounts in the fund extinguishes all monetary claims that the tribe may have against the United States to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with amendments. With written report No. 115-240.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 397.
Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6546-6549; text: CR S6548-6549)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6546-6549; text: CR S6548-6549)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Received in the House.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Native Americans
Alternative and renewable resourcesDams and canalsElectric power generation and transmissionFederal-Indian relationsGovernment trust fundsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsIndian social and development programsWashington State
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act
USA115th CongressS-995| Senate
| Updated: 10/10/2018
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act This bill establishes the Spokane Tribe of Indians Recovery Trust Fund to compensate the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam. The council must prepare a plan for the use of those payments to promote any combination of: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the tribe and its members. The Bonneville Power Administration must make specified settlement payments to the tribe. Payments made to the council or tribe may be used or invested by the council in the same manner as other tribal governmental funds. Deposit of amounts in the fund extinguishes all monetary claims that the tribe may have against the United States to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with amendments. With written report No. 115-240.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 397.
Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6546-6549; text: CR S6548-6549)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6546-6549; text: CR S6548-6549)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Received in the House.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Maria Cantwell
Democratic Senator
Washington
Cosponsors (1)
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Indian Affairs Committee, Natural Resources Committee
Native Americans
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Alternative and renewable resourcesDams and canalsElectric power generation and transmissionFederal-Indian relationsGovernment trust fundsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsIndian social and development programsWashington State