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Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act

Introduced: April 21, 2005 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Dec 8, 2005
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 317.
Dec 8, 2005
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-200.
Jun 29, 2005
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 21, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Apr 21, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4129)
Apr 21, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Spokane Tribe of Indians Settlement Fund.

Requires the payment of compensation to the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam.

Requires the use of such funds, in part, for a Cultural Resource Repository and Interpretive Center concerning the culture and history of the Spokane Tribe.

Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe.

Allows payments made to the Spokane Business Council or Spokane Tribe to be used or invested by the Business Council in the same manner and for the same purposes as other Spokane Tribal governmental funds.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs over certain land located within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation and certain other land located on the south bank of the Spokane River.

Provides that payments by the Secretary and the Administrator and restoration of ownership of land in trust constitute full satisfaction of the claim of the Spokane Tribe to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam project for the past and continued use of land of the Spokane Tribe for the production of hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam.

Authorizes appropriations.

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 317.

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