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Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act

Introduced: May 1, 2017 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 10, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Oct 10, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Oct 9, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Oct 9, 2018
Received in the House.
Oct 5, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 4, 2018
Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6546-6549; text: CR S6548-6549)
Oct 4, 2018
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S6546-6549; text: CR S6548-6549)
May 7, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 397.
May 7, 2018
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with amendments. With written report No. 115-240.
Feb 14, 2018
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
May 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
May 1, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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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.

What's happening now October 10, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Murray, Patty
Washington · May 1, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 995: Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-995/
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