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(c) TREATMENT
OF FUNDS
FOR CERTAIN PUR-
POSES.—The payments of all funds to the Spokane Busi-
ness Council and Spokane Tribe under sections 5 and 6, 
and the interest and income generated by the funds, shall 
be treated in the same manner as payments under section 
6 of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Dis-
tribution of Judgment Funds Act (100 Stat. 677). 
(d) TRIBAL AUDIT.—After the date on which funds 
are paid to the Spokane Business Council or Spokane 
Tribe under section 5 or 6, the funds shall— 
(1) constitute Spokane Tribe governmental 
funds; and 
(2) be subject to an annual tribal government 
audit. 
SEC. 8. REPAYMENT CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall deduct 
from the interest payable to the Secretary of the Treasury 
from net proceeds (as defined in section 13 of the Federal 
Columbia River Transmission System Act (16 U.S.C. 
838k))— 
(1) in fiscal year 2007, $2,600,000; and 
(2) in each subsequent fiscal year in which the 
Administrator makes a payment under section 6, 
$1,300,000. 
(b) CREDITING.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), each deduction made under this 
section shall be— 
(A) a credit to the interest payments oth-
erwise payable by the Administrator to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury during the fiscal year in 
which the deduction is made; and 
(B) allocated pro rata to all interest pay-
ments on debt associated with the generation 
function of the Federal Columbia River Power 
System that are due during the fiscal year. 
(2) DEDUCTION GREATER THAN AMOUNT OF 
INTEREST.—If, in any fiscal year, the deduction is 
greater than the amount of interest due on debt as-
sociated with the generation function for the fiscal 
year, the amount of the deduction that exceeds the 
interest due on debt associated with the generation 
function shall be allocated pro rata to all other inter-
est payments due during the fiscal year. 
(3) CREDIT.—To the extent that a deduction 
exceeds the total amount of interest described in 
paragraphs (1) and (2), the deduction shall be ap-
plied as a credit against any other payments that 
the Administrator makes to the Secretary of the 
Treasury.
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SEC. 9. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 
AND RESTORATION OF OWNERSHIP OF LAND. 
(a) TRANSFER
OF JURISDICTION.—The Secretary 
shall transfer administrative jurisdiction from the Bureau 
of Reclamation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs over— 
(1) all land acquired by the United States 
under the Act of June 29, 1940 (16 U.S.C. 835d), 
that is located within the exterior boundaries of the 
Spokane Indian Reservation established pursuant to 
the Executive Order of January 18, 1881; and 
(2) all land on the south bank of the Spokane 
River that— 
(A) extends westerly from Little Falls 
Dam to the confluence of the Spokane River 
and Columbia River; and 
(B) is located at or below contour elevation 
1290 feet above sea level. 
(b) RESTORATION OF OWNERSHIP IN TRUST.—All 
land transferred under this section— 
(1) shall be held in trust for the benefit and use 
of the Spokane Tribe; and 
(2) shall become part of the Spokane Indian 
Reservation. 
(c) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States reserves 
a perpetual right, power, privilege, and easement
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over the land transferred under this section to carry 
out the Columbia Basin Project under the Columbia 
Basin Project Act (16 U.S.C. 835 et seq.). 
(2) RIGHTS
INCLUDED.—The rights reserved 
under paragraph (1) further include the right to op-
erate, maintain, repair, and replace boat ramps, 
docks, and other recreational facilities owned or per-
mitted by the United States and existing on the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(3) RETENTION
OF
NATIONAL
PARK
SYSTEM 
STATUS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Land transferred under 
this section that, before the date of enactment 
of this Act, was included in the Lake Roosevelt 
National Recreation Area shall remain part of 
the Recreation Area. 
(B) ADMINISTRATION.—Nothing in this 
section affect the authority or responsibility of 
the National Park Service to administer the 
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area under 
the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535, 
chapter 408; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.). 
(4) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The 
cognizant agencies of the Department of the Interior 
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding
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with the Spokane Tribe to provide for coordination 
in applying this subsection. 
SEC. 10. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 
Payment by the Secretary under section 5 and the 
Administrator under section 6 and restoration of owner-
ship of land in trust under section 9 constitute full satis-
faction 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 hydro-
power at Grand Coulee Dam. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 12. PRECEDENT. 
Nothing in this Act establishes any precedent or is 
binding on the Southwestern Power Administration,
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Western Area Power Administration, or Southeastern 
Power Administration. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 179 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1797 
AN ACT 
To provide for equitable compensation to the Spo-
kane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reserva-
tion for the use of tribal land for the production 
of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and 
for other purposes. 
JULY 27, 2005 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar