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. 
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 
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 
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, West-
ern Area Power Administration, or Southeastern Power 
Administration.
Union Calendar No. 90
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1797
[Report No. 109–150] 
A BILL 
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. 
JUNE 23, 2005
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed