I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5139
To enhance and provide to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation 
Project certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2004
Ms. HERSETH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To enhance and provide to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and An-
gostura Irrigation Project certain benefits of the Pick-
Sloan Missouri River basin program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Oglala Sioux Tribe 
Angostura Irrigation Project Modernization and Develop-
ment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that—
(1) Congress approved the Pick-Sloan Missouri 
River basin program by passing the Act of Decem-
ber 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944’’) (33 U.S.C. 701–1 et seq.)—
(A) to promote the economic development 
of the United States; 
(B) to provide for irrigation in regions 
north of Sioux City, Iowa; 
(C) to protect urban and rural areas from 
devastating floods of the Missouri River; and 
(D) for other purposes; 
(2) the Angostura Unit—
(A) is a component of the Pick-Sloan pro-
gram; and 
(B) provides for—
(i) irrigation of 12,218 acres of pro-
ductive farm land in South Dakota; and 
(ii) substantial recreation and fish 
and wildlife benefits; 
(3) the Commissioner of Reclamation has deter-
mined that—
(A) the national economic development 
benefits from irrigation at the Angostura Unit 
total approximately $3,410,000 annually; and 
(B) the national economic development 
benefits of recreation at Angostura Reservoir 
total approximately $7,100,000 annually;
(4) the Angostura Unit impounds the Cheyenne 
River 20 miles upstream of the Pine Ridge Indian 
Reservation in South Dakota; 
(5)(A) the Reservation experiences extremely 
high rates of unemployment and poverty; and 
(B) there is a need for economic development 
on the Reservation; 
(6) the national economic development benefits 
of the Angostura Unit do not extend to the Reserva-
tion; 
(7) the Angostura Unit may be associated with 
negative affects on water quality and riparian vege-
tation in the Cheyenne River on the Reservation; 
(8) modernization of the irrigation facilities at 
the Angostura Unit would—
(A) enhance the national economic develop-
ment benefits of the Angostura Unit; and 
(B) result in improved water efficiency and 
environmental restoration benefits on the Res-
ervation; and 
(9) the establishment of a trust fund for the 
Oglala Sioux Tribe would—
(A) produce economic development benefits 
for the Reservation comparable to the benefits 
produced at the Angostura Unit; and
(B) provide resources that are necessary 
for restoration of the Cheyenne River corridor 
on the Reservation. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ANGOSTURA UNIT.—The term ‘‘Angostura 
Unit’’ means the irrigation unit of the Angostura ir-
rigation project developed under the Act of August 
11, 1939 (16 U.S.C. 590y et seq.). 
(2) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Og-
lala Sioux Tribal Development Trust Fund estab-
lished by section 201(a). 
(3) PICK-SLOAN PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Pick-
Sloan program’’ means the Pick-Sloan Missouri 
River basin program approved under the Act of De-
cember 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood 
Control Act of 1944’’) (33 U.S.C. 701–1 et seq.). 
(4) PLAN.—The term ‘‘plan’’ means the devel-
opment plan developed by the Tribe under section 
201(f). 
(5) RESERVATION.—The term ‘‘Reservation’’ 
means the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the 
State. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior.