I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1562 
To provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes 
of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects 
along the Missouri River. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2009 
Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek 
Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land 
caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River. 
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 ‘‘Lower Brule and Crow 
Creek Tribal Compensation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Pro-
gram (authorized by section 9 of the Act of Decem-
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ber 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Con-
trol Act of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 891)), was approved to 
promote the general economic development of the 
United States; 
(2) the Fort Randall and Big Bend dam and 
reservoir projects in South Dakota— 
(A) are major components of the Pick- 
Sloan Missouri River Basin Program; and 
(B) contribute to the national economy; 
(3) the Fort Randall and Big Bend projects in-
undated the fertile bottom land of the Lower Brule 
and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes, which greatly dam-
aged the economy and cultural resources of the 
Tribes; 
(4) Congress has provided compensation to sev-
eral Indian tribes, including the Lower Brule and 
Crow Creek Sioux Tribes, that border the Missouri 
River and suffered injury as a result of 1 or more 
Pick-Sloan Projects; 
(5) the compensation provided to those Indian 
tribes has not been consistent; 
(6) Missouri River Indian tribes that suffered 
injury as a result of 1 or more Pick-Sloan Projects 
should be adequately compensated for those injuries, 
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and that compensation should be consistent among 
the Tribes; and 
(7) the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Crow 
Creek Sioux Tribe are entitled to receive additional 
compensation for injuries described in paragraph 
(6). 
SEC. 3. LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE. 
Section 4(b) of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infra-
structure Development Trust Fund Act (Public Law 105– 
132; 
111 
Stat. 
2565) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$39,300,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$129,822,085’’. 
SEC. 4. CROW CREEK SIOUX TRIBE. 
Section 4(b) of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infra-
structure Development Trust Fund Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–223; 110 Stat. 3027) is amended by striking 
‘‘$27,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$69,222,084’’. 
SEC. 5. TREATMENT AS FINAL COMPENSATION. 
(a) FULL
AND FINAL COMPENSATON.—This Act 
shall be considered to be full and final compensation to 
the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Crow Creek Sioux 
Tribe for damages caused by construction of the Fort 
Randall Dam and the Big Bend Dam under the Pick- 
Sloan Missouri River Basin Program. 
(b) RELINQUISHMENT OF FURTHER CLAIMS.—The 
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe 
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