Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act

Bill: 109-s-374
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2005-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Compensation (Law)
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Housing and Community Development
Hydroelectric power
Indian claims
Indian economic development
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Law
Minorities
Missouri River development
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reservoirs
Revenue sharing
South Dakota
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: 
Tribal Parity Act - Amends the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act to increase from $39.3 million to $186,822,140 the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury to provide compensation to the Lower Brule Tribe of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River.
 
Amends the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act of 1996 to increase from $27.5 million to $105,917,853 the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary to provide compensation to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota for such damage.

action_date: 2006-09-20
text: 
Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act - Amends the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act to increase from $39.3 million to $129,822,085 the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury to provide compensation to the Lower Brule Tribe of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River.

Amends the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act of 1996 to increase from $27.5 million to $69,222,084 the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary to provide compensation to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota for such damage.

States that 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 the construction of the Fort Randall Dam and the Big Bend Dam under the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 624.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-344.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-344.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-572.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1349)
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate