Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act

Bill: 109-s-881
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Cemeteries and funerals
Columbia River development
Compensation (Law)
Cultural property
Dams
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Energy
Federal-Indian relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Government trust funds
Housing and Community Development
Hydroelectric power
Indexing (Economic policy)
Indian claims
Indian economic development
Indian education
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Interest
Land transfers
Law
Minorities
Museums
National recreation areas
Outdoor recreation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Revenue sharing
Scholarships
Sports and Recreation
Washington State
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Spokane Tribe of Indians Settlement Fund. 
 
Requires the payment of compensation to the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam.
 
Requires the use of such funds, in part, for a Cultural Resource Repository and Interpretive Center concerning the culture and history of the Spokane Tribe.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe.
 
Allows payments made to the Spokane Business Council or Spokane Tribe to be used or invested by the Business Council in the same manner and for the same purposes as other Spokane Tribal governmental funds.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs over certain land located within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation and certain other land located on the south bank of the Spokane River. 
 
Provides that payments by the Secretary and the Administrator and restoration of ownership of land in trust constitute full satisfaction 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 hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam.

action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Spokane Tribe of Indians Settlement Fund. 
 
Requires the payment of compensation to the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam.

Requires the use of such funds, in part, for a Cultural Resource Repository and Interpretive Center concerning the culture and history of the Spokane Tribe.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe.
 
Allows payments made to the Spokane Business Council or Spokane Tribe to be used or invested by the Business Council in the same manner and for the same purposes as other Spokane Tribal governmental funds.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs over certain land located within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation and certain other land located on the south bank of the Spokane River. 
 
Provides that payments by the Secretary and the Administrator and restoration of ownership of land in trust constitute full satisfaction 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 hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam.
 
Authorizes appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 317.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-200.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-200.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4129)
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in Senate