Pueblo of Isletta Settlement and Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3648
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Compensation (Law)
Damages
Drainage
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Farm lands
Federal-Indian relations
Forest conservation
Forest health
Forest management
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Land transfers
Law
Legal fees
Minorities
Nature conservation
New Mexico
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Range management
Restoration ecology
Sewage treatment
Sewerage
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Pueblo of Isleta Settlement and Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2006 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pueblo of Isleta Natural Resources Restoration Fund for: (1) settlement of the claims of the Pueblo of Isleta; and (2) the acquisition, restoration, improvement, development, and protection of land, natural resources, and cultural resources within the exterior boundaries of the Pueblo. Provides for the maintenance and investment of the restoration fund.
 
Ratifies the Agreement of Compromise and Settlement entered into between the United States and the Pueblo on July 12, 2005, as modified by the Extension and Modification Agreement executed by the United States and the Pueblo on June 22, 2006, to settle the claims in the case of 
Pueblo of Isleta v. United States, 
 Docket No. 98-166L, pending in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
 
Directs the Pueblo and the United States to execute and file a joint stipulation for entry of final judgment in dismissal of such case.
 
Provides for the payment of compensation to the Pueblo from the permanent judgment appropriation for all monetary damages and attorney fees, interest, and other fees and costs of any kind that were or could have been presented in connection with Docket No. 98-166L.
 


action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Pueblo of Isleta Settlement and Natural Resources Restoration Act of 2006 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pueblo of Isleta Natural Resources Restoration Fund for: (1) settlement of the claims of the Pueblo of Isleta; and (2) the acquisition, restoration, improvement, development, and protection of land, natural resources, and cultural resources within the exterior boundaries of the Pueblo. Provides for the maintenance and investment of the restoration fund.
 
Ratifies the Agreement of Compromise and Settlement entered into between the United States and the Pueblo on July 12, 2005, as modified by the Extension and Modification Agreement executed by the United States and the Pueblo on June 22, 2006, to settle the claims in the case of 
Pueblo of Isleta v. United States
, Docket No. 98-166L, pending in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
 
Directs the Pueblo and the United States to execute and file a joint stipulation for entry of final judgment in dismissal of such case.

Provides for the payment of compensation to the Pueblo from the permanent judgment appropriation for all monetary damages and attorney fees, interest, and other fees and costs of any kind that were or could have been presented in connection with Docket No. 98-166L.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 651.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 109-354.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 109-354.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7423-7424)
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7422)
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate