Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and State of South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Mitigation Act of 1997

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Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and State of South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Mitigation Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to lease to the State of South Dakota, upon request, for not less than 50 years any other land within the projects of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program in South Dakota that: (1) is located outside the external boundaries of a reservation of an Indian tribe; and (2) the Secretary determines is designated as a recreation area in the current Project Master Plans. Sets forth lease conditions. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior land that is located above the top of the exclusive flood pool of the projects of the program, that was acquired by the Secretary for the implementation of the program, and that is located within the external boundaries of a reservation of an Indian tribe. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to hold in trust for each Indian tribe the land transferred under this section that is located within the external boundaries of the reservation of the tribe. Sets forth transfer conditions, including requirements for land management and enforcement of hunting, fishing, and recreation regulations on such land by Indian tribes. (Sec. 6) Requires the State and each Indian tribe, as a condition of the receipt of funds under this Act, to develop a plan for the mitigation of terrestrial wildlife habitat loss that occurred as a result of flooding relating to projects carried out as part of the program. Authorizes the State and each tribe to use specified payments to develop or expand a program for the purchase of wildlife habitat leases, subject to specified requirements. Specifies permissible uses of assistance. Deauthorizes the Blunt Reservoir Project. (Sec. 7) Establishes: (1) the South Dakota Wildlife Habitat Mitigation Trust Fund; and (2) the Native American Wildlife Habitat Mitigation Trust Fund. (Sec. 9) Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Army such sums as necessary to pay administrative expenses incurred in carrying out this Act and to fund the implementation of terrestrial wildlife habitat mitigation plans until other specified funds are available. (Sec. 11) Authorizes appropriations.

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 October 1997

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