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S. 2494 (110th)

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

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Introduced

17 December 2007

Last action

9 September 2008 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 948.

Sponsors

Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]

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Summary

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. 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.

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Timeline

  1. 17 December 2007

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 17 December 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 May 2008

    Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-469.

    Source: Committee

  4. 19 June 2008

    Reported

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

    Source: Committee

  5. 9 September 2008

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 948.

    Source: Calendars

  6. 9 September 2008

    Reported

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan without amendment. With written report No. 110-450.

    Source: Committee

  7. 9 September 2008

    Reported

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan without amendment. With written report No. 110-450.

    Source: Committee

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