Congress 107 - HR 2408 - Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act

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Auditing Dams Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Energy Federal aid to Indians Finance and Financial Sector Government trust funds Health Housing and Community Development Indian claims Indian economic development Indian education Indian lands Indian medical care Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Interest Land use Minorities Missouri River development Native Americans Nebraska Public Lands and Natural Resources Reservoirs South Dakota Water Resources Development

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Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Yankton Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund and the Santee Sioux Tribe Development Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to withdraw the aggregate amount of interest deposited into the Funds each fiscal year (beginning with the 11th fiscal year after this Act's enactment date) and transfer that amount to the Secretary of the Interior for making payments to the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe for carrying out projects and programs under each Tribe's Tribal Plan.

Directs the tribal council of each Tribe to prepare a Tribal Plan for using payments for projects and programs to promote: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) the educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the Tribe and its members.

States that payments under this Act will not affect other Federal payments or the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin power rates or be subject to Federal or State income tax.

Authorizes appropriations.

Extinguishes all monetary claims of the Tribes against the United States for loss of value or use of land resulting from the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program upon the deposit of funds into such Funds.

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Sep 25, 2002

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 427.
Sep 25, 2002

Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-689.
Sep 12, 2002

Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 12, 2002

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 17, 2002

Committee Hearings Held.
Jul 9, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from Interior, HHS.
Jun 28, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Jun 28, 2001

Introduced in House

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