Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Act of 2006
Latest action · Sep 25, 2006 Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 20, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Act of 2006 - Approves, ratifies, and confirms the Settlement Agreement entered into by and between specified Indian tribes in the region of Puget Sound, Washington, commercial shellfish growers, the state of Washington, and the United States to resolve certain disputes regarding implementation of tribal treaty rights to take shellfish from certain covered tidelands owned, leased or otherwise subject to harvest by the growers.
Establishes in the Treasury the Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Trust Fund and the Puget Sound Regional Shellfish Settlement Special Holding Account.
Declares that the Secretary of the Interior shall not be accountable for nor incur any liability for the collection, deposit, management, or nonpayment of a specified state of Washington payment to the tribes pursuant to the Settlement Agreement.
Declares that all right of any other tribe, within 20 years after the deposit of funds in the Special Holding Account, to bring an action to enforce or exercise its treaty rights to take shellfish from public and private tidelands in Washington, including from some lands owned, leased, or otherwise subject to harvest by any and all commercial growers, shall be determined in accordance with the decisions of federal courts in United States v. Washington.
Provides that if any payment by the United States is not paid in the amount or manner specified by this Act, or is not paid within six months after the date specified by the Settlement Agreement, such failure shall give rise to a cause of action by the tribes against the United States. Authorizes the tribes to bring such an action in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 29, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| R-WA | Doc Hastings | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Sep 29, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2006Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- Sep 20, 2006Introduced in House
- Sep 20, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5946 | Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 | Related bill | Jan 12, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals
- Civil actions and liability
- Compensation (Law)
- Damages
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal-Indian relations
- Fish culture
- Fisheries
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government trust funds
- Indian claims
- Law
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Shellfish
- State government-Indian relations
- Washington State
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2006Introduced in House
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