Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act
Latest action · Dec 8, 2005 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 317.
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.
- IntroducedApr 21, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
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 and certain other land located on the south bank of the Spokane River.
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.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2005 to May 18, 2005; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Apr 21, 2005 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Apr 21, 2005 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | May 18, 2005 |
Withdrew 1 John McCain R-AZ Apr 26, 2005
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 21, 2005Markup Jun 29, 2005Reported Dec 8, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2005Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-200.
- Dec 8, 2005Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 317.
- Jun 29, 2005Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Apr 21, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Apr 21, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4129)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4129 | Maria Cantwell D-WA | Apr 21, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 7, 2005S. 881, Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 29, 2005</p>
- Jul 7, 2005S. 881, Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 29, 2005
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1797 | Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act | Related bill | Jul 27, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Auditing
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Columbia River development
- Compensation (Law)
- Cultural property
- Dams
- Easements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Energy
- Federal-Indian relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government trust funds
- Housing and Community Development
- Hydroelectric power
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Indian claims
- Indian economic development
- Indian education
- Indian lands
- Infrastructure
- Interest
- Land transfers
- Law
- Minorities
- Museums
- National recreation areas
- Native Americans
- Outdoor recreation
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Revenue sharing
- Scholarships
- Sports and Recreation
- Washington State
- Water Resources Development
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2005Reported to Senate
- Apr 21, 2005Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.