Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act
Latest action · Oct 10, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
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.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2017
- Passed SenateOct 4, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act
This bill establishes the Spokane Tribe of Indians Recovery Trust Fund to compensate the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam.
The council must prepare a plan for the use of those payments to promote any combination of: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the tribe and its members.
The Bonneville Power Administration must make specified settlement payments to the tribe.
Payments made to the council or tribe may be used or invested by the council in the same manner as other tribal governmental funds.
Deposit of amounts in the fund extinguishes all monetary claims that the tribe may have against the United States to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 1, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | May 1, 2017 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 10, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
- Oct 10, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Oct 9, 2018Received in the House.
- Oct 9, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Oct 5, 2018Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 9, 2018Referred in House
- Oct 4, 2018Engrossed in Senate
- May 7, 2018Reported to Senate
- May 1, 2017Introduced in Senate
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