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 |
Committees 2
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 May 1, 2017Markup Feb 14, 2018Reported May 7, 2018 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Oct 9, 2018 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Oct 10, 2018 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Oct 10, 2018 |
Actions 11
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.
- Oct 4, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6546-6549; text: CR S6548-6549)
- May 7, 2018Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with amendments. With written report No. 115-240.
- May 7, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 397.
- Feb 14, 2018Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- May 1, 2017Introduced in Senate
- May 1, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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 S6546–S6549Text printed S6546–S6548 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Oct 4, 2018 |
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 estimate
- Mar 20, 2018S. 995, Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on February 14, 2018
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2739 | Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act | Reintroduction of | Nov 16, 2016 |
Titles 4
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 Equitable Compensation Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act
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
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.
