US Congress Senate Bill 995 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on October 9 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-10-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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.

Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act

Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-10-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
2018-10-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2018-10-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2018-10-09	House	Received in the House.
2018-10-05	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2018-10-04	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6546-6549; text: CR S6548-6549)
2018-05-07	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 397.
2018-05-07	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with amendments. With written report No. 115-240.
2018-02-14	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
2017-05-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/995/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s995/BILLS-115s995is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s995/BILLS-115s995rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s995/BILLS-115s995es.pdf