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Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016
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Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016 This bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms a specified water rights settlement entered into by the United States, Montana, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation of Montana. Specified claims of the tribes against the United States are waived and released. The Department of the Interior shall allocate specified amounts of storage water in Hungry Horse Reservoir for use by the tribes. In addition, the bill: (1) establishes provisions related to the development of hydroelectric power within the reservation; (2) requires the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out specified activities related to the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project; (3) establishes, for purposes of carrying out the bill, the Selis-Qlispe Ksanka Settlement Trust Fund and the Salish and Kootenai Compact Fund; and (4) confirms certain instream flow water rights of the tribes.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
Contract Support Costs Issues with IHS and BIA S. 286, Interior Self-Governance Act S. 3013 CSKT Tribal Water Settlement
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-401.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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Government targets: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
Contract Support Costs Issues with IHS and BIA S. 286, Interior Self-Governance Act S. 3013 CSKT Tribal Water Settlement
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
Contract Support Costs Issues with IHS and BIA S. 286, Interior Self-Governance Act S. 3013 CSKT Tribal Water Settlement Tribal land management opportunities
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE