3.0.0 3013 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z 2023-01-11T13:32:52Z Senate S 2016-05-26 114 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Hearings by 2016-06-29T18:15:00Z Referred to 2016-05-26T20:19:18Z 2016-06-29 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-401. Committee 2016-05-26 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N Native Americans Alternative and renewable resources Dams and canals Economic development Electric power generation and transmission Federal-Indian relations Forests, forestry, trees Government trust funds Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Intergovernmental relations Land transfers Montana Water storage Water use and supply Native Americans 00 2016-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-26T14:41:08Z 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.

]]> Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016 Display Title Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize and implement the water rights compact among the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation, the State of Montana, and the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3013is/xml/BILLS-114s3013is.xml 2016-06-29 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-401. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.