[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 152 (Monday, October 27, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S13317]
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        THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES HEALTH FACILITY COMPENSATION ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 308, S. 1146.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1146) to implement the recommendations of the 
     Garrison Unit Tribal Advisory Committee by providing 
     authorization for the construction of a rural health care 
     facility on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North 
     Dakota.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill 
which was reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs with an 
amendment, as follows:
  (Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the part shown in 
italic.)

                                S. 1146

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Three Affiliated Tribes 
     Health Facility Compensation Act''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds that--
       (1) in 1949, the United States assumed jurisdiction over 
     more than 150,000 prime acres on the Fort Berthold Indian 
     Reservation, North Dakota, for the construction of the 
     Garrison Dam and Reservoir;
       (2) the reservoir flooded and destroyed vital 
     infrastructure on the reservation, including a hospital of 
     the Indian Health Service;
       (3) the United States made a commitment to the Three 
     Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation to 
     replace the lost infrastructure;
       (4) on May 10, 1985, the Secretary of the Interior 
     established the Garrison Unit Joint Tribal Advisory Committee 
     to examine the effects of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir on 
     the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation;
       (5) the final report of the Committee issued on May 23, 
     1986, acknowledged the obligation of the Federal Government 
     to replace the infrastructure destroyed by the Federal 
     action;
       (6) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate--
       (A) acknowledged the recommendations of the final report of 
     the Committee in Senate Report No. 102-250; and
       (B) stated that every effort should be made by the 
     Administration and Congress to provide additional Federal 
     funding to replace the lost infrastructure; and
       (7) on August 30, 2001, the Chairman of the Three 
     Affiliated Tribes testified before the Committee on Indian 
     Affairs of the Senate that the promise to replace the lost 
     infrastructure, particularly the hospital, still had not been 
     kept.

     SEC. 3. RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY, FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN 
                   RESERVATION, NORTH DAKOTA.

       The Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 
     Equitable Compensation Act is amended--
       (1) in section 3504 (106 Stat. 4732), by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to 
     carry out this section.''; and
       (2) by striking section 3511 (106 Stat. 4739) and inserting 
     the following:

     [``SEC. 3511. RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY, FORT BERTHOLD 
                   INDIAN RESERVATION, NORTH DAKOTA.

       [``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services for the construction of a rural 
     health care facility on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation 
     of the Three Affiliated Tribes, North Dakota, 
     $20,000,000.''.]

     ``SEC. 3511. RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY, FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN 
                   RESERVATION, NORTH DAKOTA.

       ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services $20,000,000 for the construction 
     of, and such sums as are necessary for other expenses 
     relating to, a rural health care facility on the Fort 
     Berthold Indian Reservation of the Three Affiliated Tribes, 
     North Dakota.''.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee amendment be agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill, 
as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider 
be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1146), as amended, was read the third time and passed, 
as follows:

                                S. 1146

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Three Affiliated Tribes 
     Health Facility Compensation Act''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds that--
       (1) in 1949, the United States assumed jurisdiction over 
     more than 150,000 prime acres on the Fort Berthold Indian 
     Reservation, North Dakota, for the construction of the 
     Garrison Dam and Reservoir;
       (2) the reservoir flooded and destroyed vital 
     infrastructure on the reservation, including a hospital of 
     the Indian Health Service;
       (3) the United States made a commitment to the Three 
     Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation to 
     replace the lost infrastructure;
       (4) on May 10, 1985, the Secretary of the Interior 
     established the Garrison Unit Joint Tribal Advisory Committee 
     to examine the effects of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir on 
     the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation;
       (5) the final report of the Committee issued on May 23, 
     1986, acknowledged the obligation of the Federal Government 
     to replace the infrastructure destroyed by the Federal 
     action;
       (6) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate--
       (A) acknowledged the recommendations of the final report of 
     the Committee in Senate Report No. 102-250; and
       (B) stated that every effort should be made by the 
     Administration and Congress to provide additional Federal 
     funding to replace the lost infrastructure; and
       (7) on August 30, 2001, the Chairman of the Three 
     Affiliated Tribes testified before the Committee on Indian 
     Affairs of the Senate that the promise to replace the lost 
     infrastructure, particularly the hospital, still had not been 
     kept.

     SEC. 3. RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY, FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN 
                   RESERVATION, NORTH DAKOTA.

       The Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 
     Equitable Compensation Act is amended--
       (1) in section 3504 (106 Stat. 4732), by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to 
     carry out this section.''; and
       (2) by striking section 3511 (106 Stat. 4739) and inserting 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 3511. RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY, FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN 
                   RESERVATION, NORTH DAKOTA.

       ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services $20,000,000 for the construction 
     of, and such sums as are necessary for other expenses 
     relating to, a rural health care facility on the Fort 
     Berthold Indian Reservation of the Three Affiliated Tribes, 
     North Dakota.''.

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