United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-10-02 monographic deposited born digital 13 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-125T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-125T P0b002ee1803a586d f:d04125t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-125T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-125T GAO-04-125T Claims settlement Cost analysis Electric utilities Native American claims Proposed legislation Utility rates Indian lands Land management Columbia River (WA) Colville Indian Reservation (WA) Franklin D. Roosevelt Reservoir (WA) Grand Coulee Dam (WA) Spokane Indian Reservation (WA) Spokane River (WA) Testimony A08649 The Grand Coulee Dam was constructed on the Columbia River in northeastern Washington State from 1933 to 1942. The reservoir behind the dam covers land on the Colville Reservation along the Columbia River and land on the adjacent Spokane Reservation along both the Columbia and Spokane rivers. Under a 1940 act, the federal government paid $63,000 and $4,700 to the Colville and Spokane tribes, respectively, for the land used for the dam and reservoir. Subsequently, the Colville tribes pursued additional claims for their lost fisheries and for "water power values" and in 1994 were awarded a lump sum payment of $53 million and, beginning in 1996, annual payments that have ranged between $14 million to $21 million. The Spokane tribe is currently pursuing similar claims. S. 1438, introduced in July 2003, is a proposed legislative settlement for the Spokane tribe's claims. While settlement proposals introduced in the 106th and 107th Congresses directed the settlement costs to be split between Bonneville and the Treasury, S. 1438 provides that the settlement be paid entirely from the Treasury. This statement for the record addresses the (1) impact of a settlement on Bonneville if the costs were split between Bonneville and the Treasury and (2) possible allocation of these costs between Bonneville and the Treasury. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-125T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-125T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-125T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-125T.pdf GAO-04-125T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-125T Testimony GAO-04-125T; Indian Issues: Spokane Tribe's Additional Compensation Claim for the Grand Coulee Dam; Claims settlement Cost analysis Electric utilities Native American claims Proposed legislation Utility rates Indian lands Land management Columbia River (WA) Colville Indian Reservation (WA) Franklin D. Roosevelt Reservoir (WA) Grand Coulee Dam (WA) Spokane Indian Reservation (WA) Spokane River (WA) Volume 41 Page 1063 41 Stat. 1063 Volume 50 Page 731 50 Stat. 731 Volume 54 Page 703 54 Stat. 703 Volume 60 Page 1049 60 Stat. 1049 Volume 92 Page 244 92 Stat. 244 Volume 94 Page 372 Volume 94 Page 1711 Volume 94 Page 2697 94 Stat. 372 94 Stat. 1711 94 Stat. 2697 Volume 108 Page 4577 108 Stat. 4577 Volume 110 Page 2418 110 Stat. 2418 Public Law 95-280 Public Law 96-251 Public Law 103-436 Public Law 104-198