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Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act of 1996

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581.

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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Sep 9, 1996

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act of 1996 - Establishes, in the Treasury, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund which shall receive funds from the power program of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program until a specified Fund aggregate is attained. Directs the Tribe, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Interior and of Health and Human Services, to develop a plan for the socioeconomic recovery and cultural preservation of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. Authorizes appropriations.

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Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D–SD

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  • Indian Affairs Committee
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    1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581.

    2. Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 104-362.

    3. Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 104-362.

    4. Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    5. Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.

    6. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

    7. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13976-13977)

    8. Introduced in Senate

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