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Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Sep 3, 2002
Quinault Permanent Fisheries Fund Act - Requires the judgment funds awarded on September 19, 1989, to the Quinault Indian Nation under specified U.S. Claims Court dockets to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Interior and deposited into the following three separate accounts to be established and maintained by the Tribe: (1) an account for the investment income earned on the funds from such date to the date of disbursement to be available for tribal government activities; (2) an account for the principal amount of the funds to be used to create a Permanent Fisheries Fund; and (3) an account for the investment income earned on such Fund to be available for fisheries enhancement projects and the costs associated with administering such Fund.
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Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D–WA
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Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8862; text as passed Senate: CR S8862)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8862; text as passed Senate: CR S8862)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 562.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Inouye without amendment. With written report No. 107-252.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Inouye without amendment. With written report No. 107-252.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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