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Version 35 · Passed Senate amended · Nov 9, 1997
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund into which, beginning with FY 1998, 25 percent of the receipts from the power program of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program shall be deposited until a specified Fund aggregate amount is attained. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer interest that accrues on such deposits into a separate Treasury account from which the Secretary shall transfer amounts to the Secretary of the Interior for payments to the Tribe. 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 Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. Requires that the plan provide for: (1) an educational facility on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation; (2) a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health care facility; (3) construction, operation, and maintenance of a municipal, rural, and industrial water system for the Reservation; (4) recreational facilities at Lake Sharpe at Big Bend Dam and other locations on the Reservation; and (5) other projects and programs for the educational, social welfare, economic development, and cultural preservation of the Tribe. Authorizes appropriations.
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Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D–SD
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Became Public Law No: 105-132.
Became Public Law No: 105-132.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
On passage Passed without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10948-10949)
Mr. Thune asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Committee on Resources discharged.
Committee on Resources discharged.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12420-12421)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12420-12421)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 282.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Campbell with amendments. With written report No. 105-146.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Campbell with amendments. With written report No. 105-146.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-308.
Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S539-540)
Introduced in Senate
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