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Version 35 · Passed Senate amended · Nov 19, 1999
Title I: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation - Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Recovery Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) deposit, on the first day of the 11th fiscal year following the date of enactment of this Act, a specified amount into the Fund out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; (2) invest such portion of the Fund as is not required to meet current withdrawals; and (3) deposit interest resulting from such investments into the Fund.Directs the Secretary to withdraw the aggregate amount of interest deposited into the Fund for each year and transfer those amounts to the Secretary of the Interior for making payments as requested by the Tribe, pursuant to tribal resolution, for promoting economic and infrastructure development and educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives.Authorizes appropriations.Extinguishes, upon deposit of the above funds, all monetary claims the Tribe may have against the United States arising from the taking of land and property of the Tribe for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project under the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program.Title II: Bosque Redondo Memorial - Bosque Redondo Memorial Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, upon request of the State of New Mexico, to establish within the boundaries of Fort Sumner State Monument in New Mexico the Bosque Redondo Memorial to commemorate the detention at Bosque Redondo of Navajo and Mescalero Apache people from 1863 to 1868. Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to New Mexico for up to 50 percent of Memorial construction costs.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2002.
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Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D–SD
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Became Public Law No: 106-511.
Became Public Law No: 106-511.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10896-10899; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S10896-10899)
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10896-10899; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S10896-10899)
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (Agreed by unanimous consent that the amendment to the bill be deemed to include the corrections placed at the desk by Representative Walden of Oregon; text of amendment: CR H10069)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(Agreed by unanimous consent that the amendment to the bill be deemed to include the corrections placed at the desk by Representative Walden of Oregon; text of amendment: CR H10069)
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10069-10070; H10082-10083)
ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. Walden of Oregon asked unanimous consent that when proceedings resume on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill S. 964, as amended, later today, that the amendment include language that he had placed at the desk. Agreed to without objection.
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Udall (NM) objected to the 20001018 vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 964.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10028-10032; text of measure as reported in House: CR H10028-10031)
Mr. Young (AK) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 568.
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-944.
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-944.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14896-14897; text: CR S14897-14899)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14896-14897; text: CR S14897-14899)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Campbell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-217. (text of measure as reported in Senate: CR 7/19/1999 S14896-14897)
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Campbell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-217.(text of measure as reported in Senate: CR 7/19/1999 S14896-14897)
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-200.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4802-4803)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4801-4802)
Introduced in Senate
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