S.617 - Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act

A bill to provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River. as introduced.
  • Short: Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act as introduced.

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3/17/2009--Introduced.Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act - Amends the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act to increase the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary o

Official Summary

3/17/2009--Introduced.Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act - Amends the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act to increase the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury to provide compensation to the Lower Brule Tribe of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River. Amends the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act of 1996 to increase the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary to provide compensation to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota for such damage. States that this Act shall be considered to be full and final compensation to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe for damages caused by the construction of the Fort Randall Dam and the Big Bend Dam under the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program.

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03/16/11
S.617: Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act - U.S. Congress ...

TE-MOAK TRIBE - Yesterday, Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign introduced S. 617 (bill summary here), the Elko Motocross and Tribal Conveyance Act, a bill that would convey certain Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, . ... breaking news and blog coverage,

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12/31/10
In Wisconsin, Public Employees Fret as G.O.P. Takes Over ...

Senator Joseph Lieberman introduced The "No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2003" (S. 617) on March 13, 2003, in the U.S. Senate, and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced the same Act in the U.S. House of Representatives ...

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12/18/10
BECKETT v THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY | 73 Wire

n(3) 2 B. & S. 605; 31 L. J. (Q.B.) 201; in error, 2 B. & S. 617; 32 L. J. (Q.B.) 173. n(4) 5 B. & S. 161. n(5) 2 Macq. 229. would sustain damage beyond what everybody else sustains. His estate is not damaged.” In the present case the ...

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