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A bill to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, to require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the settlement, and for other purposes.
1/31/2007--Introduced. Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Water Rights Settlement Act - Approves, ratifies, and confirms, the agreement entitled the "Agreement to Establish the Relative Water Rights of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation and the Upstream Water Users, East Fork Owyhee River," except as specified in this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to hold tribal water rights in trust. Requires the Tribes to enact a water code to administer such rights. Establishes the Shoneshone-Paiute Tribes Water Rights Development Fund and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Operation and Maintenance Fund.
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- 07/10/2008 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-415.
- 07/10/2008 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 872.
- 07/19/2007 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 04/26/2007 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-105.
- 04/26/2007 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Date of scheduled hearing. SR-485. 10:00 a.m.
show all actions- 07/10/2008 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-415.
- 07/10/2008 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 872.
- 07/19/2007 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 04/26/2007 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-105.
- 04/26/2007 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Date of scheduled hearing. SR-485. 10:00 a.m.
- 04/26/2007 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
- 01/31/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1438)
- 01/31/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1438-1440)
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