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U.S. OVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 34
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session SENATE 116-4
TO PROVIDE FOR EQUITABLE COMPENSATION TO THE SPOKANE TRIBE OF
INDIANS OF THE SPOKANE RESERVATION FOR THE USE OF TRIBAL
LAND FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROPOWER BY THE GRAND COULEE
DAM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
MARCH 7, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 216]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 216) to provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe
of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for
the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for
other purposes, reports favorably thereon without amendment, and
recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The bill, S. 216, would provide fair and equitable compensation
to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation (Spo-
kane Tribe) for past and continued use of their tribal lands by the
Federal government for the production of hydroelectric power gen-
eration by the Grand Coulee Dam in the state of Washington.
The bill would provide the Spokane Tribe with annual payments
for the continued use of tribal lands, based on the sale of hydro-
electric power generated by the Grand Coulee Dam.
BACKGROUND
From 1927 to 1931, the United States Army Corps of Engineers
(Corps), at the direction of Congress, investigated the Columbia
River and its tributaries to identify sites where dams could be con-
structed to produce hydroelectric power at low cost.1 During this
time, the Corps recommended a number of sites where dams could
'Federal Power Act of 1920 Sec. 4, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 797 (1920).
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