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S. Rept. 114-377 1 (2016-11-16)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxsmi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 672 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 114-377 A BILL 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 NOVEMBER 16, 2016.-Ordered to be printed Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2739] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 2739) 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, having considered the same, reports favor- ably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The bill, S. 2739, would provide fair and equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation (Spo- kane Tribe) for the past and continued use of their tribal lands by the Federal government for the production of hydroelectric power generation by the Grand Coulee Dam in the state of Washington. Specifically, S. 2739 would provide the Spokane Tribe with a lump-sum payment for the past use of tribal lands, which are now submerged under the reservoir created by the Grand Coulee Dam. Additionally, the bill would provide the Spokane Tribe with annual payments for the continued use of tribal lands, based on the sale of hydroelectric 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- 69-010

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