A bill to provide certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund into which, beginning with FY 1998, 25 percent of the receipts from the power program of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program shall be deposited until a specified Fund aggregate amount is attained.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer interest that accrues on such deposits into a separate Treasury account from which the Secretary shall transfer amounts to the Secretary of the Interior for payments to the Tribe.
Directs the Tribe, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Interior and of Health and Human Services, to develop a plan for the socioeconomic recovery and cultural preservation of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. Requires that the plan provide for: (1) an educational facility on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation; (2) a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health care facility; (3) construction, operation, and maintenance of a municipal, rural, and industrial water system for the Reservation; (4) recreational facilities at Lake Sharpe at Big Bend Dam and other locations on the Reservation; and (5) other projects and programs for the educational, social welfare, economic development, and cultural preservation of the Tribe.
Authorizes appropriations.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Campbell with amendments. With written report No. 105-146.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 282.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12420-12421)
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12420-12421)
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Committee on Resources discharged.
Committee on Resources discharged.
Mr. Thune asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10948-10949)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed without objection.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 105-132.
Became Public Law No: 105-132.
Enacted as Public Law 105-132
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