S. 617: Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act
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S. 617: Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act
111th Congress · introduced 2009-03-17 · Native Americans · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-03-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act
Plain summary
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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Official text
Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · 1 cosponsors
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John Thune (R-SD)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s617.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s617 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111