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S. 2739: Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act

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S. 2739: Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-03-17 · Native Americans · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 672.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-03-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 672. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act (Sec. 5) This bill establishes the Spokane Tribe of Indians Recovery Trust Fund to compensate the Spokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam. The council must prepare a plan for the use of those payments to promote any combination of: (1) economic development; (2) infrastructure development; or (3) educational, health, recreational, and social welfare objectives of the tribe and its members. (Sec. 6) The Bonneville Power Administration must make specified settlement payments to the tribe. (Sec. 7) Payments made to the council or tribe may be used or invested by the council in the same manner as other tribal governmental funds. Amounts paid to the council are subject to an annual tribal government audit. (Sec. 8) The Bonneville Power Administration is credited a specified amount on interest payments otherwise payable to the Department of the Treasury. (Sec. 9) Deposit of amounts in the fund extinguishes all monetary claims that the tribe may have against the United States to a fair share of the annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam.

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Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2739, Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act (2016-09-16)

Cosponsors on this site

Patty Murray (D-WA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] reported raising $985,139 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-s2739 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114