S.3013: Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016

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  • Introduced May 26, 2016
  • Latest Major Action June 29, 2016

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Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016 This bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms a specified water rights settlement entered into by the United States, Montana, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation of Montana. Specified claims of the tribes against the United States are waived and released. The Department of the Interior shall allocate specified amounts of storage water in Hungry Horse...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
June 29, 2016
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-401.
May 26, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
May 26, 2016

Introduced in the Senate by Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

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