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H.R. 3716 · 113th CongressPublic Law 113-169Native Americans

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act became law 288 days after introduction, with one cosponsor, a Democrat

Sponsored by Amodei, Mark E. R-NV · 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat, 0 Republicans
IntroducedDec 12, 2013
ReportedJun 19, 2014
Passed one chamberJul 22, 2014
Passed bothSep 18, 2014
LawSep 26, 2014
What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 576 words; opening shown.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act -

(Sec. 3) Authorizes and ratifies the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe-Fish Springs Ranch 2013 Supplement to the 2007 Settlement Agreement, dated November 20, 2013, and entered into by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the Fish Springs Ranch (Agreement).

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Tribe, in return for the benefits set forth in the 2007 Settlement Agreement (Original Agreement), the Agreement, and this Act, to execute a waiver and release against Fish Springs of: all legal rights to challenge the validity, characteristics, or exercise of specified Fish Springs water rights or the project to pump up to 13,000 acre feet per year of such water rights from the Honey Lake Valley Basin for transfer outside of the basin (Project); all claims for damages, losses, or injuries to the Tribe's water rights or claims of interference with, diversion of, or taking of the Tribe's water rights; all claims that would impair, prevent, or interfere with implementation of the Project pursuant to the Agreement or Original Agreement, deliveries of water by the Project pursuant to those Agreements or a Water Banking Trust Agreement between Washoe County and Fish Springs, or assignments of water credits pursuant to such Trust Agreement; and all claims against Fish Springs relating to the negotiation or adoption of the Agreement or the Original Agreement. Authorizes the Tribe, in return for the benefits set forth in the Original Agreement, the Agreement, and this Act, to execute a waiver and release of all claims against the United States that accrued at any time before and on the date that Fish Springs makes the payment to the Tribe as provided in the Agreement for damages, losses, or injuries that are related to: the Project or specified Fish Springs water rights; the Agreement, the Original Agreement, the final environmental impact statement for the North Valleys Rights-of-Way Projects, or the record of decision regarding that impact statement; claims the United States asserted or could have asserted in any past proceeding related to the Project; the negotiation, execution, or adoption of the Agreement, the Original Agreement, or this Act; the Tribe's use and expenditure of funds paid to the Tribe under the Agreement or the Original Agreement; the Tribe's acquisition and use of land under the Original Agreement; and the extinguishment of the claims, if any, that the Tribe waives and releases pursuant to this Act. Lists the claims and rights that the Tribe retains against Fish Springs and the United States. Provides that the United States has no right or obligation to bring or assert, on behalf of the Tribe, the claims waived and released by the Tribe after Fish Springs makes the payment to the Tribe as provided in the Agreement.

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(Sec. 5) Makes this Act and the Agreement null and void if the Tribe fails to execute the waivers and releases authorized by this Act within 60 days.

(Sec. 6) Limits the Agreement's beneficiaries to its parties, certain purveyors of Project water, and any assignee of Water Rights Credits for Project water pursuant to a Water Banking Trust Agreement between Washoe County and Fish Springs.

(Sec. 7) Vests jurisdiction over any civil action relating to the enforcement of the Agreement, the Original Agreement, or this Act in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Context
Committees
House Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Native Americans: 73 of 1,099 bills became law, 113th–118th (6.6%)
Sponsor
2 of 79 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
6, from enrolled bill to public law · 2,993 words
Subjects
Indian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsNevadaWater use and supply
Latest action
Sep 26, 2014: Became Public Law No: 113-169.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1

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  • 113th S. 1818 Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act D · Reported

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Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]