H.R. 6547 would provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(LogSpokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Spokane Tribe of Indians Settlement Fund.

Requires the payment of compensation to edit the wikiSpokane Business Council for the use of tribal lands for the generation of hydropower from the Grand Coulee Dam.

Requires the use of such funds, in part, for a Cultural Resource Repository and Interpretive Center concerning the culture and history of the Spokane Tribe.

Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to make specified settlement payments to the Spokane Tribe.

Allows payments made to the Spokane Business Council or Spokane Tribe to be used or invested by the firstBusiness Council in the same manner and for the same purposes as other Spokane Tribal governmental funds.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Bureau of Indian Affairs over certain land located within the exterior boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation.

Provides that payments by the Secretary and the Administrator and restoration of ownership of land in trust constitute full satisfaction of the claim of the Spokane Tribe to provide a detailed summaryfair share of the bill!)annual hydropower revenues generated by the Grand Coulee Dam project for the past and continued use of land of the Spokane Tribe for the production of hydropower at Grand Coulee Dam.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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(Log inLatest Major Action: 7/17/2008: Referred to edit the wiki and be the firstHouse committee. Status: Referred to update the status of the bill!)House Committee on Natural Resources.
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== Points in Favor ==

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== Points Against ==

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