HR 5308 · 101th Congress · Native Americans
Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 101-602.(1990-11-16)
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Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990 - Ratifies the 1990 Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Agreement (the Agreement) between the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, the United States, the State of Idaho, and non-Indian Snake River water users represented by the Committee of Nine to settle all water rights claims of the Tribes in the Upper Snake River Basin. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Agreement including provisions outlined by this Act for mitigating the adverse impact on the non-Indian water users through contracts for a specified amount of storage space in the Palisades and Rire Reservoirs to protect existing uses of River water. Gives the force and effect of law to specified portions of the Agreement with respect to the rights of the Tribes to: (1) transfer and lease the tribal water rights confirmed in a decree (the Final Decree) by a District Court in Idaho; (2) rent the water accruing to Federal storage space held in trust for the Tribes in the Palisades and American Falls Reservoirs under the Michaud Act; and (3) use such water for instream flows for river reaches on or adjacent to the Fort Hall Reservation and up to a specified amount of storage water right…
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