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 PUBLIC LAW 103-436—NOV. 2, 1994 108 STAT. 4577 Public Law 103-436 103d Congress An Act To provide for the settlement of the claims of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation concerning their contribution to the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act". SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Act: (1) The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration. (2) The term "Bonneville Power Administration" means the Bonneville Power Administration of the Department of Energy or any successor Agency, Corporation, or entity that markets power produced at the Dam. (3) The term "Dam" means the Grand Coulee Dam operated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior, the power from which is marketed by the Bonneville Power Administration of the Department of Energy. (4) The term "Settlement Agreement" means the Settlement Agreement entered into between the United States and the Tribe, signed by the United States on April 21, 1994, and by the TVibe on April 16, 1994, to settle the claims of the Tribe in Docket 181-D of the Indian Claims Commission, which docket has been transferred to the United States Court of Federal Claims. (5) The term "Tribe" means the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, a federally recognized Indian tribe. SEC. 3, FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS. — The Congress finds that— (1) there is pending before the United States Court of Federal Claims, a suit by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation against the United States, in which the Tribe seeks to recover damages under the "Fair and Honorable Dealings" clause of the Indian Claims Commission Act (Act of August 13, 1946, 60 Stat. 1049), and in which, although the matter is in dispute, the potential liability of the United States is substantial; (2) the claim alleges that the United States has since the construction of Grand Coulee Dam used Colville Reservation Nov. 2, 1994 [H.R. 4757] Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act.

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