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 PUBLIC LAW 106-511—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2365 Public Law 106-511 106th Congress An Act To provide for equitable compensation for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I—CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE EQUITABLE COMPENSATION SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act". SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds that— (1) by enacting the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665; 33 U.S.C. 701-1 et seq.), commonly known as the "Flood Control Act of 1944", Congress approved the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program (referred to in this section as the "Pick-Sloan program")— (A) to promote the general economic development of the United States; (B) to provide for irrigation above Sioux City, Iowa; (C) to protect urban and rural areas from devastating floods of the Missouri River; and (D) for other purposes; (2) the Oahe Dam and Reservoir project— (A) is a major component of the Pick-Sloan program, and contributes to the economy of the United States by generating a substantial amount of hydropower and impounding a substantial quantity of water; (B) overlies the eastern boundary of the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation; and (C) has not only contributed little to the economy of the Tribe, but has severely damaged the economy of the Tribe and members of the Tribe by inimdating the fertile, wooded bottom lands of the Tribe along the Missouri River that constituted the most productive agricultural and pastoral lands of the Tribe and the homeland of the members of the Tribe; (3) the Secretary of the Interior appointed a Joint Tribal Advisory Committee that examined the Oahe Dam and Reservoir project and concluded that— Nov. 13, 2000 [S. 964] Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act. South Dakota.

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