Tribes
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho
Settlement
Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Settlement
Reservation
Fort Hall Indian Reservation
State
ID
Watershed
Pacific Northwest Region
Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)
Columbia River Basin
HUC Refined
Snake River Basin
Litigation
In re Snake River Basin Adjudication, No. 39576, District Court of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, in and for the County of Twin Falls
Document Type
Federal legislation
Publisher
United States
Publication Date
11-16-1990
Abstract
Federal Legislation: Fort Hall Water RIghts Act of 1990 (PL 101-602, 104 Stat. 3059, H.R. 5308) Parties: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, ID, and US. The Act ratifies the Settlement Agreement. It protects existing uses through authorizing contracting for storage space in existing reserviors and placing limits on setting aside of final decree. It addresses the leases, transfers and uses of tribal rights, including instream flows, abandonment or forfieture and uses off reservation.The Act addresses contributions including: a Tribal Development Fund, construction of a Reservation Water Management System; acquisition of lands and grazing rights; places limits on per capita distributions to tribal members; addresses the Trust responsibility, and waivers of claims. The Act addresses allottee rights and other rights not covered by the Act. [Source: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=GPO&browsePath=United+States+Statutes+at+Large+%28Digitized%29%2F1990&searchPath=United+States+Statutes+at+Large+%28Digitized%29%2F1990&leafLevelBrowse=false&isCollapsed=false&isOpen=true&ancestors=root&packageid=STATUTE-104&ycord=1018]
Permanent URL
http://hdl.handle.net/1928/21773
Recommended Citation
Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990, PL 101-602, 104 Stat. 3059 H.R. 5308
Comments
Federal Legislation ratifying between Shoshone-Bannock Tribe and federal government: 11 pages.