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| Statements On Introduced Bills And Joint Resolutions |
February 14, 2012 |
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Sherrod Brown, D-OH
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"S. 2109. A bill to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the allottees of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of municipal water projects relating to the water rights claims, to resolve litigation against the United States concerning Colorado River operations affecting the States of California, Arizona, and Nevada, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs."
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| Statements On Introduced Bills And Joint Resolutions |
January 8, 2007 |
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Ted Stevens, R-AK
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"In 1980, Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980, which legislatively ratified native allotment land claims subject to the valid existing rights of other land holders. However, several Native allottees challenged the existing rights of other land holders and claimed that the Copper Valley Electric Association was trespassing on their lands. In 1987, the Department of Interior’s Interior Board of Land Appeals affirmed this position, finding native allotees have priority over other competing uses of land—in this case, those of the utility company—regardless of the fact that the rights of way were granted prior to the conveyance of the property in question to the allotees. This situation is still unresolved and has resulted in years of litigation."
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| Statements On Introduced Bills And Joint Resolutions |
May 24, 2006 |
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Pat Roberts, R-KS
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"Since outstanding land claims were approved through ANILCA in 1980, several Native allottees have come forward and claimed the Copper Valley Electric Association is trespassing on their lands. In 1987, the Interior Board of Land Appeals affirmed this position, finding Native allotees have priority over other competing uses of land—in this case, those of the utility company—regardless of the fact that the rights of way were granted prior to the conveyance of the property in question to the allotees. This situation is still unresolved and has resulted in years of litigation."
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| Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Irrigation Works Ownership |
October 3, 2000 |
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Don Young, R-AK
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"For the Community to operate this former BIA project and make it relevant in this millennium, the SRPMIC should have full responsibility and ownership of the irrigation works. The United States trust responsibility will continue unimpaired to the SRPMIC, to individual Indians, and to Indian allottees, as provided for in the legislation even as the Community assumes full ownership of and operations for the irrigation works."
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