Senate hearing on Shoshone-Paiute water rights
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Filed Under:
Politics
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is holding a hearing this morning on S.462, a bill to settle the water rights of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Nevada.
The bill resolves a water dispute between the tribes, the state and individual users. it creates a $45 million development fund and a $15 maintenance fund for water and economic development projects on the reservation.
The hearing starts at 10am and will broadcast online at
http://indian.senate.gov/public. The witness list follows:
THE HONORABLE HARRY REID
Majority Leader, United States Senate
Panel 1
MR. WILLIAM P. RAGSDALE
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
THE HONORABLE KYLE PRIOR
Chairman, Shoshone Paiute Tribes, Duck Valley Reservation
MR. ALLEN BIAGGI
Director, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, State of Nevada
Committee Notice:
HEARING
on S. 462, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Water Rights Settlement Act
(April 26, 2007)
Get the Bill:
Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of Duck Valley Water Rights Settlement Act (S.462)
Relevant Links:
Duck Valley Shoshone - Paiute Tribes -
http://www.shopaitribes.orgSenate
Indian Affairs Committee -
http://indian.senate.gov
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