Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act
USA116th CongressHR-3491| House
| Updated: 7/15/2019
Steve Watkins
Republican Representative
Kansas
Cosponsors (1)
Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act This bill modifies and ratifies the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement Agreement entered into by the tribe and Kansas. The bill confirms a consumptive tribal water right in the Delaware River Basin of up to 4,705 acre-feet of water per year. The bill also outlines waivers, releases, and retentions of claims by the tribe and the United States under the settlement agreement.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Native Americans
Federal-Indian relationsGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsKansasLand transfersWater use and supply
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act
USA116th CongressHR-3491| House
| Updated: 7/15/2019
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Act This bill modifies and ratifies the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement Agreement entered into by the tribe and Kansas. The bill confirms a consumptive tribal water right in the Delaware River Basin of up to 4,705 acre-feet of water per year. The bill also outlines waivers, releases, and retentions of claims by the tribe and the United States under the settlement agreement.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Steve Watkins
Republican Representative
Kansas
Cosponsors (1)
Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
Native Americans
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Federal-Indian relationsGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsKansasLand transfersWater use and supply