Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990

Federal Legislation ratifying between Shoshone-Bannock Tribe and federal government: 11 pages.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