[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1146 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.1146
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four
An Act
To implement the recommendations of the Garrison Unit Joint Tribal
Advisory Committee by providing authorization for the construction of a
rural health care facility on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation,
North Dakota.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Three Affiliated Tribes Health
Facility Compensation Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) in 1949, the United States assumed jurisdiction over more
than 150,000 prime acres on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation,
North Dakota, for the construction of the Garrison Dam and
Reservoir;
(2) the reservoir flooded and destroyed vital infrastructure on
the reservation, including a hospital of the Indian Health Service;
(3) the United States made a commitment to the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation to replace the lost
infrastructure;
(4) on May 10, 1985, the Secretary of the Interior established
the Garrison Unit Joint Tribal Advisory Committee to examine the
effects of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir on the Fort Berthold
Indian Reservation;
(5) the final report of the Committee issued on May 23, 1986,
acknowledged the obligation of the Federal Government to replace
the infrastructure destroyed by the Federal action;
(6) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate--
(A) acknowledged the recommendations of the final report of
the Committee in Senate Report No. 102-250; and
(B) stated that every effort should be made by the
Administration and Congress to provide additional Federal
funding to replace the lost infrastructure; and
(7) on August 30, 2001, the Chairman of the Three Affiliated
Tribes testified before the Committee on Indian Affairs of the
Senate that the promise to replace the lost infrastructure,
particularly the hospital, still had not been kept.
SEC. 3. RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY, FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN RESERVATION,
NORTH DAKOTA.
The Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Equitable
Compensation Act is amended--
(1) in section 3504 (106 Stat. 4732), by adding at the end the
following:
``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.'';
and
(2) by striking section 3511 (106 Stat. 4739) and inserting the
following:
``SEC. 3511. RURAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY, FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN
RESERVATION, NORTH DAKOTA.
``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Health and Human Services $20,000,000 for the construction of, and such
sums as are necessary for other expenses relating to, a rural health
care facility on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation of the Three
Affiliated Tribes, North Dakota.''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.