S 140 - An Act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund - National Key Vote
Filemon Vela, Jr. voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Read statements Filemon Vela, Jr. made in this general time period.
Timeline
- House Bill Passed
- Jan. 10, 2018
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 8, 2017
- Introduced
- Jan. 12, 2017
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Title: An Act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass with amendment a bill that establishes new tribal land and labor laws.
Highlights:
- Exempts any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe on tribal land from the definition of an “employer” under the National Labor Relations Act (Sec. 3).
- Authorizes the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT) to use funds from the $79-million WMAT settlement fund to plan, design, and build a rural water system (Sec. 1).
- Authorizes the Pueblos of Santa Clara and Ohkay Owingeh to lease all their lands, including restricted fee lands, for up to 99 years (Sec. 2).
Title: An Act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund
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Title: An Act to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund