Spokane Tribe Equitable Compensation Act passes House of Representatives, heads to president's desk for signature into law

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to provide the Spokane Tribe of Indians compensation for the lands taken by the United States as part of the Grand Coulee Dam development project in the 1930s and 1940s. Having previously passed through the Senate, the bill now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law.

The bill was introduced by S...