Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3716) to ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3716 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Ratification of agreement. Sec. 4. Waiver and releases of claims. Sec. 5. Satisfaction of claims. Sec. 6. Beneficiaries to agreement. Sec. 7. Jurisdiction. Sec. 8. Environmental compliance. Sec. 9. Miscellaneous provisions. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Original agreement.--The term ``Original Agreement'' means the ``Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Agreement'' dated May 30, 2007, entered into by the Tribe and Fish Springs (including all exhibits to that agreement). (2) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe-Fish Springs Ranch 2013 Supplement to the 2007 Settlement Agreement dated November 20, 2013, entered into by the Tribe and Fish Springs, and all exhibits to that Agreement.…”