119th Congress Native Americans
S. 240: Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
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- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Differences resolved (completed)
- To the President (completed)
- Became law (completed)
Summary
This bill revises the water rights settlement agreement entered into by the Crow Tribe of Montana and Montana.
The Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 ratified, authorized, and confirmed the water rights compact between the tribe and Montana. Among other provisions, this settlement act authorized the Bureau of Reclamation to plan, design and construct the following two major projects on the Crow Reservation: (1) the rehabilitation and improvement of the Crow Irrigation Project (CIP); and (2) the planning, design, and construction of the MR&I System (the municipal, rural, and industrial water system of the Crow Reservation).
Among other provisions, the bill revises the settlement act to
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- replace references to the MR&I System with MR&I Projects;
- establish a nontrust, interest-bearing account (to be known as the Crow CIP Implementation Account) to allow Reclamation to continue to work on the rehabilitation of the CIP;
- create a new MR&I Projects Account, through which the tribe must use funds for activities related to water production, treatment, or delivery infrastructure; and
- extend by five years (to 2030) the period during which the tribe has the exclusive right to construct hydropower facilities on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam in Montana.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Tim Sheehy R-MTOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Steve Daines SponsorIntroduced, reported, passed Senate, passed House, became law5 events+150
- 2Tim SheehyCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Signed by the President. Became Public Law 119-122.
- Presented to the President.
- Senate agreed to the House amendment by unanimous consent.
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
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- Signed by President.
- Became Public Law No: 119-122.
- Presented to President.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 240 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5020)
- Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 240 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5020)
- Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 240 by Unanimous Consent.
- Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 240 by Unanimous Consent.
- Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5570)
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5570-5571)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5570)
- Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Considered under suspension of the rules.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 240.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Received in the House.
- Held at the desk.
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8691-8692; text: CR S8691-8692)
- Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 260.
- Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.