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US HR7240

US HR7240
Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024


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Introduced
02/05/2024
In Committee
07/17/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025

Introduced Session

118th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of claims to water rights in the State of Montana for the Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana, and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill aims to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of claims to water rights in the State of Montana for the Fort Belknap Indian Community. The key provisions of the bill include: - Ratifying and authorizing the execution of the Fort Belknap-Montana water rights compact, which settles the Tribal water rights. - Confirming the Tribal water rights and establishing them as being held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and allottees. - Authorizing the Secretary to allocate 20,000 acre-feet per year of water from Lake Elwell to the Fort Belknap Indian Community for any beneficial purpose. - Requiring the Secretary to rehabilitate, modernize, and expand the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project and to carry out mitigation activities for the Milk River Project. - Establishing the Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust Fund to provide funding for various water-related activities and projects for the Fort Belknap Indian Community. - Authorizing appropriations to fund the implementation of the compact and the Act, including mandatory appropriations. - Providing for the exchange and transfer of certain federal and state land to the Fort Belknap Indian Community. - Requiring the Secretary to take tribal fee land into trust for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Subcommittee Hearings Held (on 07/23/2024)

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