Bill > S239

This bill addresses a land and mineral rights exchange involving the Crow Tribe of Montana, the Hope Family Trust, and the federal government. Specifically, the bill facilitates the transfer of two sets of land and mineral interests: the Bull Mountains Tracts (approximately 4,530 acres of subsurface and 940 acres of surface interests in Musselshell County, Montana) and the Hope Family Tracts (approximately 4,660 acres of mineral interests within the Crow Reservation in Big Horn County, Montana). Within 60 days of enactment, the bill requires the Bureau of Land Management lease to be relinquished, the Hope Family Trust to convey its mineral interests to the Crow Tribe, and the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Bull Mountains Tracts to the Hope Family Trust. The Tribe can request that the transferred mineral interests be held in trust by the United States, and these interests will be exempt from state taxation. The bill mandates that the Tribe and Hope Family Trust agree on a revenue-sharing formula for potential future development of the interests. Additionally, the bill ensures that this land transfer will not impact the Tribe's eligibility for existing federal benefits or services. The bill is titled the "Crow Revenue Act" and aims to support the economic interests of the Crow Tribe by facilitating this complex land and mineral rights exchange.

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