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Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
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Summary
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
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
- 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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Oct 5, 2026 Presented to President.
- Sep 28, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 24, 2026 Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 240 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5020)
- Sep 15, 2026 Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
- Sep 14, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14, 2026 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5570)
- Sep 14, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 240.
- Sep 14, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5570-5571)
- Sep 14, 2026 Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 15, 2025 Held at the desk.
- Dec 15, 2025 Received in the House.
- Dec 15, 2025 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 11, 2025 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8691-8692; text: CR S8691-8692)
- Dec 11, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 4, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 260.
- Nov 4, 2025 Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.
- Mar 5, 2025 Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jan 24, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Jan 24, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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