Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-01-24

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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.

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-10-15		Became Public Law No: 119-122.	enact
2026-10-15		Became Public Law No: 119-122.	enact
2026-10-15		Signed by President.
2026-10-15		Signed by President.	enact
2026-10-05	House	Presented to President.	sent to executive
2026-10-05		Presented to President.	sent to executive
2026-09-28	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2026-09-24	Senate	Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 240 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5020)	floor pass
2026-09-24		Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 240 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5020)	floor pass
2026-09-15	Senate	Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
2026-09-14	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2026-09-14	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5570)
2026-09-14		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)	floor pass
2026-09-14	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 240.
2026-09-14	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5570-5571)
2026-09-14	House	Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2025-12-15	House	Held at the desk.
2025-12-15	House	Received in the House.
2025-12-15	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2025-12-11	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8691-8692; text: CR S8691-8692)
2025-12-11		Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.	floor pass
2025-11-04	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 260.
2025-11-04	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.	refer
2025-11-04		Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.	report
2025-03-05	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.	refer
2025-01-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.	refer
2025-01-24		Introduced in Senate	introduce

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