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Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill modifies the 2010 water rights settlement between the Crow Tribe and Montana.
  • It affects the Crow Tribe's access to water infrastructure and hydropower development rights.
  • It establishes new accounts for irrigation and water system projects, extending hydropower rights to 2030.

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  1. 01

    How would extending Crow Tribe hydropower rights to 2030 affect existing water agreements with Montana and neighboring water users?

  2. 02

    What specific irrigation and water infrastructure projects would the new accounts fund, and how does this benefit Crow Tribe members economically?

  3. 03

    What trade-offs exist between expanding the Tribe's hydropower development rights and maintaining compliance with the original 2010 settlement terms?

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Steve Daines

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Introduced 2025-12-15

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2025-12-15 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2025-12-11 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8691-8692; text: CR S8691-8692)

  5. 2025-12-11 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  6. 2025-11-04 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 260.

  7. 2025-11-04 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.

  8. 2025-11-04 · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.

  9. 2025-03-05 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  10. 2025-01-24 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

  11. 2025-01-24 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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