Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
Introduced Jan 24, 2025 by Rep. Troy Downing
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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;
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
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