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12 118THCONGRESS
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3-DSESSION S. 1987
4-AN ACT
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4+STSESSION S. 1987
5+To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap
6+Indian Community, and for other purposes.
7+IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8+JUNE14, 2023
9+Mr. T
10+ESTER(for himself and Mr. DAINES) introduced the following bill; which
11+was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
12+A BILL
513 To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims
614 of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other
715 purposes.
816 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
10-†S 1987 ES
11-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian 2
13-Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024’’. 3
14-SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 4
15-The purposes of this Act are— 5
16-(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-6
17-ment of claims to water rights in the State of Mon-7
18-tana for— 8
19-(A) the Fort Belknap Indian Community 9
20-of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; 10
17+tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19+This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian 4
20+Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023’’. 5
21+SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 6
22+The purposes of this Act are— 7
23+(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-8
24+ment of claims to water rights in the State of Mon-9
25+tana for— 10
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29+(A) the Fort Belknap Indian Community 1
30+of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; 2
31+and 3
32+(B) the United States, acting as trustee 4
33+for the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 5
34+allottees; 6
35+(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the water 7
36+rights compact entered into by the Fort Belknap In-8
37+dian Community and the State, to the extent that 9
38+the Compact is consistent with this Act; 10
39+(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 11
40+(A) to execute the Compact; and 12
41+(B) to take any other actions necessary to 13
42+carry out the Compact in accordance with this 14
43+Act; 15
44+(4) to authorize funds necessary for the imple-16
45+mentation of the Compact and this Act; and 17
46+(5) to authorize the exchange and transfer of 18
47+certain Federal and State land. 19
48+SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 20
49+In this Act: 21
50+(1) A
51+LLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘allottee’’ means an 22
52+individual who holds a beneficial real property inter-23
53+est in an allotment of Indian land that is— 24
54+(A) located within the Reservation; and 25
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58+(B) held in trust by the United States. 1
59+(2) B
60+LACKFEET TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Blackfeet 2
61+Tribe’’ means the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet 3
62+Indian Reservation of Montana. 4
63+(3) C
64+ERCLA.—The term ‘‘CERCLA’’ means the 5
65+Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-6
66+tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 7
67+seq.). 8
68+(4) C
69+OMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-9
70+sioner’’ means the Commissioner of Reclamation. 10
71+(5) C
72+OMPACT.—The term ‘‘Compact’’ means— 11
73+(A) the Fort Belknap-Montana water 12
74+rights compact dated April 16, 2001, as con-13
75+tained in section 85–20–1001 of the Montana 14
76+Code Annotated (2021); and 15
77+(B) any appendix (including appendix 16
78+amendments), part, or amendment to the Com-17
79+pact that is executed to make the Compact con-18
80+sistent with this Act. 19
81+(6) E
82+NFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘en-20
83+forceability date’’ means the date described in sec-21
84+tion 11(f). 22
85+(7) F
86+ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY .—The 23
87+term ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community’’ means the 24
88+Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort 25
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92+Belknap Reservation of Montana, a federally recog-1
93+nized Indian Tribal entity included on the list pub-2
94+lished by the Secretary pursuant to section 104(a) 3
95+of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 4
96+1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)). 5
97+(8) F
98+ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY COUN -6
99+CIL.—The term ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community 7
100+Council’’ means the governing body of the Fort 8
101+Belknap Indian Community. 9
102+(9) F
103+ORT BELKNAP INDIAN IRRIGATION 10
104+PROJECT.— 11
105+(A) I
106+N GENERAL .—The term ‘‘Fort 12
107+Belknap Indian Irrigation Project’’ means the 13
108+Federal Indian irrigation project constructed 14
109+and operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 15
110+consisting of the Milk River unit, including— 16
111+(i) the Three Mile unit; and 17
112+(ii) the White Bear unit. 18
113+(B) I
114+NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Fort 19
115+Belknap Indian Irrigation Project’’ includes any 20
116+addition to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 21
117+Project constructed pursuant to this Act, in-22
118+cluding expansion of the Fort Belknap Indian 23
119+Irrigation Project, the Pumping Plant, delivery 24
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123+Pipe and Canal, the Fort Belknap Reservoir 1
124+and Dam, and the Peoples Creek Flood Project. 2
125+(10) I
126+MPLEMENTATION FUND .—The term ‘‘Im-3
127+plementation Fund’’ means the Fort Belknap Indian 4
128+Community Water Settlement Implementation Fund 5
129+established by section 13(a). 6
130+(11) I
131+NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 7
132+has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 8
133+Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 9
134+Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 10
135+(12) L
136+AKE ELWELL.—The term ‘‘Lake Elwell’’ 11
137+means the water impounded on the Marias River in 12
138+the State by Tiber Dam, a feature of the Lower 13
139+Marias Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin 14
140+Program authorized by section 9 of the Act of De-15
141+cember 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood 16
142+Control Act of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665). 17
143+(13) M
144+ALTA IRRIGATION DISTRICT .—The term 18
145+‘‘Malta Irrigation District’’ means the public cor-19
146+poration— 20
147+(A) created on December 28, 1923, pursu-21
148+ant to the laws of the State relating to irriga-22
149+tion districts; and 23
150+(B) headquartered in Malta, Montana. 24
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154+(14) MILK RIVER.—The term ‘‘Milk River’’ 1
155+means the mainstem of the Milk River and each 2
156+tributary of the Milk River between the headwaters 3
157+of the Milk River and the confluence of the Milk 4
158+River with the Missouri River, consisting of— 5
159+(A) Montana Water Court Basins 40F, 6
160+40G, 40H, 40I, 40J, 40K, 40L, 40M, 40N, and 7
161+40O; and 8
162+(B) the portion of the Milk River and each 9
163+tributary of the Milk River that flows through 10
164+the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Sas-11
165+katchewan. 12
166+(15) M
167+ILK RIVER PROJECT.— 13
168+(A) I
169+N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Milk River 14
170+Project’’ means the Bureau of Reclamation 15
171+project conditionally approved by the Secretary 16
172+on March 14, 1903, pursuant to the Act of 17
173+June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), 18
174+commencing at Lake Sherburne Reservoir and 19
175+providing water to a point approximately 6 20
176+miles east of Nashua, Montana. 21
177+(B) I
178+NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Milk River 22
179+Project’’ includes— 23
180+(i) the St. Mary Unit; 24
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184+(ii) the Fresno Dam and Reservoir; 1
185+and 2
186+(iii) the Dodson pumping unit. 3
187+(16) M
188+ISSOURI RIVER BASIN.—The term ‘‘Mis-4
189+souri River Basin’’ means the hydrologic basin of 5
190+the Missouri River, including tributaries. 6
191+(17) O
192+PERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE .—The 7
193+term ‘‘operations and maintenance’’ means the Bu-8
194+reau of Indian Affairs operations and maintenance 9
195+activities related to costs described in section 10
196+171.500 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (or 11
197+a successor regulation). 12
198+(18) O
199+PERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND RE-13
200+PLACEMENT.—The term ‘‘operations, maintenance, 14
201+and replacement’’ means— 15
202+(A) any recurring or ongoing activity asso-16
203+ciated with the day-to-day operation of a 17
204+project; 18
205+(B) any activity relating to scheduled or 19
206+unscheduled maintenance of a project; and 20
207+(C) any activity relating to repairing, re-21
208+placing, or rehabilitating a feature of a project. 22
209+(19) P
210+ICK-SLOAN MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRO -23
211+GRAM.—The term ‘‘Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin 24
212+Program’’ means the Pick-Sloan Missouri River 25
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216+Basin Program (authorized by section 9 of the Act 1
217+of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the 2
218+‘‘Flood Control Act of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 3
219+665)). 4
220+(20) PMM.—The term ‘‘PMM’’ means the 5
221+Principal Meridian, Montana. 6
222+(21) R
223+ESERVATION.— 7
224+(A) I
225+N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Reserva-8
226+tion’’ means the area of the Fort Belknap Res-9
227+ervation in the State, as modified by this Act. 10
228+(B) I
229+NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Reserva-11
230+tion’’ includes— 12
231+(i) all land and interests in land es-13
232+tablished by— 14
233+(I) the Agreement with the Gros 15
234+Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the 16
235+Fort Belknap Reservation, ratified by 17
236+the Act of May 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 113, 18
237+chapter 212), as modified by the 19
238+Agreement with the Indians of the 20
239+Fort Belknap Reservation of October 21
240+9, 1895 (ratified by the Act of June 22
241+10, 1896) (29 Stat. 350, chapter 23
242+398); 24
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246+(II) the Act of March 3, 1921 1
247+(41 Stat. 1355, chapter 135); and 2
248+(III) Public Law 94–114 (25 3
249+U.S.C. 5501 et seq.); 4
250+(ii) the land known as the ‘‘Hancock 5
251+lands’’ purchased by the Fort Belknap In-6
252+dian Community pursuant to the Fort 7
253+Belknap Indian Community Council Reso-8
254+lution No. 234–89 (October 2, 1989); and 9
255+(iii) all land transferred to the United 10
256+States to be held in trust for the benefit of 11
257+the Fort Belknap Indian Community under 12
258+section 6. 13
259+(22) S
260+ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 14
261+means the Secretary of the Interior. 15
262+(23) S
263+T. MARY UNIT.— 16
264+(A) I
265+N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘St. Mary 17
266+Unit’’ means the St. Mary Storage Unit of the 18
267+Milk River Project authorized by Congress on 19
268+March 25, 1905. 20
269+(B) I
270+NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘St. Mary 21
271+Unit’’ includes— 22
272+(i) Sherburne Dam and Reservoir; 23
273+(ii) Swift Current Creek Dike; 24
274+(iii) Lower St. Mary Lake; 25
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278+(iv) St. Mary Canal Diversion Dam; 1
279+and 2
280+(v) St. Mary Canal and appur-3
281+tenances. 4
282+(24) S
283+TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 5
284+State of Montana. 6
285+(25) T
286+RIBAL WATER CODE .—The term ‘‘Tribal 7
287+water code’’ means the Tribal water code enacted by 8
288+the Fort Belknap Indian Community pursuant to 9
289+section 5(g). 10
290+(26) T
291+RIBAL WATER RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘Trib-11
292+al water rights’’ means the water rights of the Fort 12
293+Belknap Indian Community, as described in Article 13
294+III of the Compact and this Act, including the allo-14
295+cation of water to the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-15
296+nity from Lake Elwell under section 7. 16
297+(27) T
298+RUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 17
299+means the Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust Fund 18
300+established for the Fort Belknap Indian Community 19
301+under section 12(a). 20
302+SEC. 4. RATIFICATION OF COMPACT. 21
303+(a) R
304+ATIFICATION OFCOMPACT.— 22
305+(1) I
306+N GENERAL.—As modified by this Act, the 23
307+Compact is authorized, ratified, and confirmed. 24
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311+(2) AMENDMENTS.—Any amendment to the 1
312+Compact is authorized, ratified, and confirmed to 2
313+the extent that the amendment is executed to make 3
314+the Compact consistent with this Act. 4
315+(b) E
316+XECUTION.— 5
317+(1) I
318+N GENERAL.—To the extent that the Com-6
319+pact does not conflict with this Act, the Secretary 7
320+shall execute the Compact, including all appendices 8
321+to, or parts of, the Compact requiring the signature 9
322+of the Secretary. 10
323+(2) M
324+ODIFICATIONS.—Nothing in this Act pre-11
325+cludes the Secretary from approving any modifica-12
326+tion to an appendix to the Compact that is con-13
327+sistent with this Act, to the extent that the modifica-14
328+tion does not otherwise require congressional ap-15
329+proval under section 2116 of the Revised Statutes 16
330+(25 U.S.C. 177) or any other applicable provision of 17
331+Federal law. 18
332+(c) E
333+NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 19
334+(1) I
335+N GENERAL.—In implementing the Com-20
336+pact and this Act, the Secretary shall comply with 21
337+all applicable provisions of— 22
338+(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 23
339+(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 24
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343+(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 1
344+of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 2
345+implementing regulations of that Act; and 3
346+(C) other applicable Federal environmental 4
347+laws and regulations. 5
348+(2) C
349+OMPLIANCE.— 6
350+(A) I
351+N GENERAL.—In implementing the 7
352+Compact and this Act, the Fort Belknap Indian 8
353+Community shall prepare any necessary envi-9
354+ronmental documents, consistent with all appli-10
355+cable provisions of— 11
356+(i) the Endangered Species Act of 12
357+1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 13
358+(ii) the National Environmental Policy 14
359+Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), in-15
360+cluding the implementing regulations of 16
361+that Act; and 17
362+(iii) all other applicable Federal envi-18
363+ronmental laws and regulations. 19
364+(B) A
365+UTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary 20
366+shall— 21
367+(i) independently evaluate the docu-22
368+mentation submitted under subparagraph 23
369+(A); and 24
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373+(ii) be responsible for the accuracy, 1
374+scope, and contents of that documentation. 2
375+(3) E
376+FFECT OF EXECUTION .—The execution of 3
377+the Compact by the Secretary under this section 4
378+shall not constitute a major Federal action for pur-5
379+poses of the National Environmental Policy Act of 6
380+1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 7
381+(4) C
382+OSTS.—Any costs associated with the per-8
383+formance of the compliance activities under this sub-9
384+section shall be paid from funds deposited in the 10
385+Trust Fund, subject to the condition that any costs 11
386+associated with the performance of Federal approval 12
387+or other review of such compliance work or costs as-13
388+sociated with inherently Federal functions shall re-14
389+main the responsibility of the Secretary. 15
390+SEC. 5. TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS. 16
391+(a) C
392+ONFIRMATION OFTRIBALWATERRIGHTS.— 17
393+(1) I
394+N GENERAL.—The Tribal water rights are 18
395+ratified, confirmed, and declared to be valid. 19
396+(2) U
397+SE.—Any use of the Tribal water rights 20
398+shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the 21
399+Compact and this Act. 22
400+(3) C
401+ONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict be-23
402+tween the Compact and this Act, this Act shall con-24
403+trol. 25
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407+(b) INTENT OFCONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con-1
408+gress to provide to each allottee benefits that are equiva-2
409+lent to, or exceed, the benefits the allottees possess on the 3
410+day before the date of enactment of this Act, taking into 4
411+consideration— 5
412+(1) the potential risks, cost, and time delay as-6
413+sociated with litigation that would be resolved by the 7
414+Compact and this Act; 8
415+(2) the availability of funding under this Act 9
416+and from other sources; 10
417+(3) the availability of water from the Tribal 11
418+water rights; and 12
419+(4) the applicability of section 7 of the Act of 13
420+February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 14
421+U.S.C. 381), and this Act to protect the interests of 15
422+allottees. 16
423+(c) T
424+RUSTSTATUS OFTRIBALWATERRIGHTS.— 17
425+The Tribal water rights— 18
426+(1) shall be held in trust by the United States 19
427+for the use and benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 20
428+Community and allottees in accordance with this 21
429+Act; and 22
430+(2) shall not be subject to loss through non-use, 23
431+forfeiture, or abandonment. 24
432+(d) A
433+LLOTTEES.— 25
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437+(1) APPLICABILITY OF THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 1
438+8, 1887.—The provisions of section 7 of the Act of 2
439+February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 3
440+U.S.C. 381), relating to the use of water for irriga-4
441+tion purposes, shall apply to the Tribal water rights. 5
442+(2) E
443+NTITLEMENT TO WATER .—Any entitle-6
444+ment to water of an allottee under Federal law shall 7
445+be satisfied from the Tribal water rights. 8
446+(3) A
447+LLOCATIONS.—An allottee shall be entitled 9
448+to a just and equitable allocation of water for irriga-10
449+tion purposes. 11
450+(4) C
451+LAIMS.— 12
452+(A) E
453+XHAUSTION OF REMEDIES .—Before 13
454+asserting any claim against the United States 14
455+under section 7 of the Act of February 8, 1887 15
456+(24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or 16
457+any other applicable law, an allottee shall ex-17
458+haust remedies available under the Tribal water 18
459+code or other applicable Tribal law. 19
460+(B) A
461+CTION FOR RELIEF.—After the ex-20
462+haustion of all remedies available under the 21
463+Tribal water code or other applicable Tribal 22
464+law, an allottee may seek relief under section 7 23
465+of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, 24
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469+chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or other applica-1
470+ble law. 2
471+(5) A
472+UTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY .—The Sec-3
473+retary shall have the authority to protect the rights 4
474+of allottees in accordance with this section. 5
475+(e) A
476+UTHORITY OF THE FORTBELKNAPINDIAN 6
477+C
478+OMMUNITY.— 7
479+(1) I
480+N GENERAL.—The Fort Belknap Indian 8
481+Community shall have the authority to allocate, dis-9
482+tribute, and lease the Tribal water rights for use on 10
483+the Reservation in accordance with the Compact, 11
484+this Act, and applicable Federal law. 12
485+(2) O
486+FF-RESERVATION USE .—The Fort 13
487+Belknap Indian Community may allocate, distribute, 14
488+and lease the Tribal water rights for off-Reservation 15
489+use in accordance with the Compact, this Act, and 16
490+applicable Federal law— 17
491+(A) subject to the approval of the Sec-18
492+retary; or 19
493+(B) pursuant to Tribal water leasing regu-20
494+lations consistent with the requirements of sub-21
495+section (f). 22
496+(3) L
497+AND LEASES BY ALLOTTEES .—Notwith-23
498+standing paragraph (1), an allottee may lease any 24
499+interest in land held by the allottee, together with 25
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503+any water right determined to be appurtenant to the 1
504+interest in land, in accordance with the Tribal water 2
505+code. 3
506+(f) T
507+RIBALWATERLEASINGREGULATIONS.— 4
508+(1) I
509+N GENERAL.—At the discretion of the Fort 5
510+Belknap Indian Community, any water lease of the 6
511+Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Tribal water 7
512+rights for use on or off the Reservation shall not re-8
513+quire the approval of the Secretary if the lease— 9
514+(A) is executed under tribal regulations, 10
515+approved by the Secretary under this sub-11
516+section; 12
517+(B) is in accordance with the Compact; 13
518+and 14
519+(C) does not exceed a term of 100 years, 15
520+except that a lease may include an option to 16
521+renew for 1 additional term of not to exceed 17
522+100 years. 18
523+(2) A
524+UTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OVER 19
525+TRIBAL WATER LEASING REGULATIONS .— 20
526+(A) I
527+N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 21
528+have the authority to approve or disapprove any 22
529+Tribal water leasing regulations issued in ac-23
530+cordance with paragraph (1). 24
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534+(B) CONSIDERATIONS FOR APPROVAL .— 1
535+The Secretary shall approve any Tribal water 2
536+leasing regulations issued in accordance with 3
537+paragraph (1) if the Tribal water leasing regu-4
538+lations— 5
539+(i) provide for an environmental re-6
540+view process that includes— 7
541+(I) the identification and evalua-8
542+tion of any significant effects of the 9
543+proposed action on the environment; 10
21544 and 11
22-(B) the United States, acting as trustee 12
23-for the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 13
24-allottees; 14
25-(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the water 15
26-rights compact entered into by the Fort Belknap In-16
27-dian Community and the State, to the extent that 17
28-the Compact is consistent with this Act; 18
29-(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 19
30-(A) to execute the Compact; and 20
31-(B) to take any other actions necessary to 21
32-carry out the Compact in accordance with this 22
33-Act; 23
34-(4) to authorize funds necessary for the imple-24
35-mentation of the Compact and this Act; and 25 3
36-†S 1987 ES
37-(5) to authorize the exchange and transfer of 1
38-certain Federal and State land. 2
39-SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 3
40-In this Act: 4
41-(1) A
42-LLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘allottee’’ means an 5
43-individual who holds a beneficial real property inter-6
44-est in an allotment of Indian land that is— 7
45-(A) located within the Reservation; and 8
46-(B) held in trust by the United States. 9
47-(2) B
48-LACKFEET TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Blackfeet 10
49-Tribe’’ means the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet 11
50-Indian Reservation of Montana. 12
51-(3) C
52-ERCLA.—The term ‘‘CERCLA’’ means the 13
53-Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-14
54-tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 15
55-seq.). 16
56-(4) C
57-OMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-17
58-sioner’’ means the Commissioner of Reclamation. 18
59-(5) C
60-OMPACT.—The term ‘‘Compact’’ means— 19
61-(A) the Fort Belknap-Montana water 20
62-rights compact dated April 16, 2001, as con-21
63-tained in section 85–20–1001 of the Montana 22
64-Code Annotated (2021); and 23
65-(B) any appendix (including appendix 24
66-amendments), part, or amendment to the Com-25 4
67-†S 1987 ES
68-pact that is executed to make the Compact con-1
69-sistent with this Act. 2
70-(6) E
71-NFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘en-3
72-forceability date’’ means the date described in sec-4
73-tion 11(f). 5
74-(7) F
75-ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY .—The 6
76-term ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community’’ means the 7
77-Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort 8
78-Belknap Reservation of Montana, a federally recog-9
79-nized Indian Tribal entity included on the list pub-10
80-lished by the Secretary pursuant to section 104(a) 11
81-of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 12
82-1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)). 13
83-(8) F
84-ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY COUN -14
85-CIL.—The term ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community 15
86-Council’’ means the governing body of the Fort 16
87-Belknap Indian Community. 17
88-(9) F
89-ORT BELKNAP INDIAN IRRIGATION 18
90-PROJECT.— 19
545+(II) a process for ensuring that— 12
546+(aa) the public is informed 13
547+of, and has a reasonable oppor-14
548+tunity to comment on, any sig-15
549+nificant environmental impacts of 16
550+the proposed action identified by 17
551+the Fort Belknap Indian Com-18
552+munity; and 19
553+(bb) the Fort Belknap In-20
554+dian Community provides re-21
555+sponses to relevant and sub-22
556+stantive public comments on 23
557+those impacts prior to its ap-24
558+proval of a water lease; and 25
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562+(ii) are consistent with this Act and 1
563+the Compact. 2
564+(3) R
565+EVIEW PROCESS.— 3
91566 (A) I
92-N GENERAL .—The term ‘‘Fort 20
93-Belknap Indian Irrigation Project’’ means the 21
94-Federal Indian irrigation project constructed 22
95-and operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 23
96-consisting of the Milk River unit, including— 24
97-(i) the Three Mile unit; and 25 5
98-†S 1987 ES
99-(ii) the White Bear unit. 1
100-(B) I
101-NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Fort 2
102-Belknap Indian Irrigation Project’’ includes any 3
103-addition to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 4
104-Project constructed pursuant to this Act, in-5
105-cluding expansion of the Fort Belknap Indian 6
106-Irrigation Project, the Pumping Plant, delivery 7
107-Pipe and Canal, the Fort Belknap Reservoir 8
108-and Dam, and the Peoples Creek Flood Protec-9
109-tion Project. 10
110-(10) I
111-MPLEMENTATION FUND .—The term ‘‘Im-11
112-plementation Fund’’ means the Fort Belknap Indian 12
113-Community Water Settlement Implementation Fund 13
114-established by section 13(a). 14
115-(11) I
116-NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 15
117-has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 16
118-Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 17
119-Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 18
120-(12) L
121-AKE ELWELL.—The term ‘‘Lake Elwell’’ 19
122-means the water impounded on the Marias River in 20
123-the State by Tiber Dam, a feature of the Lower 21
124-Marias Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin 22
125-Program authorized by section 9 of the Act of De-23
126-cember 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood 24
127-Control Act of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665). 25 6
128-†S 1987 ES
129-(13) MALTA IRRIGATION DISTRICT .—The term 1
130-‘‘Malta Irrigation District’’ means the public cor-2
131-poration— 3
132-(A) created on December 28, 1923, pursu-4
133-ant to the laws of the State relating to irriga-5
134-tion districts; and 6
135-(B) headquartered in Malta, Montana. 7
136-(14) M
137-ILK RIVER.—The term ‘‘Milk River’’ 8
138-means the mainstem of the Milk River and each 9
139-tributary of the Milk River between the headwaters 10
140-of the Milk River and the confluence of the Milk 11
141-River with the Missouri River, consisting of— 12
142-(A) Montana Water Court Basins 40F, 13
143-40G, 40H, 40I, 40J, 40K, 40L, 40M, 40N, and 14
144-40O; and 15
145-(B) the portion of the Milk River and each 16
146-tributary of the Milk River that flows through 17
147-the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Sas-18
148-katchewan. 19
149-(15) M
150-ILK RIVER PROJECT.— 20
567+N GENERAL.—Not later than 120 4
568+days after the date on which Tribal water leas-5
569+ing regulations under paragraph (1) are sub-6
570+mitted to the Secretary, the Secretary shall re-7
571+view and approve or disapprove the regulations. 8
572+(B) W
573+RITTEN DOCUMENTATION .—If the 9
574+Secretary disapproves the Tribal water leasing 10
575+regulations described in subparagraph (A), the 11
576+Secretary shall include written documentation 12
577+with the disapproval notification that describes 13
578+the basis for this disapproval. 14
579+(C) E
580+XTENSION.—The deadline described 15
581+in subparagraph (A) may be extended by the 16
582+Secretary, after consultation with the Fort 17
583+Belknap Indian Community. 18
584+(4) F
585+EDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW .—Not-19
586+withstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), if the Fort 20
587+Belknap Indian Community carries out a project or 21
588+activity funded by a Federal agency, the Fort 22
589+Belknap Indian Community— 23
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593+(A) shall have the authority to rely on the 1
594+environmental review process of the applicable 2
595+Federal agency; and 3
596+(B) shall not be required to carry out a 4
597+tribal environmental review process under this 5
598+subsection. 6
599+(5) D
600+OCUMENTATION.—If the Fort Belknap In-7
601+dian Community issues a lease pursuant to Tribal 8
602+water leasing regulations under paragraph (1), the 9
603+Fort Belknap Indian Community shall provide the 10
604+Secretary and the State a copy of the lease, includ-11
605+ing any amendments or renewals to the lease. 12
606+(6) L
607+IMITATION OF LIABILITY.— 13
151608 (A) I
152-N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Milk River 21
153-Project’’ means the Bureau of Reclamation 22
154-project conditionally approved by the Secretary 23
155-on March 14, 1903, pursuant to the Act of 24
156-June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), 25 7
157-†S 1987 ES
158-commencing at Lake Sherburne Reservoir and 1
159-providing water to a point approximately 6 2
160-miles east of Nashua, Montana. 3
161-(B) I
162-NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Milk River 4
163-Project’’ includes— 5
164-(i) the St. Mary Unit; 6
165-(ii) the Fresno Dam and Reservoir; 7
166-and 8
167-(iii) the Dodson pumping unit. 9
168-(16) M
169-ISSOURI RIVER BASIN.—The term ‘‘Mis-10
170-souri River Basin’’ means the hydrologic basin of 11
171-the Missouri River, including tributaries. 12
172-(17) O
173-PERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE .—The 13
174-term ‘‘operations and maintenance’’ means the Bu-14
175-reau of Indian Affairs operations and maintenance 15
176-activities related to costs described in section 16
177-171.500 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (or 17
178-a successor regulation). 18
179-(18) O
180-PERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND RE-19
181-PLACEMENT.—The term ‘‘operations, maintenance, 20
182-and replacement’’ means— 21
183-(A) any recurring or ongoing activity asso-22
184-ciated with the day-to-day operation of a 23
185-project; 24 8
186-†S 1987 ES
187-(B) any activity relating to scheduled or 1
188-unscheduled maintenance of a project; and 2
189-(C) any activity relating to repairing, re-3
190-placing, or rehabilitating a feature of a project. 4
191-(19) P
192-ICK-SLOAN MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRO -5
193-GRAM.—The term ‘‘Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin 6
194-Program’’ means the Pick-Sloan Missouri River 7
195-Basin Program (authorized by section 9 of the Act 8
196-of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the 9
197-‘‘Flood Control Act of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 10
198-665)). 11
199-(20) PMM.—The term ‘‘PMM’’ means the 12
200-Principal Meridian, Montana. 13
201-(21) R
202-ESERVATION.— 14
609+N GENERAL.—The United States 14
610+shall not be liable in any claim relating to the 15
611+negotiation, execution, or approval of any lease 16
612+or exchange agreement or storage agreement, 17
613+including any claims relating to the terms in-18
614+cluded in such an agreement, made pursuant to 19
615+Tribal water leasing regulations under para-20
616+graph (1). 21
617+(B) O
618+BLIGATIONS.—The United States 22
619+shall have no trust obligation or other obliga-23
620+tion to monitor, administer, or account for— 24
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624+(i) any funds received by the Fort 1
625+Belknap Indian Community as consider-2
626+ation under any lease or exchange agree-3
627+ment or storage agreement; or 4
628+(ii) the expenditure of those funds. 5
629+(g) T
630+RIBALWATERCODE.— 6
631+(1) I
632+N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Article 7
633+IV.A.2. of the Compact, not later than 4 years after 8
634+the date on which the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-9
635+nity approves the Compact in accordance with sec-10
636+tion 11(f)(1), the Fort Belknap Indian Community 11
637+shall enact a Tribal water code that provides for— 12
638+(A) the management, regulation, and gov-13
639+ernance of all uses of the Tribal water rights in 14
640+accordance with the Compact and this Act; and 15
641+(B) the establishment by the Fort Belknap 16
642+Indian Community of the conditions, permit re-17
643+quirements, and other requirements for the allo-18
644+cation, distribution, or use of the Tribal water 19
645+rights in accordance with the Compact and this 20
646+Act. 21
647+(2) I
648+NCLUSIONS.—Subject to the approval of 22
649+the Secretary, the Tribal water code shall provide— 23
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653+(A) that use of water by allottees shall be 1
654+satisfied with water from the Tribal water 2
655+rights; 3
656+(B) a process by which an allottee may re-4
657+quest that the Fort Belknap Indian Community 5
658+provide water for irrigation use in accordance 6
659+with this Act, including the provision of water 7
660+under any allottee lease under section 4 of the 8
661+Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 856, chapter 9
662+431; 25 U.S.C. 403); 10
663+(C) a due process system for the consider-11
664+ation and determination by the Fort Belknap 12
665+Indian Community of any request of an allottee 13
666+(or a successor in interest to an allottee) for an 14
667+allocation of water for irrigation purposes on al-15
668+lotted land, including a process for— 16
669+(i) appeal and adjudication of any de-17
670+nied or disputed distribution of water; and 18
671+(ii) resolution of any contested admin-19
672+istrative decision; 20
673+(D) a requirement that any allottee assert-21
674+ing a claim relating to the enforcement of rights 22
675+of the allottee under the Tribal water code, in-23
676+cluding to the quantity of water allocated to 24
677+land of the allottee, shall exhaust all remedies 25
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680+•S 1987 IS
681+available to the allottee under Tribal law before 1
682+initiating an action against the United States 2
683+or petitioning the Secretary pursuant to sub-3
684+section (d)(4)(B); 4
685+(E) a process by which an owner of fee 5
686+land within the boundaries of the Reservation 6
687+may apply for use of a portion of the Tribal 7
688+water rights; and 8
689+(F) a process for the establishment of a 9
690+controlled Groundwater area and for the man-10
691+agement of that area in cooperation with estab-11
692+lishment of a contiguous controlled Ground-12
693+water area off the Reservation established pur-13
694+suant to Section B.2. of Article IV of the Com-14
695+pact and State law. 15
696+(3) A
697+CTION BY SECRETARY.— 16
203698 (A) I
204-N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Reserva-15
205-tion’’ means the area of the Fort Belknap Res-16
206-ervation in the State, as modified by this Act. 17
207-(B) I
208-NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Reserva-18
209-tion’’ includes— 19
210-(i) all land and interests in land es-20
211-tablished by— 21
212-(I) the Agreement with the Gros 22
213-Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the 23
214-Fort Belknap Reservation, ratified by 24
215-the Act of May 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 113, 25 9
216-†S 1987 ES
217-chapter 212), as modified by the 1
218-Agreement with the Indians of the 2
219-Fort Belknap Reservation of October 3
220-9, 1895 (ratified by the Act of June 4
221-10, 1896) (29 Stat. 350, chapter 5
222-398); 6
223-(II) the Act of March 3, 1921 7
224-(41 Stat. 1355, chapter 135); and 8
225-(III) Public Law 94–114 (25 9
226-U.S.C. 5501 et seq.); 10
227-(ii) the land known as the ‘‘Hancock 11
228-lands’’ purchased by the Fort Belknap In-12
229-dian Community pursuant to the Fort 13
230-Belknap Indian Community Council Reso-14
231-lution No. 234–89 (October 2, 1989); and 15
232-(iii) all land transferred to the United 16
233-States to be held in trust for the benefit of 17
234-the Fort Belknap Indian Community under 18
235-section 6. 19
236-(22) S
237-ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 20
238-means the Secretary of the Interior. 21
239-(23) S
240-T. MARY UNIT.— 22
699+N GENERAL.—During the period be-17
700+ginning on the date of enactment of this Act 18
701+and ending on the date on which a Tribal water 19
702+code described in paragraphs (1) and (2) is en-20
703+acted, the Secretary shall administer, with re-21
704+spect to the rights of allottees, the Tribal water 22
705+rights in accordance with the Compact and this 23
706+Act. 24
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710+(B) APPROVAL.—The Tribal water code 1
711+described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not be 2
712+valid unless— 3
713+(i) the provisions of the Tribal water 4
714+code required by paragraph (2) are ap-5
715+proved by the Secretary; and 6
716+(ii) each amendment to the Tribal 7
717+water code that affects a right of an allot-8
718+tee is approved by the Secretary. 9
719+(C) A
720+PPROVAL PERIOD.— 10
721+(i) I
722+N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 11
723+approve or disapprove the Tribal water 12
724+code or an amendment to the Tribal water 13
725+code by not later than 180 days after the 14
726+date on which the Tribal water code or 15
727+amendment to the Tribal water code is 16
728+submitted to the Secretary. 17
729+(ii) E
730+XTENSIONS.—The deadline de-18
731+scribed in clause (i) may be extended by 19
732+the Secretary, after consultation with the 20
733+Fort Belknap Indian Community. 21
734+(h) A
735+DMINISTRATION.— 22
736+(1) N
737+O ALIENATION.—The Fort Belknap In-23
738+dian Community shall not permanently alienate any 24
739+portion of the Tribal water rights. 25
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743+(2) PURCHASES OR GRANTS OF LAND FROM IN -1
744+DIANS.—An authorization provided by this Act for 2
745+the allocation, distribution, leasing, or other ar-3
746+rangement entered into pursuant to this Act shall be 4
747+considered to satisfy any requirement for authoriza-5
748+tion of the action required by Federal law. 6
749+(3) P
750+ROHIBITION ON FORFEITURE .—The non- 7
751+use of all or any portion of the Tribal water rights 8
752+by any water user shall not result in the forfeiture, 9
753+abandonment, relinquishment, or other loss of all or 10
754+any portion of the Tribal water rights. 11
755+(i) E
756+FFECT.—Except as otherwise expressly provided 12
757+in this section, nothing in this Act— 13
758+(1) authorizes any action by an allottee against 14
759+any individual or entity, or against the Fort Belknap 15
760+Indian Community, under Federal, State, Tribal, or 16
761+local law; or 17
762+(2) alters or affects the status of any action 18
763+brought pursuant to section 1491(a) of title 28, 19
764+United States Code. 20
765+(j) P
766+ICK-SLOANMISSOURIRIVERBASINPROGRAM 21
767+P
768+OWERRATES.— 22
769+(1) I
770+N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 23
771+provision of law, the Secretary, in cooperation with 24
772+the Secretary of Energy, shall make available the 25
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776+Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program irrigation 1
777+project pumping power rates to the Fort Belknap 2
778+Indian Community, the Fort Belknap Indian Irriga-3
779+tion Project, and any projects funded under this Act. 4
780+(2) A
781+UTHORIZED PURPOSES .—The power rates 5
782+made available under paragraph (1) shall be author-6
783+ized for the purposes of wheeling, administration, 7
784+and payment of irrigation project pumping power 8
785+rates, including project use power for gravity power. 9
786+SEC. 6. EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF PUBLIC LAND INTO 10
787+TRUST. 11
788+(a) E
789+XCHANGE OFFEDERAL ANDSTATELAND.— 12
790+(1) D
791+EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 13
792+(A) P
793+UBLIC LAND.—The term ‘‘public 14
794+land’’ means, as applicable— 15
795+(i) public lands (as defined in section 16
796+103 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-17
797+agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)); 18
798+and 19
799+(ii) land managed by the Secretary of 20
800+Agriculture under the jurisdiction of the 21
801+Forest Service. 22
802+(B) S
803+ECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term 23
804+‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means, as applicable— 24
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808+(i) the Secretary, with respect to the 1
809+public land managed by the Department of 2
810+the Interior; and 3
811+(ii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 4
812+respect to land managed by the Forest 5
813+Service. 6
814+(2) N
815+EGOTIATIONS AUTHORIZED .— 7
241816 (A) I
242-N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘St. Mary 23
243-Unit’’ means the St. Mary Storage Unit of the 24 10
244-†S 1987 ES
245-Milk River Project authorized by Congress on 1
246-March 25, 1905. 2
247-(B) I
248-NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘St. Mary 3
249-Unit’’ includes— 4
250-(i) Sherburne Dam and Reservoir; 5
251-(ii) Swift Current Creek Dike; 6
252-(iii) Lower St. Mary Lake; 7
253-(iv) St. Mary Canal Diversion Dam; 8
254-and 9
255-(v) St. Mary Canal and appur-10
256-tenances. 11
257-(24) S
258-TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 12
259-State of Montana. 13
260-(25) T
261-RIBAL WATER CODE .—The term ‘‘Tribal 14
262-water code’’ means the Tribal water code enacted by 15
263-the Fort Belknap Indian Community pursuant to 16
264-section 5(g). 17
265-(26) T
266-RIBAL WATER RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘Trib-18
267-al water rights’’ means the water rights of the Fort 19
268-Belknap Indian Community, as described in Article 20
269-III of the Compact and this Act, including the allo-21
270-cation of water to the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-22
271-nity from Lake Elwell under section 7. 23
272-(27) T
273-RUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 24
274-means the Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust Fund 25 11
275-†S 1987 ES
276-established for the Fort Belknap Indian Community 1
277-under section 12(a). 2
278-SEC. 4. RATIFICATION OF COMPACT. 3
279-(a) R
280-ATIFICATION OFCOMPACT.— 4
281-(1) I
282-N GENERAL.—As modified by this Act, the 5
283-Compact is authorized, ratified, and confirmed. 6
284-(2) A
285-MENDMENTS.—Any amendment to the 7
286-Compact is authorized, ratified, and confirmed to 8
287-the extent that the amendment is executed to make 9
288-the Compact consistent with this Act. 10
289-(b) E
290-XECUTION.— 11
291-(1) I
292-N GENERAL.—To the extent that the Com-12
293-pact does not conflict with this Act, the Secretary 13
294-shall execute the Compact, including all appendices 14
295-to, or parts of, the Compact requiring the signature 15
296-of the Secretary. 16
297-(2) M
298-ODIFICATIONS.—Nothing in this Act pre-17
299-cludes the Secretary from approving any modifica-18
300-tion to an appendix to the Compact that is con-19
301-sistent with this Act, to the extent that the modifica-20
302-tion does not otherwise require congressional ap-21
303-proval under section 2116 of the Revised Statutes 22
304-(25 U.S.C. 177) or any other applicable provision of 23
305-Federal law. 24
817+N GENERAL.—The Secretary con-8
818+cerned shall offer to enter into negotiations 9
819+with the State for the purpose of exchanging 10
820+Federal land described in paragraph (4) for the 11
821+State land described in paragraph (3). 12
822+(B) R
823+EQUIREMENT.—Any exchange of 13
824+land made pursuant to this subsection shall be 14
825+subject to the requirements of this subsection. 15
826+(C) P
827+RIORITY.—In carrying out this para-16
828+graph, the Secretary concerned shall, during the 17
829+5-year period beginning on the date of enact-18
830+ment of this Act, give priority to an exchange 19
831+of public land located within the State for trust 20
832+land owned by the State. 21
833+(3) S
834+TATE LAND.—The Secretary concerned is 22
835+authorized to accept the following parcels of land 23
836+owned by the State located on and off of the Res-24
837+ervation: 25
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841+(A) 717.56 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 1
842+sec. 16. 2
843+(B) 707.04 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 E., 3
844+sec. 16. 4
845+(C) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 5
846+36. 6
847+(D) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 23 E., sec. 7
848+16. 8
849+(E) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 23 E., sec. 9
850+36. 10
851+(F) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 26 E., sec. 11
852+16. 12
853+(G) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 13
854+36. 14
855+(H) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 23 E., sec. 15
856+16. 16
857+(I) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 25 E., sec. 17
858+36. 18
859+(J) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 22 E., sec. 19
860+36. 20
861+(K) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 23 E., sec. 21
862+16. 22
863+(L) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 24 E., sec. 23
864+36. 24
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868+(M) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 25 E., sec. 1
869+16. 2
870+(N) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 25 E., sec. 3
871+36. 4
872+(O) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 26 E., sec. 5
873+16. 6
874+(P) 94.96 acres in T. 28 N., R. 26 E., sec. 7
875+36, under lease by the Fort Belknap Indian 8
876+Community Council on the date of enactment of 9
877+this Act, comprised of— 10
878+(i) 30.68 acres in lot 5; 11
879+(ii) 26.06 acres in lot 6; 12
880+(iii) 21.42 acres in lot 7; and 13
881+(iv) 16.8 acres in lot 8. 14
882+(Q) 652.32 acres in T. 29 N., R. 22 E., 15
883+sec. 16, excluding the 73.36 acres under lease 16
884+by individuals who are not members of the Fort 17
885+Belknap Indian Community, on the date of en-18
886+actment of this Act. 19
887+(R) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 22 E., sec. 20
888+36. 21
889+(S) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 23 E., sec. 22
890+16. 23
891+(T) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 24 E., sec. 24
892+16. 25
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896+(U) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 24 E., sec. 1
897+36. 2
898+(V) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 25 E., sec. 3
899+16. 4
900+(W) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 25 E., sec. 5
901+36. 6
902+(X) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 26 E., sec. 7
903+16. 8
904+(Y) 663.22 acres in T. 30 N., R. 22 E., 9
905+sec. 16, excluding the 58.72 acres under lease 10
906+by individuals who are not members of the Fort 11
907+Belknap Indian Community on the date of en-12
908+actment of this Act. 13
909+(Z) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 22 E., sec. 14
910+36. 15
911+(AA) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 23 E., sec. 16
912+16. 17
913+(BB) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 23 E., sec. 18
914+36. 19
915+(CC) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 24 E., sec. 20
916+16. 21
917+(DD) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 24 E., sec. 22
918+36. 23
919+(EE) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 25 E., sec. 24
920+16. 25
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924+(FF) 275.88 acres in T. 30 N., R. 26 E., 1
925+sec. 36, under lease by the Fort Belknap Indian 2
926+Community Council on the date of enactment of 3
927+this Act. 4
928+(GG) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 22 E., sec. 5
929+36. 6
930+(HH) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 23 E., sec. 7
931+16. 8
932+(II) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 23 E., sec. 9
933+36. 10
934+(JJ) 34.04 acres in T. 31 N., R. 26 E., 11
935+sec. 16, lot 4. 12
936+(4) F
937+EDERAL LAND.—Subject to valid existing 13
938+rights, and the requirements of this subsection, the 14
939+Secretary concerned is authorized to convey to the 15
940+State any public land within the State, except for 16
941+land that is included within the National Landscape 17
942+Conservation System established by section 2002(a) 18
943+of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 19
944+2009 (16 U.S.C. 7202(a)), without regard to wheth-20
945+er that land has been identified as available for dis-21
946+posal in a land use plan. 22
947+(5) L
948+AND INTO TRUST.—On completion of the 23
949+land exchange authorized by this subsection, the 24
950+Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the en-25
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954+forceability date, take the land received by the 1
955+United States pursuant to this subsection into trust 2
956+for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-3
957+nity. 4
958+(6) T
959+ERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 5
960+(A) E
961+QUAL VALUE.—The values of the 6
962+Federal land and State land exchanged under 7
963+this subsection shall be equal, except that the 8
964+Secretary concerned may— 9
965+(i) exchange land that is of approxi-10
966+mately equal value if such an exchange 11
967+complies with the requirements of section 12
968+206(h) of the Federal Land Policy and 13
969+Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 14
970+1716(h)) (and any regulations imple-15
971+menting that section) without regard to 16
972+the monetary limitation described in para-17
973+graph (1)(A) of that section; and 18
974+(ii) make or accept an equalization 19
975+payment, or waive an equalization pay-20
976+ment, if such a payment or waiver of a 21
977+payment complies with the requirements of 22
978+section 206(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 23
979+1716(b)) (and any regulations imple-24
980+menting that section). 25
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983+•S 1987 IS
984+(B) IMPACTS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS .— 1
985+In selecting public land to offer to the State, 2
986+the Secretary concerned may— 3
987+(i) consider the financial impacts of 4
988+exchanging specific Federal land on local 5
989+governments; and 6
990+(ii) attempt to minimize the financial 7
991+impact of the exchange on local govern-8
992+ments. 9
306993 (C) E
307-NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 25 12
308-†S 1987 ES
309-(1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing the Com-1
310-pact and this Act, the Secretary shall comply with 2
311-all applicable provisions of— 3
312-(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 4
313-(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 5
314-(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 6
315-of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 7
316-implementing regulations of that Act; and 8
317-(C) other applicable Federal environmental 9
318-laws and regulations. 10
319-(2) C
320-OMPLIANCE.— 11
321-(A) I
322-N GENERAL.—In implementing the 12
323-Compact and this Act, the Fort Belknap Indian 13
324-Community shall prepare any necessary envi-14
325-ronmental documents, except for any environ-15
326-mental documents required under section 8, 16
327-consistent with all applicable provisions of— 17
328-(i) the Endangered Species Act of 18
329-1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 19
330-(ii) the National Environmental Policy 20
331-Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), in-21
332-cluding the implementing regulations of 22
333-that Act; and 23
334-(iii) all other applicable Federal envi-24
335-ronmental laws and regulations. 25 13
336-†S 1987 ES
337-(B) AUTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary 1
338-shall— 2
339-(i) independently evaluate the docu-3
340-mentation submitted under subparagraph 4
341-(A); and 5
342-(ii) be responsible for the accuracy, 6
343-scope, and contents of that documentation. 7
344-(3) E
345-FFECT OF EXECUTION .—The execution of 8
346-the Compact by the Secretary under this section 9
347-shall not constitute a major Federal action for pur-10
348-poses of the National Environmental Policy Act of 11
349-1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 12
350-(4) C
351-OSTS.—Any costs associated with the per-13
352-formance of the compliance activities described in 14
353-paragraph (2) shall be paid from funds deposited in 15
354-the Trust Fund, subject to the condition that any 16
355-costs associated with the performance of Federal ap-17
356-proval or other review of such compliance work or 18
357-costs associated with inherently Federal functions 19
358-shall remain the responsibility of the Secretary. 20
359-SEC. 5. TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS. 21
360-(a) C
361-ONFIRMATION OFTRIBALWATERRIGHTS.— 22
362-(1) I
363-N GENERAL.—The Tribal water rights are 23
364-ratified, confirmed, and declared to be valid. 24 14
365-†S 1987 ES
366-(2) USE.—Any use of the Tribal water rights 1
367-shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the 2
368-Compact and this Act. 3
369-(3) C
370-ONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict be-4
371-tween the Compact and this Act, this Act shall con-5
372-trol. 6
373-(b) I
374-NTENT OFCONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con-7
375-gress to provide to each allottee benefits that are equiva-8
376-lent to, or exceed, the benefits the allottees possess on the 9
377-day before the date of enactment of this Act, taking into 10
378-consideration— 11
379-(1) the potential risks, cost, and time delay as-12
380-sociated with litigation that would be resolved by the 13
381-Compact and this Act; 14
382-(2) the availability of funding under this Act 15
383-and from other sources; 16
384-(3) the availability of water from the Tribal 17
385-water rights; and 18
386-(4) the applicability of section 7 of the Act of 19
387-February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 20
388-U.S.C. 381), and this Act to protect the interests of 21
389-allottees. 22
390-(c) T
391-RUSTSTATUS OFTRIBALWATERRIGHTS.— 23
392-The Tribal water rights— 24 15
393-†S 1987 ES
394-(1) shall be held in trust by the United States 1
395-for the use and benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 2
396-Community and allottees in accordance with this 3
397-Act; and 4
398-(2) shall not be subject to loss through non-use, 5
399-forfeiture, or abandonment. 6
400-(d) A
401-LLOTTEES.— 7
402-(1) A
403-PPLICABILITY OF THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 8
404-8, 1887.—The provisions of section 7 of the Act of 9
405-February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 10
406-U.S.C. 381), relating to the use of water for irriga-11
407-tion purposes, shall apply to the Tribal water rights. 12
408-(2) E
409-NTITLEMENT TO WATER .—Any entitle-13
410-ment to water of an allottee under Federal law shall 14
411-be satisfied from the Tribal water rights. 15
412-(3) A
413-LLOCATIONS.—An allottee shall be entitled 16
414-to a just and equitable allocation of water for irriga-17
415-tion purposes. 18
416-(4) C
417-LAIMS.— 19
418-(A) E
419-XHAUSTION OF REMEDIES .—Before 20
420-asserting any claim against the United States 21
421-under section 7 of the Act of February 8, 1887 22
422-(24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or 23
423-any other applicable law, an allottee shall ex-24 16
424-†S 1987 ES
425-haust remedies available under the Tribal water 1
426-code or other applicable Tribal law. 2
427-(B) A
428-CTION FOR RELIEF.—After the ex-3
429-haustion of all remedies available under the 4
430-Tribal water code or other applicable Tribal 5
431-law, an allottee may seek relief under section 7 6
432-of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, 7
433-chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or other applica-8
434-ble law. 9
435-(5) A
436-UTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY .—The Sec-10
437-retary shall have the authority to protect the rights 11
438-of allottees in accordance with this section. 12
439-(e) A
440-UTHORITY OF THE FORTBELKNAPINDIAN 13
441-C
442-OMMUNITY.— 14
443-(1) I
444-N GENERAL.—The Fort Belknap Indian 15
445-Community shall have the authority to allocate, dis-16
446-tribute, and lease the Tribal water rights for use on 17
447-the Reservation in accordance with the Compact, 18
448-this Act, and applicable Federal law. 19
449-(2) O
450-FF-RESERVATION USE .—The Fort 20
451-Belknap Indian Community may allocate, distribute, 21
452-and lease the Tribal water rights for off-Reservation 22
453-use in accordance with the Compact, this Act, and 23
454-applicable Federal law— 24 17
455-†S 1987 ES
456-(A) subject to the approval of the Sec-1
457-retary; or 2
458-(B) pursuant to Tribal water leasing regu-3
459-lations consistent with the requirements of sub-4
460-section (f). 5
461-(3) L
462-AND LEASES BY ALLOTTEES .—Notwith-6
463-standing paragraph (1), an allottee may lease any 7
464-interest in land held by the allottee, together with 8
465-any water right determined to be appurtenant to the 9
466-interest in land, in accordance with the Tribal water 10
467-code. 11
468-(f) T
469-RIBALWATERLEASINGREGULATIONS.— 12
470-(1) I
471-N GENERAL.—At the discretion of the Fort 13
472-Belknap Indian Community, any water lease of the 14
473-Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Tribal water 15
474-rights for use on or off the Reservation shall not re-16
475-quire the approval of the Secretary if the lease— 17
476-(A) is executed under tribal regulations, 18
477-approved by the Secretary under this sub-19
478-section; 20
479-(B) is in accordance with the Compact; 21
480-and 22
481-(C) does not exceed a term of 100 years, 23
482-except that a lease may include an option to 24 18
483-†S 1987 ES
484-renew for 1 additional term of not to exceed 1
485-100 years. 2
486-(2) A
487-UTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OVER 3
488-TRIBAL WATER LEASING REGULATIONS .— 4
489-(A) I
490-N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 5
491-have the authority to approve or disapprove any 6
492-Tribal water leasing regulations issued in ac-7
493-cordance with paragraph (1). 8
494-(B) C
495-ONSIDERATIONS FOR APPROVAL .— 9
496-The Secretary shall approve any Tribal water 10
497-leasing regulations issued in accordance with 11
498-paragraph (1) if the Tribal water leasing regu-12
499-lations— 13
500-(i) provide for an environmental re-14
501-view process that includes— 15
502-(I) the identification and evalua-16
503-tion of any significant effects of the 17
504-proposed action on the environment; 18
505-and 19
506-(II) a process for ensuring that— 20
507-(aa) the public is informed 21
508-of, and has a reasonable oppor-22
509-tunity to comment on, any sig-23
510-nificant environmental impacts of 24
511-the proposed action identified by 25 19
512-†S 1987 ES
513-the Fort Belknap Indian Com-1
514-munity; and 2
515-(bb) the Fort Belknap In-3
516-dian Community provides re-4
517-sponses to relevant and sub-5
518-stantive public comments on 6
519-those impacts prior to its ap-7
520-proval of a water lease; and 8
521-(ii) are consistent with this Act and 9
522-the Compact. 10
523-(3) R
524-EVIEW PROCESS.— 11
525-(A) I
526-N GENERAL.—Not later than 120 12
527-days after the date on which Tribal water leas-13
528-ing regulations under paragraph (1) are sub-14
529-mitted to the Secretary, the Secretary shall re-15
530-view and approve or disapprove the regulations. 16
531-(B) W
532-RITTEN DOCUMENTATION .—If the 17
533-Secretary disapproves the Tribal water leasing 18
534-regulations described in subparagraph (A), the 19
535-Secretary shall include written documentation 20
536-with the disapproval notification that describes 21
537-the basis for this disapproval. 22
538-(C) E
539-XTENSION.—The deadline described 23
540-in subparagraph (A) may be extended by the 24 20
541-†S 1987 ES
542-Secretary, after consultation with the Fort 1
543-Belknap Indian Community. 2
544-(4) F
545-EDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW .—Not-3
546-withstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), if the Fort 4
547-Belknap Indian Community carries out a project or 5
548-activity funded by a Federal agency, the Fort 6
549-Belknap Indian Community— 7
550-(A) shall have the authority to rely on the 8
551-environmental review process of the applicable 9
552-Federal agency; and 10
553-(B) shall not be required to carry out a 11
554-tribal environmental review process under this 12
555-subsection. 13
556-(5) D
557-OCUMENTATION.—If the Fort Belknap In-14
558-dian Community issues a lease pursuant to Tribal 15
559-water leasing regulations under paragraph (1), the 16
560-Fort Belknap Indian Community shall provide the 17
561-Secretary and the State a copy of the lease, includ-18
562-ing any amendments or renewals to the lease. 19
563-(6) L
564-IMITATION OF LIABILITY.— 20
565-(A) I
566-N GENERAL.—The United States 21
567-shall not be liable in any claim relating to the 22
568-negotiation, execution, or approval of any lease 23
569-or exchange agreement or storage agreement, 24
570-including any claims relating to the terms in-25 21
571-†S 1987 ES
572-cluded in such an agreement, made pursuant to 1
573-Tribal water leasing regulations under para-2
574-graph (1). 3
575-(B) O
576-BLIGATIONS.—The United States 4
577-shall have no trust obligation or other obliga-5
578-tion to monitor, administer, or account for— 6
579-(i) any funds received by the Fort 7
580-Belknap Indian Community as consider-8
581-ation under any lease or exchange agree-9
582-ment or storage agreement; or 10
583-(ii) the expenditure of those funds. 11
584-(g) T
585-RIBALWATERCODE.— 12
586-(1) I
587-N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Article 13
588-IV.A.2. of the Compact, not later than 4 years after 14
589-the date on which the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-15
590-nity approves the Compact in accordance with sec-16
591-tion 11(f)(1), the Fort Belknap Indian Community 17
592-shall enact a Tribal water code that provides for— 18
593-(A) the administration, management, regu-19
594-lation, and governance of all uses of the Tribal 20
595-water rights in accordance with the Compact 21
596-and this Act; and 22
597-(B) the establishment by the Fort Belknap 23
598-Indian Community of the conditions, permit re-24
599-quirements, and other requirements for the allo-25 22
600-†S 1987 ES
601-cation, distribution, or use of the Tribal water 1
602-rights in accordance with the Compact and this 2
603-Act. 3
604-(2) I
605-NCLUSIONS.—Subject to the approval of 4
606-the Secretary, the Tribal water code shall provide— 5
607-(A) that use of water by allottees shall be 6
608-satisfied with water from the Tribal water 7
609-rights; 8
610-(B) a process by which an allottee may re-9
611-quest that the Fort Belknap Indian Community 10
612-provide water for irrigation use in accordance 11
613-with this Act, including the provision of water 12
614-under any allottee lease under section 4 of the 13
615-Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 856, chapter 14
616-431; 25 U.S.C. 403); 15
617-(C) a due process system for the consider-16
618-ation and determination by the Fort Belknap 17
619-Indian Community of any request of an allottee 18
620-(or a successor in interest to an allottee) for an 19
621-allocation of water for irrigation purposes on al-20
622-lotted land, including a process for— 21
623-(i) appeal and adjudication of any de-22
624-nied or disputed distribution of water; and 23
625-(ii) resolution of any contested admin-24
626-istrative decision; 25 23
627-†S 1987 ES
628-(D) a requirement that any allottee assert-1
629-ing a claim relating to the enforcement of rights 2
630-of the allottee under the Tribal water code, in-3
631-cluding to the quantity of water allocated to 4
632-land of the allottee, shall exhaust all remedies 5
633-available to the allottee under Tribal law before 6
634-initiating an action against the United States 7
635-or petitioning the Secretary pursuant to sub-8
636-section (d)(4)(B); 9
637-(E) a process by which an owner of fee 10
638-land within the boundaries of the Reservation 11
639-may apply for use of a portion of the Tribal 12
640-water rights; and 13
641-(F) a process for the establishment of a 14
642-controlled Groundwater area and for the man-15
643-agement of that area in cooperation with estab-16
644-lishment of a contiguous controlled Ground-17
645-water area off the Reservation established pur-18
646-suant to Section B.2. of Article IV of the Com-19
647-pact and State law. 20
648-(3) A
649-CTION BY SECRETARY.— 21
650-(A) I
651-N GENERAL.—During the period be-22
652-ginning on the date of enactment of this Act 23
653-and ending on the date on which a Tribal water 24
654-code described in paragraphs (1) and (2) is en-25 24
655-†S 1987 ES
656-acted, the Secretary shall administer, with re-1
657-spect to the rights of allottees, the Tribal water 2
658-rights in accordance with the Compact and this 3
659-Act. 4
660-(B) A
661-PPROVAL.—The Tribal water code 5
662-described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not be 6
663-valid unless— 7
664-(i) the provisions of the Tribal water 8
665-code required by paragraph (2) are ap-9
666-proved by the Secretary; and 10
667-(ii) each amendment to the Tribal 11
668-water code that affects a right of an allot-12
669-tee is approved by the Secretary. 13
670-(C) A
671-PPROVAL PERIOD.— 14
994+XISTING AUTHORIZATIONS .— 10
995+(i) F
996+EDERAL LAND TRANSFERRED TO 11
997+THE STATE.— 12
672998 (I) I
673-N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 15
674-approve or disapprove the Tribal water 16
675-code or an amendment to the Tribal water 17
676-code by not later than 180 days after the 18
677-date on which the Tribal water code or 19
678-amendment to the Tribal water code is 20
679-submitted to the Secretary. 21
680-(ii) E
681-XTENSIONS.—The deadline de-22
682-scribed in clause (i) may be extended by 23
683-the Secretary, after consultation with the 24
684-Fort Belknap Indian Community. 25 25
685-†S 1987 ES
686-(h) ADMINISTRATION.— 1
687-(1) N
688-O ALIENATION.—The Fort Belknap In-2
689-dian Community shall not permanently alienate any 3
690-portion of the Tribal water rights. 4
691-(2) P
692-URCHASES OR GRANTS OF LAND FROM IN -5
693-DIANS.—An authorization provided by this Act for 6
694-the allocation, distribution, leasing, or other ar-7
695-rangement entered into pursuant to this Act shall be 8
696-considered to satisfy any requirement for authoriza-9
697-tion of the action required by Federal law. 10
698-(3) P
699-ROHIBITION ON FORFEITURE .—The non- 11
700-use of all or any portion of the Tribal water rights 12
701-by any water user shall not result in the forfeiture, 13
702-abandonment, relinquishment, or other loss of all or 14
703-any portion of the Tribal water rights. 15
704-(i) E
705-FFECT.—Except as otherwise expressly provided 16
706-in this section, nothing in this Act— 17
707-(1) authorizes any action by an allottee against 18
708-any individual or entity, or against the Fort Belknap 19
709-Indian Community, under Federal, State, Tribal, or 20
710-local law; or 21
711-(2) alters or affects the status of any action 22
712-brought pursuant to section 1491(a) of title 28, 23
713-United States Code. 24 26
714-†S 1987 ES
715-(j) PICK-SLOANMISSOURIRIVERBASINPROGRAM 1
716-P
717-OWERRATES.— 2
718-(1) I
719-N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 3
720-provision of law, the Secretary, in cooperation with 4
721-the Secretary of Energy, shall make available the 5
722-Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program irrigation 6
723-project pumping power rates to the Fort Belknap 7
724-Indian Community, the Fort Belknap Indian Irriga-8
725-tion Project, and any projects funded under this Act. 9
726-(2) A
727-UTHORIZED PURPOSES .—The power rates 10
728-made available under paragraph (1) shall be author-11
729-ized for the purposes of wheeling, administration, 12
730-and payment of irrigation project pumping power 13
731-rates, including project use power for gravity power. 14
732-SEC. 6. EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF LAND. 15
733-(a) E
734-XCHANGE OF ELIGIBLELAND AND STATE 16
735-L
736-AND.— 17
737-(1) D
738-EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 18
739-(A) E
740-LIGIBLE LAND.—The term ‘‘eligible 19
741-land’’ means— 20
742-(i) public lands (as defined in section 21
743-103 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-22
744-agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)) 23
745-that are administered by the Secretary, 24 27
746-†S 1987 ES
747-acting through the Director of the Bureau 1
748-of Land Management; and 2
749-(ii) land in the National Forest Sys-3
750-tem (as defined in section 11(a) of the 4
751-Forest and Rangeland Resources Planning 5
752-Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)) that is 6
753-administered by the Secretary of Agri-7
754-culture, acting through the Chief of the 8
755-Forest Service. 9
756-(B) S
757-ECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term 10
758-‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means, as applicable— 11
759-(i) the Secretary, with respect to the 12
760-eligible land administered by the Bureau of 13
761-Land Management; and 14
762-(ii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 15
763-respect to eligible land managed by the 16
764-Forest Service. 17
765-(2) N
766-EGOTIATIONS AUTHORIZED .— 18
767-(A) I
768-N GENERAL.—The Secretary con-19
769-cerned shall offer to enter into negotiations 20
770-with the State for the purpose of exchanging el-21
771-igible land described in paragraph (4) for the 22
772-State land described in paragraph (3). 23
773-(B) R
774-EQUIREMENTS.—Any exchange of 24
775-land made pursuant to this subsection shall be 25 28
776-†S 1987 ES
777-subject to the terms and conditions of this sub-1
778-section. 2
779-(C) P
780-RIORITY.— 3
999+N GENERAL.—Any Federal 13
1000+land transferred to the State under 14
1001+this subsection shall be conveyed sub-15
1002+ject to any valid existing rights, con-16
1003+tracts, leases, permits, and rights-of- 17
1004+way, unless the holder of the right, 18
1005+contract, lease, permit, or right-of-way 19
1006+requests an earlier termination in ac-20
1007+cordance with existing law. 21
1008+(II) A
1009+SSUMPTION BY STATE .— 22
1010+The State shall assume all benefits 23
1011+and obligations of the Forest Service 24
1012+or the Bureau of Land Management, 25
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1016+as applicable, under the existing 1
1017+rights, contracts, leases, permits, and 2
1018+rights-of-way described in subclause 3
1019+(I). 4
1020+(ii) S
1021+TATE LAND TRANSFERRED TO 5
1022+THE UNITED STATES.— 6
7811023 (I) I
782-N GENERAL.—In carrying out this 4
783-paragraph, the Secretary and the Sec-5
784-retary of Agriculture shall, during the 5- 6
785-year period beginning on the date of enact-7
786-ment of this Act, give priority to an ex-8
787-change of eligible land located within the 9
788-State for State land. 10
789-(ii) S
790-ECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE .— 11
791-The responsibility of the Secretary of Agri-12
792-culture under clause (i), during the 5-year 13
793-period described in that clause, shall be 14
794-limited to negotiating with the State an ac-15
795-ceptable package of land in the National 16
796-Forest System (as defined in section 11(a) 17
797-of the Forest and Rangeland Resources 18
798-Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 19
799-1609(a))). 20
800-(3) S
801-TATE LAND.—The Secretary is authorized 21
802-to accept the following parcels of State land located 22
803-on and off the Reservation: 23
804-(A) 717.56 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 24
805-sec. 16. 25 29
806-†S 1987 ES
807-(B) 707.04 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 E., 1
808-sec. 16. 2
809-(C) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 3
810-36. 4
811-(D) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 23 E., sec. 5
812-16. 6
813-(E) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 23 E., sec. 7
814-36. 8
815-(F) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 26 E., sec. 9
816-16. 10
817-(G) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 11
818-36. 12
819-(H) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 23 E., sec. 13
820-16. 14
821-(I) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 25 E., sec. 15
822-36. 16
823-(J) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 22 E., sec. 17
824-36. 18
825-(K) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 23 E., sec. 19
826-16. 20
827-(L) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 24 E., sec. 21
828-36. 22
829-(M) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 25 E., sec. 23
830-16. 24 30
831-†S 1987 ES
832-(N) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 25 E., sec. 1
833-36. 2
834-(O) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 26 E., sec. 3
835-16. 4
836-(P) 94.96 acres in T. 28 N., R. 26 E., sec. 5
837-36, under lease by the Fort Belknap Indian 6
838-Community Council on the date of enactment of 7
839-this Act, comprised of— 8
840-(i) 30.68 acres in lot 5; 9
841-(ii) 26.06 acres in lot 6; 10
842-(iii) 21.42 acres in lot 7; and 11
843-(iv) 16.8 acres in lot 8. 12
844-(Q) 652.32 acres in T. 29 N., R. 22 E., 13
845-sec. 16, excluding the 73.36 acres under lease 14
846-by individuals who are not members of the Fort 15
847-Belknap Indian Community, on the date of en-16
848-actment of this Act. 17
849-(R) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 22 E., sec. 18
850-36. 19
851-(S) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 23 E., sec. 20
852-16. 21
853-(T) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 24 E., sec. 22
854-16. 23
855-(U) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 24 E., sec. 24
856-36. 25 31
857-†S 1987 ES
858-(V) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 25 E., sec. 1
859-16. 2
860-(W) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 25 E., sec. 3
861-36. 4
862-(X) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 26 E., sec. 5
863-16. 6
864-(Y) 663.22 acres in T. 30 N., R. 22 E., 7
865-sec. 16, excluding the 58.72 acres under lease 8
866-by individuals who are not members of the Fort 9
867-Belknap Indian Community on the date of en-10
868-actment of this Act. 11
869-(Z) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 22 E., sec. 12
870-36. 13
871-(AA) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 23 E., sec. 14
872-16. 15
873-(BB) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 23 E., sec. 16
874-36. 17
875-(CC) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 24 E., sec. 18
876-16. 19
877-(DD) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 24 E., sec. 20
878-36. 21
879-(EE) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 25 E., sec. 22
880-16. 23
881-(FF) 275.88 acres in T. 30 N., R. 26 E., 24
882-sec. 36, under lease by the Fort Belknap Indian 25 32
883-†S 1987 ES
884-Community Council on the date of enactment of 1
885-this Act. 2
886-(GG) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 22 E., sec. 3
887-36. 4
888-(HH) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 23 E., sec. 5
889-16. 6
890-(II) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 23 E., sec. 7
891-36. 8
892-(JJ) 34.04 acres in T. 31 N., R. 26 E., 9
893-sec. 16, lot 4. 10
894-(KK) 640 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., sec. 11
895-16. 12
896-(4) E
897-LIGIBLE LAND.— 13
898-(A) I
899-N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-14
900-ing rights, the reservation of easements or 15
901-rights-of-way deemed necessary to be retained 16
902-by the Secretary concerned, and the require-17
903-ments of this subsection, the Secretary is au-18
904-thorized and directed to convey to the State any 19
905-eligible land within the State identified in the 20
906-negotiations authorized by paragraph (2) and 21
907-agreed to by the Secretary concerned. 22
908-(B) E
909-XCEPTIONS.—The Secretary con-23
910-cerned shall exclude from any conveyance any 24
911-parcel of eligible land that is— 25 33
912-†S 1987 ES
913-(i) included within the National Land-1
914-scape Conservation System established by 2
915-section 2002(a) of the Omnibus Public 3
916-Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 4
917-7202(a)), without regard to whether that 5
918-land has been identified as available for 6
919-disposal in a land use plan; 7
920-(ii) designated as wilderness by Con-8
921-gress; 9
922-(iii) within a component of the Na-10
923-tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System; or 11
924-(iv) designated in the Forest Land 12
925-and Resource Management Plan as a Re-13
926-search Natural Area. 14
927-(C) A
928-DMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY .— 15
929-The Secretary shall be responsible for meeting 16
930-all substantive and any procedural requirements 17
931-necessary to complete the exchange and the 18
932-conveyance of the eligible land. 19
933-(5) L
934-AND INTO TRUST.—On completion of the 20
935-land exchange authorized by this subsection, the 21
936-Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the en-22
937-forceability date, take the land received by the 23
938-United States pursuant to this subsection into trust 24 34
939-†S 1987 ES
940-for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-1
941-nity. 2
942-(6) T
943-ERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 3
944-(A) E
945-QUAL VALUE.—The values of the eli-4
946-gible land and State land exchanged under this 5
947-subsection shall be equal, except that the Sec-6
948-retary concerned may— 7
949-(i) exchange land that is of approxi-8
950-mately equal value if such an exchange 9
951-complies with the requirements of section 10
952-206(h) of the Federal Land Policy and 11
953-Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 12
954-1716(h)) (and any regulations imple-13
955-menting that section) without regard to 14
956-the monetary limitation described in para-15
957-graph (1)(A) of that section; and 16
958-(ii) make or accept an equalization 17
959-payment, or waive an equalization pay-18
960-ment, if such a payment or waiver of a 19
961-payment complies with the requirements of 20
962-section 206(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 21
963-1716(b)) (and any regulations imple-22
964-menting that section). 23
965-(B) I
966-MPACTS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS .— 24
967-In identifying eligible land to be exchanged with 25 35
968-†S 1987 ES
969-the State, the Secretary concerned and the 1
970-State may— 2
971-(i) consider the financial impacts of 3
972-exchanging specific eligible land on local 4
973-governments; and 5
974-(ii) attempt to minimize the financial 6
975-impact of the exchange on local govern-7
976-ments. 8
977-(C) E
978-XISTING AUTHORIZATIONS .— 9
979-(i) E
980-LIGIBLE LAND CONVEYED TO 10
981-THE STATE.— 11
982-(I) I
983-N GENERAL.—Any eligible 12
984-land conveyed to the State under this 13
985-subsection shall be subject to any 14
986-valid existing rights, contracts, leases, 15
987-permits, and rights-of-way, unless the 16
988-holder of the right, contract, lease, 17
989-permit, or right-of-way requests an 18
990-earlier termination in accordance with 19
991-existing law. 20
1024+N GENERAL.—Any State 7
1025+land transferred to the United States 8
1026+under this subsection shall be con-9
1027+veyed and taken into trust for the 10
1028+benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 11
1029+Community subject to any valid exist-12
1030+ing rights, contracts, leases, permits, 13
1031+and rights-of-way, unless the holder of 14
1032+the right, contract, lease, permit, or 15
1033+right-of-way requests an earlier termi-16
1034+nation in accordance with existing 17
1035+law. 18
9921036 (II) A
993-SSUMPTION BY STATE .— 21
994-The State shall assume all benefits 22
995-and obligations of the Forest Service 23
996-or the Bureau of Land Management, 24
997-as applicable, under the existing 25 36
998-†S 1987 ES
999-rights, contracts, leases, permits, and 1
1000-rights-of-way described in subclause 2
1001-(I). 3
1002-(ii) S
1003-TATE LAND CONVEYED TO THE 4
1004-UNITED STATES.— 5
1005-(I) I
1006-N GENERAL.—Any State 6
1007-land conveyed to the United States 7
1008-under this subsection and taken into 8
1009-trust for the benefit of the Fort 9
1010-Belknap Indian Community subject 10
1011-shall be to any valid existing rights, 11
1012-contracts, leases, permits, and rights- 12
1013-of-way, unless the holder of the right, 13
1014-contract, lease, permit, or right-of-way 14
1015-requests an earlier termination in ac-15
1016-cordance with existing law. 16
1017-(II) A
1018-SSUMPTION BY BUREAU OF 17
1019-INDIAN AFFAIRS.—The Bureau of In-18
1020-dian Affairs shall— 19
1021-(aa) assume all benefits and 20
1022-obligations of the State under the 21
1023-existing rights, contracts, leases, 22
1024-permits, and rights-of-way de-23
1025-scribed in subclause (I); and 24 37
1026-†S 1987 ES
1037+SSUMPTION BY BIA.—The 19
1038+Bureau of Indian Affairs shall— 20
1039+(aa) assume all benefits and 21
1040+obligations of the State under the 22
1041+existing rights, contracts, leases, 23
1042+permits, and rights-of-way de-24
1043+scribed in subclause (I); and 25
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10271047 (bb) disburse to the Fort 1
10281048 Belknap Indian Community any 2
10291049 amounts that accrue to the 3
10301050 United States from those rights, 4
10311051 contracts, leases, permits, and 5
10321052 rights-of-way, after the date of 6
10331053 transfer from any sale, bonus, 7
10341054 royalty, or rental relating to that 8
10351055 land in the same manner as 9
10361056 amounts received from other land 10
10371057 held by the Secretary in trust for 11
10381058 the benefit of the Fort Belknap 12
10391059 Indian Community. 13
10401060 (D) P
10411061 ERSONAL PROPERTY .— 14
10421062 (i) I
10431063 N GENERAL.—Any improvements 15
10441064 constituting personal property, as defined 16
10451065 by State law, belonging to the holder of a 17
10461066 right, contract, lease, permit, or right-of- 18
10471067 way on land transferred to the United 19
10481068 States under this subsection shall— 20
10491069 (I) remain the property of the 21
10501070 holder; and 22
10511071 (II) be removed not later than 90 23
10521072 days after the date on which the 24
1053-right, contract, lease, permit, or right- 25 38
1054-†S 1987 ES
1073+right, contract, lease, permit, or right- 25
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10551077 of-way expires, unless the Fort 1
10561078 Belknap Indian Community and the 2
10571079 holder agree otherwise. 3
10581080 (ii) R
10591081 EMAINING PROPERTY.—Any per-4
10601082 sonal property described in clause (i) re-5
10611083 maining with the holder described in that 6
10621084 clause beyond the 90-day period described 7
10631085 in subclause (II) of that clause shall— 8
10641086 (I) become the property of the 9
10651087 Fort Belknap Indian Community; and 10
10661088 (II) be subject to removal and 11
10671089 disposition at the discretion of the 12
10681090 Fort Belknap Indian Community. 13
10691091 (iii) L
10701092 IABILITY OF PREVIOUS HOLD -14
10711093 ER.—The holder of personal property de-15
10721094 scribed in clause (i) shall be liable for costs 16
10731095 incurred by the Fort Belknap Indian Com-17
10741096 munity in removing and disposing of the 18
10751097 personal property under clause (ii)(II). 19
10761098 (7) T
10771099 ECHNICAL CORRECTIONS .—Notwith-20
10781100 standing the descriptions of the parcels of land 21
10791101 owned by the State under paragraph (3), the State 22
10801102 may, with the consent of the Fort Belknap Indian 23
1081-Community, make technical corrections to the legal 24 39
1082-†S 1987 ES
1103+Community, make technical corrections to the legal 24
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10831107 land descriptions to more specifically identify the 1
10841108 State parcels to be exchanged. 2
10851109 (8) A
10861110 SSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide 3
10871111 $10,000,000 of financial or other assistance to the 4
10881112 State and the Fort Belknap Indian Community as 5
10891113 may be necessary to obtain the appraisals, and to 6
10901114 satisfy administrative requirements, necessary to ac-7
10911115 complish the exchanges under paragraph (2). 8
10921116 (b) F
10931117 EDERALLANDTRANSFERS.— 9
10941118 (1) I
10951119 N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 10
10961120 rights and the requirements of this subsection, all 11
10971121 right, title, and interest of the United States in and 12
10981122 to the land described in paragraph (2) shall be held 13
10991123 by the United States in trust for the benefit of the 14
11001124 Fort Belknap Indian Community as part of the Res-15
11011125 ervation on the enforceability date. 16
11021126 (2) F
11031127 EDERAL LAND.— 17
11041128 (A) B
11051129 UREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT PAR -18
11061130 CELS.— 19
11071131 (i) 59.46 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., 20
11081132 sec. 4, comprised of— 21
11091133 (I) 19.55 acres in lot 10; 22
11101134 (II) 19.82 acres in lot 11; and 23
1111-(III) 20.09 acres in lot 16. 24 40
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1135+(III) 20.09 acres in lot 16. 24
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11131139 (ii) 324.24 acres in the N
11141140 1
11151141 ⁄2of T. 25 1
11161142 N., R. 22 E., sec. 5. 2
11171143 (iii) 403.56 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 3
11181144 E., sec. 9, comprised of— 4
11191145 (I) 20.39 acres in lot 2; 5
11201146 (II) 20.72 acres in lot 7; 6
11211147 (III) 21.06 acres in lot 8; 7
11221148 (IV) 40.00 acres in lot 9; 8
11231149 (V) 40.00 acres in lot 10; 9
11241150 (VI) 40.00 acres in lot 11; 10
11251151 (VII) 40.00 acres in lot 12; 11
11261152 (VIII) 21.39 acres in lot 13; and 12
11271153 (IX) 160 acres in SW
11281154 1
11291155 ⁄4. 13
11301156 (iv) 70.63 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 14
11311157 E., sec. 13, comprised of— 15
11321158 (I) 18.06 acres in lot 5; 16
11331159 (II) 18.25 acres in lot 6; 17
11341160 (III) 18.44 acres in lot 7; and 18
11351161 (IV) 15.88 acres in lot 8. 19
11361162 (v) 71.12 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., 20
11371163 sec. 14, comprised of— 21
11381164 (I) 17.65 acres in lot 5; 22
11391165 (II) 17.73 acres in lot 6; 23
11401166 (III) 17.83 acres in lot 7; and 24
1141-(IV) 17.91 acres in lot 8. 25 41
1142-†S 1987 ES
1167+(IV) 17.91 acres in lot 8. 25
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11431171 (vi) 103.29 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 1
11441172 E., sec. 15, comprised of— 2
11451173 (I) 21.56 acres in lot 6; 3
11461174 (II) 29.50 acres in lot 7; 4
11471175 (III) 17.28 acres in lot 8; 5
11481176 (IV) 17.41 acres in lot 9; and 6
11491177 (V) 17.54 acres in lot 10. 7
11501178 (vii) 160 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 8
11511179 sec. 1, comprised of— 9
11521180 (I) 80 acres in the S
11531181 1
11541182 ⁄2of the 10
11551183 NW
11561184 1
11571185 ⁄4; and 11
11581186 (II) 80 acres in the W
11591187 1
11601188 ⁄2of the 12
11611189 SW
11621190 1
11631191 ⁄4. 13
11641192 (viii) 567.50 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 14
11651193 E., sec. 2, comprised of— 15
11661194 (I) 82.54 acres in the E
11671195 1
11681196 ⁄2of the 16
11691197 NW
11701198 1
11711199 ⁄4; 17
11721200 (II) 164.96 acres in the NE
11731201 1
11741202 ⁄4; 18
11751203 and 19
11761204 (III) 320 acres in the S
11771205 1
11781206 ⁄2. 20
11791207 (ix) 240 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 21
11801208 sec. 3, comprised of— 22
11811209 (I) 40 acres in the SE
11821210 1
11831211 ⁄4of the 23
11841212 NW
11851213 1
11861214 ⁄4; 24
11871215 (II) 160 acres in the SW
11881216 1
1189-⁄4; and 25 42
1190-†S 1987 ES
1217+⁄4; and 25
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11911221 (III) 40 acres in the SW
11921222 1
11931223 ⁄4of the 1
11941224 SE
11951225 1
11961226 ⁄4. 2
11971227 (x) 120 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 3
11981228 sec. 4, comprised of— 4
11991229 (I) 80 acres in the E
12001230 1
12011231 ⁄2of the 5
12021232 SE
12031233 1
12041234 ⁄4; and 6
12051235 (II) 40 acres in the NW
12061236 1
12071237 ⁄4of the 7
12081238 SE
12091239 1
12101240 ⁄4. 8
12111241 (xi) 200 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 9
12121242 sec. 5, comprised of— 10
12131243 (I) 160 acres in the SW
12141244 1
12151245 ⁄4; and 11
12161246 (II) 40 acres in the SW
12171247 1
12181248 ⁄4of the 12
12191249 NW
12201250 1
12211251 ⁄4. 13
12221252 (xii) 40 acres in the SE
12231253 1
12241254 ⁄4of the 14
12251255 SE
12261256 1
12271257 ⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 6. 15
12281258 (xiii) 240 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 16
12291259 sec. 8, comprised of— 17
12301260 (I) 40 acres in the NE
12311261 1
12321262 ⁄4of the 18
12331263 SW
12341264 1
12351265 ⁄4; 19
12361266 (II) 160 acres in the NW
12371267 1
12381268 ⁄4; and 20
12391269 (III) 40 acres in the NW
12401270 1
12411271 ⁄4of 21
12421272 the SE
12431273 1
12441274 ⁄4. 22
12451275 (xiv) 320 acres in the E
12461276 1
12471277 ⁄2of T. 26 23
1248-N., R. 21 E., sec. 9. 24 43
1249-†S 1987 ES
1278+N., R. 21 E., sec. 9. 24
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1280+kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 41
1281+•S 1987 IS
12501282 (xv) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 1
12511283 sec. 10. 2
12521284 (xvi) 600 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 3
12531285 sec. 11, comprised of— 4
12541286 (I) 320 acres in the N
12551287 1
12561288 ⁄2; 5
12571289 (II) 80 acres in the N
12581290 1
12591291 ⁄2of the 6
12601292 SE
12611293 1
12621294 ⁄4; 7
12631295 (III) 160 acres in the SW
12641296 1
12651297 ⁄4; and 8
12661298 (IV) 40 acres in the SW
12671299 1
12681300 ⁄4of the 9
12691301 SE
12701302 1
12711303 ⁄4. 10
12721304 (xvii) 525.81 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 11
12731305 E., sec. 21, comprised of— 12
12741306 (I) 6.62 acres in lot 1; 13
12751307 (II) 5.70 acres in lot 2; 14
12761308 (III) 56.61 acres in lot 5; 15
12771309 (IV) 56.88 acres in lot 6; 16
12781310 (V) 320 acres in the W
12791311 1
12801312 ⁄2; and 17
12811313 (VI) 80 acres in the W
12821314 1
12831315 ⁄2of the 18
12841316 SE
12851317 1
12861318 ⁄4. 19
12871319 (xviii) 719.58 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 20
12881320 E., sec. 28. 21
12891321 (xix) 560 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 22
12901322 sec. 29, comprised of— 23
12911323 (I) 320 acres in the N
12921324 1
1293-⁄2; 24 44
1294-†S 1987 ES
1325+⁄2; 24
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1327+kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 42
1328+•S 1987 IS
12951329 (II) 160 acres in the N
12961330 1
12971331 ⁄2of the 1
12981332 S
12991333 1
13001334 ⁄2; and 2
13011335 (III) 80 acres in the S
13021336 1
13031337 ⁄2of the 3
13041338 SE
13051339 1
13061340 ⁄4. 4
13071341 (xx) 400 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 5
13081342 sec. 32, comprised of— 6
13091343 (I) 320 acres in the S
13101344 1
13111345 ⁄2; and 7
13121346 (II) 80 acres in the S
13131347 1
13141348 ⁄2of the 8
13151349 NW
13161350 1
13171351 ⁄4. 9
13181352 (xxi) 455.51 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 10
13191353 E., sec. 33, comprised of— 11
13201354 (I) 58.25 acres in lot 3; 12
13211355 (II) 58.5 acres in lot 4; 13
13221356 (III) 58.76 acres in lot 5; 14
13231357 (IV) 40 acres in the NW
13241358 1
13251359 ⁄4of the 15
13261360 NE
13271361 1
13281362 ⁄4; 16
13291363 (V) 160 acres in the SW
13301364 1
13311365 ⁄4; and 17
13321366 (VI) 80 acres in the W
13331367 1
13341368 ⁄2of the 18
13351369 SE
13361370 1
13371371 ⁄4. 19
13381372 (xxii) 88.71 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 20
13391373 E., sec. 1, comprised of— 21
13401374 (I) 24.36 acres in lot 1; 22
13411375 (II) 24.35 acres in lot 2; and 23
13421376 (III) 40 acres in the SW
13431377 1
13441378 ⁄4of the 24
13451379 SW
13461380 1
1347-⁄4. 25 45
1348-†S 1987 ES
1381+⁄4. 25
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1383+kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 43
1384+•S 1987 IS
13491385 (xxiii) 80 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 1
13501386 sec. 3, comprised of— 2
13511387 (I) 40 acres in lot 11; and 3
13521388 (II) 40 acres in lot 12. 4
13531389 (xxiv) 80 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 5
13541390 sec. 11, comprised of— 6
13551391 (I) 40 acres in the NW
13561392 1
13571393 ⁄4of the 7
13581394 SW
13591395 1
13601396 ⁄4; and 8
13611397 (II) 40 acres in the SW
13621398 1
13631399 ⁄4of the 9
13641400 NW
13651401 1
13661402 ⁄4. 10
13671403 (xxv) 200 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 11
13681404 sec. 12, comprised of— 12
13691405 (I) 80 acres in the E
13701406 1
13711407 ⁄2of the 13
13721408 SW
13731409 1
13741410 ⁄4; 14
13751411 (II) 40 acres in the NW
13761412 1
13771413 ⁄4of the 15
13781414 NW
13791415 1
13801416 ⁄4; and 16
13811417 (III) 80 acres in the S
13821418 1
13831419 ⁄2of the 17
13841420 NW
13851421 1
13861422 ⁄4. 18
13871423 (xxvi) 40 acres in the SE
13881424 1
13891425 ⁄4of the 19
13901426 NE
13911427 1
13921428 ⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 23. 20
13931429 (xxvii) 320 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 21
13941430 E., sec. 24, comprised of— 22
13951431 (I) 80 acres in the E
13961432 1
13971433 ⁄2of the 23
13981434 NW
13991435 1
14001436 ⁄4; 24
14011437 (II) 160 acres in the NE
14021438 1
1403-⁄4; 25 46
1404-†S 1987 ES
1439+⁄4; 25
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1441+kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 44
1442+•S 1987 IS
14051443 (III) 40 acres in the NE
14061444 1
14071445 ⁄4of the 1
14081446 SE
14091447 1
14101448 ⁄4; and 2
14111449 (IV) 40 acres in the SW
14121450 1
14131451 ⁄4of the 3
14141452 SW
14151453 1
14161454 ⁄4. 4
14171455 (xxviii) 120 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 5
14181456 E., sec. 25, comprised of— 6
14191457 (I) 80 acres in the S
14201458 1
14211459 ⁄2of the 7
14221460 NE
14231461 1
14241462 ⁄4; and 8
14251463 (II) 40 acres in the SE
14261464 1
14271465 ⁄4of the 9
14281466 NW
14291467 1
14301468 ⁄4. 10
14311469 (xxix) 40 acres in the NE
14321470 1
14331471 ⁄4of the 11
14341472 SE
14351473 1
14361474 ⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 26. 12
14371475 (xxx) 160 acres in the NW
14381476 1
14391477 ⁄4of T. 27 13
14401478 N., R. 21 E., sec. 27. 14
14411479 (xxxi) 40 acres in the SW
14421480 1
14431481 ⁄4of the 15
14441482 SW
14451483 1
14461484 ⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 29. 16
14471485 (xxxii) 40 acres in the SW
14481486 1
14491487 ⁄4of the 17
14501488 NE
14511489 1
14521490 ⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec 30. 18
14531491 (xxxiii) 120 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 19
14541492 E., sec. 33, comprised of— 20
14551493 (I) 40 acres in the SE
14561494 1
14571495 ⁄4of the 21
14581496 NE
14591497 1
14601498 ⁄4; and 22
14611499 (II) 80 acres in the N
14621500 1
14631501 ⁄2of the 23
14641502 SE
14651503 1
1466-⁄4. 24 47
1467-†S 1987 ES
1504+⁄4. 24
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1507+•S 1987 IS
14681508 (xxxiv) 440 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 1
14691509 E., sec. 34, comprised of— 2
14701510 (I) 160 acres in the N
14711511 1
14721512 ⁄2of the 3
14731513 S
14741514 1
14751515 ⁄2; 4
14761516 (II) 160 acres in the NE
14771517 1
14781518 ⁄4; 5
14791519 (III) 80 acres in the S
14801520 1
14811521 ⁄2of the 6
14821522 NW
14831523 1
14841524 ⁄4; and 7
14851525 (IV) 40 acres in the SE
14861526 1
14871527 ⁄4of the 8
14881528 SE
14891529 1
14901530 ⁄4. 9
14911531 (xxxv) 133.44 acres in T. 27 N., R. 10
14921532 22 E., sec. 4, comprised of— 11
14931533 (I) 28.09 acres in lot 5; 12
14941534 (II) 25.35 acres in lot 6; 13
14951535 (III) 40 acres in lot 10; and 14
14961536 (IV) 40 acres in lot 15. 15
14971537 (xxxvi) 160 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 16
14981538 E., sec. 7, comprised of— 17
14991539 (I) 40 acres in the NE
15001540 1
15011541 ⁄4of the 18
15021542 NE
15031543 1
15041544 ⁄4; 19
15051545 (II) 40 acres in the NW
15061546 1
15071547 ⁄4of the 20
15081548 SW
15091549 1
15101550 ⁄4; and 21
15111551 (III) 80 acres in the W
15121552 1
15131553 ⁄2of the 22
15141554 NW
15151555 1
15161556 ⁄4. 23
15171557 (xxxvii) 120 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 24
1518-E., sec. 8, comprised of— 25 48
1519-†S 1987 ES
1558+E., sec. 8, comprised of— 25
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1560+kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 46
1561+•S 1987 IS
15201562 (I) 80 acres in the E
15211563 1
15221564 ⁄2of the 1
15231565 NW
15241566 1
15251567 ⁄4; and 2
15261568 (II) 40 acres in the NE
15271569 1
15281570 ⁄4of the 3
15291571 SW
15301572 1
15311573 ⁄4. 4
15321574 (xxxviii) 40 acres in the SW
15331575 1
15341576 ⁄4of the 5
15351577 NW
15361578 1
15371579 ⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 9. 6
15381580 (xxxix) 40 acres in the NE
15391581 1
15401582 ⁄4of the 7
15411583 SW
15421584 1
15431585 ⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 17. 8
15441586 (xl) 40 acres in the NW
15451587 1
15461588 ⁄4of the 9
15471589 NW
15481590 1
15491591 ⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 19. 10
15501592 (xli) 40 acres in the SE
15511593 1
15521594 ⁄4of the 11
15531595 NW
15541596 1
15551597 ⁄4of T. 27 N., R22 E., sec. 20. 12
15561598 (xlii) 80 acres in the W
15571599 1
15581600 ⁄2of the SE
15591601 1
15601602 ⁄4 13
15611603 of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 31. 14
15621604 (xliii) 52.36 acres in the SE
15631605 1
15641606 ⁄4of the 15
15651607 SE
15661608 1
15671609 ⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 33. 16
15681610 (xliv) 40 acres in the NE
15691611 1
15701612 ⁄4of the 17
15711613 SW
15721614 1
15731615 ⁄4of T. 28 N., R. 22 E., sec. 29. 18
15741616 (xlv) 40 acres in the NE
15751617 1
15761618 ⁄4of the 19
15771619 NE
15781620 1
15791621 ⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 7. 20
15801622 (xlvi) 40 acres in the SW
15811623 1
15821624 ⁄4of the 21
15831625 NW
15841626 1
15851627 ⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 12. 22
15861628 (xlvii) 42.38 acres in the NW
15871629 1
15881630 ⁄4of the 23
15891631 NE
15901632 1
1591-⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 6. 24 49
1592-†S 1987 ES
1633+⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 6. 24
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1636+•S 1987 IS
15931637 (xlviii) 320 acres in the E
15941638 1
15951639 ⁄2of T. 26 1
15961640 N., R. 22 E., sec. 17. 2
15971641 (xlix) 80 acres in the E
15981642 1
15991643 ⁄2of the 3
16001644 NE
16011645 1
16021646 ⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 20. 4
16031647 (l) 240 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 5
16041648 sec. 30, comprised of— 6
16051649 (I) 80 acres in the E
16061650 1
16071651 ⁄2of the 7
16081652 NE
16091653 1
16101654 ⁄4; 8
16111655 (II) 80 acres in the N
16121656 1
16131657 ⁄2of the 9
16141658 SE
16151659 1
16161660 ⁄4; 10
16171661 (III) 40 acres in the SE
16181662 1
16191663 ⁄4of the 11
16201664 NW
16211665 1
16221666 ⁄4; and 12
16231667 (IV) 40 acres in the SW
16241668 1
16251669 ⁄4of the 13
16261670 NE
16271671 1
16281672 ⁄4. 14
16291673 (B) B
16301674 UREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS .—The 15
16311675 parcels of approximately 3,519.3 acres of trust 16
16321676 land that have been converted to fee land, judi-17
16331677 cially foreclosed on, acquired by the Depart-18
16341678 ment of Agriculture, and transferred to the Bu-19
16351679 reau of Indian Affairs, described in clauses (i) 20
16361680 through (iii). 21
16371681 (i) P
16381682 ARCEL 1.—The land described in 22
16391683 this clause is 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 26 23
1640-E., comprised of— 24 50
1641-†S 1987 ES
1684+E., comprised of— 24
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1687+•S 1987 IS
16421688 (I) 160 acres in the SW
16431689 1
16441690 ⁄4of sec. 1
16451691 27; 2
16461692 (II) 160 acres in the NE
16471693 1
16481694 ⁄4of 3
16491695 sec. 33; and 4
16501696 (III) 320 acres in the W
16511697 1
16521698 ⁄2of 5
16531699 sec. 34. 6
16541700 (ii) P
16551701 ARCEL 2.—The land described in 7
16561702 this clause is 320 acres in the N
16571703 1
16581704 ⁄2of T. 8
16591705 30 N., R. 23 E., sec. 28. 9
16601706 (iii) P
16611707 ARCEL 3.—The land described 10
16621708 in this clause is 2,559.3 acres, comprised 11
16631709 of— 12
16641710 (I) T. 28 N., R. 24 E., includ-13
16651711 ing— 14
16661712 (aa) of sec. 16— 15
16671713 (AA) 5 acres in the 16
16681714 E
16691715 1
16701716 ⁄2, W
16711717 1
16721718 ⁄2, E
16731719 1
16741720 ⁄2, W
16751721 1
16761722 ⁄2, W
16771723 1
16781724 ⁄2, 17
16791725 NE
16801726 1
16811727 ⁄4; 18
16821728 (BB) 10 acres in the 19
16831729 E
16841730 1
16851731 ⁄2, E
16861732 1
16871733 ⁄2, W
16881734 1
16891735 ⁄2, W
16901736 1
16911737 ⁄2, 20
16921738 NE
16931739 1
16941740 ⁄4; 21
16951741 (CC) 40 acres in the 22
16961742 E
16971743 1
16981744 ⁄2, W
16991745 1
17001746 ⁄2, NE
17011747 1
17021748 ⁄4; 23
17031749 (DD) 40 acres in the 24
17041750 W
17051751 1
17061752 ⁄2, E
17071753 1
17081754 ⁄2, NE
17091755 1
1710-⁄4; 25 51
1711-†S 1987 ES
1756+⁄4; 25
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1759+•S 1987 IS
17121760 (EE) 20 acres in the 1
17131761 W
17141762 1
17151763 ⁄2, E
17161764 1
17171765 ⁄2, E
17181766 1
17191767 ⁄2, NE
17201768 1
17211769 ⁄4; 2
17221770 (FF) 5 acres in the 3
17231771 W
17241772 1
17251773 ⁄2, W
17261774 1
17271775 ⁄2, E
17281776 1
17291777 ⁄2, E
17301778 1
17311779 ⁄2, E
17321780 1
17331781 ⁄2, 4
17341782 NE
17351783 1
17361784 ⁄4; and 5
17371785 (GG) 160 acres in the 6
17381786 SE
17391787 1
17401788 ⁄4; 7
17411789 (bb) 640 acres in sec. 21; 8
17421790 (cc) 320 acres in the S
17431791 1
17441792 ⁄2of 9
17451793 sec. 22; and 10
17461794 (dd) 320 acres in the W
17471795 1
17481796 ⁄2 11
17491797 of sec. 27; 12
17501798 (II) T. 29 N., R. 25 E., PMM, 13
17511799 including— 14
17521800 (aa) 320 acres in the S
17531801 1
17541802 ⁄2of 15
17551803 sec. 1; and 16
17561804 (bb) 320 acres in the N
17571805 1
17581806 ⁄2of 17
17591807 sec. 12; 18
17601808 (III) 39.9 acres in T. 29 N., R. 19
17611809 26 E., PMM, sec. 6, lot 2; 20
17621810 (IV) T. 30 N., R. 26 E., PMM, 21
17631811 including— 22
17641812 (aa) 39.4 acres in sec. 3, lot 23
1765-2; 24 52
1766-†S 1987 ES
1813+2; 24
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1816+•S 1987 IS
17671817 (bb) 40 acres in the SW
17681818 1
17691819 ⁄4 1
17701820 of the SW
17711821 1
17721822 ⁄4of sec. 4; 2
17731823 (cc) 80 acres in the E
17741824 1
17751825 ⁄2of 3
17761826 the SE
17771827 1
17781828 ⁄4of sec. 5; 4
17791829 (dd) 80 acres in the S
17801830 1
17811831 ⁄2of 5
17821832 the SE
17831833 1
17841834 ⁄4of sec. 7; and 6
17851835 (ee) 40 acres in the N
17861836 1
17871837 ⁄2, 7
17881838 N
17891839 1
17901840 ⁄2, NE
17911841 1
17921842 ⁄4of sec. 18; and 8
17931843 (V) 40 acres in T. 31 N., R. 26 9
17941844 E., PMM, the NW
17951845 1
17961846 ⁄4of the SE
17971847 1
17981848 ⁄4of 10
17991849 sec. 31. 11
1850+(C) F
1851+ORECLOSED DEPARTMENT OF AGRI -12
1852+CULTURE LAND .—Any Department of Agri-13
1853+culture trust land within the Reservation that 14
1854+has been or is converted to fee land, judicially 15
1855+foreclosed on, and acquired by the United 16
1856+States. 17
18001857 (3) T
1801-ERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 12
1858+ERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 18
18021859 (A) E
1803-XISTING AUTHORIZATIONS .— 13
1860+XISTING AUTHORIZATIONS .— 19
18041861 (i) I
1805-N GENERAL.—Federal land trans-14
1806-ferred under this subsection shall be con-15
1807-veyed and taken into trust subject to valid 16
1808-existing rights, contracts, leases, permits, 17
1809-and rights-of-way, unless the holder of the 18
1810-right, contract, lease, permit, and rights- 19
1811-of-way requests an earlier termination in 20
1812-accordance with existing law. 21
1862+N GENERAL.—Federal land trans-20
1863+ferred under this subsection shall be con-21
1864+veyed and taken into trust subject to valid 22
1865+existing rights, contracts, leases, permits, 23
1866+and rights-of-way, unless the holder of the 24
1867+right, contract, lease, permit, and rights- 25
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1869+kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 51
1870+•S 1987 IS
1871+of-way requests an earlier termination in 1
1872+accordance with existing law. 2
18131873 (ii) A
1814-SSUMPTION BY BUREAU OF IN -22
1815-DIAN AFFAIRS.—The Bureau of Indian Af-23
1816-fairs shall— 24 53
1817-†S 1987 ES
1818-(I) assume all benefits and obli-1
1819-gations of the previous land manage-2
1820-ment agency under the existing rights, 3
1821-contracts, leases, permits, and rights- 4
1822-of-way described in clause (i); and 5
1823-(II) disburse to the Fort Belknap 6
1824-Indian Community any amounts that 7
1825-accrue to the United States from 8
1826-those rights, contracts, leases, per-9
1827-mits, and rights-of-ways after the date 10
1828-of transfer from any sale, bonus, roy-11
1829-alty, or rental relating to that land in 12
1830-the same manner as amounts received 13
1831-from other land held by the Secretary 14
1832-in trust for the Fort Belknap Indian 15
1833-Community. 16
1874+SSUMPTION BY BIA .—The Bu-3
1875+reau of Indian Affairs shall— 4
1876+(I) assume all benefits and obli-5
1877+gations of the previous land manage-6
1878+ment agency under the existing rights, 7
1879+contracts, leases, permits, and rights- 8
1880+of-way described in clause (i); and 9
1881+(II) disburse to the Fort Belknap 10
1882+Indian Community any amounts that 11
1883+accrue to the United States from 12
1884+those rights, contracts, leases, per-13
1885+mits, and rights-of-ways after the date 14
1886+of transfer from any sale, bonus, roy-15
1887+alty, or rental relating to that land in 16
1888+the same manner as amounts received 17
1889+from other land held by the Secretary 18
1890+in trust for the Fort Belknap Indian 19
1891+Community. 20
18341892 (B) P
1835-ERSONAL PROPERTY .— 17
1893+ERSONAL PROPERTY .— 21
18361894 (i) I
1837-N GENERAL.—Any improvements 18
1838-constituting personal property, as defined 19
1839-by State law, belonging to the holder of a 20
1840-right, contract, lease, permit, or right-of- 21
1841-way on land transferred under this sub-22
1842-section shall— 23
1843-(I) remain the property of the 24
1844-holder; and 25 54
1845-†S 1987 ES
1846-(II) be removed from the land 1
1847-not later than 90 days after the date 2
1848-on which the right, contract, lease, 3
1849-permit, or right-of-way expires, unless 4
1850-the Fort Belknap Indian Community 5
1851-and the holder agree otherwise. 6
1895+N GENERAL.—Any improvements 22
1896+constituting personal property, as defined 23
1897+by State law, belonging to the holder of a 24
1898+right, contract, lease, permit, or right-of- 25
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1901+•S 1987 IS
1902+way on land transferred under this sub-1
1903+section shall— 2
1904+(I) remain the property of the 3
1905+holder; and 4
1906+(II) be removed from the land 5
1907+not later than 90 days after the date 6
1908+on which the right, contract, lease, 7
1909+permit, or right-of-way expires, unless 8
1910+the Fort Belknap Indian Community 9
1911+and the holder agree otherwise. 10
18521912 (ii) R
1853-EMAINING PROPERTY.—Any per-7
1854-sonal property described in clause (i) re-8
1855-maining with the holder described in that 9
1856-clause beyond the 90-day period described 10
1857-in subclause (II) of that clause shall— 11
1858-(I) become the property of the 12
1859-Fort Belknap Indian Community; and 13
1860-(II) be subject to removal and 14
1861-disposition at the discretion of the 15
1862-Fort Belknap Indian Community. 16
1913+EMAINING PROPERTY.—Any per-11
1914+sonal property described in clause (i) re-12
1915+maining with the holder described in that 13
1916+clause beyond the 90-day period described 14
1917+in subclause (II) of that clause shall— 15
1918+(I) become the property of the 16
1919+Fort Belknap Indian Community; and 17
1920+(II) be subject to removal and 18
1921+disposition at the discretion of the 19
1922+Fort Belknap Indian Community. 20
18631923 (iii) L
1864-IABILITY OF PREVIOUS HOLD -17
1865-ER.—The holder of personal property de-18
1866-scribed in clause (i) shall be liable to the 19
1867-Fort Belknap Indian Community for costs 20
1868-incurred by the Fort Belknap Indian Com-21
1869-munity in removing and disposing of the 22
1870-property under clause (ii)(II). 23
1924+IABILITY OF PREVIOUS HOLD -21
1925+ER.—The holder of personal property de-22
1926+scribed in clause (i) shall be liable to the 23
1927+Fort Belknap Indian Community for costs 24
1928+incurred by the Fort Belknap Indian Com-25
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1931+•S 1987 IS
1932+munity in removing and disposing of the 1
1933+property under clause (ii)(II). 2
18711934 (C) E
1872-XISTING ROADS.—If any road within 24
1873-the Federal land transferred under this sub-25 55
1874-†S 1987 ES
1875-section is necessary for customary access to pri-1
1876-vate land, the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall 2
1877-offer the owner of the private land to apply for 3
1878-a right-of-way along the existing road, at the 4
1879-expense of the landowner. 5
1935+XISTING ROADS.—If any road within 3
1936+the Federal land transferred under this sub-4
1937+section is necessary for customary access to pri-5
1938+vate land, the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall 6
1939+offer the owner of the private land to apply for 7
1940+a right-of-way along the existing road, at the 8
1941+expense of the landowner. 9
18801942 (D) L
1881-IMITATION ON THE TRANSFER OF 6
1882-WATER RIGHTS.—Water rights that transfer 7
1883-with the land described in paragraph (2) shall 8
1884-not become part of the Tribal water rights, un-9
1885-less those rights are recognized and ratified in 10
1886-the Compact. 11
1943+IMITATION ON THE TRANSFER OF 10
1944+WATER RIGHTS.—Water rights that transfer 11
1945+with the land described in paragraph (2) shall 12
1946+not become part of the Tribal water rights. 13
18871947 (4) W
1888-ITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND .— 12
1948+ITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND .— 14
18891949 (A) I
1890-N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-13
1891-ing rights, effective on the date of enactment of 14
1892-this Act, all Federal land within the parcels de-15
1893-scribed in paragraph (2) is withdrawn from all 16
1894-forms of— 17
1895-(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 18
1896-under the public land laws; 19
1897-(ii) location, entry, and patent under 20
1898-the mining laws; and 21
1899-(iii) disposition under all laws per-22
1900-taining to mineral and geothermal leasing 23
1901-or mineral materials. 24 56
1902-†S 1987 ES
1903-(B) EXPIRATION.—The withdrawals pursu-1
1904-ant to subparagraph (A) shall terminate on the 2
1905-date that the Secretary takes the land into 3
1906-trust for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 4
1907-Community pursuant to paragraph (1). 5
1950+N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-15
1951+ing rights, effective on the date of enactment of 16
1952+this Act, all Federal land within the parcels de-17
1953+scribed in paragraph (2) is withdrawn from all 18
1954+forms of— 19
1955+(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 20
1956+under the public land laws; 21
1957+(ii) location, entry, and patent under 22
1958+the mining laws; and 23
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1961+•S 1987 IS
1962+(iii) disposition under all laws per-1
1963+taining to mineral and geothermal leasing 2
1964+or mineral materials. 3
1965+(B) E
1966+XPIRATION.—The withdrawals pursu-4
1967+ant to subparagraph (A) shall terminate on the 5
1968+date that the Secretary takes the land into 6
1969+trust for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 7
1970+Community pursuant to paragraph (1). 8
19081971 (C) N
1909-O NEW RESERVATION OF FEDERAL 6
1910-WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this paragraph es-7
1911-tablishes a new reservation in favor of the 8
1912-United States or the Fort Belknap Indian Com-9
1913-munity with respect to any water or water right 10
1914-on the land withdrawn by this paragraph. 11
1972+O NEW RESERVATION OF FEDERAL 9
1973+WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this paragraph es-10
1974+tablishes a new reservation in favor of the 11
1975+United States or the Fort Belknap Indian Com-12
1976+munity with respect to any water or water right 13
1977+on the land withdrawn by paragraph (2). 14
19151978 (5) T
1916-ECHNICAL CORRECTIONS .—Notwith-12
1917-standing the descriptions of the parcels of Federal 13
1918-land in paragraph (2), the United States may, with 14
1919-the consent of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 15
1920-make technical corrections to the legal land descrip-16
1921-tions to more specifically identify the parcels. 17
1979+ECHNICAL CORRECTIONS .—Notwith-15
1980+standing the descriptions of the parcels of Federal 16
1981+land in paragraph (2), the United States may, with 17
1982+the consent of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 18
1983+make technical corrections to the legal land descrip-19
1984+tions to more specifically identify the parcels. 20
19221985 (6) S
1923-URVEY.— 18
1986+URVEY.— 21
19241987 (A) I
1925-N GENERAL.—Unless the United 19
1926-States or the Fort Belknap Indian Community 20
1927-request an additional survey for the transferred 21
1928-land or a technical correction is made under 22
1929-paragraph (5), the description of land under 23
1930-this subsection shall be controlling. 24 57
1931-†S 1987 ES
1932-(B) ADDITIONAL SURVEY.—If the United 1
1933-States or the Fort Belknap Indian Community 2
1934-requests an additional survey, that survey shall 3
1935-control the total acreage to be transferred into 4
1936-trust under this subsection. 5
1988+N GENERAL.—Unless the United 22
1989+States or the Fort Belknap Indian Community 23
1990+request an additional survey for the transferred 24
1991+land or a technical correction is made under 25
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1994+•S 1987 IS
1995+paragraph (5), the description of land under 1
1996+this subsection shall be controlling. 2
1997+(B) A
1998+DDITIONAL SURVEY.—If the United 3
1999+States or the Fort Belknap Indian Community 4
2000+requests an additional survey, that survey shall 5
2001+control the total acreage to be transferred into 6
2002+trust under this subsection. 7
19372003 (C) A
1938-SSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 6
1939-provide such financial or other assistance as 7
1940-may be necessary— 8
1941-(i) to conduct additional surveys 9
1942-under this subsection; and 10
1943-(ii) to satisfy administrative require-11
1944-ments necessary to accomplish the land 12
1945-transfers under this subsection. 13
2004+SSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 8
2005+provide such financial or other assistance as 9
2006+may be necessary— 10
2007+(i) to conduct additional surveys 11
2008+under this subsection; and 12
2009+(ii) to satisfy administrative require-13
2010+ments necessary to accomplish the land 14
2011+transfers under this subsection. 15
19462012 (7) D
1947-ATE OF TRANSFER.—The Secretary shall 14
1948-complete all land transfers under this subsection and 15
1949-shall take the land into trust for the benefit of the 16
1950-Fort Belknap Indian Community as expeditiously as 17
1951-practicable after the enforceability date, but not 18
1952-later than 10 years after the enforceability date. 19
2013+ATE OF TRANSFER.—The Secretary shall 16
2014+complete all land transfers under this subsection and 17
2015+shall take the land into trust for the benefit of the 18
2016+Fort Belknap Indian Community as expeditiously as 19
2017+practicable after the enforceability date, but not 20
2018+later than 10 years after the enforceability date. 21
19532019 (c) T
1954-RIBALLYOWNEDFEELAND.—Not later than 20
1955-10 years after the enforceability date, the Secretary shall 21
1956-take into trust for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 22
1957-Community all fee land owned by the Fort Belknap Indian 23
1958-Community on or adjacent to the Reservation to become 24
1959-part of the Reservation, provided that— 25 58
1960-†S 1987 ES
1961-(1) the land is free from any liens, encum-1
1962-brances, or other infirmities; and 2
1963-(2) no evidence exists of any hazardous sub-3
1964-stances on, or other environmental liability with re-4
1965-spect to, the land. 5
2020+RIBALLYOWNEDFEELAND.—Not later than 22
2021+10 years after the enforceability date, the Secretary shall 23
2022+take into trust for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 24
2023+Community all fee land owned by the Fort Belknap Indian 25
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2026+•S 1987 IS
2027+Community on or adjacent to the Reservation to become 1
2028+part of the Reservation, provided that— 2
2029+(1) the land is free from any liens, encum-3
2030+brances, or other infirmities; and 4
2031+(2) no evidence exists of any hazardous sub-5
2032+stances on, or other environmental liability with re-6
2033+spect to, the land. 7
19662034 (d) D
1967-ODSONLAND.— 6
2035+ODSONLAND.— 8
19682036 (1) I
1969-N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), as 7
1970-soon as practicable after the enforceability date, but 8
1971-not later than 10 years after the enforceability date, 9
1972-the Dodson Land described in paragraph (3) shall 10
1973-be taken into trust by the United States for the ben-11
1974-efit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community as part 12
1975-of the Reservation. 13
2037+N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), as 9
2038+soon as practicable after the enforceability date, but 10
2039+not later than 10 years after the enforceability date, 11
2040+the Dodson Land described in paragraph (3) shall 12
2041+be taken into trust by the United States for the ben-13
2042+efit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community as part 14
2043+of the Reservation. 15
19762044 (2) R
1977-ESTRICTIONS.—The land taken into trust 14
1978-under paragraph (1) shall be subject to a perpetual 15
1979-easement, reserved by the United States for use by 16
1980-the Bureau of Reclamation, its contractors, and its 17
1981-assigns for— 18
1982-(A) the right of ingress and egress for 19
1983-Milk River Project purposes; and 20
1984-(B) the right to— 21
1985-(i) seep, flood, and overflow the trans-22
1986-ferred land for Milk River Project pur-23
1987-poses; 24 59
1988-†S 1987 ES
1989-(ii) conduct routine and non-routine 1
1990-operation, maintenance, and replacement 2
1991-activities on the Milk River Project facili-3
1992-ties, including modification to the 4
1993-headworks at the upstream end of the 5
1994-Dodson South Canal in support of Dodson 6
1995-South Canal enlargement, to include all as-7
1996-sociated access, construction, and material 8
1997-storage necessary to complete those activi-9
1998-ties; and 10
1999-(iii) prohibit the construction of per-11
2000-manent structures on the transferred land, 12
2001-except— 13
2002-(I) as provided in the cooperative 14
2003-agreement under paragraph (4); and 15
2004-(II) to meet the requirements of 16
2005-the Milk River Project. 17
2045+ESTRICTIONS.—The land taken into trust 16
2046+under paragraph (1) shall be subject to a perpetual 17
2047+easement, reserved by the United States for use by 18
2048+the Bureau of Reclamation, its contractors, and its 19
2049+assigns for— 20
2050+(A) the right of ingress and egress for 21
2051+Milk River Project purposes; and 22
2052+(B) the right to— 23
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2055+•S 1987 IS
2056+(i) seep, flood, and overflow the trans-1
2057+ferred land for Milk River Project pur-2
2058+poses; 3
2059+(ii) conduct routine and non-routine 4
2060+operation, maintenance, and replacement 5
2061+activities on the Milk River Project facili-6
2062+ties, including modification to the 7
2063+headworks at the upstream end of the 8
2064+Dodson South Canal in support of Dodson 9
2065+South Canal enlargement, to include all as-10
2066+sociated access, construction, and material 11
2067+storage necessary to complete those activi-12
2068+ties; and 13
2069+(iii) prohibit the construction of per-14
2070+manent structures on the transferred land, 15
2071+except— 16
2072+(I) as provided in the cooperative 17
2073+agreement under paragraph (4); and 18
2074+(II) to meet the requirements of 19
2075+the Milk River Project. 20
20062076 (3) D
2007-ESCRIPTION OF DODSON LAND .— 18
2077+ESCRIPTION OF DODSON LAND .— 21
20082078 (A) I
2009-N GENERAL.—The Dodson Land re-19
2010-ferred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is the ap-20
2011-proximately 2,500 acres of land owned by the 21
2012-United States that is, as of the date of enact-22
2013-ment of this Act, under the jurisdiction of the 23
2014-Bureau of Reclamation and located at the 24
2015-northeastern corner of the Reservation (which 25 60
2016-†S 1987 ES
2017-extends to the point in the middle of the main 1
2018-channel of the Milk River), where the Milk 2
2019-River Project facilities, including the Dodson 3
2020-Diversion Dam, headworks to the Dodson 4
2021-South Canal, and Dodson South Canal, are lo-5
2022-cated, and more particularly described as fol-6
2023-lows: 7
2024-(i) Supplemental Plat of T. 30 N., R. 8
2025-26 E., PMM, secs. 1 and 2. 9
2026-(ii) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., R. 10
2027-25 E., PMM, sec. 13. 11
2028-(iii) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., 12
2029-R. 26 E., PMM, secs. 18, 19, 20, and 29. 13
2030-(iv) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., R. 14
2031-26 E., PMM, secs. 26, 27, 35, and 36. 15
2079+N GENERAL.—The Dodson Land re-22
2080+ferred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is the ap-23
2081+proximately 2,500 acres of land owned by the 24
2082+United States that is, as of the date of enact-25
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2085+•S 1987 IS
2086+ment of this Act, under the jurisdiction of the 1
2087+Bureau of Reclamation and located at the 2
2088+northeastern corner of the Reservation (which 3
2089+extends to the point in the middle of the main 4
2090+channel of the Milk River), where the Milk 5
2091+River Project facilities, including the Dodson 6
2092+Diversion Dam, headworks to the Dodson 7
2093+South Canal, and Dodson South Canal, are lo-8
2094+cated, and more particularly described as fol-9
2095+lows: 10
2096+(i) Supplemental Plat of T. 30 N., R. 11
2097+26 E., PMM, secs. 1 and 2. 12
2098+(ii) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., R. 13
2099+25 E., PMM, sec. 13. 14
2100+(iii) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., 15
2101+R. 26 E., PMM, secs. 18, 19, 20, and 29. 16
2102+(iv) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., R. 17
2103+26 E., PMM, secs. 26, 27, 35, and 36. 18
20322104 (B) C
2033-LARIFICATION.—The supplemental 16
2034-plats described in clauses (i) through (iv) of 17
2035-subparagraph (A) are official plats, as docu-18
2036-mented by retracement boundary surveys of the 19
2037-General Land Office, approved on March 11, 20
2038-1938, and on record at the Bureau of Land 21
2039-Management. 22
2040-(C) T
2041-ECHNICAL CORRECTIONS .—Notwith-23
2042-standing the descriptions of the parcels of Fed-24
2043-eral land in subparagraph (A), the United 25 61
2044-†S 1987 ES
2045-States may, with the consent of the Fort 1
2046-Belknap Indian Community, make technical 2
2047-corrections to the legal land descriptions to 3
2048-more specifically identify the parcels to be 4
2049-transferred. 5
2105+LARIFICATION.—The supplemental 19
2106+plats described in clauses (i) through (iv) of 20
2107+subparagraph (A) are official plats, as docu-21
2108+mented by retracement boundary surveys of the 22
2109+General Land Office, approved on March 11, 23
2110+1938, and on record at the Bureau of Land 24
2111+Management. 25
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2114+•S 1987 IS
2115+(C) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS .—Notwith-1
2116+standing the descriptions of the parcels of Fed-2
2117+eral land in subparagraph (A), the United 3
2118+States may, with the consent of the Fort 4
2119+Belknap Indian Community, make technical 5
2120+corrections to the legal land descriptions to 6
2121+more specifically identify the parcels to be 7
2122+transferred. 8
20502123 (4) C
2051-OOPERATIVE AGREEMENT .—Not later 6
2052-than 3 years after the enforceability date, the Bu-7
2053-reau of Reclamation, the Malta Irrigation District, 8
2054-the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Fort Belknap 9
2055-Indian Community shall negotiate and enter into a 10
2056-cooperative agreement that identifies the uses to 11
2057-which the Fort Belknap Indian Community may put 12
2058-the land described in paragraph (3), provided that 13
2059-the cooperative agreement may be amended by mu-14
2060-tual agreement of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-15
2061-nity, Bureau of Reclamation, the Malta Irrigation 16
2062-District, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including 17
2063-to modify the perpetual easement to narrow the 18
2064-boundaries of the easement or to terminate the per-19
2065-petual easement and cooperative agreement. 20
2066-(e) L
2067-ANDSTATUS.—All land held in trust by the 21
2068-United States for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 22
2069-Community under this section shall be— 23
2070-(1) beneficially owned by the Fort Belknap In-24
2071-dian Community; and 25 62
2072-†S 1987 ES
2073-(2) part of the Reservation and administered in 1
2074-accordance with the laws and regulations generally 2
2075-applicable to land held in trust by the United States 3
2076-for the benefit of an Indian Tribe. 4
2077-SEC. 7. STORAGE ALLOCATION FROM LAKE ELWELL. 5
2124+OOPERATIVE AGREEMENT .—Not later 9
2125+than 3 years after the enforceability date, the Bu-10
2126+reau of Reclamation, the Malta Irrigation District, 11
2127+the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Fort Belknap 12
2128+Indian Community shall negotiate and enter into a 13
2129+cooperative agreement that identifies the uses to 14
2130+which the Fort Belknap Indian Community may put 15
2131+the land described in paragraph (3), provided that 16
2132+the cooperative agreement may be amended by mu-17
2133+tual agreement of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-18
2134+nity, Bureau of Reclamation, the Malta Irrigation 19
2135+District, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including 20
2136+to modify the perpetual easement to narrow the 21
2137+boundaries of the easement or to terminate the per-22
2138+petual easement and cooperative agreement. 23
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2141+•S 1987 IS
2142+(e) LANDSTATUS.—All land held in trust by the 1
2143+United States for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 2
2144+Community under this section shall be— 3
2145+(1) beneficially owned by the Fort Belknap In-4
2146+dian Community; and 5
2147+(2) part of the Reservation and administered in 6
2148+accordance with the laws and regulations generally 7
2149+applicable to land held in trust by the United States 8
2150+for the benefit of an Indian Tribe. 9
2151+SEC. 7. STORAGE ALLOCATION FROM LAKE ELWELL. 10
20782152 (a) S
2079-TORAGEALLOCATION OF WATER TOFORT 6
2153+TORAGEALLOCATION OF WATER TOFORT 11
20802154 B
2081-ELKNAPINDIANCOMMUNITY.—The Secretary shall allo-7
2082-cate to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 20,000 acre- 8
2083-feet per year of water stored in Lake Elwell for use by 9
2084-the Fort Belknap Indian Community for any beneficial 10
2085-purpose on or off the Reservation, under a water right 11
2086-held by the United States and managed by the Bureau 12
2087-of Reclamation for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 13
2088-Community, as measured and diverted at the outlet works 14
2089-of the Tiber Dam or through direct pumping from Lake 15
2090-Elwell. 16
2155+ELKNAPINDIANCOMMUNITY.—The Secretary shall allo-12
2156+cate to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 20,000 acre- 13
2157+feet per year of water stored in Lake Elwell for use by 14
2158+the Fort Belknap Indian Community for any beneficial 15
2159+purpose on or off the Reservation, under a water right 16
2160+held by the United States and managed by the Bureau 17
2161+of Reclamation for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 18
2162+Community, as measured and diverted at the outlet works 19
2163+of the Tiber Dam or through direct pumping from Lake 20
2164+Elwell. 21
20912165 (b) T
2092-REATMENT.— 17
2166+REATMENT.— 22
20932167 (1) I
2094-N GENERAL.—The allocation to the Fort 18
2095-Belknap Indian Community under subsection (a) 19
2096-shall be considered to be part of the Tribal water 20
2097-rights. 21
2168+N GENERAL.—The allocation to the Fort 23
2169+Belknap Indian Community under subsection (a) 24
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2172+•S 1987 IS
2173+shall be considered to be part of the Tribal water 1
2174+rights. 2
20982175 (2) P
2099-RIORITY DATE.—The priority date of the 22
2100-allocation to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 23
2101-under subsection (a) shall be the priority date of the 24 63
2102-†S 1987 ES
2103-Lake Elwell water right held by the Bureau of Rec-1
2104-lamation. 2
2176+RIORITY DATE.—The priority date of the 3
2177+allocation to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 4
2178+under subsection (a) shall be the priority date of the 5
2179+Lake Elwell water right held by the Bureau of Rec-6
2180+lamation. 7
21052181 (3) A
2106-DMINISTRATION.—The Fort Belknap In-3
2107-dian Community shall administer the water allocated 4
2108-under subsection (a) in accordance with the Com-5
2109-pact and this Act. 6
2182+DMINISTRATION.—The Fort Belknap In-8
2183+dian Community shall administer the water allocated 9
2184+under subsection (a) in accordance with the Com-10
2185+pact and this Act. 11
21102186 (c) A
2111-LLOCATIONAGREEMENT.— 7
2187+LLOCATIONAGREEMENT.— 12
21122188 (1) I
2113-N GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 8
2114-the allocation under this section, the Fort Belknap 9
2115-Indian Community shall enter into an agreement 10
2116-with the Secretary to establish the terms and condi-11
2117-tions of the allocation, in accordance with the Com-12
2118-pact and this Act. 13
2189+N GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 13
2190+an allocation under this section, the Fort Belknap 14
2191+Indian Community shall enter into an agreement 15
2192+with the Secretary to establish the terms and condi-16
2193+tions of the allocation, in accordance with the Com-17
2194+pact and this Act. 18
21192195 (2) I
2120-NCLUSIONS.—The agreement under para-14
2121-graph (1) shall include provisions establishing that— 15
2122-(A) the agreement shall be without limit as 16
2123-to term; 17
2124-(B) the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 18
2125-and not the United States, shall be entitled to 19
2126-all consideration due to the Fort Belknap In-20
2127-dian Community under any lease, contract, ex-21
2128-change, or agreement entered into by the Fort 22
2129-Belknap Indian Community pursuant to sub-23
2130-section (d); 24 64
2131-†S 1987 ES
2132-(C) the United States shall have no obliga-1
2133-tion to monitor, administer, or account for— 2
2134-(i) any funds received by the Fort 3
2135-Belknap Indian Community as consider-4
2136-ation under any lease, contract, exchange, 5
2137-or agreement entered into by the Fort 6
2138-Belknap Indian Community pursuant to 7
2139-subsection (d); or 8
2140-(ii) the expenditure of those funds; 9
2141-(D) if the capacity or function of Lake 10
2142-Elwell facilities are significantly reduced, or are 11
2143-anticipated to be significantly reduced, for an 12
2144-extended period of time, the Fort Belknap In-13
2145-dian Community shall have the same storage 14
2146-rights as other storage contractors with respect 15
2147-to the allocation under this section; 16
2148-(E) the costs associated with the construc-17
2149-tion of the storage facilities at Tiber Dam allo-18
2150-cable to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 19
2151-shall be nonreimbursable; 20
2152-(F) no water service capital charge shall be 21
2153-due or payable for any water allocated to the 22
2154-Fort Belknap Indian Community under this 23
2155-section or the allocation agreement, regardless 24
2156-of whether that water is delivered for use by the 25 65
2157-†S 1987 ES
2158-Fort Belknap Indian Community or under a 1
2159-lease, contract, exchange, or by agreement en-2
2160-tered into by the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-3
2161-nity pursuant to subsection (d); 4
2162-(G) the Fort Belknap Indian Community 5
2163-shall not be required to make payments to the 6
2164-United States for any water allocated to the 7
2165-Fort Belknap Indian Community under this 8
2166-section or the allocation agreement, except for 9
2167-each acre-foot of stored water leased or trans-10
2168-ferred for industrial purposes as described in 11
2169-subparagraph (H); and 12
2170-(H) for each acre-foot of stored water 13
2171-leased or transferred by the Fort Belknap In-14
2172-dian Community for industrial purposes— 15
2173-(i) the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-16
2174-nity shall pay annually to the United 17
2175-States an amount necessary to cover the 18
2176-proportional share of the annual oper-19
2177-ations, maintenance, and replacement costs 20
2178-allocable to the quantity of water leased or 21
2179-transferred by the Fort Belknap Indian 22
2180-Community for industrial purposes; and 23
2181-(ii) the annual payments of the Fort 24
2182-Belknap Indian Community shall be re-25 66
2183-†S 1987 ES
2184-viewed and adjusted, as appropriate, to re-1
2185-flect the actual operations, maintenance, 2
2186-and replacement costs for Tiber Dam. 3
2196+NCLUSIONS.—The agreement under para-19
2197+graph (1) shall include provisions establishing that— 20
2198+(A) the agreement shall be without limit as 21
2199+to term; 22
2200+(B) the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 23
2201+and not the United States, shall be entitled to 24
2202+all consideration due to the Fort Belknap In-25
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2205+•S 1987 IS
2206+dian Community under any lease, contract, ex-1
2207+change, or agreement entered into by the Fort 2
2208+Belknap Indian Community pursuant to sub-3
2209+section (d); 4
2210+(C) the United States shall have no obliga-5
2211+tion to monitor, administer, or account for— 6
2212+(i) any funds received by the Fort 7
2213+Belknap Indian Community as consider-8
2214+ation under any lease, contract, exchange, 9
2215+or agreement entered into by the Fort 10
2216+Belknap Indian Community pursuant to 11
2217+subsection (d); or 12
2218+(ii) the expenditure of those funds; 13
2219+(D) if the capacity or function of Lake 14
2220+Elwell facilities are significantly reduced, or are 15
2221+anticipated to be significantly reduced, for an 16
2222+extended period of time, the Fort Belknap In-17
2223+dian Community shall have the same storage 18
2224+rights as other storage contractors with respect 19
2225+to the allocation under this section; 20
2226+(E) the costs associated with the construc-21
2227+tion of the storage facilities at Tiber Dam allo-22
2228+cable to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 23
2229+shall be nonreimbursable; 24
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2232+•S 1987 IS
2233+(F) no water service capital charge shall be 1
2234+due or payable for any water allocated to the 2
2235+Fort Belknap Indian Community under this 3
2236+section or the allocation agreement, regardless 4
2237+of whether that water is delivered for use by the 5
2238+Fort Belknap Indian Community or under a 6
2239+lease, contract, exchange, or by agreement en-7
2240+tered into by the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-8
2241+nity pursuant to subsection (d); 9
2242+(G) the Fort Belknap Indian Community 10
2243+shall not be required to make payments to the 11
2244+United States for any water allocated to the 12
2245+Fort Belknap Indian Community under this 13
2246+section or the allocation agreement, except for 14
2247+each acre-foot of stored water leased or trans-15
2248+ferred for industrial purposes as described in 16
2249+subparagraph (H); and 17
2250+(H) for each acre-foot of stored water 18
2251+leased or transferred by the Fort Belknap In-19
2252+dian Community for industrial purposes— 20
2253+(i) the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-21
2254+nity shall pay annually to the United 22
2255+States an amount necessary to cover the 23
2256+proportional share of the annual oper-24
2257+ations, maintenance, and replacement costs 25
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2260+•S 1987 IS
2261+allocable to the quantity of water leased or 1
2262+transferred by the Fort Belknap Indian 2
2263+Community for industrial purposes; and 3
2264+(ii) the annual payments of the Fort 4
2265+Belknap Indian Community shall be re-5
2266+viewed and adjusted, as appropriate, to re-6
2267+flect the actual operations, maintenance, 7
2268+and replacement costs for Tiber Dam. 8
21872269 (d) A
2188-GREEMENT BYFORTBELKNAPINDIANCOMMU-4
2189-NITY.—The Fort Belknap Indian Community may use, 5
2190-lease, contract, exchange, or enter into other agreements 6
2191-for the use of the water allocated to the Fort Belknap 7
2192-Indian Community under subsection (a) if— 8
2193-(1) the use of water that is the subject of such 9
2194-an agreement occurs within the Missouri River 10
2195-Basin; and 11
2196-(2) the agreement does not permanently alien-12
2197-ate any water allocated to the Fort Belknap Indian 13
2198-Community under that subsection. 14
2270+GREEMENT BYFORTBELKNAPINDIANCOMMU-9
2271+NITY.—The Fort Belknap Indian Community may use, 10
2272+lease, contract, exchange, or enter into other agreements 11
2273+for the use of the water allocated to the Fort Belknap 12
2274+Indian Community under subsection (a) if— 13
2275+(1) the use of water that is the subject of such 14
2276+an agreement occurs within the Missouri River 15
2277+Basin; and 16
2278+(2) the agreement does not permanently alien-17
2279+ate any water allocated to the Fort Belknap Indian 18
2280+Community under that subsection. 19
21992281 (e) E
2200-FFECTIVEDATE.—The allocation under sub-15
2201-section (a) takes effect on the enforceability date. 16
2282+FFECTIVEDATE.—The allocation under sub-20
2283+section (a) takes effect on the enforceability date. 21
22022284 (f) N
2203-OCARRYOVERSTORAGE.—The allocation under 17
2204-subsection (a) shall not be increased by any year-to-year 18
2205-carryover storage. 19
2206-(g) D
2207-EVELOPMENT AND DELIVERYCOSTS.—The 20
2208-United States shall not be required to pay the cost of de-21
2209-veloping or delivering any water allocated under this sec-22
2210-tion. 23 67
2211-†S 1987 ES
2212-SEC. 8. MILK RIVER PROJECT MITIGATION. 1
2285+OCARRYOVERSTORAGE.—The allocation under 22
2286+subsection (a) shall not be increased by any year-to-year 23
2287+carryover storage. 24
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2290+•S 1987 IS
2291+(g) DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERYCOSTS.—The 1
2292+United States shall not be required to pay the cost of de-2
2293+veloping or delivering any water allocated under this sec-3
2294+tion. 4
2295+SEC. 8. MILK RIVER PROJECT MITIGATION. 5
22132296 (a) I
2214-NGENERAL.—In complete satisfaction of the 2
2215-Milk River Project mitigation requirements provided for 3
2216-in Article VI.B. of the Compact, the Secretary, acting 4
2217-through the Commissioner— 5
2218-(1) in cooperation with the State and the 6
2219-Blackfeet Tribe, shall carry out appropriate activi-7
2220-ties concerning the restoration of the St. Mary 8
2221-Canal and associated facilities, including activities 9
2222-relating to the— 10
2223-(A) planning and design to restore the St. 11
2224-Mary Canal and appurtenances to convey 850 12
2225-cubic-feet per second; and 13
2226-(B) rehabilitating, constructing, and re-14
2227-pairing of the St. Mary Canal and appur-15
2228-tenances; and 16
2229-(2) in cooperation with the State and the Fort 17
2230-Belknap Indian Community, shall carry out appro-18
2231-priate activities concerning the enlargement of 19
2232-Dodson South Canal and associated facilities, includ-20
2233-ing activities relating to the— 21
2234-(A) planning and design to enlarge Dodson 22
2235-South Canal and headworks at the upstream 23
2236-end of Dodson South Canal to divert and con-24
2237-vey 700 cubic-feet per second; and 25 68
2238-†S 1987 ES
2239-(B) rehabilitating, constructing, and en-1
2240-larging the Dodson South Canal and headworks 2
2241-at the upstream end of Dodson South Canal to 3
2242-divert and convey 700 cubic-feet per second. 4
2297+NGENERAL.—In complete satisfaction of the 6
2298+Milk River Project mitigation requirements provided for 7
2299+in Article VI.B. of the Compact, the Secretary, acting 8
2300+through the Commissioner— 9
2301+(1) in cooperation with the State and the 10
2302+Blackfeet Tribe, shall carry out appropriate activi-11
2303+ties concerning the restoration of the St. Mary 12
2304+Canal and associated facilities, including activities 13
2305+relating to the— 14
2306+(A) planning and design to restore the St. 15
2307+Mary Canal and appurtenances to convey 850 16
2308+cubic-feet per second; and 17
2309+(B) rehabilitating, constructing, and re-18
2310+pairing of the St. Mary Canal and appur-19
2311+tenances; and 20
2312+(2) in cooperation with the State and the Fort 21
2313+Belknap Indian Community, shall carry out appro-22
2314+priate activities concerning the enlargement of 23
2315+Dodson South Canal and associated facilities, includ-24
2316+ing activities relating to the— 25
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2319+•S 1987 IS
2320+(A) planning and design to enlarge Dodson 1
2321+South Canal and headworks at the upstream 2
2322+end of Dodson South Canal to divert and con-3
2323+vey 700 cubic-feet per second; and 4
2324+(B) rehabilitating, constructing, and en-5
2325+larging the Dodson South Canal and headworks 6
2326+at the upstream end of Dodson South Canal to 7
2327+divert and convey 700 cubic-feet per second. 8
22432328 (b) F
2244-UNDING.—The total amount of obligations in-5
2245-curred by the Secretary, prior to any adjustments provided 6
2246-for in section 14(b), shall not exceed $300,000,000 to 7
2247-carry out activities described in subsection (c)(1). 8
2329+UNDING.—The total amount of obligations in-9
2330+curred by the Secretary, prior to any adjustments provided 10
2331+for in section 14(b), shall not exceed $300,000,000 to 11
2332+carry out activities described in subsection (c)(1). 12
22482333 (c) S
2249-ATISFACTION OFMITIGATIONREQUIREMENT.— 9
2250-Notwithstanding any provision of the Compact, the miti-10
2251-gation required by Article VI.B. of the Compact shall be 11
2252-deemed satisfied if— 12
2253-(1) the Secretary has— 13
2254-(A) restored the St. Mary Canal and asso-14
2255-ciated facilities to convey 850 cubic-feet per sec-15
2256-ond; and 16
2257-(B) enlarged the Dodson South Canal and 17
2258-headworks at the upstream end of Dodson 18
2259-South Canal to divert and convey 700 cubic-feet 19
2260-per second; or 20
2261-(2) the Secretary— 21
2262-(A) has expended all of the available fund-22
2263-ing provided pursuant to section 14(a)(1)(D) to 23
2264-rehabilitate the St. Mary Canal and enlarge the 24
2265-Dodson South Canal; and 25 69
2266-†S 1987 ES
2267-(B) despite diligent efforts, could not com-1
2268-plete the activities described in subsection (a). 2
2334+ATISFACTION OFMITIGATIONREQUIREMENT.— 13
2335+Notwithstanding any provision of the Compact, the miti-14
2336+gation required by Article VI.B. of the Compact shall be 15
2337+deemed satisfied if— 16
2338+(1) the Secretary has— 17
2339+(A) restored the St. Mary Canal and asso-18
2340+ciated facilities to convey 850 cubic-feet per sec-19
2341+ond; and 20
2342+(B) enlarged the Dodson South Canal and 21
2343+headworks at the upstream end of Dodson 22
2344+South Canal to divert and convey 700 cubic-feet 23
2345+per second; and 24
2346+(2) the Secretary— 25
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2349+•S 1987 IS
2350+(A) has expended all of the available fund-1
2351+ing provided pursuant to section 14(a)(1)(D) to 2
2352+rehabilitate the St Mary Canal and enlarge the 3
2353+Dodson South Canal; and 4
2354+(B) despite diligent efforts, could not com-5
2355+plete the activities described in subsection (a). 6
22692356 (d) N
2270-ONREIMBURSABILITY OF COSTS.—The costs to 3
2271-the Secretary of carrying out this section shall be nonreim-4
2272-bursable. 5
2273-SEC. 9. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN IRRIGATION PROJECT SYS-6
2274-TEM. 7
2357+ONREIMBURSABILITY OF COSTS.—The costs to 7
2358+the Secretary of carrying out this section shall be nonreim-8
2359+bursable. 9
2360+SEC. 9. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN IRRIGATION PROJECT SYS-10
2361+TEM. 11
22752362 (a) I
2276-NGENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-8
2277-propriations, the Secretary shall rehabilitate, modernize, 9
2278-and expand the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project, 10
2279-as generally described in the document of Natural Re-11
2280-sources Consulting Engineers, Inc., entitled ‘‘Fort 12
2281-Belknap Indian Community Comprehensive Water Devel-13
2282-opment Plan’’ and dated February 2019, which shall in-14
2283-clude— 15
2284-(1) planning, studies, and designing of the ex-16
2285-isting and expanded Milk River unit, including the 17
2286-irrigation system, Pumping Plant, delivery pipe and 18
2287-canal, Fort Belknap Dam and Reservoir, and Peo-19
2288-ples Creek Flood Protection Project; 20
2289-(2) the rehabilitation, modernization, and con-21
2290-struction of the existing Milk River unit; and 22
2291-(3) construction of the expanded Milk River 23
2292-unit, including the irrigation system, Pumping 24
2293-Plant, delivery pipe and canal, Fort Belknap Dam 25 70
2294-†S 1987 ES
2295-and Reservoir, and Peoples Creek Flood Protection 1
2296-Project. 2
2363+NGENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-12
2364+propriations, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant 13
2365+Secretary for Indian Affairs, shall rehabilitate, modernize, 14
2366+and expand the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project, 15
2367+which shall include— 16
2368+(1) planning, studies, and designing of the ex-17
2369+isting and expanded Milk River unit, including the 18
2370+Pumping Plant, delivery pipe and canal, Fort 19
2371+Belknap Dam and Reservoir, and Peoples Creek 20
2372+Flood Protection Project; 21
2373+(2) the rehabilitation, modernization, and con-22
2374+struction of the existing Milk River unit; and 23
2375+(3) construction of the expanded Milk River 24
2376+Project, including the Pumping Plant, delivery pipe 25
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2379+•S 1987 IS
2380+and canal, Fort Belknap Dam and Reservoir, and 1
2381+Peoples Creek Flood Protection Project. 2
22972382 (b) L
2298-EADAGENCY.—The Bureau of Indian Affairs, 3
2299-in coordination with the Bureau of Reclamation, shall 4
2300-serve as the lead agency with respect to any activities car-5
2301-ried out under this section. 6
2383+EADAGENCY.—The Bureau of Indian Affairs 3
2384+shall serve as the lead agency with respect to any activities 4
2385+carried out under this section. 5
23022386 (c) C
2303-ONSULTATIONWITH THEFORTBELKNAPIN-7
2304-DIANCOMMUNITY.—The Secretary shall consult with the 8
2305-Fort Belknap Indian Community on appropriate changes 9
2306-to the final design and costs of any activity under this 10
2307-section. 11
2387+ONSULTATIONWITH THEFORTBELKNAPIN-6
2388+DIANCOMMUNITY.—The Secretary shall consult with the 7
2389+Fort Belknap Indian Community on appropriate changes 8
2390+to the final design and costs of any activity under this 9
2391+section. 10
23082392 (d) F
2309-UNDING.—The total amount of obligations in-12
2310-curred by the Secretary in carrying out this section, prior 13
2311-to any adjustment provided for in section 14(b), shall not 14
2312-exceed $415,832,153. 15
2393+UNDING.—The total amount of obligations in-11
2394+curred by the Secretary in carrying out this section, prior 12
2395+to any adjustment provided for in section 14(b), shall not 13
2396+exceed $415,832,153. 14
23132397 (e) N
2314-ONREIMBURSABILITY OF COSTS.—All costs in-16
2315-curred by the Secretary in carrying out this section shall 17
2316-be nonreimbursable. 18
2398+ONREIMBURSABILITY OF COSTS.—All costs in-15
2399+curred by the Secretary in carrying out this section shall 16
2400+be nonreimbursable. 17
23172401 (f) A
2318-DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary and the Fort 19
2319-Belknap Indian Community shall negotiate the cost of any 20
2320-oversight activity carried out by the Bureau of Indian Af-21
2321-fairs or the Bureau of Reclamation under any agreement 22
2322-entered into under subsection (j), subject to the condition 23
2323-that the total cost for the oversight shall not exceed 3 per-24
2324-cent of the total project costs for each project. 25 71
2325-†S 1987 ES
2326-(g) PROJECTMANAGEMENTCOMMITTEE.—Not later 1
2327-than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 2
2328-Secretary shall facilitate the formation of a project man-3
2329-agement committee composed of representatives of the 4
2330-Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Reclamation, and 5
2331-the Fort Belknap Indian Community— 6
2332-(1) to review and make recommendations relat-7
2333-ing to cost factors, budgets, and implementing the 8
2334-activities for rehabilitating, modernizing, and ex-9
2335-panding the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project; 10
2336-and 11
2337-(2) to improve management of inherently gov-12
2338-ernmental activities through enhanced communica-13
2339-tion. 14
2340-(h) P
2341-ROJECTEFFICIENCIES.—If the total cost of 15
2342-planning, studies, design, rehabilitation, modernization, 16
2343-and construction activities relating to the projects de-17
2344-scribed in subsection (a) results in cost savings and is less 18
2345-than the amounts authorized to be obligated, the Sec-19
2346-retary, at the request of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-20
2347-nity, shall deposit those savings in the Fort Belknap In-21
2348-dian Community Water Resources and Water Rights Ad-22
2349-ministration, Operation, and Maintenance Account estab-23
2350-lished under section 12(b)(2). 24 72
2351-†S 1987 ES
2352-(i) TREATMENT.—Any activities carried out pursuant 1
2353-to this section that result in improvements, additions, or 2
2354-modifications to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 3
2355-Project shall— 4
2356-(1) become a part of the Fort Belknap Indian 5
2357-Irrigation Project; and 6
2358-(2) be recorded in the inventory of the Sec-7
2359-retary relating to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 8
2360-Project. 9
2402+DMINISTRATION.—The Assistant Secretary of 18
2403+Indian Affairs and the Fort Belknap Indian Community 19
2404+shall negotiate the cost of any oversight activity carried 20
2405+out by the Bureau of Indian Affairs under any agreement 21
2406+entered into under subsection (i), subject to the condition 22
2407+that the total cost for the oversight shall not exceed 3 per-23
2408+cent of the total project costs for each project. 24
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2412+(g) PROJECTEFFICIENCIES.—If the total cost of 1
2413+planning, studies, design, rehabilitation, modernization, 2
2414+and construction activities relating to the projects de-3
2415+scribed in subsection (a) results in cost savings and is less 4
2416+than the amounts authorized to be obligated, the Sec-5
2417+retary, at the request of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-6
2418+nity, shall deposit those savings in the the Fort Belknap 7
2419+Indian Community Water Resources and Water Rights 8
2420+Administration, Operation, and Maintenance Account es-9
2421+tablished under section 12(b)(2). 10
2422+(h) T
2423+REATMENT.—Any activities carried out pursu-11
2424+ant to this section that result in improvements, additions, 12
2425+or modifications to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 13
2426+Project shall— 14
2427+(1) become a part of the Fort Belknap Indian 15
2428+Irrigation Project; and 16
2429+(2) be recorded in the inventory of the Sec-17
2430+retary relating to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 18
2431+Project. 19
2432+(i) A
2433+PPLICABILITY OFISDEAA.—At the request of 20
2434+the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and in accordance 21
2435+with the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-22
2436+ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Secretary shall 23
2437+enter into agreements with the Fort Belknap Indian Com-24
2438+munity to carry out all or a portion of this section. 25
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2441+•S 1987 IS
2442+(j) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 1
2443+(1) alters any applicable law under which the 2
2444+Bureau of Indian Affairs collects assessments or car-3
2445+ries out the operations and maintenance of the Fort 4
2446+Belknap Indian Irrigation Project; or 5
2447+(2) impacts the availability of amounts under 6
2448+section 14. 7
2449+(k) S
2450+ATISFACTION OFFORTBELKNAPINDIANIRRI-8
2451+GATIONPROJECTSYSTEMREQUIREMENT.—The obliga-9
2452+tions of the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be 10
2453+deemed satisfied if— 11
2454+(1) the Secretary has rehabilitated, modernized, 12
2455+and expanded the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 13
2456+Project in accordance with subsection (a); or 14
2457+(2) the Secretary— 15
2458+(A) has expended all of the available fund-16
2459+ing provided pursuant to paragraphs (1)(C) and 17
2460+(2)(A)(iv) of section 14(a); and 18
2461+(B) despite diligent efforts, could not com-19
2462+plete the activities described in subsection (a). 20
2463+SEC. 10. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 21
2464+(a) I
2465+NGENERAL.—The benefits provided under this 22
2466+Act shall be in complete replacement of, complete substi-23
2467+tution for, and full satisfaction of any claim of the Fort 24
2468+Belknap Indian Community against the United States 25
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2471+•S 1987 IS
2472+that is waived and released by the Fort Belknap Indian 1
2473+Community under section 11(a). 2
2474+(b) A
2475+LLOTTEES.—The benefits realized by the 3
2476+allottees under this Act shall be in complete replacement 4
2477+of, complete substitution for, and full satisfaction of— 5
2478+(1) all claims waived and released by the United 6
2479+States (acting as trustee for the allottees) under sec-7
2480+tion 11(a)(2); and 8
2481+(2) any claims of the allottees against the 9
2482+United States similar to the claims described in sec-10
2483+tion 11(a)(2) that the allottee asserted or could have 11
2484+asserted. 12
2485+SEC. 11. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 13
2486+(a) I
2487+NGENERAL.— 14
2488+(1) W
2489+AIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 15
2490+FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY AND UNITED 16
2491+STATES AS TRUSTEE FOR THE FORT BELKNAP IN -17
2492+DIAN COMMUNITY .—Subject to the reservation of 18
2493+rights and retention of claims under subsection (d), 19
2494+as consideration for recognition of the Tribal water 20
2495+rights and other benefits described in the Compact 21
2496+and this Act, the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 22
2497+acting on behalf of the Fort Belknap Indian Com-23
2498+munity and members of the Fort Belknap Indian 24
2499+Community (but not any member of the Fort 25
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2502+•S 1987 IS
2503+Belknap Indian Community as an allottee), and the 1
2504+United States, acting as trustee for the Fort 2
2505+Belknap Indian Community and the members of the 3
2506+Fort Belknap Indian Community (but not any mem-4
2507+ber of the Fort Belknap Indian Community as an al-5
2508+lottee), shall execute a waiver and release of all 6
2509+claims for water rights within the State that the 7
2510+Fort Belknap Indian Community, or the United 8
2511+States acting as trustee for the Fort Belknap Indian 9
2512+Community, asserted or could have asserted in any 10
2513+proceeding, including a State stream adjudication, 11
2514+on or before the enforceability date, except to the ex-12
2515+tent that such rights are recognized in the Compact 13
2516+and this Act. 14
2517+(2) W
2518+AIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 15
2519+UNITED STATES AS TRUSTEE FOR ALLOTTEES .— 16
2520+Subject to the reservation of rights and the retention 17
2521+of claims under subsection (d), as consideration for 18
2522+recognition of the Tribal water rights and other ben-19
2523+efits described in the Compact and this Act, the 20
2524+United States, acting as trustee for the allottees, 21
2525+shall execute a waiver and release of all claims for 22
2526+water rights within the Reservation that the United 23
2527+States, acting as trustee for the allottees, asserted or 24
2528+could have asserted in any proceeding, including a 25
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2531+•S 1987 IS
2532+State stream adjudication, on or before the enforce-1
2533+ability date, except to the extent that such rights are 2
2534+recognized in the Compact and this Act. 3
2535+(3) W
2536+AIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 4
2537+FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY AGAINST THE 5
2538+UNITED STATES.—Subject to the reservation of 6
2539+rights and retention of claims under subsection (d), 7
2540+the Fort Belknap Indian Community, acting on be-8
2541+half of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 9
2542+members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community 10
2543+(but not any member of the Fort Belknap Indian 11
2544+Community as an allottee), shall execute a waiver 12
2545+and release of all claims against the United States 13
2546+(including any agency or employee of the United 14
2547+States)— 15
2548+(A) first arising before the enforceability 16
2549+date relating to— 17
2550+(i) water rights within the State that 18
2551+the United States, acting as trustee for the 19
2552+Fort Belknap Indian Community, asserted 20
2553+or could have asserted in any proceeding, 21
2554+including a general stream adjudication in 22
2555+the State, except to the extent that such 23
2556+rights are recognized as Tribal water 24
2557+rights under this Act; 25
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2560+•S 1987 IS
2561+(ii) foregone benefits from nontribal 1
2562+use of water, on and off the Reservation 2
2563+(including water from all sources and for 3
2564+all uses); 4
2565+(iii) damage, loss, or injury to water, 5
2566+water rights, land, or natural resources 6
2567+due to loss of water or water rights, in-7
2568+cluding damages, losses, or injuries to 8
2569+hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 9
2570+rights due to loss of water or water rights, 10
2571+claims relating to interference with, diver-11
2572+sion of, or taking of water, or claims relat-12
2573+ing to a failure to protect, acquire, replace, 13
2574+or develop water, water rights, or water in-14
2575+frastructure within the State; 15
2576+(iv) a failure to establish or provide a 16
2577+municipal rural or industrial water delivery 17
2578+system on the Reservation; 18
2579+(v) damage, loss, or injury to water, 19
2580+water rights, land, or natural resources 20
2581+due to construction, operation, and man-21
2582+agement of the Fort Belknap Indian Irri-22
2583+gation Project and other Federal land and 23
2584+facilities (including damages, losses, or in-24
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2587+•S 1987 IS
2588+juries to Tribal fisheries, fish habitat, wild-1
2589+life, and wildlife habitat); 2
2590+(vi) a failure to provide for operation 3
2591+and maintenance, or deferred maintenance, 4
2592+for the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 5
2593+Project or any other irrigation system or 6
2594+irrigation project; 7
2595+(vii) the litigation of claims relating to 8
2596+any water rights of the Fort Belknap In-9
2597+dian Community in the State; 10
2598+(viii) the negotiation, execution, or 11
2599+adoption of the Compact (including appen-12
2600+dices) and this Act; 13
2601+(ix) the taking or acquisition of land 14
2602+or resources of the Fort Belknap Indian 15
2603+Community for the construction or oper-16
2604+ation of the Fort Belknap Indian Irriga-17
2605+tion Project or the Milk River Project; and 18
2606+(x) the allocation of water of the Milk 19
2607+River and the St. Mary River (including 20
2608+tributaries) between the United States and 21
2609+Canada pursuant to the International 22
2610+Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 (36 Stat. 23
2611+2448); and 24
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2614+•S 1987 IS
2615+(B) relating to damage, loss, or injury to 1
2616+water, water rights, land, or natural resources 2
2617+due to mining activities in the Little Rockies 3
2618+Mountains prior to the date of trust acquisition, 4
2619+including damages, losses, or injuries to hunt-5
2620+ing, fishing, gathering, or cultural rights. 6
2621+(b) E
2622+FFECTIVENESS.—The waivers and releases 7
2623+under subsection (a) shall take effect on the enforceability 8
2624+date. 9
2625+(c) O
2626+BJECTIONS IN MONTANAWATERCOURT.— 10
2627+Nothing in this Act or the Compact prohibits the Fort 11
2628+Belknap Indian Community, a member of the Fort 12
2629+Belknap Indian Community, an allottee, or the United 13
2630+States in any capacity from objecting to any claim to a 14
2631+water right filed in any general stream adjudication in the 15
2632+Montana Water Court. 16
2633+(d) R
2634+ESERVATION OF RIGHTS ANDRETENTION OF 17
2635+C
2636+LAIMS.—Notwithstanding the waivers and releases under 18
2637+subsection (a), the Fort Belknap Indian Community, act-19
2638+ing on behalf of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 20
2639+members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and the 21
2640+United States, acting as trustee for the Fort Belknap In-22
2641+dian Community and the allottees shall retain— 23
2642+(1) all claims relating to— 24
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2645+•S 1987 IS
2646+(A) the enforcement of water rights recog-1
2647+nized under the Compact, any final court decree 2
2648+relating to those water rights, or this Act or to 3
2649+water rights accruing on or after the enforce-4
2650+ability date; 5
2651+(B) the quality of water under— 6
2652+(i) CERCLA, including damages to 7
2653+natural resources; 8
2654+(ii) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 9
2655+U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 10
2656+(iii) the Federal Water Pollution Con-11
2657+trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and 12
2658+(iv) any regulations implementing the 13
2659+Acts described in clauses (i) through (iii); 14
2660+(C) damage, loss, or injury to land or nat-15
2661+ural resources that are— 16
2662+(i) not due to loss of water or water 17
2663+rights (including hunting, fishing, gath-18
2664+ering, or cultural rights); and 19
2665+(ii) not described in subsection (a)(3); 20
2666+and 21
2667+(D) an action to prevent any person or 22
2668+party (as defined in sections 29 and 30 of Arti-23
2669+cle II of the Compact) from interfering with the 24
2670+enjoyment of the Tribal water rights; 25
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2673+•S 1987 IS
2674+(2) all claims relating to off-Reservation hunt-1
2675+ing rights, fishing rights, gathering rights, or other 2
2676+rights; 3
2677+(3) all claims relating to the right to use and 4
2678+protect water rights acquired after the date of enact-5
2679+ment of this Act; 6
2680+(4) all claims relating to the allocation of 7
2681+waters of the Milk River and the Milk River Project 8
2682+between the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 9
2683+the Blackfeet Tribe, pursuant to section 3705(e)(3) 10
2684+of the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act (Pub-11
2685+lic Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1818); 12
2686+(5) all claims relating to the enforcement of the 13
2687+Act, including the required transfer of land under 14
2688+section 6; and 15
2689+(6) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 16
2690+and powers not specifically waived and released pur-17
2691+suant to this Act or the Compact. 18
2692+(e) E
2693+FFECT OFCOMPACT ANDACT.—Nothing in the 19
2694+Compact or this Act— 20
2695+(1) affects the authority of the Fort Belknap 21
2696+Indian Community to enforce the laws of the Fort 22
2697+Belknap Indian Community, including with respect 23
2698+to environmental protections; 24
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2701+•S 1987 IS
2702+(2) affects the ability of the United States, act-1
2703+ing as sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized 2
2704+by law, including— 3
2705+(A) the Federal Water Pollution Control 4
2706+Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 5
2707+(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 6
2708+U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 7
2709+(C) CERCLA; and 8
2710+(D) any regulations implementing the Acts 9
2711+described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); 10
2712+(3) affects the ability of the United States to 11
2713+act as trustee for any other Indian Tribe or an allot-12
2714+tee of any other Indian Tribe; 13
2715+(4) confers jurisdiction on any State court— 14
2716+(A) to interpret Federal law relating to 15
2717+health, safety, or the environment; 16
2718+(B) to determine the duties of the United 17
2719+States or any other party under Federal law re-18
2720+lating to health, safety, or the environment; or 19
2721+(C) to conduct judicial review of any Fed-20
2722+eral agency action; 21
2723+(5) waives any claim of a member of the Fort 22
2724+Belknap Indian Community in an individual capacity 23
2725+that does not derive from a right of the Fort 24
2726+Belknap Indian Community; 25
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2729+•S 1987 IS
2730+(6) revives any claim adjudicated in the decision 1
2731+in Gros Ventre Tribe v. United States, 469 F.3d 2
2732+801 (9th Cir. 2006); or 3
2733+(7) revives any claim released by an allottee or 4
2734+member of the Fort Belknap Indian Community in 5
2735+the settlement in Cobell v. Salazar, No. 6
2736+1:96CV01285–JR (D.D.C. 2012). 7
2737+(f) E
2738+NFORCEABILITYDATE.—The enforceability date 8
2739+shall be the date on which the Secretary publishes in the 9
2740+Federal Register a statement of findings that— 10
2741+(1) the eligible members of the Fort Belknap 11
2742+Indian Community have voted to approve this Act 12
2743+and the Compact by a majority of votes cast on the 13
2744+day of the vote; 14
2745+(2)(A) the Montana Water Court has approved 15
2746+the Compact in a manner from which no further ap-16
2747+peal may be taken; or 17
2748+(B) if the Montana Water Court is found to 18
2749+lack jurisdiction, the appropriate district court of the 19
2750+United States has approved the Compact as a con-20
2751+sent decree from which no further appeal may be 21
2752+taken; 22
2753+(3) all of the amounts authorized to be appro-23
2754+priated under section 14 have been appropriated and 24
2755+deposited in the designated accounts; 25
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2758+•S 1987 IS
2759+(4) the Secretary and the Fort Belknap Indian 1
2760+Community have executed an allocation agreement 2
2761+described in section 7(c)(1); 3
2762+(5) the State has provided the required funding 4
2763+into the Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribal Ir-5
2764+rigation and Other Water Resources Development 6
2765+Account of the Trust Fund pursuant to section 7
2766+14(a)(3); and 8
2767+(6) the waivers and releases under subsection 9
2768+(a) have been executed by the Fort Belknap Indian 10
2769+Community and the Secretary. 11
2770+(g) T
2771+OLLING OFCLAIMS.— 12
2772+(1) I
2773+N GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 13
2774+limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 14
2775+to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 15
2776+the period beginning on the date of enactment of 16
2777+this Act and ending on the enforceability date. 17
2778+(2) E
2779+FFECT OF SUBSECTION .—Nothing in this 18
2780+subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 19
2781+limitations or time-based equitable defense that ex-20
2782+pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 21
2783+(h) E
2784+XPIRATION.— 22
2785+(1) I
2786+N GENERAL.—This Act shall expire in any 23
2787+case in which— 24
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2790+•S 1987 IS
2791+(A) the amounts authorized to be appro-1
2792+priated by this Act have not been made avail-2
2793+able to the Secretary by not later than— 3
2794+(i) January 21, 2034; and 4
2795+(ii) such alternative later date as is 5
2796+agreed to by the Fort Belknap Indian 6
2797+Community and the Secretary; or 7
2798+(B) the Secretary fails to publish a state-8
2799+ment of findings under subsection (f) by not 9
2800+later than— 10
2801+(i) January 21, 2035; and 11
2802+(ii) such alternative later date as is 12
2803+agreed to by the Fort Belknap Indian 13
2804+Community and the Secretary, after pro-14
2805+viding reasonable notice to the State. 15
2806+(2) C
2807+ONSEQUENCES.—If this Act expires under 16
2808+paragraph (1)— 17
2809+(A) the waivers and releases under sub-18
2810+section (a) shall— 19
2811+(i) expire; and 20
2812+(ii) have no further force or effect; 21
2813+(B) the authorization, ratification, con-22
2814+firmation, and execution of the Compact under 23
2815+section 4 shall no longer be effective; 24
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2818+•S 1987 IS
2819+(C) any action carried out by the Sec-1
2820+retary, and any contract or agreement entered 2
2821+into, pursuant to this Act shall be void; 3
2822+(D) any unexpended Federal funds appro-4
2823+priated or made available to carry out the ac-5
2824+tivities authorized by this Act, together with 6
2825+any interest earned on those funds, and any 7
2826+water rights or contracts to use water and title 8
2827+to other property acquired or constructed with 9
2828+Federal funds appropriated or made available 10
2829+to carry out the activities authorized by this Act 11
2830+shall be returned to the Federal Government, 12
2831+unless otherwise agreed to by the Fort Belknap 13
2832+Indian Community and the United States and 14
2833+approved by Congress; and 15
2834+(E) except for Federal funds used to ac-16
2835+quire or construct property that is returned to 17
2836+the Federal Government under subparagraph 18
2837+(D), the United States shall be entitled to offset 19
2838+any Federal funds made available to carry out 20
2839+this Act that were expended or withdrawn, or 21
2840+any funds made available to carry out this Act 22
2841+from other Federal authorized sources, together 23
2842+with any interest accrued on those funds, 24
2843+against any claims against the United States— 25
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2846+•S 1987 IS
2847+(i) relating to— 1
2848+(I) water rights in the State as-2
2849+serted by— 3
2850+(aa) the Fort Belknap In-4
2851+dian Community; or 5
2852+(bb) any user of the Tribal 6
2853+water rights; or 7
2854+(II) any other matter described 8
2855+in subsection (a)(3); or 9
2856+(ii) in any future settlement of water 10
2857+rights of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-11
2858+nity or an allottee. 12
2859+SEC. 12. AANIIIH NAKODA SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. 13
2860+(a) E
2861+STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 14
2862+a trust fund for the Fort Belknap Indian Community, to 15
2863+be known as the ‘‘Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust 16
2864+Fund’’, to be managed, invested, and distributed by the 17
2865+Secretary and to remain available until expended, with-18
2866+drawn, or reverted to the general fund of the Treasury, 19
2867+consisting of the amounts deposited in the Trust Fund 20
2868+under subsection (c), together with any investment earn-21
2869+ings, including interest, earned on those amounts, for the 22
2870+purpose of carrying out this Act. 23
2871+(b) A
2872+CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 24
2873+Trust Fund the following accounts: 25
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2876+•S 1987 IS
2877+(1) The Fort Belknap Indian Community Trib-1
2878+al Irrigation and Other Water Resources Develop-2
2879+ment Account. 3
2880+(2) The Fort Belknap Indian Community 4
2881+Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, 5
2882+Operation, and Maintenance Account. 6
2883+(3) The Fort Belknap Indian Community Clean 7
2884+and Safe Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, and 8
2885+Lake Elwell Project Account. 9
2886+(c) D
2887+EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 10
2888+(1) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 11
2889+Tribal Irrigation and Other Water Resources Devel-12
2890+opment Account established under subsection (b)(1), 13
2891+the amounts made available pursuant to paragraphs 14
2892+(1)(A) and (2)(A)(i) of section 14(a); 15
2893+(2) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 16
2894+Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, 17
2895+Operation, and Maintenance Account established 18
2896+under subsection (b)(2), the amounts made available 19
2897+pursuant to section 14(a)(2)(A)(ii); and 20
2898+(3) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 21
2899+Clean and Safe Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, 22
2900+and Lake Elwell Project Account established under 23
2901+subsection (b)(3), the amounts made available pur-24
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2904+•S 1987 IS
2905+suant to paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A)(iii) of section 1
2906+14(a). 2
2907+(d) M
2908+ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 3
2909+(1) M
2910+ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 4
2911+the funds into the accounts in the Trust Fund pur-5
2912+suant to subsection (c), the Secretary shall manage, 6
2913+invest, and distribute all amounts in the Trust Fund 7
2914+in accordance with the investment authority of the 8
2915+Secretary under— 9
2916+(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 10
2917+1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 11
2918+(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-12
2919+agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 13
2920+et seq.); and 14
2921+(C) this section. 15
2922+(2) I
2923+NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 16
2924+the amounts deposited under subsection (c), any in-17
2925+vestment earnings, including interest, credited to 18
2926+amounts held in the Trust Fund shall be available 19
2927+for use in accordance with subsections (e) and (g). 20
2928+(e) A
2929+VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.— 21
2930+(1) I
2931+N GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to, 22
2932+and deposited in, the Trust Fund, including any in-23
2933+vestment earnings, including interest, earned on 24
2934+those amounts shall be made available— 25
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2937+•S 1987 IS
2938+(A) to the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-1
2939+nity by the Secretary beginning on the enforce-2
2940+ability date; and 3
2941+(B) subject to the uses and restrictions in 4
2942+this section. 5
2943+(2) E
2944+XCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph 6
2945+(1)— 7
2946+(A) amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap 8
2947+Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and Other 9
2948+Water Resources Development Account estab-10
2949+lished under subsection (b)(1) shall be available 11
2950+to the Fort Belknap Indian Community on the 12
2951+date on which the amounts are deposited for 13
2952+uses described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 14
2953+subsection (g)(1); 15
2954+(B) amounts deposited in the Fort 16
2955+Belknap Indian Community Water Resources 17
2956+and Water Rights Administration, Operation, 18
2957+and Maintenance Account established under 19
2958+subsection (b)(2) shall be made available to the 20
2959+Fort Belknap Indian Community on the date on 21
2960+which the amounts are deposited and the Fort 22
2961+Belknap Indian Community has satisfied the re-23
2962+quirements of section 11(f)(1), for the uses de-24
2963+scribed in subsection (g)(2)(A); and 25
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2967+(C) amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap 1
2968+Indian Community Clean and Safe Domestic 2
2969+Water and Sewer Systems, and Lake Elwell 3
2970+Project Account established under subsection 4
2971+(b)(3) shall be available to the Fort Belknap In-5
2972+dian Community on the date on which the 6
2973+amounts are deposited for the uses described in 7
2974+subsection (g)(3)(A). 8
2975+(f) W
2976+ITHDRAWALS.— 9
2977+(1) A
2978+MERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGE -10
2979+MENT REFORM ACT OF 1994 .— 11
2980+(A) I
2981+N GENERAL.—The Fort Belknap In-12
2982+dian Community may withdraw any portion of 13
2983+the funds in the Trust Fund on approval by the 14
2984+Secretary of a Tribal management plan sub-15
2985+mitted by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 16
2986+in accordance with the American Indian Trust 17
2987+Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 18
2988+U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 19
2989+(B) R
2990+EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 20
2991+requirements under the American Indian Trust 21
2992+Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 22
2993+U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 23
2994+plan under this paragraph shall require that the 24
2995+Fort Belknap Indian Community spend all 25
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2999+amounts withdrawn from the Trust Fund, and 1
3000+any investment earnings accrued through the 2
3001+investments under the Tribal management plan, 3
3002+in accordance with this Act. 4
3003+(C) E
3004+NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 5
3005+carry out such judicial and administrative ac-6
3006+tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-7
3007+essary— 8
3008+(i) to enforce the Tribal management 9
3009+plan; and 10
3010+(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 11
3011+from the Trust Fund by the Fort Belknap 12
3012+Indian Community under this paragraph 13
3013+are used in accordance with this Act. 14
3014+(2) W
3015+ITHDRAWALS UNDER EXPENDITURE 15
3016+PLAN.— 16
3017+(A) I
3018+N GENERAL.—The Fort Belknap In-17
3019+dian Community may submit to the Secretary a 18
3020+request to withdraw funds from the Trust Fund 19
3021+pursuant to an approved expenditure plan. 20
3022+(B) R
3023+EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 21
3024+withdraw funds under an expenditure plan 22
3025+under this paragraph, the Fort Belknap Indian 23
3026+Community shall submit to the Secretary for 24
3027+approval an expenditure plan for any portion of 25
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3031+the Trust Fund that the Fort Belknap Indian 1
3032+Community elects to withdraw pursuant to this 2
3033+paragraph, subject to the condition that the 3
3034+funds shall be used for the purposes described 4
3035+in this Act. 5
3036+(C) I
3037+NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 6
3038+under this paragraph shall include a description 7
3039+of the manner and purpose for which the 8
3040+amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 9
3041+Trust Fund will be used by the Fort Belknap 10
3042+Indian Community in accordance with sub-11
3043+sections (e) and (g). 12
3044+(D) A
3045+PPROVAL.—On receipt of an expendi-13
3046+ture plan under this paragraph, the Secretary 14
3047+shall approve the expenditure plan if the Sec-15
3048+retary determines that the expenditure plan— 16
3049+(i) is reasonable; and 17
3050+(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 18
3051+for, the purposes of this Act. 19
3052+(E) E
3053+NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 20
3054+carry out such judicial and administrative ac-21
3055+tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-22
3056+essary to enforce an expenditure plan under 23
3057+this paragraph to ensure that amounts dis-24
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3060+•S 1987 IS
3061+bursed under this paragraph are used in ac-1
3062+cordance with this Act. 2
3063+(g) U
3064+SES.—Amounts from the Trust Fund shall be 3
3065+used by the Fort Belknap Indian Community for the fol-4
3066+lowing purposes: 5
3067+(1) F
3068+ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY TRIBAL 6
3069+IRRIGATION AND OTHER WATER RESOURCES DEVEL -7
3070+OPMENT ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Fort Belknap 8
3071+Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and Other 9
3072+Water Resources Development Account established 10
3073+under subsection (b)(1) shall be used to pay the cost 11
3074+of activities relating to— 12
3075+(A) planning, studies, and design of the 13
3076+Southern Tributary Irrigation Project and the 14
3077+Peoples Creek Irrigation Project, including the 15
3078+Upper Peoples Creek Dam and Reservoir, as 16
3079+described in the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-17
3080+nity Comprehensive Water Development Plan 18
3081+dated 2019; 19
3082+(B) environmental compliance; 20
3083+(C) construction of the Southern Tributary 21
3084+Irrigation Project and the Peoples Creek Irriga-22
3085+tion Project, including the Upper Peoples Creek 23
3086+Dam and Reservoir; 24
3087+(D) wetlands restoration and development; 25
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3091+(E) stock watering infrastructure; and 1
3092+(F) on farm development support and re-2
3093+acquisition of fee lands within the Fort Belknap 3
3094+Indian Irrigation Project. 4
3095+(2) F
3096+ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER 5
3097+RESOURCES AND WATER RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION , 6
3098+OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT .— 7
3099+Amounts in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 8
3100+Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, 9
3101+Operation, and Maintenance Account established 10
3102+under subsection (b)(2), the principal and invest-11
3103+ment earnings, including interest, may only be used 12
3104+by the Fort Belknap Indian Community to pay the 13
3105+costs of activities described in subparagraphs (A) 14
3106+through (C) as follows: 15
3107+(A) $9,000,000 shall be used for the estab-16
3108+lishment, operation, and capital expenditures in 17
3109+connection with the administration of the Tribal 18
3110+water resources and water rights development, 19
3111+including the development or enactment of a 20
3112+Tribal water code. 21
3113+(B) Only investment earnings, including 22
3114+interest, on $29,299,059 shall be used and be 23
3115+available to pay the costs of activities for ad-24
3116+ministration, operations, and regulation of the 25
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3119+•S 1987 IS
3120+Tribal water resources and water rights depart-1
3121+ment, in accordance with the Compact and this 2
3122+Act. 3
3123+(C) Only investment earnings, including in-4
3124+terest, on $28,331,693 shall be used and be 5
3125+available to pay the costs of activities relating 6
3126+to a portion of the annual assessment costs for 7
3127+the Fort Belknap Indian Community and Tribal 8
3128+members, including allottees, under the Fort 9
3129+Belknap Indian Irrigation Project. 10
3130+(3) F
3131+ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY CLEAN 11
3132+AND SAFE DOMESTIC WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS , 12
3133+AND LAKE ELWELL PROJECT ACCOUNT .—Amounts 13
3134+in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Clean and 14
3135+Safe Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, and Lake 15
3136+Elwell Project Account established under subsection 16
3137+(b)(3), the principal and investment earnings, in-17
3138+cluding interest, may only be used by the Fort 18
3139+Belknap Indian Community to pay the costs of ac-19
3140+tivities relating to— 20
3141+(A) planning, studies, and design of do-21
3142+mestic water supply, sewer collection and treat-22
3143+ment systems, and Lake Elwell Project, as de-23
3144+scribed in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 24
3145+Comprehensive Water Development Plan dated 25
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3148+•S 1987 IS
3149+2019, including water delivery to the southern 1
3150+part of the Reservation; 2
3151+(B) construction of domestic water supply, 3
3152+sewer collection, and treatment systems; 4
3153+(C) construction, in accordance with appli-5
3154+cable law, of infrastructure for delivery of Lake 6
3155+Elwell water diverted from the Missouri River 7
3156+to the southern part of the Reservation; and 8
3157+(D) planning, studies, design, and con-9
3158+struction of a Tribal wellness center for a work 10
3159+force health and wellbeing project. 11
3160+(h) L
3161+IABILITY.—The Secretary shall not be liable for 12
3162+any expenditure or investment of amounts withdrawn from 13
3163+the Trust Fund by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 14
3164+pursuant to subsection (f). 15
3165+(i) P
3166+ROJECTEFFICIENCIES.—If the total cost of the 16
3167+activities described in subsection (g) results in cost savings 17
3168+and is less than the amounts authorized to be obligated 18
3169+under any of paragraphs (1) through (3) of that sub-19
3170+section required to carry out those activities, the Sec-20
3171+retary, at the request of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-21
3172+nity, shall deposit those savings in the Trust Fund to be 22
3173+used in accordance with that subsection. 23
23613174 (j) A
2362-PPLICABILITY OFISDEAA.—At the request of 10
2363-the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and in accordance 11
2364-with the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-12
2365-ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Secretary shall 13
2366-enter into agreements with the Fort Belknap Indian Com-14
2367-munity to carry out all or a portion of this section. 15
2368-(k) E
2369-FFECT.—Nothing in this section— 16
2370-(1) alters any applicable law under which the 17
2371-Bureau of Indian Affairs collects assessments or car-18
2372-ries out the operations and maintenance of the Fort 19
2373-Belknap Indian Irrigation Project; or 20
2374-(2) impacts the availability of amounts under 21
2375-section 14. 22
2376-(l) S
2377-ATISFACTION OFFORTBELKNAPINDIANIRRI-23
2378-GATIONPROJECTSYSTEMREQUIREMENT.—The obliga-24 73
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2380-tions of the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be 1
2381-deemed satisfied if the Secretary— 2
2382-(1) has rehabilitated, modernized, and expanded 3
2383-the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project in ac-4
2384-cordance with subsection (a); or 5
2385-(2)(A) has expended all of the available funding 6
2386-provided pursuant to paragraphs (1)(C) and 7
2387-(2)(A)(iv) of section 14(a); and 8
2388-(B) despite diligent efforts, could not complete 9
2389-the activities described in subsection (a). 10
2390-SEC. 10. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 11
2391-(a) I
2392-NGENERAL.—The benefits provided under this 12
2393-Act shall be in complete replacement of, complete substi-13
2394-tution for, and full satisfaction of any claim of the Fort 14
2395-Belknap Indian Community against the United States 15
2396-that is waived and released by the Fort Belknap Indian 16
2397-Community under section 11(a). 17
3175+NNUALREPORT.—The Fort Belknap Indian 24
3176+Community shall submit to the Secretary an annual ex-25
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3179+•S 1987 IS
3180+penditure report describing accomplishments and amounts 1
3181+spent from use of withdrawals under a Tribal management 2
3182+plan or an expenditure plan described in this section. 3
3183+(k) N
3184+OPERCAPITAPAYMENTS.—No principal or in-4
3185+terest amount in any account established by this section 5
3186+shall be distributed to any member of the Fort Belknap 6
3187+Indian Community on a per capita basis. 7
3188+(l) E
3189+FFECT.—Nothing in this Act entitles the Fort 8
3190+Belknap Indian Community to judicial review of a deter-9
3191+mination of the Secretary regarding whether to approve 10
3192+a Tribal management plan under paragraph (1) or an ex-11
3193+penditure plan under paragraph (2), except as provided 12
3194+under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 13
3195+5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Adminis-14
3196+trative Procedure Act’’). 15
3197+SEC. 13. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER SET-16
3198+TLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FUND. 17
3199+(a) E
3200+STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 18
3201+Treasury of the United States a non-trust, interest-bear-19
3202+ing account to be known as the ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian 20
3203+Community Water Settlement Implementation Fund’’, to 21
3204+be managed and distributed by the Secretary, for use by 22
3205+the Secretary for carrying out this Act. 23
23983206 (b) A
2399-LLOTTEES.—The benefits realized by the 18
2400-allottees under this Act shall be in complete replacement 19
2401-of, complete substitution for, and full satisfaction of— 20
2402-(1) all claims waived and released by the United 21
2403-States (acting as trustee for the allottees) under sec-22
2404-tion 11(a)(2); and 23
2405-(2) any claims of the allottees against the 24
2406-United States similar to the claims described in sec-25 74
2407-†S 1987 ES
2408-tion 11(a)(2) that the allottee asserted or could have 1
2409-asserted. 2
2410-SEC. 11. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 3
2411-(a) I
2412-NGENERAL.— 4
2413-(1) W
2414-AIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 5
2415-FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY AND UNITED 6
2416-STATES AS TRUSTEE FOR THE FORT BELKNAP IN -7
2417-DIAN COMMUNITY .—Subject to the reservation of 8
2418-rights and retention of claims under subsection (d), 9
2419-as consideration for recognition of the Tribal water 10
2420-rights and other benefits described in the Compact 11
2421-and this Act, the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 12
2422-acting on behalf of the Fort Belknap Indian Com-13
2423-munity and members of the Fort Belknap Indian 14
2424-Community (but not any member of the Fort 15
2425-Belknap Indian Community as an allottee), and the 16
2426-United States, acting as trustee for the Fort 17
2427-Belknap Indian Community and the members of the 18
2428-Fort Belknap Indian Community (but not any mem-19
2429-ber of the Fort Belknap Indian Community as an al-20
2430-lottee), shall execute a waiver and release of all 21
2431-claims for water rights within the State that the 22
2432-Fort Belknap Indian Community, or the United 23
2433-States acting as trustee for the Fort Belknap Indian 24
2434-Community, asserted or could have asserted in any 25 75
2435-†S 1987 ES
2436-proceeding, including a State stream adjudication, 1
2437-on or before the enforceability date, except to the ex-2
2438-tent that such rights are recognized in the Compact 3
2439-and this Act. 4
2440-(2) W
2441-AIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 5
2442-UNITED STATES AS TRUSTEE FOR ALLOTTEES .— 6
2443-Subject to the reservation of rights and the retention 7
2444-of claims under subsection (d), as consideration for 8
2445-recognition of the Tribal water rights and other ben-9
2446-efits described in the Compact and this Act, the 10
2447-United States, acting as trustee for the allottees, 11
2448-shall execute a waiver and release of all claims for 12
2449-water rights within the Reservation that the United 13
2450-States, acting as trustee for the allottees, asserted or 14
2451-could have asserted in any proceeding, including a 15
2452-State stream adjudication, on or before the enforce-16
2453-ability date, except to the extent that such rights are 17
2454-recognized in the Compact and this Act. 18
2455-(3) W
2456-AIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 19
2457-FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY AGAINST THE 20
2458-UNITED STATES.—Subject to the reservation of 21
2459-rights and retention of claims under subsection (d), 22
2460-the Fort Belknap Indian Community, acting on be-23
2461-half of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 24
2462-members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community 25 76
2463-†S 1987 ES
2464-(but not any member of the Fort Belknap Indian 1
2465-Community as an allottee), shall execute a waiver 2
2466-and release of all claims against the United States 3
2467-(including any agency or employee of the United 4
2468-States)— 5
2469-(A) first arising before the enforceability 6
2470-date relating to— 7
2471-(i) water rights within the State that 8
2472-the United States, acting as trustee for the 9
2473-Fort Belknap Indian Community, asserted 10
2474-or could have asserted in any proceeding, 11
2475-including a general stream adjudication in 12
2476-the State, except to the extent that such 13
2477-rights are recognized as Tribal water 14
2478-rights under this Act; 15
2479-(ii) foregone benefits from nontribal 16
2480-use of water, on and off the Reservation 17
2481-(including water from all sources and for 18
2482-all uses); 19
2483-(iii) damage, loss, or injury to water, 20
2484-water rights, land, or natural resources 21
2485-due to loss of water or water rights, in-22
2486-cluding damages, losses, or injuries to 23
2487-hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 24
2488-rights due to loss of water or water rights, 25 77
2489-†S 1987 ES
2490-claims relating to interference with, diver-1
2491-sion of, or taking of water, or claims relat-2
2492-ing to a failure to protect, acquire, replace, 3
2493-or develop water, water rights, or water in-4
2494-frastructure) within the State; 5
2495-(iv) a failure to establish or provide a 6
2496-municipal rural or industrial water delivery 7
2497-system on the Reservation; 8
2498-(v) damage, loss, or injury to water, 9
2499-water rights, land, or natural resources 10
2500-due to construction, operation, and man-11
2501-agement of the Fort Belknap Indian Irri-12
2502-gation Project and other Federal land and 13
2503-facilities (including damages, losses, or in-14
2504-juries to Tribal fisheries, fish habitat, wild-15
2505-life, and wildlife habitat); 16
2506-(vi) a failure to provide for operation 17
2507-and maintenance, or deferred maintenance, 18
2508-for the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 19
2509-Project or any other irrigation system or 20
2510-irrigation project; 21
2511-(vii) the litigation of claims relating to 22
2512-any water rights of the Fort Belknap In-23
2513-dian Community in the State; 24 78
2514-†S 1987 ES
2515-(viii) the negotiation, execution, or 1
2516-adoption of the Compact (including appen-2
2517-dices) and this Act; 3
2518-(ix) the taking or acquisition of land 4
2519-or resources of the Fort Belknap Indian 5
2520-Community for the construction or oper-6
2521-ation of the Fort Belknap Indian Irriga-7
2522-tion Project or the Milk River Project; and 8
2523-(x) the allocation of water of the Milk 9
2524-River and the St. Mary River (including 10
2525-tributaries) between the United States and 11
2526-Canada pursuant to the International 12
2527-Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 (36 Stat. 13
2528-2448); and 14
2529-(B) relating to damage, loss, or injury to 15
2530-water, water rights, land, or natural resources 16
2531-due to mining activities in the Little Rockies 17
2532-Mountains prior to the date of trust acquisition, 18
2533-including damages, losses, or injuries to hunt-19
2534-ing, fishing, gathering, or cultural rights. 20
2535-(b) E
2536-FFECTIVENESS.—The waivers and releases 21
2537-under subsection (a) shall take effect on the enforceability 22
2538-date. 23
2539-(c) O
2540-BJECTIONS IN MONTANAWATERCOURT.— 24
2541-Nothing in this Act or the Compact prohibits the Fort 25 79
2542-†S 1987 ES
2543-Belknap Indian Community, a member of the Fort 1
2544-Belknap Indian Community, an allottee, or the United 2
2545-States in any capacity from objecting to any claim to a 3
2546-water right filed in any general stream adjudication in the 4
2547-Montana Water Court. 5
2548-(d) R
2549-ESERVATION OF RIGHTS ANDRETENTION OF 6
2550-C
2551-LAIMS.—Notwithstanding the waivers and releases under 7
2552-subsection (a), the Fort Belknap Indian Community, act-8
2553-ing on behalf of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 9
2554-members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and the 10
2555-United States, acting as trustee for the Fort Belknap In-11
2556-dian Community and the allottees shall retain— 12
2557-(1) all claims relating to— 13
2558-(A) the enforcement of water rights recog-14
2559-nized under the Compact, any final court decree 15
2560-relating to those water rights, or this Act or to 16
2561-water rights accruing on or after the enforce-17
2562-ability date; 18
2563-(B) the quality of water under— 19
2564-(i) CERCLA, including damages to 20
2565-natural resources; 21
2566-(ii) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 22
2567-U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 23
2568-(iii) the Federal Water Pollution Con-24
2569-trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and 25 80
2570-†S 1987 ES
2571-(iv) any regulations implementing the 1
2572-Acts described in clauses (i) through (iii); 2
2573-(C) damage, loss, or injury to land or nat-3
2574-ural resources that are— 4
2575-(i) not due to loss of water or water 5
2576-rights (including hunting, fishing, gath-6
2577-ering, or cultural rights); and 7
2578-(ii) not described in subsection (a)(3); 8
2579-and 9
2580-(D) an action to prevent any person or 10
2581-party (as defined in sections 29 and 30 of Arti-11
2582-cle II of the Compact) from interfering with the 12
2583-enjoyment of the Tribal water rights; 13
2584-(2) all claims relating to off-Reservation hunt-14
2585-ing rights, fishing rights, gathering rights, or other 15
2586-rights; 16
2587-(3) all claims relating to the right to use and 17
2588-protect water rights acquired after the date of enact-18
2589-ment of this Act; 19
2590-(4) all claims relating to the allocation of 20
2591-waters of the Milk River and the Milk River Project 21
2592-between the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 22
2593-the Blackfeet Tribe, pursuant to section 3705(e)(3) 23
2594-of the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act (Pub-24
2595-lic Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1818); 25 81
2596-†S 1987 ES
2597-(5) all claims relating to the enforcement of this 1
2598-Act, including the required transfer of land under 2
2599-section 6; and 3
2600-(6) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 4
2601-and powers not specifically waived and released pur-5
2602-suant to this Act or the Compact. 6
2603-(e) E
2604-FFECT OFCOMPACT ANDACT.—Nothing in the 7
2605-Compact or this Act— 8
2606-(1) affects the authority of the Fort Belknap 9
2607-Indian Community to enforce the laws of the Fort 10
2608-Belknap Indian Community, including with respect 11
2609-to environmental protections; 12
2610-(2) affects the ability of the United States, act-13
2611-ing as sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized 14
2612-by law, including— 15
2613-(A) the Federal Water Pollution Control 16
2614-Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 17
2615-(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 18
2616-U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 19
2617-(C) CERCLA; and 20
2618-(D) any regulations implementing the Acts 21
2619-described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); 22
2620-(3) affects the ability of the United States to 23
2621-act as trustee for any other Indian Tribe or an allot-24
2622-tee of any other Indian Tribe; 25 82
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2624-(4) confers jurisdiction on any State court— 1
2625-(A) to interpret Federal law relating to 2
2626-health, safety, or the environment; 3
2627-(B) to determine the duties of the United 4
2628-States or any other party under Federal law re-5
2629-lating to health, safety, or the environment; or 6
2630-(C) to conduct judicial review of any Fed-7
2631-eral agency action; 8
2632-(5) waives any claim of a member of the Fort 9
2633-Belknap Indian Community in an individual capacity 10
2634-that does not derive from a right of the Fort 11
2635-Belknap Indian Community; 12
2636-(6) revives any claim adjudicated in the decision 13
2637-in Gros Ventre Tribe v. United States, 469 F.3d 14
2638-801 (9th Cir. 2006); or 15
2639-(7) revives any claim released by an allottee or 16
2640-member of the Fort Belknap Indian Community in 17
2641-the settlement in Cobell v. Salazar, No. 18
2642-1:96CV01285–JR (D.D.C. 2012). 19
2643-(f) E
2644-NFORCEABILITYDATE.—The enforceability date 20
2645-shall be the date on which the Secretary publishes in the 21
2646-Federal Register a statement of findings that— 22
2647-(1) the eligible members of the Fort Belknap 23
2648-Indian Community have voted to approve this Act 24 83
2649-†S 1987 ES
2650-and the Compact by a majority of votes cast on the 1
2651-day of the vote; 2
2652-(2)(A) the Montana Water Court has approved 3
2653-the Compact in a manner from which no further ap-4
2654-peal may be taken; or 5
2655-(B) if the Montana Water Court is found to 6
2656-lack jurisdiction, the appropriate district court of the 7
2657-United States has approved the Compact as a con-8
2658-sent decree from which no further appeal may be 9
2659-taken; 10
2660-(3) all of the amounts authorized to be appro-11
2661-priated under section 14 have been appropriated and 12
2662-deposited in the designated accounts; 13
2663-(4) the Secretary and the Fort Belknap Indian 14
2664-Community have executed the allocation agreement 15
2665-described in section 7(c)(1); 16
2666-(5) the State has provided the required funding 17
2667-into the Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribal Ir-18
2668-rigation and Other Water Resources Development 19
2669-Account of the Trust Fund pursuant to section 20
2670-14(a)(3); and 21
2671-(6) the waivers and releases under subsection 22
2672-(a) have been executed by the Fort Belknap Indian 23
2673-Community and the Secretary. 24
2674-(g) T
2675-OLLING OFCLAIMS.— 25 84
2676-†S 1987 ES
2677-(1) IN GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 1
2678-limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 2
2679-to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 3
2680-the period beginning on the date of enactment of 4
2681-this Act and ending on the enforceability date. 5
2682-(2) E
2683-FFECT OF SUBSECTION .—Nothing in this 6
2684-subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 7
2685-limitations or time-based equitable defense that ex-8
2686-pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 9
2687-(h) E
2688-XPIRATION.— 10
2689-(1) I
2690-N GENERAL.—This Act shall expire in any 11
2691-case in which— 12
2692-(A) the amounts authorized to be appro-13
2693-priated by this Act have not been made avail-14
2694-able to the Secretary by not later than— 15
2695-(i) January 21, 2034; and 16
2696-(ii) such alternative later date as is 17
2697-agreed to by the Fort Belknap Indian 18
2698-Community and the Secretary; or 19
2699-(B) the Secretary fails to publish a state-20
2700-ment of findings under subsection (f) by not 21
2701-later than— 22
2702-(i) January 21, 2035; and 23
2703-(ii) such alternative later date as is 24
2704-agreed to by the Fort Belknap Indian 25 85
2705-†S 1987 ES
2706-Community and the Secretary, after pro-1
2707-viding reasonable notice to the State. 2
2708-(2) C
2709-ONSEQUENCES.—If this Act expires under 3
2710-paragraph (1)— 4
2711-(A) the waivers and releases under sub-5
2712-section (a) shall— 6
2713-(i) expire; and 7
2714-(ii) have no further force or effect; 8
2715-(B) the authorization, ratification, con-9
2716-firmation, and execution of the Compact under 10
2717-section 4 shall no longer be effective; 11
2718-(C) any action carried out by the Sec-12
2719-retary, and any contract or agreement entered 13
2720-into, pursuant to this Act shall be void; 14
2721-(D) any unexpended Federal funds appro-15
2722-priated or made available to carry out the ac-16
2723-tivities authorized by this Act, together with 17
2724-any interest earned on those funds, and any 18
2725-water rights or contracts to use water and title 19
2726-to other property acquired or constructed with 20
2727-Federal funds appropriated or made available 21
2728-to carry out the activities authorized by this Act 22
2729-shall be returned to the Federal Government, 23
2730-unless otherwise agreed to by the Fort Belknap 24 86
2731-†S 1987 ES
2732-Indian Community and the United States and 1
2733-approved by Congress; and 2
2734-(E) except for Federal funds used to ac-3
2735-quire or construct property that is returned to 4
2736-the Federal Government under subparagraph 5
2737-(D), the United States shall be entitled to offset 6
2738-any Federal funds made available to carry out 7
2739-this Act that were expended or withdrawn, or 8
2740-any funds made available to carry out this Act 9
2741-from other Federal authorized sources, together 10
2742-with any interest accrued on those funds, 11
2743-against any claims against the United States— 12
2744-(i) relating to— 13
2745-(I) water rights in the State as-14
2746-serted by— 15
2747-(aa) the Fort Belknap In-16
2748-dian Community; or 17
2749-(bb) any user of the Tribal 18
2750-water rights; or 19
2751-(II) any other matter described 20
2752-in subsection (a)(3); or 21
2753-(ii) in any future settlement of water 22
2754-rights of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-23
2755-nity or an allottee. 24 87
2756-†S 1987 ES
2757-SEC. 12. AANIIIH NAKODA SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. 1
2758-(a) E
2759-STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 2
2760-a trust fund for the Fort Belknap Indian Community, to 3
2761-be known as the ‘‘Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust 4
2762-Fund’’, to be managed, invested, and distributed by the 5
2763-Secretary and to remain available until expended, with-6
2764-drawn, or reverted to the general fund of the Treasury, 7
2765-consisting of the amounts deposited in the Trust Fund 8
2766-under subsection (c), together with any investment earn-9
2767-ings, including interest, earned on those amounts, for the 10
2768-purpose of carrying out this Act. 11
2769-(b) A
2770-CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 12
2771-Trust Fund the following accounts: 13
2772-(1) The Fort Belknap Indian Community Trib-14
2773-al Irrigation and Other Water Resources Develop-15
2774-ment Account. 16
2775-(2) The Fort Belknap Indian Community 17
2776-Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, 18
2777-Operation, and Maintenance Account. 19
2778-(3) The Fort Belknap Indian Community Clean 20
2779-and Safe Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, and 21
2780-Lake Elwell Project Account. 22
2781-(c) D
2782-EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 23
2783-(1) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 24
2784-Tribal Irrigation and Other Water Resources Devel-25
2785-opment Account established under subsection (b)(1), 26 88
2786-†S 1987 ES
2787-the amounts made available pursuant to paragraphs 1
2788-(1)(A) and (2)(A)(i) of section 14(a); 2
2789-(2) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 3
2790-Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, 4
2791-Operation, and Maintenance Account established 5
2792-under subsection (b)(2), the amounts made available 6
2793-pursuant to section 14(a)(2)(A)(ii); and 7
2794-(3) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 8
2795-Clean and Safe Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, 9
2796-and Lake Elwell Project Account established under 10
2797-subsection (b)(3), the amounts made available pur-11
2798-suant to paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A)(iii) of section 12
2799-14(a). 13
2800-(d) M
2801-ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 14
2802-(1) M
2803-ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 15
2804-the funds into the accounts in the Trust Fund pur-16
2805-suant to subsection (c), the Secretary shall manage, 17
2806-invest, and distribute all amounts in the Trust Fund 18
2807-in accordance with the investment authority of the 19
2808-Secretary under— 20
2809-(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 21
2810-1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 22
2811-(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-23
2812-agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 24
2813-et seq.); and 25 89
2814-†S 1987 ES
2815-(C) this section. 1
2816-(2) I
2817-NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 2
2818-the amounts deposited under subsection (c), any in-3
2819-vestment earnings, including interest, credited to 4
2820-amounts held in the Trust Fund shall be available 5
2821-for use in accordance with subsections (e) and (g). 6
2822-(e) A
2823-VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.— 7
2824-(1) I
2825-N GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to, 8
2826-and deposited in, the Trust Fund, including any in-9
2827-vestment earnings, including interest, earned on 10
2828-those amounts shall be made available— 11
2829-(A) to the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-12
2830-nity by the Secretary beginning on the enforce-13
2831-ability date; and 14
2832-(B) subject to the uses and restrictions in 15
2833-this section. 16
2834-(2) E
2835-XCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph 17
2836-(1)— 18
2837-(A) amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap 19
2838-Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and Other 20
2839-Water Resources Development Account estab-21
2840-lished under subsection (b)(1) shall be available 22
2841-to the Fort Belknap Indian Community on the 23
2842-date on which the amounts are deposited for 24 90
2843-†S 1987 ES
2844-uses described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 1
2845-subsection (g)(1); 2
2846-(B) amounts deposited in the Fort 3
2847-Belknap Indian Community Water Resources 4
2848-and Water Rights Administration, Operation, 5
2849-and Maintenance Account established under 6
2850-subsection (b)(2) shall be made available to the 7
2851-Fort Belknap Indian Community on the date on 8
2852-which the amounts are deposited and the Fort 9
2853-Belknap Indian Community has satisfied the re-10
2854-quirements of section 11(f)(1), for the uses de-11
2855-scribed in subsection (g)(2)(A); and 12
2856-(C) amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap 13
2857-Indian Community Clean and Safe Domestic 14
2858-Water and Sewer Systems, and Lake Elwell 15
2859-Project Account established under subsection 16
2860-(b)(3) shall be available to the Fort Belknap In-17
2861-dian Community on the date on which the 18
2862-amounts are deposited for the uses described in 19
2863-subsection (g)(3)(A). 20
2864-(f) W
2865-ITHDRAWALS.— 21
2866-(1) A
2867-MERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGE -22
2868-MENT REFORM ACT OF 1994 .— 23
2869-(A) I
2870-N GENERAL.—The Fort Belknap In-24
2871-dian Community may withdraw any portion of 25 91
2872-†S 1987 ES
2873-the funds in the Trust Fund on approval by the 1
2874-Secretary of a Tribal management plan sub-2
2875-mitted by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 3
2876-in accordance with the American Indian Trust 4
2877-Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 5
2878-U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 6
2879-(B) R
2880-EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 7
2881-requirements under the American Indian Trust 8
2882-Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 9
2883-U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 10
2884-plan under this paragraph shall require that the 11
2885-Fort Belknap Indian Community spend all 12
2886-amounts withdrawn from the Trust Fund, and 13
2887-any investment earnings accrued through the 14
2888-investments under the Tribal management plan, 15
2889-in accordance with this Act. 16
2890-(C) E
2891-NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 17
2892-carry out such judicial and administrative ac-18
2893-tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-19
2894-essary— 20
2895-(i) to enforce the Tribal management 21
2896-plan; and 22
2897-(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 23
2898-from the Trust Fund by the Fort Belknap 24 92
2899-†S 1987 ES
2900-Indian Community under this paragraph 1
2901-are used in accordance with this Act. 2
2902-(2) W
2903-ITHDRAWALS UNDER EXPENDITURE 3
2904-PLAN.— 4
2905-(A) I
2906-N GENERAL.—The Fort Belknap In-5
2907-dian Community may submit to the Secretary a 6
2908-request to withdraw funds from the Trust Fund 7
2909-pursuant to an approved expenditure plan. 8
2910-(B) R
2911-EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 9
2912-withdraw funds under an expenditure plan 10
2913-under this paragraph, the Fort Belknap Indian 11
2914-Community shall submit to the Secretary for 12
2915-approval an expenditure plan for any portion of 13
2916-the Trust Fund that the Fort Belknap Indian 14
2917-Community elects to withdraw pursuant to this 15
2918-paragraph, subject to the condition that the 16
2919-funds shall be used for the purposes described 17
2920-in this Act. 18
2921-(C) I
2922-NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 19
2923-under this paragraph shall include a description 20
2924-of the manner and purpose for which the 21
2925-amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 22
2926-Trust Fund will be used by the Fort Belknap 23
2927-Indian Community in accordance with sub-24
2928-sections (e) and (g). 25 93
2929-†S 1987 ES
2930-(D) APPROVAL.—On receipt of an expendi-1
2931-ture plan under this paragraph, the Secretary 2
2932-shall approve the expenditure plan if the Sec-3
2933-retary determines that the expenditure plan— 4
2934-(i) is reasonable; and 5
2935-(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 6
2936-for, the purposes of this Act. 7
2937-(E) E
2938-NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 8
2939-carry out such judicial and administrative ac-9
2940-tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-10
2941-essary to enforce an expenditure plan under 11
2942-this paragraph to ensure that amounts dis-12
2943-bursed under this paragraph are used in ac-13
2944-cordance with this Act. 14
2945-(g) U
2946-SES.—Amounts from the Trust Fund shall be 15
2947-used by the Fort Belknap Indian Community for the fol-16
2948-lowing purposes: 17
2949-(1) F
2950-ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY TRIBAL 18
2951-IRRIGATION AND OTHER WATER RESOURCES DEVEL -19
2952-OPMENT ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Fort Belknap 20
2953-Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and Other 21
2954-Water Resources Development Account established 22
2955-under subsection (b)(1) shall be used to pay the cost 23
2956-of activities relating to— 24 94
2957-†S 1987 ES
2958-(A) planning, studies, and design of the 1
2959-Southern Tributary Irrigation Project and the 2
2960-Peoples Creek Irrigation Project, including the 3
2961-Upper Peoples Creek Dam and Reservoir, as 4
2962-generally described in the document of Natural 5
2963-Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc., entitled 6
2964-‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community Comprehen-7
2965-sive Water Development Plan’’ and dated Feb-8
2966-ruary 2019; 9
2967-(B) environmental compliance; 10
2968-(C) construction of the Southern Tributary 11
2969-Irrigation Project and the Peoples Creek Irriga-12
2970-tion Project, including the Upper Peoples Creek 13
2971-Dam and Reservoir; 14
2972-(D) wetlands restoration and development; 15
2973-(E) stock watering infrastructure; and 16
2974-(F) on farm development support and re-17
2975-acquisition of fee lands within the Fort Belknap 18
2976-Indian Irrigation Project and Fort Belknap In-19
2977-dian Community irrigation projects within the 20
2978-Reservation. 21
2979-(2) F
2980-ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER 22
2981-RESOURCES AND WATER RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION , 23
2982-OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT .— 24
2983-Amounts in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 25 95
2984-†S 1987 ES
2985-Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, 1
2986-Operation, and Maintenance Account established 2
2987-under subsection (b)(2), the principal and invest-3
2988-ment earnings, including interest, may only be used 4
2989-by the Fort Belknap Indian Community to pay the 5
2990-costs of activities described in subparagraphs (A) 6
2991-through (C) as follows: 7
2992-(A) $9,000,000 shall be used for the estab-8
2993-lishment, operation, and capital expenditures in 9
2994-connection with the administration of the Tribal 10
2995-water resources and water rights development, 11
2996-including the development or enactment of a 12
2997-Tribal water code. 13
2998-(B) Only investment earnings, including 14
2999-interest, on $29,299,059 shall be used and be 15
3000-available to pay the costs of activities for ad-16
3001-ministration, operations, and regulation of the 17
3002-Tribal water resources and water rights depart-18
3003-ment, in accordance with the Compact and this 19
3004-Act. 20
3005-(C) Only investment earnings, including in-21
3006-terest, on $28,331,693 shall be used and be 22
3007-available to pay the costs of activities relating 23
3008-to a portion of the annual assessment costs for 24
3009-the Fort Belknap Indian Community and Tribal 25 96
3010-†S 1987 ES
3011-members, including allottees, under the Fort 1
3012-Belknap Indian Irrigation Project and Fort 2
3013-Belknap Indian Community irrigation projects 3
3014-within the Reservation. 4
3015-(3) F
3016-ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY CLEAN 5
3017-AND SAFE DOMESTIC WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS , 6
3018-AND LAKE ELWELL PROJECT ACCOUNT .—Amounts 7
3019-in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Clean and 8
3020-Safe Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, and Lake 9
3021-Elwell Project Account established under subsection 10
3022-(b)(3), the principal and investment earnings, in-11
3023-cluding interest, may only be used by the Fort 12
3024-Belknap Indian Community to pay the costs of ac-13
3025-tivities relating to— 14
3026-(A) planning, studies, design, and environ-15
3027-mental compliance of domestic water supply, 16
3028-and sewer collection and treatment systems, as 17
3029-generally described in the document of Natural 18
3030-Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc., entitled 19
3031-‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community Comprehen-20
3032-sive Water Development Plan’’ and dated Feb-21
3033-ruary 2019, including the Lake Elwell Project 22
3034-water delivery to the southern part of the Res-23
3035-ervation; 24 97
3036-†S 1987 ES
3037-(B) construction of domestic water supply, 1
3038-sewer collection, and treatment systems; 2
3039-(C) construction, in accordance with appli-3
3040-cable law, of infrastructure for delivery of Lake 4
3041-Elwell water diverted from the Missouri River 5
3042-to the southern part of the Reservation; and 6
3043-(D) planning, studies, design, environ-7
3044-mental compliance, and construction of a Tribal 8
3045-wellness center for a work force health and 9
3046-wellbeing project. 10
3047-(h) L
3048-IABILITY.—The Secretary shall not be liable for 11
3049-any expenditure or investment of amounts withdrawn from 12
3050-the Trust Fund by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 13
3051-pursuant to subsection (f). 14
3052-(i) P
3053-ROJECTEFFICIENCIES.—If the total cost of the 15
3054-activities described in subsection (g) results in cost savings 16
3055-and is less than the amounts authorized to be obligated 17
3056-under any of paragraphs (1) through (3) of that sub-18
3057-section required to carry out those activities, the Sec-19
3058-retary, at the request of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-20
3059-nity, shall deposit those savings in the Trust Fund to be 21
3060-used in accordance with that subsection. 22
3061-(j) A
3062-NNUALREPORT.—The Fort Belknap Indian 23
3063-Community shall submit to the Secretary an annual ex-24
3064-penditure report describing accomplishments and amounts 25 98
3065-†S 1987 ES
3066-spent from use of withdrawals under a Tribal management 1
3067-plan or an expenditure plan described in this section. 2
3068-(k) N
3069-OPERCAPITAPAYMENTS.—No principal or in-3
3070-terest amount in any account established by this section 4
3071-shall be distributed to any member of the Fort Belknap 5
3072-Indian Community on a per capita basis. 6
3073-(l) E
3074-FFECT.—Nothing in this Act entitles the Fort 7
3075-Belknap Indian Community to judicial review of a deter-8
3076-mination of the Secretary regarding whether to approve 9
3077-a Tribal management plan under subsection (f)(1) or an 10
3078-expenditure plan under subsection (f)(2), except as pro-11
3079-vided under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, 12
3080-of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 13
3081-‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 14
3082-SEC. 13. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER SET-15
3083-TLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FUND. 16
3084-(a) E
3085-STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 17
3086-Treasury of the United States a non-trust, interest-bear-18
3087-ing account to be known as the ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian 19
3088-Community Water Settlement Implementation Fund’’, to 20
3089-be managed and distributed by the Secretary, for use by 21
3090-the Secretary for carrying out this Act. 22
3091-(b) A
3092-CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 23
3093-Implementation Fund the following accounts: 24 99
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3207+CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 24
3208+Implementation Fund the following accounts: 25
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30953212 (1) The Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project 1
30963213 System Account. 2
30973214 (2) The Milk River Project Mitigation Account. 3
30983215 (c) D
30993216 EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 4
31003217 (1) in the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 5
31013218 Project System Account established under subsection 6
31023219 (b)(1), the amount made available pursuant to para-7
31033220 graphs (1)(C) and (2)(A)(iv) of section 14(a); and 8
31043221 (2) in the Milk River Project Mitigation Ac-9
31053222 count established under subsection (b)(2), the 10
31063223 amount made available pursuant to section 11
31073224 14(a)(1)(D). 12
31083225 (d) U
31093226 SES.— 13
31103227 (1) F
31113228 ORT BELKNAP INDIAN IRRIGATION 14
31123229 PROJECT SYSTEM ACCOUNT .—The Fort Belknap In-15
31133230 dian Irrigation Project Rehabilitation Account estab-16
31143231 lished under subsection (b)(1) shall be used to carry 17
3115-out section 9, except as provided in subsection (h) 18
3232+out section 9, except as provided in subsection (g) 18
31163233 of that section. 19
31173234 (2) M
31183235 ILK RIVER PROJECT MITIGATION AC -20
31193236 COUNT.—The Milk River Project Mitigation Account 21
31203237 established under subsection (b)(2) may only be used 22
31213238 to carry out section 8. 23
31223239 (e) M
3123-ANAGEMENT.— 24 100
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3240+ANAGEMENT.— 24
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31253244 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Implementa-1
31263245 tion Fund shall not be available to the Secretary for 2
31273246 expenditure until the enforceability date. 3
31283247 (2) E
31293248 XCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 4
31303249 (1), amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap Indian 5
31313250 Irrigation Project System Account established under 6
31323251 subsection (b)(1) shall be available to the Secretary 7
31333252 on the date on which the amounts are deposited for 8
31343253 uses described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 9
31353254 9(a). 10
31363255 (f) I
31373256 NTEREST.—In addition to the deposits under 11
31383257 subsection (c), any interest credited to amounts unex-12
31393258 pended in the Implementation Fund are authorized to be 13
31403259 appropriated to be used in accordance with the uses de-14
31413260 scribed in subsection (d). 15
31423261 SEC. 14. FUNDING. 16
31433262 (a) F
31443263 UNDING.— 17
31453264 (1) A
31463265 UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 18
31473266 Subject to subsection (b), there are authorized to be 19
31483267 appropriated to the Secretary— 20
31493268 (A) for deposit in the Fort Belknap Indian 21
31503269 Community Tribal Irrigation and Other Water 22
31513270 Resources Development Account of the Trust 23
31523271 Fund established under section 12(b)(1), 24
3153-$89,643,100, to be retained until expended, 25 101
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3272+$89,643,100, to be retained until expended, 25
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31553276 withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of 1
31563277 the Treasury; 2
31573278 (B) for deposit in the Fort Belknap Indian 3
31583279 Community Clean and Safe Domestic Water 4
31593280 and Sewer Systems, and Lake Elwell Project 5
31603281 Account of the Trust Fund established under 6
3161-section 12(b)(3), $331,885,220, to be retained 7
3282+section 12(b)(3), $157,371,593, to be retained 7
31623283 until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the 8
31633284 general fund of the Treasury; 9
31643285 (C) for deposit in the Fort Belknap Indian 10
31653286 Irrigation Project System Account of the Imple-11
31663287 mentation Fund established under section 12
31673288 13(b)(1), such sums as are necessary, but not 13
31683289 more than $187,124,469, for the Secretary to 14
31693290 carry out section 9, to be retained until ex-15
31703291 pended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 16
31713292 fund of the Treasury; and 17
31723293 (D) for deposit in the Milk River Project 18
31733294 Mitigation Account of the Implementation Fund 19
31743295 established under section 13(b)(2), such sums 20
31753296 as are necessary, but not more than 21
31763297 $300,000,000, for the Secretary to carry out 22
31773298 obligations of the Secretary under section 8, to 23
31783299 be retained until expended, withdrawn, or re-24
3179-verted to the general fund of the Treasury. 25 102
3180-†S 1987 ES
3300+verted to the general fund of the Treasury. 25
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31813304 (2) MANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS .— 1
31823305 (A) I
31833306 N GENERAL.—Out of any funds in the 2
31843307 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sec-3
31853308 retary of the Treasury shall deposit— 4
31863309 (i) in the Fort Belknap Indian Com-5
31873310 munity Tribal Irrigation and Other Water 6
31883311 Resources Development Account of the 7
31893312 Trust Fund established under section 8
31903313 12(b)(1), $29,881,034, to be retained until 9
31913314 expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the 10
31923315 general fund of the Treasury; 11
31933316 (ii) in the Fort Belknap Indian Com-12
31943317 munity Water Resources and Water Rights 13
31953318 Administration, Operation, and Mainte-14
31963319 nance Account of the Trust Fund estab-15
31973320 lished under section 12(b)(2), 16
31983321 $66,630,752; 17
31993322 (iii) in the Fort Belknap Indian Com-18
32003323 munity Clean and Safe Domestic Water 19
32013324 and Sewer Systems, and Lake Elwell 20
32023325 Project Account of the Trust Fund estab-21
32033326 lished under section 12(b)(3), 22
32043327 $110,628,407; and 23
32053328 (iv) in the Fort Belknap Indian Irri-24
3206-gation Project System Account of the Im-25 103
3207-†S 1987 ES
3329+gation Project System Account of the Im-25
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32083333 plementation Fund established under sec-1
3209-tion 13(b)(1), $228,707,684. 2
3334+tion 13(b)(1), $228,717,684. 2
32103335 (B) A
32113336 VAILABILITY.—Amounts deposited in 3
3212-the accounts under subparagraph (A) shall be 4
3213-available without further appropriation. 5
3337+the Trust Fund under subparagraph (A) shall 4
3338+be available without further appropriation. 5
32143339 (3) S
32153340 TATE COST SHARE.—The State shall con-6
32163341 tribute $5,000,000, plus any earned interest, pay-7
32173342 able to the Secretary for deposit in the Fort Belknap 8
32183343 Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and Other 9
32193344 Water Resources Development Account of the Trust 10
32203345 Fund established under section 12(b)(1) on approval 11
32213346 of a final decree by the Montana Water Court for 12
32223347 the purpose of activities relating to the Upper Peo-13
32233348 ples Creek Dam and Reservoir under subparagraphs 14
32243349 (A) through (C) of section 12(g)(1). 15
32253350 (b) F
32263351 LUCTUATION INCOSTS.— 16
32273352 (1) I
32283353 N GENERAL.—The amounts authorized to 17
32293354 be appropriated under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 18
32303355 subsection (a) and this subsection shall be— 19
32313356 (A) increased or decreased, as appropriate, 20
32323357 by such amounts as may be justified by reason 21
32333358 of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring after 22
32343359 the date of enactment of this Act as indicated 23
32353360 by the Bureau of Reclamation Construction 24
3236-Cost Index—Composite Trend; and 25 104
3237-†S 1987 ES
3361+Cost Index—Composite Trend; and 25
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32383365 (B) adjusted to address construction cost 1
32393366 changes necessary to account for unforeseen 2
32403367 market volatility that may not otherwise be cap-3
32413368 tured by engineering cost indices as determined 4
32423369 by the Secretary, including repricing applicable 5
32433370 to the types of construction and current indus-6
32443371 try standards involved. 7
32453372 (2) R
32463373 EPETITION.—The adjustment process 8
32473374 under paragraph (1) shall be repeated for each sub-9
32483375 sequent amount appropriated until the amount au-10
32493376 thorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), as 11
32503377 adjusted, has been appropriated. 12
32513378 (3) P
32523379 ERIOD OF INDEXING.— 13
32533380 (A) T
32543381 RUST FUND.—With respect to the 14
32553382 Trust Fund, the period of indexing adjustment 15
32563383 under paragraph (1) for any increment of fund-16
32573384 ing shall end on the date on which the funds 17
32583385 are deposited into the Trust Fund. 18
32593386 (B) I
32603387 MPLEMENTATION FUND .—With re-19
32613388 spect to the Implementation Fund, the period 20
32623389 of adjustment under paragraph (1) for any in-21
32633390 crement of funding shall be annually. 22
32643391 SEC. 15. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 23
32653392 (a) W
32663393 AIVER OFSOVEREIGNIMMUNITY BY THE 24
32673394 U
3268-NITEDSTATES.—Except as provided in subsections (a) 25 105
3269-†S 1987 ES
3395+NITEDSTATES.—Except as provided in subsections (a) 25
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32703399 through (c) of section 208 of the Department of Justice 1
32713400 Appropriation Act, 1953 (43 U.S.C. 666), nothing in this 2
32723401 Act waives the sovereign immunity of the United States. 3
32733402 (b) O
32743403 THERTRIBESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 4
32753404 Nothing in this Act quantifies or diminishes any land or 5
32763405 water right, or any claim or entitlement to land or water, 6
32773406 of an Indian Tribe, band, or community other than the 7
32783407 Fort Belknap Indian Community. 8
32793408 (c) E
32803409 LIMINATION OFDEBTS ORLIENSAGAINSTAL-9
32813410 LOTMENTS OF THE FORTBELKNAPINDIANCOMMUNITY 10
32823411 M
32833412 EMBERSWITHIN THEFORTBELKNAPINDIANIRRIGA-11
32843413 TIONPROJECT.—On the date of enactment of this Act, 12
32853414 the Secretary shall cancel and eliminate all debts or liens 13
32863415 against the allotments of land held by the Fort Belknap 14
32873416 Indian Community and the members of the Fort Belknap 15
32883417 Indian Community due to construction assessments and 16
32893418 annual operation and maintenance charges relating to the 17
32903419 Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project. 18
32913420 (d) E
32923421 FFECT ONCURRENTLAW.—Nothing in this Act 19
32933422 affects any provision of law (including regulations) in ef-20
32943423 fect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act 21
32953424 with respect to pre-enforcement review of any Federal en-22
32963425 vironmental enforcement action. 23
32973426 (e) E
32983427 FFECT ONRECLAMATIONLAWS.—The activities 24
3299-carried out by the Commissioner under this Act shall not 25 106
3300-†S 1987 ES
3428+carried out by the Commissioner under this Act shall not 25
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33013432 establish a precedent or impact the authority provided 1
33023433 under any other provision of the reclamation laws, includ-2
33033434 ing— 3
33043435 (1) the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 4
33053436 2006 (43 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.); and 5
33063437 (2) the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 6
33073438 of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 991). 7
33083439 (f) A
33093440 DDITIONALFUNDING.—Nothing in this Act pro-8
33103441 hibits the Fort Belknap Indian Community from seek-9
33113442 ing— 10
33123443 (1) additional funds for Tribal programs or 11
33133444 purposes; or 12
33143445 (2) funding from the United States or the State 13
33153446 based on the status of the Fort Belknap Indian 14
33163447 Community as an Indian Tribe. 15
33173448 (g) R
33183449 IGHTSUNDERSTATELAW.—Except as pro-16
33193450 vided in section 1 of Article III of the Compact (relating 17
33203451 to the closing of certain water basins in the State to new 18
33213452 appropriations in accordance with the laws of the State), 19
33223453 nothing in this Act or the Compact precludes the acquisi-20
33233454 tion or exercise of a right arising under State law (as de-21
33243455 fined in section 6 of Article II of the Compact) to the use 22
33253456 of water by the Fort Belknap Indian Community, or a 23
33263457 member or allottee of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-24
3327-nity, outside the Reservation by— 25 107
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3458+nity, outside the Reservation by— 25
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33293462 (1) purchase of the right; or 1
33303463 (2) submitting to the State an application in 2
33313464 accordance with State law. 3
33323465 (h) W
33333466 ATERSTORAGE ANDIMPORTATION.—Nothing 4
33343467 in this Act or the Compact prevents the Fort Belknap In-5
33353468 dian Community from participating in any project to im-6
33363469 port water to, or to add storage in, the Milk River Basin. 7
33373470 SEC. 16. ANTIDEFICIENCY. 8
33383471 The United States shall not be liable for any failure 9
33393472 to carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this 10
33403473 Act, including any obligation or activity under the Com-11
33413474 pact, if— 12
33423475 (1) adequate appropriations are not provided by 13
33433476 Congress expressly to carry out the purposes of this 14
33443477 Act; or 15
33453478 (2) there are not enough funds available in the 16
33463479 Reclamation Water Settlements Fund established by 17
33473480 section 10501(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-18
33483481 agement Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 407(a)) to carry 19
33493482 out the purposes of this Act. 20
3350-Passed the Senate June 20, 2024.
3351-Attest:
3352-Secretary. 118
3353-TH
3354-CONGRESS
3355-2
3356-D
3357-S
3358-ESSION
3359-
3360-S. 1987
3361-AN ACT
3362-To provide for the settlement of the water rights
3363-claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community,
3364-and for other purposes.
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