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4	4	STSESSION S. 241
5	5	To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap
6	6	Indian Community, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	JANUARY24, 2025
9	9	Mr. D
10	10	AINES(for himself and Mr. SHEEHY) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims
14	14	of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other
15	15	purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
19	19	(a) S
20	20	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
21	21	‘‘Northern Montana Water Security Act of 2025’’. 5
22	22	(b) T
23	23	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
24	24	this Act is as follows: 7
25	25	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
26	26	TITLE I—FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER RIGHTS
27	27	SETTLEMENT ACT OF 2025
28	28	Sec. 101. Short title.
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32	32	Sec. 102. Purposes.
33	33	Sec. 103. Definitions.
34	34	Sec. 104. Ratification of Compact.
35	35	Sec. 105. Tribal water rights.
36	36	Sec. 106. Exchange and transfer of land.
37	37	Sec. 107. Storage allocation from Lake Elwell.
38	38	Sec. 108. Milk River Project mitigation.
39	39	Sec. 109. Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project System.
40	40	Sec. 110. Satisfaction of claims.
41	41	Sec. 111. Waivers and releases of claims.
42	42	Sec. 112. Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust Fund.
43	43	Sec. 113. Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Settlement Implementation
44	44	Fund.
45	45	Sec. 114. Funding.
46	46	Sec. 115. Miscellaneous provisions.
47	47	Sec. 116. Antideficiency.
48	48	TITLE II—BLACKFEET TRIBE WASTEWATER FACILITIES
49	49	Sec. 201. Blackfeet Tribe Wastewater Facilities.
50	50	TITLE I—FORT BELKNAP INDIAN 1
51	51	COMMUNITY WATER RIGHTS 2
52	52	SETTLEMENT ACT OF 2025 3
53	53	SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 4
54	54	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian 5
55	55	Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025’’. 6
56	56	SEC. 102. PURPOSES. 7
57	57	The purposes of this title are— 8
58	58	(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-9
59	59	ment of claims to water rights in the State of Mon-10
60	60	tana for— 11
61	61	(A) the Fort Belknap Indian Community 12
62	62	of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; 13
63	63	and 14
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67	67	(B) the United States, acting as trustee 1
68	68	for the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 2
69	69	allottees; 3
70	70	(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the water 4
71	71	rights compact entered into by the Fort Belknap In-5
72	72	dian Community and the State, to the extent that 6
73	73	the Compact is consistent with this title; 7
74	74	(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 8
75	75	(A) to execute the Compact; and 9
76	76	(B) to take any other actions necessary to 10
77	77	carry out the Compact in accordance with this 11
78	78	title; 12
79	79	(4) to authorize funds necessary for the imple-13
80	80	mentation of the Compact and this title; and 14
81	81	(5) to authorize the exchange and transfer of 15
82	82	certain Federal and State land. 16
83	83	SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 17
84	84	In this title: 18
85	85	(1) A
86	86	LLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘allottee’’ means an 19
87	87	individual who holds a beneficial real property inter-20
88	88	est in an allotment of Indian land that is— 21
89	89	(A) located within the Reservation; and 22
90	90	(B) held in trust by the United States. 23
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94	94	(2) BLACKFEET TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Blackfeet 1
95	95	Tribe’’ means the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet 2
96	96	Indian Reservation of Montana. 3
97	97	(3) C
98	98	ERCLA.—The term ‘‘CERCLA’’ means the 4
99	99	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-5
100	100	tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 6
101	101	seq.). 7
102	102	(4) C
103	103	OMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-8
104	104	sioner’’ means the Commissioner of Reclamation. 9
105	105	(5) C
106	106	OMPACT.—The term ‘‘Compact’’ means— 10
107	107	(A) the Fort Belknap-Montana water 11
108	108	rights compact dated April 16, 2001, as con-12
109	109	tained in section 85–20–1001 of the Montana 13
110	110	Code Annotated (2021); and 14
111	111	(B) any appendix (including appendix 15
112	112	amendments), part, or amendment to the Com-16
113	113	pact that is executed to make the Compact con-17
114	114	sistent with this title. 18
115	115	(6) E
116	116	NFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘en-19
117	117	forceability date’’ means the date described in sec-20
118	118	tion 111(f). 21
119	119	(7) F
120	120	ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY .—The 22
121	121	term ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community’’ means the 23
122	122	Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort 24
123	123	Belknap Reservation of Montana, a federally recog-25
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127	127	nized Indian Tribal entity included on the list pub-1
128	128	lished by the Secretary pursuant to section 104(a) 2
129	129	of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 3
130	130	1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)). 4
131	131	(8) F
132	132	ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY COUN -5
133	133	CIL.—The term ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community 6
134	134	Council’’ means the governing body of the Fort 7
135	135	Belknap Indian Community. 8
136	136	(9) F
137	137	ORT BELKNAP INDIAN IRRIGATION 9
138	138	PROJECT.— 10
139	139	(A) I
140	140	N GENERAL .—The term ‘‘Fort 11
141	141	Belknap Indian Irrigation Project’’ means the 12
142	142	Federal Indian irrigation project constructed 13
143	143	and operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 14
144	144	consisting of the Milk River unit, including— 15
145	145	(i) the Three Mile unit; and 16
146	146	(ii) the White Bear unit. 17
147	147	(B) I
148	148	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Fort 18
149	149	Belknap Indian Irrigation Project’’ includes any 19
150	150	addition to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 20
151	151	Project constructed pursuant to this title, in-21
152	152	cluding expansion of the Fort Belknap Indian 22
153	153	Irrigation Project, the Pumping Plant, delivery 23
154	154	Pipe and Canal, the Fort Belknap Reservoir 24
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158	158	and Dam, and the Peoples Creek Flood Protec-1
159	159	tion Project. 2
160	160	(10) I
161	161	MPLEMENTATION FUND .—The term ‘‘Im-3
162	162	plementation Fund’’ means the Fort Belknap Indian 4
163	163	Community Water Settlement Implementation Fund 5
164	164	established by section 113(a). 6
165	165	(11) I
166	166	NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 7
167	167	has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 8
168	168	Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 9
169	169	Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 10
170	170	(12) L
171	171	AKE ELWELL.—The term ‘‘Lake Elwell’’ 11
172	172	means the water impounded on the Marias River in 12
173	173	the State by Tiber Dam, a feature of the Lower 13
174	174	Marias Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin 14
175	175	Program authorized by section 9 of the Act of De-15
176	176	cember 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood 16
177	177	Control Act of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665). 17
178	178	(13) M
179	179	ALTA IRRIGATION DISTRICT .—The term 18
180	180	‘‘Malta Irrigation District’’ means the public cor-19
181	181	poration— 20
182	182	(A) created on December 28, 1923, pursu-21
183	183	ant to the laws of the State relating to irriga-22
184	184	tion districts; and 23
185	185	(B) headquartered in Malta, Montana. 24
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189	189	(14) MILK RIVER.—The term ‘‘Milk River’’ 1
190	190	means the mainstem of the Milk River and each 2
191	191	tributary of the Milk River between the headwaters 3
192	192	of the Milk River and the confluence of the Milk 4
193	193	River with the Missouri River, consisting of— 5
194	194	(A) Montana Water Court Basins 40F, 6
195	195	40G, 40H, 40I, 40J, 40K, 40L, 40M, 40N, and 7
196	196	40O; and 8
197	197	(B) the portion of the Milk River and each 9
198	198	tributary of the Milk River that flows through 10
199	199	the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Sas-11
200	200	katchewan. 12
201	201	(15) M
202	202	ILK RIVER PROJECT.— 13
203	203	(A) I
204	204	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Milk River 14
205	205	Project’’ means the Bureau of Reclamation 15
206	206	project conditionally approved by the Secretary 16
207	207	on March 14, 1903, pursuant to the Act of 17
208	208	June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), 18
209	209	commencing at Lake Sherburne Reservoir and 19
210	210	providing water to a point approximately 6 20
211	211	miles east of Nashua, Montana. 21
212	212	(B) I
213	213	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Milk River 22
214	214	Project’’ includes— 23
215	215	(i) the St. Mary Unit; 24
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219	219	(ii) the Fresno Dam and Reservoir; 1
220	220	and 2
221	221	(iii) the Dodson pumping unit. 3
222	222	(16) M
223	223	ISSOURI RIVER BASIN.—The term ‘‘Mis-4
224	224	souri River Basin’’ means the hydrologic basin of 5
225	225	the Missouri River, including tributaries. 6
226	226	(17) O
227	227	PERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE .—The 7
228	228	term ‘‘operations and maintenance’’ means the Bu-8
229	229	reau of Indian Affairs operations and maintenance 9
230	230	activities related to costs described in section 10
231	231	171.500 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (or 11
232	232	a successor regulation). 12
233	233	(18) O
234	234	PERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND RE-13
235	235	PLACEMENT.—The term ‘‘operations, maintenance, 14
236	236	and replacement’’ means— 15
237	237	(A) any recurring or ongoing activity asso-16
238	238	ciated with the day-to-day operation of a 17
239	239	project; 18
240	240	(B) any activity relating to scheduled or 19
241	241	unscheduled maintenance of a project; and 20
242	242	(C) any activity relating to repairing, re-21
243	243	placing, or rehabilitating a feature of a project. 22
244	244	(19) P
245	245	ICK-SLOAN MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRO -23
246	246	GRAM.—The term ‘‘Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin 24
247	247	Program’’ means the Pick-Sloan Missouri River 25
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251	251	Basin Program (authorized by section 9 of the Act 1
252	252	of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the 2
253	253	‘‘Flood Control Act of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 3
254	254	665)). 4
255	255	(20) PMM.—The term ‘‘PMM’’ means the 5
256	256	Principal Meridian, Montana. 6
257	257	(21) R
258	258	ESERVATION.— 7
259	259	(A) I
260	260	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Reserva-8
261	261	tion’’ means the area of the Fort Belknap Res-9
262	262	ervation in the State, as modified by this title. 10
263	263	(B) I
264	264	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Reserva-11
265	265	tion’’ includes— 12
266	266	(i) all land and interests in land es-13
267	267	tablished by— 14
268	268	(I) the Agreement with the Gros 15
269	269	Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the 16
270	270	Fort Belknap Reservation, ratified by 17
271	271	the Act of May 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 113, 18
272	272	chapter 212), as modified by the 19
273	273	Agreement with the Indians of the 20
274	274	Fort Belknap Reservation of October 21
275	275	9, 1895 (ratified by the Act of June 22
276	276	10, 1896) (29 Stat. 350, chapter 23
277	277	398); 24
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281	281	(II) the Act of March 3, 1921 1
282	282	(41 Stat. 1355, chapter 135); and 2
283	283	(III) Public Law 94–114 (25 3
284	284	U.S.C. 5501 et seq.); 4
285	285	(ii) the land known as the ‘‘Hancock 5
286	286	lands’’ purchased by the Fort Belknap In-6
287	287	dian Community pursuant to the Fort 7
288	288	Belknap Indian Community Council Reso-8
289	289	lution No. 234–89 (October 2, 1989); and 9
290	290	(iii) all land transferred to the United 10
291	291	States to be held in trust for the benefit of 11
292	292	the Fort Belknap Indian Community under 12
293	293	section 106. 13
294	294	(22) S
295	295	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 14
296	296	means the Secretary of the Interior. 15
297	297	(23) S
298	298	T. MARY UNIT.— 16
299	299	(A) I
300	300	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘St. Mary 17
301	301	Unit’’ means the St. Mary Storage Unit of the 18
302	302	Milk River Project authorized by Congress on 19
303	303	March 25, 1905. 20
304	304	(B) I
305	305	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘St. Mary 21
306	306	Unit’’ includes— 22
307	307	(i) Sherburne Dam and Reservoir; 23
308	308	(ii) Swift Current Creek Dike; 24
309	309	(iii) Lower St. Mary Lake; 25
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313	313	(iv) St. Mary Canal Diversion Dam; 1
314	314	and 2
315	315	(v) St. Mary Canal and appur-3
316	316	tenances. 4
317	317	(24) S
318	318	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 5
319	319	State of Montana. 6
320	320	(25) T
321	321	RIBAL WATER CODE .—The term ‘‘Tribal 7
322	322	water code’’ means the Tribal water code enacted by 8
323	323	the Fort Belknap Indian Community pursuant to 9
324	324	section 105(g). 10
325	325	(26) T
326	326	RIBAL WATER RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘Trib-11
327	327	al water rights’’ means the water rights of the Fort 12
328	328	Belknap Indian Community, as described in Article 13
329	329	III of the Compact and this title, including the allo-14
330	330	cation of water to the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-15
331	331	nity from Lake Elwell under section 107. 16
332	332	(27) T
333	333	RUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 17
334	334	means the Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust Fund 18
335	335	established for the Fort Belknap Indian Community 19
336	336	under section 112(a). 20
337	337	SEC. 104. RATIFICATION OF COMPACT. 21
338	338	(a) R
339	339	ATIFICATION OFCOMPACT.— 22
340	340	(1) I
341	341	N GENERAL.—As modified by this title, the 23
342	342	Compact is authorized, ratified, and confirmed. 24
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346	346	(2) AMENDMENTS.—Any amendment to the 1
347	347	Compact is authorized, ratified, and confirmed to 2
348	348	the extent that the amendment is executed to make 3
349	349	the Compact consistent with this title. 4
350	350	(b) E
351	351	XECUTION.— 5
352	352	(1) I
353	353	N GENERAL.—To the extent that the Com-6
354	354	pact does not conflict with this title, the Secretary 7
355	355	shall execute the Compact, including all appendices 8
356	356	to, or parts of, the Compact requiring the signature 9
357	357	of the Secretary. 10
358	358	(2) M
359	359	ODIFICATIONS.—Nothing in this title pre-11
360	360	cludes the Secretary from approving any modifica-12
361	361	tion to an appendix to the Compact that is con-13
362	362	sistent with this title, to the extent that the modi-14
363	363	fication does not otherwise require congressional ap-15
364	364	proval under section 2116 of the Revised Statutes 16
365	365	(25 U.S.C. 177) or any other applicable provision of 17
366	366	Federal law. 18
367	367	(c) E
368	368	NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 19
369	369	(1) I
370	370	N GENERAL.—In implementing the Com-20
371	371	pact and this title, the Secretary shall comply with 21
372	372	all applicable provisions of— 22
373	373	(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 23
374	374	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 24
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378	378	(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 1
379	379	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 2
380	380	implementing regulations of that Act; and 3
381	381	(C) other applicable Federal environmental 4
382	382	laws and regulations. 5
383	383	(2) C
384	384	OMPLIANCE.— 6
385	385	(A) I
386	386	N GENERAL.—In implementing the 7
387	387	Compact and this title, the Fort Belknap In-8
388	388	dian Community shall prepare any necessary 9
389	389	environmental documents, except for any envi-10
390	390	ronmental documents required under section 11
391	391	108, consistent with all applicable provisions 12
392	392	of— 13
393	393	(i) the Endangered Species Act of 14
394	394	1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 15
395	395	(ii) the National Environmental Policy 16
396	396	Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), in-17
397	397	cluding the implementing regulations of 18
398	398	that Act; and 19
399	399	(iii) all other applicable Federal envi-20
400	400	ronmental laws and regulations. 21
401	401	(B) A
402	402	UTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary 22
403	403	shall— 23
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407	407	(i) independently evaluate the docu-1
408	408	mentation submitted under subparagraph 2
409	409	(A); and 3
410	410	(ii) be responsible for the accuracy, 4
411	411	scope, and contents of that documentation. 5
412	412	(3) E
413	413	FFECT OF EXECUTION .—The execution of 6
414	414	the Compact by the Secretary under this section 7
415	415	shall not constitute a major Federal action for pur-8
416	416	poses of the National Environmental Policy Act of 9
417	417	1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 10
418	418	(4) C
419	419	OSTS.—Any costs associated with the per-11
420	420	formance of the compliance activities described in 12
421	421	paragraph (2) shall be paid from funds deposited in 13
422	422	the Trust Fund, subject to the condition that any 14
423	423	costs associated with the performance of Federal ap-15
424	424	proval or other review of such compliance work or 16
425	425	costs associated with inherently Federal functions 17
426	426	shall remain the responsibility of the Secretary. 18
427	427	SEC. 105. TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS. 19
428	428	(a) C
429	429	ONFIRMATION OFTRIBALWATERRIGHTS.— 20
430	430	(1) I
431	431	N GENERAL.—The Tribal water rights are 21
432	432	ratified, confirmed, and declared to be valid. 22
433	433	(2) U
434	434	SE.—Any use of the Tribal water rights 23
435	435	shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the 24
436	436	Compact and this title. 25
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440	440	(3) CONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict be-1
441	441	tween the Compact and this title, this title shall con-2
442	442	trol. 3
443	443	(b) I
444	444	NTENT OFCONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con-4
445	445	gress to provide to each allottee benefits that are equiva-5
446	446	lent to, or exceed, the benefits the allottees possess on the 6
447	447	day before the date of enactment of this Act, taking into 7
448	448	consideration— 8
449	449	(1) the potential risks, cost, and time delay as-9
450	450	sociated with litigation that would be resolved by the 10
451	451	Compact and this title; 11
452	452	(2) the availability of funding under this title 12
453	453	and from other sources; 13
454	454	(3) the availability of water from the Tribal 14
455	455	water rights; and 15
456	456	(4) the applicability of section 7 of the Act of 16
457	457	February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 17
458	458	U.S.C. 381), and this title to protect the interests of 18
459	459	allottees. 19
460	460	(c) T
461	461	RUSTSTATUS OFTRIBALWATERRIGHTS.— 20
462	462	The Tribal water rights— 21
463	463	(1) shall be held in trust by the United States 22
464	464	for the use and benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 23
465	465	Community and allottees in accordance with this 24
466	466	title; and 25
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470	470	(2) shall not be subject to loss through non-use, 1
471	471	forfeiture, or abandonment. 2
472	472	(d) A
473	473	LLOTTEES.— 3
474	474	(1) A
475	475	PPLICABILITY OF THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 4
476	476	8, 1887.—The provisions of section 7 of the Act of 5
477	477	February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 6
478	478	U.S.C. 381), relating to the use of water for irriga-7
479	479	tion purposes, shall apply to the Tribal water rights. 8
480	480	(2) E
481	481	NTITLEMENT TO WATER .—Any entitle-9
482	482	ment to water of an allottee under Federal law shall 10
483	483	be satisfied from the Tribal water rights. 11
484	484	(3) A
485	485	LLOCATIONS.—An allottee shall be entitled 12
486	486	to a just and equitable allocation of water for irriga-13
487	487	tion purposes. 14
488	488	(4) C
489	489	LAIMS.— 15
490	490	(A) E
491	491	XHAUSTION OF REMEDIES .—Before 16
492	492	asserting any claim against the United States 17
493	493	under section 7 of the Act of February 8, 1887 18
494	494	(24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or 19
495	495	any other applicable law, an allottee shall ex-20
496	496	haust remedies available under the Tribal water 21
497	497	code or other applicable Tribal law. 22
498	498	(B) A
499	499	CTION FOR RELIEF.—After the ex-23
500	500	haustion of all remedies available under the 24
501	501	Tribal water code or other applicable Tribal 25
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505	505	law, an allottee may seek relief under section 7 1
506	506	of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, 2
507	507	chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or other applica-3
508	508	ble law. 4
509	509	(5) A
510	510	UTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY .—The Sec-5
511	511	retary shall have the authority to protect the rights 6
512	512	of allottees in accordance with this section. 7
513	513	(e) A
514	514	UTHORITY OF THE FORTBELKNAPINDIAN 8
515	515	C
516	516	OMMUNITY.— 9
517	517	(1) I
518	518	N GENERAL.—The Fort Belknap Indian 10
519	519	Community shall have the authority to allocate, dis-11
520	520	tribute, and lease the Tribal water rights for use on 12
521	521	the Reservation in accordance with the Compact, 13
522	522	this title, and applicable Federal law. 14
523	523	(2) O
524	524	FF-RESERVATION USE .—The Fort 15
525	525	Belknap Indian Community may allocate, distribute, 16
526	526	and lease the Tribal water rights for off-Reservation 17
527	527	use in accordance with the Compact, this title, and 18
528	528	applicable Federal law— 19
529	529	(A) subject to the approval of the Sec-20
530	530	retary; or 21
531	531	(B) pursuant to Tribal water leasing regu-22
532	532	lations consistent with the requirements of sub-23
533	533	section (f). 24
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537	537	(3) LAND LEASES BY ALLOTTEES .—Notwith-1
538	538	standing paragraph (1), an allottee may lease any 2
539	539	interest in land held by the allottee, together with 3
540	540	any water right determined to be appurtenant to the 4
541	541	interest in land, in accordance with the Tribal water 5
542	542	code. 6
543	543	(f) T
544	544	RIBALWATERLEASINGREGULATIONS.— 7
545	545	(1) I
546	546	N GENERAL.—At the discretion of the Fort 8
547	547	Belknap Indian Community, any water lease of the 9
548	548	Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Tribal water 10
549	549	rights for use on or off the Reservation shall not re-11
550	550	quire the approval of the Secretary if the lease— 12
551	551	(A) is executed under tribal regulations, 13
552	552	approved by the Secretary under this sub-14
553	553	section; 15
554	554	(B) is in accordance with the Compact; 16
555	555	and 17
556	556	(C) does not exceed a term of 100 years, 18
557	557	except that a lease may include an option to 19
558	558	renew for 1 additional term of not to exceed 20
559	559	100 years. 21
560	560	(2) A
561	561	UTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OVER 22
562	562	TRIBAL WATER LEASING REGULATIONS .— 23
563	563	(A) I
564	564	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 24
565	565	have the authority to approve or disapprove any 25
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569	569	Tribal water leasing regulations issued in ac-1
570	570	cordance with paragraph (1). 2
571	571	(B) C
572	572	ONSIDERATIONS FOR APPROVAL .— 3
573	573	The Secretary shall approve any Tribal water 4
574	574	leasing regulations issued in accordance with 5
575	575	paragraph (1) if the Tribal water leasing regu-6
576	576	lations— 7
577	577	(i) provide for an environmental re-8
578	578	view process that includes— 9
579	579	(I) the identification and evalua-10
580	580	tion of any significant effects of the 11
581	581	proposed action on the environment; 12
582	582	and 13
583	583	(II) a process for ensuring that— 14
584	584	(aa) the public is informed 15
585	585	of, and has a reasonable oppor-16
586	586	tunity to comment on, any sig-17
587	587	nificant environmental impacts of 18
588	588	the proposed action identified by 19
589	589	the Fort Belknap Indian Com-20
590	590	munity; and 21
591	591	(bb) the Fort Belknap In-22
592	592	dian Community provides re-23
593	593	sponses to relevant and sub-24
594	594	stantive public comments on 25
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598	598	those impacts prior to its ap-1
599	599	proval of a water lease; and 2
600	600	(ii) are consistent with this title and 3
601	601	the Compact. 4
602	602	(3) R
603	603	EVIEW PROCESS.— 5
604	604	(A) I
605	605	N GENERAL.—Not later than 120 6
606	606	days after the date on which Tribal water leas-7
607	607	ing regulations under paragraph (1) are sub-8
608	608	mitted to the Secretary, the Secretary shall re-9
609	609	view and approve or disapprove the regulations. 10
610	610	(B) W
611	611	RITTEN DOCUMENTATION .—If the 11
612	612	Secretary disapproves the Tribal water leasing 12
613	613	regulations described in subparagraph (A), the 13
614	614	Secretary shall include written documentation 14
615	615	with the disapproval notification that describes 15
616	616	the basis for this disapproval. 16
617	617	(C) E
618	618	XTENSION.—The deadline described 17
619	619	in subparagraph (A) may be extended by the 18
620	620	Secretary, after consultation with the Fort 19
621	621	Belknap Indian Community. 20
622	622	(4) F
623	623	EDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW .—Not-21
624	624	withstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), if the Fort 22
625	625	Belknap Indian Community carries out a project or 23
626	626	activity funded by a Federal agency, the Fort 24
627	627	Belknap Indian Community— 25
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631	631	(A) shall have the authority to rely on the 1
632	632	environmental review process of the applicable 2
633	633	Federal agency; and 3
634	634	(B) shall not be required to carry out a 4
635	635	tribal environmental review process under this 5
636	636	subsection. 6
637	637	(5) D
638	638	OCUMENTATION.—If the Fort Belknap In-7
639	639	dian Community issues a lease pursuant to Tribal 8
640	640	water leasing regulations under paragraph (1), the 9
641	641	Fort Belknap Indian Community shall provide the 10
642	642	Secretary and the State a copy of the lease, includ-11
643	643	ing any amendments or renewals to the lease. 12
644	644	(6) L
645	645	IMITATION OF LIABILITY.— 13
646	646	(A) I
647	647	N GENERAL.—The United States 14
648	648	shall not be liable in any claim relating to the 15
649	649	negotiation, execution, or approval of any lease 16
650	650	or exchange agreement or storage agreement, 17
651	651	including any claims relating to the terms in-18
652	652	cluded in such an agreement, made pursuant to 19
653	653	Tribal water leasing regulations under para-20
654	654	graph (1). 21
655	655	(B) O
656	656	BLIGATIONS.—The United States 22
657	657	shall have no trust obligation or other obliga-23
658	658	tion to monitor, administer, or account for— 24
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662	662	(i) any funds received by the Fort 1
663	663	Belknap Indian Community as consider-2
664	664	ation under any lease or exchange agree-3
665	665	ment or storage agreement; or 4
666	666	(ii) the expenditure of those funds. 5
667	667	(g) T
668	668	RIBALWATERCODE.— 6
669	669	(1) I
670	670	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Article 7
671	671	IV.A.2. of the Compact, not later than 4 years after 8
672	672	the date on which the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-9
673	673	nity approves the Compact in accordance with sec-10
674	674	tion 111(f)(1), the Fort Belknap Indian Community 11
675	675	shall enact a Tribal water code that provides for— 12
676	676	(A) the administration, management, regu-13
677	677	lation, and governance of all uses of the Tribal 14
678	678	water rights in accordance with the Compact 15
679	679	and this title; and 16
680	680	(B) the establishment by the Fort Belknap 17
681	681	Indian Community of the conditions, permit re-18
682	682	quirements, and other requirements for the allo-19
683	683	cation, distribution, or use of the Tribal water 20
684	684	rights in accordance with the Compact and this 21
685	685	title. 22
686	686	(2) I
687	687	NCLUSIONS.—Subject to the approval of 23
688	688	the Secretary, the Tribal water code shall provide— 24
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692	692	(A) that use of water by allottees shall be 1
693	693	satisfied with water from the Tribal water 2
694	694	rights; 3
695	695	(B) a process by which an allottee may re-4
696	696	quest that the Fort Belknap Indian Community 5
697	697	provide water for irrigation use in accordance 6
698	698	with this title, including the provision of water 7
699	699	under any allottee lease under section 4 of the 8
700	700	Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 856, chapter 9
701	701	431; 25 U.S.C. 403); 10
702	702	(C) a due process system for the consider-11
703	703	ation and determination by the Fort Belknap 12
704	704	Indian Community of any request of an allottee 13
705	705	(or a successor in interest to an allottee) for an 14
706	706	allocation of water for irrigation purposes on al-15
707	707	lotted land, including a process for— 16
708	708	(i) appeal and adjudication of any de-17
709	709	nied or disputed distribution of water; and 18
710	710	(ii) resolution of any contested admin-19
711	711	istrative decision; 20
712	712	(D) a requirement that any allottee assert-21
713	713	ing a claim relating to the enforcement of rights 22
714	714	of the allottee under the Tribal water code, in-23
715	715	cluding to the quantity of water allocated to 24
716	716	land of the allottee, shall exhaust all remedies 25
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720	720	available to the allottee under Tribal law before 1
721	721	initiating an action against the United States 2
722	722	or petitioning the Secretary pursuant to sub-3
723	723	section (d)(4)(B); 4
724	724	(E) a process by which an owner of fee 5
725	725	land within the boundaries of the Reservation 6
726	726	may apply for use of a portion of the Tribal 7
727	727	water rights; and 8
728	728	(F) a process for the establishment of a 9
729	729	controlled Groundwater area and for the man-10
730	730	agement of that area in cooperation with estab-11
731	731	lishment of a contiguous controlled Ground-12
732	732	water area off the Reservation established pur-13
733	733	suant to Section B.2. of Article IV of the Com-14
734	734	pact and State law. 15
735	735	(3) A
736	736	CTION BY SECRETARY.— 16
737	737	(A) I
738	738	N GENERAL.—During the period be-17
739	739	ginning on the date of enactment of this Act 18
740	740	and ending on the date on which a Tribal water 19
741	741	code described in paragraphs (1) and (2) is en-20
742	742	acted, the Secretary shall administer, with re-21
743	743	spect to the rights of allottees, the Tribal water 22
744	744	rights in accordance with the Compact and this 23
745	745	title. 24
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749	749	(B) APPROVAL.—The Tribal water code 1
750	750	described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not be 2
751	751	valid unless— 3
752	752	(i) the provisions of the Tribal water 4
753	753	code required by paragraph (2) are ap-5
754	754	proved by the Secretary; and 6
755	755	(ii) each amendment to the Tribal 7
756	756	water code that affects a right of an allot-8
757	757	tee is approved by the Secretary. 9
758	758	(C) A
759	759	PPROVAL PERIOD.— 10
760	760	(i) I
761	761	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 11
762	762	approve or disapprove the Tribal water 12
763	763	code or an amendment to the Tribal water 13
764	764	code by not later than 180 days after the 14
765	765	date on which the Tribal water code or 15
766	766	amendment to the Tribal water code is 16
767	767	submitted to the Secretary. 17
768	768	(ii) E
769	769	XTENSIONS.—The deadline de-18
770	770	scribed in clause (i) may be extended by 19
771	771	the Secretary, after consultation with the 20
772	772	Fort Belknap Indian Community. 21
773	773	(h) A
774	774	DMINISTRATION.— 22
775	775	(1) N
776	776	O ALIENATION.—The Fort Belknap In-23
777	777	dian Community shall not permanently alienate any 24
778	778	portion of the Tribal water rights. 25
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782	782	(2) PURCHASES OR GRANTS OF LAND FROM IN -1
783	783	DIANS.—An authorization provided by this title for 2
784	784	the allocation, distribution, leasing, or other ar-3
785	785	rangement entered into pursuant to this title shall 4
786	786	be considered to satisfy any requirement for author-5
787	787	ization of the action required by Federal law. 6
788	788	(3) P
789	789	ROHIBITION ON FORFEITURE .—The non- 7
790	790	use of all or any portion of the Tribal water rights 8
791	791	by any water user shall not result in the forfeiture, 9
792	792	abandonment, relinquishment, or other loss of all or 10
793	793	any portion of the Tribal water rights. 11
794	794	(i) E
795	795	FFECT.—Except as otherwise expressly provided 12
796	796	in this section, nothing in this title— 13
797	797	(1) authorizes any action by an allottee against 14
798	798	any individual or entity, or against the Fort Belknap 15
799	799	Indian Community, under Federal, State, Tribal, or 16
800	800	local law; or 17
801	801	(2) alters or affects the status of any action 18
802	802	brought pursuant to section 1491(a) of title 28, 19
803	803	United States Code. 20
804	804	(j) P
805	805	ICK-SLOANMISSOURIRIVERBASINPROGRAM 21
806	806	P
807	807	OWERRATES.— 22
808	808	(1) I
809	809	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 23
810	810	provision of law, the Secretary, in cooperation with 24
811	811	the Secretary of Energy, shall make available the 25
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815	815	Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program irrigation 1
816	816	project pumping power rates to the Fort Belknap 2
817	817	Indian Community, the Fort Belknap Indian Irriga-3
818	818	tion Project, and any projects funded under this 4
819	819	title. 5
820	820	(2) A
821	821	UTHORIZED PURPOSES .—The power rates 6
822	822	made available under paragraph (1) shall be author-7
823	823	ized for the purposes of wheeling, administration, 8
824	824	and payment of irrigation project pumping power 9
825	825	rates, including project use power for gravity power. 10
826	826	SEC. 106. EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF LAND. 11
827	827	(a) E
828	828	XCHANGE OF ELIGIBLELAND AND STATE 12
829	829	L
830	830	AND.— 13
831	831	(1) D
832	832	EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 14
833	833	(A) E
834	834	LIGIBLE LAND.—The term ‘‘eligible 15
835	835	land’’ means— 16
836	836	(i) public lands (as defined in section 17
837	837	103 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-18
838	838	agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)) 19
839	839	that are administered by the Secretary, 20
840	840	acting through the Director of the Bureau 21
841	841	of Land Management; and 22
842	842	(ii) land in the National Forest Sys-23
843	843	tem (as defined in section 11(a) of the 24
844	844	Forest and Rangeland Resources Planning 25
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848	848	Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)) that is 1
849	849	administered by the Secretary of Agri-2
850	850	culture, acting through the Chief of the 3
851	851	Forest Service. 4
852	852	(B) S
853	853	ECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term 5
854	854	‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means, as applicable— 6
855	855	(i) the Secretary, with respect to the 7
856	856	eligible land administered by the Bureau of 8
857	857	Land Management; and 9
858	858	(ii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 10
859	859	respect to eligible land managed by the 11
860	860	Forest Service. 12
861	861	(2) N
862	862	EGOTIATIONS AUTHORIZED .— 13
863	863	(A) I
864	864	N GENERAL.—The Secretary con-14
865	865	cerned shall offer to enter into negotiations 15
866	866	with the State for the purpose of exchanging el-16
867	867	igible land described in paragraph (4) for the 17
868	868	State land described in paragraph (3). 18
869	869	(B) R
870	870	EQUIREMENTS.—Any exchange of 19
871	871	land made pursuant to this subsection shall be 20
872	872	subject to the terms and conditions of this sub-21
873	873	section. 22
874	874	(C) P
875	875	RIORITY.— 23
876	876	(i) I
877	877	N GENERAL.—In carrying out this 24
878	878	paragraph, the Secretary and the Sec-25
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882	882	retary of Agriculture shall, during the 5- 1
883	883	year period beginning on the date of enact-2
884	884	ment of this Act, give priority to an ex-3
885	885	change of eligible land located within the 4
886	886	State for State land. 5
887	887	(ii) S
888	888	ECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE .— 6
889	889	The responsibility of the Secretary of Agri-7
890	890	culture under clause (i), during the 5-year 8
891	891	period described in that clause, shall be 9
892	892	limited to negotiating with the State an ac-10
893	893	ceptable package of land in the National 11
894	894	Forest System (as defined in section 11(a) 12
895	895	of the Forest and Rangeland Resources 13
896	896	Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 14
897	897	1609(a))). 15
898	898	(3) S
899	899	TATE LAND.—The Secretary is authorized 16
900	900	to accept the following parcels of State land located 17
901	901	on and off the Reservation: 18
902	902	(A) 717.56 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 19
903	903	sec. 16. 20
904	904	(B) 707.04 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 E., 21
905	905	sec. 16. 22
906	906	(C) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 23
907	907	36. 24
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911	911	(D) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 23 E., sec. 1
912	912	16. 2
913	913	(E) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 23 E., sec. 3
914	914	36. 4
915	915	(F) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 26 E., sec. 5
916	916	16. 6
917	917	(G) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 7
918	918	36. 8
919	919	(H) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 23 E., sec. 9
920	920	16. 10
921	921	(I) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 25 E., sec. 11
922	922	36. 12
923	923	(J) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 22 E., sec. 13
924	924	36. 14
925	925	(K) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 23 E., sec. 15
926	926	16. 16
927	927	(L) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 24 E., sec. 17
928	928	36. 18
929	929	(M) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 25 E., sec. 19
930	930	16. 20
931	931	(N) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 25 E., sec. 21
932	932	36. 22
933	933	(O) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 26 E., sec. 23
934	934	16. 24
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938	938	(P) 94.96 acres in T. 28 N., R. 26 E., sec. 1
939	939	36, under lease by the Fort Belknap Indian 2
940	940	Community Council on the date of enactment of 3
941	941	this Act, comprised of— 4
942	942	(i) 30.68 acres in lot 5; 5
943	943	(ii) 26.06 acres in lot 6; 6
944	944	(iii) 21.42 acres in lot 7; and 7
945	945	(iv) 16.8 acres in lot 8. 8
946	946	(Q) 652.32 acres in T. 29 N., R. 22 E., 9
947	947	sec. 16, excluding the 73.36 acres under lease 10
948	948	by individuals who are not members of the Fort 11
949	949	Belknap Indian Community, on the date of en-12
950	950	actment of this Act. 13
951	951	(R) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 22 E., sec. 14
952	952	36. 15
953	953	(S) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 23 E., sec. 16
954	954	16. 17
955	955	(T) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 24 E., sec. 18
956	956	16. 19
957	957	(U) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 24 E., sec. 20
958	958	36. 21
959	959	(V) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 25 E., sec. 22
960	960	16. 23
961	961	(W) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 25 E., sec. 24
962	962	36. 25
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966	966	(X) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 26 E., sec. 1
967	967	16. 2
968	968	(Y) 663.22 acres in T. 30 N., R. 22 E., 3
969	969	sec. 16, excluding the 58.72 acres under lease 4
970	970	by individuals who are not members of the Fort 5
971	971	Belknap Indian Community on the date of en-6
972	972	actment of this Act. 7
973	973	(Z) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 22 E., sec. 8
974	974	36. 9
975	975	(AA) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 23 E., sec. 10
976	976	16. 11
977	977	(BB) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 23 E., sec. 12
978	978	36. 13
979	979	(CC) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 24 E., sec. 14
980	980	16. 15
981	981	(DD) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 24 E., sec. 16
982	982	36. 17
983	983	(EE) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 25 E., sec. 18
984	984	16. 19
985	985	(FF) 275.88 acres in T. 30 N., R. 26 E., 20
986	986	sec. 36, under lease by the Fort Belknap Indian 21
987	987	Community Council on the date of enactment of 22
988	988	this Act. 23
989	989	(GG) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 22 E., sec. 24
990	990	36. 25
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993	993	•S 241 IS
994	994	(HH) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 23 E., sec. 1
995	995	16. 2
996	996	(II) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 23 E., sec. 3
997	997	36. 4
998	998	(JJ) 34.04 acres in T. 31 N., R. 26 E., 5
999	999	sec. 16, lot 4. 6
1000	1000	(KK) 640 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., sec. 7
1001	1001	16. 8
1002	1002	(4) E
1003	1003	LIGIBLE LAND.— 9
1004	1004	(A) I
1005	1005	N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-10
1006	1006	ing rights, the reservation of easements or 11
1007	1007	rights-of-way deemed necessary to be retained 12
1008	1008	by the Secretary concerned, and the require-13
1009	1009	ments of this subsection, the Secretary is au-14
1010	1010	thorized and directed to convey to the State any 15
1011	1011	eligible land within the State identified in the 16
1012	1012	negotiations authorized by paragraph (2) and 17
1013	1013	agreed to by the Secretary concerned. 18
1014	1014	(B) E
1015	1015	XCEPTIONS.—The Secretary con-19
1016	1016	cerned shall exclude from any conveyance any 20
1017	1017	parcel of eligible land that is— 21
1018	1018	(i) included within the National Land-22
1019	1019	scape Conservation System established by 23
1020	1020	section 2002(a) of the Omnibus Public 24
1021	1021	Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 25
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1025	1025	7202(a)), without regard to whether that 1
1026	1026	land has been identified as available for 2
1027	1027	disposal in a land use plan; 3
1028	1028	(ii) designated as wilderness by Con-4
1029	1029	gress; 5
1030	1030	(iii) within a component of the Na-6
1031	1031	tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System; or 7
1032	1032	(iv) designated in the Forest Land 8
1033	1033	and Resource Management Plan as a Re-9
1034	1034	search Natural Area. 10
1035	1035	(C) A
1036	1036	DMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY .— 11
1037	1037	The Secretary shall be responsible for meeting 12
1038	1038	all substantive and any procedural requirements 13
1039	1039	necessary to complete the exchange and the 14
1040	1040	conveyance of the eligible land. 15
1041	1041	(5) L
1042	1042	AND INTO TRUST.—On completion of the 16
1043	1043	land exchange authorized by this subsection, the 17
1044	1044	Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the en-18
1045	1045	forceability date, take the land received by the 19
1046	1046	United States pursuant to this subsection into trust 20
1047	1047	for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-21
1048	1048	nity. 22
1049	1049	(6) T
1050	1050	ERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 23
1051	1051	(A) E
1052	1052	QUAL VALUE.—The values of the eli-24
1053	1053	gible land and State land exchanged under this 25
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1056	1056	•S 241 IS
1057	1057	subsection shall be equal, except that the Sec-1
1058	1058	retary concerned may— 2
1059	1059	(i) exchange land that is of approxi-3
1060	1060	mately equal value if such an exchange 4
1061	1061	complies with the requirements of section 5
1062	1062	206(h) of the Federal Land Policy and 6
1063	1063	Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 7
1064	1064	1716(h)) (and any regulations imple-8
1065	1065	menting that section) without regard to 9
1066	1066	the monetary limitation described in para-10
1067	1067	graph (1)(A) of that section; and 11
1068	1068	(ii) make or accept an equalization 12
1069	1069	payment, or waive an equalization pay-13
1070	1070	ment, if such a payment or waiver of a 14
1071	1071	payment complies with the requirements of 15
1072	1072	section 206(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 16
1073	1073	1716(b)) (and any regulations imple-17
1074	1074	menting that section). 18
1075	1075	(B) I
1076	1076	MPACTS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS .— 19
1077	1077	In identifying eligible land to be exchanged with 20
1078	1078	the State, the Secretary concerned and the 21
1079	1079	State may— 22
1080	1080	(i) consider the financial impacts of 23
1081	1081	exchanging specific eligible land on local 24
1082	1082	governments; and 25
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1085	1085	•S 241 IS
1086	1086	(ii) attempt to minimize the financial 1
1087	1087	impact of the exchange on local govern-2
1088	1088	ments. 3
1089	1089	(C) E
1090	1090	XISTING AUTHORIZATIONS .— 4
1091	1091	(i) E
1092	1092	LIGIBLE LAND CONVEYED TO 5
1093	1093	THE STATE.— 6
1094	1094	(I) I
1095	1095	N GENERAL.—Any eligible 7
1096	1096	land conveyed to the State under this 8
1097	1097	subsection shall be subject to any 9
1098	1098	valid existing rights, contracts, leases, 10
1099	1099	permits, and rights-of-way, unless the 11
1100	1100	holder of the right, contract, lease, 12
1101	1101	permit, or right-of-way requests an 13
1102	1102	earlier termination in accordance with 14
1103	1103	existing law. 15
1104	1104	(II) A
1105	1105	SSUMPTION BY STATE .— 16
1106	1106	The State shall assume all benefits 17
1107	1107	and obligations of the Forest Service 18
1108	1108	or the Bureau of Land Management, 19
1109	1109	as applicable, under the existing 20
1110	1110	rights, contracts, leases, permits, and 21
1111	1111	rights-of-way described in subclause 22
1112	1112	(I). 23
1113	1113	(ii) S
1114	1114	TATE LAND CONVEYED TO THE 24
1115	1115	UNITED STATES.— 25
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1118	1118	•S 241 IS
1119	1119	(I) IN GENERAL.—Any State 1
1120	1120	land conveyed to the United States 2
1121	1121	under this subsection and taken into 3
1122	1122	trust for the benefit of the Fort 4
1123	1123	Belknap Indian Community subject 5
1124	1124	shall be to any valid existing rights, 6
1125	1125	contracts, leases, permits, and rights- 7
1126	1126	of-way, unless the holder of the right, 8
1127	1127	contract, lease, permit, or right-of-way 9
1128	1128	requests an earlier termination in ac-10
1129	1129	cordance with existing law. 11
1130	1130	(II) A
1131	1131	SSUMPTION BY BUREAU OF 12
1132	1132	INDIAN AFFAIRS.—The Bureau of In-13
1133	1133	dian Affairs shall— 14
1134	1134	(aa) assume all benefits and 15
1135	1135	obligations of the State under the 16
1136	1136	existing rights, contracts, leases, 17
1137	1137	permits, and rights-of-way de-18
1138	1138	scribed in subclause (I); and 19
1139	1139	(bb) disburse to the Fort 20
1140	1140	Belknap Indian Community any 21
1141	1141	amounts that accrue to the 22
1142	1142	United States from those rights, 23
1143	1143	contracts, leases, permits, and 24
1144	1144	rights-of-way, after the date of 25
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1147	1147	•S 241 IS
1148	1148	transfer from any sale, bonus, 1
1149	1149	royalty, or rental relating to that 2
1150	1150	land in the same manner as 3
1151	1151	amounts received from other land 4
1152	1152	held by the Secretary in trust for 5
1153	1153	the benefit of the Fort Belknap 6
1154	1154	Indian Community. 7
1155	1155	(D) P
1156	1156	ERSONAL PROPERTY .— 8
1157	1157	(i) I
1158	1158	N GENERAL.—Any improvements 9
1159	1159	constituting personal property, as defined 10
1160	1160	by State law, belonging to the holder of a 11
1161	1161	right, contract, lease, permit, or right-of- 12
1162	1162	way on land transferred to the United 13
1163	1163	States under this subsection shall— 14
1164	1164	(I) remain the property of the 15
1165	1165	holder; and 16
1166	1166	(II) be removed not later than 90 17
1167	1167	days after the date on which the 18
1168	1168	right, contract, lease, permit, or right- 19
1169	1169	of-way expires, unless the Fort 20
1170	1170	Belknap Indian Community and the 21
1171	1171	holder agree otherwise. 22
1172	1172	(ii) R
1173	1173	EMAINING PROPERTY.—Any per-23
1174	1174	sonal property described in clause (i) re-24
1175	1175	maining with the holder described in that 25
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1178	1178	•S 241 IS
1179	1179	clause beyond the 90-day period described 1
1180	1180	in subclause (II) of that clause shall— 2
1181	1181	(I) become the property of the 3
1182	1182	Fort Belknap Indian Community; and 4
1183	1183	(II) be subject to removal and 5
1184	1184	disposition at the discretion of the 6
1185	1185	Fort Belknap Indian Community. 7
1186	1186	(iii) L
1187	1187	IABILITY OF PREVIOUS HOLD -8
1188	1188	ER.—The holder of personal property de-9
1189	1189	scribed in clause (i) shall be liable for costs 10
1190	1190	incurred by the Fort Belknap Indian Com-11
1191	1191	munity in removing and disposing of the 12
1192	1192	personal property under clause (ii)(II). 13
1193	1193	(7) T
1194	1194	ECHNICAL CORRECTIONS .—Notwith-14
1195	1195	standing the descriptions of the parcels of land 15
1196	1196	owned by the State under paragraph (3), the State 16
1197	1197	may, with the consent of the Fort Belknap Indian 17
1198	1198	Community, make technical corrections to the legal 18
1199	1199	land descriptions to more specifically identify the 19
1200	1200	State parcels to be exchanged. 20
1201	1201	(8) A
1202	1202	SSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide 21
1203	1203	$10,000,000 of financial or other assistance to the 22
1204	1204	State and the Fort Belknap Indian Community as 23
1205	1205	may be necessary to obtain the appraisals, and to 24
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1208	1208	•S 241 IS
1209	1209	satisfy administrative requirements, necessary to ac-1
1210	1210	complish the exchanges under paragraph (2). 2
1211	1211	(b) F
1212	1212	EDERALLANDTRANSFERS.— 3
1213	1213	(1) I
1214	1214	N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 4
1215	1215	rights and the requirements of this subsection, all 5
1216	1216	right, title, and interest of the United States in and 6
1217	1217	to the land described in paragraph (2) shall be held 7
1218	1218	by the United States in trust for the benefit of the 8
1219	1219	Fort Belknap Indian Community as part of the Res-9
1220	1220	ervation on the enforceability date. 10
1221	1221	(2) F
1222	1222	EDERAL LAND.— 11
1223	1223	(A) B
1224	1224	UREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT PAR -12
1225	1225	CELS.— 13
1226	1226	(i) 59.46 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., 14
1227	1227	sec. 4, comprised of— 15
1228	1228	(I) 19.55 acres in lot 10; 16
1229	1229	(II) 19.82 acres in lot 11; and 17
1230	1230	(III) 20.09 acres in lot 16. 18
1231	1231	(ii) 324.24 acres in the N
1232	1232	1
1233	1233	⁄2of T. 25 19
1234	1234	N., R. 22 E., sec. 5. 20
1235	1235	(iii) 403.56 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 21
1236	1236	E., sec. 9, comprised of— 22
1237	1237	(I) 20.39 acres in lot 2; 23
1238	1238	(II) 20.72 acres in lot 7; 24
1239	1239	(III) 21.06 acres in lot 8; 25
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1242	1242	•S 241 IS
1243	1243	(IV) 40.00 acres in lot 9; 1
1244	1244	(V) 40.00 acres in lot 10; 2
1245	1245	(VI) 40.00 acres in lot 11; 3
1246	1246	(VII) 40.00 acres in lot 12; 4
1247	1247	(VIII) 21.39 acres in lot 13; and 5
1248	1248	(IX) 160 acres in SW
1249	1249	1
1250	1250	⁄4. 6
1251	1251	(iv) 70.63 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 7
1252	1252	E., sec. 13, comprised of— 8
1253	1253	(I) 18.06 acres in lot 5; 9
1254	1254	(II) 18.25 acres in lot 6; 10
1255	1255	(III) 18.44 acres in lot 7; and 11
1256	1256	(IV) 15.88 acres in lot 8. 12
1257	1257	(v) 71.12 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., 13
1258	1258	sec. 14, comprised of— 14
1259	1259	(I) 17.65 acres in lot 5; 15
1260	1260	(II) 17.73 acres in lot 6; 16
1261	1261	(III) 17.83 acres in lot 7; and 17
1262	1262	(IV) 17.91 acres in lot 8. 18
1263	1263	(vi) 103.29 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 19
1264	1264	E., sec. 15, comprised of— 20
1265	1265	(I) 21.56 acres in lot 6; 21
1266	1266	(II) 29.50 acres in lot 7; 22
1267	1267	(III) 17.28 acres in lot 8; 23
1268	1268	(IV) 17.41 acres in lot 9; and 24
1269	1269	(V) 17.54 acres in lot 10. 25
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1272	1272	•S 241 IS
1273	1273	(vii) 160 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 1
1274	1274	sec. 1, comprised of— 2
1275	1275	(I) 80 acres in the S
1276	1276	1
1277	1277	⁄2of the 3
1278	1278	NW
1279	1279	1
1280	1280	⁄4; and 4
1281	1281	(II) 80 acres in the W
1282	1282	1
1283	1283	⁄2of the 5
1284	1284	SW
1285	1285	1
1286	1286	⁄4. 6
1287	1287	(viii) 567.50 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 7
1288	1288	E., sec. 2, comprised of— 8
1289	1289	(I) 82.54 acres in the E
1290	1290	1
1291	1291	⁄2of the 9
1292	1292	NW
1293	1293	1
1294	1294	⁄4; 10
1295	1295	(II) 164.96 acres in the NE
1296	1296	1
1297	1297	⁄4; 11
1298	1298	and 12
1299	1299	(III) 320 acres in the S
1300	1300	1
1301	1301	⁄2. 13
1302	1302	(ix) 240 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 14
1303	1303	sec. 3, comprised of— 15
1304	1304	(I) 40 acres in the SE
1305	1305	1
1306	1306	⁄4of the 16
1307	1307	NW
1308	1308	1
1309	1309	⁄4; 17
1310	1310	(II) 160 acres in the SW
1311	1311	1
1312	1312	⁄4; and 18
1313	1313	(III) 40 acres in the SW
1314	1314	1
1315	1315	⁄4of the 19
1316	1316	SE
1317	1317	1
1318	1318	⁄4. 20
1319	1319	(x) 120 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 21
1320	1320	sec. 4, comprised of— 22
1321	1321	(I) 80 acres in the E
1322	1322	1
1323	1323	⁄2of the 23
1324	1324	SE
1325	1325	1
1326	1326	⁄4; and 24
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1329	1329	•S 241 IS
1330	1330	(II) 40 acres in the NW
1331	1331	1
1332	1332	⁄4of the 1
1333	1333	SE
1334	1334	1
1335	1335	⁄4. 2
1336	1336	(xi) 200 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 3
1337	1337	sec. 5, comprised of— 4
1338	1338	(I) 160 acres in the SW
1339	1339	1
1340	1340	⁄4; and 5
1341	1341	(II) 40 acres in the SW
1342	1342	1
1343	1343	⁄4of the 6
1344	1344	NW
1345	1345	1
1346	1346	⁄4. 7
1347	1347	(xii) 40 acres in the SE
1348	1348	1
1349	1349	⁄4of the 8
1350	1350	SE
1351	1351	1
1352	1352	⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 6. 9
1353	1353	(xiii) 240 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 10
1354	1354	sec. 8, comprised of— 11
1355	1355	(I) 40 acres in the NE
1356	1356	1
1357	1357	⁄4of the 12
1358	1358	SW
1359	1359	1
1360	1360	⁄4; 13
1361	1361	(II) 160 acres in the NW
1362	1362	1
1363	1363	⁄4; and 14
1364	1364	(III) 40 acres in the NW
1365	1365	1
1366	1366	⁄4of 15
1367	1367	the SE
1368	1368	1
1369	1369	⁄4. 16
1370	1370	(xiv) 320 acres in the E
1371	1371	1
1372	1372	⁄2of T. 26 17
1373	1373	N., R. 21 E., sec. 9. 18
1374	1374	(xv) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 19
1375	1375	sec. 10. 20
1376	1376	(xvi) 600 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 21
1377	1377	sec. 11, comprised of— 22
1378	1378	(I) 320 acres in the N
1379	1379	1
1380	1380	⁄2; 23
1381	1381	(II) 80 acres in the N
1382	1382	1
1383	1383	⁄2of the 24
1384	1384	SE
1385	1385	1
1386	1386	⁄4; 25
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1389	1389	•S 241 IS
1390	1390	(III) 160 acres in the SW
1391	1391	1
1392	1392	⁄4; and 1
1393	1393	(IV) 40 acres in the SW
1394	1394	1
1395	1395	⁄4of the 2
1396	1396	SE
1397	1397	1
1398	1398	⁄4. 3
1399	1399	(xvii) 525.81 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 4
1400	1400	E., sec. 21, comprised of— 5
1401	1401	(I) 6.62 acres in lot 1; 6
1402	1402	(II) 5.70 acres in lot 2; 7
1403	1403	(III) 56.61 acres in lot 5; 8
1404	1404	(IV) 56.88 acres in lot 6; 9
1405	1405	(V) 320 acres in the W
1406	1406	1
1407	1407	⁄2; and 10
1408	1408	(VI) 80 acres in the W
1409	1409	1
1410	1410	⁄2of the 11
1411	1411	SE
1412	1412	1
1413	1413	⁄4. 12
1414	1414	(xviii) 719.58 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 13
1415	1415	E., sec. 28. 14
1416	1416	(xix) 560 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 15
1417	1417	sec. 29, comprised of— 16
1418	1418	(I) 320 acres in the N
1419	1419	1
1420	1420	⁄2; 17
1421	1421	(II) 160 acres in the N
1422	1422	1
1423	1423	⁄2of the 18
1424	1424	S
1425	1425	1
1426	1426	⁄2; and 19
1427	1427	(III) 80 acres in the S
1428	1428	1
1429	1429	⁄2of the 20
1430	1430	SE
1431	1431	1
1432	1432	⁄4. 21
1433	1433	(xx) 400 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 22
1434	1434	sec. 32, comprised of— 23
1435	1435	(I) 320 acres in the S
1436	1436	1
1437	1437	⁄2; and 24
1438	1438	VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:56 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S241.IS S241
1439	1439	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 45
1440	1440	•S 241 IS
1441	1441	(II) 80 acres in the S
1442	1442	1
1443	1443	⁄2of the 1
1444	1444	NW
1445	1445	1
1446	1446	⁄4. 2
1447	1447	(xxi) 455.51 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 3
1448	1448	E., sec. 33, comprised of— 4
1449	1449	(I) 58.25 acres in lot 3; 5
1450	1450	(II) 58.5 acres in lot 4; 6
1451	1451	(III) 58.76 acres in lot 5; 7
1452	1452	(IV) 40 acres in the NW
1453	1453	1
1454	1454	⁄4of the 8
1455	1455	NE
1456	1456	1
1457	1457	⁄4; 9
1458	1458	(V) 160 acres in the SW
1459	1459	1
1460	1460	⁄4; and 10
1461	1461	(VI) 80 acres in the W
1462	1462	1
1463	1463	⁄2of the 11
1464	1464	SE
1465	1465	1
1466	1466	⁄4. 12
1467	1467	(xxii) 88.71 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 13
1468	1468	E., sec. 1, comprised of— 14
1469	1469	(I) 24.36 acres in lot 1; 15
1470	1470	(II) 24.35 acres in lot 2; and 16
1471	1471	(III) 40 acres in the SW
1472	1472	1
1473	1473	⁄4of the 17
1474	1474	SW
1475	1475	1
1476	1476	⁄4. 18
1477	1477	(xxiii) 80 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 19
1478	1478	sec. 3, comprised of— 20
1479	1479	(I) 40 acres in lot 11; and 21
1480	1480	(II) 40 acres in lot 12. 22
1481	1481	(xxiv) 80 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 23
1482	1482	sec. 11, comprised of— 24
1483	1483	VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:56 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S241.IS S241
1484	1484	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 46
1485	1485	•S 241 IS
1486	1486	(I) 40 acres in the NW
1487	1487	1
1488	1488	⁄4of the 1
1489	1489	SW
1490	1490	1
1491	1491	⁄4; and 2
1492	1492	(II) 40 acres in the SW
1493	1493	1
1494	1494	⁄4of the 3
1495	1495	NW
1496	1496	1
1497	1497	⁄4. 4
1498	1498	(xxv) 200 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 5
1499	1499	sec. 12, comprised of— 6
1500	1500	(I) 80 acres in the E
1501	1501	1
1502	1502	⁄2of the 7
1503	1503	SW
1504	1504	1
1505	1505	⁄4; 8
1506	1506	(II) 40 acres in the NW
1507	1507	1
1508	1508	⁄4of the 9
1509	1509	NW
1510	1510	1
1511	1511	⁄4; and 10
1512	1512	(III) 80 acres in the S
1513	1513	1
1514	1514	⁄2of the 11
1515	1515	NW
1516	1516	1
1517	1517	⁄4. 12
1518	1518	(xxvi) 40 acres in the SE
1519	1519	1
1520	1520	⁄4of the 13
1521	1521	NE
1522	1522	1
1523	1523	⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 23. 14
1524	1524	(xxvii) 320 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 15
1525	1525	E., sec. 24, comprised of— 16
1526	1526	(I) 80 acres in the E
1527	1527	1
1528	1528	⁄2of the 17
1529	1529	NW
1530	1530	1
1531	1531	⁄4; 18
1532	1532	(II) 160 acres in the NE
1533	1533	1
1534	1534	⁄4; 19
1535	1535	(III) 40 acres in the NE
1536	1536	1
1537	1537	⁄4of the 20
1538	1538	SE
1539	1539	1
1540	1540	⁄4; and 21
1541	1541	(IV) 40 acres in the SW
1542	1542	1
1543	1543	⁄4of the 22
1544	1544	SW
1545	1545	1
1546	1546	⁄4. 23
1547	1547	(xxviii) 120 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 24
1548	1548	E., sec. 25, comprised of— 25
1549	1549	VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:56 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S241.IS S241
1550	1550	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 47
1551	1551	•S 241 IS
1552	1552	(I) 80 acres in the S
1553	1553	1
1554	1554	⁄2of the 1
1555	1555	NE
1556	1556	1
1557	1557	⁄4; and 2
1558	1558	(II) 40 acres in the SE
1559	1559	1
1560	1560	⁄4of the 3
1561	1561	NW
1562	1562	1
1563	1563	⁄4. 4
1564	1564	(xxix) 40 acres in the NE
1565	1565	1
1566	1566	⁄4of the 5
1567	1567	SE
1568	1568	1
1569	1569	⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 26. 6
1570	1570	(xxx) 160 acres in the NW
1571	1571	1
1572	1572	⁄4of T. 27 7
1573	1573	N., R. 21 E., sec. 27. 8
1574	1574	(xxxi) 40 acres in the SW
1575	1575	1
1576	1576	⁄4of the 9
1577	1577	SW
1578	1578	1
1579	1579	⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 29. 10
1580	1580	(xxxii) 40 acres in the SW
1581	1581	1
1582	1582	⁄4of the 11
1583	1583	NE
1584	1584	1
1585	1585	⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec 30. 12
1586	1586	(xxxiii) 120 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 13
1587	1587	E., sec. 33, comprised of— 14
1588	1588	(I) 40 acres in the SE
1589	1589	1
1590	1590	⁄4of the 15
1591	1591	NE
1592	1592	1
1593	1593	⁄4; and 16
1594	1594	(II) 80 acres in the N
1595	1595	1
1596	1596	⁄2of the 17
1597	1597	SE
1598	1598	1
1599	1599	⁄4. 18
1600	1600	(xxxiv) 440 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 19
1601	1601	E., sec. 34, comprised of— 20
1602	1602	(I) 160 acres in the N
1603	1603	1
1604	1604	⁄2of the 21
1605	1605	S
1606	1606	1
1607	1607	⁄2; 22
1608	1608	(II) 160 acres in the NE
1609	1609	1
1610	1610	⁄4; 23
1611	1611	(III) 80 acres in the S
1612	1612	1
1613	1613	⁄2of the 24
1614	1614	NW
1615	1615	1
1616	1616	⁄4; and 25
1617	1617	VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:56 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S241.IS S241
1618	1618	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 48
1619	1619	•S 241 IS
1620	1620	(IV) 40 acres in the SE
1621	1621	1
1622	1622	⁄4of the 1
1623	1623	SE
1624	1624	1
1625	1625	⁄4. 2
1626	1626	(xxxv) 133.44 acres in T. 27 N., R. 3
1627	1627	22 E., sec. 4, comprised of— 4
1628	1628	(I) 28.09 acres in lot 5; 5
1629	1629	(II) 25.35 acres in lot 6; 6
1630	1630	(III) 40 acres in lot 10; and 7
1631	1631	(IV) 40 acres in lot 15. 8
1632	1632	(xxxvi) 160 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 9
1633	1633	E., sec. 7, comprised of— 10
1634	1634	(I) 40 acres in the NE
1635	1635	1
1636	1636	⁄4of the 11
1637	1637	NE
1638	1638	1
1639	1639	⁄4; 12
1640	1640	(II) 40 acres in the NW
1641	1641	1
1642	1642	⁄4of the 13
1643	1643	SW
1644	1644	1
1645	1645	⁄4; and 14
1646	1646	(III) 80 acres in the W
1647	1647	1
1648	1648	⁄2of the 15
1649	1649	NW
1650	1650	1
1651	1651	⁄4. 16
1652	1652	(xxxvii) 120 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 17
1653	1653	E., sec. 8, comprised of— 18
1654	1654	(I) 80 acres in the E
1655	1655	1
1656	1656	⁄2of the 19
1657	1657	NW
1658	1658	1
1659	1659	⁄4; and 20
1660	1660	(II) 40 acres in the NE
1661	1661	1
1662	1662	⁄4of the 21
1663	1663	SW
1664	1664	1
1665	1665	⁄4. 22
1666	1666	(xxxviii) 40 acres in the SW
1667	1667	1
1668	1668	⁄4of the 23
1669	1669	NW
1670	1670	1
1671	1671	⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 9. 24
1672	1672	VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:56 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S241.IS S241
1673	1673	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 49
1674	1674	•S 241 IS
1675	1675	(xxxix) 40 acres in the NE
1676	1676	1
1677	1677	⁄4of the 1
1678	1678	SW
1679	1679	1
1680	1680	⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 17. 2
1681	1681	(xl) 40 acres in the NW
1682	1682	1
1683	1683	⁄4of the 3
1684	1684	NW
1685	1685	1
1686	1686	⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 19. 4
1687	1687	(xli) 40 acres in the SE
1688	1688	1
1689	1689	⁄4of the 5
1690	1690	NW
1691	1691	1
1692	1692	⁄4of T. 27 N., R22 E., sec. 20. 6
1693	1693	(xlii) 80 acres in the W
1694	1694	1
1695	1695	⁄2of the SE
1696	1696	1
1697	1697	⁄4 7
1698	1698	of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 31. 8
1699	1699	(xliii) 52.36 acres in the SE
1700	1700	1
1701	1701	⁄4of the 9
1702	1702	SE
1703	1703	1
1704	1704	⁄4of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 33. 10
1705	1705	(xliv) 40 acres in the NE
1706	1706	1
1707	1707	⁄4of the 11
1708	1708	SW
1709	1709	1
1710	1710	⁄4of T. 28 N., R. 22 E., sec. 29. 12
1711	1711	(xlv) 40 acres in the NE
1712	1712	1
1713	1713	⁄4of the 13
1714	1714	NE
1715	1715	1
1716	1716	⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 7. 14
1717	1717	(xlvi) 40 acres in the SW
1718	1718	1
1719	1719	⁄4of the 15
1720	1720	NW
1721	1721	1
1722	1722	⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 12. 16
1723	1723	(xlvii) 42.38 acres in the NW
1724	1724	1
1725	1725	⁄4of the 17
1726	1726	NE
1727	1727	1
1728	1728	⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 6. 18
1729	1729	(xlviii) 320 acres in the E
1730	1730	1
1731	1731	⁄2of T. 26 19
1732	1732	N., R. 22 E., sec. 17. 20
1733	1733	(xlix) 80 acres in the E
1734	1734	1
1735	1735	⁄2of the 21
1736	1736	NE
1737	1737	1
1738	1738	⁄4of T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 20. 22
1739	1739	(l) 240 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 23
1740	1740	sec. 30, comprised of— 24
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1742	1742	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 50
1743	1743	•S 241 IS
1744	1744	(I) 80 acres in the E
1745	1745	1
1746	1746	⁄2of the 1
1747	1747	NE
1748	1748	1
1749	1749	⁄4; 2
1750	1750	(II) 80 acres in the N
1751	1751	1
1752	1752	⁄2of the 3
1753	1753	SE
1754	1754	1
1755	1755	⁄4; 4
1756	1756	(III) 40 acres in the SE
1757	1757	1
1758	1758	⁄4of the 5
1759	1759	NW
1760	1760	1
1761	1761	⁄4; and 6
1762	1762	(IV) 40 acres in the SW
1763	1763	1
1764	1764	⁄4of the 7
1765	1765	NE
1766	1766	1
1767	1767	⁄4. 8
1768	1768	(B) B
1769	1769	UREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS .—The 9
1770	1770	parcels of approximately 3,519.3 acres of trust 10
1771	1771	land that have been converted to fee land, judi-11
1772	1772	cially foreclosed on, acquired by the Depart-12
1773	1773	ment of Agriculture, and transferred to the Bu-13
1774	1774	reau of Indian Affairs, described in clauses (i) 14
1775	1775	through (iii). 15
1776	1776	(i) P
1777	1777	ARCEL 1.—The land described in 16
1778	1778	this clause is 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 26 17
1779	1779	E., comprised of— 18
1780	1780	(I) 160 acres in the SW
1781	1781	1
1782	1782	⁄4of sec. 19
1783	1783	27; 20
1784	1784	(II) 160 acres in the NE
1785	1785	1
1786	1786	⁄4of 21
1787	1787	sec. 33; and 22
1788	1788	(III) 320 acres in the W
1789	1789	1
1790	1790	⁄2of 23
1791	1791	sec. 34. 24
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1793	1793	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 51
1794	1794	•S 241 IS
1795	1795	(ii) PARCEL 2.—The land described in 1
1796	1796	this clause is 320 acres in the N
1797	1797	1
1798	1798	⁄2of T. 2
1799	1799	30 N., R. 23 E., sec. 28. 3
1800	1800	(iii) P
1801	1801	ARCEL 3.—The land described 4
1802	1802	in this clause is 2,559.3 acres, comprised 5
1803	1803	of— 6
1804	1804	(I) T. 28 N., R. 24 E., includ-7
1805	1805	ing— 8
1806	1806	(aa) of sec. 16— 9
1807	1807	(AA) 5 acres in the 10
1808	1808	E
1809	1809	1
1810	1810	⁄2, W
1811	1811	1
1812	1812	⁄2, E
1813	1813	1
1814	1814	⁄2, W
1815	1815	1
1816	1816	⁄2, W
1817	1817	1
1818	1818	⁄2, 11
1819	1819	NE
1820	1820	1
1821	1821	⁄4; 12
1822	1822	(BB) 10 acres in the 13
1823	1823	E
1824	1824	1
1825	1825	⁄2, E
1826	1826	1
1827	1827	⁄2, W
1828	1828	1
1829	1829	⁄2, W
1830	1830	1
1831	1831	⁄2, 14
1832	1832	NE
1833	1833	1
1834	1834	⁄4; 15
1835	1835	(CC) 40 acres in the 16
1836	1836	E
1837	1837	1
1838	1838	⁄2, W
1839	1839	1
1840	1840	⁄2, NE
1841	1841	1
1842	1842	⁄4; 17
1843	1843	(DD) 40 acres in the 18
1844	1844	W
1845	1845	1
1846	1846	⁄2, E
1847	1847	1
1848	1848	⁄2, NE
1849	1849	1
1850	1850	⁄4; 19
1851	1851	(EE) 20 acres in the 20
1852	1852	W
1853	1853	1
1854	1854	⁄2, E
1855	1855	1
1856	1856	⁄2, E
1857	1857	1
1858	1858	⁄2, NE
1859	1859	1
1860	1860	⁄4; 21
1861	1861	(FF) 5 acres in the 22
1862	1862	W
1863	1863	1
1864	1864	⁄2, W
1865	1865	1
1866	1866	⁄2, E
1867	1867	1
1868	1868	⁄2, E
1869	1869	1
1870	1870	⁄2, E
1871	1871	1
1872	1872	⁄2, 23
1873	1873	NE
1874	1874	1
1875	1875	⁄4; and 24
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1877	1877	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 52
1878	1878	•S 241 IS
1879	1879	(GG) 160 acres in the 1
1880	1880	SE
1881	1881	1
1882	1882	⁄4; 2
1883	1883	(bb) 640 acres in sec. 21; 3
1884	1884	(cc) 320 acres in the S
1885	1885	1
1886	1886	⁄2of 4
1887	1887	sec. 22; and 5
1888	1888	(dd) 320 acres in the W
1889	1889	1
1890	1890	⁄2 6
1891	1891	of sec. 27; 7
1892	1892	(II) T. 29 N., R. 25 E., PMM, 8
1893	1893	including— 9
1894	1894	(aa) 320 acres in the S
1895	1895	1
1896	1896	⁄2of 10
1897	1897	sec. 1; and 11
1898	1898	(bb) 320 acres in the N
1899	1899	1
1900	1900	⁄2of 12
1901	1901	sec. 12; 13
1902	1902	(III) 39.9 acres in T. 29 N., R. 14
1903	1903	26 E., PMM, sec. 6, lot 2; 15
1904	1904	(IV) T. 30 N., R. 26 E., PMM, 16
1905	1905	including— 17
1906	1906	(aa) 39.4 acres in sec. 3, lot 18
1907	1907	2; 19
1908	1908	(bb) 40 acres in the SW
1909	1909	1
1910	1910	⁄4 20
1911	1911	of the SW
1912	1912	1
1913	1913	⁄4of sec. 4; 21
1914	1914	(cc) 80 acres in the E
1915	1915	1
1916	1916	⁄2of 22
1917	1917	the SE
1918	1918	1
1919	1919	⁄4of sec. 5; 23
1920	1920	(dd) 80 acres in the S
1921	1921	1
1922	1922	⁄2of 24
1923	1923	the SE
1924	1924	1
1925	1925	⁄4of sec. 7; and 25
1926	1926	VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:56 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S241.IS S241
1927	1927	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 53
1928	1928	•S 241 IS
1929	1929	(ee) 40 acres in the N
1930	1930	1
1931	1931	⁄2, 1
1932	1932	N
1933	1933	1
1934	1934	⁄2, NE
1935	1935	1
1936	1936	⁄4of sec. 18; and 2
1937	1937	(V) 40 acres in T. 31 N., R. 26 3
1938	1938	E., PMM, the NW
1939	1939	1
1940	1940	⁄4of the SE
1941	1941	1
1942	1942	⁄4of 4
1943	1943	sec. 31. 5
1944	1944	(3) T
1945	1945	ERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 6
1946	1946	(A) E
1947	1947	XISTING AUTHORIZATIONS .— 7
1948	1948	(i) I
1949	1949	N GENERAL.—Federal land trans-8
1950	1950	ferred under this subsection shall be con-9
1951	1951	veyed and taken into trust subject to valid 10
1952	1952	existing rights, contracts, leases, permits, 11
1953	1953	and rights-of-way, unless the holder of the 12
1954	1954	right, contract, lease, permit, and rights- 13
1955	1955	of-way requests an earlier termination in 14
1956	1956	accordance with existing law. 15
1957	1957	(ii) A
1958	1958	SSUMPTION BY BUREAU OF IN -16
1959	1959	DIAN AFFAIRS.—The Bureau of Indian Af-17
1960	1960	fairs shall— 18
1961	1961	(I) assume all benefits and obli-19
1962	1962	gations of the previous land manage-20
1963	1963	ment agency under the existing rights, 21
1964	1964	contracts, leases, permits, and rights- 22
1965	1965	of-way described in clause (i); and 23
1966	1966	(II) disburse to the Fort Belknap 24
1967	1967	Indian Community any amounts that 25
1968	1968	VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:56 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S241.IS S241
1969	1969	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 54
1970	1970	•S 241 IS
1971	1971	accrue to the United States from 1
1972	1972	those rights, contracts, leases, per-2
1973	1973	mits, and rights-of-ways after the date 3
1974	1974	of transfer from any sale, bonus, roy-4
1975	1975	alty, or rental relating to that land in 5
1976	1976	the same manner as amounts received 6
1977	1977	from other land held by the Secretary 7
1978	1978	in trust for the Fort Belknap Indian 8
1979	1979	Community. 9
1980	1980	(B) P
1981	1981	ERSONAL PROPERTY .— 10
1982	1982	(i) I
1983	1983	N GENERAL.—Any improvements 11
1984	1984	constituting personal property, as defined 12
1985	1985	by State law, belonging to the holder of a 13
1986	1986	right, contract, lease, permit, or right-of- 14
1987	1987	way on land transferred under this sub-15
1988	1988	section shall— 16
1989	1989	(I) remain the property of the 17
1990	1990	holder; and 18
1991	1991	(II) be removed from the land 19
1992	1992	not later than 90 days after the date 20
1993	1993	on which the right, contract, lease, 21
1994	1994	permit, or right-of-way expires, unless 22
1995	1995	the Fort Belknap Indian Community 23
1996	1996	and the holder agree otherwise. 24
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1998	1998	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 55
1999	1999	•S 241 IS
2000	2000	(ii) REMAINING PROPERTY.—Any per-1
2001	2001	sonal property described in clause (i) re-2
2002	2002	maining with the holder described in that 3
2003	2003	clause beyond the 90-day period described 4
2004	2004	in subclause (II) of that clause shall— 5
2005	2005	(I) become the property of the 6
2006	2006	Fort Belknap Indian Community; and 7
2007	2007	(II) be subject to removal and 8
2008	2008	disposition at the discretion of the 9
2009	2009	Fort Belknap Indian Community. 10
2010	2010	(iii) L
2011	2011	IABILITY OF PREVIOUS HOLD -11
2012	2012	ER.—The holder of personal property de-12
2013	2013	scribed in clause (i) shall be liable to the 13
2014	2014	Fort Belknap Indian Community for costs 14
2015	2015	incurred by the Fort Belknap Indian Com-15
2016	2016	munity in removing and disposing of the 16
2017	2017	property under clause (ii)(II). 17
2018	2018	(C) E
2019	2019	XISTING ROADS.—If any road within 18
2020	2020	the Federal land transferred under this sub-19
2021	2021	section is necessary for customary access to pri-20
2022	2022	vate land, the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall 21
2023	2023	offer the owner of the private land to apply for 22
2024	2024	a right-of-way along the existing road, at the 23
2025	2025	expense of the landowner. 24
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2029	2029	(D) LIMITATION ON THE TRANSFER OF 1
2030	2030	WATER RIGHTS.—Water rights that transfer 2
2031	2031	with the land described in paragraph (2) shall 3
2032	2032	not become part of the Tribal water rights, un-4
2033	2033	less those rights are recognized and ratified in 5
2034	2034	the Compact. 6
2035	2035	(4) W
2036	2036	ITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND .— 7
2037	2037	(A) I
2038	2038	N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-8
2039	2039	ing rights, effective on the date of enactment of 9
2040	2040	this Act, all Federal land within the parcels de-10
2041	2041	scribed in paragraph (2) is withdrawn from all 11
2042	2042	forms of— 12
2043	2043	(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 13
2044	2044	under the public land laws; 14
2045	2045	(ii) location, entry, and patent under 15
2046	2046	the mining laws; and 16
2047	2047	(iii) disposition under all laws per-17
2048	2048	taining to mineral and geothermal leasing 18
2049	2049	or mineral materials. 19
2050	2050	(B) E
2051	2051	XPIRATION.—The withdrawals pursu-20
2052	2052	ant to subparagraph (A) shall terminate on the 21
2053	2053	date that the Secretary takes the land into 22
2054	2054	trust for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 23
2055	2055	Community pursuant to paragraph (1). 24
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2059	2059	(C) NO NEW RESERVATION OF FEDERAL 1
2060	2060	WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this paragraph es-2
2061	2061	tablishes a new reservation in favor of the 3
2062	2062	United States or the Fort Belknap Indian Com-4
2063	2063	munity with respect to any water or water right 5
2064	2064	on the land withdrawn by this paragraph. 6
2065	2065	(5) T
2066	2066	ECHNICAL CORRECTIONS .—Notwith-7
2067	2067	standing the descriptions of the parcels of Federal 8
2068	2068	land in paragraph (2), the United States may, with 9
2069	2069	the consent of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 10
2070	2070	make technical corrections to the legal land descrip-11
2071	2071	tions to more specifically identify the parcels. 12
2072	2072	(6) S
2073	2073	URVEY.— 13
2074	2074	(A) I
2075	2075	N GENERAL.—Unless the United 14
2076	2076	States or the Fort Belknap Indian Community 15
2077	2077	request an additional survey for the transferred 16
2078	2078	land or a technical correction is made under 17
2079	2079	paragraph (5), the description of land under 18
2080	2080	this subsection shall be controlling. 19
2081	2081	(B) A
2082	2082	DDITIONAL SURVEY.—If the United 20
2083	2083	States or the Fort Belknap Indian Community 21
2084	2084	requests an additional survey, that survey shall 22
2085	2085	control the total acreage to be transferred into 23
2086	2086	trust under this subsection. 24
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2090	2090	(C) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 1
2091	2091	provide such financial or other assistance as 2
2092	2092	may be necessary— 3
2093	2093	(i) to conduct additional surveys 4
2094	2094	under this subsection; and 5
2095	2095	(ii) to satisfy administrative require-6
2096	2096	ments necessary to accomplish the land 7
2097	2097	transfers under this subsection. 8
2098	2098	(7) D
2099	2099	ATE OF TRANSFER.—The Secretary shall 9
2100	2100	complete all land transfers under this subsection and 10
2101	2101	shall take the land into trust for the benefit of the 11
2102	2102	Fort Belknap Indian Community as expeditiously as 12
2103	2103	practicable after the enforceability date, but not 13
2104	2104	later than 10 years after the enforceability date. 14
2105	2105	(c) T
2106	2106	RIBALLYOWNEDFEELAND.—Not later than 15
2107	2107	10 years after the enforceability date, the Secretary shall 16
2108	2108	take into trust for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 17
2109	2109	Community all fee land owned by the Fort Belknap Indian 18
2110	2110	Community on or adjacent to the Reservation to become 19
2111	2111	part of the Reservation, provided that— 20
2112	2112	(1) the land is free from any liens, encum-21
2113	2113	brances, or other infirmities; and 22
2114	2114	(2) no evidence exists of any hazardous sub-23
2115	2115	stances on, or other environmental liability with re-24
2116	2116	spect to, the land. 25
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2120	2120	(d) DODSONLAND.— 1
2121	2121	(1) I
2122	2122	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), as 2
2123	2123	soon as practicable after the enforceability date, but 3
2124	2124	not later than 10 years after the enforceability date, 4
2125	2125	the Dodson Land described in paragraph (3) shall 5
2126	2126	be taken into trust by the United States for the ben-6
2127	2127	efit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community as part 7
2128	2128	of the Reservation. 8
2129	2129	(2) R
2130	2130	ESTRICTIONS.—The land taken into trust 9
2131	2131	under paragraph (1) shall be subject to a perpetual 10
2132	2132	easement, reserved by the United States for use by 11
2133	2133	the Bureau of Reclamation, its contractors, and its 12
2134	2134	assigns for— 13
2135	2135	(A) the right of ingress and egress for 14
2136	2136	Milk River Project purposes; and 15
2137	2137	(B) the right to— 16
2138	2138	(i) seep, flood, and overflow the trans-17
2139	2139	ferred land for Milk River Project pur-18
2140	2140	poses; 19
2141	2141	(ii) conduct routine and non-routine 20
2142	2142	operation, maintenance, and replacement 21
2143	2143	activities on the Milk River Project facili-22
2144	2144	ties, including modification to the 23
2145	2145	headworks at the upstream end of the 24
2146	2146	Dodson South Canal in support of Dodson 25
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2150	2150	South Canal enlargement, to include all as-1
2151	2151	sociated access, construction, and material 2
2152	2152	storage necessary to complete those activi-3
2153	2153	ties; and 4
2154	2154	(iii) prohibit the construction of per-5
2155	2155	manent structures on the transferred land, 6
2156	2156	except— 7
2157	2157	(I) as provided in the cooperative 8
2158	2158	agreement under paragraph (4); and 9
2159	2159	(II) to meet the requirements of 10
2160	2160	the Milk River Project. 11
2161	2161	(3) D
2162	2162	ESCRIPTION OF DODSON LAND .— 12
2163	2163	(A) I
2164	2164	N GENERAL.—The Dodson Land re-13
2165	2165	ferred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is the ap-14
2166	2166	proximately 2,500 acres of land owned by the 15
2167	2167	United States that is, as of the date of enact-16
2168	2168	ment of this Act, under the jurisdiction of the 17
2169	2169	Bureau of Reclamation and located at the 18
2170	2170	northeastern corner of the Reservation (which 19
2171	2171	extends to the point in the middle of the main 20
2172	2172	channel of the Milk River), where the Milk 21
2173	2173	River Project facilities, including the Dodson 22
2174	2174	Diversion Dam, headworks to the Dodson 23
2175	2175	South Canal, and Dodson South Canal, are lo-24
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2179	2179	cated, and more particularly described as fol-1
2180	2180	lows: 2
2181	2181	(i) Supplemental Plat of T. 30 N., R. 3
2182	2182	26 E., PMM, secs. 1 and 2. 4
2183	2183	(ii) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., R. 5
2184	2184	25 E., PMM, sec. 13. 6
2185	2185	(iii) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., 7
2186	2186	R. 26 E., PMM, secs. 18, 19, 20, and 29. 8
2187	2187	(iv) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., R. 9
2188	2188	26 E., PMM, secs. 26, 27, 35, and 36. 10
2189	2189	(B) C
2190	2190	LARIFICATION.—The supplemental 11
2191	2191	plats described in clauses (i) through (iv) of 12
2192	2192	subparagraph (A) are official plats, as docu-13
2193	2193	mented by retracement boundary surveys of the 14
2194	2194	General Land Office, approved on March 11, 15
2195	2195	1938, and on record at the Bureau of Land 16
2196	2196	Management. 17
2197	2197	(C) T
2198	2198	ECHNICAL CORRECTIONS .—Notwith-18
2199	2199	standing the descriptions of the parcels of Fed-19
2200	2200	eral land in subparagraph (A), the United 20
2201	2201	States may, with the consent of the Fort 21
2202	2202	Belknap Indian Community, make technical 22
2203	2203	corrections to the legal land descriptions to 23
2204	2204	more specifically identify the parcels to be 24
2205	2205	transferred. 25
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2209	2209	(4) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT .—Not later 1
2210	2210	than 3 years after the enforceability date, the Bu-2
2211	2211	reau of Reclamation, the Malta Irrigation District, 3
2212	2212	the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Fort Belknap 4
2213	2213	Indian Community shall negotiate and enter into a 5
2214	2214	cooperative agreement that identifies the uses to 6
2215	2215	which the Fort Belknap Indian Community may put 7
2216	2216	the land described in paragraph (3), provided that 8
2217	2217	the cooperative agreement may be amended by mu-9
2218	2218	tual agreement of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-10
2219	2219	nity, Bureau of Reclamation, the Malta Irrigation 11
2220	2220	District, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including 12
2221	2221	to modify the perpetual easement to narrow the 13
2222	2222	boundaries of the easement or to terminate the per-14
2223	2223	petual easement and cooperative agreement. 15
2224	2224	(e) L
2225	2225	ANDSTATUS.—All land held in trust by the 16
2226	2226	United States for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 17
2227	2227	Community under this section shall be— 18
2228	2228	(1) beneficially owned by the Fort Belknap In-19
2229	2229	dian Community; and 20
2230	2230	(2) part of the Reservation and administered in 21
2231	2231	accordance with the laws and regulations generally 22
2232	2232	applicable to land held in trust by the United States 23
2233	2233	for the benefit of an Indian Tribe. 24
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2237	2237	(f) GAMINGPROHIBITED.—All land held in trust by 1
2238	2238	the United States for the benefit of the Fort Belknap In-2
2239	2239	dian Community under this section shall not be used for 3
2240	2240	any class II gaming or class III gaming under the Indian 4
2241	2241	Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those 5
2242	2242	terms are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 6
2243	2243	2703)). 7
2244	2244	SEC. 107. STORAGE ALLOCATION FROM LAKE ELWELL. 8
2245	2245	(a) S
2246	2246	TORAGEALLOCATION OF WATER TOFORT 9
2247	2247	B
2248	2248	ELKNAPINDIANCOMMUNITY.—The Secretary shall allo-10
2249	2249	cate to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 20,000 acre- 11
2250	2250	feet per year of water stored in Lake Elwell for use by 12
2251	2251	the Fort Belknap Indian Community for any beneficial 13
2252	2252	purpose on or off the Reservation, under a water right 14
2253	2253	held by the United States and managed by the Bureau 15
2254	2254	of Reclamation for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 16
2255	2255	Community, as measured and diverted at the outlet works 17
2256	2256	of the Tiber Dam or through direct pumping from Lake 18
2257	2257	Elwell. 19
2258	2258	(b) T
2259	2259	REATMENT.— 20
2260	2260	(1) I
2261	2261	N GENERAL.—The allocation to the Fort 21
2262	2262	Belknap Indian Community under subsection (a) 22
2263	2263	shall be considered to be part of the Tribal water 23
2264	2264	rights. 24
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2268	2268	(2) PRIORITY DATE.—The priority date of the 1
2269	2269	allocation to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 2
2270	2270	under subsection (a) shall be the priority date of the 3
2271	2271	Lake Elwell water right held by the Bureau of Rec-4
2272	2272	lamation. 5
2273	2273	(3) A
2274	2274	DMINISTRATION.—The Fort Belknap In-6
2275	2275	dian Community shall administer the water allocated 7
2276	2276	under subsection (a) in accordance with the Com-8
2277	2277	pact and this title. 9
2278	2278	(c) A
2279	2279	LLOCATIONAGREEMENT.— 10
2280	2280	(1) I
2281	2281	N GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 11
2282	2282	the allocation under this section, the Fort Belknap 12
2283	2283	Indian Community shall enter into an agreement 13
2284	2284	with the Secretary to establish the terms and condi-14
2285	2285	tions of the allocation, in accordance with the Com-15
2286	2286	pact and this title. 16
2287	2287	(2) I
2288	2288	NCLUSIONS.—The agreement under para-17
2289	2289	graph (1) shall include provisions establishing that— 18
2290	2290	(A) the agreement shall be without limit as 19
2291	2291	to term; 20
2292	2292	(B) the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 21
2293	2293	and not the United States, shall be entitled to 22
2294	2294	all consideration due to the Fort Belknap In-23
2295	2295	dian Community under any lease, contract, ex-24
2296	2296	change, or agreement entered into by the Fort 25
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2300	2300	Belknap Indian Community pursuant to sub-1
2301	2301	section (d); 2
2302	2302	(C) the United States shall have no obliga-3
2303	2303	tion to monitor, administer, or account for— 4
2304	2304	(i) any funds received by the Fort 5
2305	2305	Belknap Indian Community as consider-6
2306	2306	ation under any lease, contract, exchange, 7
2307	2307	or agreement entered into by the Fort 8
2308	2308	Belknap Indian Community pursuant to 9
2309	2309	subsection (d); or 10
2310	2310	(ii) the expenditure of those funds; 11
2311	2311	(D) if the capacity or function of Lake 12
2312	2312	Elwell facilities are significantly reduced, or are 13
2313	2313	anticipated to be significantly reduced, for an 14
2314	2314	extended period of time, the Fort Belknap In-15
2315	2315	dian Community shall have the same storage 16
2316	2316	rights as other storage contractors with respect 17
2317	2317	to the allocation under this section; 18
2318	2318	(E) the costs associated with the construc-19
2319	2319	tion of the storage facilities at Tiber Dam allo-20
2320	2320	cable to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 21
2321	2321	shall be nonreimbursable; 22
2322	2322	(F) no water service capital charge shall be 23
2323	2323	due or payable for any water allocated to the 24
2324	2324	Fort Belknap Indian Community under this 25
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2328	2328	section or the allocation agreement, regardless 1
2329	2329	of whether that water is delivered for use by the 2
2330	2330	Fort Belknap Indian Community or under a 3
2331	2331	lease, contract, exchange, or by agreement en-4
2332	2332	tered into by the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-5
2333	2333	nity pursuant to subsection (d); 6
2334	2334	(G) the Fort Belknap Indian Community 7
2335	2335	shall not be required to make payments to the 8
2336	2336	United States for any water allocated to the 9
2337	2337	Fort Belknap Indian Community under this 10
2338	2338	section or the allocation agreement, except for 11
2339	2339	each acre-foot of stored water leased or trans-12
2340	2340	ferred for industrial purposes as described in 13
2341	2341	subparagraph (H); and 14
2342	2342	(H) for each acre-foot of stored water 15
2343	2343	leased or transferred by the Fort Belknap In-16
2344	2344	dian Community for industrial purposes— 17
2345	2345	(i) the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-18
2346	2346	nity shall pay annually to the United 19
2347	2347	States an amount necessary to cover the 20
2348	2348	proportional share of the annual oper-21
2349	2349	ations, maintenance, and replacement costs 22
2350	2350	allocable to the quantity of water leased or 23
2351	2351	transferred by the Fort Belknap Indian 24
2352	2352	Community for industrial purposes; and 25
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2356	2356	(ii) the annual payments of the Fort 1
2357	2357	Belknap Indian Community shall be re-2
2358	2358	viewed and adjusted, as appropriate, to re-3
2359	2359	flect the actual operations, maintenance, 4
2360	2360	and replacement costs for Tiber Dam. 5
2361	2361	(d) A
2362	2362	GREEMENT BYFORTBELKNAPINDIANCOMMU-6
2363	2363	NITY.—The Fort Belknap Indian Community may use, 7
2364	2364	lease, contract, exchange, or enter into other agreements 8
2365	2365	for the use of the water allocated to the Fort Belknap 9
2366	2366	Indian Community under subsection (a) if— 10
2367	2367	(1) the use of water that is the subject of such 11
2368	2368	an agreement occurs within the Missouri River 12
2369	2369	Basin; and 13
2370	2370	(2) the agreement does not permanently alien-14
2371	2371	ate any water allocated to the Fort Belknap Indian 15
2372	2372	Community under that subsection. 16
2373	2373	(e) E
2374	2374	FFECTIVEDATE.—The allocation under sub-17
2375	2375	section (a) takes effect on the enforceability date. 18
2376	2376	(f) N
2377	2377	OCARRYOVERSTORAGE.—The allocation under 19
2378	2378	subsection (a) shall not be increased by any year-to-year 20
2379	2379	carryover storage. 21
2380	2380	(g) D
2381	2381	EVELOPMENT AND DELIVERYCOSTS.—The 22
2382	2382	United States shall not be required to pay the cost of de-23
2383	2383	veloping or delivering any water allocated under this sec-24
2384	2384	tion. 25
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2388	2388	SEC. 108. MILK RIVER PROJECT MITIGATION. 1
2389	2389	(a) I
2390	2390	NGENERAL.—In complete satisfaction of the 2
2391	2391	Milk River Project mitigation requirements provided for 3
2392	2392	in Article VI.B. of the Compact, the Secretary, acting 4
2393	2393	through the Commissioner— 5
2394	2394	(1) in cooperation with the State and the 6
2395	2395	Blackfeet Tribe, shall carry out appropriate activi-7
2396	2396	ties concerning the restoration of the St. Mary 8
2397	2397	Canal and associated facilities, including activities 9
2398	2398	relating to the— 10
2399	2399	(A) planning and design to restore the St. 11
2400	2400	Mary Canal and appurtenances to convey 850 12
2401	2401	cubic-feet per second; and 13
2402	2402	(B) rehabilitating, constructing, and re-14
2403	2403	pairing of the St. Mary Canal and appur-15
2404	2404	tenances; and 16
2405	2405	(2) in cooperation with the State and the Fort 17
2406	2406	Belknap Indian Community, shall carry out appro-18
2407	2407	priate activities concerning the enlargement of 19
2408	2408	Dodson South Canal and associated facilities, includ-20
2409	2409	ing activities relating to the— 21
2410	2410	(A) planning and design to enlarge Dodson 22
2411	2411	South Canal and headworks at the upstream 23
2412	2412	end of Dodson South Canal to divert and con-24
2413	2413	vey 700 cubic-feet per second; and 25
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2417	2417	(B) rehabilitating, constructing, and en-1
2418	2418	larging the Dodson South Canal and headworks 2
2419	2419	at the upstream end of Dodson South Canal to 3
2420	2420	divert and convey 700 cubic-feet per second. 4
2421	2421	(b) F
2422	2422	UNDING.—The total amount of obligations in-5
2423	2423	curred by the Secretary, prior to any adjustments provided 6
2424	2424	for in section 114(b), shall not exceed $300,000,000 to 7
2425	2425	carry out activities described in subsection (c)(1). 8
2426	2426	(c) S
2427	2427	ATISFACTION OFMITIGATIONREQUIREMENT.— 9
2428	2428	Notwithstanding any provision of the Compact, the miti-10
2429	2429	gation required by Article VI.B. of the Compact shall be 11
2430	2430	deemed satisfied if— 12
2431	2431	(1) the Secretary has— 13
2432	2432	(A) restored the St. Mary Canal and asso-14
2433	2433	ciated facilities to convey 850 cubic-feet per sec-15
2434	2434	ond; and 16
2435	2435	(B) enlarged the Dodson South Canal and 17
2436	2436	headworks at the upstream end of Dodson 18
2437	2437	South Canal to divert and convey 700 cubic-feet 19
2438	2438	per second; or 20
2439	2439	(2) the Secretary— 21
2440	2440	(A) has expended all of the available fund-22
2441	2441	ing provided pursuant to section 114(a)(1)(D) 23
2442	2442	to rehabilitate the St. Mary Canal and enlarge 24
2443	2443	the Dodson South Canal; and 25
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2447	2447	(B) despite diligent efforts, could not com-1
2448	2448	plete the activities described in subsection (a). 2
2449	2449	(d) N
2450	2450	ONREIMBURSABILITY OF COSTS.—The costs to 3
2451	2451	the Secretary of carrying out this section shall be nonreim-4
2452	2452	bursable. 5
2453	2453	SEC. 109. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN IRRIGATION PROJECT 6
2454	2454	SYSTEM. 7
2455	2455	(a) I
2456	2456	NGENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-8
2457	2457	propriations, the Secretary shall rehabilitate, modernize, 9
2458	2458	and expand the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project, 10
2459	2459	as generally described in the document of Natural Re-11
2460	2460	sources Consulting Engineers, Inc., entitled ‘‘Fort 12
2461	2461	Belknap Indian Community Comprehensive Water Devel-13
2462	2462	opment Plan’’ and dated February 2019, which shall in-14
2463	2463	clude— 15
2464	2464	(1) planning, studies, and designing of the ex-16
2465	2465	isting and expanded Milk River unit, including the 17
2466	2466	irrigation system, Pumping Plant, delivery pipe and 18
2467	2467	canal, Fort Belknap Dam and Reservoir, and Peo-19
2468	2468	ples Creek Flood Protection Project; 20
2469	2469	(2) the rehabilitation, modernization, and con-21
2470	2470	struction of the existing Milk River unit; and 22
2471	2471	(3) construction of the expanded Milk River 23
2472	2472	unit, including the irrigation system, Pumping 24
2473	2473	Plant, delivery pipe and canal, Fort Belknap Dam 25
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2477	2477	and Reservoir, and Peoples Creek Flood Protection 1
2478	2478	Project. 2
2479	2479	(b) L
2480	2480	EADAGENCY.—The Bureau of Indian Affairs, 3
2481	2481	in coordination with the Bureau of Reclamation, shall 4
2482	2482	serve as the lead agency with respect to any activities car-5
2483	2483	ried out under this section. 6
2484	2484	(c) C
2485	2485	ONSULTATIONWITH THEFORTBELKNAPIN-7
2486	2486	DIANCOMMUNITY.—The Secretary shall consult with the 8
2487	2487	Fort Belknap Indian Community on appropriate changes 9
2488	2488	to the final design and costs of any activity under this 10
2489	2489	section. 11
2490	2490	(d) F
2491	2491	UNDING.—The total amount of obligations in-12
2492	2492	curred by the Secretary in carrying out this section, prior 13
2493	2493	to any adjustment provided for in section 114(b), shall not 14
2494	2494	exceed $415,832,153. 15
2495	2495	(e) N
2496	2496	ONREIMBURSABILITY OF COSTS.—All costs in-16
2497	2497	curred by the Secretary in carrying out this section shall 17
2498	2498	be nonreimbursable. 18
2499	2499	(f) A
2500	2500	DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary and the Fort 19
2501	2501	Belknap Indian Community shall negotiate the cost of any 20
2502	2502	oversight activity carried out by the Bureau of Indian Af-21
2503	2503	fairs or the Bureau of Reclamation under any agreement 22
2504	2504	entered into under subsection (j), subject to the condition 23
2505	2505	that the total cost for the oversight shall not exceed 3 per-24
2506	2506	cent of the total project costs for each project. 25
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2510	2510	(g) PROJECTMANAGEMENTCOMMITTEE.—Not later 1
2511	2511	than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 2
2512	2512	Secretary shall facilitate the formation of a project man-3
2513	2513	agement committee composed of representatives of the 4
2514	2514	Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Reclamation, and 5
2515	2515	the Fort Belknap Indian Community— 6
2516	2516	(1) to review and make recommendations relat-7
2517	2517	ing to cost factors, budgets, and implementing the 8
2518	2518	activities for rehabilitating, modernizing, and ex-9
2519	2519	panding the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project; 10
2520	2520	and 11
2521	2521	(2) to improve management of inherently gov-12
2522	2522	ernmental activities through enhanced communica-13
2523	2523	tion. 14
2524	2524	(h) P
2525	2525	ROJECTEFFICIENCIES.—If the total cost of 15
2526	2526	planning, studies, design, rehabilitation, modernization, 16
2527	2527	and construction activities relating to the projects de-17
2528	2528	scribed in subsection (a) results in cost savings and is less 18
2529	2529	than the amounts authorized to be obligated, the Sec-19
2530	2530	retary, at the request of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-20
2531	2531	nity, shall deposit those savings in the Fort Belknap In-21
2532	2532	dian Community Water Resources and Water Rights Ad-22
2533	2533	ministration, Operation, and Maintenance Account estab-23
2534	2534	lished under section 112(b)(2). 24
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2538	2538	(i) TREATMENT.—Any activities carried out pursuant 1
2539	2539	to this section that result in improvements, additions, or 2
2540	2540	modifications to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 3
2541	2541	Project shall— 4
2542	2542	(1) become a part of the Fort Belknap Indian 5
2543	2543	Irrigation Project; and 6
2544	2544	(2) be recorded in the inventory of the Sec-7
2545	2545	retary relating to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 8
2546	2546	Project. 9
2547	2547	(j) A
2548	2548	PPLICABILITY OFISDEAA.—At the request of 10
2549	2549	the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and in accordance 11
2550	2550	with the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-12
2551	2551	ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Secretary shall 13
2552	2552	enter into agreements with the Fort Belknap Indian Com-14
2553	2553	munity to carry out all or a portion of this section. 15
2554	2554	(k) E
2555	2555	FFECT.—Nothing in this section— 16
2556	2556	(1) alters any applicable law under which the 17
2557	2557	Bureau of Indian Affairs collects assessments or car-18
2558	2558	ries out the operations and maintenance of the Fort 19
2559	2559	Belknap Indian Irrigation Project; or 20
2560	2560	(2) impacts the availability of amounts under 21
2561	2561	section 114. 22
2562	2562	(l) S
2563	2563	ATISFACTION OFFORTBELKNAPINDIANIRRI-23
2564	2564	GATIONPROJECTSYSTEMREQUIREMENT.—The obliga-24
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2568	2568	tions of the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be 1
2569	2569	deemed satisfied if the Secretary— 2
2570	2570	(1) has rehabilitated, modernized, and expanded 3
2571	2571	the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project in ac-4
2572	2572	cordance with subsection (a); or 5
2573	2573	(2)(A) has expended all of the available funding 6
2574	2574	provided pursuant to paragraphs (1)(C) and 7
2575	2575	(2)(A)(iv) of section 114(a); and 8
2576	2576	(B) despite diligent efforts, could not complete 9
2577	2577	the activities described in subsection (a). 10
2578	2578	SEC. 110. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 11
2579	2579	(a) I
2580	2580	NGENERAL.—The benefits provided under this 12
2581	2581	title shall be in complete replacement of, complete substi-13
2582	2582	tution for, and full satisfaction of any claim of the Fort 14
2583	2583	Belknap Indian Community against the United States 15
2584	2584	that is waived and released by the Fort Belknap Indian 16
2585	2585	Community under section 111(a). 17
2586	2586	(b) A
2587	2587	LLOTTEES.—The benefits realized by the 18
2588	2588	allottees under this title shall be in complete replacement 19
2589	2589	of, complete substitution for, and full satisfaction of— 20
2590	2590	(1) all claims waived and released by the United 21
2591	2591	States (acting as trustee for the allottees) under sec-22
2592	2592	tion 111(a)(2); and 23
2593	2593	(2) any claims of the allottees against the 24
2594	2594	United States similar to the claims described in sec-25
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2598	2598	tion 111(a)(2) that the allottee asserted or could 1
2599	2599	have asserted. 2
2600	2600	SEC. 111. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 3
2601	2601	(a) I
2602	2602	NGENERAL.— 4
2603	2603	(1) W
2604	2604	AIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 5
2605	2605	FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY AND UNITED 6
2606	2606	STATES AS TRUSTEE FOR THE FORT BELKNAP IN -7
2607	2607	DIAN COMMUNITY .—Subject to the reservation of 8
2608	2608	rights and retention of claims under subsection (d), 9
2609	2609	as consideration for recognition of the Tribal water 10
2610	2610	rights and other benefits described in the Compact 11
2611	2611	and this title, the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 12
2612	2612	acting on behalf of the Fort Belknap Indian Com-13
2613	2613	munity and members of the Fort Belknap Indian 14
2614	2614	Community (but not any member of the Fort 15
2615	2615	Belknap Indian Community as an allottee), and the 16
2616	2616	United States, acting as trustee for the Fort 17
2617	2617	Belknap Indian Community and the members of the 18
2618	2618	Fort Belknap Indian Community (but not any mem-19
2619	2619	ber of the Fort Belknap Indian Community as an al-20
2620	2620	lottee), shall execute a waiver and release of all 21
2621	2621	claims for water rights within the State that the 22
2622	2622	Fort Belknap Indian Community, or the United 23
2623	2623	States acting as trustee for the Fort Belknap Indian 24
2624	2624	Community, asserted or could have asserted in any 25
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2628	2628	proceeding, including a State stream adjudication, 1
2629	2629	on or before the enforceability date, except to the ex-2
2630	2630	tent that such rights are recognized in the Compact 3
2631	2631	and this title. 4
2632	2632	(2) W
2633	2633	AIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 5
2634	2634	UNITED STATES AS TRUSTEE FOR ALLOTTEES .— 6
2635	2635	Subject to the reservation of rights and the retention 7
2636	2636	of claims under subsection (d), as consideration for 8
2637	2637	recognition of the Tribal water rights and other ben-9
2638	2638	efits described in the Compact and this title, the 10
2639	2639	United States, acting as trustee for the allottees, 11
2640	2640	shall execute a waiver and release of all claims for 12
2641	2641	water rights within the Reservation that the United 13
2642	2642	States, acting as trustee for the allottees, asserted or 14
2643	2643	could have asserted in any proceeding, including a 15
2644	2644	State stream adjudication, on or before the enforce-16
2645	2645	ability date, except to the extent that such rights are 17
2646	2646	recognized in the Compact and this title. 18
2647	2647	(3) W
2648	2648	AIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 19
2649	2649	FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY AGAINST THE 20
2650	2650	UNITED STATES.—Subject to the reservation of 21
2651	2651	rights and retention of claims under subsection (d), 22
2652	2652	the Fort Belknap Indian Community, acting on be-23
2653	2653	half of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 24
2654	2654	members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community 25
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2658	2658	(but not any member of the Fort Belknap Indian 1
2659	2659	Community as an allottee), shall execute a waiver 2
2660	2660	and release of all claims against the United States 3
2661	2661	(including any agency or employee of the United 4
2662	2662	States)— 5
2663	2663	(A) first arising before the enforceability 6
2664	2664	date relating to— 7
2665	2665	(i) water rights within the State that 8
2666	2666	the United States, acting as trustee for the 9
2667	2667	Fort Belknap Indian Community, asserted 10
2668	2668	or could have asserted in any proceeding, 11
2669	2669	including a general stream adjudication in 12
2670	2670	the State, except to the extent that such 13
2671	2671	rights are recognized as Tribal water 14
2672	2672	rights under this title; 15
2673	2673	(ii) foregone benefits from nontribal 16
2674	2674	use of water, on and off the Reservation 17
2675	2675	(including water from all sources and for 18
2676	2676	all uses); 19
2677	2677	(iii) damage, loss, or injury to water, 20
2678	2678	water rights, land, or natural resources 21
2679	2679	due to loss of water or water rights, in-22
2680	2680	cluding damages, losses, or injuries to 23
2681	2681	hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 24
2682	2682	rights due to loss of water or water rights, 25
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2686	2686	claims relating to interference with, diver-1
2687	2687	sion of, or taking of water, or claims relat-2
2688	2688	ing to a failure to protect, acquire, replace, 3
2689	2689	or develop water, water rights, or water in-4
2690	2690	frastructure) within the State; 5
2691	2691	(iv) a failure to establish or provide a 6
2692	2692	municipal rural or industrial water delivery 7
2693	2693	system on the Reservation; 8
2694	2694	(v) damage, loss, or injury to water, 9
2695	2695	water rights, land, or natural resources 10
2696	2696	due to construction, operation, and man-11
2697	2697	agement of the Fort Belknap Indian Irri-12
2698	2698	gation Project and other Federal land and 13
2699	2699	facilities (including damages, losses, or in-14
2700	2700	juries to Tribal fisheries, fish habitat, wild-15
2701	2701	life, and wildlife habitat); 16
2702	2702	(vi) a failure to provide for operation 17
2703	2703	and maintenance, or deferred maintenance, 18
2704	2704	for the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 19
2705	2705	Project or any other irrigation system or 20
2706	2706	irrigation project; 21
2707	2707	(vii) the litigation of claims relating to 22
2708	2708	any water rights of the Fort Belknap In-23
2709	2709	dian Community in the State; 24
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2713	2713	(viii) the negotiation, execution, or 1
2714	2714	adoption of the Compact (including appen-2
2715	2715	dices) and this title; 3
2716	2716	(ix) the taking or acquisition of land 4
2717	2717	or resources of the Fort Belknap Indian 5
2718	2718	Community for the construction or oper-6
2719	2719	ation of the Fort Belknap Indian Irriga-7
2720	2720	tion Project or the Milk River Project; and 8
2721	2721	(x) the allocation of water of the Milk 9
2722	2722	River and the St. Mary River (including 10
2723	2723	tributaries) between the United States and 11
2724	2724	Canada pursuant to the International 12
2725	2725	Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 (36 Stat. 13
2726	2726	2448); and 14
2727	2727	(B) relating to damage, loss, or injury to 15
2728	2728	water, water rights, land, or natural resources 16
2729	2729	due to mining activities in the Little Rockies 17
2730	2730	Mountains prior to the date of trust acquisition, 18
2731	2731	including damages, losses, or injuries to hunt-19
2732	2732	ing, fishing, gathering, or cultural rights. 20
2733	2733	(b) E
2734	2734	FFECTIVENESS.—The waivers and releases 21
2735	2735	under subsection (a) shall take effect on the enforceability 22
2736	2736	date. 23
2737	2737	(c) O
2738	2738	BJECTIONS IN MONTANAWATERCOURT.— 24
2739	2739	Nothing in this title or the Compact prohibits the Fort 25
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2743	2743	Belknap Indian Community, a member of the Fort 1
2744	2744	Belknap Indian Community, an allottee, or the United 2
2745	2745	States in any capacity from objecting to any claim to a 3
2746	2746	water right filed in any general stream adjudication in the 4
2747	2747	Montana Water Court. 5
2748	2748	(d) R
2749	2749	ESERVATION OF RIGHTS ANDRETENTION OF 6
2750	2750	C
2751	2751	LAIMS.—Notwithstanding the waivers and releases under 7
2752	2752	subsection (a), the Fort Belknap Indian Community, act-8
2753	2753	ing on behalf of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 9
2754	2754	members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and the 10
2755	2755	United States, acting as trustee for the Fort Belknap In-11
2756	2756	dian Community and the allottees shall retain— 12
2757	2757	(1) all claims relating to— 13
2758	2758	(A) the enforcement of water rights recog-14
2759	2759	nized under the Compact, any final court decree 15
2760	2760	relating to those water rights, or this title or to 16
2761	2761	water rights accruing on or after the enforce-17
2762	2762	ability date; 18
2763	2763	(B) the quality of water under— 19
2764	2764	(i) CERCLA, including damages to 20
2765	2765	natural resources; 21
2766	2766	(ii) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 22
2767	2767	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 23
2768	2768	(iii) the Federal Water Pollution Con-24
2769	2769	trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and 25
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2773	2773	(iv) any regulations implementing the 1
2774	2774	Acts described in clauses (i) through (iii); 2
2775	2775	(C) damage, loss, or injury to land or nat-3
2776	2776	ural resources that are— 4
2777	2777	(i) not due to loss of water or water 5
2778	2778	rights (including hunting, fishing, gath-6
2779	2779	ering, or cultural rights); and 7
2780	2780	(ii) not described in subsection (a)(3); 8
2781	2781	and 9
2782	2782	(D) an action to prevent any person or 10
2783	2783	party (as defined in sections 29 and 30 of Arti-11
2784	2784	cle II of the Compact) from interfering with the 12
2785	2785	enjoyment of the Tribal water rights; 13
2786	2786	(2) all claims relating to off-Reservation hunt-14
2787	2787	ing rights, fishing rights, gathering rights, or other 15
2788	2788	rights; 16
2789	2789	(3) all claims relating to the right to use and 17
2790	2790	protect water rights acquired after the date of enact-18
2791	2791	ment of this Act; 19
2792	2792	(4) all claims relating to the allocation of 20
2793	2793	waters of the Milk River and the Milk River Project 21
2794	2794	between the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 22
2795	2795	the Blackfeet Tribe, pursuant to section 3705(e)(3) 23
2796	2796	of the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act (Pub-24
2797	2797	lic Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1818); 25
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2801	2801	(5) all claims relating to the enforcement of this 1
2802	2802	title, including the required transfer of land under 2
2803	2803	section 106; and 3
2804	2804	(6) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 4
2805	2805	and powers not specifically waived and released pur-5
2806	2806	suant to this title or the Compact. 6
2807	2807	(e) E
2808	2808	FFECT OFCOMPACT ANDACT.—Nothing in the 7
2809	2809	Compact or this title— 8
2810	2810	(1) affects the authority of the Fort Belknap 9
2811	2811	Indian Community to enforce the laws of the Fort 10
2812	2812	Belknap Indian Community, including with respect 11
2813	2813	to environmental protections; 12
2814	2814	(2) affects the ability of the United States, act-13
2815	2815	ing as sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized 14
2816	2816	by law, including— 15
2817	2817	(A) the Federal Water Pollution Control 16
2818	2818	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 17
2819	2819	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 18
2820	2820	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 19
2821	2821	(C) CERCLA; and 20
2822	2822	(D) any regulations implementing the Acts 21
2823	2823	described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); 22
2824	2824	(3) affects the ability of the United States to 23
2825	2825	act as trustee for any other Indian Tribe or an allot-24
2826	2826	tee of any other Indian Tribe; 25
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2830	2830	(4) confers jurisdiction on any State court— 1
2831	2831	(A) to interpret Federal law relating to 2
2832	2832	health, safety, or the environment; 3
2833	2833	(B) to determine the duties of the United 4
2834	2834	States or any other party under Federal law re-5
2835	2835	lating to health, safety, or the environment; or 6
2836	2836	(C) to conduct judicial review of any Fed-7
2837	2837	eral agency action; 8
2838	2838	(5) waives any claim of a member of the Fort 9
2839	2839	Belknap Indian Community in an individual capacity 10
2840	2840	that does not derive from a right of the Fort 11
2841	2841	Belknap Indian Community; 12
2842	2842	(6) revives any claim adjudicated in the decision 13
2843	2843	in Gros Ventre Tribe v. United States, 469 F.3d 14
2844	2844	801 (9th Cir. 2006); or 15
2845	2845	(7) revives any claim released by an allottee or 16
2846	2846	member of the Fort Belknap Indian Community in 17
2847	2847	the settlement in Cobell v. Salazar, No. 18
2848	2848	1:96CV01285–JR (D.D.C. 2012). 19
2849	2849	(f) E
2850	2850	NFORCEABILITYDATE.—The enforceability date 20
2851	2851	shall be the date on which the Secretary publishes in the 21
2852	2852	Federal Register a statement of findings that— 22
2853	2853	(1) the eligible members of the Fort Belknap 23
2854	2854	Indian Community have voted to approve this title 24
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2858	2858	and the Compact by a majority of votes cast on the 1
2859	2859	day of the vote; 2
2860	2860	(2)(A) the Montana Water Court has approved 3
2861	2861	the Compact in a manner from which no further ap-4
2862	2862	peal may be taken; or 5
2863	2863	(B) if the Montana Water Court is found to 6
2864	2864	lack jurisdiction, the appropriate district court of the 7
2865	2865	United States has approved the Compact as a con-8
2866	2866	sent decree from which no further appeal may be 9
2867	2867	taken; 10
2868	2868	(3) all of the amounts authorized to be appro-11
2869	2869	priated under section 114 have been appropriated 12
2870	2870	and deposited in the designated accounts; 13
2871	2871	(4) the Secretary and the Fort Belknap Indian 14
2872	2872	Community have executed the allocation agreement 15
2873	2873	described in section 107(c)(1); 16
2874	2874	(5) the State has provided the required funding 17
2875	2875	into the Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribal Ir-18
2876	2876	rigation and Other Water Resources Development 19
2877	2877	Account of the Trust Fund pursuant to section 20
2878	2878	114(a)(3); and 21
2879	2879	(6) the waivers and releases under subsection 22
2880	2880	(a) have been executed by the Fort Belknap Indian 23
2881	2881	Community and the Secretary. 24
2882	2882	(g) T
2883	2883	OLLING OFCLAIMS.— 25
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2887	2887	(1) IN GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 1
2888	2888	limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 2
2889	2889	to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 3
2890	2890	the period beginning on the date of enactment of 4
2891	2891	this Act and ending on the enforceability date. 5
2892	2892	(2) E
2893	2893	FFECT OF SUBSECTION .—Nothing in this 6
2894	2894	subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 7
2895	2895	limitations or time-based equitable defense that ex-8
2896	2896	pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 9
2897	2897	(h) E
2898	2898	XPIRATION.— 10
2899	2899	(1) I
2900	2900	N GENERAL.—This title shall expire in any 11
2901	2901	case in which— 12
2902	2902	(A) the amounts authorized to be appro-13
2903	2903	priated by this title have not been made avail-14
2904	2904	able to the Secretary by not later than— 15
2905	2905	(i) January 21, 2035; and 16
2906	2906	(ii) such alternative later date as is 17
2907	2907	agreed to by the Fort Belknap Indian 18
2908	2908	Community and the Secretary; or 19
2909	2909	(B) the Secretary fails to publish a state-20
2910	2910	ment of findings under subsection (f) by not 21
2911	2911	later than— 22
2912	2912	(i) January 21, 2036; and 23
2913	2913	(ii) such alternative later date as is 24
2914	2914	agreed to by the Fort Belknap Indian 25
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2918	2918	Community and the Secretary, after pro-1
2919	2919	viding reasonable notice to the State. 2
2920	2920	(2) C
2921	2921	ONSEQUENCES.—If this title expires under 3
2922	2922	paragraph (1)— 4
2923	2923	(A) the waivers and releases under sub-5
2924	2924	section (a) shall— 6
2925	2925	(i) expire; and 7
2926	2926	(ii) have no further force or effect; 8
2927	2927	(B) the authorization, ratification, con-9
2928	2928	firmation, and execution of the Compact under 10
2929	2929	section 104 shall no longer be effective; 11
2930	2930	(C) any action carried out by the Sec-12
2931	2931	retary, and any contract or agreement entered 13
2932	2932	into, pursuant to this title shall be void; 14
2933	2933	(D) any unexpended Federal funds appro-15
2934	2934	priated or made available to carry out the ac-16
2935	2935	tivities authorized by this title, together with 17
2936	2936	any interest earned on those funds, and any 18
2937	2937	water rights or contracts to use water and title 19
2938	2938	to other property acquired or constructed with 20
2939	2939	Federal funds appropriated or made available 21
2940	2940	to carry out the activities authorized by this 22
2941	2941	title shall be returned to the Federal Govern-23
2942	2942	ment, unless otherwise agreed to by the Fort 24
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2946	2946	Belknap Indian Community and the United 1
2947	2947	States and approved by Congress; and 2
2948	2948	(E) except for Federal funds used to ac-3
2949	2949	quire or construct property that is returned to 4
2950	2950	the Federal Government under subparagraph 5
2951	2951	(D), the United States shall be entitled to offset 6
2952	2952	any Federal funds made available to carry out 7
2953	2953	this title that were expended or withdrawn, or 8
2954	2954	any funds made available to carry out this title 9
2955	2955	from other Federal authorized sources, together 10
2956	2956	with any interest accrued on those funds, 11
2957	2957	against any claims against the United States— 12
2958	2958	(i) relating to— 13
2959	2959	(I) water rights in the State as-14
2960	2960	serted by— 15
2961	2961	(aa) the Fort Belknap In-16
2962	2962	dian Community; or 17
2963	2963	(bb) any user of the Tribal 18
2964	2964	water rights; or 19
2965	2965	(II) any other matter described 20
2966	2966	in subsection (a)(3); or 21
2967	2967	(ii) in any future settlement of water 22
2968	2968	rights of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-23
2969	2969	nity or an allottee. 24
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2973	2973	SEC. 112. AANIIIH NAKODA SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. 1
2974	2974	(a) E
2975	2975	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 2
2976	2976	a trust fund for the Fort Belknap Indian Community, to 3
2977	2977	be known as the ‘‘Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust 4
2978	2978	Fund’’, to be managed, invested, and distributed by the 5
2979	2979	Secretary and to remain available until expended, with-6
2980	2980	drawn, or reverted to the general fund of the Treasury, 7
2981	2981	consisting of the amounts deposited in the Trust Fund 8
2982	2982	under subsection (c), together with any investment earn-9
2983	2983	ings, including interest, earned on those amounts, for the 10
2984	2984	purpose of carrying out this title. 11
2985	2985	(b) A
2986	2986	CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 12
2987	2987	Trust Fund the following accounts: 13
2988	2988	(1) The Fort Belknap Indian Community Trib-14
2989	2989	al Irrigation and Other Water Resources Develop-15
2990	2990	ment Account. 16
2991	2991	(2) The Fort Belknap Indian Community 17
2992	2992	Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, 18
2993	2993	Operation, and Maintenance Account. 19
2994	2994	(3) The Fort Belknap Indian Community Clean 20
2995	2995	and Safe Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, and 21
2996	2996	Lake Elwell Project Account. 22
2997	2997	(c) D
2998	2998	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 23
2999	2999	(1) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 24
3000	3000	Tribal Irrigation and Other Water Resources Devel-25
3001	3001	opment Account established under subsection (b)(1), 26
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3005	3005	the amounts made available pursuant to paragraphs 1
3006	3006	(1)(A) and (2)(A)(i) of section 114(a); 2
3007	3007	(2) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 3
3008	3008	Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, 4
3009	3009	Operation, and Maintenance Account established 5
3010	3010	under subsection (b)(2), the amounts made available 6
3011	3011	pursuant to section 114(a)(2)(A)(ii); and 7
3012	3012	(3) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 8
3013	3013	Clean and Safe Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, 9
3014	3014	and Lake Elwell Project Account established under 10
3015	3015	subsection (b)(3), the amounts made available pur-11
3016	3016	suant to paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A)(iii) of section 12
3017	3017	114(a). 13
3018	3018	(d) M
3019	3019	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 14
3020	3020	(1) M
3021	3021	ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 15
3022	3022	the funds into the accounts in the Trust Fund pur-16
3023	3023	suant to subsection (c), the Secretary shall manage, 17
3024	3024	invest, and distribute all amounts in the Trust Fund 18
3025	3025	in accordance with the investment authority of the 19
3026	3026	Secretary under— 20
3027	3027	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 21
3028	3028	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 22
3029	3029	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-23
3030	3030	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 24
3031	3031	et seq.); and 25
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3034	3034	•S 241 IS
3035	3035	(C) this section. 1
3036	3036	(2) I
3037	3037	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 2
3038	3038	the amounts deposited under subsection (c), any in-3
3039	3039	vestment earnings, including interest, credited to 4
3040	3040	amounts held in the Trust Fund shall be available 5
3041	3041	for use in accordance with subsections (e) and (g). 6
3042	3042	(e) A
3043	3043	VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.— 7
3044	3044	(1) I
3045	3045	N GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to, 8
3046	3046	and deposited in, the Trust Fund, including any in-9
3047	3047	vestment earnings, including interest, earned on 10
3048	3048	those amounts shall be made available— 11
3049	3049	(A) to the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-12
3050	3050	nity by the Secretary beginning on the enforce-13
3051	3051	ability date; and 14
3052	3052	(B) subject to the uses and restrictions in 15
3053	3053	this section. 16
3054	3054	(2) E
3055	3055	XCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding paragraph 17
3056	3056	(1)— 18
3057	3057	(A) amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap 19
3058	3058	Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and Other 20
3059	3059	Water Resources Development Account estab-21
3060	3060	lished under subsection (b)(1) shall be available 22
3061	3061	to the Fort Belknap Indian Community on the 23
3062	3062	date on which the amounts are deposited for 24
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3066	3066	uses described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 1
3067	3067	subsection (g)(1); 2
3068	3068	(B) amounts deposited in the Fort 3
3069	3069	Belknap Indian Community Water Resources 4
3070	3070	and Water Rights Administration, Operation, 5
3071	3071	and Maintenance Account established under 6
3072	3072	subsection (b)(2) shall be made available to the 7
3073	3073	Fort Belknap Indian Community on the date on 8
3074	3074	which the amounts are deposited and the Fort 9
3075	3075	Belknap Indian Community has satisfied the re-10
3076	3076	quirements of section 111(f)(1), for the uses de-11
3077	3077	scribed in subsection (g)(2)(A); and 12
3078	3078	(C) amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap 13
3079	3079	Indian Community Clean and Safe Domestic 14
3080	3080	Water and Sewer Systems, and Lake Elwell 15
3081	3081	Project Account established under subsection 16
3082	3082	(b)(3) shall be available to the Fort Belknap In-17
3083	3083	dian Community on the date on which the 18
3084	3084	amounts are deposited for the uses described in 19
3085	3085	subsection (g)(3)(A). 20
3086	3086	(f) W
3087	3087	ITHDRAWALS.— 21
3088	3088	(1) A
3089	3089	MERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGE -22
3090	3090	MENT REFORM ACT OF 1994 .— 23
3091	3091	(A) I
3092	3092	N GENERAL.—The Fort Belknap In-24
3093	3093	dian Community may withdraw any portion of 25
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3097	3097	the funds in the Trust Fund on approval by the 1
3098	3098	Secretary of a Tribal management plan sub-2
3099	3099	mitted by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 3
3100	3100	in accordance with the American Indian Trust 4
3101	3101	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 5
3102	3102	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 6
3103	3103	(B) R
3104	3104	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 7
3105	3105	requirements under the American Indian Trust 8
3106	3106	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 9
3107	3107	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 10
3108	3108	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 11
3109	3109	Fort Belknap Indian Community spend all 12
3110	3110	amounts withdrawn from the Trust Fund, and 13
3111	3111	any investment earnings accrued through the 14
3112	3112	investments under the Tribal management plan, 15
3113	3113	in accordance with this title. 16
3114	3114	(C) E
3115	3115	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 17
3116	3116	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-18
3117	3117	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-19
3118	3118	essary— 20
3119	3119	(i) to enforce the Tribal management 21
3120	3120	plan; and 22
3121	3121	(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 23
3122	3122	from the Trust Fund by the Fort Belknap 24
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3125	3125	•S 241 IS
3126	3126	Indian Community under this paragraph 1
3127	3127	are used in accordance with this title. 2
3128	3128	(2) W
3129	3129	ITHDRAWALS UNDER EXPENDITURE 3
3130	3130	PLAN.— 4
3131	3131	(A) I
3132	3132	N GENERAL.—The Fort Belknap In-5
3133	3133	dian Community may submit to the Secretary a 6
3134	3134	request to withdraw funds from the Trust Fund 7
3135	3135	pursuant to an approved expenditure plan. 8
3136	3136	(B) R
3137	3137	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 9
3138	3138	withdraw funds under an expenditure plan 10
3139	3139	under this paragraph, the Fort Belknap Indian 11
3140	3140	Community shall submit to the Secretary for 12
3141	3141	approval an expenditure plan for any portion of 13
3142	3142	the Trust Fund that the Fort Belknap Indian 14
3143	3143	Community elects to withdraw pursuant to this 15
3144	3144	paragraph, subject to the condition that the 16
3145	3145	funds shall be used for the purposes described 17
3146	3146	in this title. 18
3147	3147	(C) I
3148	3148	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 19
3149	3149	under this paragraph shall include a description 20
3150	3150	of the manner and purpose for which the 21
3151	3151	amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 22
3152	3152	Trust Fund will be used by the Fort Belknap 23
3153	3153	Indian Community in accordance with sub-24
3154	3154	sections (e) and (g). 25
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3158	3158	(D) APPROVAL.—On receipt of an expendi-1
3159	3159	ture plan under this paragraph, the Secretary 2
3160	3160	shall approve the expenditure plan if the Sec-3
3161	3161	retary determines that the expenditure plan— 4
3162	3162	(i) is reasonable; and 5
3163	3163	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 6
3164	3164	for, the purposes of this title. 7
3165	3165	(E) E
3166	3166	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 8
3167	3167	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-9
3168	3168	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-10
3169	3169	essary to enforce an expenditure plan under 11
3170	3170	this paragraph to ensure that amounts dis-12
3171	3171	bursed under this paragraph are used in ac-13
3172	3172	cordance with this title. 14
3173	3173	(g) U
3174	3174	SES.—Amounts from the Trust Fund shall be 15
3175	3175	used by the Fort Belknap Indian Community for the fol-16
3176	3176	lowing purposes: 17
3177	3177	(1) F
3178	3178	ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY TRIBAL 18
3179	3179	IRRIGATION AND OTHER WATER RESOURCES DEVEL -19
3180	3180	OPMENT ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Fort Belknap 20
3181	3181	Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and Other 21
3182	3182	Water Resources Development Account established 22
3183	3183	under subsection (b)(1) shall be used to pay the cost 23
3184	3184	of activities relating to— 24
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3187	3187	•S 241 IS
3188	3188	(A) planning, studies, and design of the 1
3189	3189	Southern Tributary Irrigation Project and the 2
3190	3190	Peoples Creek Irrigation Project, including the 3
3191	3191	Upper Peoples Creek Dam and Reservoir, as 4
3192	3192	generally described in the document of Natural 5
3193	3193	Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc., entitled 6
3194	3194	‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community Comprehen-7
3195	3195	sive Water Development Plan’’ and dated Feb-8
3196	3196	ruary 2019; 9
3197	3197	(B) environmental compliance; 10
3198	3198	(C) construction of the Southern Tributary 11
3199	3199	Irrigation Project and the Peoples Creek Irriga-12
3200	3200	tion Project, including the Upper Peoples Creek 13
3201	3201	Dam and Reservoir; 14
3202	3202	(D) wetlands restoration and development; 15
3203	3203	(E) stock watering infrastructure; and 16
3204	3204	(F) on farm development support and re-17
3205	3205	acquisition of fee lands within the Fort Belknap 18
3206	3206	Indian Irrigation Project and Fort Belknap In-19
3207	3207	dian Community irrigation projects within the 20
3208	3208	Reservation. 21
3209	3209	(2) F
3210	3210	ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER 22
3211	3211	RESOURCES AND WATER RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION , 23
3212	3212	OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT .— 24
3213	3213	Amounts in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 25
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3216	3216	•S 241 IS
3217	3217	Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, 1
3218	3218	Operation, and Maintenance Account established 2
3219	3219	under subsection (b)(2), the principal and invest-3
3220	3220	ment earnings, including interest, may only be used 4
3221	3221	by the Fort Belknap Indian Community to pay the 5
3222	3222	costs of activities described in subparagraphs (A) 6
3223	3223	through (C) as follows: 7
3224	3224	(A) $9,000,000 shall be used for the estab-8
3225	3225	lishment, operation, and capital expenditures in 9
3226	3226	connection with the administration of the Tribal 10
3227	3227	water resources and water rights development, 11
3228	3228	including the development or enactment of a 12
3229	3229	Tribal water code. 13
3230	3230	(B) Only investment earnings, including 14
3231	3231	interest, on $29,299,059 shall be used and be 15
3232	3232	available to pay the costs of activities for ad-16
3233	3233	ministration, operations, and regulation of the 17
3234	3234	Tribal water resources and water rights depart-18
3235	3235	ment, in accordance with the Compact and this 19
3236	3236	title. 20
3237	3237	(C) Only investment earnings, including in-21
3238	3238	terest, on $28,331,693 shall be used and be 22
3239	3239	available to pay the costs of activities relating 23
3240	3240	to a portion of the annual assessment costs for 24
3241	3241	the Fort Belknap Indian Community and Tribal 25
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3245	3245	members, including allottees, under the Fort 1
3246	3246	Belknap Indian Irrigation Project and Fort 2
3247	3247	Belknap Indian Community irrigation projects 3
3248	3248	within the Reservation. 4
3249	3249	(3) F
3250	3250	ORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY CLEAN 5
3251	3251	AND SAFE DOMESTIC WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS , 6
3252	3252	AND LAKE ELWELL PROJECT ACCOUNT .—Amounts 7
3253	3253	in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Clean and 8
3254	3254	Safe Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, and Lake 9
3255	3255	Elwell Project Account established under subsection 10
3256	3256	(b)(3), the principal and investment earnings, in-11
3257	3257	cluding interest, may only be used by the Fort 12
3258	3258	Belknap Indian Community to pay the costs of ac-13
3259	3259	tivities relating to— 14
3260	3260	(A) planning, studies, design, and environ-15
3261	3261	mental compliance of domestic water supply, 16
3262	3262	and sewer collection and treatment systems, as 17
3263	3263	generally described in the document of Natural 18
3264	3264	Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc., entitled 19
3265	3265	‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community Comprehen-20
3266	3266	sive Water Development Plan’’ and dated Feb-21
3267	3267	ruary 2019, including the Lake Elwell Project 22
3268	3268	water delivery to the southern part of the Res-23
3269	3269	ervation; 24
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3273	3273	(B) construction of domestic water supply, 1
3274	3274	sewer collection, and treatment systems; 2
3275	3275	(C) construction, in accordance with appli-3
3276	3276	cable law, of infrastructure for delivery of Lake 4
3277	3277	Elwell water diverted from the Missouri River 5
3278	3278	to the southern part of the Reservation; and 6
3279	3279	(D) planning, studies, design, environ-7
3280	3280	mental compliance, and construction of a Tribal 8
3281	3281	wellness center for a work force health and 9
3282	3282	well-being project. 10
3283	3283	(h) L
3284	3284	IABILITY.—The Secretary shall not be liable for 11
3285	3285	any expenditure or investment of amounts withdrawn from 12
3286	3286	the Trust Fund by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 13
3287	3287	pursuant to subsection (f). 14
3288	3288	(i) P
3289	3289	ROJECTEFFICIENCIES.—If the total cost of the 15
3290	3290	activities described in subsection (g) results in cost savings 16
3291	3291	and is less than the amounts authorized to be obligated 17
3292	3292	under any of paragraphs (1) through (3) of that sub-18
3293	3293	section required to carry out those activities, the Sec-19
3294	3294	retary, at the request of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-20
3295	3295	nity, shall deposit those savings in the Trust Fund to be 21
3296	3296	used in accordance with that subsection. 22
3297	3297	(j) A
3298	3298	NNUALREPORT.—The Fort Belknap Indian 23
3299	3299	Community shall submit to the Secretary an annual ex-24
3300	3300	penditure report describing accomplishments and amounts 25
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3304	3304	spent from use of withdrawals under a Tribal management 1
3305	3305	plan or an expenditure plan described in this section. 2
3306	3306	(k) N
3307	3307	OPERCAPITAPAYMENTS.—No principal or in-3
3308	3308	terest amount in any account established by this section 4
3309	3309	shall be distributed to any member of the Fort Belknap 5
3310	3310	Indian Community on a per capita basis. 6
3311	3311	(l) E
3312	3312	FFECT.—Nothing in this title entitles the Fort 7
3313	3313	Belknap Indian Community to judicial review of a deter-8
3314	3314	mination of the Secretary regarding whether to approve 9
3315	3315	a Tribal management plan under subsection (f)(1) or an 10
3316	3316	expenditure plan under subsection (f)(2), except as pro-11
3317	3317	vided under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, 12
3318	3318	of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 13
3319	3319	‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 14
3320	3320	SEC. 113. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER SET-15
3321	3321	TLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FUND. 16
3322	3322	(a) E
3323	3323	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 17
3324	3324	Treasury of the United States a non-trust, interest-bear-18
3325	3325	ing account to be known as the ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian 19
3326	3326	Community Water Settlement Implementation Fund’’, to 20
3327	3327	be managed and distributed by the Secretary, for use by 21
3328	3328	the Secretary for carrying out this title. 22
3329	3329	(b) A
3330	3330	CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 23
3331	3331	Implementation Fund the following accounts: 24
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3335	3335	(1) The Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project 1
3336	3336	System Account. 2
3337	3337	(2) The Milk River Project Mitigation Account. 3
3338	3338	(c) D
3339	3339	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 4
3340	3340	(1) in the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 5
3341	3341	Project System Account established under subsection 6
3342	3342	(b)(1), the amount made available pursuant to para-7
3343	3343	graphs (1)(C) and (2)(A)(iv) of section 114(a); and 8
3344	3344	(2) in the Milk River Project Mitigation Ac-9
3345	3345	count established under subsection (b)(2), the 10
3346	3346	amount made available pursuant to section 11
3347	3347	114(a)(1)(D). 12
3348	3348	(d) U
3349	3349	SES.— 13
3350	3350	(1) F
3351	3351	ORT BELKNAP INDIAN IRRIGATION 14
3352	3352	PROJECT SYSTEM ACCOUNT .—The Fort Belknap In-15
3353	3353	dian Irrigation Project Rehabilitation Account estab-16
3354	3354	lished under subsection (b)(1) shall be used to carry 17
3355	3355	out section 109, except as provided in subsection (h) 18
3356	3356	of that section. 19
3357	3357	(2) M
3358	3358	ILK RIVER PROJECT MITIGATION AC -20
3359	3359	COUNT.—The Milk River Project Mitigation Account 21
3360	3360	established under subsection (b)(2) may only be used 22
3361	3361	to carry out section 108. 23
3362	3362	(e) M
3363	3363	ANAGEMENT.— 24
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3367	3367	(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Implementa-1
3368	3368	tion Fund shall not be available to the Secretary for 2
3369	3369	expenditure until the enforceability date. 3
3370	3370	(2) E
3371	3371	XCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 4
3372	3372	(1), amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap Indian 5
3373	3373	Irrigation Project System Account established under 6
3374	3374	subsection (b)(1) shall be available to the Secretary 7
3375	3375	on the date on which the amounts are deposited for 8
3376	3376	uses described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 9
3377	3377	109(a). 10
3378	3378	(f) I
3379	3379	NTEREST.—In addition to the deposits under 11
3380	3380	subsection (c), any interest credited to amounts unex-12
3381	3381	pended in the Implementation Fund are authorized to be 13
3382	3382	appropriated to be used in accordance with the uses de-14
3383	3383	scribed in subsection (d). 15
3384	3384	SEC. 114. FUNDING. 16
3385	3385	(a) F
3386	3386	UNDING.— 17
3387	3387	(1) A
3388	3388	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 18
3389	3389	Subject to subsection (b), there are authorized to be 19
3390	3390	appropriated to the Secretary— 20
3391	3391	(A) for deposit in the Fort Belknap Indian 21
3392	3392	Community Tribal Irrigation and Other Water 22
3393	3393	Resources Development Account of the Trust 23
3394	3394	Fund established under section 112(b)(1), 24
3395	3395	$89,643,100, to be retained until expended, 25
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3399	3399	withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of 1
3400	3400	the Treasury; 2
3401	3401	(B) for deposit in the Fort Belknap Indian 3
3402	3402	Community Clean and Safe Domestic Water 4
3403	3403	and Sewer Systems, and Lake Elwell Project 5
3404	3404	Account of the Trust Fund established under 6
3405	3405	section 112(b)(3), $331,885,220, to be retained 7
3406	3406	until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the 8
3407	3407	general fund of the Treasury; 9
3408	3408	(C) for deposit in the Fort Belknap Indian 10
3409	3409	Irrigation Project System Account of the Imple-11
3410	3410	mentation Fund established under section 12
3411	3411	113(b)(1), such sums as are necessary, but not 13
3412	3412	more than $187,124,469, for the Secretary to 14
3413	3413	carry out section 109, to be retained until ex-15
3414	3414	pended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 16
3415	3415	fund of the Treasury; and 17
3416	3416	(D) for deposit in the Milk River Project 18
3417	3417	Mitigation Account of the Implementation Fund 19
3418	3418	established under section 113(b)(2), such sums 20
3419	3419	as are necessary, but not more than 21
3420	3420	$300,000,000, for the Secretary to carry out 22
3421	3421	obligations of the Secretary under section 108, 23
3422	3422	to be retained until expended, withdrawn, or re-24
3423	3423	verted to the general fund of the Treasury. 25
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3426	3426	•S 241 IS
3427	3427	(2) MANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS .— 1
3428	3428	(A) I
3429	3429	N GENERAL.—Out of any funds in the 2
3430	3430	Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sec-3
3431	3431	retary of the Treasury shall deposit— 4
3432	3432	(i) in the Fort Belknap Indian Com-5
3433	3433	munity Tribal Irrigation and Other Water 6
3434	3434	Resources Development Account of the 7
3435	3435	Trust Fund established under section 8
3436	3436	112(b)(1), $29,881,034, to be retained 9
3437	3437	until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to 10
3438	3438	the general fund of the Treasury; 11
3439	3439	(ii) in the Fort Belknap Indian Com-12
3440	3440	munity Water Resources and Water Rights 13
3441	3441	Administration, Operation, and Mainte-14
3442	3442	nance Account of the Trust Fund estab-15
3443	3443	lished under section 112(b)(2), 16
3444	3444	$66,630,752; 17
3445	3445	(iii) in the Fort Belknap Indian Com-18
3446	3446	munity Clean and Safe Domestic Water 19
3447	3447	and Sewer Systems, and Lake Elwell 20
3448	3448	Project Account of the Trust Fund estab-21
3449	3449	lished under section 112(b)(3), 22
3450	3450	$110,628,407; and 23
3451	3451	(iv) in the Fort Belknap Indian Irri-24
3452	3452	gation Project System Account of the Im-25
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3456	3456	plementation Fund established under sec-1
3457	3457	tion 113(b)(1), $228,707,684. 2
3458	3458	(B) A
3459	3459	VAILABILITY.—Amounts deposited in 3
3460	3460	the accounts under subparagraph (A) shall be 4
3461	3461	available without further appropriation. 5
3462	3462	(3) S
3463	3463	TATE COST SHARE.—The State shall con-6
3464	3464	tribute $5,000,000, plus any earned interest, pay-7
3465	3465	able to the Secretary for deposit in the Fort Belknap 8
3466	3466	Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and Other 9
3467	3467	Water Resources Development Account of the Trust 10
3468	3468	Fund established under section 112(b)(1) on ap-11
3469	3469	proval of a final decree by the Montana Water Court 12
3470	3470	for the purpose of activities relating to the Upper 13
3471	3471	Peoples Creek Dam and Reservoir under subpara-14
3472	3472	graphs (A) through (C) of section 112(g)(1). 15
3473	3473	(b) F
3474	3474	LUCTUATION INCOSTS.— 16
3475	3475	(1) I
3476	3476	N GENERAL.—The amounts authorized to 17
3477	3477	be appropriated under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 18
3478	3478	subsection (a) and this subsection shall be— 19
3479	3479	(A) increased or decreased, as appropriate, 20
3480	3480	by such amounts as may be justified by reason 21
3481	3481	of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring after 22
3482	3482	the date of enactment of this Act as indicated 23
3483	3483	by the Bureau of Reclamation Construction 24
3484	3484	Cost Index—Composite Trend; and 25
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3488	3488	(B) adjusted to address construction cost 1
3489	3489	changes necessary to account for unforeseen 2
3490	3490	market volatility that may not otherwise be cap-3
3491	3491	tured by engineering cost indices as determined 4
3492	3492	by the Secretary, including repricing applicable 5
3493	3493	to the types of construction and current indus-6
3494	3494	try standards involved. 7
3495	3495	(2) R
3496	3496	EPETITION.—The adjustment process 8
3497	3497	under paragraph (1) shall be repeated for each sub-9
3498	3498	sequent amount appropriated until the amount au-10
3499	3499	thorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), as 11
3500	3500	adjusted, has been appropriated. 12
3501	3501	(3) P
3502	3502	ERIOD OF INDEXING.— 13
3503	3503	(A) T
3504	3504	RUST FUND.—With respect to the 14
3505	3505	Trust Fund, the period of indexing adjustment 15
3506	3506	under paragraph (1) for any increment of fund-16
3507	3507	ing shall end on the date on which the funds 17
3508	3508	are deposited into the Trust Fund. 18
3509	3509	(B) I
3510	3510	MPLEMENTATION FUND .—With re-19
3511	3511	spect to the Implementation Fund, the period 20
3512	3512	of adjustment under paragraph (1) for any in-21
3513	3513	crement of funding shall be annually. 22
3514	3514	SEC. 115. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 23
3515	3515	(a) W
3516	3516	AIVER OFSOVEREIGNIMMUNITY BY THE 24
3517	3517	U
3518	3518	NITEDSTATES.—Except as provided in subsections (a) 25
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3522	3522	through (c) of section 208 of the Department of Justice 1
3523	3523	Appropriation Act, 1953 (43 U.S.C. 666), nothing in this 2
3524	3524	title waives the sovereign immunity of the United States. 3
3525	3525	(b) O
3526	3526	THERTRIBESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 4
3527	3527	Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any land or 5
3528	3528	water right, or any claim or entitlement to land or water, 6
3529	3529	of an Indian Tribe, band, or community other than the 7
3530	3530	Fort Belknap Indian Community. 8
3531	3531	(c) E
3532	3532	LIMINATION OFDEBTS ORLIENSAGAINSTAL-9
3533	3533	LOTMENTS OF THE FORTBELKNAPINDIANCOMMUNITY 10
3534	3534	M
3535	3535	EMBERSWITHIN THEFORTBELKNAPINDIANIRRIGA-11
3536	3536	TIONPROJECT.—On the date of enactment of this Act, 12
3537	3537	the Secretary shall cancel and eliminate all debts or liens 13
3538	3538	against the allotments of land held by the Fort Belknap 14
3539	3539	Indian Community and the members of the Fort Belknap 15
3540	3540	Indian Community due to construction assessments and 16
3541	3541	annual operation and maintenance charges relating to the 17
3542	3542	Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project. 18
3543	3543	(d) E
3544	3544	FFECT ONCURRENTLAW.—Nothing in this 19
3545	3545	title affects any provision of law (including regulations) 20
3546	3546	in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 21
3547	3547	Act with respect to pre-enforcement review of any Federal 22
3548	3548	environmental enforcement action. 23
3549	3549	(e) E
3550	3550	FFECT ONRECLAMATIONLAWS.—The activities 24
3551	3551	carried out by the Commissioner under this title shall not 25
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3555	3555	establish a precedent or impact the authority provided 1
3556	3556	under any other provision of the reclamation laws, includ-2
3557	3557	ing— 3
3558	3558	(1) the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 4
3559	3559	2006 (43 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.); and 5
3560	3560	(2) the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 6
3561	3561	of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 991). 7
3562	3562	(f) A
3563	3563	DDITIONALFUNDING.—Nothing in this title 8
3564	3564	prohibits the Fort Belknap Indian Community from seek-9
3565	3565	ing— 10
3566	3566	(1) additional funds for Tribal programs or 11
3567	3567	purposes; or 12
3568	3568	(2) funding from the United States or the State 13
3569	3569	based on the status of the Fort Belknap Indian 14
3570	3570	Community as an Indian Tribe. 15
3571	3571	(g) R
3572	3572	IGHTSUNDERSTATELAW.—Except as pro-16
3573	3573	vided in section 1 of Article III of the Compact (relating 17
3574	3574	to the closing of certain water basins in the State to new 18
3575	3575	appropriations in accordance with the laws of the State), 19
3576	3576	nothing in this title or the Compact precludes the acquisi-20
3577	3577	tion or exercise of a right arising under State law (as de-21
3578	3578	fined in section 6 of Article II of the Compact) to the use 22
3579	3579	of water by the Fort Belknap Indian Community, or a 23
3580	3580	member or allottee of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-24
3581	3581	nity, outside the Reservation by— 25
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3585	3585	(1) purchase of the right; or 1
3586	3586	(2) submitting to the State an application in 2
3587	3587	accordance with State law. 3
3588	3588	(h) W
3589	3589	ATERSTORAGE ANDIMPORTATION.—Nothing 4
3590	3590	in this title or the Compact prevents the Fort Belknap 5
3591	3591	Indian Community from participating in any project to 6
3592	3592	import water to, or to add storage in, the Milk River 7
3593	3593	Basin. 8
3594	3594	SEC. 116. ANTIDEFICIENCY. 9
3595	3595	The United States shall not be liable for any failure 10
3596	3596	to carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this 11
3597	3597	title, including any obligation or activity under the Com-12
3598	3598	pact, if— 13
3599	3599	(1) adequate appropriations are not provided by 14
3600	3600	Congress expressly to carry out the purposes of this 15
3601	3601	title; or 16
3602	3602	(2) there are not enough funds available in the 17
3603	3603	Reclamation Water Settlements Fund established by 18
3604	3604	section 10501(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-19
3605	3605	agement Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 407(a)) to carry 20
3606	3606	out the purposes of this title. 21
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3610	3610	TITLE II—BLACKFEET TRIBE 1
3611	3611	WASTEWATER FACILITIES 2
3612	3612	SEC. 201. BLACKFEET TRIBE WASTEWATER FACILITIES. 3
3613	3613	There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-4
3614	3614	retary of the Interior $250,000,000 to plan, design, con-5
3615	3615	struct, operate, maintain, and replace community water 6
3616	3616	distribution and wastewater treatment facilities for the 7
3617	3617	Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of 8
3618	3618	Montana. 9
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