3.0.0 3355 2019-06-21T11:06:26Z 2019-06-21T11:06:26Z Senate S S 2008-07-29 110 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Markup by 2008-09-25T21:16:20Z Hearings by 2008-09-11T15:16:34Z Referred to 2008-07-29T16:36:10Z 2008-09-25 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2008-09-11 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-678. Committee 2008-07-29 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2008-07-29 True Native Americans Agriculture and Food Dams Energy Government Operations and Politics Hydroelectric power Indian water rights Infrastructure Irrigation Lakes Minorities Montana State government-Indian relations Water Resources Development Water supply Native Americans 00 2008-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-01T15:51:06Z Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2008 - Ratifies the water rights compact between the Crow Tribe and the state of Montana. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promptly execute the compact and comply with applicable environmental statutes.

Requires the Secretary, through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to carry out activities necessary to: (1) rehabilitate and improve the water diversion and delivery features of the Crow Irrigation Project in accordance with an agreement to be negotiated with the Tribe; and (2) design and construct such features of the reservation's municipal, rural, and industrial water system.

Ratifies tribal water rights, which shall be held in trust for the use and benefit of the Tribe. Grants the Tribe sole authority to allocate, distribute, and lease such rights, subject to specified limitations.

Directs the Secretary to allocate to the Tribe 300,000 acre-feet per year of water stored in Bighorn Lake, under a water right held by the United States, as measured at the Yellowtail Dam outlet works.

Requires the Tribe, as a condition of receiving an allocation, to enter into an agreement with the Secretary to establish the terms and conditions. Declares that the benefits provided shall be considered to satisfy all claims of the Tribe and allottees.

Establishes in the Treasury the Crow Settlement Fund. Grants the Tribe the exclusive right to develop and market power generation as a water development project on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam.

Repeals this Act on January 1, 2015, if the Secretary does not publish by December 31, 2014, a statement of findings that specified conditions have been fulfilled (including court approval and ratification of the compact).

]]> Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2008 Display Title Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Crow Tribe of Indians water rights settlement, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3355is/xml/BILLS-110s3355is.xml 2008-09-25 Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.