3.0.0 3563 2023-01-11T13:18:05Z 2023-01-11T13:18:05Z House H HR 2009-09-15 111 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Hearings by 2009-09-22T20:34:57Z Referred to 2009-09-17T21:12:21Z Referred to 2009-09-15T14:30:44Z Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009 111 845 HR 2009-02-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. Related bill CRS Claims Resolution Act of 2010 111 4783 HR 2010-12-08 Became Public Law No: 111-291. Related bill CRS Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009 111 375 S 2010-01-21 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 259. Related bill CRS 2009-09-22 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2009-09-17 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. Committee 2009-09-15 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-09-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-09-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000571 Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] DENNY REHBERG R MT N H.R.4783 https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4783 Native Americans Dams and canals Government trust funds Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Indian social and development programs Lakes and rivers Montana Water storage Water use and supply Native Americans 00 2009-09-15 Introduced in House 2010-02-03T20:23:10Z Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009 - 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. Applies specified provisions of the Act of February 8, 1887, relating to using water for irrigation, to the tribal water rights.

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 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, 2016, if the Secretary does not publish by March 31, 2016, a statement of findings that specified conditions have been fulfilled (including court approval and ratification of the compact).

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