3.0.0 3290 2023-01-11T13:20:15Z 2023-01-11T13:20:15Z Senate S S 2010-04-29 111 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Hearings by 2010-07-22T19:18:38Z Referred to 2010-04-29T21:55:28Z Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 111 5592 HR 2010-06-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. Identical bill CRS 2010-07-22 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-741. Committee 2010-04-29 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2010-04-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2807) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-04-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2010-04-29 True Native Americans Dams and canals Forests, forestry, trees Government trust funds Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Lakes and rivers Montana Water use and supply Native Americans 00 2010-04-29 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-26T22:07:16Z Requires the Tribe and the Secretary to enter into an agreement to lease the water allocated to the Tribe for use by the Secretary for the Milk River Project.

Requires, as part of the tribal water right, the Secretary to permanently allocate to the Tribe all remaining unallocated water in Lake Elwell.

Directs the Secretary to carry out such activities as are necessary relating to: (1) planning, design, and construction for rehabilitation and improvement of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project; (2) the completion to authorized acreage of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project; and (3) planning, design, and construction for rehabilitation and improvement of the Four Horns Dam and Reservoir and associated delivery systems of the Blackfeet Irrigation Project.

Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms a specified compact and the Birch Creek Agreement.

Holds the tribal water right in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe.

Establishes: (1) the Blackfeet Land and Water Development Fund; and (2) the Birch Creek Mitigation Fund.

Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) water rights in the Lewis and Clark National Forest; and (2) Milk River water rights.

]]> Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 Display Title Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to modify the purposes and operation of certain facilities of the Bureau of Reclamation to implement the water rights compact among the State of Montana, the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, and the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-04-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3290is/xml/BILLS-111s3290is.xml 2010-07-22 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-741. 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.