3.0.0 3019 2022-10-28T01:45:59Z 2022-10-28T01:45:59Z Senate S 2019-12-11 116 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Markup by 2020-07-29T18:30:38Z Hearings by 2020-06-24T18:30:06Z Referred to 2019-12-11T17:13:22Z 2020-07-29 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2020-06-24 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-338. Committee 2019-12-11 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-12-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2019-12-11 True Native Americans Federal-Indian relations Government trust funds Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Land use and conservation Montana Water storage Water use and supply Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Native Americans 00 2019-12-11 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-02T17:51:43Z Montana Water Rights Protection Act

This bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms a specified water rights settlement entered into by the United States, Montana, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation of Montana. Specified claims of the tribes against the United States are waived and released.

The bill directs the Department of the Interior to allocate specified amounts of storage water in Hungry Horse Reservoir for use by the tribes.

It also permits the tribes to carry out specified activities related to the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, such as rehabilitating structures, upgrading irrigation facilities, and restoring streams that are affected by such project.

In addition, the bill (1) establishes, for purposes of carrying out the bill, the Séliš-Qlispé Ksanka Settlement Trust Fund; (2) requires Interior to offer to negotiate with Montana for the transfer of specified parcels of state land; (3) requires the National Bison Range to be held in trust for the benefit of the tribes; and (4) requires Interior to make certain payments to Lake and Sanders Counties in Montana for the restoration of the National Bison Range.

]]> Montana Water Rights Protection Act Display Title Montana Water Rights Protection Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Montana Water Rights Protection Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect access to water for all Montanans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3019is/xml/BILLS-116s3019is.xml 2020-07-29 Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute 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.