3.0.0 726 2026-09-05T19:41:17Z 2026-09-05T19:41:17Z House H HR 2025-01-24 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/726 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 15 (Friday, January 24, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DOWNING:H.R. 726.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.[Page H395]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Reported By 2026-08-27T14:10:28Z Markup By 2026-07-15T14:00:00Z Referred To 2025-01-24T14:00:40Z H. Rept. 119-769 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025 119 240 S 2025-12-15 Held at the desk. 16:18:07 Identical bill CRS Related bill House 2026-08-27 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 670. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00670 2026-08-27 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-769. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2026-08-27 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-769. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2026-07-15 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2026-07-15 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2025-01-24 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2025-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000634 Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] Troy Downing R MT 2 N Z000018 Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] Ryan Zinke R MT K. 1 2025-01-24 True Native Americans Dams and canals 2025-04-23T13:49:49Z Government trust funds 2025-04-23T13:49:49Z Indian lands and resources rights 2025-04-23T13:49:49Z Montana 2025-04-23T13:49:49Z Water use and supply 2025-04-23T13:49:49Z Native Americans 2026-09-04T19:09:53Z 00 2025-01-24 Introduced in House 2025-06-09T16:34:39Z Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025

This bill revises the water rights settlement agreement entered into by the Crow Tribe of Montana and Montana.

The Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 ratified, authorized, and confirmed the water rights compact between the tribe and Montana. Among other provisions, this settlement act authorized the Bureau of Reclamation to plan, design and construct the following two major projects on the Crow Reservation: (1) the rehabilitation and improvement of the Crow Irrigation Project (CIP); and (2) the planning, design, and construction of the MR&I System (the municipal, rural, and industrial water system of the Crow Reservation).

Among other provisions, the bill revises the settlement act to

  • replace references to the MR&I System with MR&I Projects; 
  • establish a nontrust, interest-bearing account (to be known as the Crow CIP Implementation Account) to allow Reclamation to continue to work on the rehabilitation of the CIP; 
  • create a new MR&I Projects Account, through which the tribe must use funds for activities related to water production, treatment, or delivery infrastructure; and
  • extend by five years (to 2030) the period during which the tribe has the exclusive right to construct hydropower facilities on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam in Montana.
]]> Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025 Short Title(s) as Reported to House 102 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025 2026-08-28T04:38:42Z H House Reported in House RH Display Title 45 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025 2025-02-25T05:23:23Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025 2025-02-25T05:23:20Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes. 2025-02-25T05:18:28Z Introduced in House IH Reported in House 2026-08-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr726rh/xml/BILLS-119hr726rh.xml Introduced in House 2025-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr726ih/xml/BILLS-119hr726ih.xml 2026-08-27 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 670. 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.