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[S. 1219 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1219

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and six


                                 An Act



  To authorize certain tribes in the State of Montana to enter into a 
 lease or other temporary conveyance of water rights to meet the water 
         needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY CONVEYANCE OF WATER RIGHTS TO DRY PRAIRIE RURAL 
              WATER ASSOCIATION, INC.

    (a) In General.--The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation, Montana (referred to in this section as the 
``Tribes'') may, with the approval of the Secretary, enter into a lease 
or other temporary conveyance of water rights recognized under the Fort 
Peck-Montana Compact (Montana Code Annotated 85-20-201) with the Dry 
Prairie Rural Water Association, Incorporated (or any successor non-
Federal entity) for the purpose of meeting the water needs of that 
association, in accordance with section 5 of the Fort Peck Reservation 
Rural Water System Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-382; 114 Stat. 1454).
    (b) Conditions of Lease.--With respect to a lease or other 
temporary conveyance described in subsection (a)--
        (1) the term of the lease or conveyance shall not exceed 100 
    years; and
        (2)(A) the lease or conveyance may be approved by the Secretary 
    without monetary compensation to the Tribes; and
        (B) the Secretary shall not be subject to liability for any 
    claim relating to any compensation or consideration received by the 
    Tribes under the lease or conveyance.
    (C) No Permanent Alienation of Water.--Nothing in this section 
authorizes a permanent alienation of any water by the Tribes.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.