[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1219 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1219

  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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2005

   Mr. Burns introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.
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