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Modifies the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act to replace the prior MR&I system with two Tribe-managed accounts and new rules. It defines “MR&I Project,” repeals the previous MR&I System, creates and funds a MR&I Projects Account and a Crow CIP Implementation Account, and explains how those accounts can be used to build and maintain water infrastructure and to buy on‑Reservation land if the land carries water rights. The bill also clarifies that infrastructure title remains with the Tribe and that the Federal Government is not required to pay for operation, maintenance, or replacement of MR&I projects.
The changes include technical and timing adjustments to existing law and shift responsibility and control of certain water projects and funds to the Tribe while preserving the Tribe’s ownership of built infrastructure.
Received in the House.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced January 24, 2025 by Steve Daines · Last progress December 15, 2025