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Calendar No. 662 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4442 

[Report No. 118–260] 

To amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make 

improvements to that Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 3, 2024 

Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. DAINES) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

DECEMBER 4, 2024 

Reported by Mr. SCHATZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act 

of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crow Tribe Water 

5 Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CROW TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT. 

2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Crow Tribe 

3 Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 

4 291; 124 Stat. 3097) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking paragraph (11) and inserting 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(11) MR&I PROJECT.—The term ‘MR&I 

8 Project’ means an activity described in clauses (i) 

9 through (iii) of section 411(e)(3)(F).’’; and 

10 (2) in paragraph (12)— 

11 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

12 ‘‘SYSTEM’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECTS’’; and 

13 (B) in subparagraphs (A) through (C), by 

14 striking ‘‘System’’ each place it appears and in15 serting ‘‘Projects’’. 

16 (b) REPEAL OF MR&I SYSTEM.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 406 of the Crow 

18 Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public 

19 Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3102) is repealed. 

20 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con21 tents for the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public 

22 Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3064) is amended by strik23 ing the item relating to section 406. 

24 (c) CROW SETTLEMENT FUND.—Section 411 of the 

25 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public 

26 Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3113) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to be admin2 istered by the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘to be man3 aged, invested, and distributed by the Secretary and 

4 to remain available until expended, withdrawn, or re5 verted to the general fund of the Treasury, con6 sisting of amounts deposited in the Fund under sub7 section (b), together with any investment earnings, 

8 including interest, earned on those amounts,’’; 

9 (2) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking ‘‘sec10 tion 414’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sec11 tion 415’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (c)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Sys14 tem’’ and inserting ‘‘Projects’’; and 

15 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(5) The MR&I Projects Account, to be estab17 lished as soon as practicable after the date of enact18 ment of the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement 

19 Amendments Act of 2024, consisting of— 

20 ‘‘(A) amounts made available pursuant to 

21 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 415(b) that 

22 are appropriated after the date of enactment of 

23 the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement 

24 Amendments Act of 2024; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) amounts to be deposited pursuant to 

2 section 415(h)(3)(B).’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (e)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking subpara5 graph (C) and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(C) the American Indian Trust Fund 

7 Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 

8 4001 et seq.).’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

11 ‘‘through (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘through 

12 (F)’’; 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by strik14 ing ‘‘section 412’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

15 413’’; 

16 (iii) in subparagraph (E)— 

17 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

18 by striking ‘‘SYSTEM’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘PROJECTS’’; and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘System’’ each 

21 place it appears and inserting 

22 ‘‘Projects’’; and 

23 (iv) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(F) MR&I PROJECTS ACCOUNT.—Funds 

2 from the MR&I Projects Account shall be used 

3 for expenditures by the Tribe for— 

4 ‘‘(i) planning, permitting, designing, 

5 engineering, constructing, reconstructing, 

6 replacing, rehabilitating, operating, or re7 pairing water production, treatment, or de8 livery infrastructure, including for domes9 tic and municipal use or wastewater infra10 structure; 

11 ‘‘(ii) purchasing on-Reservation land 

12 with water rights; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) complying with applicable envi14 ronmental laws.’’; 

15 (5) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘section 

16 414’’ and inserting ‘‘section 415’’; and 

17 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) TITLE TO INFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 

19 over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 

20 from the MR&I Projects Account shall remain in the 

21 Tribe. 

22 ‘‘(j) OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPLACE23 MENT.—The Federal Government shall have no obligation 

24 to pay for the operation, maintenance, or replacement of 

25 any MR&I Project.’’. 


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1 (d) CROW CIP IMPLEMENTATION ACCOUNT.—The 

2 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (31 

3 U.S.C. 1101 note; Public Law 111–291) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating sections 412 through 416 

5 as sections 413 through 417, respectively; and 

6 (2) by inserting after section 411 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 412. CROW CIP IMPLEMENTATION ACCOUNT. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab9 lish a nontrust, interest-bearing account, to be known as 

10 the ‘Crow CIP Implementation Account’, to be managed 

11 and distributed by the Secretary. 

12 ‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in the 

13 Crow CIP Implementation Account— 

14 ‘‘(1) amounts made available pursuant to para15 graphs (1) and (2) of section 415(a) that are appro16 priated after the date of enactment of the Crow 

17 Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 

18 2024; and 

19 ‘‘(2) amounts to be deposited pursuant to sec20 tion 415(h)(3)(A). 

21 ‘‘(c) USES.—Amounts in the Crow CIP Implementa22 tion Account shall be used to carry out section 405. 

23 ‘‘(d) INTEREST.—In addition to the deposits made 

24 into the Crow CIP Implementation Account pursuant to 

25 subsection (b), any investment earnings, including interest 


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1 credited to amounts unexpended in the Crow CIP Imple2 mentation Account, shall be available for use in accord3 ance with subsection (c).’’. 

4 (e) YELLOWTAIL DAM, MONTANA.—Subsection 

5 (b)(1) of section 413 of the Crow Tribe Water Rights Set6 tlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 

7 3116) (as redesignated by subsection (d)(1)) is amended 

8 by striking ‘‘15 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 

9 (f) FUNDING.—Section 415 of the Crow Tribe Water 

10 Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 124 

11 Stat. 3120) (as redesignated by subsection (d)(1)) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (e)— 

14 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

15 ‘‘SYSTEM’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECTS’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘System’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘Projects’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(3) JOINT SIGNATURE ACCOUNTS.—The Sec21 retary shall take all actions necessary to authorize 

22 the withdrawal of funds, including principal and in23 terest, held and maintained in joint signature ac24 counts in accordance with the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) CROW IMPLEMENTATION ACCOUNT.— 

2 In the special joint signature account named 

3 ‘CIP Account’ established pursuant to the 

4 agreement with the Tribe dated October 19, 

5 2011, for the purpose of transferring and de6 positing those funds in the Crow CIP Imple7 mentation Account established by the Secretary 

8 pursuant to section 412(a). 

9 ‘‘(B) MR&I PROJECTS ACCOUNT.—In the 

10 special joint signature account named ‘MR&I 

11 Account’ established pursuant to the agreement 

12 with the Tribe dated September 13, 2012, for 

13 the purpose of transferring and depositing those 

14 funds in the MR&I Projects Account estab15 lished pursuant to section 411(c)(5).’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(j) MR&I PROJECTS ACCOUNT FLUCTUATIONS IN

18 COSTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) INDEXING ADJUSTMENT.—Amounts depos20 ited in the MR&I Projects Account pursuant to sec21 tion 411(c)(5)(A) shall be increased or decreased, as 

22 appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified by 

23 reason of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring 

24 after May 1, 2008, as indicated by the Bureau of 


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1 Reclamation Construction Cost Index–Composite 

2 Trend. 

3 ‘‘(2) PERIOD OF INDEXING.—The period of in4 dexing adjustment under paragraph (1), for any in5 crement of funding, shall end on the date on which 

6 the amounts are deposited in the MR&I Projects Ac7 count.’’. 

8 (g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

9 (1) Section 403(9) of the Crow Tribe Water 

10 Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 

11 291; 124 Stat. 3098) is amended by striking ‘‘(25 

12 U.S.C. 450b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 5304)’’. 

13 (2) Section 409(b) of the Crow Tribe Water 

14 Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 

15 291; 124 Stat. 3108) is amended, in each of para16 graphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘section 414’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘section 415’’. 

18 (3) Section 410(e)(1) of the Crow Tribe Water 

19 Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 

20 291; 124 Stat. 3112) is amended— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec22 tion 414’’ and inserting ‘‘section 415’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

24 ‘‘agreements with the Tribe required by sections 


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1 405(a) and 406(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘agreement 

2 with the Tribe required by section 405(a)’’. 

3 (4) Section 416 of the Crow Tribe Water 

4 Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (31 U.S.C. 1105 

5 note; Public Law 111–291) (as redesignated by sub6 section (d)(1)) is amended, in each of paragraphs 

7 (3) and (4), by striking ‘‘section 414’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘section 415’’. 

9 (h) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

10 for the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 

11 291; 124 Stat. 3064) is amended by striking the items 

12 relating to sections 407 through 416 and inserting the fol13 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 407. Tribal water rights. 

‘‘Sec. 408. Storage allocation from Bighorn Lake. 

‘‘Sec. 409. Satisfaction of claims. 

‘‘Sec. 410. Waivers and releases of claims. 

‘‘Sec. 411. Crow Settlement Fund. 

‘‘Sec. 412. Crow CIP Implementation Account. 

‘‘Sec. 413. Yellowtail Dam, Montana. 

‘‘Sec. 414. Miscellaneous provisions. 

‘‘Sec. 415. Funding. 

‘‘Sec. 416. Repeal on failure to meet enforceability date. 

‘‘Sec. 417. Antideficiency.’’. 

14 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crow Tribe Water 

16 Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2024’’. 

17 SEC. 2. CROW TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT. 

18 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 403 of the Crow Tribe 

19 Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 

20 124 Stat. 3097) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking paragraph (11) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(11) MR&I PROJECT.—The term ‘MR&I 

4 Project’ means an activity described in clauses (i) 

5 through (iii) of section 411(e)(3)(F).’’; and 

6 (2) in paragraph (12)— 

7 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘SYSTEM’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECTS’’; and 

9 (B) in subparagraphs (A) through (C), by 

10 striking ‘‘System’’ each place it appears and in11 serting ‘‘Projects’’. 

12 (b) REPEAL OF MR&I SYSTEM.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 406 of the Crow Tribe 

14 Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 

15 111–291; 124 Stat. 3102) is repealed. 

16 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con17 tents for the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public 

18 Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3064) is amended by striking 

19 the item relating to section 406. 

20 (c) CROW SETTLEMENT FUND.—Section 411 of the 

21 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public 

22 Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3113) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to be adminis24 tered by the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘to be managed, 

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1 main available until expended, withdrawn, or re2 verted to the general fund of the Treasury, consisting 

3 of amounts deposited in the Fund under subsection 

4 (b), together with any investment earnings, including 

5 interest, earned on those amounts,’’; 

6 (2) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking ‘‘sec7 tion 414’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sec8 tion 415’’; 

9 (3) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘System’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘Projects’’; and 

12 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(5) The MR&I Projects Account, to be estab14 lished as soon as practicable after the date of enact15 ment of the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement 

16 Amendments Act of 2024, consisting of— 

17 ‘‘(A) amounts made available pursuant to 

18 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 415(b) that are 

19 appropriated after the date of enactment of the 

20 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amend21 ments Act of 2024; and 

22 ‘‘(B) amounts to be deposited pursuant to 

23 section 415(h)(2).’’; 

24 (4) in subsection (e)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking subpara2 graph (C) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(C) the American Indian Trust Fund 

4 Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 

5 4001 et seq.).’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

8 ‘‘through (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘through (F)’’; 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by strik10 ing ‘‘section 412’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

11 413’’; 

12 (iii) in subparagraph (E)— 

13 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

14 by striking ‘‘SYSTEM’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘PROJECTS’’; and 

16 (II) by striking ‘‘System’’ each 

17 place it appears and inserting 

18 ‘‘Projects’’; and 

19 (iv) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(F) MR&I PROJECTS ACCOUNT.—Funds 

21 from the MR&I Projects Account shall be used 

22 for expenditures by the Tribe in accordance with 

23 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(i) PRIORITY USE OF FUNDS.—The 

2 Tribe shall use funds from the MR&I 

3 Projects Account— 

4 ‘‘(I) to plan, permit, design, engi5 neer, construct, reconstruct, replace, re6 habilitate, operate, or repair water 

7 production, treatment, or delivery in8 frastructure, including for domestic 

9 and municipal use or wastewater in10 frastructure; and 

11 ‘‘(II) to comply with applicable 

12 environmental laws for the activities 

13 described in subclause (I). 

14 ‘‘(ii) OTHER USE OF FUNDS.—After 

15 providing written notice to the Secretary 

16 that on-Reservation MR&I projects de17 scribed in clause (i) are complete, the Tribe 

18 may use funds remaining in the MR&I 

19 Projects Account to purchase on-Reservation 

20 land with water rights.’’; 

21 (5) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘section 414’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘section 415’’; and 

23 (6) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(i) TITLE TO INFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 

2 over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 

3 from the MR&I Projects Account shall remain in the Tribe. 

4 ‘‘(j) OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPLACE5 MENT.—The Federal Government shall have no obligation 

6 to pay for the operation, maintenance, or replacement of 

7 any MR&I Project.’’. 

8 (d) CROW CIP IMPLEMENTATION ACCOUNT.—The 

9 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (31 U.S.C. 

10 1101 note; Public Law 111–291) is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating sections 412 through 416 as 

12 sections 413 through 417, respectively; and 

13 (2) by inserting after section 411 the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 412. CROW CIP IMPLEMENTATION ACCOUNT. 

15 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

16 a nontrust, interest-bearing account, to be known as the 

17 ‘Crow CIP Implementation Account’, to be managed and 

18 distributed by the Secretary. 

19 ‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in the 

20 Crow CIP Implementation Account— 

21 ‘‘(1) amounts made available pursuant to para22 graphs (1) and (2) of section 415(a) that are appro23 priated after the date of enactment of the Crow Tribe 

24 Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2024; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(2) amounts to be deposited pursuant to section 

2 415(h)(1). 

3 ‘‘(c) USES.—Amounts in the Crow CIP Implementa4 tion Account shall be used to carry out section 405. 

5 ‘‘(d) INTEREST.—In addition to the deposits made into 

6 the Crow CIP Implementation Account pursuant to sub7 section (b), any investment earnings, including interest 

8 credited to amounts unexpended in the Crow CIP Imple9 mentation Account, shall be available for use in accordance 

10 with subsection (c).’’. 

11 (e) YELLOWTAIL DAM, MONTANA.—Subsection (b)(1) 

12 of section 413 of the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement 

13 Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3116) (as re14 designated by subsection (d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘15 

15 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 

16 (f) FUNDING.—Section 415 of the Crow Tribe Water 

17 Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 124 

18 Stat. 3120) (as redesignated by subsection (d)(1)) is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) in subsection (e)— 

21 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

22 ‘‘SYSTEM’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECTS’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘System’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘Projects’’; 


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1 (2) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(h) JOINT SIGNATURE ACCOUNTS.—The Secretary 

4 shall take all actions necessary to authorize the withdrawal 

5 of funds, including principal and interest, held and main6 tained in joint signature accounts in accordance with the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(1) CROW CIP IMPLEMENTATION ACCOUNT.—In 

9 the special joint signature account named ‘CIP Ac10 count’ established pursuant to the agreement with the 

11 Tribe dated October 19, 2011, for the purpose of 

12 transferring and depositing those funds in the Crow 

13 CIP Implementation Account established under sec14 tion 412(a). 

15 ‘‘(2) MR&I PROJECTS ACCOUNT.—In the special 

16 joint signature account named ‘MR&I Account’ estab17 lished pursuant to the agreement with the Tribe dated 

18 September 13, 2012, for the purpose of transferring 

19 and depositing those funds in the MR&I Projects Ac20 count established pursuant to section 411(c)(5).’’; and 

21 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(j) MR&I PROJECTS ACCOUNT FLUCTUATIONS IN

23 COSTS.— 

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1 tion 411(c)(5)(A) shall be increased or decreased, as 

2 appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified by 

3 reason of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring 

4 after May 1, 2008, as indicated by the Bureau of Rec5 lamation Construction Cost Index–Composite Trend. 

6 ‘‘(2) PERIOD OF INDEXING.—The period of in7 dexing adjustment under paragraph (1), for any in8 crement of funding, shall end on the date on which 

9 the amounts are deposited in the MR&I Projects Ac10 count.’’. 

11 (g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

12 (1) Section 403(9) of the Crow Tribe Water 

13 Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 

14 124 Stat. 3098) is amended by striking ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 

15 450b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 5304)’’. 

16 (2) Section 409(b) of the Crow Tribe Water 

17 Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 

18 124 Stat. 3108) is amended, in each of paragraphs 

19 (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘section 414’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘section 415’’. 

21 (3) Section 410(e)(1) of the Crow Tribe Water 

22 Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 

23 124 Stat. 3112) is amended— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec25 tion 414’’ and inserting ‘‘section 415’’; and 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

2 ‘‘agreements with the Tribe required by sections 

3 405(a) and 406(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘agreement 

4 with the Tribe required by section 405(a)’’. 

5 (4) Section 416 of the Crow Tribe Water Rights 

6 Settlement Act of 2010 (31 U.S.C. 1105 note; Public 

7 Law 111–291) (as redesignated by subsection (d)(1)) 

8 is amended, in each of paragraphs (3) and (4), by 

9 striking ‘‘section 414’’ and inserting ‘‘section 415’’. 

10 (h) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

11 the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 

12 124 Stat. 3064) is amended by striking the items relating 

13 to sections 407 through 416 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 407. Tribal water rights. 

‘‘Sec. 408. Storage allocation from Bighorn Lake. 

‘‘Sec. 409. Satisfaction of claims. 

‘‘Sec. 410. Waivers and releases of claims. 

‘‘Sec. 411. Crow Settlement Fund. 

‘‘Sec. 412. Crow CIP Implementation Account. 

‘‘Sec. 413. Yellowtail Dam, Montana. 

‘‘Sec. 414. Miscellaneous provisions. 

‘‘Sec. 415. Funding. 

‘‘Sec. 416. Repeal on failure to meet enforceability date. 

‘‘Sec. 417. Antideficiency.’’. 


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Calendar No. 662 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4442 

[Report No. 118–260] 

A BILL 

To amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement 

and for other purposes. Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, 

DECEMBER 4, 2024 

Reported with an amendment 


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