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Union Calendar No. 375 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 725 
[Report No. 119–436] 
To take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow 
Tribe of Montana, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2025 
Mr. DOWNING (for himself and Mr. ZINKE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JANUARY 12, 2026 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 24, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit 
of the Crow Tribe of Montana, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crow Revenue Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BULL MOUNTAINS LEASE.—The term ‘‘Bull 
Mountains Lease’’ means the Bureau of Land Man-
agement Lease MTM–97988 dated June 1, 2012. 
(2) BULL
MOUNTAINS
MINERAL
TRACTS.—The 
term ‘‘Bull Mountains Mineral Tracts’’ means the 
mineral interests that— 
(A) are located in Musselshell County, Mon-
tana; 
(B) comprise approximately 4,530 acres of 
subsurface interests owned by the United States 
located in— 
(i) T. 6 N., R. 26 E., sec. 2; 
(ii) T. 6 N., R. 26 E., sec. 24; 
(iii) T. 6 N., R. 27 E., sec. 4; 
(iv) T. 6 N., R. 27 E., sec. 8; 
(v) T. 6 N., R. 27 E., sec. 10; 
(vi) T. 6 N., R. 27 E., sec. 14; 
(vii) T. 6 N., R. 27 E., sec. 22; 
(viii) T. 7 N., R. 26 E., sec. 24; 
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(ix) T. 7 N., R. 26 E., sec. 26; 
(x) T. 7 N., R. 26 E., sec. 34; 
(xi) T. 7 N., R. 27 E., sec. 20; and 
(xii) T. 7 N., R. 27 E., sec. 22; and 
(C) are generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Bull Mountains Tracts’’ and dated March 
19, 2025. 
(3) BULL
MOUNTAINS
SURFACE
TRACTS.—The 
term ‘‘Bull Mountains Surface Tracts’’ means the ag-
gregate surface interests that— 
(A) are located in Musselshell County, Mon-
tana; 
(B) comprise approximately 940 acres of 
surface interests owned by the United States lo-
cated in— 
(i) T. 6 N., R. 26 E., sec. 2; 
(ii) T. 6 N., R. 27 E., sec. 8; 
(iii) T. 6 N., R. 27 E., sec. 10; 
(iv) T. 6 N., R. 28 E., sec. 8; and 
(v) T. 7 N., R. 27 E., sec. 34; and 
(C) are generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Bull Mountains Tracts’’ and dated March 
19, 2025. 
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(4) HOPE
FAMILY
TRACTS.—The term ‘‘Hope 
Family Tracts’’ means the aggregate mineral interests 
that— 
(A) are located in Big Horn County, Mon-
tana, within the boundaries of the Crow Reserva-
tion; 
(B) comprise approximately 4,660 acres of 
subsurface interests owned by the Hope Family 
Trust located in— 
(i) T. 4 S., R. 37 E., sec. 33; 
(ii) T. 4 S., R. 37 E., sec. 34; 
(iii) T. 5 S., R. 37 E., sec. 1; 
(iv) T. 5 S., R. 37 E., sec. 2; 
(v) T. 5 S., R. 37 E., sec. 3; 
(vi) T. 5 S., R. 37 E., sec. 10; 
(vii) T. 5 S., R. 37 E., sec. 11; 
(viii) T. 5 S., R. 37 E., sec. 12; 
(ix) T. 5 S., R. 37 E., sec. 13; 
(x) T. 5 S., R. 37 E., sec. 14; 
(xi) T. 5 S., R. 37 E., sec. 15; 
(xii) T. 5 S., R. 38 E., sec. 5; 
(xiii) T. 5 S., R. 38 E., sec. 8; 
(xiv) T. 5 S., R. 38 E., sec. 9; 
(xv) T. 5 S., R. 38 E., sec. 16; and 
(xvi) T. 5 S., R. 38 E., sec. 17; and 
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(C) are generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Hope Family Tracts’’ and dated January 
30, 2024. 
(5) HOPE
FAMILY
TRUST.—The term ‘‘Hope 
Family Trust’’ means the Joe and Barbara Hope 
Mineral Trust. 
(6) LESSEE.—The term ‘‘Lessee’’ means the les-
see for the Bull Mountains Lease. 
(7) MUSSELSHELL RESOURCES LLC.—The term 
‘‘Musselshell Resources LLC’’ means the Musselshell 
Resources Limited Liability Company, which is reg-
istered to do business in the State. 
(8) MUSSELSHELL
RESOURCES
TRACTS.—The 
term ‘‘Musselshell Resources Tracts’’ means the aggre-
gate surface interests that— 
(A) are located in Musselshell County, Mon-
tana; 
(B) comprise approximately 959 acres of 
surface interests owned by Musselshell Resources 
LLC located in— 
(i) T. 7 N., R. 27 E., N1⁄2NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4, 
and E1⁄2SE1⁄4 of sec. 35; 
(ii) T. 6 N., R. 26 E., NE1⁄4 of sec. 22 
lying south and west of Old Divide Road; 
and 
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