(2) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act affects any 
applicable law (including regulations) under which 
the United States collects irrigation assessments 
from— 
(A) non-Indian users of the Crow Irriga-
tion Project; and 
(B) the Tribe, tribal entities and instru-
mentalities, tribal members, allottees, and enti-
ties owned by the Tribe, tribal members, or 
allottees to the extent that annual irrigation as-
sessments assessed on such tribal water users 
exceed the amount of funds available under sec-
tion 11(d)(3)(F) for costs relating to CIP 
OM&R. 
(c) NO RECOGNITION OF WATER RIGHTS.—Notwith-
standing subsection (a) and except as provided in section 
7(d), nothing in this Act recognizes or establishes any 
right of a member of the Tribe or an allottee to water 
within the Reservation or the ceded strip. 
SEC. 10. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) WAIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 
TRIBE AND THE UNITED STATES ACTING IN ITS CA-
PACITY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE TRIBE.—Subject to 
the retention of rights set forth in subsection (c), in 
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return for recognition of the tribal water rights and 
other benefits as set forth in the Compact and this 
Act, the Tribe, on behalf of itself and its members 
(but not tribal members in their capacities as 
allottees), and the United States acting in its capac-
ity as trustee for the Tribe and its members (but not 
tribal members in their capacities as allottees), are 
authorized and directed, to execute a waiver and re-
lease of all claims for water rights within the State 
of Montana that the Tribe, or the United States act-
ing in its capacity as trustee for the Tribe, asserted, 
or could have asserted, in any proceeding, including 
but not limited to the Montana stream adjudication, 
up to and including the enforceability date, except to 
the extent that such rights are recognized in the 
Compact as amended by this Act. 
(2) WAIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 
UNITED STATES ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS TRUST-
EE FOR ALLOTTEES.—Subject to the retention of 
rights set forth in subsection (c), in return for rec-
ognition of the Tribe’s water rights and other bene-
fits as set forth in the Compact and this Act, the 
United States acting in its capacity as trustee for 
allottees is authorized and directed to execute a 
waiver and release of all claims for water rights 
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within the Reservation and the ceded strip that the 
United States acting in its capacity as trustee for 
the allottees asserted, or could have asserted, in any 
proceeding, including but not limited to the Montana 
stream adjudication, up to and including the en-
forceability date, except to the extent that such 
rights are recognized in the Compact or this Act. 
(3) WAIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY THE 
TRIBE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.—Subject to 
the retention of rights set forth in subsection (c), the 
Tribe, on behalf of itself and its members, is author-
ized to execute a waiver and release of— 
(A) all claims against the United States, 
its agencies, or employees, relating to claims for 
water rights within the State of Montana that 
the United States acting in its capacity as 
trustee for the Tribe asserted, or could have as-
serted, in any proceeding, including but not lim-
ited to the Montana stream adjudication, except 
to the extent that such rights are recognized as 
tribal water rights in this Act, including all 
claims relating in any manner to the claims re-
served against the United States, its agencies 
or employees in section 4(e) of the Joint Stipu-
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lation of Settlement, Crow Tribe of Indians v. 
Norton, No. 02–284 (Apr. 7, 2006); 
(B) all claims against the United States, 
its agencies, or employees relating to damages, 
losses, or injuries to water, water rights, land, 
or natural resources due to loss of water or 
water rights (including but not limited to dam-
ages, losses or injuries to hunting, fishing, 
gathering or cultural rights due to loss of water 
or water rights; claims relating to interference 
with, diversion or taking of water; or claims re-
lating to failure to protect, acquire, replace, or 
develop water, water rights or water infrastruc-
ture) within the State of Montana that first ac-
crued at any time up to and including the en-
forceability date, including all claims relating to 
the failure to establish or provide a municipal 
rural or industrial water delivery system on the 
Reservation and all claims relating to the fail-
ure to provide for, operate or maintain the 
Crow Irrigation Project, or any other irrigation 
system or irrigation project on the Reservation; 
(C) all claims against the United States, 
its agencies, or employees relating to the pend-
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ing litigation of claims relating to the Tribe’s 
water rights in the State of Montana; 
(D) all claims against the United States, 
its agencies, or employees relating to the nego-
tiation, execution, or the adoption of the Com-
pact, exhibits thereto, or this Act; 
(E) subject to the retention of rights set 
forth in subsection (c), all claims for monetary 
damages that first accrued at any time up to 
and including the enforceability date with re-
spect to— 
(i) the failure to recognize or enforce 
the Tribe’s claim of title to lands that are 
created by the movement of the Big Horn 
River; and 
(ii) the failure to make productive use 
of those lands created by the movement of 
the Big Horn River to which the Tribe has 
claimed title; 
(F) all claims that first accrued at any 
time up to and including the enforceability date 
arising from the taking or acquisition of the 
Tribe’s land or resources for the construction of 
the Yellowtail Dam; 
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(G) all claims that first accrued at any 
time up to and including the enforceability date 
relating to the construction and operation of 
Yellowtail Dam and the management of Big 
Horn Lake; and 
(H) all claims that first accrued at any 
time up to and including the enforceability date 
relating to the generation of power from 
Yellowtail Dam or the lack thereof. 
(b) EFFECTIVENESS OF WAIVERS AND RELEASES.— 
The waivers under subsection (a) shall take effect on the 
enforceability date. 
(c) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND RETENTION OF 
CLAIMS.—Notwithstanding the waivers and releases au-
thorized in this Act, the Tribe on behalf of itself and its 
members and the United States acting in its capacity as 
trustee for the Tribe retain— 
(1) all claims for enforcement of the Compact, 
any final decree, or this Act; 
(2) all rights to use and protect water rights ac-
quired after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(3) all claims for damages, losses or injuries to 
water rights or claims of interference with, diversion 
or taking of water rights (including but not limited 
to claims for injury to lands resulting from such 
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damages, losses, injuries, interference with, diver-
sion, or taking of water rights) arising out of activi-
ties occurring outside the State of Montana; 
(4) all rights to use and protect water rights ac-
quired pursuant to state law, to the extent not in-
consistent with the Compact; 
(5) all claims relating to activities affecting the 
quality of water including but not limited to any 
claims the Tribe might have under Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act (including but not limited to claims for dam-
ages to natural resources), the Safe Drinking Water 
Act, the Clean Water Act, and the regulations imple-
menting these Acts; 
(6) all claims relating to damages, losses, or in-
juries to land or natural resources not due to loss 
of water or water rights (including, but not limited 
to hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural rights); 
(7) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 
and powers not specifically waived and released pur-
suant to this Act; 
(8) all claims against any person or entity other 
than the United States, including claims for mone-
tary damages, with respect to— 
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(A) the Tribe’s claim of title to lands that 
are created by the movement of the Big Horn 
River; and 
(B) the productive use of those lands cre-
ated by the movement of the Big Horn River to 
which the Tribe has claimed title; and 
(9) all claims that first accrued after the en-
forceability date with respect to claims otherwise 
waived in accordance with subsection (a)(3)(B), and 
(E) through (H), inclusive. 
(d) EFFECT OF COMPACT AND ACT.—Nothing in the 
Compact or this Act— 
(1) affects the ability of the United States act-
ing in its sovereign capacity to take actions author-
ized by law, including but not limited to any laws re-
lating to health, safety or the environment, including 
but not limited to the Clean Water Act, the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the 
regulations implementing such Acts; 
(2) affects the ability of the United States to 
take actions acting in its capacity as trustee for any 
other Indian tribe or allottee of any other Indian 
tribe; 
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(3) confers jurisdiction on any State court to— 
(A) interpret Federal law regarding health, 
safety, or the environment or determine the du-
ties of the United States or other parties pursu-
ant to such Federal law; 
(B) conduct judicial review of Federal 
agency action. 
(4) waives any claim of a member of the Tribe 
in an individual capacity that does not derive from 
a right of the Tribe; or 
(5) revives any claims waived by the Tribe in 
the Joint Stipulation of Settlement, Crow Tribe of 
Indians v. Norton, No. 02–284 (Apr. 7, 2006). 
(e) ENFORCEABILITY DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The enforceability date shall 
be the date on which the Secretary publishes in the 
Federal Register a statement of findings that— 
(A) the Montana Water Court has issued 
a final judgment and decree approving the 
Compact, or if the Montana Water Court is 
found to lack jurisdiction, the United States 
District Court of jurisdiction has approved the 
Compact as a consent decree and such approval 
is final; 
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(B) $44,000,000 has been deposited in the 
Crow Settlement Fund; 
(C) the Secretary has fulfilled his obliga-
tions to negotiate an agreement with the Tribe 
in accordance with sections 5(a) and 6(a); 
(D) the State has appropriated and paid 
into an interest-bearing escrow account any 
payments then due to the Tribe under the Com-
pact; 
(E) the Tribe has ratified the Compact by 
submitting the Act and the Compact to a vote 
by the tribal membership for approval or dis-
approval and the tribal membership has voted 
to approve the Act and the Compact by a ma-
jority of votes cast on the day of the vote, as 
certified by the Secretary and the Tribe; 
(F) the Secretary has fulfilled the require-
ments of section 8(a); and 
(G) the waivers and releases authorized 
and set forth in subsection (a) have been exe-
cuted by the parties and the Secretary. 
(f) TOLLING OF CLAIMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 
limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 
to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 
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the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act and ending on the date on which the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act are appropriated. 
(2) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 
limitation or time-based equitable defense that ex-
pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 11. CROW SETTLEMENT FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States the Crow Settlement Fund, 
consisting of such amounts as are deposited in the fund 
under subsections (c) through (h) of section 14. 
(b) ACCOUNTS OF CROW SETTLEMENT FUND.—The 
Secretary shall establish in the Crow Settlement Fund the 
following accounts: 
(1) The Tribal Compact Administration ac-
count, consisting of amounts authorized pursuant to 
section 14(c). 
(2) The Economic Development account, con-
sisting of amounts authorized pursuant to section 
14(d). 
(3) The Water Development Projects account, 
consisting of amounts authorized pursuant to section 
14(e). 
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(4) The MR&I System OM&R account, con-
sisting of amounts authorized pursuant to section 
14(f). 
(5) The Yellowtail Dam OM&R account, con-
sisting of amounts authorized pursuant to section 
14(g). 
(6) The CIP OM&R account, consisting of 
amounts authorized pursuant to section 14(h). 
(c) DEPOSITS TO CROW SETTLEMENT FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall promptly deposit in the Crow Settlement 
Fund any amounts appropriated for that purpose. 
(2) DEPOSITS TO ACCOUNTS.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall deposit amounts in the accounts 
of the Crow Settlement Fund established under sub-
section (b) in descending order of priority, with 
highest priority given to the Tribal Compact Admin-
istration 
account 
established 
under 
subsection 
(b)(1). 
(d) MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 
the Crow Settlement Fund, make investments from 
the Crow Settlement Fund, and make monies avail-
able from the Crow Settlement Fund for distribution 
to the Tribe consistent with the American Indian 
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Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) (referred to in this subsection 
as the ‘‘Trust Fund Reform Act’’). 
(2) 
INVESTMENT
OF
CROW
SETTLEMENT 
FUND.—Upon the enforceability date the Secretary 
shall invest amounts in the Crow Settlement Fund 
in accordance with— 
(A) the Act of April 1, 1880 (25 U.S.C. 
161); 
(B) the first section of the Act of June 24, 
1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 
(C) the obligations of Federal corporations 
and Federal Government-sponsored entities the 
charter documents of which provide that the ob-
ligations of the entities are lawful investments 
for federally managed funds, including— 
(i) the obligations of the United 
States Postal Service described in section 
2005 of title 39, United States Code; 
(ii) bonds and other obligations of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority described in 
section 15d of the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831n–4); 
(iii) mortgages, obligations, and other 
securities of the Federal Home Loan Mort-
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gage Corporation described in section 303 
of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor-
poration Act (12 U.S.C. 1452); and 
(iv) bonds, notes, and debentures of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation de-
scribed in section 4 of the Act of March 8, 
1938 (15 U.S.C. 713a–4); and 
(D) the obligations referred to in section 
201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401). 
(3) DISTRIBUTIONS FROM CROW SETTLEMENT 
FUND.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Funds from the Crow 
Settlement Fund shall be used for each purpose 
described in subparagraphs (B) through (G). 
(B) TRIBAL
COMPACT
ADMINISTRATION 
ACCOUNT.—The Tribal Compact Administration 
Account shall be used for expenditures by the 
Tribe for Tribal Compact Administration, in ac-
cordance with the definition of Tribal Compact 
Administration under section 3. 
(C) 
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
AC-
COUNT.—The Economic Development Account 
shall be used for expenditures by the Tribe for 
economic development, in accordance with the 
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definition of Economic Development under sec-
tion 3. 
(D) WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AC-
COUNT.—The Water Development Project Ac-
count shall be used for expenditures by the 
Tribe for 1 or more water development projects, 
in accordance with the definition of Water De-
velopment Project under section 3. 
(E) YELLOWTAIL DAM OM&R ACCOUNT.— 
Interest accrued on the funds in the Yellowtail 
Dam OM&R Account in the prior fiscal year 
shall be used for Yellowtail Dam OM&R costs 
in the subsequent year. The interest shall be 
used to reduce the Yellowtail Dam OM&R costs 
to all tribal water users on a proportional basis 
for that year. 
(F) CIP OM&R ACCOUNT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Interest accrued on 
the funds in the CIP OM&R Account in 
the prior fiscal year shall be used for CIP 
OM&R costs in the subsequent year. 
(ii) REDUCTION OF COSTS TO TRIBAL 
WATER USERS.— 
(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subclause (II), the interest described 
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in clause (i) shall be used to reduce 
the CIP OM&R costs to all tribal 
water users on a proportional basis 
for that year. 
(II) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF 
FUNDS.—The funds from the CIP 
OM&R Account shall only be used to 
pay irrigation assessments for the 
Tribe, tribal entities and instrumen-
talities, tribal members, allottees, and 
entities owned by the Tribe, tribal 
members, or allottees. 
(G) MR&I SYSTEM OM&R ACCOUNT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Interest accrued on 
the funds from the MR&I System OM&R 
Account in the prior fiscal year shall be 
used for MR&I System OM&R costs in the 
subsequent year. 
(ii) REDUCTION OF COSTS TO TRIBAL 
WATER USERS.— 
(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subclause (II), the interest described 
in clause (i) shall be used to reduce 
the MR&I System OM&R costs to all 
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tribal water users on a proportional 
basis for that year. 
(II) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF 
FUNDS.—The funds from the MR&I 
System OM&R Account shall only be 
used to reduce water charges for 
water used by the Tribe, tribal enti-
ties and instrumentalities, tribal mem-
bers, allottees, and entities owned by 
the 
Tribe, 
tribal 
members, 
or 
allottees. 
(4) WITHDRAWALS BY TRIBE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Tribe may with-
draw any portion of amounts in the Crow Set-
tlement Fund on approval by the Secretary of 
a tribal management plan in accordance with 
the Trust Fund Reform Act. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the 
requirements under the Trust Fund Re-
form Act, the tribal management plan of 
the Tribe under subparagraph (A) shall re-
quire that the Tribe spend any amounts 
withdrawn from the Crow Settlement Fund 
in accordance with this Act. 
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(ii) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary 
may carry out such judicial or administra-
tive actions as the Secretary determines to 
be necessary to enforce a tribal manage-
ment plan to ensure that amounts with-
drawn by the Tribe from the Crow Settle-
ment Fund under this paragraph are used 
in accordance with this Act. 
(C) LIABILITY.—The Secretary and the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall not be liable for 
the expenditure or investment of amounts with-
drawn from the Crow Settlement Fund by the 
Tribe under this paragraph. 
(D) EXPENDITURE PLAN.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—For each fiscal 
year, the Tribe shall submit to the Sec-
retary for approval an expenditure plan for 
any portion of the amounts described in 
subparagraph (A) that the Tribe elects not 
to withdraw under this paragraph during 
the fiscal year. 
(ii) INCLUSION.—An expenditure plan 
under clause (i) shall include a description 
of the manner in which, and the purposes 
for which, funds of the Tribe remaining in 
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the Crow Settlement Fund will be used 
during subsequent fiscal years. 
(iii) APPROVAL.—On receipt of an ex-
penditure plan under clause (i), the Sec-
retary shall approve the plan if the Sec-
retary determines that the plan is— 
(I) reasonable; and 
(II) consistent with this Act. 
(5) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Tribe shall submit 
to the Secretary annual reports describing each ex-
penditure by the Tribe of amounts in the Crow Set-
tlement Fund during the preceding calendar year. 
(6) CERTAIN PER CAPITA DISTRIBUTIONS PRO-
HIBITED.—No amount in the Crow Settlement Fund 
shall be distributed to any member of the Tribe on 
a per capita basis. 
(e) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts in the Crow Settle-
ment Fund shall be available for use by the Secretary and 
withdrawal by the Tribe beginning on the enforceability 
date. 
(f) STATE CONTRIBUTION.—The State contribution 
shall be provided in accordance with article VI(A) of the 
Compact. 
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SEC. 12. YELLOWTAIL DAM, MONTANA. 
(a) STREAMFLOW AND LAKE LEVEL MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.— 
(1) Nothing in the Compact or the Streamflow 
and Lake Level Management Plan referred to in Ar-
ticle III A.7. of the Compact— 
(A) limits the discretion of the Secretary 
under the section 4F of that plan; or 
(B) requires the Secretary to give priority 
to any factor described in section 4F of the 
plan over any other factor described in that sec-
tion. 
(2) Bighorn Lake water management, including 
the Streamflow and Lake Level Management Plan, 
is a Federal activity and review and enforcement of 
any water management decisions shall be as pro-
vided by Federal law. 
(3) The Streamflow and Lake Level Manage-
ment Plan referred to in and part of the Compact 
shall be interpreted to clearly reflect paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
(b) POWER GENERATION.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Tribe shall have the exclusive right to develop 
and market power generation as a water develop-
ment project on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam. 
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(2) The Bureau of Reclamation shall cooperate 
with the Tribe on such project. 
(3) Any hydroelectric power generated under 
this provision shall be used or marketed by the 
Tribe. 
(4) The Tribe shall retain any revenues from 
the sale of hydroelectric power generated under this 
provision. 
(5) The United States shall have no trust obli-
gation to monitor, administer, or account for the 
revenues received by the Tribe, or the expenditure of 
the revenues. 
(c) CONSULTATION WITH TRIBE.—The Bureau of 
Reclamation shall consult with the Tribe on at least a 
quarterly basis on all issues relating to the Bureau’s man-
agement of Yellowtail Dam. 
SEC. 13. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
(a) WAIVER
OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
BY
THE 
UNITED STATES.—Except as provided in subsections (a) 
through (c) of section 208 of the Department of Justice 
Appropriation Act, 1953 (43 U.S.C. 666), nothing in this 
Act waives the sovereign immunity of the United States. 
(b) OTHER TRIBES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED.— 
Nothing in this Act quantifies or diminishes any land or 
water right, or any claim or entitlement to land or water, 
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of an Indian tribe, band, or community other than the 
Tribe. 
(c) LIMITATION ON CLAIMS FOR REIMBURSEMENT.— 
With respect to Indian land within the Reservation or the 
ceded strip— 
(1) the United States shall not submit against 
any Indian-owned land located within the Reserva-
tion or the ceded strip any claim for reimbursement 
of the cost to the United States of carrying out this 
Act and the Compact; and 
(2) no assessment of any Indian-owned land lo-
cated within the Reservation or the ceded strip shall 
be made regarding that cost. 
(d) 
LIMITATION
ON
LIABILITY
OF
UNITED 
STATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States has no 
trust or other obligation— 
(A) to monitor, administer, or account for, 
in any manner, any funds provided to the Tribe 
by any party to the Compact other than the 
United States; or 
(B) to review or approve any expenditure 
of those funds. 
(2) INDEMNIFICATION.—The Tribe shall indem-
nify the United States, and hold the United States 
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harmless, with respect to all claims (including claims 
for takings or breach of trust) arising from the re-
ceipt or expenditure of amounts described in para-
graph (1)(A). 
(e) EFFECT ON CURRENT LAW.—Nothing in this sec-
tion affects any provision of law (including regulations) 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act with respect to preenforcement review of any Federal 
environmental enforcement action. 
(f) LIMITATIONS ON EFFECT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act or the 
Compact— 
(A) limits, expands, alters, or otherwise af-
fects— 
(i) the meaning, interpretation, imple-
mentation, application, or effect of any ar-
ticle, provision, or term of the Yellowstone 
River Compact; 
(ii) any right, requirement, or obliga-
tion under the Yellowstone River Compact; 
(iii) any allocation (or manner of de-
termining any allocation) of water under 
the Yellowstone River Compact; or 
(iv) any present or future claim, de-
fense, or other position asserted in any 
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legal, administrative, or other proceeding 
arising under or relating to the Yellow-
stone River Compact (including the origi-
nal proceeding between the State of Mon-
tana and the State of Wyoming currently 
pending before the United States Supreme 
Court); 
(B) makes an allocation or apportionment 
of water between or among States; 
(C) addresses or implies whether, how, or 
to what extent (if any)— 
(i) the Tribal Water Right or any por-
tion of the Tribal Water Right should be 
accounted for as part of or otherwise 
charged against any allocation of water 
made to a State under the provisions of 
the Yellowstone River Compact; or 
(ii) the Yellowstone River Compact in-
cludes or does not include the Tribal 
Water Right or the water right of any In-
dian tribe as part of any allocation or 
other disposition of water under that com-
pact; or 
(D) waives the sovereign immunity from 
suit of any State under the Eleventh Amend-
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ment to the Constitution of the United States, 
except as expressly authorized in Article IV 
F.8. of the Compact. 
SEC. 14. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CROW 
IRRIGATION PROJECT.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $160,653,000, adjusted to reflect changes since 
May 1, 2008, under section 5(e) for the rehabilitation and 
improvement of the Crow Irrigation Project. 
(b) DESIGN
AND CONSTRUCTION
OF MR&I SYS-
TEM.—There 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$200,840,000, adjusted to reflect changes since May 1, 
2008, under section 6(e) for the design and construction 
of the MR&I System. 
(c) TRIBAL COMPACT ADMINISTRATION.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for Tribal Com-
pact Administration. 
(d) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for Economic 
Development Projects. 
(e) WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated $37,594,000 (as adjusted to 
reflect changes in construction cost indices applicable to 
the types of construction involved during the period begin-
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ning on May 1, 2008, and ending on the date of appropria-
tion) for Water Development Projects. 
(f) MR&I SYSTEM OM&R.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated $40,513,000 (as adjusted to reflect 
changes in appropriate cost indices during the period be-
ginning on May 1, 2008, and ending on the date of appro-
priation) for MR&I OM&R. 
(g) YELLOWTAIL DAM OM&R.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated $30,876,000 (as adjusted to reflect 
changes in appropriate cost indices during the period be-
ginning on May 1, 2008, and ending on the date of appro-
priation) for Yellowtail Dam OM&R. 
(h) CIP OM&R.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $12,736,000 (as adjusted to reflect changes in ap-
propriate cost indices during the period beginning on May 
1, 2008, and ending on the date of appropriation) for CIP 
OM&R. 
(i) ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out all necessary environmental compliance activi-
ties undertaken by the Secretary associated with the Com-
pact and this Act. 
(j) BUREAU OF RECLAMATION COSTS FOR CROW IR-
RIGATION PROJECT.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as are necessary for the Bureau of Rec-
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lamation to carry out its role as lead agency for the reha-
bilitation and improvement of the Crow Irrigation Project. 
(k) BUREAU OF RECLAMATION COSTS FOR MR&I 
SYSTEM.—There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as are necessary for the Bureau of Reclamation to 
carry out its role as lead agency for the design and con-
struction of the MR&I System. 
(l) INTEREST ACCRUED FROM CROW SETTLEMENT 
FUND.—For each fiscal year during the period beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the 
enforceability date, there is authorized to be appropriated 
for deposit into the Crow Settlement Fund an amount 
equal to the interest that would have accrued during the 
preceding fiscal year on balances held in the Crow Settle-
ment Fund. 
(m) CALCULATION OF INTEREST.—The interest de-
scribed in this section shall be calculated using the appli-
cable rate for interest-bearing obligations of the United 
States. 
SEC. 15. REPEAL ON FAILURE TO MEET EFFECTIVE DATE. 
If the Secretary does not publish a statement of find-
ings under section 10(e) by March 31, 2015— 
(1) this Act is repealed effective January 1, 
2015, and any action taken by the Secretary and 
any contract or agreement pursuant to the authority 
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provided under any provision of this Act shall be 
void; 
(2) any amounts appropriated under section 14, 
together with any interest on those amounts, shall 
immediately revert to the general fund of the Treas-
ury; and 
(3) any amounts made available under section 
14 that remain unexpended shall immediately revert 
to the general fund of the Treasury. 
Æ 
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