from the MR&I Projects Account shall remain in the 
Tribe. 
‘‘(j) OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPLACE-
MENT.—The Federal Government shall have no obligation 
to pay for the operation, maintenance, or replacement of 
any MR&I Project.’’. 
(d) CROW CIP IMPLEMENTATION ACCOUNT.—The 
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (31 
U.S.C. 1101 note; Public Law 111–291) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 412 through 416 
as sections 413 through 417, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 411 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 412. CROW CIP IMPLEMENTATION ACCOUNT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a nontrust, interest-bearing account, to be known as 
the ‘Crow CIP Implementation Account’, to be managed 
and distributed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) DEPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in the 
Crow CIP Implementation Account— 
‘‘(1) amounts made available pursuant to para-
graphs (1) and (2) of section 415(a) that are appro-
priated after the date of enactment of the Crow 
Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 
2025; and 
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‘‘(2) amounts to be deposited pursuant to sec-
tion 415(h)(1). 
‘‘(c) USES.—Amounts in the Crow CIP Implementa-
tion Account shall be used to carry out section 405. 
‘‘(d) INTEREST.—In addition to the deposits made 
into the Crow CIP Implementation Account pursuant to 
subsection (b), any investment earnings, including interest 
credited to amounts unexpended in the Crow CIP Imple-
mentation Account, shall be available for use in accord-
ance with subsection (c).’’. 
(e) 
YELLOWTAIL
DAM, 
MONTANA.—Subsection 
(b)(1) of section 413 of the Crow Tribe Water Rights Set-
tlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 
3116) (as redesignated by subsection (d)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘15 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 
(f) FUNDING.—Section 415 of the Crow Tribe Water 
Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–291; 124 
Stat. 3120) (as redesignated by subsection (d)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘SYSTEM’’ and inserting ‘‘PROJECTS’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘System’’ and inserting 
‘‘Projects’’; 
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(2) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(h) JOINT SIGNATURE ACCOUNTS.—The Secretary 
shall take all actions necessary to authorize the withdrawal 
of funds, including principal and interest, held and main-
tained in joint signature accounts in accordance with the 
following: 
‘‘(1) CROW CIP IMPLEMENTATION ACCOUNT.— 
In the special joint signature account named ‘CIP 
Account’ established pursuant to the agreement with 
the Tribe dated October 19, 2011, for the purpose 
of transferring and depositing those funds in the 
Crow CIP Implementation Account established 
under section 412(a). 
‘‘(2) MR&I PROJECTS ACCOUNT.—In the spe-
cial joint signature account named ‘MR&I Account’ 
established pursuant to the agreement with the 
Tribe dated September 13, 2012, for the purpose of 
transferring and depositing those funds in the MR&I 
Projects Account established pursuant to section 
411(c)(5).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) MR&I PROJECTS ACCOUNT FLUCTUATIONS IN 
COSTS.— 
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‘‘(1) INDEXING ADJUSTMENT.—Amounts depos-
ited in the MR&I Projects Account pursuant to sec-
tion 411(c)(5)(A) shall be increased or decreased, as 
appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified by 
reason of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring 
after May 1, 2008, as indicated by the Bureau of 
Reclamation Construction Cost Index–Composite 
Trend. 
‘‘(2) PERIOD OF INDEXING.—The period of in-
dexing adjustment under paragraph (1), for any in-
crement of funding, shall end on the date on which 
the amounts are deposited in the MR&I Projects Ac-
count.’’. 
(g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 403(9) of the Crow Tribe Water 
Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 
291; 124 Stat. 3098) is amended by striking ‘‘(25 
U.S.C. 450b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 5304)’’. 
(2) Section 409(b) of the Crow Tribe Water 
Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 
291; 124 Stat. 3108) is amended, in each of para-
graphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘section 414’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 415’’. 
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(3) Section 410(e)(1) of the Crow Tribe Water 
Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 
291; 124 Stat. 3112) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 414’’ and inserting ‘‘section 415’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘agreements with the Tribe required by sections 
405(a) and 406(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘agreement 
with the Tribe required by section 405(a)’’. 
(4) Section 416 of the Crow Tribe Water 
Rights Settlement Act of 2010 (31 U.S.C. 1105 
note; Public Law 111–291) (as redesignated by sub-
section (d)(1)) is amended, in each of paragraphs 
(3) and (4), by striking ‘‘section 414’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 415’’. 
(h) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 
291; 124 Stat. 3064) is amended by striking the items 
relating to sections 407 through 416 and inserting the fol-
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. 
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‘‘Sec. 416. Repeal on failure to meet enforceability date. 
‘‘Sec. 417. Antideficiency.’’. 
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