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(3) WAIVERS
AND
RELEASES.—The following
waivers and releases shall be included in the Settle-
ment Agreement:
(A) A disclaimer and relinquishment by the
Crow Tribe of all right, title, claim, or interest
in all the land and minerals within parcel num-
ber 1, except for the rights, titles, and interests
recognized as beneficially owned by the Crow
Tribe and as part of the Crow Indian Reserva-
tion in subparagraphs (B) through (D) of para-
graph (1).
(B) A release by the Crow Tribe of all per-
sons and entities, including the United States,
from any liability arising from, or related to,
the 1891 survey and the subsequent occupancy
and use of parcel number 1.
(b) PROPERTY WITHIN PARCEL NUMBER 2.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the property
within parcel number 2, the following provisions
shall apply:
(A) The boundary between the Crow and
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations shall
be the 1891 survey line.
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(B) All surface lands and minerals of such
parcel shall constitute part of the Northern
Cheyenne Reservation.
(C) All surface lands, including all rights
appurtenant to the surface lands, of such parcel
shall be vested in the United States in trust for
the sole use and benefit of the Northern Chey-
enne Tribe, except that surface lands that have
been allotted shall be recognized as held in
trust for, or owned in fee by (as the case may
be), the Northern Cheyenne allottees or their
successors in interest.
(D) The oil, gas, coal, coal methane, and
other minerals, including all rights appurtenant
to such minerals, of such parcel shall be vested
in the United States in trust for the sole use
and benefit of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.
(2) WAIVERS
AND
RELEASES.—The following
waivers and releases shall be included in the Settle-
ment Agreement:
(A) A disclaimer and relinquishment by the
Crow Tribe of all right, jurisdiction, title, claim,
or interest in the lands and minerals within
parcel number 2, including all rights appur-
tenant to such land and minerals.
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(B) A release by the Crow Tribe of all per-
sons and entities, including the United States,
the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the Northern
Cheyenne allottees and their successors in inter-
est, from any liability arising from, or related
to, the 1891 survey and the subsequent occu-
pancy and use of parcel number 2.
(3) ENFORCEMENT.—The provisions of sub-
section (b) may be enforced, in law or in equity, by
the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Northern Cheyenne
allottees, and their successors in interest, in accord-
ance with their respective interests.
(c) PROPERTY WITHIN PARCEL NUMBER 3 AND PAR-
CEL NUMBER 4.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the property
within parcel number 3 and parcel number 4, the
boundary of the Crow Indian Reservation shall be
the 1891 survey line.
(2) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this Act or the
Settlement Agreement may alter, diminish, disturb,
or cause to be divested any right, title, or interest
of any person or entity in any land, coal, or mineral
within parcel number 3 or parcel number 4 that is
based on the 1891 survey line.
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(3) WAIVERS
AND
RELEASES.—The following
waivers and releases shall be included in the Settle-
ment Agreement:
(A) A disclaimer and relinquishment by the
Crow Tribe of all right, jurisdiction, title, claim,
or interest in the lands and minerals situated
within parcel number 3 and parcel number 4.
(B) A release by the Crow Tribe of all per-
sons and entities, including the United States,
from any liability arising from, or related to,
the 1891 survey and the subsequent occupancy
and use of parcel number 3 and parcel number
4.
(d) EXCHANGE OF PUBLIC LANDS.—With respect to
the land exchanges with the State of Montana and private
landowners made under this Act the following provisions
shall apply:
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) The Secretary shall ne-
gotiate with the State of Montana for the purpose
of exchanging public lands within the State of Mon-
tana for State trust lands within the Crow Reserva-
tion having a total value substantially equal to the
value of the surface estate of the approximately
46,625 acres of State trust lands obtained by the
State of Montana pursuant to the Act of February
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22, 1889 (commonly known as the ‘‘Montana Ena-
bling Act’’; 25 Stat. 676, chapter 180), and the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the allotment of
lands of the Crow Tribe for the distribution of tribal
funds and for other purposes’’ approved June 4,
1920 (commonly known as the ‘‘Crow Allotment
Act’’; 41 Stat. 751, chapter 224) within the Crow
Indian Reservation and the disputed area.
(B) The exchange described in subparagraph
(A) shall be in accordance with the exchange proce-
dures set forth in section 206 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1716).
(C) In determining the fair market value of the
lands described in subparagraph (A), the parties to
the exchange shall give due consideration to the
value of improvements on the lands.
(D) The Secretary shall ensure that lands ex-
changed pursuant to this paragraph as part of the
settlement of the 107th Meridian boundary dispute
made pursuant to this Act shall be selected in such
manner that the financial impact on local govern-
ments, if any, will be minimized.
(E) The Secretary shall provide such financial
or other assistance to the State of Montana and to
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the Crow Tribe as may be necessary to obtain the
appraisals, and to satisfy administrative require-
ments, necessary to accomplish the exchanges made
pursuant to subparagraph (A).
(F) Upon approving an exchange made pursu-
ant to this paragraph, the Secretary shall—
(i) receive title to the State trust lands in-
volved in the exchange on behalf of the United
States; and
(ii) transfer title to the public lands dis-
posed of pursuant to the exchanges with the
State of Montana by such means of conveyance
as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(G) Title to the State trust lands acquired pur-
suant to the exchanges made with the State of Mon-
tana pursuant to this paragraph shall be vested in
the United States in trust for the sole use and bene-
fit of the Crow Tribe and shall be recognized as part
of the Crow Indian Reservation.
(2) REQUIREMENT FOR EXCHANGES.—(A) In
carrying out the exchanges with the State of Mon-
tana pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall,
during a period of at least 5 years beginning on the
date on which the Settlement Agreement becomes ef-
fective, give first priority to the exchange of public