Indian Irrigation Project and Fort Belknap In-
dian Community irrigation projects within the 
Reservation. 
(2) FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER 
RESOURCES AND WATER RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION, 
OPERATION, 
AND
MAINTENANCE
ACCOUNT.— 
Amounts in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
Water Resources and Water Rights Administration, 
Operation, and Maintenance Account established 
under subsection (b)(2), the principal and invest-
ment earnings, including interest, may only be used 
by the Fort Belknap Indian Community to pay the 
costs of activities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) as follows: 
(A) $9,000,000 shall be used for the estab-
lishment, operation, and capital expenditures in 
connection with the administration of the Tribal 
water resources and water rights development, 
including the development or enactment of a 
Tribal water code. 
(B) Only investment earnings, including 
interest, on $29,299,059 shall be used and be 
available to pay the costs of activities for ad-
ministration, operations, and regulation of the 
Tribal water resources and water rights depart-
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ment, in accordance with the Compact and this 
Act. 
(C) Only investment earnings, including in-
terest, on $28,331,693 shall be used and be 
available to pay the costs of activities relating 
to a portion of the annual assessment costs for 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community and Tribal 
members, including allottees, under the Fort 
Belknap Indian Irrigation Project and Fort 
Belknap Indian Community irrigation projects 
within the Reservation. 
(3) FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY CLEAN 
AND SAFE DOMESTIC WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS, 
AND LAKE ELWELL PROJECT ACCOUNT.—Amounts 
in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Clean and 
Safe Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, and Lake 
Elwell Project Account established under subsection 
(b)(3), the principal and investment earnings, in-
cluding interest, may only be used by the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community to pay the costs of ac-
tivities relating to— 
(A) planning, studies, design, and environ-
mental compliance of domestic water supply, 
and sewer collection and treatment systems, as 
generally described in the document of Natural 
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Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc., entitled 
‘‘Fort Belknap Indian Community Comprehen-
sive Water Development Plan’’ and dated Feb-
ruary 2019, including the Lake Elwell Project 
water delivery to the southern part of the Res-
ervation; 
(B) construction of domestic water supply, 
sewer collection, and treatment systems; 
(C) construction, in accordance with appli-
cable law, of infrastructure for delivery of Lake 
Elwell water diverted from the Missouri River 
to the southern part of the Reservation; and 
(D) planning, studies, design, environ-
mental compliance, and construction of a Tribal 
wellness center for a work force health and 
well-being project. 
(h) LIABILITY.—The Secretary shall not be liable for 
any expenditure or investment of amounts withdrawn from 
the Trust Fund by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
pursuant to subsection (f). 
(i) PROJECT EFFICIENCIES.—If the total cost of the 
activities described in subsection (g) results in cost savings 
and is less than the amounts authorized to be obligated 
under any of paragraphs (1) through (3) of that sub-
section required to carry out those activities, the Sec-
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retary, at the request of the Fort Belknap Indian Commu-
nity, shall deposit those savings in the Trust Fund to be 
used in accordance with that subsection. 
(j) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Fort Belknap Indian 
Community shall submit to the Secretary an annual ex-
penditure report describing accomplishments and amounts 
spent from use of withdrawals under a Tribal management 
plan or an expenditure plan described in this section. 
(k) NO PER CAPITA PAYMENTS.—No principal or in-
terest amount in any account established by this section 
shall be distributed to any member of the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community on a per capita basis. 
(l) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act entitles the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community to judicial review of a deter-
mination of the Secretary regarding whether to approve 
a Tribal management plan under subsection (f)(1) or an 
expenditure plan under subsection (f)(2), except as pro-
vided under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, 
of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 
SEC. 13. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER SET-
TLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a non-trust, interest-bear-
ing account to be known as the ‘‘Fort Belknap Indian 
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Community Water Settlement Implementation Fund’’, to 
be managed and distributed by the Secretary, for use by 
the Secretary for carrying out this Act. 
(b) ACCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 
Implementation Fund the following accounts: 
(1) The Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project 
System Account. 
(2) The Milk River Project Mitigation Account. 
(c) DEPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 
(1) in the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 
Project System Account established under subsection 
(b)(1), the amount made available pursuant to para-
graphs (1)(C) and (2)(A)(iv) of section 14(a); and 
(2) in the Milk River Project Mitigation Ac-
count established under subsection (b)(2), the 
amount 
made 
available 
pursuant 
to 
section 
14(a)(1)(D). 
(d) USES.— 
(1) 
FORT
BELKNAP
INDIAN
IRRIGATION 
PROJECT SYSTEM ACCOUNT.—The Fort Belknap In-
dian Irrigation Project Rehabilitation Account estab-
lished under subsection (b)(1) shall be used to carry 
out section 9, except as provided in subsection (h) 
of that section. 
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