Crow Revenue Act

Bill: 118-s-4444
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2024-06-03
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Indian claims

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers

Montana

State and local taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-551.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4444 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 3, 2024 Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs A BILL To take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Crow Revenue Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Bull Mountains Tracts The term Bull Mountains Tracts means the mineral interests that— (A) are located in Musselshell County, Montana; (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; (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; (C) comprise approximately 940 acres of surface interests owned by the United States located 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 (D) are generally depicted on the map entitled Bull Mountains Tracts and dated January 30, 2024. (2) Hope Family Tracts The term Hope Family Tracts means the aggregate mineral interests that— (A) are located in Big Horn County, Montana, within the boundaries of the Crow Reservation; (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 (C) are generally depicted on the map entitled Hope Family Tracts and dated January 30, 2024. (3) Hope family trust The term Hope Family Trust means the Joe and Barbara Hope Mineral Trust. (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (5) State The term State means the State of Montana. (6) Tribe The term Tribe means the Crow Tribe of Montana. 3. Mineral rights to be taken into trust (a) Completion of mineral conveyances Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, in a single transaction— (1) as authorized by section 9(b) of Bureau of Land Management Lease MTM–97988 dated June 1, 2012, the Secretary shall accept the relinquishment of that Lease; (2) the Hope Family Trust shall convey to the Tribe all right, title, and interest in and to the mineral interests in the Hope Family Tracts; and (3) the Secretary shall convey to the Hope Family Trust all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the mineral interests and surface land in the Bull Mountains Tracts. (b) Trust status On the request of the Tribe, the mineral interests conveyed to the Tribe under subsection (a)(2) shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe. (c) No State taxation The mineral interests conveyed to the Tribe under subsection (a)(2) shall not be subject to taxation by the State (including any political subdivision of the State). (d) Revenue sharing agreement The Tribe shall notify the Secretary, in writing, that the Tribe and the Hope Family Trust have agreed on a formula for sharing revenue from development of the mineral interests described in subsection (a)(2) if those mineral interests are developed at a later date. 4. Eligibility for other Federal benefits No amounts or other benefits provided to the Tribe under this Act shall result in the reduction or denial of any Federal services, benefits, or programs to the Tribe or any member of the Tribe to which the Tribe or member of the Tribe is entitled or eligible because of— (1) the status of the Tribe as a federally recognized Indian Tribe; or (2) the status of the member as a member of the Tribe.