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Question: SECTION 1. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.

The first section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended to read as follows:

''SEC. 33. FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE.

''(a) Definition of Firefighting Personnel.--In this section, the
term 'firefighting personnel' means individuals, including volunteers,
who are firefighters, officers of fire departments, or emergency
medical service personnel of fire departments.
''(b) Assistance Program.--
''(1) Authority.--In accordance with this section, the
Administrator may--
''(A) make grants on a competitive basis directly
to fire departments of a State, in consultation with
the chief executive of the State, for the purpose of
protecting the health and safety of the public,
firefighting personnel, and property against fire and
fire-related hazards; and
''(B) provide assistance for fire prevention
programs in accordance with paragraph (4).
''(2) Office for administration of assistance.--
''(A) Establishment.--Before providing assistance
under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall establish
an office in the Administration to administer the
assistance under this section.
''(B) Included duties.--The duties of the office
shall include the following:
''(i) Recipient selection criteria.--To
establish specific criteria for the selection
of recipients of the assistance under this
section, including a requirement for peer
review of the selection process.
''(ii) Grant-writing assistance.--To
provide grant-writing assistance to applicants.
''(3) Use of fire department grant funds.--The
Administrator may make a grant under paragraph (1)(A) only if
the applicant for the grant agrees to use the grant funds for
one or more of the following purposes:
''(A) To hire additional firefighting personnel.
''(B) To train firefighting personnel in
firefighting, emergency response (including response to
a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of mass
destruction), arson prevention and detection, or the
handling of hazardous materials, or to train
firefighting personnel to provide any of the training
described in this subparagraph.
''(C) To fund the creation of rapid intervention
teams to protect firefighting personnel at the scenes
of fires and other emergencies.
''(D) To certify fire inspectors.
''(E) To establish wellness and fitness programs
for firefighting personnel to ensure that the
firefighting personnel can carry out their duties.
''(F) To fund emergency medical services provided
by fire departments.
''(G) To acquire additional firefighting vehicles,
including fire trucks.
''(H) To acquire additional firefighting equipment,
including equipment for communications, monitoring, and
response to a terrorism incident or use of a weapon of
mass destruction.
''(I) To acquire personal protective equipment
required for firefighting personnel by the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, and other personal
protective equipment for firefighting personnel,
including protective equipment to respond to a
terrorism incident or the use of a weapon of mass
destruction.
''(J) To modify fire stations, fire training
facilities, and other facilities to protect the health
and safety of firefighting personnel.
''(K) To enforce fire codes.
''(L) To fund fire prevention programs.
''(M) To educate the public about arson prevention
and detection.
''(N) To provide incentives for the recruitment and
retention of volunteer firefighting personnel for
volunteer firefighting departments and other
firefighting departments that utilize volunteers,
including funding to enable training described in
subparagraph (B).
''(4) Fire prevention programs.--
''(A) In general.--For each fiscal year, the
Administrator shall use not less than 5 percent of the
funds made available under subsection (e)--
''(i) to make grants to fire departments
for the purpose described in paragraph (3)(L);
and
''(ii) to make grants to, or enter into
contracts or cooperative agreements with,
national, State, local, or community
organizations that are recognized for their
experience and expertise with respect to fire
prevention or fire safety programs and
activities, for the purpose of carrying out
fire prevention programs.
''(B) Priority.--In selecting organizations
described in subparagraph (A)(ii) to receive assistance
under this paragraph, the Administrator shall give
priority to organizations that focus on prevention of
injuries to children from fire.
''(5) Application.--The Administrator may provide
assistance to a fire department or organization under this
subsection only if the fire department or organization seeking
the assistance submits to the Administrator an application that
meets the following requirements:
''(A) Form.--The application shall be in such form
as the Administrator may require.
''(B) Information.--The application shall include
the following information:
''(i) Financial need.--Information that
demonstrates the financial need of the
applicant for the assistance for which applied.
In allocating funds under this section, the
Administrator shall not discriminate against an
applicant whose funding jurisdiction places a
high budget priority on fire department needs.
''(ii) Cost-benefit analysis.--An analysis
of the costs and benefits, with respect to
public safety, of the use of the assistance.
''(iii) Reporting systems data.--An
agreement to provide information to the
national fire incident reporting system for the
period covered by the assistance.
''(iv) Other information.--Any other
information that the Administrator may require.
''(6) Non-federal contribution.--
''(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
Administrator may provide assistance under this
subsection only if the applicant for the assistance
agrees to provide 30 percent of the cost of the
purposes for which the assistance is sought under this
subsection in non-Federal funds for any fiscal year.
''(B) Requirement for small community
organizations.--In the case of an applicant whose
personnel serve jurisdictions of 50,000 or fewer
residents, the required non-Federal contribution under subparagraph (A)
shall be 10 percent.
''(7) Maintenance of expenditures.--The Administrator may
provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant
for the assistance agrees to maintain in the fiscal year for
which the assistance will be received the applicant's aggregate
expenditures for the uses described in paragraph (3) or (4) at
or above the average level of such expenditures in the two
fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the assistance
will be received.
''(8) Report to the administrator.--The Administrator may
provide assistance under this subsection only if the applicant
for the assistance agrees to submit to the Administrator a
report, including a description of how the assistance was used,
with respect to each fiscal year for which the assistance was
received.
''(9) Variety of fire department grant recipients.--The
Administrator shall ensure that grants under paragraph (1)(A)
for a fiscal year are made to a variety of fire departments,
including, to the extent that there are eligible applicants--
''(A) career, volunteer, and combination fire
departments;
''(B) fire departments located in communities of
varying sizes; and
''(C) fire departments located in urban, suburban,
and rural communities.
''(10) Grant limitations.--
''(A) Recipient limitation.--A grant recipient
under this section may not receive more than $750,000
under this section for any fiscal year.
''(B) Limitation on expenditures for firefighting
vehicles.--Not more than 25 percent of the funds
appropriated to provide grants under this section for a
fiscal year may be used to assist grant recipients to
purchase vehicles, as authorized by paragraph (3)(G).
''(11) Reservation of grant funds for volunteer
departments.--In making grants to firefighting departments, the
Administrator shall ensure that those firefighting departments
that have either all-volunteer forces of firefighting personnel
or combined forces of volunteer and career firefighting
personnel collectively receive at least a proportion of the
total grant funding that equals the proportion of the United
States population that those firefighting departments protect.
''(c) Audits.--A recipient of a grant under this section shall be
subject to audits to ensure that the grant proceeds are expended for
the intended purposes and that the grant recipient complies with the
requirements of paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b).
''(d) State Defined.--In this section, the term 'State' includes
the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
''(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
''(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Administrator $900,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
2002 through 2004 for the purposes of this section.
''(2) Administrative expenses.--Of the funds appropriated
pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Administrator
may use not more than five percent of the funds to cover
salaries and expenses and other administrative costs incurred
by the Administrator to operate the office established under
subsection (b)(2) and make grants and provide assistance under
this section.''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

The second section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2230) and section 34 of that Act (15 U.S.C.
2231) are redesignated as sections 34 and 35, respectively.

Answer: Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 with respect to competitive grants to fire departments by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) U.S. Fire Administration. Adds protection of property to the list of grant purposes.Requires the grant administration office to require peer review of the grant recipient selection process.Adds funding for training as a volunteer recruitment and retention incentive among the proper uses of grant funds.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) According to the University of North Carolina's Center
for Health Services Research, 55 rural hospitals have closed in
the Unites States since January 2010.
(2) In 2014, iVantage conducted a study for the National
Rural Health Association and found 283 hospitals at risk of
closure based upon performance indicators that matched those
facilities already forced to close in this decade.
(3) Researchers at the University of North Carolina
identified inpatient volume as a substantial contributing
factor to the financial performance of rural hospitals, with
many of the at-risk hospitals having an average daily bed
census of less than 2.
(4) Adverse impacts to the local economy and the loss of
timely access to emergency medical care are 2 major effects of
rural hospital closures.
(5) According to the National Center for Rural Health
Works, the typical rural hospital creates over 140 jobs and
generates $6,800,000 in compensation while serving an average
population of 14,600.
(6) The 2014 iVantage study estimates that the 283 at-risk
hospitals could result in the loss of 36,000 health care jobs,
50,000 community jobs, and $10,600,000,000 in gross domestic
product.
(7) Time is the most critical factor for achieving
successful outcomes in emergency medicine, and emergency
medical clinicians refer to the time-sensitive period during
which successful outcomes may be best achieved as the ''golden
hour''.
(8) The National Conference of State Legislatures states
that 60 percent of trauma deaths in the United States occur in
rural areas, where only 15 percent of the population is
represented.
(9) The disproportionate percentage of trauma deaths in
rural areas is likely attributable in large part to a
combination of response time to the scene and distance to the
nearest emergency room to stabilize trauma victims.
(10) The percentage of trauma deaths occurring in rural
areas could continue to increase as more rural hospitals close,
further limiting access to emergency services and requiring
patients to travel longer distances to receive emergency
medical care.
(11) The creation of a rural emergency hospital designation
under the Medicare program will allow facilities in rural areas
to provide emergency medical services without having to
maintain inpatient beds.
(12) In addition to providing emergency care, rural
emergency hospitals could convert the space previously used for
inpatient services to provide other medical services including,
but not limited to, observation care, skilled nursing facility
care, infusion services, hemodialysis, home health, hospice,
nursing home care, population health, and telemedicine
services.

SEC. 3. RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITAL PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--
(1) Rural emergency hospital and services defined.--Section
1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended--
(A) in subsection (e), in the last sentence of the
matter following paragraph (9), by inserting ''or a
rural emergency hospital (as defined in section
1861(iii)(1))'' before the period at the end; and
(B) by adding at the end the following subsection:

''Rural Emergency Hospital; Rural Emergency Hospital Outpatient
Services

''(iii)(1) The term 'rural emergency hospital' means a facility
that--
''(A)(i) as of December 31, 2014--
''(I) was a critical access hospital; or
''(II) was a hospital with not more than 50
beds located in a county (or equivalent unit of
local government) in a rural area (as defined
in section 1886(d)(2)(D)), or was a hospital
with not more than 50 beds that was treated as
being located in a rural area pursuant to
section 1886(d)(8)(E); or
''(ii) was a critical access hospital described in
clause (i)(I) or a hospital described in clause (i)(II)
that ceased operations during the period beginning on
the date that is 5 years prior to the date of the
enactment of this subsection and ending on December 30,
2014;
''(B) provides 24-hour emergency medical care and
observation care that does not exceed an annual per patient
average of 24 hours or more than 1 midnight;
''(C) does not provide any acute care inpatient beds and
has protocols in place for the timely transfer of patients who
require acute care inpatient services or other inpatient
services;
''(D) has elected to be designated as a rural emergency
hospital;
''(E) has received approval to operate as a rural emergency
hospital from the State under section 1834(r)(3)(A); and
''(F) is certified by the Secretary under section
1834(r)(3)(B).
''(2) The term 'rural emergency hospital outpatient services' means
medical and other health services furnished by a rural emergency
hospital on an outpatient basis.
''(3) Nothing in this subsection or section 1834(r)(3) shall be
construed to prohibit a rural emergency hospital from providing
extended care services.''.
(2) Payment for rural emergency hospital services.--
(A) In general.--Section 1833(a) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)) is amended--
(i) in paragraph (8), by striking ''and''
at the end;
(ii) in paragraph (9), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ''; and''; and
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (9) the
following new paragraph:
''(10) in the case of rural emergency hospital emergency
services and services provided by a rural emergency hospital or
other provider of ambulance services to transport patients who
require acute care inpatient services or other inpatient
services from such rural emergency hospital to a hospital or
critical access hospital, the amounts described in section
1834(r).''.
(B) Payment amount.--Section 1834 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m) is amended by adding at
the end the following subsection:
''(r) Payment Rules Relating to Rural Emergency Hospitals.--
''(1) Payment for rural emergency hospital outpatient
services.--
''(A) In general.--The amount of payment for rural
emergency hospital outpatient services of a rural
emergency hospital is equal to 110 percent of the
reasonable costs of providing such services.
''(B) Telehealth services.--For purposes of this
paragraph, in determining the reasonable costs of
providing rural emergency hospital outpatient services,
costs associated with having a backup physician
available via a telecommunications system shall be
considered reasonable costs.
''(2) Payment for transportation services.--The amount of
payment for services provided by a rural emergency hospital or
other provider of ambulance services to transport patients who
require acute care inpatient services or other inpatient
services from such rural emergency hospital to a hospital or
critical access hospital is equal to 110 percent of the
reasonable costs of providing such services.
''(3) Requirements for rural emergency hospitals.--
''(A) State approval to operate as a rural
emergency hospital.--No payment shall be made under
this subsection to a facility, or to a provider of
ambulance services providing transportation services
from such facility, unless the State in which the
facility is located has approved the facility's
designation as a rural emergency hospital.
''(B) Certification of rural emergency hospital.--
''(i) In general.--No payment shall be made
under this subsection to a facility, or to a
provider of ambulance services providing
transportation services from such facility,
unless the facility has been certified by the
Secretary as a rural emergency hospital.
''(ii) Certification requirements.--The
Secretary shall certify a facility as a rural
emergency hospital if the facility--
''(I) meets the criteria for rural
emergency hospitals described in
subparagraphs (A) through (E) of
section 1861(iii)(1);
''(II) either--
''(aa) is verified by the
American College of Surgeons as
having the resources required
of a level IV trauma center or
higher; or
''(bb) employs healthcare
professionals that successfully
completed the Advanced Trauma
Life Support Course offered by
the American College of
Surgeons within the preceding 4
years;
''(III) has in effect a transfer
agreement with a level I or level II
trauma center; and
''(IV) meets such staff training
and certification requirements as the
Secretary may require.
''(4) Coinsurance.--
''(A) In general.--The amount of payment for rural
emergency hospital services or transportation services
made to a rural emergency hospital or other provider of
ambulance services under this subsection shall be
reduced by the coinsurance amount described in
subparagraph (B).
''(B) Coinsurance amount.--The coinsurance amount
described in this subparagraph, with respect to an item
or service provided by a rural emergency hospital or
provider of ambulance services, shall be calculated in
the same manner as the coinsurance amount for an
outpatient critical access hospital service is
calculated under section 1866(a)(2).''.
(b) Waiver of Distance Requirement for Replacement CAHs; Subsequent
Redesignation of Rural Emergency Hospitals as CAHs.--Section 1820(c)(2)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-4(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i)(I), by inserting ''subject to
subparagraph (F),'' before ''is located''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
''(F) Option to waive distance requirement.--
Beginning on the date of the enactment of this
subparagraph, for every critical access hospital
located in a State that is certified as a rural
emergency hospital under section 1834(r)(3)(B), the
State shall have the option of waiving the distance
requirement described in subparagraph (B)(i)(I) with
respect to another facility located in the State that
is seeking designation as a critical access hospital
under this paragraph.
''(G) Redesignation of a rural emergency hospital
as a critical access hospital.--A rural emergency
hospital that was previously designated as a critical
access hospital under this paragraph may elect to be
redesignated as a critical access hospital (in the same
manner that the hospital was originally designated as a
critical access hospital) at any time, subject to such
conditions as the Secretary may establish.''.
(c) Studies and Reports.--
(1) Studies.--The Secretary of Health & Human Services
shall conduct 3 studies to evaluate the impact of rural
emergency hospitals on the availability of health care and
health outcomes in rural areas (as defined in section
1886(d)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww)).
The Secretary shall conduct a study--
(A) 2 years after the date of the enactment of this
Act;
(B) 5 years after the date of the enactment of this
Act; and
(C) 10 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(2) Reports.--Not later than 6 months after each date that
the Secretary of Health & Human Services is required to conduct
a study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a
report to Congress containing the results of each such study.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to items and services furnished on or after the date that is 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. INCLUSION OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AS HEALTH SERVICES UNDER THE
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.

Section 331(a)(3)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254d(a)(3)(D)) is amended by inserting '', and includes emergency
medicine provided by physicians in a rural emergency hospital (as
defined in section 1861(iii) of the Social Security Act)'' before the
period.

SEC. 5. PERMITTING HOSPITALS WITH APPROVED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN
EMERGENCY MEDICINE TO INCLUDE TIME SPENT BY INTERNS AND
RESIDENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF A RURAL HOSPITAL
IN FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT COUNT.

(a) Indirect Medical Education.--Section 1886(d)(5)(B)(iv) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(B)(iv)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subclause:
''(III) Effective for discharges occurring on or after
October 1, 2015, all of the time spent in patient care
activities in the emergency department of a rural hospital by
interns and residents in emergency medicine from a hospital
with an approved medical residency training program (as defined
in subsection (h)(5)(A)) in such specialty shall be included in
determining the number of full-time equivalent interns and
residents in such program if the hospital with such program
incurs the costs of the stipends and fringe benefits of the
interns or residents during the time the interns or residents
spend in that rural hospital in accordance with subclause (II).
In this subclause, the term 'rural hospital' means a hospital
that is located in a rural area (as defined for purposes of
paragraph (2)(D)).''.
(b) Direct Medical Education.--Section 1886(h)(4)(E) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395(h)(4)) is amended--
(1) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ''; and'';
(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new
clause:
''(iii) effective for cost reporting
periods beginning on or after July 1, 2015, all
of the time so spent in the emergency
department of a rural hospital by residents in
emergency medicine from a hospital with an
approved medical residency training program in
such specialty shall be counted towards the
determination of full-time equivalency in such
program if the hospital with such program bears
all, or substantially all, of the costs of
training such residents in the rural hospital.
In this subparagraph, the term 'rural hospital'
means a hospital that is located in a rural
area (as defined for purposes of subsection
(d)(2)(D)).''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ''For
purposes of this subparagraph, the emergency department of a
rural hospital described in clause (iii) is a nonprovider
setting.''.

Answer: Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to designate as a rural emergency hospital any facility that as of December 31, 2014, was: a critical access hospital (CAH) or a hospital with at most 50 beds located in a county in a rural area or treated as located in a rural area, or one of such hospitals that ceased operations during the period beginning five years before enactment of this Act and ending on December 30, 2014. A rural emergency hospital: must provide 24-hour emergency medical care and observation care not exceeding an annual per patient average of 24 hours or more than 1 midnight, does not provide any acute care inpatient beds and has protocols in place for the timely transfer of patients who require acute care inpatient services or other inpatient services, has elected to be designated as a rural emergency hospital, has received approval to operate as one from the state, and is certified by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) shall cover rural emergency hospital emergency services as well as ambulance services provided by a rural emergency hospital or other provider to transport patients who require acute care inpatient services or other inpatient services from the rural emergency hospital to a hospital or a CAH. Payment for rural emergency hospital outpatient services of a rural emergency hospital, including telehealth and ambulance services, shall be 110% percent of their reasonable costs. Rural emergency hospitals must be approved by the state and certified by HHS. States shall have the option of waiving a specified distance requirement between a CAH certified as a rural emergency hospital and another facility located in the state that is seeking designation as a CAH. Primary health services which the National Health Service Corps may provide under the Public Health Service Act shall include emergency medicine provided by physicians in a rural emergency hospital. Hospitals with approved residency programs in emergency medicine shall include time spent by interns and residents in the emergency department of a rural hospital in the full-time equivalent count with respect to reimbursement for the indirect (stipend, fringe benefit) and direct (all or substantially all training) costs of medical education in subsection (d) hospitals. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Fort Peck Tribes- Montana Compact
Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. RATIFICATION OF COMPACT.

The Fort Peck Indian Tribes-Montana Compact is approved, ratified
and confirmed.

SEC. 3. AGREEMENTS RELATED TO USE OF WATER RIGHTS.

(a) Tribal Authority To Enter Into Agreements.--Subject to the
approval of the Secretary and to all terms of the Fort Peck Indian
Tribes-Montana Compact, the Tribes may enter into a joint venture,
service contract, lease, exchange or other agreement (hereafter
referred to in this Act as a ''Water Agreement''), or a modification of
such agreement, that authorizes--
(1) the delivery, use or transfer of any part of the water
rights confirmed in the Tribes by the Fort Peck Indian Tribes-
Montana Compact, for a specified term, not to exceed 50 years,
inclusive of all renewal periods; or
(2) the diversion or use of any portion of a tribal water
right within or outside the Reservation.
(b) Approval by Secretary.--The Secretary shall approve or
disapprove a Water Agreement, or a modification of such agreement,
within--
(1) 180 days after submission of the agreement or
modification to the Secretary; or
(2) 60 days after compliance, if required, with section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) and with any other applicable provision of
Federal law;
whichever is later.
(c) Enforcement.--A party to a Water Agreement or modification may
enforce the provisions of subsection (b) in accordance with the
provisions of section 1361 of title 28, United States Code.
(d) Confidentiality.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Department of the Interior shall treat--
(1) any projection, study, data or other information under
the control of the Department of the Interior relating to the
terms and conditions of a Water Agreement or modification of
such an agreement; or
(2) any information relating to a financial benefit
accruing to the Tribes as a result of a Water Agreement or
modification of such an agreement;
as the privileged, proprietary information of the Tribes.
(e) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or
the Fort Peck Indian Tribes-Montana Compact, the Tribes may not enter
into any Water Agreement which authorizes the use of the tribal water
right outside the Basin.
(f) Economic Development.--(1) There is established in the Treasury
of the United States the ''Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Economic
Recovery Fund''.
(2) Commencing with fiscal year 1996, and for each fiscal year
thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the fund an
amount equal to 10 percent of the receipts from deposits to the United
States Treasury for the preceding fiscal year from the integrated
programs of the Eastern Division of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin
Project administered by the Western Area Power Administration, but in
no event shall the aggregate of the amounts deposited to the fund
established by this subsection exceed $50,000,000.
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit the interest which
accrues on deposits to the fund in a separate account in the Treasury
of the United States. Such interest shall be available, without fiscal
year limitation, for use by the Secretary of the Interior, commencing
with fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, in making
payments to the Tribes for use for (A) tribal economic development,
including development of long-term profitmaking opportunities for the
Tribes and employment opportunities for tribal members, and (B) for
acquisition of lands including trust lands within the Reservation from
willing sellers and the improvement of such acquired lands, subject to
the approval of the Secretary. No part of the principal of the fund
shall be available for making such payments.
(4) Amounts deposited in the fund shall be nonreimbursable and
nonreturnable.
(5) No payments pursuant to this Act shall result in the reduction,
or the denial, of any Federal services or programs that the Tribes or
any of their members, are otherwise entitled to, or eligible for,
because of their status as a federally recognized Indian tribe or
member pursuant to Federal law. No payments pursuant to this Act shall
be subject to Federal or State income tax, or affect Pick-Sloan
Missouri River Basin power rates in any way.
(6) No part of any moneys in any fund under this Act shall be
distributed to any member of the Tribes on a per capita basis.
(g) Waiver of Claims Against the United States.--In consideration
of performance by the United States of all actions required by this
Act, including the congressional authorization, appropriation, and
payment of all funds for the Fund, the Tribes shall be deemed to have
executed in return a waiver and release of any and all existing claims
against the United States arising in whole or in part from or
concerning water rights finally settled by the Fort Peck Indian Tribes-
Montana Compact.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act--
(1) The term ''Fort Peck Indian Tribes-Montana Compact''
means the compact relating to the reserved water rights of the
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation that
was ratified by the Tribes on April 29, 1985, and by the
legislature of the State of Montana on May 15, 1985.
(2) The term ''Reservation'' means the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, as defined in the agreement of December 28, 1886,
and December 31, 1886, and as confirmed by the Act approved May
1, 1888 (25 Stat. 113).
(3) The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary of the
Interior.
(4) The term ''Tribes'' means the Assiniboine and Sioux
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
(5) The term ''tribal water right'' means the tribal water
right defined in, and subject to, the Fort Peck-Montana
Compact.
(6) The term ''Fund'' means the Assiniboine and Sioux
Tribes Economic Recovery Fund established by section 3(f)(1).

Answer:
Fort Peck Tribes-Montana Compact Act of 1994 - Ratifies the Fort Peck Indian Tribes-Montana Compact.
Authorizes the Tribes (the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation) to enter into a Water Agreement.
Establishes in the Treasury the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Economic Recovery Fund.