S. 240 · 119th Congress

Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 24, 2025 by Steve Daines (R-MT). One cosponsor. Latest action (Sep 28, 2026): Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Stage
Passed both chambers
Introduced
Jan 24, 2025
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Native Americans
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Dams and canals
  • Government trust funds
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Montana
  • Water use and supply

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Jan 24, 2025). Public domain.

Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025

This bill revises the water rights settlement agreement entered into by the Crow Tribe of Montana and Montana.

The Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 ratified, authorized, and confirmed the water rights compact between the tribe and Montana. Among other provisions, this settlement act authorized the Bureau of Reclamation to plan, design and construct the following two major projects on the Crow Reservation: (1) the rehabilitation and improvement of the Crow Irrigation Project (CIP); and (2) the planning, design, and construction of the MR&I System (the municipal, rural, and industrial water system of the Crow Reservation).

Among other provisions, the bill revises the settlement act to

  • replace references to the MR&I System with MR&I Projects;
  • establish a nontrust, interest-bearing account (to be known as the Crow CIP Implementation Account) to allow Reclamation to continue to work on the rehabilitation of the CIP;
  • create a new MR&I Projects Account, through which the tribe must use funds for activities related to water production, treatment, or delivery infrastructure; and
  • extend by five years (to 2030) the period during which the tribe has the exclusive right to construct hydropower facilities on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam in Montana.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Steve DainesR-MTSponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jan 24, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 24, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  3. Mar 5, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Nov 4, 2025Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.
  5. Nov 4, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.
  6. Nov 4, 2025 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 260.
  7. Dec 11, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Dec 11, 2025 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8691-8692; text: CR S8691-8692)
  9. Dec 15, 2025 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  10. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseReceived in the House.
  11. Dec 15, 2025 · HouseHeld at the desk.
  12. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5570-5571)
  14. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 240.
  15. Sep 14, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  16. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5570)
  17. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. Sep 15, 2026 · SenateMessage on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
  19. Sep 24, 2026Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 240 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5020)
  20. Sep 24, 2026 · SenateSenate agreed to the House amendment to S. 240 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5020)
  21. Sep 28, 2026 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. Crow Tribe of Indians6 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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