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Montana Water Rights Protection Act

USA116th CongressS-3019| Senate 
| Updated: 7/29/2020
Steve Daines

Steve Daines

Republican Senator

Montana

Cosponsors (1)
Jon Tester (Democratic)

Indian Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Montana Water Rights Protection Act This bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms a specified water rights settlement entered into by the United States, Montana, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation of Montana. Specified claims of the tribes against the United States are waived and released. The bill directs the Department of the Interior to allocate specified amounts of storage water in Hungry Horse Reservoir for use by the tribes. It also permits the tribes to carry out specified activities related to the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, such as rehabilitating structures, upgrading irrigation facilities, and restoring streams that are affected by such project. In addition, the bill (1) establishes, for purposes of carrying out the bill, the Séli&#353-Qlispé Ksanka Settlement Trust Fund; (2) requires Interior to offer to negotiate with Montana for the transfer of specified parcels of state land; (3) requires the National Bison Range to be held in trust for the benefit of the tribes; and (4) requires Interior to make certain payments to Lake and Sanders Counties in Montana for the restoration of the National Bison Range.
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Timeline
Dec 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Dec 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Jun 24, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-338.
Jul 29, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • December 11, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 11, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.


  • June 24, 2020
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-338.


  • July 29, 2020
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

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Federal-Indian relationsGovernment trust fundsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersLand use and conservationMontanaWater storageWater use and supplyWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Montana Water Rights Protection Act

USA116th CongressS-3019| Senate 
| Updated: 7/29/2020
Montana Water Rights Protection Act This bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms a specified water rights settlement entered into by the United States, Montana, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation of Montana. Specified claims of the tribes against the United States are waived and released. The bill directs the Department of the Interior to allocate specified amounts of storage water in Hungry Horse Reservoir for use by the tribes. It also permits the tribes to carry out specified activities related to the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, such as rehabilitating structures, upgrading irrigation facilities, and restoring streams that are affected by such project. In addition, the bill (1) establishes, for purposes of carrying out the bill, the Séli&#353-Qlispé Ksanka Settlement Trust Fund; (2) requires Interior to offer to negotiate with Montana for the transfer of specified parcels of state land; (3) requires the National Bison Range to be held in trust for the benefit of the tribes; and (4) requires Interior to make certain payments to Lake and Sanders Counties in Montana for the restoration of the National Bison Range.
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Timeline
Dec 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Dec 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Jun 24, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-338.
Jul 29, 2020
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • December 11, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 11, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.


  • June 24, 2020
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-338.


  • July 29, 2020
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Steve Daines

Steve Daines

Republican Senator

Montana

Cosponsors (1)
Jon Tester (Democratic)

Indian Affairs Committee

Native Americans

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Federal-Indian relationsGovernment trust fundsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersLand use and conservationMontanaWater storageWater use and supplyWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats