Senate bill · S. 240 (119th Congress)
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
U.S. Senate
Sponsor: Steve Daines (U.S. Senator for Montana, Republican)
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Summary
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.
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- Passed
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Committee
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · U.S. Senate
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Full history
- Oct 15, 2026
Enacted
Became Public Law No: 119-122.
- Oct 15, 2026
Signed
Signed by President.
President
- Oct 5, 2026
Sent to the executive
Presented to President.
President
- Sep 28, 2026
Message on Senate Action Sent to the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
U.S. Senate
- Sep 24, 2026
Passed a chamber
Senate agreed to the House amendment to S. 240 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5020)
U.S. Senate
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- Sep 15, 2026
Message on House Action Received in Senate and at Desk: House Amendment to Senate bill.
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
U.S. Senate
- Sep 14, 2026
Considered Under Suspension of the rules. (consideration: cr H5570-5571)
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5570-5571)
- Sep 14, 2026
Considered Under Suspension of the rules. (consideration: cr H5570-5571)
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5570-5571)
- Sep 14, 2026
Debate - the House Proceeded With Forty Minutes of Debate on S. 240.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 240.
U.S. House of Representatives
- Sep 14, 2026
Passed a chamber
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14, 2026
Passed a chamber
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14, 2026
Passed a chamber
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
U.S. House of Representatives
- Dec 15, 2025
Held at the desk.
- Dec 15, 2025
Held at the desk.
- Dec 15, 2025
Held at the desk.
- Dec 15, 2025
Introduced
Held at the desk.
U.S. Senate
- Dec 15, 2025
Message on Senate Action Sent to the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
U.S. Senate
- Dec 15, 2025
Sent to the executive
Received in the House.
U.S. House of Representatives
- Dec 11, 2025
Passed a chamber
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8691-8692; text: CR S8691-8692)
U.S. Senate
- Nov 4, 2025
Reported out of committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.
- Nov 4, 2025
Reported out of committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.
- Nov 4, 2025
Reported out of committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-93.
- Nov 4, 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 260.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 260.
U.S. Senate
- Mar 5, 2025
Reported out of committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 5, 2025
Reported out of committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 5, 2025
Reported out of committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jan 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate
- Jan 24, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Jan 24, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Jan 24, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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