To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Finance, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HA3D4A1B3F691439694870455AC667E45: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023.
- Section H37A3E281B7C34F83863F1467F1E21631: 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of claims to water rights in the State of Montana for— the Fort...
- Section HF9ECE02B79824B10AF169DD0CF9201B5: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term allottee means an individual who holds a beneficial real property interest in an allotment of Indian land that is— located...
- Section HFA9F3EA0EC9B4B4C9D69D5ADC13DAB21: 4. Ratification of compact As modified by this Act, the Compact is authorized, ratified, and confirmed. Any amendment to the Compact is authorized, ratified,...
- Section H8511205D6A12420BA522E53AC39B58D6: 5. Tribal water rights The Tribal water rights are ratified, confirmed, and declared to be valid. Any use of the Tribal water rights shall be subject to the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Finance, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Rosendale introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Secretary of the Interior. The term St. Mary Unit means the St. Mary Storage Unit of the Milk River Project authorized by Congress on March 25, 1905. The term St. Mary Unit includes— Sherburne Dam and Reservoir
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