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 HE89011B4EAC74A039D34DB562FD0F843: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024.
- Section H72268FE1A9A549D2861FD209360AC4D4: 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 H58D54DB15A0E4BCDAD79E42027D89719: 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 HA49EFEFA792D4425B1CB8B74119D8799: 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 HA2CF3CB764094261AB877555323ED474: 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...
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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
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Zinke 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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