Should Congress revise the water rights settlement agreement entered into by the Crow Tribe of Montana and Montana?
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025 (S. 240)
The Crow Tribe's water settlement would be revised to create new accounts for irrigation and municipal, rural, and industrial water projects, and to extend hydropower rights to 2030.
- Creates the Crow CIP Implementation Account so Reclamation can keep working on the Crow Irrigation Project
- Creates a new MR&I Projects Account for water production, treatment, or delivery infrastructure
- Extends by five years (to 2030) the tribe's exclusive right to build hydropower facilities on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam