H.R. 907

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 907 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 907

To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 31, 2025

Mr. Zinke (for himself and Mr. Downing) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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A BILL

To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Montana 
Water Security Act of 2025''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 
2025

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Purposes.
Sec. 103. Definitions.
Sec. 104. Ratification of Compact.
Sec. 105. Tribal water rights.
Sec. 106. Exchange and transfer of land.
Sec. 107. Storage allocation from Lake Elwell.
Sec. 108. Milk River Project mitigation.
Sec. 109. Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project System.
Sec. 110. Satisfaction of claims.
Sec. 111. Waivers and releases of claims.
Sec. 112. Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust Fund.
Sec. 113. Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Settlement Implementation 
Fund.
Sec. 114. Funding.
Sec. 115. Miscellaneous provisions.
Sec. 116. Antideficiency.
TITLE II--BLACKFEET TRIBE WASTEWATER FACILITIES

Sec. 201. Blackfeet Tribe Wastewater Facilities.

TITLE I--FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 
2025

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ``Fort Belknap Indian Community 
Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025''.

SEC. 102. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this title are--
(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of 
claims to water rights in the State of Montana for--
(A) the Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort 
Belknap Reservation of Montana; and
(B) the United States, acting as trustee for the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community and allottees;
(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the water rights 
compact entered into by the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 
the State, to the extent that the Compact is consistent with 
this title;
(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary--
(A) to execute the Compact; and
(B) to take any other actions necessary to carry 
out the Compact in accordance with this title;
(4) to authorize funds necessary for the implementation of 
the Compact and this title; and
(5) to authorize the exchange and transfer of certain 
Federal and State land.

SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.

In this title:
(1) Allottee.--The term ``allottee'' means an individual 
who holds a beneficial real property interest in an allotment 
of Indian land that is--
(A) located within the Reservation; and
(B) held in trust by the United States.
(2) Blackfeet tribe.--The term ``Blackfeet Tribe'' means 
the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of 
Montana.
(3) Cercla.--The term ``CERCLA'' means the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).
(4) Commissioner.--The term ``Commissioner'' means the 
Commissioner of Reclamation.
(5) Compact.--The term ``Compact'' means--
(A) the Fort Belknap-Montana water rights compact 
dated April 16, 2001, as contained in section 85-20-
1001 of the Montana Code Annotated (2021); and
(B) any appendix (including appendix amendments), 
part, or amendment to the Compact that is executed to 
make the Compact consistent with this title.
(6) Enforceability date.--The term ``enforceability date'' 
means the date described in section 111(f).
(7) Fort belknap indian community.--The term ``Fort Belknap 
Indian Community'' means the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes 
of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana, a federally 
recognized Indian Tribal entity included on the list published 
by the Secretary pursuant to section 104(a) of the Federally 
Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)).
(8) Fort belknap indian community council.--The term ``Fort 
Belknap Indian Community Council'' means the governing body of 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community.
(9) Fort belknap indian irrigation project.--
(A) In general.--The term ``Fort Belknap Indian 
Irrigation Project'' means the Federal Indian 
irrigation project constructed and operated by the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, consisting of the Milk River 
unit, including--
(i) the Three Mile unit; and
(ii) the White Bear unit.
(B) Inclusions.--The term ``Fort Belknap Indian 
Irrigation Project'' includes any addition to the Fort 
Belknap Indian Irrigation Project constructed pursuant 
to this title, including expansion of the Fort Belknap 
Indian Irrigation Project, the Pumping Plant, delivery 
Pipe and Canal, the Fort Belknap Reservoir and Dam, and 
the Peoples Creek Flood Protection Project.
(10) Implementation fund.--The term ``Implementation Fund'' 
means the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Settlement 
Implementation Fund established by section 113(a).
(11) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
(12) Lake elwell.--The term ``Lake Elwell'' means the water 
impounded on the Marias River in the State by Tiber Dam, a 
feature of the Lower Marias Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri 
River Basin Program authorized by section 9 of the Act of 
December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of 
1944'') (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665).
(13) Malta irrigation district.--The term ``Malta 
Irrigation District'' means the public corporation--
(A) created on December 28, 1923, pursuant to the 
laws of the State relating to irrigation districts; and
(B) headquartered in Malta, Montana.
(14) Milk river.--The term ``Milk River'' means the 
mainstem of the Milk River and each tributary of the Milk River 
between the headwaters of the Milk River and the confluence of 
the Milk River with the Missouri River, consisting of--
(A) Montana Water Court Basins 40F, 40G, 40H, 40I, 
40J, 40K, 40L, 40M, 40N, and 40O; and
(B) the portion of the Milk River and each 
tributary of the Milk River that flows through the 
Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
(15) Milk river project.--
(A) In general.--The term ``Milk River Project'' 
means the Bureau of Reclamation project conditionally 
approved by the Secretary on March 14, 1903, pursuant 
to the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 
1093), commencing at Lake Sherburne Reservoir and 
providing water to a point approximately 6 miles east 
of Nashua, Montana.
(B) Inclusions.--The term ``Milk River Project'' 
includes--
(i) the St. Mary Unit;
(ii) the Fresno Dam and Reservoir; and
(iii) the Dodson pumping unit.
(16) Missouri river basin.--The term ``Missouri River 
Basin'' means the hydrologic basin of the Missouri River, 
including tributaries.
(17) Operations and maintenance.--The term ``operations and 
maintenance'' means the Bureau of Indian Affairs operations and 
maintenance activities related to costs described in section 
171.500 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
successor regulation).
(18) Operations, maintenance, and replacement.--The term 
``operations, maintenance, and replacement'' means--
(A) any recurring or ongoing activity associated 
with the day-to-day operation of a project;
(B) any activity relating to scheduled or 
unscheduled maintenance of a project; and
(C) any activity relating to repairing, replacing, 
or rehabilitating a feature of a project.
(19) Pick-sloan missouri river basin program.--The term 
``Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program'' means the Pick-
Sloan Missouri River Basin Program (authorized by section 9 of 
the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ``Flood 
Control Act of 1944'') (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665)).
(20) PMM.--The term ``PMM'' means the Principal Meridian, 
Montana.
(21) Reservation.--
(A) In general.--The term ``Reservation'' means the 
area of the Fort Belknap Reservation in the State, as 
modified by this title.
(B) Inclusions.--The term ``Reservation'' 
includes--
(i) all land and interests in land 
established by--
(I) the Agreement with the Gros 
Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the 
Fort Belknap Reservation, ratified by 
the Act of May 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 113, 
chapter 212), as modified by the 
Agreement with the Indians of the Fort 
Belknap Reservation of October 9, 1895 
(ratified by the Act of June 10, 1896) 
(29 Stat. 350, chapter 398);
(II) the Act of March 3, 1921 (41 
Stat. 1355, chapter 135); and
(III) Public Law 94-114 (25 U.S.C. 
5501 et seq.);
(ii) the land known as the ``Hancock 
lands'' purchased by the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community pursuant to the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community Council Resolution No. 234-89 
(October 2, 1989); and
(iii) all land transferred to the United 
States to be held in trust for the benefit of 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community under section 
106.
(22) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
of the Interior.
(23) St. mary unit.--
(A) In general.--The term ``St. Mary Unit'' means 
the St. Mary Storage Unit of the Milk River Project 
authorized by Congress on March 25, 1905.
(B) Inclusions.--The term ``St. Mary Unit'' 
includes--
(i) Sherburne Dam and Reservoir;
(ii) Swift Current Creek Dike;
(iii) Lower St. Mary Lake;
(iv) St. Mary Canal Diversion Dam; and
(v) St. Mary Canal and appurtenances.
(24) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Montana.
(25) Tribal water code.--The term ``Tribal water code'' 
means the Tribal water code enacted by the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community pursuant to section 105(g).
(26) Tribal water rights.--The term ``Tribal water rights'' 
means the water rights of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, as 
described in Article III of the Compact and this title, 
including the allocation of water to the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community from Lake Elwell under section 107.
(27) Trust fund.--The term ``Trust Fund'' means the Aaniiih 
Nakoda Settlement Trust Fund established for the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community under section 112(a).

SEC. 104. RATIFICATION OF COMPACT.

(a) Ratification of Compact.--
(1) In general.--As modified by this title, the Compact is 
authorized, ratified, and confirmed.
(2) Amendments.--Any amendment to the Compact is 
authorized, ratified, and confirmed to the extent that the 
amendment is executed to make the Compact consistent with this 
title.
(b) Execution.--
(1) In general.--To the extent that the Compact does not 
conflict with this title, the Secretary shall execute the 
Compact, including all appendices to, or parts of, the Compact 
requiring the signature of the Secretary.
(2) Modifications.--Nothing in this title precludes the 
Secretary from approving any modification to an appendix to the 
Compact that is consistent with this title, to the extent that 
the modification does not otherwise require congressional 
approval under section 2116 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 
177) or any other applicable provision of Federal law.
(c) Environmental Compliance.--
(1) In general.--In implementing the Compact and this 
title, the Secretary shall comply with all applicable 
provisions of--
(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.);
(B) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the implementing 
regulations of that Act; and
(C) other applicable Federal environmental laws and 
regulations.
(2) Compliance.--
(A) In general.--In implementing the Compact and 
this title, the Fort Belknap Indian Community shall 
prepare any necessary environmental documents, except 
for any environmental documents required under section 
108, consistent with all applicable provisions of--
(i) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);
(ii) the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), including the 
implementing regulations of that Act; and
(iii) all other applicable Federal 
environmental laws and regulations.
(B) Authorizations.--The Secretary shall--
(i) independently evaluate the 
documentation submitted under subparagraph (A); 
and
(ii) be responsible for the accuracy, 
scope, and contents of that documentation.
(3) Effect of execution.--The execution of the Compact by 
the Secretary under this section shall not constitute a major 
Federal action for purposes of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
(4) Costs.--Any costs associated with the performance of 
the compliance activities described in paragraph (2) shall be 
paid from funds deposited in the Trust Fund, subject to the 
condition that any costs associated with the performance of 
Federal approval or other review of such compliance work or 
costs associated with inherently Federal functions shall remain 
the responsibility of the Secretary.

SEC. 105. TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS.

(a) Confirmation of Tribal Water Rights.--
(1) In general.--The Tribal water rights are ratified, 
confirmed, and declared to be valid.
(2) Use.--Any use of the Tribal water rights shall be 
subject to the terms and conditions of the Compact and this 
title.
(3) Conflict.--In the event of a conflict between the 
Compact and this title, this title shall control.
(b) Intent of Congress.--It is the intent of Congress to provide to 
each allottee benefits that are equivalent to, or exceed, the benefits 
the allottees possess on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, taking into consideration--
(1) the potential risks, cost, and time delay associated 
with litigation that would be resolved by the Compact and this 
title;
(2) the availability of funding under this title and from 
other sources;
(3) the availability of water from the Tribal water rights; 
and
(4) the applicability of section 7 of the Act of February 
8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), and this 
title to protect the interests of allottees.
(c) Trust Status of Tribal Water Rights.--The Tribal water rights--
(1) shall be held in trust by the United States for the use 
and benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and allottees 
in accordance with this title; and
(2) shall not be subject to loss through non-use, 
forfeiture, or abandonment.
(d) Allottees.--
(1) Applicability of the act of february 8, 1887.--The 
provisions of section 7 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 
Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), relating to the use of 
water for irrigation purposes, shall apply to the Tribal water 
rights.
(2) Entitlement to water.--Any entitlement to water of an 
allottee under Federal law shall be satisfied from the Tribal 
water rights.
(3) Allocations.--An allottee shall be entitled to a just 
and equitable allocation of water for irrigation purposes.
(4) Claims.--
(A) Exhaustion of remedies.--Before asserting any 
claim against the United States under section 7 of the 
Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 
U.S.C. 381), or any other applicable law, an allottee 
shall exhaust remedies available under the Tribal water 
code or other applicable Tribal law.
(B) Action for relief.--After the exhaustion of all 
remedies available under the Tribal water code or other 
applicable Tribal law, an allottee may seek relief 
under section 7 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 
Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or other 
applicable law.
(5) Authority of the secretary.--The Secretary shall have 
the authority to protect the rights of allottees in accordance 
with this section.
(e) Authority of the Fort Belknap Indian Community.--
(1) In general.--The Fort Belknap Indian Community shall 
have the authority to allocate, distribute, and lease the 
Tribal water rights for use on the Reservation in accordance 
with the Compact, this title, and applicable Federal law.
(2) Off-reservation use.--The Fort Belknap Indian Community 
may allocate, distribute, and lease the Tribal water rights for 
off-Reservation use in accordance with the Compact, this title, 
and applicable Federal law--
(A) subject to the approval of the Secretary; or
(B) pursuant to Tribal water leasing regulations 
consistent with the requirements of subsection (f).
(3) Land leases by allottees.--Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), an allottee may lease any interest in land held by the 
allottee, together with any water right determined to be 
appurtenant to the interest in land, in accordance with the 
Tribal water code.
(f) Tribal Water Leasing Regulations.--
(1) In general.--At the discretion of the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community, any water lease of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community of the Tribal water rights for use on or off the 
Reservation shall not require the approval of the Secretary if 
the lease--
(A) is executed under tribal regulations, approved 
by the Secretary under this subsection;
(B) is in accordance with the Compact; and
(C) does not exceed a term of 100 years, except 
that a lease may include an option to renew for 1 
additional term of not to exceed 100 years.
(2) Authority of the secretary over tribal water leasing 
regulations.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall have the 
authority to approve or disapprove any Tribal water 
leasing regulations issued in accordance with paragraph 
(1).
(B) Considerations for approval.--The Secretary 
shall approve any Tribal water leasing regulations 
issued in accordance with paragraph (1) if the Tribal 
water leasing regulations--
(i) provide for an environmental review 
process that includes--
(I) the identification and 
evaluation of any significant effects 
of the proposed action on the 
environment; and
(II) a process for ensuring that--
(aa) the public is informed 
of, and has a reasonable 
opportunity to comment on, any 
significant environmental 
impacts of the proposed action 
identified by the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community; and
(bb) the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community provides 
responses to relevant and 
substantive public comments on 
those impacts prior to its 
approval of a water lease; and
(ii) are consistent with this title and the 
Compact.
(3) Review process.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the 
date on which Tribal water leasing regulations under 
paragraph (1) are submitted to the Secretary, the 
Secretary shall review and approve or disapprove the 
regulations.
(B) Written documentation.--If the Secretary 
disapproves the Tribal water leasing regulations 
described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
include written documentation with the disapproval 
notification that describes the basis for this 
disapproval.
(C) Extension.--The deadline described in 
subparagraph (A) may be extended by the Secretary, 
after consultation with the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community.
(4) Federal environmental review.--Notwithstanding 
paragraphs (2) and (3), if the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
carries out a project or activity funded by a Federal agency, 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community--
(A) shall have the authority to rely on the 
environmental review process of the applicable Federal 
agency; and
(B) shall not be required to carry out a tribal 
environmental review process under this subsection.
(5) Documentation.--If the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
issues a lease pursuant to Tribal water leasing regulations 
under paragraph (1), the Fort Belknap Indian Community shall 
provide the Secretary and the State a copy of the lease, 
including any amendments or renewals to the lease.
(6) Limitation of liability.--
(A) In general.--The United States shall not be 
liable in any claim relating to the negotiation, 
execution, or approval of any lease or exchange 
agreement or storage agreement, including any claims 
relating to the terms included in such an agreement, 
made pursuant to Tribal water leasing regulations under 
paragraph (1).
(B) Obligations.--The United States shall have no 
trust obligation or other obligation to monitor, 
administer, or account for--
(i) any funds received by the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community as consideration under any 
lease or exchange agreement or storage 
agreement; or
(ii) the expenditure of those funds.
(g) Tribal Water Code.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding Article IV.A.2. of the 
Compact, not later than 4 years after the date on which the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community approves the Compact in 
accordance with section 111(f)(1), the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community shall enact a Tribal water code that provides for--
(A) the administration, management, regulation, and 
governance of all uses of the Tribal water rights in 
accordance with the Compact and this title; and
(B) the establishment by the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community of the conditions, permit requirements, and 
other requirements for the allocation, distribution, or 
use of the Tribal water rights in accordance with the 
Compact and this title.
(2) Inclusions.--Subject to the approval of the Secretary, 
the Tribal water code shall provide--
(A) that use of water by allottees shall be 
satisfied with water from the Tribal water rights;
(B) a process by which an allottee may request that 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community provide water for 
irrigation use in accordance with this title, including 
the provision of water under any allottee lease under 
section 4 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 856, 
chapter 431; 25 U.S.C. 403);
(C) a due process system for the consideration and 
determination by the Fort Belknap Indian Community of 
any request of an allottee (or a successor in interest 
to an allottee) for an allocation of water for 
irrigation purposes on allotted land, including a 
process for--
(i) appeal and adjudication of any denied 
or disputed distribution of water; and
(ii) resolution of any contested 
administrative decision;
(D) a requirement that any allottee asserting a 
claim relating to the enforcement of rights of the 
allottee under the Tribal water code, including to the 
quantity of water allocated to land of the allottee, 
shall exhaust all remedies available to the allottee 
under Tribal law before initiating an action against 
the United States or petitioning the Secretary pursuant 
to subsection (d)(4)(B);
(E) a process by which an owner of fee land within 
the boundaries of the Reservation may apply for use of 
a portion of the Tribal water rights; and
(F) a process for the establishment of a controlled 
Groundwater area and for the management of that area in 
cooperation with establishment of a contiguous 
controlled Groundwater area off the Reservation 
established pursuant to Section B.2. of Article IV of 
the Compact and State law.
(3) Action by secretary.--
(A) In general.--During the period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date on 
which a Tribal water code described in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) is enacted, the Secretary shall administer, 
with respect to the rights of allottees, the Tribal 
water rights in accordance with the Compact and this 
title.
(B) Approval.--The Tribal water code described in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not be valid unless--
(i) the provisions of the Tribal water code 
required by paragraph (2) are approved by the 
Secretary; and
(ii) each amendment to the Tribal water 
code that affects a right of an allottee is 
approved by the Secretary.
(C) Approval period.--
(i) In general.--The Secretary shall 
approve or disapprove the Tribal water code or 
an amendment to the Tribal water code by not 
later than 180 days after the date on which the 
Tribal water code or amendment to the Tribal 
water code is submitted to the Secretary.
(ii) Extensions.--The deadline described in 
clause (i) may be extended by the Secretary, 
after consultation with the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community.
(h) Administration.--
(1) No alienation.--The Fort Belknap Indian Community shall 
not permanently alienate any portion of the Tribal water 
rights.
(2) Purchases or grants of land from indians.--An 
authorization provided by this title for the allocation, 
distribution, leasing, or other arrangement entered into 
pursuant to this title shall be considered to satisfy any 
requirement for authorization of the action required by Federal 
law.
(3) Prohibition on forfeiture.--The non-use of all or any 
portion of the Tribal water rights by any water user shall not 
result in the forfeiture, abandonment, relinquishment, or other 
loss of all or any portion of the Tribal water rights.
(i) Effect.--Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 
section, nothing in this title--
(1) authorizes any action by an allottee against any 
individual or entity, or against the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community, under Federal, State, Tribal, or local law; or
(2) alters or affects the status of any action brought 
pursuant to section 1491(a) of title 28, United States Code.
(j) Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program Power Rates.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of 
Energy, shall make available the Pick-Sloan Missouri River 
Basin Program irrigation project pumping power rates to the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community, the Fort Belknap Indian 
Irrigation Project, and any projects funded under this title.
(2) Authorized purposes.--The power rates made available 
under paragraph (1) shall be authorized for the purposes of 
wheeling, administration, and payment of irrigation project 
pumping power rates, including project use power for gravity 
power.

SEC. 106. EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF LAND.

(a) Exchange of Eligible Land and State Land.--
(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Eligible land.--The term ``eligible land'' 
means--
(i) public lands (as defined in section 103 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)) that are administered 
by the Secretary, acting through the Director 
of the Bureau of Land Management; and
(ii) land in the National Forest System (as 
defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1609(a)) that is administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service.
(B) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary 
concerned'' means, as applicable--
(i) the Secretary, with respect to the 
eligible land administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management; and
(ii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
respect to eligible land managed by the Forest 
Service.
(2) Negotiations authorized.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary concerned shall 
offer to enter into negotiations with the State for the 
purpose of exchanging eligible land described in 
paragraph (4) for the State land described in paragraph 
(3).
(B) Requirements.--Any exchange of land made 
pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the 
terms and conditions of this subsection.
(C) Priority.--
(i) In general.--In carrying out this 
paragraph, the Secretary and the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall, during the 5-year period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
give priority to an exchange of eligible land 
located within the State for State land.
(ii) Secretary of agriculture.--The 
responsibility of the Secretary of Agriculture 
under clause (i), during the 5-year period 
described in that clause, shall be limited to 
negotiating with the State an acceptable 
package of land in the National Forest System 
(as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1609(a))).
(3) State land.--The Secretary is authorized to accept the 
following parcels of State land located on and off the 
Reservation:
(A) 717.56 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 16.
(B) 707.04 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 16.
(C) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 36.
(D) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 23 E., sec. 16.
(E) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 23 E., sec. 36.
(F) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 26 E., sec. 16.
(G) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 36.
(H) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 23 E., sec. 16.
(I) 640 acres in T. 27 N., R. 25 E., sec. 36.
(J) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 22 E., sec. 36.
(K) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 23 E., sec. 16.
(L) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 24 E., sec. 36.
(M) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 25 E., sec. 16.
(N) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 25 E., sec. 36.
(O) 640 acres in T. 28 N., R. 26 E., sec. 16.
(P) 94.96 acres in T. 28 N., R. 26 E., sec. 36, 
under lease by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
Council on the date of enactment of this Act, comprised 
of--
(i) 30.68 acres in lot 5;
(ii) 26.06 acres in lot 6;
(iii) 21.42 acres in lot 7; and
(iv) 16.8 acres in lot 8.
(Q) 652.32 acres in T. 29 N., R. 22 E., sec. 16, 
excluding the 73.36 acres under lease by individuals 
who are not members of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community, on the date of enactment of this Act.
(R) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 22 E., sec. 36.
(S) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 23 E., sec. 16.
(T) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 24 E., sec. 16.
(U) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 24 E., sec. 36.
(V) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 25 E., sec. 16.
(W) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 25 E., sec. 36.
(X) 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 26 E., sec. 16.
(Y) 663.22 acres in T. 30 N., R. 22 E., sec. 16, 
excluding the 58.72 acres under lease by individuals 
who are not members of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community on the date of enactment of this Act.
(Z) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 22 E., sec. 36.
(AA) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 23 E., sec. 16.
(BB) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 23 E., sec. 36.
(CC) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 24 E., sec. 16.
(DD) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 24 E., sec. 36.
(EE) 640 acres in T. 30 N., R. 25 E., sec. 16.
(FF) 275.88 acres in T. 30 N., R. 26 E., sec. 36, 
under lease by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
Council on the date of enactment of this Act.
(GG) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 22 E., sec. 36.
(HH) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 23 E., sec. 16.
(II) 640 acres in T. 31 N., R. 23 E., sec. 36.
(JJ) 34.04 acres in T. 31 N., R. 26 E., sec. 16, 
lot 4.
(KK) 640 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., sec. 16.
(4) Eligible land.--
(A) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
the reservation of easements or rights-of-way deemed 
necessary to be retained by the Secretary concerned, 
and the requirements of this subsection, the Secretary 
is authorized and directed to convey to the State any 
eligible land within the State identified in the 
negotiations authorized by paragraph (2) and agreed to 
by the Secretary concerned.
(B) Exceptions.--The Secretary concerned shall 
exclude from any conveyance any parcel of eligible land 
that is--
(i) included within the National Landscape 
Conservation System established by section 
2002(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7202(a)), without regard 
to whether that land has been identified as 
available for disposal in a land use plan;
(ii) designated as wilderness by Congress;
(iii) within a component of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System; or
(iv) designated in the Forest Land and 
Resource Management Plan as a Research Natural 
Area.
(C) Administrative responsibility.--The Secretary 
shall be responsible for meeting all substantive and 
any procedural requirements necessary to complete the 
exchange and the conveyance of the eligible land.
(5) Land into trust.--On completion of the land exchange 
authorized by this subsection, the Secretary shall, as soon as 
practicable after the enforceability date, take the land 
received by the United States pursuant to this subsection into 
trust for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community.
(6) Terms and conditions.--
(A) Equal value.--The values of the eligible land 
and State land exchanged under this subsection shall be 
equal, except that the Secretary concerned may--
(i) exchange land that is of approximately 
equal value if such an exchange complies with 
the requirements of section 206(h) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1716(h)) (and any regulations 
implementing that section) without regard to 
the monetary limitation described in paragraph 
(1)(A) of that section; and
(ii) make or accept an equalization 
payment, or waive an equalization payment, if 
such a payment or waiver of a payment complies 
with the requirements of section 206(b) of that 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)) (and any regulations 
implementing that section).
(B) Impacts on local governments.--In identifying 
eligible land to be exchanged with the State, the 
Secretary concerned and the State may--
(i) consider the financial impacts of 
exchanging specific eligible land on local 
governments; and
(ii) attempt to minimize the financial 
impact of the exchange on local governments.
(C) Existing authorizations.--
(i) Eligible land conveyed to the state.--
(I) In general.--Any eligible land 
conveyed to the State under this 
subsection shall be subject to any 
valid existing rights, contracts, 
leases, permits, and rights-of-way, 
unless the holder of the right, 
contract, lease, permit, or right-of-
way requests an earlier termination in 
accordance with existing law.
(II) Assumption by state.--The 
State shall assume all benefits and 
obligations of the Forest Service or 
the Bureau of Land Management, as 
applicable, under the existing rights, 
contracts, leases, permits, and rights-
of-way described in subclause (I).
(ii) State land conveyed to the united 
states.--
(I) In general.--Any State land 
conveyed to the United States under 
this subsection and taken into trust 
for the benefit of the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community subject shall be to 
any valid existing rights, contracts, 
leases, permits, and rights-of-way, 
unless the holder of the right, 
contract, lease, permit, or right-of-
way requests an earlier termination in 
accordance with existing law.
(II) Assumption by bureau of indian 
affairs.--The Bureau of Indian Affairs 
shall--
(aa) assume all benefits 
and obligations of the State 
under the existing rights, 
contracts, leases, permits, and 
rights-of-way described in 
subclause (I); and
(bb) disburse to the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community any 
amounts that accrue to the 
United States from those 
rights, contracts, leases, 
permits, and rights-of-way, 
after the date of transfer from 
any sale, bonus, royalty, or 
rental relating to that land in 
the same manner as amounts 
received from other land held 
by the Secretary in trust for 
the benefit of the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community.
(D) Personal property.--
(i) In general.--Any improvements 
constituting personal property, as defined by 
State law, belonging to the holder of a right, 
contract, lease, permit, or right-of-way on 
land transferred to the United States under 
this subsection shall--
(I) remain the property of the 
holder; and
(II) be removed not later than 90 
days after the date on which the right, 
contract, lease, permit, or right-of-
way expires, unless the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community and the holder agree 
otherwise.
(ii) Remaining property.--Any personal 
property described in clause (i) remaining with 
the holder described in that clause beyond the 
90-day period described in subclause (II) of 
that clause shall--
(I) become the property of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community; and
(II) be subject to removal and 
disposition at the discretion of the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community.
(iii) Liability of previous holder.--The 
holder of personal property described in clause 
(i) shall be liable for costs incurred by the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community in removing and 
disposing of the personal property under clause 
(ii)(II).
(7) Technical corrections.--Notwithstanding the 
descriptions of the parcels of land owned by the State under 
paragraph (3), the State may, with the consent of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community, make technical corrections to the 
legal land descriptions to more specifically identify the State 
parcels to be exchanged.
(8) Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide $10,000,000 of 
financial or other assistance to the State and the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community as may be necessary to obtain the appraisals, 
and to satisfy administrative requirements, necessary to 
accomplish the exchanges under paragraph (2).
(b) Federal Land Transfers.--
(1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights and the 
requirements of this subsection, all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in and to the land described in paragraph 
(2) shall be held by the United States in trust for the benefit 
of the Fort Belknap Indian Community as part of the Reservation 
on the enforceability date.
(2) Federal land.--
(A) Bureau of land management parcels.--
(i) 59.46 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., sec. 
4, comprised of--
(I) 19.55 acres in lot 10;
(II) 19.82 acres in lot 11; and
(III) 20.09 acres in lot 16.
(ii) 324.24 acres in the N\1/2\ of T. 25 
N., R. 22 E., sec. 5.
(iii) 403.56 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., 
sec. 9, comprised of--
(I) 20.39 acres in lot 2;
(II) 20.72 acres in lot 7;
(III) 21.06 acres in lot 8;
(IV) 40.00 acres in lot 9;
(V) 40.00 acres in lot 10;
(VI) 40.00 acres in lot 11;
(VII) 40.00 acres in lot 12;
(VIII) 21.39 acres in lot 13; and
(IX) 160 acres in SW\1/4\.
(iv) 70.63 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., 
sec. 13, comprised of--
(I) 18.06 acres in lot 5;
(II) 18.25 acres in lot 6;
(III) 18.44 acres in lot 7; and
(IV) 15.88 acres in lot 8.
(v) 71.12 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., sec. 
14, comprised of--
(I) 17.65 acres in lot 5;
(II) 17.73 acres in lot 6;
(III) 17.83 acres in lot 7; and
(IV) 17.91 acres in lot 8.
(vi) 103.29 acres in T. 25 N., R. 22 E., 
sec. 15, comprised of--
(I) 21.56 acres in lot 6;
(II) 29.50 acres in lot 7;
(III) 17.28 acres in lot 8;
(IV) 17.41 acres in lot 9; and
(V) 17.54 acres in lot 10.
(vii) 160 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 
1, comprised of--
(I) 80 acres in the S\1/2\ of the 
NW\1/4\ ; and
(II) 80 acres in the W\1/2\ of the 
SW\1/4\.
(viii) 567.50 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 
sec. 2, comprised of--
(I) 82.54 acres in the E\1/2\ of 
the NW\1/4\;
(II) 164.96 acres in the NE\1/4\; 
and
(III) 320 acres in the S\1/2\.
(ix) 240 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 
3, comprised of--
(I) 40 acres in the SE\1/4\ of the 
NW\1/4\;
(II) 160 acres in the SW\1/4\; and
(III) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of 
the SE\1/4\.
(x) 120 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 
4, comprised of--
(I) 80 acres in the E\1/2\ of the 
SE\1/4\; and
(II) 40 acres in the NW\1/4\ of the 
SE\1/4\.
(xi) 200 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 
5, comprised of--
(I) 160 acres in the SW\1/4\; and
(II) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of the 
NW\1/4\.
(xii) 40 acres in the SE\1/4\ of the SE\1/
4\ of T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 6.
(xiii) 240 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., 
sec. 8, comprised of--
(I) 40 acres in the NE\1/4\ of the 
SW\1/4\;
(II) 160 acres in the NW\1/4\; and
(III) 40 acres in the NW\1/4\ of 
the SE\1/4\.
(xiv) 320 acres in the E\1/2\ of T. 26 N., 
R. 21 E., sec. 9.
(xv) 640 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 
10.
(xvi) 600 acres in T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 
11, comprised of--
(I) 320 acres in the N\1/2\;
(II) 80 acres in the N\1/2\ of the 
SE\1/4\;
(III) 160 acres in the SW\1/4\; and
(IV) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of the 
SE\1/4\.
(xvii) 525.81 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 
sec. 21, comprised of--
(I) 6.62 acres in lot 1;
(II) 5.70 acres in lot 2;
(III) 56.61 acres in lot 5;
(IV) 56.88 acres in lot 6;
(V) 320 acres in the W\1/2\; and
(VI) 80 acres in the W\1/2\ of the 
SE\1/4\.
(xviii) 719.58 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 
sec. 28.
(xix) 560 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 
29, comprised of--
(I) 320 acres in the N\1/2\;
(II) 160 acres in the N\1/2\ of the 
S\1/2\; and
(III) 80 acres in the S\1/2\ of the 
SE\1/4\.
(xx) 400 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 
32, comprised of--
(I) 320 acres in the S\1/2\; and
(II) 80 acres in the S\1/2\ of the 
NW\1/4\.
(xxi) 455.51 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., 
sec. 33, comprised of--
(I) 58.25 acres in lot 3;
(II) 58.5 acres in lot 4;
(III) 58.76 acres in lot 5;
(IV) 40 acres in the NW\1/4\ of the 
NE\1/4\;
(V) 160 acres in the SW\1/4\; and
(VI) 80 acres in the W\1/2\ of the 
SE\1/4\.
(xxii) 88.71 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 
sec. 1, comprised of--
(I) 24.36 acres in lot 1;
(II) 24.35 acres in lot 2; and
(III) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of 
the SW\1/4\.
(xxiii) 80 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 
sec. 3, comprised of--
(I) 40 acres in lot 11; and
(II) 40 acres in lot 12.
(xxiv) 80 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 
11, comprised of--
(I) 40 acres in the NW\1/4\ of the 
SW\1/4\; and
(II) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of the 
NW\1/4\.
(xxv) 200 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 
12, comprised of--
(I) 80 acres in the E\1/2\ of the 
SW\1/4\;
(II) 40 acres in the NW\1/4\ of the 
NW\1/4\; and
(III) 80 acres in the S\1/2\ of the 
NW\1/4\.
(xxvi) 40 acres in the SE\1/4\ of the NE\1/
4\ of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 23.
(xxvii) 320 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 
sec. 24, comprised of--
(I) 80 acres in the E\1/2\ of the 
NW\1/4\;
(II) 160 acres in the NE\1/4\;
(III) 40 acres in the NE\1/4\ of 
the SE\1/4\; and
(IV) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of the 
SW\1/4\.
(xxviii) 120 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 
sec. 25, comprised of--
(I) 80 acres in the S\1/2\ of the 
NE\1/4\; and
(II) 40 acres in the SE\1/4\ of the 
NW\1/4\.
(xxix) 40 acres in the NE\1/4\ of the SE\1/
4\ of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 26.
(xxx) 160 acres in the NW\1/4\ of T. 27 N., 
R. 21 E., sec. 27.
(xxxi) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of the SW\1/
4\ of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec. 29.
(xxxii) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of the 
NE\1/4\ of T. 27 N., R. 21 E., sec 30.
(xxxiii) 120 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 
sec. 33, comprised of--
(I) 40 acres in the SE\1/4\ of the 
NE\1/4\; and
(II) 80 acres in the N\1/2\ of the 
SE\1/4\.
(xxxiv) 440 acres in T. 27 N., R. 21 E., 
sec. 34, comprised of--
(I) 160 acres in the N\1/2\ of the 
S\1/2\;
(II) 160 acres in the NE\1/4\;
(III) 80 acres in the S\1/2\ of the 
NW\1/4\; and
(IV) 40 acres in the SE\1/4\ of the 
SE\1/4\.
(xxxv) 133.44 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 E., 
sec. 4, comprised of--
(I) 28.09 acres in lot 5;
(II) 25.35 acres in lot 6;
(III) 40 acres in lot 10; and
(IV) 40 acres in lot 15.
(xxxvi) 160 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 E., 
sec. 7, comprised of--
(I) 40 acres in the NE\1/4\ of the 
NE\1/4\;
(II) 40 acres in the NW\1/4\ of the 
SW\1/4\; and
(III) 80 acres in the W\1/2\ of the 
NW\1/4\.
(xxxvii) 120 acres in T. 27 N., R. 22 E., 
sec. 8, comprised of--
(I) 80 acres in the E\1/2\ of the 
NW\1/4\; and
(II) 40 acres in the NE\1/4\ of the 
SW\1/4\.
(xxxviii) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of the 
NW\1/4\ of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 9.
(xxxix) 40 acres in the NE\1/4\ of the 
SW\1/4\ of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 17.
(xl) 40 acres in the NW\1/4\ of the NW\1/4\ 
of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 19.
(xli) 40 acres in the SE\1/4\ of the NW\1/
4\ of T. 27 N., R22 E., sec. 20.
(xlii) 80 acres in the W\1/2\ of the SE\1/
4\ of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 31.
(xliii) 52.36 acres in the SE\1/4\ of the 
SE\1/4\ of T. 27 N., R. 22 E., sec. 33.
(xliv) 40 acres in the NE\1/4\ of the SW\1/
4\ of T. 28 N., R. 22 E., sec. 29.
(xlv) 40 acres in the NE\1/4\ of the NE\1/
4\ of T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 7.
(xlvi) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of the NW\1/
4\ of T. 26 N., R. 21 E., sec. 12.
(xlvii) 42.38 acres in the NW\1/4\ of the 
NE\1/4\ of T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 6.
(xlviii) 320 acres in the E\1/2\ of T. 26 
N., R. 22 E., sec. 17.
(xlix) 80 acres in the E\1/2\ of the NE\1/
4\ of T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 20.
(l) 240 acres in T. 26 N., R. 22 E., sec. 
30, comprised of--
(I) 80 acres in the E\1/2\ of the 
NE\1/4\;
(II) 80 acres in the N\1/2\ of the 
SE\1/4\;
(III) 40 acres in the SE\1/4\ of 
the NW\1/4\; and
(IV) 40 acres in the SW\1/4\ of the 
NE\1/4\.
(B) Bureau of indian affairs.--The parcels of 
approximately 3,519.3 acres of trust land that have 
been converted to fee land, judicially foreclosed on, 
acquired by the Department of Agriculture, and 
transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, described 
in clauses (i) through (iii).
(i) Parcel 1.--The land described in this 
clause is 640 acres in T. 29 N., R. 26 E., 
comprised of--
(I) 160 acres in the SW\1/4\ of 
sec. 27;
(II) 160 acres in the NE\1/4\ of 
sec. 33; and
(III) 320 acres in the W\1/2\ of 
sec. 34.
(ii) Parcel 2.--The land described in this 
clause is 320 acres in the N\1/2\ of T. 30 N., 
R. 23 E., sec. 28.
(iii) Parcel 3.--The land described in this 
clause is 2,559.3 acres, comprised of--
(I) T. 28 N., R. 24 E., including--
(aa) of sec. 16--

(AA) 5 acres in the 
E\1/2\, W\1/2\, E\1/2\, 
W\1/2\, W\1/2\, NE\1/
4\;

(BB) 10 acres in 
the E\1/2\, E\1/2\, 
W\1/2\, W\1/2\, NE\1/
4\;

(CC) 40 acres in 
the E\1/2\, W\1/2\, 
NE\1/4\;

(DD) 40 acres in 
the W\1/2\, E\1/2\, 
NE\1/4\;

(EE) 20 acres in 
the W\1/2\, E\1/2\, 
E\1/2\, NE\1/4\;

(FF) 5 acres in the 
W\1/2\, W\1/2\, E\1/2\, 
E\1/2\, E\1/2\, NE\1/
4\; and

(GG) 160 acres in 
the SE\1/4\;

(bb) 640 acres in sec. 21;
(cc) 320 acres in the S\1/
2\ of sec. 22; and
(dd) 320 acres in the W\1/
2\ of sec. 27;
(II) T. 29 N., R. 25 E., PMM, 
including--
(aa) 320 acres in the S\1/
2\ of sec. 1; and
(bb) 320 acres in the N\1/
2\ of sec. 12;
(III) 39.9 acres in T. 29 N., R. 26 
E., PMM, sec. 6, lot 2;
(IV) T. 30 N., R. 26 E., PMM, 
including--
(aa) 39.4 acres in sec. 3, 
lot 2;
(bb) 40 acres in the SW\1/
4\ of the SW\1/4\ of sec. 4;
(cc) 80 acres in the E\1/2\ 
of the SE\1/4\ of sec. 5;
(dd) 80 acres in the S\1/2\ 
of the SE\1/4\ of sec. 7; and
(ee) 40 acres in the N\1/
2\, N\1/2\, NE\1/4\ of sec. 18; 
and
(V) 40 acres in T. 31 N., R. 26 E., 
PMM, the NW\1/4\ of the SE\1/4\ of sec. 
31.
(3) Terms and conditions.--
(A) Existing authorizations.--
(i) In general.--Federal land transferred 
under this subsection shall be conveyed and 
taken into trust subject to valid existing 
rights, contracts, leases, permits, and rights-
of-way, unless the holder of the right, 
contract, lease, permit, and rights-of-way 
requests an earlier termination in accordance 
with existing law.
(ii) Assumption by bureau of indian 
affairs.--The Bureau of Indian Affairs shall--
(I) assume all benefits and 
obligations of the previous land 
management agency under the existing 
rights, contracts, leases, permits, and 
rights-of-way described in clause (i); 
and
(II) disburse to the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community any amounts that 
accrue to the United States from those 
rights, contracts, leases, permits, and 
rights-of-ways after the date of 
transfer from any sale, bonus, royalty, 
or rental relating to that land in the 
same manner as amounts received from 
other land held by the Secretary in 
trust for the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community.
(B) Personal property.--
(i) In general.--Any improvements 
constituting personal property, as defined by 
State law, belonging to the holder of a right, 
contract, lease, permit, or right-of-way on 
land transferred under this subsection shall--
(I) remain the property of the 
holder; and
(II) be removed from the land not 
later than 90 days after the date on 
which the right, contract, lease, 
permit, or right-of-way expires, unless 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 
the holder agree otherwise.
(ii) Remaining property.--Any personal 
property described in clause (i) remaining with 
the holder described in that clause beyond the 
90-day period described in subclause (II) of 
that clause shall--
(I) become the property of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community; and
(II) be subject to removal and 
disposition at the discretion of the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community.
(iii) Liability of previous holder.--The 
holder of personal property described in clause 
(i) shall be liable to the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community for costs incurred by the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community in removing and 
disposing of the property under clause 
(ii)(II).
(C) Existing roads.--If any road within the Federal 
land transferred under this subsection is necessary for 
customary access to private land, the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs shall offer the owner of the private land to 
apply for a right-of-way along the existing road, at 
the expense of the landowner.
(D) Limitation on the transfer of water rights.--
Water rights that transfer with the land described in 
paragraph (2) shall not become part of the Tribal water 
rights, unless those rights are recognized and ratified 
in the Compact.
(4) Withdrawal of federal land.--
(A) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
effective on the date of enactment of this Act, all 
Federal land within the parcels described in paragraph 
(2) is withdrawn from all forms of--
(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
the public land laws;
(ii) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and
(iii) disposition under all laws pertaining 
to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral 
materials.
(B) Expiration.--The withdrawals pursuant to 
subparagraph (A) shall terminate on the date that the 
Secretary takes the land into trust for the benefit of 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community pursuant to paragraph 
(1).
(C) No new reservation of federal water rights.--
Nothing in this paragraph establishes a new reservation 
in favor of the United States or the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community with respect to any water or water 
right on the land withdrawn by this paragraph.
(5) Technical corrections.--Notwithstanding the 
descriptions of the parcels of Federal land in paragraph (2), 
the United States may, with the consent of the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community, make technical corrections to the legal land 
descriptions to more specifically identify the parcels.
(6) Survey.--
(A) In general.--Unless the United States or the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community request an additional 
survey for the transferred land or a technical 
correction is made under paragraph (5), the description 
of land under this subsection shall be controlling.
(B) Additional survey.--If the United States or the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community requests an additional 
survey, that survey shall control the total acreage to 
be transferred into trust under this subsection.
(C) Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide such 
financial or other assistance as may be necessary--
(i) to conduct additional surveys under 
this subsection; and
(ii) to satisfy administrative requirements 
necessary to accomplish the land transfers 
under this subsection.
(7) Date of transfer.--The Secretary shall complete all 
land transfers under this subsection and shall take the land 
into trust for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
as expeditiously as practicable after the enforceability date, 
but not later than 10 years after the enforceability date.
(c) Tribally Owned Fee Land.--Not later than 10 years after the 
enforceability date, the Secretary shall take into trust for the 
benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community all fee land owned by the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community on or adjacent to the Reservation to 
become part of the Reservation, provided that--
(1) the land is free from any liens, encumbrances, or other 
infirmities; and
(2) no evidence exists of any hazardous substances on, or 
other environmental liability with respect to, the land.
(d) Dodson Land.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), as soon as 
practicable after the enforceability date, but not later than 
10 years after the enforceability date, the Dodson Land 
described in paragraph (3) shall be taken into trust by the 
United States for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community as part of the Reservation.
(2) Restrictions.--The land taken into trust under 
paragraph (1) shall be subject to a perpetual easement, 
reserved by the United States for use by the Bureau of 
Reclamation, its contractors, and its assigns for--
(A) the right of ingress and egress for Milk River 
Project purposes; and
(B) the right to--
(i) seep, flood, and overflow the 
transferred land for Milk River Project 
purposes;
(ii) conduct routine and non-routine 
operation, maintenance, and replacement 
activities on the Milk River Project 
facilities, including modification to the 
headworks at the upstream end of the Dodson 
South Canal in support of Dodson South Canal 
enlargement, to include all associated access, 
construction, and material storage necessary to 
complete those activities; and
(iii) prohibit the construction of 
permanent structures on the transferred land, 
except--
(I) as provided in the cooperative 
agreement under paragraph (4); and
(II) to meet the requirements of 
the Milk River Project.
(3) Description of dodson land.--
(A) In general.--The Dodson Land referred to in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) is the approximately 2,500 acres 
of land owned by the United States that is, as of the 
date of enactment of this Act, under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Reclamation and located at the 
northeastern corner of the Reservation (which extends 
to the point in the middle of the main channel of the 
Milk River), where the Milk River Project facilities, 
including the Dodson Diversion Dam, headworks to the 
Dodson South Canal, and Dodson South Canal, are 
located, and more particularly described as follows:
(i) Supplemental Plat of T. 30 N., R. 26 
E., PMM, secs. 1 and 2.
(ii) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., R. 25 
E., PMM, sec. 13.
(iii) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., R. 26 
E., PMM, secs. 18, 19, 20, and 29.
(iv) Supplemental Plat of T. 31 N., R. 26 
E., PMM, secs. 26, 27, 35, and 36.
(B) Clarification.--The supplemental plats 
described in clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph 
(A) are official plats, as documented by retracement 
boundary surveys of the General Land Office, approved 
on March 11, 1938, and on record at the Bureau of Land 
Management.
(C) Technical corrections.--Notwithstanding the 
descriptions of the parcels of Federal land in 
subparagraph (A), the United States may, with the 
consent of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, make 
technical corrections to the legal land descriptions to 
more specifically identify the parcels to be 
transferred.
(4) Cooperative agreement.--Not later than 3 years after 
the enforceability date, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Malta 
Irrigation District, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community shall negotiate and enter into a 
cooperative agreement that identifies the uses to which the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community may put the land described in 
paragraph (3), provided that the cooperative agreement may be 
amended by mutual agreement of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community, Bureau of Reclamation, the Malta Irrigation 
District, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including to modify 
the perpetual easement to narrow the boundaries of the easement 
or to terminate the perpetual easement and cooperative 
agreement.
(e) Land Status.--All land held in trust by the United States for 
the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community under this section 
shall be--
(1) beneficially owned by the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community; and
(2) part of the Reservation and administered in accordance 
with the laws and regulations generally applicable to land held 
in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian 
Tribe.
(f) Gaming Prohibited.--All land held in trust by the United States 
for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community under this section 
shall not be used for any class II gaming or class III gaming under the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) (as those terms 
are defined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).

SEC. 107. STORAGE ALLOCATION FROM LAKE ELWELL.

(a) Storage Allocation of Water to Fort Belknap Indian Community.--
The Secretary shall allocate to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
20,000 acre-feet per year of water stored in Lake Elwell for use by the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community for any beneficial purpose on or off the 
Reservation, under a water right held by the United States and managed 
by the Bureau of Reclamation for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community, as measured and diverted at the outlet works of the Tiber 
Dam or through direct pumping from Lake Elwell.
(b) Treatment.--
(1) In general.--The allocation to the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community under subsection (a) shall be considered to be part 
of the Tribal water rights.
(2) Priority date.--The priority date of the allocation to 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community under subsection (a) shall be 
the priority date of the Lake Elwell water right held by the 
Bureau of Reclamation.
(3) Administration.--The Fort Belknap Indian Community 
shall administer the water allocated under subsection (a) in 
accordance with the Compact and this title.
(c) Allocation Agreement.--
(1) In general.--As a condition of receiving the allocation 
under this section, the Fort Belknap Indian Community shall 
enter into an agreement with the Secretary to establish the 
terms and conditions of the allocation, in accordance with the 
Compact and this title.
(2) Inclusions.--The agreement under paragraph (1) shall 
include provisions establishing that--
(A) the agreement shall be without limit as to 
term;
(B) the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and not the 
United States, shall be entitled to all consideration 
due to the Fort Belknap Indian Community under any 
lease, contract, exchange, or agreement entered into by 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community pursuant to 
subsection (d);
(C) the United States shall have no obligation to 
monitor, administer, or account for--
(i) any funds received by the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community as consideration under any 
lease, contract, exchange, or agreement entered 
into by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
pursuant to subsection (d); or
(ii) the expenditure of those funds;
(D) if the capacity or function of Lake Elwell 
facilities are significantly reduced, or are 
anticipated to be significantly reduced, for an 
extended period of time, the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community shall have the same storage rights as other 
storage contractors with respect to the allocation 
under this section;
(E) the costs associated with the construction of 
the storage facilities at Tiber Dam allocable to the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community shall be nonreimbursable;
(F) no water service capital charge shall be due or 
payable for any water allocated to the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community under this section or the allocation 
agreement, regardless of whether that water is 
delivered for use by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
or under a lease, contract, exchange, or by agreement 
entered into by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
pursuant to subsection (d);
(G) the Fort Belknap Indian Community shall not be 
required to make payments to the United States for any 
water allocated to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
under this section or the allocation agreement, except 
for each acre-foot of stored water leased or 
transferred for industrial purposes as described in 
subparagraph (H); and
(H) for each acre-foot of stored water leased or 
transferred by the Fort Belknap Indian Community for 
industrial purposes--
(i) the Fort Belknap Indian Community shall 
pay annually to the United States an amount 
necessary to cover the proportional share of 
the annual operations, maintenance, and 
replacement costs allocable to the quantity of 
water leased or transferred by the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community for industrial purposes; and
(ii) the annual payments of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community shall be reviewed and 
adjusted, as appropriate, to reflect the actual 
operations, maintenance, and replacement costs 
for Tiber Dam.
(d) Agreement by Fort Belknap Indian Community.--The Fort Belknap 
Indian Community may use, lease, contract, exchange, or enter into 
other agreements for the use of the water allocated to the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community under subsection (a) if--
(1) the use of water that is the subject of such an 
agreement occurs within the Missouri River Basin; and
(2) the agreement does not permanently alienate any water 
allocated to the Fort Belknap Indian Community under that 
subsection.
(e) Effective Date.--The allocation under subsection (a) takes 
effect on the enforceability date.
(f) No Carryover Storage.--The allocation under subsection (a) 
shall not be increased by any year-to-year carryover storage.
(g) Development and Delivery Costs.--The United States shall not be 
required to pay the cost of developing or delivering any water 
allocated under this section.

SEC. 108. MILK RIVER PROJECT MITIGATION.

(a) In General.--In complete satisfaction of the Milk River Project 
mitigation requirements provided for in Article VI.B. of the Compact, 
the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner--
(1) in cooperation with the State and the Blackfeet Tribe, 
shall carry out appropriate activities concerning the 
restoration of the St. Mary Canal and associated facilities, 
including activities relating to the--
(A) planning and design to restore the St. Mary 
Canal and appurtenances to convey 850 cubic-feet per 
second; and
(B) rehabilitating, constructing, and repairing of 
the St. Mary Canal and appurtenances; and
(2) in cooperation with the State and the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community, shall carry out appropriate activities 
concerning the enlargement of Dodson South Canal and associated 
facilities, including activities relating to the--
(A) planning and design to enlarge Dodson South 
Canal and headworks at the upstream end of Dodson South 
Canal to divert and convey 700 cubic-feet per second; 
and
(B) rehabilitating, constructing, and enlarging the 
Dodson South Canal and headworks at the upstream end of 
Dodson South Canal to divert and convey 700 cubic-feet 
per second.
(b) Funding.--The total amount of obligations incurred by the 
Secretary, prior to any adjustments provided for in section 114(b), 
shall not exceed $300,000,000 to carry out activities described in 
subsection (c)(1).
(c) Satisfaction of Mitigation Requirement.--Notwithstanding any 
provision of the Compact, the mitigation required by Article VI.B. of 
the Compact shall be deemed satisfied if--
(1) the Secretary has--
(A) restored the St. Mary Canal and associated 
facilities to convey 850 cubic-feet per second; and
(B) enlarged the Dodson South Canal and headworks 
at the upstream end of Dodson South Canal to divert and 
convey 700 cubic-feet per second; or
(2) the Secretary--
(A) has expended all of the available funding 
provided pursuant to section 114(a)(1)(D) to 
rehabilitate the St. Mary Canal and enlarge the Dodson 
South Canal; and
(B) despite diligent efforts, could not complete 
the activities described in subsection (a).
(d) Nonreimbursability of Costs.--The costs to the Secretary of 
carrying out this section shall be nonreimbursable.

SEC. 109. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN IRRIGATION PROJECT SYSTEM.

(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
Secretary shall rehabilitate, modernize, and expand the Fort Belknap 
Indian Irrigation Project, as generally described in the document of 
Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc., entitled ``Fort Belknap 
Indian Community Comprehensive Water Development Plan'' and dated 
February 2019, which shall include--
(1) planning, studies, and designing of the existing and 
expanded Milk River unit, including the irrigation system, 
Pumping Plant, delivery pipe and canal, Fort Belknap Dam and 
Reservoir, and Peoples Creek Flood Protection Project;
(2) the rehabilitation, modernization, and construction of 
the existing Milk River unit; and
(3) construction of the expanded Milk River unit, including 
the irrigation system, Pumping Plant, delivery pipe and canal, 
Fort Belknap Dam and Reservoir, and Peoples Creek Flood 
Protection Project.
(b) Lead Agency.--The Bureau of Indian Affairs, in coordination 
with the Bureau of Reclamation, shall serve as the lead agency with 
respect to any activities carried out under this section.
(c) Consultation With the Fort Belknap Indian Community.--The 
Secretary shall consult with the Fort Belknap Indian Community on 
appropriate changes to the final design and costs of any activity under 
this section.
(d) Funding.--The total amount of obligations incurred by the 
Secretary in carrying out this section, prior to any adjustment 
provided for in section 114(b), shall not exceed $415,832,153.
(e) Nonreimbursability of Costs.--All costs incurred by the 
Secretary in carrying out this section shall be nonreimbursable.
(f) Administration.--The Secretary and the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community shall negotiate the cost of any oversight activity carried 
out by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Reclamation under 
any agreement entered into under subsection (j), subject to the 
condition that the total cost for the oversight shall not exceed 3 
percent of the total project costs for each project.
(g) Project Management Committee.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall facilitate the 
formation of a project management committee composed of representatives 
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community--
(1) to review and make recommendations relating to cost 
factors, budgets, and implementing the activities for 
rehabilitating, modernizing, and expanding the Fort Belknap 
Indian Irrigation Project; and
(2) to improve management of inherently governmental 
activities through enhanced communication.
(h) Project Efficiencies.--If the total cost of planning, studies, 
design, rehabilitation, modernization, and construction activities 
relating to the projects described in subsection (a) results in cost 
savings and is less than the amounts authorized to be obligated, the 
Secretary, at the request of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, shall 
deposit those savings in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water 
Resources and Water Rights Administration, Operation, and Maintenance 
Account established under section 112(b)(2).
(i) Treatment.--Any activities carried out pursuant to this section 
that result in improvements, additions, or modifications to the Fort 
Belknap Indian Irrigation Project shall--
(1) become a part of the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 
Project; and
(2) be recorded in the inventory of the Secretary relating 
to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project.
(j) Applicability of ISDEAA.--At the request of the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community, and in accordance with the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Secretary 
shall enter into agreements with the Fort Belknap Indian Community to 
carry out all or a portion of this section.
(k) Effect.--Nothing in this section--
(1) alters any applicable law under which the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs collects assessments or carries out the 
operations and maintenance of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Irrigation Project; or
(2) impacts the availability of amounts under section 114.
(l) Satisfaction of Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project System 
Requirement.--The obligations of the Secretary under subsection (a) 
shall be deemed satisfied if the Secretary--
(1) has rehabilitated, modernized, and expanded the Fort 
Belknap Indian Irrigation Project in accordance with subsection 
(a); or
(2)(A) has expended all of the available funding provided 
pursuant to paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(A)(iv) of section 114(a); 
and
(B) despite diligent efforts, could not complete the 
activities described in subsection (a).

SEC. 110. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS.

(a) In General.--The benefits provided under this title shall be in 
complete replacement of, complete substitution for, and full 
satisfaction of any claim of the Fort Belknap Indian Community against 
the United States that is waived and released by the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community under section 111(a).
(b) Allottees.--The benefits realized by the allottees under this 
title shall be in complete replacement of, complete substitution for, 
and full satisfaction of--
(1) all claims waived and released by the United States 
(acting as trustee for the allottees) under section 111(a)(2); 
and
(2) any claims of the allottees against the United States 
similar to the claims described in section 111(a)(2) that the 
allottee asserted or could have asserted.

SEC. 111. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS.

(a) In General.--
(1) Waiver and release of claims by the fort belknap indian 
community and united states as trustee for the fort belknap 
indian community.--Subject to the reservation of rights and 
retention of claims under subsection (d), as consideration for 
recognition of the Tribal water rights and other benefits 
described in the Compact and this title, the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community, acting on behalf of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community and members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community (but 
not any member of the Fort Belknap Indian Community as an 
allottee), and the United States, acting as trustee for the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community and the members of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community (but not any member of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community as an allottee), shall execute a 
waiver and release of all claims for water rights within the 
State that the Fort Belknap Indian Community, or the United 
States acting as trustee for the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 
asserted or could have asserted in any proceeding, including a 
State stream adjudication, on or before the enforceability 
date, except to the extent that such rights are recognized in 
the Compact and this title.
(2) Waiver and release of claims by the united states as 
trustee for allottees.--Subject to the reservation of rights 
and the retention of claims under subsection (d), as 
consideration for recognition of the Tribal water rights and 
other benefits described in the Compact and this title, the 
United States, acting as trustee for the allottees, shall 
execute a waiver and release of all claims for water rights 
within the Reservation that the United States, acting as 
trustee for the allottees, asserted or could have asserted in 
any proceeding, including a State stream adjudication, on or 
before the enforceability date, except to the extent that such 
rights are recognized in the Compact and this title.
(3) Waiver and release of claims by the fort belknap indian 
community against the united states.--Subject to the 
reservation of rights and retention of claims under subsection 
(d), the Fort Belknap Indian Community, acting on behalf of the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community and members of the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community (but not any member of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community as an allottee), shall execute a waiver and release 
of all claims against the United States (including any agency 
or employee of the United States)--
(A) first arising before the enforceability date 
relating to--
(i) water rights within the State that the 
United States, acting as trustee for the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community, asserted or could 
have asserted in any proceeding, including a 
general stream adjudication in the State, 
except to the extent that such rights are 
recognized as Tribal water rights under this 
title;
(ii) foregone benefits from nontribal use 
of water, on and off the Reservation (including 
water from all sources and for all uses);
(iii) damage, loss, or injury to water, 
water rights, land, or natural resources due to 
loss of water or water rights, including 
damages, losses, or injuries to hunting, 
fishing, gathering, or cultural rights due to 
loss of water or water rights, claims relating 
to interference with, diversion of, or taking 
of water, or claims relating to a failure to 
protect, acquire, replace, or develop water, 
water rights, or water infrastructure) within 
the State;
(iv) a failure to establish or provide a 
municipal rural or industrial water delivery 
system on the Reservation;
(v) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 
rights, land, or natural resources due to 
construction, operation, and management of the 
Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project and 
other Federal land and facilities (including 
damages, losses, or injuries to Tribal 
fisheries, fish habitat, wildlife, and wildlife 
habitat);
(vi) a failure to provide for operation and 
maintenance, or deferred maintenance, for the 
Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project or any 
other irrigation system or irrigation project;
(vii) the litigation of claims relating to 
any water rights of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community in the State;
(viii) the negotiation, execution, or 
adoption of the Compact (including appendices) 
and this title;
(ix) the taking or acquisition of land or 
resources of the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
for the construction or operation of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Irrigation Project or the Milk 
River Project; and
(x) the allocation of water of the Milk 
River and the St. Mary River (including 
tributaries) between the United States and 
Canada pursuant to the International Boundary 
Waters Treaty of 1909 (36 Stat. 2448); and
(B) relating to damage, loss, or injury to water, 
water rights, land, or natural resources due to mining 
activities in the Little Rockies Mountains prior to the 
date of trust acquisition, including damages, losses, 
or injuries to hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 
rights.
(b) Effectiveness.--The waivers and releases under subsection (a) 
shall take effect on the enforceability date.
(c) Objections in Montana Water Court.--Nothing in this title or 
the Compact prohibits the Fort Belknap Indian Community, a member of 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community, an allottee, or the United States in 
any capacity from objecting to any claim to a water right filed in any 
general stream adjudication in the Montana Water Court.
(d) Reservation of Rights and Retention of Claims.--Notwithstanding 
the waivers and releases under subsection (a), the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community, acting on behalf of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and 
members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and the United States, 
acting as trustee for the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the 
allottees shall retain--
(1) all claims relating to--
(A) the enforcement of water rights recognized 
under the Compact, any final court decree relating to 
those water rights, or this title or to water rights 
accruing on or after the enforceability date;
(B) the quality of water under--
(i) CERCLA, including damages to natural 
resources;
(ii) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300f et seq.);
(iii) the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and
(iv) any regulations implementing the Acts 
described in clauses (i) through (iii);
(C) damage, loss, or injury to land or natural 
resources that are--
(i) not due to loss of water or water 
rights (including hunting, fishing, gathering, 
or cultural rights); and
(ii) not described in subsection (a)(3); 
and
(D) an action to prevent any person or party (as 
defined in sections 29 and 30 of Article II of the 
Compact) from interfering with the enjoyment of the 
Tribal water rights;
(2) all claims relating to off-Reservation hunting rights, 
fishing rights, gathering rights, or other rights;
(3) all claims relating to the right to use and protect 
water rights acquired after the date of enactment of this Act;
(4) all claims relating to the allocation of waters of the 
Milk River and the Milk River Project between the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community and the Blackfeet Tribe, pursuant to section 
3705(e)(3) of the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act (Public 
Law 114-322; 130 Stat. 1818);
(5) all claims relating to the enforcement of this title, 
including the required transfer of land under section 106; and
(6) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, and 
powers not specifically waived and released pursuant to this 
title or the Compact.
(e) Effect of Compact and Act.--Nothing in the Compact or this 
title--
(1) affects the authority of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community to enforce the laws of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community, including with respect to environmental protections;
(2) affects the ability of the United States, acting as 
sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized by law, 
including--
(A) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.);
(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et 
seq.);
(C) CERCLA; and
(D) any regulations implementing the Acts described 
in subparagraphs (A) through (C);
(3) affects the ability of the United States to act as 
trustee for any other Indian Tribe or an allottee of any other 
Indian Tribe;
(4) confers jurisdiction on any State court--
(A) to interpret Federal law relating to health, 
safety, or the environment;
(B) to determine the duties of the United States or 
any other party under Federal law relating to health, 
safety, or the environment; or
(C) to conduct judicial review of any Federal 
agency action;
(5) waives any claim of a member of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community in an individual capacity that does not derive from a 
right of the Fort Belknap Indian Community;
(6) revives any claim adjudicated in the decision in Gros 
Ventre Tribe v. United States, 469 F.3d 801 (9th Cir. 2006); or
(7) revives any claim released by an allottee or member of 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community in the settlement in Cobell 
v. Salazar, No. 1:96CV01285-JR (D.D.C. 2012).
(f) Enforceability Date.--The enforceability date shall be the date 
on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a statement of 
findings that--
(1) the eligible members of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community have voted to approve this title and the Compact by a 
majority of votes cast on the day of the vote;
(2)(A) the Montana Water Court has approved the Compact in 
a manner from which no further appeal may be taken; or
(B) if the Montana Water Court is found to lack 
jurisdiction, the appropriate district court of the United 
States has approved the Compact as a consent decree from which 
no further appeal may be taken;
(3) all of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
section 114 have been appropriated and deposited in the 
designated accounts;
(4) the Secretary and the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
have executed the allocation agreement described in section 
107(c)(1);
(5) the State has provided the required funding into the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and Other Water 
Resources Development Account of the Trust Fund pursuant to 
section 114(a)(3); and
(6) the waivers and releases under subsection (a) have been 
executed by the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the 
Secretary.
(g) Tolling of Claims.--
(1) In general.--Each applicable period of limitation and 
time-based equitable defense relating to a claim described in 
this section shall be tolled for the period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act and ending on the enforceability 
date.
(2) Effect of subsection.--Nothing in this subsection 
revives any claim or tolls any period of limitations or time-
based equitable defense that expired before the date of 
enactment of this Act.
(h) Expiration.--
(1) In general.--This title shall expire in any case in 
which--
(A) the amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
this title have not been made available to the 
Secretary by not later than--
(i) January 21, 2035; and
(ii) such alternative later date as is 
agreed to by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
and the Secretary; or
(B) the Secretary fails to publish a statement of 
findings under subsection (f) by not later than--
(i) January 21, 2036; and
(ii) such alternative later date as is 
agreed to by the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
and the Secretary, after providing reasonable 
notice to the State.
(2) Consequences.--If this title expires under paragraph 
(1)--
(A) the waivers and releases under subsection (a) 
shall--
(i) expire; and
(ii) have no further force or effect;
(B) the authorization, ratification, confirmation, 
and execution of the Compact under section 104 shall no 
longer be effective;
(C) any action carried out by the Secretary, and 
any contract or agreement entered into, pursuant to 
this title shall be void;
(D) any unexpended Federal funds appropriated or 
made available to carry out the activities authorized 
by this title, together with any interest earned on 
those funds, and any water rights or contracts to use 
water and title to other property acquired or 
constructed with Federal funds appropriated or made 
available to carry out the activities authorized by 
this title shall be returned to the Federal Government, 
unless otherwise agreed to by the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community and the United States and approved by 
Congress; and
(E) except for Federal funds used to acquire or 
construct property that is returned to the Federal 
Government under subparagraph (D), the United States 
shall be entitled to offset any Federal funds made 
available to carry out this title that were expended or 
withdrawn, or any funds made available to carry out 
this title from other Federal authorized sources, 
together with any interest accrued on those funds, 
against any claims against the United States--
(i) relating to--
(I) water rights in the State 
asserted by--
(aa) the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community; or
(bb) any user of the Tribal 
water rights; or
(II) any other matter described in 
subsection (a)(3); or
(ii) in any future settlement of water 
rights of the Fort Belknap Indian Community or 
an allottee.

SEC. 112. AANIIIH NAKODA SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND.

(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a trust fund for 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community, to be known as the ``Aaniiih Nakoda 
Settlement Trust Fund'', to be managed, invested, and distributed by 
the Secretary and to remain available until expended, withdrawn, or 
reverted to the general fund of the Treasury, consisting of the amounts 
deposited in the Trust Fund under subsection (c), together with any 
investment earnings, including interest, earned on those amounts, for 
the purpose of carrying out this title.
(b) Accounts.--The Secretary shall establish in the Trust Fund the 
following accounts:
(1) The Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and 
Other Water Resources Development Account.
(2) The Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Resources and 
Water Rights Administration, Operation, and Maintenance 
Account.
(3) The Fort Belknap Indian Community Clean and Safe 
Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, and Lake Elwell Project 
Account.
(c) Deposits.--The Secretary shall deposit--
(1) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribal Irrigation 
and Other Water Resources Development Account established under 
subsection (b)(1), the amounts made available pursuant to 
paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A)(i) of section 114(a);
(2) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Resources 
and Water Rights Administration, Operation, and Maintenance 
Account established under subsection (b)(2), the amounts made 
available pursuant to section 114(a)(2)(A)(ii); and
(3) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Clean and Safe 
Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, and Lake Elwell Project 
Account established under subsection (b)(3), the amounts made 
available pursuant to paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(A)(iii) of 
section 114(a).
(d) Management and Interest.--
(1) Management.--On receipt and deposit of the funds into 
the accounts in the Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (c), the 
Secretary shall manage, invest, and distribute all amounts in 
the Trust Fund in accordance with the investment authority of 
the Secretary under--
(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 1938 
(25 U.S.C. 162a);
(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Management 
Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.); and
(C) this section.
(2) Investment earnings.--In addition to the amounts 
deposited under subsection (c), any investment earnings, 
including interest, credited to amounts held in the Trust Fund 
shall be available for use in accordance with subsections (e) 
and (g).
(e) Availability of Amounts.--
(1) In general.--Amounts appropriated to, and deposited in, 
the Trust Fund, including any investment earnings, including 
interest, earned on those amounts shall be made available--
(A) to the Fort Belknap Indian Community by the 
Secretary beginning on the enforceability date; and
(B) subject to the uses and restrictions in this 
section.
(2) Exceptions.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1)--
(A) amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community Tribal Irrigation and Other Water Resources 
Development Account established under subsection (b)(1) 
shall be available to the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
on the date on which the amounts are deposited for uses 
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection 
(g)(1);
(B) amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community Water Resources and Water Rights 
Administration, Operation, and Maintenance Account 
established under subsection (b)(2) shall be made 
available to the Fort Belknap Indian Community on the 
date on which the amounts are deposited and the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community has satisfied the requirements 
of section 111(f)(1), for the uses described in 
subsection (g)(2)(A); and
(C) amounts deposited in the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community Clean and Safe Domestic Water and Sewer 
Systems, and Lake Elwell Project Account established 
under subsection (b)(3) shall be available to the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community on the date on which the 
amounts are deposited for the uses described in 
subsection (g)(3)(A).
(f) Withdrawals.--
(1) American indian trust fund management reform act of 
1994.--
(A) In general.--The Fort Belknap Indian Community 
may withdraw any portion of the funds in the Trust Fund 
on approval by the Secretary of a Tribal management 
plan submitted by the Fort Belknap Indian Community in 
accordance with the American Indian Trust Fund 
Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.).
(B) Requirements.--In addition to the requirements 
under the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform 
Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal 
management plan under this paragraph shall require that 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community spend all amounts 
withdrawn from the Trust Fund, and any investment 
earnings accrued through the investments under the 
Tribal management plan, in accordance with this title.
(C) Enforcement.--The Secretary may carry out such 
judicial and administrative actions as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary--
(i) to enforce the Tribal management plan; 
and
(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn from 
the Trust Fund by the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community under this paragraph are used in 
accordance with this title.
(2) Withdrawals under expenditure plan.--
(A) In general.--The Fort Belknap Indian Community 
may submit to the Secretary a request to withdraw funds 
from the Trust Fund pursuant to an approved expenditure 
plan.
(B) Requirements.--To be eligible to withdraw funds 
under an expenditure plan under this paragraph, the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community shall submit to the 
Secretary for approval an expenditure plan for any 
portion of the Trust Fund that the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community elects to withdraw pursuant to this 
paragraph, subject to the condition that the funds 
shall be used for the purposes described in this title.
(C) Inclusions.--An expenditure plan under this 
paragraph shall include a description of the manner and 
purpose for which the amounts proposed to be withdrawn 
from the Trust Fund will be used by the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community in accordance with subsections (e) and 
(g).
(D) Approval.--On receipt of an expenditure plan 
under this paragraph, the Secretary shall approve the 
expenditure plan if the Secretary determines that the 
expenditure plan--
(i) is reasonable; and
(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 
for, the purposes of this title.
(E) Enforcement.--The Secretary may carry out such 
judicial and administrative actions as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary to enforce an expenditure 
plan under this paragraph to ensure that amounts 
disbursed under this paragraph are used in accordance 
with this title.
(g) Uses.--Amounts from the Trust Fund shall be used by the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community for the following purposes:
(1) Fort belknap indian community tribal irrigation and 
other water resources development account.--Amounts in the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community Tribal Irrigation and Other Water 
Resources Development Account established under subsection 
(b)(1) shall be used to pay the cost of activities relating 
to--
(A) planning, studies, and design of the Southern 
Tributary Irrigation Project and the Peoples Creek 
Irrigation Project, including the Upper Peoples Creek 
Dam and Reservoir, as generally described in the 
document of Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, 
Inc., entitled ``Fort Belknap Indian Community 
Comprehensive Water Development Plan'' and dated 
February 2019;
(B) environmental compliance;
(C) construction of the Southern Tributary 
Irrigation Project and the Peoples Creek Irrigation 
Project, including the Upper Peoples Creek Dam and 
Reservoir;
(D) wetlands restoration and development;
(E) stock watering infrastructure; and
(F) on farm development support and reacquisition 
of fee lands within the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 
Project and Fort Belknap Indian Community irrigation 
projects within the Reservation.
(2) Fort belknap indian community water resources and water 
rights administration, operation, and maintenance account.--
Amounts in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Resources 
and Water Rights Administration, Operation, and Maintenance 
Account established under subsection (b)(2), the principal and 
investment earnings, including interest, may only be used by 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community to pay the costs of 
activities described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) as 
follows:
(A) $9,000,000 shall be used for the establishment, 
operation, and capital expenditures in connection with 
the administration of the Tribal water resources and 
water rights development, including the development or 
enactment of a Tribal water code.
(B) Only investment earnings, including interest, 
on $29,299,059 shall be used and be available to pay 
the costs of activities for administration, operations, 
and regulation of the Tribal water resources and water 
rights department, in accordance with the Compact and 
this title.
(C) Only investment earnings, including interest, 
on $28,331,693 shall be used and be available to pay 
the costs of activities relating to a portion of the 
annual assessment costs for the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community and Tribal members, including allottees, 
under the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project and 
Fort Belknap Indian Community irrigation projects 
within the Reservation.
(3) Fort belknap indian community clean and safe domestic 
water and sewer systems, and lake elwell project account.--
Amounts in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Clean and Safe 
Domestic Water and Sewer Systems, and Lake Elwell Project 
Account established under subsection (b)(3), the principal and 
investment earnings, including interest, may only be used by 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community to pay the costs of 
activities relating to--
(A) planning, studies, design, and environmental 
compliance of domestic water supply, and sewer 
collection and treatment systems, as generally 
described in the document of Natural Resources 
Consulting Engineers, Inc., entitled ``Fort Belknap 
Indian Community Comprehensive Water Development Plan'' 
and dated February 2019, including the Lake Elwell 
Project water delivery to the southern part of the 
Reservation;
(B) construction of domestic water supply, sewer 
collection, and treatment systems;
(C) construction, in accordance with applicable 
law, of infrastructure for delivery of Lake Elwell 
water diverted from the Missouri River to the southern 
part of the Reservation; and
(D) planning, studies, design, environmental 
compliance, and construction of a Tribal wellness 
center for a work force health and well-being project.
(h) Liability.--The Secretary shall not be liable for any 
expenditure or investment of amounts withdrawn from the Trust Fund by 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community pursuant to subsection (f).
(i) Project Efficiencies.--If the total cost of the activities 
described in subsection (g) results in cost savings and is less than 
the amounts authorized to be obligated under any of paragraphs (1) 
through (3) of that subsection required to carry out those activities, 
the Secretary, at the request of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 
shall deposit those savings in the Trust Fund to be used in accordance 
with that subsection.
(j) Annual Report.--The Fort Belknap Indian Community shall submit 
to the Secretary an annual expenditure report describing 
accomplishments and amounts spent from use of withdrawals under a 
Tribal management plan or an expenditure plan described in this 
section.
(k) No Per Capita Payments.--No principal or interest amount in any 
account established by this section shall be distributed to any member 
of the Fort Belknap Indian Community on a per capita basis.
(l) Effect.--Nothing in this title entitles the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community to judicial review of a determination of the Secretary 
regarding whether to approve a Tribal management plan under subsection 
(f)(1) or an expenditure plan under subsection (f)(2), except as 
provided under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, 
United States Code (commonly known as the ``Administrative Procedure 
Act'').

SEC. 113. FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY WATER SETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION 
FUND.

(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a non-trust, interest-bearing account to be known as the 
``Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Settlement Implementation Fund'', 
to be managed and distributed by the Secretary, for use by the 
Secretary for carrying out this title.
(b) Accounts.--The Secretary shall establish in the Implementation 
Fund the following accounts:
(1) The Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project System 
Account.
(2) The Milk River Project Mitigation Account.
(c) Deposits.--The Secretary shall deposit--
(1) in the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project System 
Account established under subsection (b)(1), the amount made 
available pursuant to paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(A)(iv) of 
section 114(a); and
(2) in the Milk River Project Mitigation Account 
established under subsection (b)(2), the amount made available 
pursuant to section 114(a)(1)(D).
(d) Uses.--
(1) Fort belknap indian irrigation project system 
account.--The Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project 
Rehabilitation Account established under subsection (b)(1) 
shall be used to carry out section 109, except as provided in 
subsection (h) of that section.
(2) Milk river project mitigation account.--The Milk River 
Project Mitigation Account established under subsection (b)(2) 
may only be used to carry out section 108.
(e) Management.--
(1) In general.--Amounts in the Implementation Fund shall 
not be available to the Secretary for expenditure until the 
enforceability date.
(2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), amounts 
deposited in the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project System 
Account established under subsection (b)(1) shall be available 
to the Secretary on the date on which the amounts are deposited 
for uses described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 109(a).
(f) Interest.--In addition to the deposits under subsection (c), 
any interest credited to amounts unexpended in the Implementation Fund 
are authorized to be appropriated to be used in accordance with the 
uses described in subsection (d).

SEC. 114. FUNDING.

(a) Funding.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Subject to subsection 
(b), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary--
(A) for deposit in the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community Tribal Irrigation and Other Water Resources 
Development Account of the Trust Fund established under 
section 112(b)(1), $89,643,100, to be retained until 
expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of 
the Treasury;
(B) for deposit in the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community Clean and Safe Domestic Water and Sewer 
Systems, and Lake Elwell Project Account of the Trust 
Fund established under section 112(b)(3), $331,885,220, 
to be retained until expended, withdrawn, or reverted 
to the general fund of the Treasury;
(C) for deposit in the Fort Belknap Indian 
Irrigation Project System Account of the Implementation 
Fund established under section 113(b)(1), such sums as 
are necessary, but not more than $187,124,469, for the 
Secretary to carry out section 109, to be retained 
until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 
fund of the Treasury; and
(D) for deposit in the Milk River Project 
Mitigation Account of the Implementation Fund 
established under section 113(b)(2), such sums as are 
necessary, but not more than $300,000,000, for the 
Secretary to carry out obligations of the Secretary 
under section 108, to be retained until expended, 
withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the 
Treasury.
(2) Mandatory appropriations.--
(A) In general.--Out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall deposit--
(i) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
Tribal Irrigation and Other Water Resources 
Development Account of the Trust Fund 
established under section 112(b)(1), 
$29,881,034, to be retained until expended, 
withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of 
the Treasury;
(ii) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
Water Resources and Water Rights 
Administration, Operation, and Maintenance 
Account of the Trust Fund established under 
section 112(b)(2), $66,630,752;
(iii) in the Fort Belknap Indian Community 
Clean and Safe Domestic Water and Sewer 
Systems, and Lake Elwell Project Account of the 
Trust Fund established under section 112(b)(3), 
$110,628,407; and
(iv) in the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation 
Project System Account of the Implementation 
Fund established under section 113(b)(1), 
$228,707,684.
(B) Availability.--Amounts deposited in the 
accounts under subparagraph (A) shall be available 
without further appropriation.
(3) State cost share.--The State shall contribute 
$5,000,000, plus any earned interest, payable to the Secretary 
for deposit in the Fort Belknap Indian Community Tribal 
Irrigation and Other Water Resources Development Account of the 
Trust Fund established under section 112(b)(1) on approval of a 
final decree by the Montana Water Court for the purpose of 
activities relating to the Upper Peoples Creek Dam and 
Reservoir under subparagraphs (A) through (C) of section 
112(g)(1).
(b) Fluctuation in Costs.--
(1) In general.--The amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) and this 
subsection shall be--
(A) increased or decreased, as appropriate, by such 
amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary 
fluctuations in costs occurring after the date of 
enactment of this Act as indicated by the Bureau of 
Reclamation Construction Cost Index--Composite Trend; 
and
(B) adjusted to address construction cost changes 
necessary to account for unforeseen market volatility 
that may not otherwise be captured by engineering cost 
indices as determined by the Secretary, including 
repricing applicable to the types of construction and 
current industry standards involved.
(2) Repetition.--The adjustment process under paragraph (1) 
shall be repeated for each subsequent amount appropriated until 
the amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), 
as adjusted, has been appropriated.
(3) Period of indexing.--
(A) Trust fund.--With respect to the Trust Fund, 
the period of indexing adjustment under paragraph (1) 
for any increment of funding shall end on the date on 
which the funds are deposited into the Trust Fund.
(B) Implementation fund.--With respect to the 
Implementation Fund, the period of adjustment under 
paragraph (1) for any increment of funding shall be 
annually.

SEC. 115. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

(a) Waiver of Sovereign Immunity by the United States.--Except as 
provided in subsections (a) through (c) of section 208 of the 
Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1953 (43 U.S.C. 666), nothing 
in this title waives the sovereign immunity of the United States.
(b) Other Tribes Not Adversely Affected.--Nothing in this title 
quantifies or diminishes any land or water right, or any claim or 
entitlement to land or water, of an Indian Tribe, band, or community 
other than the Fort Belknap Indian Community.
(c) Elimination of Debts or Liens Against Allotments of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community Members Within the Fort Belknap Indian 
Irrigation Project.--On the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall cancel and eliminate all debts or liens against the 
allotments of land held by the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the 
members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community due to construction 
assessments and annual operation and maintenance charges relating to 
the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project.
(d) Effect on Current Law.--Nothing in this title affects any 
provision of law (including regulations) in effect on the day before 
the date of enactment of this Act with respect to pre-enforcement 
review of any Federal environmental enforcement action.
(e) Effect on Reclamation Laws.--The activities carried out by the 
Commissioner under this title shall not establish a precedent or impact 
the authority provided under any other provision of the reclamation 
laws, including--
(1) the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43 
U.S.C. 2401 et seq.); and
(2) the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 991).
(f) Additional Funding.--Nothing in this title prohibits the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community from seeking--
(1) additional funds for Tribal programs or purposes; or
(2) funding from the United States or the State based on 
the status of the Fort Belknap Indian Community as an Indian 
Tribe.
(g) Rights Under State Law.--Except as provided in section 1 of 
Article III of the Compact (relating to the closing of certain water 
basins in the State to new appropriations in accordance with the laws 
of the State), nothing in this title or the Compact precludes the 
acquisition or exercise of a right arising under State law (as defined 
in section 6 of Article II of the Compact) to the use of water by the 
Fort Belknap Indian Community, or a member or allottee of the Fort 
Belknap Indian Community, outside the Reservation by--
(1) purchase of the right; or
(2) submitting to the State an application in accordance 
with State law.
(h) Water Storage and Importation.--Nothing in this title or the 
Compact prevents the Fort Belknap Indian Community from participating 
in any project to import water to, or to add storage in, the Milk River 
Basin.

SEC. 116. ANTIDEFICIENCY.

The United States shall not be liable for any failure to carry out 
any obligation or activity authorized by this title, including any 
obligation or activity under the Compact, if--
(1) adequate appropriations are not provided by Congress 
expressly to carry out the purposes of this title; or
(2) there are not enough funds available in the Reclamation 
Water Settlements Fund established by section 10501(a) of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 407(a)) 
to carry out the purposes of this title.

TITLE II--BLACKFEET TRIBE WASTEWATER FACILITIES

SEC. 201. BLACKFEET TRIBE WASTEWATER FACILITIES.

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior $250,000,000 to plan, design, construct, operate, maintain, 
and replace community water distribution and wastewater treatment 
facilities for the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation 
of Montana.
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