Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
What changed between versions
The entire new Crow CIP Implementation Account (a nontrust, interest-bearing account managed by the Secretary) was removed. This account would have received appropriated funds and been used to carry out section 405 of the original settlement act.
A cost-indexing adjustment mechanism for the MR&I Projects Account was removed. This provision would have increased or decreased deposited amounts based on the Bureau of Reclamation Construction Cost Index-Composite Trend, accounting for cost fluctuations after May 1, 2008.
Detailed joint signature account transfer procedures were removed. The engrossed version specified how funds in the CIP Account and MR&I Account (established under agreements with the Tribe dated October 19, 2011 and September 13, 2012) would be withdrawn and deposited into the new accounts.
The section redesignation of sections 412 through 416 as 413 through 417 was removed. The enrolled version keeps the original section numbering from the 2010 Act, with references adjusted accordingly (e.g., Yellowtail Dam remains in section 412, Funding remains in section 414).
Several technical and conforming cross-reference amendments were removed, including changes to sections 409(b) and 416 that would have updated references from section 414 to section 415.
The MR&I Projects Account funding source references were changed from section 415(b) and 415(h)(2) to section 414(b) and 414(h)(2), reflecting the removal of the redesignation. The account structure itself (priority use for water infrastructure, then land purchase after project completion) remains unchanged.
