Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8791 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8791 To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2024 Mr. Zinke introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ 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. This Act may be cited as the ``Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act 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 St…