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Crow Tribe Mineral Trust Bill
Recent Bills/Crow Tribe Mineral Trust Bill

Crow Tribe Mineral Trust Bill

IntroducedJanuary 24, 2025
In the House10 months ago
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Native AmericansFederal-Indian relationsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersMontanaState and local taxation
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Why This Matters

This bill allows the Crow Tribe of Montana to take control of specific mineral interests?, helping them manage and benefit from their natural resources. It is important for supporting tribal sovereignty? and economic development.

If you are a member of the Crow Tribe, this bill could help secure your community's mineral resources.
Who this affects
Crow Tribe · members of Crow Tribe
What this bill changes
  1. 1This bill takes certain mineral interests into trust for the Crow Tribe of Montana.
  2. 2It includes mineral interests located in Musselshell County and Big Horn County, Montana.
  3. 3The bill aims to benefit the Crow Tribe by securing their mineral rights.

The debate

The case for

Swapping land lets Montana's only underground coal mine keep going and returns tribal land.

House Natural Resources CommitteeMajority report
vs

The case against

The swap helps a major polluting mine expand while ignoring its environmental harm.

Jared Huffman, Ranking MemberWritten objection

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Read the detailed summary

Crow Revenue Act This bill addresses the exchange of mineral interests in Montana involving the federal government, the Crow Tribe of Montana, and a private party. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Interior to accept the relinquishment of a specified federal coal lease associated with the Bull Mountains Mine near Roundup, Montana (the current operator of the mine is Signal Peak Energy); the Joe and Barbara Hope Mineral Trust (Hope Family Trust) to convey approximately 4,660 acres of subsurface mineral interests located within the boundaries of the Crow Indian Reservation in Big Horn County, Montana, to the tribe; and Interior to convey approximately 4,530 acres of subsurface mineral interests and 940 acres of surface interests located in Musselshell County, Montana, to the Hope Family Trust. Prior to these conveyances, the tribe must notify Interior that the tribe and the Hope Family Trust have agreed on a revenue-sharing formula for the development of the mineral and surface interests in Musselshell County, Montana. The mineral interests conveyed by the Hope Family Trust to the tribe shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the tribe, upon the tribe's request. These mineral interests shall not be subject to state or local taxation.

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IntroducedJan 24, 2025
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Identical Senate bill
Senate Bill · S 239
2 of 4 · In the Senate
Transfers Mineral Rights to Crow Tribe
Crow Revenue Act
·Government
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Senate Bill · S 240
4 of 4 · Became Law
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
·Environment
Similar bill
House Bill · HR 726
1 of 4 · Introduced
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
·Government