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HR 725 119th Congress House Native Americans Federal-Indian relations Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Land transfers Montana State and local taxation

Crow Revenue Act

Introduced: January 24, 2025 Introduced by: Downing, Troy Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 12, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.
Jan 12, 2026
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-436.
Jun 25, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 16.
Jun 25, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jan 24, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 24, 2025
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now January 12, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.

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