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S. 239 119th Congress Senate

Crow Revenue Act

Official title: A bill to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 24, 2025 Introduced by: Steve Daines Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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Sep 28, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 686.
Sep 28, 2026
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-155.
Aug 5, 2026
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jan 24, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Jan 24, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 686.

 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.

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  • HR 725 Identical bill Crow Revenue Act
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Sheehy, Tim
Montana · Jan 24, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 239: Crow Revenue Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-239/
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