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Final Indian Water Rights Settlement in Montana one step closer to President’s Desk U.S. SENATE – Today, after decades of collaborative work to pass the final Indian water rights water settlement in Montana, the Fort Belknap Indian Community (FBIC) Water Settlement led by U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester passed out of the United States Senate as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) unanimously. The FBIC Water Settlement will ratify the FBIC Water Rights Compact with the State of Montana, provide resources for critical water infrastructure development like the completion of the Milk River Project, give certainty to both

Daines’ “Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act” passes out of committee, heads to Senate floor U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today at a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing applauded the passage of his bipartisan “Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act.” The historic bill would finalize Montana’s last Indian water rights settlement. Watch and download HERE. “This is a historic step for Montana. It is a bipartisan agreement, the Fort Belknap Water Rights Compact, the last compact for the state of Montana. We are now one step closer to getting this to the President Biden’s desk. There has been a lot