To require the Secretary of the Interior to construct the Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System in the State of Montana, to offer to enter into an agreement with the Chippewa Cree Tribe to plan, design, construct, operate, maintain and replace the Rocky Boy's Rural Water System, and to provide assistance to the North Central Montana Regional Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the noncore system, and for other purposes.
(Sec. 6) Prohibits the Secretary: (1) from obligating funds for construction of the core or non-core system until requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 are met and 90 days have expired since a final engineering report approved by the Secretary has been submitted to Congress; or (2) in providing for water delivery to the non-core system, from diminishing the 10,000 acre-feet per year of water stored for the Tribe pursuant to the Chippewa Cree Tribe of The Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999.
(Sec. 9) Directs the Secretary to authorize and provide for the use of power from the Pick-Sloan Eastern Division to start up and operate such water systems.
(Sec. 10) Requires the Tribe and the Authority to develop a water conservation plan that contains: (1) a description of water conservation objectives and appropriate water conservation measures; and (2) a time schedule for implementing the measures to meet the objectives.
(Sec. 12) Authorizes appropriations.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-853.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-715.
Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-715.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 445.
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