Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term allottee means an individual who holds a beneficial real property interest in an allotment of Indian land that is— located within the Reservation; and held in trust by the United States. The term bison means North American plains bison. The term Compact means— the water rights compact entered into and ratified, as applicable, by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the State, and the United States, as contained in section 85–20–1901 of the Montana Code Annotated (2017), including any appendix or exhibit to that compact; and any amendment to the compact referred to in subparagraph
(A)(including an amendment to an appendix or exhibit) that is executed to ensure that the Compact is consistent with this Act. The term Damages Report means the report entitled Damages of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Due to Actions By the United States , volume I (March 2011), volume II (March 2011), volume III (October 2011), and the final supplement and economic valuation (February 2016), which is on file at the Department of Justice. The term enforceability date means the date described in section 10(b). The term Flathead Indian irrigation project means the Federal irrigation project developed by the United States to irrigate land within the Reservation pursuant to— the Act of April 23, 1904 (33 Stat. 302, chapter 1495); and the Act of May 29, 1908 (35 Stat. 444, chapter 216). The term Flathead Indian irrigation project includes— all land and any reservoir, easement, right-of-way, canal, ditch, lateral, or any other facility of the project referred to in subparagraph
(A)(regardless of location on or off the Reservation); and any headgate, pipeline, pump, building, heavy equipment, vehicle, supplies, record, copy of a record, or any other physical, tangible object of real or personal property used in the management and operation of the project referred to in subparagraph (A). The term Hungry Horse Dam means the dam that is a part of the Hungry Horse Project. The term Hungry Horse Project means the project authorized to be carried out by the Secretary under the Act of June 5, 1944 ( 43 U.S.C. 593a et seq.). The term Hungry Horse Reservoir means the reservoir that is a part of the Hungry Horse Project. The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ). The term Law of Administration means the Unitary Administration and Management Ordinance, as set forth in Appendix 4 of the Compact. The term Reservation means all land within the exterior boundaries of the Indian reservation established under the Treaty between the United States and the Flathead, Kootenay, and Upper Pend d’Oreilles Indians, concluded at Hell Gate July 16, 1855 (12 Stat. 975), notwithstanding the issuance of any patent on the Reservation. The term Reservation includes any right-of-way through the Reservation. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. The term State means the State of Montana. The term State includes all officers, agencies, departments, and political subdivisions of the State. The term Tribal Water Right means the water right of the Tribes, as established in— the Compact; and section 5. The term Tribes means the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation of Montana. The term Tribes includes all officers, agencies, and departments of the Tribes. The term Trust Fund means the Séliš-Qlispé Ksanka Settlement Trust Fund established under section 8(a).
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