Sec. 2. Purposes
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The purposes of this Act are— to fulfill the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian Tribes and to promote Tribal sovereignty and economic self-sufficiency by settling water rights claims of Indian Tribes without lengthy and costly litigation; to ensure the sovereignty of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the economy of the Reservation will be able to depend on the development of the water and other resources of the Reservation; to transfer a portion of the land within the ancestral territory of the Fort Belknap Indian Community to restore, in part, the historical, cultural, and spiritual land of the Fort Belknap Indian Community; to plan, design, and construct the facilities needed to effectively use Reservation water rights, consistent with the Compact and this Act, and other resources that are necessary for— the development of a viable Reservation economy; and the implementation of the water rights compact between the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the State; to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of claims to water rights in the State for— the Fort Belknap Indian Community; and the United States for the benefit of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and allottees; to authorize, ratify, and confirm the Compact, to the extent that the Compact is consistent with this Act; to authorize and require the Secretary— to execute the Compact; to make available priority funding from the Reclamation Water Settlement Fund established by section 10501 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 43 U.S.C. 407 ); and to take any other actions necessary to carry out the Compact in accordance with this Act; to authorize and appropriate funds, including for certain economic development initiatives and projects on the Reservation, necessary for the implementation of the Compact and this Act in order to support a final water rights settlement for the Fort Belknap Indian Community that results in measurable benefits to the Tribes and members; and to authorize the exchange and transfer of certain Federal and State land.
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