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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 907 (Introduced in House) — To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes. · Sec. 115

Sec. 115. Miscellaneous provisions

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Except as provided in subsections
(a)through
(c)of section 208 of the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1953 ( 43 U.S.C. 666 ), nothing in this title waives the sovereign immunity of the United States. Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any land or water right, or any claim or entitlement to land or water, of an Indian Tribe, band, or community other than the Fort Belknap Indian Community. On the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall cancel and eliminate all debts or liens against the allotments of land held by the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community due to construction assessments and annual operation and maintenance charges relating to the Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project. Nothing in this title affects any provision of law (including regulations) in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act with respect to pre-enforcement review of any Federal environmental enforcement action. The activities carried out by the Commissioner under this title shall not establish a precedent or impact the authority provided under any other provision of the reclamation laws, including— the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 ( 43 U.S.C. 2401 et seq. ); and the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–11 ; 123 Stat. 991). Nothing in this title prohibits the Fort Belknap Indian Community from seeking— additional funds for Tribal programs or purposes; or funding from the United States or the State based on the status of the Fort Belknap Indian Community as an Indian Tribe. Except as provided in section 1 of Article III of the Compact (relating to the closing of certain water basins in the State to new appropriations in accordance with the laws of the State), nothing in this title or the Compact precludes the acquisition or exercise of a right arising under State law (as defined in section 6 of Article II of the Compact) to the use of water by the Fort Belknap Indian Community, or a member or allottee of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, outside the Reservation by— purchase of the right; or submitting to the State an application in accordance with State law. Nothing in this title or the Compact prevents the Fort Belknap Indian Community from participating in any project to import water to, or to add storage in, the Milk River Basin.
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