Sec. 403. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 403 DEFINITIONS In this title: ####
(1)Allottee The term “**allottee**” means any individual who holds a beneficial real property interest in an allotment of Indian land that is— #####
(A)located within the Reservation or the ceded strip; and #####
(B)held in trust by the United States. ####
(2)Ceded strip The term “**ceded strip**” means the area identified as the ceded strip on the map included in appendix 5 of the Compact. ####
(3)CIP OM&R The term “**CIP OM&R**” means— #####
(A)any recurring or ongoing activity associated with the day-to-day operation of the Crow Irrigation Project; #####
(B)any activity relating to scheduled or unscheduled maintenance of the Crow Irrigation Project; and #####
(C)any activity relating to replacement of a feature of the Crow Irrigation Project. ####
(4)Compact The term “**Compact**” means the water rights compact between the Tribe and the State of Montana contained in section 85-20-901 of the Montana Code Annotated
(2009)(including any exhibit, part, or amendment to the Compact). ####
(5)Crow irrigation project #####
(A)In general The term “**Crow Irrigation Project**” means the irrigation project— ######
(i)authorized by section 31 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1040); ######
(ii)managed by the Secretary (acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs); and ######
(iii)consisting of the project units of— ######
(I)Agency; ######
(II)Bighorn; ######
(III)Forty Mile; ######
(IV)Lodge Grass #1; ######
(V)Lodge Grass #2; ######
(VI)Pryor; ######
(VII)Reno; ######
(VIII)Soap Creek; and ######
(IX)Upper Little Horn. #####
(B)Inclusion The term “**Crow Irrigation Project**” includes land held in trust by the United States for the Tribe and the allottees in the Bozeman Trail and Two Leggins irrigation districts. ####
(6)Enforceability date The term “**enforceability date**” means the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register the statement of findings described in section 410(e). ####
(7)Final The term “**final**” with reference to approval of the decree described in section 410(e)(1)(A), means— #####
(A)completion of any direct appeal to the Montana Supreme Court of a decree by the Montana Water Court pursuant to section 85-2-235 of the Montana Code Annotated (2009), including the expiration of time for filing of any such appeal; or #####
(B)completion of any appeal to the appropriate United States Court of Appeals, including the expiration of time in which a petition for certiorari may be filed in the United States Supreme Court, denial of such petition, or issuance of a final judgment of the United States Supreme Court, whichever occurs last. ####
(8)Fund The term “**Fund**” means the Crow Settlement Fund established by section 411. ####
(9)Indian tribe 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. 450b). ####
(10)Joint stipulation of settlement The term “**joint stipulation of settlement**” means the joint stipulation of settlement relating to the civil action styled Crow Tribe of Indians v. Norton, No. 02-284 (D.D.C. 2006). ####
(11)MR&I system #####
(A)In general The term “**MR&I System**” means the municipal, rural, and industrial water system of the Reservation, generally described in the document entitled “**Crow Indian Reservation Municipal, Rural and Industrial Water System Engineering Report**” prepared by DOWL HKM, and dated July 2008 and updated in a status report prepared by DOWL HKM dated December 2009. #####
(B)Inclusions The term “**MR&I System**” includes— ######
(i)the raw water intake, water treatment plant, pipelines, storage tanks, pumping stations, pressure-reducing valves, electrical transmission facilities, and other items (including real property and easements necessary to deliver potable water to the Reservation) appurtenant to the system described in subparagraph (A); and ######
(ii)in descending order of construction priority— ######
(I)the Bighorn River Valley Subsystem; ######
(II)the Little Bighorn River Valley Subsystem; and ######
(III)Pryor Extension. ####
(12)MR&I System OM&R The term “**MR&I System OM&R**” means— #####
(A)any recurring or ongoing activity associated with the day-to-day operation of the MR&I System; #####
(B)any activity relating to scheduled or unscheduled maintenance of the MR&I System; and #####
(C)any activity relating to replacement of project features of the MR&I System. ####
(13)Reservation The term “**Reservation**” means the area identified as the Reservation on the map in appendix 4 of the Compact. ####
(14)Secretary The term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of the Interior. ####
(15)Tribal Compact Administration The term “**Tribal Compact Administration**” means any activity relating to— #####
(A)the development or enactment by the Tribe of the tribal water code; #####
(B)establishment by the Tribe of a water resources department; and #####
(C)the operation by the Tribe of that water resources department (or a successor agency) during the 10-year period beginning on the date of establishment of the department. ####
(16)Tribal Water Code The term “**tribal water code**” means a water code adopted by the Tribe in accordance with section 407(f). ####
(17)Tribal water rights The term “**tribal water rights**” means— #####
(A)the water rights of the Tribe described in article III of the Compact; and #####
(B)the water rights provided to the Tribe under section 408. ####
(18)Tribe The term “**Tribe**” means the Crow Tribe of Indians of the State of Montana on behalf of itself and its members (but not its members in their capacities as allottees).
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