Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-07-29 — Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Water Rights Settlement Act: cross-connection with agua-caliente-cahuilla-water-rights-settlement: Companion tribal water-rights settlement legislation following a similar federal ratification pattern. (novelty: 3)
2026-07-29 — Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2026: cross-connection with yavapai-apache-water-rights-settlement: Both are tribal water-rights settlement bills advancing through Congress in the same session, following the recurring template of negotiated Indian water-rights settlements. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-15 — Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025: Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025 (introduced) would restructure Bureau of Reclamation funding accounts for the Crow Irrigation Project and MR&I water projects and extend the tribe’s exclusive hydropower construction rights on Yellowtail Afterbay Dam through 2030. (novelty: 2)