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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 355
109TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 109-213
A BILL TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN TRIBES IN THE STATE OF MONTANA TO
ENTER INTO A LEASE OR OTHER TEMPORARY CONVEYANCE OF WATER
RIGHTS TO MEET THE WATER NEEDS OF THE DRY PRAIRIE RURAL
WATER ASSOCIATION, INC.
JANUARY 24, 2006.-Ordered to be printed
Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of January 18, 2006
Mr. MCCAIN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1219]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 1219) to authorize certain tribes in the State of Montana to
enter into a lease or other temporary conveyance of water rights
to meet the water needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Associa-
tion, Inc., having considered the same reports favorably thereon
without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 1219 is to authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of the Interior, to enter into a lease or other
temporary conveyance of water rights recognized under the Fort
Peck-Montana Compact with the Dry Prairie Rural Water Associa-
tion, Incorporated (or any successor non-federal entity) for the pur-
pose of meeting the Association's water needs.
BACKGROUND
The Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000
(Public Law 106-382) was enacted in October 2000. The two com-
ponents of the water system project include the Fort Peck Reserva-
tion Water System and the Dry Prairie Rural Water Authority, an
off-Reservation water system, which are located in northeastern
Montana. The Reservation has a population of approximately
10,700 people, of which approximately 5,800 are members of the
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes. The Fort Peck water system will
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