Bill would move coal rights under Crow Reservation land to the Tribe in a mineral swap
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Sponsor: Steve Daines · Senator · MT
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Official title: Crow Revenue Act
119th Congress
Topics: Family & community
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A land and mineral swap would give the Crow Tribe underground rights on about 4,660 acres of its reservation and shield them from state and local taxes.
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What does this do?
Within 60 days of becoming law, the Hope Family Trust would give the Crow Tribe its underground mineral rights under about 4,660 acres inside the Crow Reservation. In exchange, the government would take back a federal coal lease in the Bull Mountains of Musselshell County and transfer about 4,530 acres of federal underground minerals there to the trust. A second swap would exchange about 959 acres of surface land from Musselshell Resources LLC for about 940 acres of federal surface land in the Bull Mountains.
Who does it affect?
The Crow Tribe, the Hope Family Trust, Musselshell Resources LLC and the current holder of the Bull Mountains lease are directly involved. Montana local governments could not tax the minerals placed in trust, and public land users in Musselshell County could see changes in which surface lands are open to the public.
Why does it matter?
If the Tribe asks, the federal government would hold the minerals in trust, and the State of Montana and its local governments could not tax them. Before the swap, the Tribe must tell the Secretary of the Interior that it and the trust have agreed on how to share money from any later development of the Bull Mountains minerals, and the affected lands would be closed to new mining claims and new federal mineral leasing until the swap is done.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedJan 24, 2025
- Senate committee
- Senate voteYou are here · Sep 28, 2026
- House
- The president's desk
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Latest action: — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 686.