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HR 725 Advanced toward a vote

Moves federal and tribal mineral interests in Montana into trust for the Crow Tribe and exchanges surface lands in Musselshell County between the federal government and a private company.

Official title: Crow Revenue Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 24-JAN-2025
Referred 24-JAN-2025
Approved by committee 25-JUN-2025
Reported 12-JAN-2026
On the calendar 12-JAN-2026
Key points
  • Requires the Secretary of the Interior, within 60 days of enactment, to accept the relinquishment of the Bull Mountains Lease and convey about 4,530 acres of federal subsurface mineral interests in Musselshell County to the Hope Family Trust.
  • Requires the Hope Family Trust to convey its roughly 4,660 acres of mineral interests within the Crow Reservation in Big Horn County to the Tribe, which the United States holds in trust at the Tribe's request.
  • Exempts the Tribe's trust mineral interests from state taxation and requires the Tribe to notify the Secretary of an agreed revenue-sharing formula before the conveyances.
  • Exchanges about 959 acres of surface land owned by Musselshell Resources LLC for about 940 acres of federal surface land, and provides that benefits under the Act do not reduce federal services to the Tribe or its members.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (24-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Reported in House, 12-JAN-2026).

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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Native Americans

Sponsor Troy Downing (R-MT) Cosponsors · 1
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1 Republican