{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/2025/12/11/daines-sheehy-bill-ensuring-crow-tribe-water-rights-passes-u-s-senate/", "Daines, Sheehy Bill Ensuring\u00a0Crow\u00a0Tribe\u00a0Water\u00a0Rights Passes U.S. Senate", "2025-12-11", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", "daines", "https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "U.S. SENATE \u2013 U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy today announced that their bill, the Crow Tribe Water Settlement Amendments Act of 2025, passed the U.S. Senate with unanimous consent and now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill ensures the Crow Tribe\u2019s ability to successfully implement the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009 and will ensure the tribe has access to clean water.\n\n\u201cAccess to clean water is a basic necessity, and the Crow Tribe Water Settlement Amendment will ensure Montana\u2019s Crow Tribe has the resources they need to deliver clean water to communities on the reservation and complete critical energy development projects. This has been a longstanding priority of mine, so I\u2019m thrilled to see the bill pass the U.S. Senate and will keep fighting to get it passed through the House of Representatives,\u201d said Daines.\n\n\u201cEnsuring our tribal partners have the support they need to access clean water and develop critical infrastructure to spur economic growth is common sense, and that\u2019s what the Crow Tribe Water Settlement Amendment delivers. I\u2019m glad to see this pass the Senate and will keep working with the Montana delegation to make life more safe, prosperous, and affordable for all Montanans,\u201d said Sheehy.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe \u201cCrow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act\u201d of 2009 settled the Crow Tribe\u2019s water rights and authorized $460 million to construct a water system for the tribe. The \u201cCrow Tribe Water Rights Settlements Amendments Act\u201d would update the previous settlement to be fund-based rather than project-based, and also extends the authorization for the Tribe to develop hydropower on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam until 2030, providing clean energy and an economic boost to the community.\n\nClick HERE for bill text and HERE for a summary of the bill.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.daines.senate.gov/2025/12/11/daines-sheehy-bill-ensuring-crow-tribe-water-rights-passes-u-s-senate/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.916759017854929, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}