H.R. 725 · On the floor · Native Americans

Crow Revenue Act

What it does

Requires the Department of Interior to accept relinquishment of a federal coal lease associated with Bull Mountains Mine near Roundup, Montana currently operated by Signal Peak Energy.
Directs the Hope Family Trust to convey approximately 4,660 acres of subsurface mineral interests within Crow Indian Reservation boundaries in Big Horn County, Montana to the Crow Tribe.
Directs the Department of Interior to convey approximately 4,530 acres of subsurface mineral interests and 940 acres of surface interests in Musselshell County, Montana to the Hope Family Trust.
Exempts mineral interests conveyed to the Crow Tribe from state and local taxation, contingent on the tribe and Hope Family Trust agreeing to a revenue-sharing formula for development in Musselshell County.

Official summary

Crow Revenue Act This bill addresses the exchange of mineral interests in Montana involving the federal government, the Crow Tribe of Montana, and a private party. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Interior to accept the relinquishment of a specified federal coal lease associated with the Bull Mountains Mine near Roundup, Montana (the current operator of the mine is Signal Peak Energy); the Joe and Barbara Hope Mineral Trust (Hope Family Trust) to convey approximately 4,660 acres of subsurface mineral interests located within the boundaries of the Crow Indian Reservation in Big Horn County, Montana, to the tribe; and Interior to convey approximately 4,530 acres of subsurface mineral interests and 940 acres of surface interests located in Musselshell County, Montana, to the Hope Family Trust. Prior to these conveyances, the tribe must notify Interior that the tribe and the Hope Family Trust have agreed on a revenue-sharing formula for the development of the mineral and surface interests in Musselshell County, Montana. The mineral interests conveyed by the Hope Family Trust to the tribe shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the tribe…

Latest action

Jan 12, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 375.

Committee: House Natural Resources