To provide for the preservation and sustainability of the family farm through the transfer of responsibility for operation and maintenance of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, Montana.

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Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to offer to enter into a contract with the irrigation district for the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, under which the district will operate and manage the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, including the right to use permanent easements purchased under a prior Act. Terminates any such contract if a U.S. court finds that the district has operated, and persists in operating, the Project in such a manner as likely to damage tribal trust assets.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 12 October 1998

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 12 October 1998

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 12 October 1998

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 13 November 1997

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  Introduced in House · EN · 13 November 1997

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 13 November 1997

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