1. Short title; Table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024 . (b) Table of Contents The table of contents for this Act is: Sec. 1. Short title; Table of contents. Sec. 2. Purposes. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Ratification of Compact. Sec. 5. Tribal water rights. Sec. 6. Exchange and transfer of land. Sec. 7. Storage allocation from Lake Elwell. Sec. 8. Milk River Project mitigation. Sec. 9. Fort Belknap Indian Irrigation Project System. Sec. 10. Satisfaction of claims. Sec. 11. Waivers and releases of claims. Sec. 12. Aaniiih Nakoda Settlement Trust Fund. Sec. 13. Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Settlement Implementation Fund. Sec. 14. Funding. Sec. 15. Miscellaneous provisions. Sec. 16. Antideficiency. 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of claims to water rights in the State of Montana for— (A) the Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; and (B) the United States, acting as trustee for the Fort Belknap Indian Community and allottees; (2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the water rights compact entered into by the Fort Belknap Indian Community and the State, to the extent that the Compact is consistent with this Act; (3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— (A) to execute the Compact; and (B) to take any other actions necessary to carry out the Compact in accordance with this Act; (4) to authorize funds necessary for the implementation of the Compact and this Act; and (5) to authorize the exchange and transfer of certain Federal and State land. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Allottee The term allottee means an individual who holds a beneficial real property interest in an allotment of Indian land that is— (A) located within the Reservation