# Selis-Qlispe Ksanka Settlement Trust Fund

**Agency:** Interior  
**Account:** Selis-Qlispe Ksanka Settlement Trust Fund  
**Source document:** Bureau of Indian Affairs · p. 217  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/interior/selis-qlispe-ksanka-settlement-trust-fund  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 90.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 90.0 |

## Interior discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $18.80B, FY2026 $17.30B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

The Montana Water Rights Protection Act included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub.L. 116-260) settles water rights claims of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation. The Act establishes the Selis-Qlispe Ksanka Settlement Trust Fund (Fund) and authorizes appropriations to rehabilitate and modernize the existing Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, among other things. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) settlement authorizes $1.0 billion in discretionary appropriations and $900 million in mandatory appropriations to be deposited into the Fund. Final discretionary amounts to satisfy settlement must be appropriated by FY 2030 to meet the terms of the settlements. The Act authorizes mandatory payments be funded at $90 million per year for 10 years, FY 2021-2030.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Interior › Bureau of Indian Affairs › Selis-Qlispe Ksanka Settlement Trust Fund


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*