S. Res. 250 (Introduced in Senate) — Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Department of the Interior has broken a commitment to the Blackfeet Tribe to defend the cancellation of all leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area and urging the Department of the Interior to work closely with the Blackfeet Tribe to defend the Badger-Two Medicine area from oil and gas development.

That—

(1)

it is the sense of the Senate that the Department of the Interior—

(A)

has broken the commitment made by the Department to the Blackfeet Tribe;

(B)

has failed—

(i)

to honor the trust responsibilities of the Department to the Blackfeet Tribe; and

(ii)

to regain the credibility of the Department; and

(C)

must actively pursue and defend, in and out of the courtroom, the cancellation of all leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area; and

(2)

the Senate urges the Department of the Interior—

(A)

to work closely with the Blackfeet Tribe to protect the Badger-Two Medicine area from oil and gas leases; and

(B)

to remedy the mistakes of the Department that led to the leases being issued without—

(i)

proper consultation with the Blackfeet Tribe; and

(ii)

compliance with environmental and historic preservation laws.