Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2025

This bill updates a regional water project to reach more communities and keep it running well. It gives more time—until December 31, 2029—to finish building the project. It also lets the project serve more places, including adding Lupton, Arizona, and sets rules so water from other sources (non-project water) can reach Navajo communities in Utah. It directs the U.S. Department of the Interior to place certain land into trust for the Navajo Nation. The bill also creates two funds to help pay for operating and fixing the system over time.

Key points

• Who is affected: Navajo Nation and the Jicarilla Apache Nation; communities tied to the water project in northwestern New Mexico; Lupton, Arizona; and Navajo communities in Utah .
• What changes: More time to complete construction; expansion of the service area to include Lupton; rules to allow non-project water to reach Navajo communities in Utah; certain land placed into federal trust for the Navajo Nation; creation of two operations and maintenance trust funds (one for the Navajo Nation and one for the Jicarilla Apache Nation).
• When: Construction deadline extended through December 31, 2029.