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Introduced March 11, 2025 by Mark Edward Kelly · Last progress March 11, 2025
Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
Approves and implements a negotiated water-rights settlement for the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe: it authorizes large federal transfers into tribe-managed trust funds, creates an implementation account, allocates Colorado River water to the tribes, and directs the Bureau of Reclamation to build and commission a new pipeline and power facilities to deliver potable water. The Act includes detailed rules for fund management and withdrawals, limited tribal waivers of certain water claims tied to an "Enforceability Date," conditions that must be met (including a required deposit of $5,136,400,000), provisions for accounting and leasing of river water, and a deadline for the settlement to become effective or face repeal by June 30, 2035.
