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The bill provides a modest, targeted federal payment and clearer authority to support state and local public land projects, at the cost of $5.12 million to taxpayers and a risk of creating a precedent that could complicate future budgeting and oversight.
State and local governments: receive a $5,124,902.12 deposit into the Development Fund to cover adjusted interest payments, directly supporting public land projects and related development.
State and local governments: clearer statutory authority for the Secretary to receive and deposit these funds, reducing legal uncertainty about the use of the appropriation.
Taxpayers: the $5.12 million is paid from federal appropriations, imposing a direct cost that could tighten the budget or reduce funds available for other programs.
Federal budget officials and oversight bodies: the narrow, targeted appropriation may set a precedent for additional one-off deposits into the Development Fund, complicating future budgeting and oversight.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes $5,124,902.12 to be appropriated to the Secretary for deposit into the Development Fund for adjusted interest payments under the Duck Valley water rights settlement.
Provides a technical correction to authorize a specific appropriation of $5,124,902.12 to the Secretary for deposit into the Development Fund to cover “adjusted interest payments” tied to the Shoshone‑Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation water rights settlement. The bill changes the wording in an existing statute to add an express authorization for that sum. The change is procedural and narrowly targeted: it does not create new programs, deadlines, or ongoing duties, and it simply enables the specified funding to be deposited into the Development Fund for the settlement payment.
Official title: Amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 12, 2025 by Catherine Marie Cortez Masto · Last progress December 15, 2025