Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act

Appropriates specific, limited sums to three Native American water development trust funds: a deposit for the Navajo Nation fund ($6,357,674.46), an adjusted interest payment deposit for the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund ($7,794,297.52), and a deposit for the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos’ Fund ($4,314,709.18). It also directs the Treasury to waive certain interest earned before September 15, 2017 for the Aamodt fund and preserves earlier Secretarial findings and completed legal steps under the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.

The bill makes small, targeted amendments to earlier Acts to add the new appropriation authority and update cross-references, while stating that it does not alter or undo prior actions already completed under the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.