Arizona Water Settlements Act
Latest action · Oct 3, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 24, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sets forth requirements for the reallocation of CAP non-Indian agricultural and uncontracted municipal and industrial priority water.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the State of Arizona to develop a program to ensure the availability of a specified amount of agricultural priority water to Arizona Indian tribes during water shortages.
Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Arizona Water Settlement Agreement.
Allows excess funds from the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund to be used against annual payments for CAP owed by the Central Arizona Water Conservation District.
Authorizes appropriations for compliance with specified biological opinions relating to impacts of CAP water delivery and storage.
Gila River Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2002 - Approves the Gila River Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Agreement. Describes reallocated Community water rights and revises Community water delivery requirements. Provides for waiver and release of Community water rights claims against Arizona.
Establishes the Gila River Indian Community Water OM&R Trust Fund.
Directs the Secretary to repair and remediate Community subsidence and related damage.
Requires the Secretary to assist in reducing the total water demand for irrigation use in the upper valley of the Gila River.
Rewrites the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982 as the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2002. Sets forth water delivery requirements and construction obligations with respect to the San Xavier Indian Reservation and the Schuk Toak District as well as permissible water uses. Reauthorizes a cooperative fund for operation, maintenance, and repair costs associated with water delivery to the Reservation and District. Provides for waiver and release of water rights claims of the Tohono O'odham Nation (formerly the Papago Tribe). Sets forth requirements regarding after-acquired trust lands on behalf of the Nation. Reauthorizes a trust fund established for such Nation.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 24, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
| R-AZ | Jim Kolbe | Original | Sep 24, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2002 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Oct 3, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Sep 24, 2002Introduced in House
- Sep 24, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for adjustments to the Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize the Gila River Indian Community water rights settlement, to reauthorize and amend the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Arizona Water Settlements Act
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2002
- Gila River Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2002
- Central Arizona Project Settlement Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Agriculture and Food
- Arizona
- Claims
- Colorado River development
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Dams
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental law enforcement
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government trust funds
- Groundwater
- Indian claims
- Indian lands
- Indian water rights
- Infrastructure
- Irrigation
- Lakes
- Land subsidence
- Law
- Minorities
- New Mexico
- Reclamation of land
- Rivers
- Waste water treatment
- Water allocation (Policy)
- Water districts
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Water rights
- Water storage
- Water supply
- Water supply engineering
- Water use
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2002Introduced in House
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