Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
Latest action · Jun 15, 2020 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2019
- Passed SenateJun 4, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
This bill ratifies and modifies various agreements related to tribal water rights and contains other related provisions.
The bill ratifies an agreement relating to the settlement of the Aamodt litigation, which resolved claims concerning Pueblo water resources. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2028 activities to construct a regional water system as part of that settlement. Specifically, the bill ratifies an agreement between the United States, New Mexico, the city of Santa Fe, and the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque relating to the litigation. (This agreement is in addition to previously ratified agreements settling the litigation.)
The bill also ratifies and modifies the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement negotiated between the Navajo Nation, the United States, and Utah. That agreement gives the Navajo Nation the right to use water from sources located within Utah and adjacent to or encompassed within the boundaries of the Navajo Reservation, resulting in depletions not to exceed a specified amount annually.
The Department of the Interior shall establish and manage the Navajo Utah Settlement Trust Fund, with amounts available for withdrawal by the Navajo Nation for Navajo water development projects.
The bill specifies waivers and releases that must be executed in order for the Navajo settlement to be binding and effective.
The bill also authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to enter arrangements for the sharing of medical facilities and services with urban Indian organizations.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 27, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2019Discharged May 23, 2019 |
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred May 23, 2019Markup Jul 17, 2019Reported Dec 20, 2019 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2020Received in the House.
- Jun 15, 2020Held at the desk.
- Jun 11, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jun 4, 2020Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2743-2745)
- Jun 4, 2020The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S2745)
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5437 | Rob Bishop R-UT | Oct 1, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4569 | Liz Cheney R-WY | Sep 21, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2743–S2745Text printed S2743–S2745Amendments S2738 | Jerry Moran R-KS (amendment), Mitch McConnell R-KY, Mitt Romney R-UT (amendment), Tom Udall D-NM (amendment) | Jun 4, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3128 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | May 23, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 4, 2019S. 886, Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 17, 2019
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-40 | OVERSIGHT HEARING ON EXAMINING THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION'S SCHOOL REOPENING GUIDANCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC54 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Sep 10, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-118 | ADDRESSING THE URGENT NEEDS OF OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES208 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jul 8, 2020 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44148 | Indian Water Rights Settlements | Report | Jun 17, 2025 |
| IF11586 | Proposed Extension of the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund Archived | Resource | Jul 9, 2020 |
| R46303 | Bureau of Reclamation: History, Authorities, and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Apr 3, 2020 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 1592 | In the nature of a substitute. | Tom Udall D-NM | Amendment SA 1592 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 644 | Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2020 | Related bill | Dec 18, 2020 |
| HR 895 | Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act | Related bill | Sep 22, 2020 |
| S 1207 | Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019 | Related bill | Sep 9, 2019 |
| S 1875 | Aamodt Litigation Settlement Completion Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 18, 2019 |
| HR 1904 | Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act | Identical bill | Jul 9, 2020 |
| HR 3292 | Aamodt Litigation Settlement Completion Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 26, 2019 |
| HR 4153 | Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act | Related bill | Dec 7, 2020 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund permanent.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2020Engrossed in Senate
- Dec 19, 2019Reported to Senate
- May 23, 2019Reference Change Senate
- Mar 27, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
