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[H.R. 8937 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8937
To establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settlement
Completion Fund to satisfy the obligations of the United States with
respect to certain Indian water rights settlements, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 8, 2024
Mr. Grijalva introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settlement
Completion Fund to satisfy the obligations of the United States with
respect to certain Indian water rights settlements, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT COMPLETION FUND SUBACCOUNTS.
(a) Amendment.--Section 70101 of the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 25 U.S.C. 149) is amended by inserting
after subsection (d) the following new subsections:
``(e) Operations, Maintenance, and Repair Subaccount.--
``(1) Establishment.--There is established within the Fund
a subaccount to be known as the Operations, Maintenance, and
Repair Subaccount (referred to in this subsection as the `OMR
Subaccount').
``(2) Deposits.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than December 31 of
the year on which this subsection is enacted, and on
each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2033, out
of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
deposit in the OMR Subaccount $34,000,000 for the uses
set forth in paragraph (3).
``(B) Availability.--Amounts deposited in the OMR
Subaccount under this paragraph shall be available to
the Secretary of the Interior, without further
appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for the uses
described in paragraph (3).
``(3) Uses.--Amounts deposited in the OMR Subaccount under
paragraph (2) shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior
for transfers to funds or accounts authorized to receive
appropriations to satisfy obligations of the United States
under the following provisions:
``(A) The water delivery and operation,
maintenance, repair, and related provisions of Public
Law 98-530, relating to the water rights of the Ak-Chin
Indian Community.
``(B) The water delivery and operations,
maintenance, repair and related provisions of the
Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988
(Public Law 100-585), relating to the Animas-La Plata
Project, as defined in section 3(2) of such Act.
``(C) The provisions of section 10603(g) of the
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law
111-11), relating to the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply
Project.
``(D) The water acquisition provisions of the Snake
River Water Rights Act of 2004 (title X of division J
of Public Law 108-447), relating to Snake River flow
augmentation under section 5(a) of such Act.
``(f) New and Continuing Settlements Subaccount.--
``(1) Establishment.--There is established within the Fund
a subaccount to be known as the New and Continuing Settlements
Subaccount (referred to in this subsection as the `NCS
Subaccount').
``(2) Deposits.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than December 31 of
the year on which this subsection is enacted, and on
each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2033, out
of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
deposit in the NCS Subaccount $250,000,000 for the uses
set forth in paragraph (3).
``(B) Availability.--In addition to amounts
otherwise available, amounts deposited in the NCS
Subaccount under this paragraph shall be available to
the Secretary of the Interior, without further
appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for the uses
described in paragraph (3).
``(3) Uses.--Subject to paragraph (4), amounts deposited in
the NCS Subaccount under paragraph (2) shall be used by the
Secretary of the Interior for transfers to funds or accounts
authorized to receive appropriations, or to satisfy other
obligations of the United States identified by the Secretary of
the Interior, under any Indian water settlement approved and
authorized by an Act of Congress.
``(4) Scope of transfers.--
``(A) In general.--Transfers authorized under
paragraph (3) shall be made in such amounts as are
determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be
appropriate to satisfy the obligations of the United
States, including appropriate indexing, pursuant to the
applicable Indian water settlement.
``(B) Sequence and timing.--The Secretary of the
Interior shall have the discretion to determine the
sequence and timing of transfers from the NCS
Subaccount under paragraph (3) in order to
substantially complete the eligible Indian water
settlements as expeditiously as practicable.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 312(e)(5) of the White Mountain
Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 (title III of
Public Law 111-291) is amended--
(1) by striking ``made available from--'' and inserting
``made available from the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund
established by section 10501(a) of the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 407(a)).''; and
(2) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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