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S 4104 117th Congress Senate Native Americans Arizona Federal-Indian relations Government trust funds Indian claims Indian lands and resources rights Infrastructure development Lakes and rivers Land transfers Water use and supply

Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022

Introduced: April 28, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 25 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 5, 2023
Became Public Law No: 117-349.
Jan 5, 2023
Signed by President.
Dec 28, 2022
Presented to President.
Dec 22, 2022
By Senator Schatz from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 117-287.
Dec 22, 2022
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 22, 2022
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 55 (Roll no. 542). (text: 12/21/2022 CR H9942-9952)
Dec 22, 2022
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 55 (Roll no. 542).(text: 12/21/2022 CR H9942-9952)
Dec 22, 2022
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10033-10034)
Dec 21, 2022
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Dec 21, 2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4104.
Dec 21, 2022
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9942-9952)
Dec 21, 2022
Mrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 21, 2022
Held at the desk.
Dec 21, 2022
Received in the House.
Dec 20, 2022
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 19, 2022
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)
Dec 19, 2022
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)
Dec 19, 2022
The committee amendments withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S7302)
Dec 19, 2022
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7292-7302)
Dec 19, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.
Dec 19, 2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with amendments. Without written report.
Nov 16, 2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Jul 20, 2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-530.
Apr 28, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Apr 28, 2022
Introduced in Senate
 Votes taken on this bill 1
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Dec 22, 2022 House · vote #542 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Passed 360–55 See who voted →
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022

This act authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement negotiated between the tribe, the United States, Arizona, and others, thus satisfying the tribe's claims for groundwater and surface water rights to water in Arizona, including the Verde River, the Bill Williams River, and the Colorado River.

The act outlines the tribe's water rights, including the right to divert, use, and store 4,000 acre-feet of agricultural priority water of the Central Arizona Project that was previously allocated to nontribal agricultural entities, but retained by the Department of the Interior for reallocation to tribes in Arizona pursuant to the Central Arizona Project Settlement Act of 2004. Interior must reallocate this priority water to the tribe, firm through 2107 a specified amount of the water, and enter into a water delivery contract with the tribe.

The act directs Interior to establish the Hualapai Water Trust Fund Account. Amounts deposited in the trust fund account shall be made available to the tribe for specified purposes, including to construct the Hualapai Water Project. The project must be designed to divert, treat, and convey up to 3,414 acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River for municipal, commercial, and industrial uses on the Hualapai Reservation.

Additionally, the act establishes in the Treasury the Hualapai Water Settlement Implementation Fund Account. Amounts in this account must be used to carry out groundwater monitoring and an estimate for groundwater withdrawals in the Truxton Basin outside the boundaries of the tribe's reservation.

The act adds certain land in Arizona to the tribe's reservation and also authorizes Interior to take specified land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. In the future, land located outside the reservation may only be taken into trust through an act of Congress.

The act outlines (1) waivers, releases, and retentions of claims by the tribe and the United States under the settlement agreement; and (2) a limited waiver of sovereign immunity by the United States and the tribe with respect to certain claims.

The act repeals the settlement agreement (except for provisions related to land added to the reservation and land taken into trust) if Interior does not publish by April 15, 2029, a statement of findings that specified conditions have been fulfilled (including that Interior has executed the required water delivery contract).

What's happening now January 5, 2023

Became Public Law No: 117-349.

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