119th Congress Native Americans
S. 637: Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill extends deadlines and otherwise revises the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. This project was first authorized by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which settled the Navajo Nation's water rights in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico.
Specifically, the bill extends through December 31, 2029, the deadline for constructing project facilities.
The bill allows for additional project service areas, including by allowing the Navajo Nation to expand the project service area in order to deliver water supply from the project to Lupton, Arizona. The bill also sets forth criteria to authorize non-project water to flow outside of the project service area to Navajo communities in Utah.
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The bill directs the Department of the Interior to take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Navajo Nation.
The bill also establishes (1) the Navajo Nation Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund; and (2) the Jicarilla Apache Nation Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- John Curtis R-UTOriginal
- Martin Heinrich D-NMOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Ben Luján SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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Other bills by Ben Luján
- S. 1363: New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act
- S. 640: Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act
- S. 3162: TEST AI Act of 2024
- S. 1898: Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023
- S. 2927: WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
- S. 3406: Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act
History
- Introduced in the Senate by Ben Luján.
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- Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.