3.0.0 3300 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z Senate S 2016-09-08 114 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Hearings by 2016-09-14T18:30:00Z Referred to 2016-09-08T14:40:35Z 2016-09-14 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-539. Committee 2016-09-08 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-09-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2016-09-08 True Native Americans Native Americans 00 2016-09-08 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-18T15:40:56Z Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016

This bill: (1) ratifies and modifies the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement negotiated between the tribe, the United States, Arizona, and others; and (2) satisfies the claims of the tribe for water rights and injury to water rights under all law with respect to the Hualapai land.

The bill enumerates the tribe's water rights in the Bill Williams, Colorado, and Verde River basins. The tribe may divert, use, and store the tribe water from the Central Arizona Project, but the tribe must pay charges associated with the delivery of the water as well as the tribe's water project costs.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) must plan, design, and construct the Hualapai Water Project, which must be designed to divert, treat, and convey no less than 3,414 acre-feet per year of water from the Colorado River for municipal, commercial, and industrial uses on the Hualapai Reservation. Reclamation must convey to the tribe title for the project once it is substantially complete.

The bill establishes the: (1) Hualapai Water Project Account for constructing the project; and (2) Hualapai OM&R Trust Account for the operation, maintenance and replacement charges associated with the project.

The Department of the Interior must accept certain parcels of land to hold in trust for the benefit of the tribe. In the future, land located outside the boundaries of the reservation may only be taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the tribe through an act of Congress.

The bill 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.

]]> Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016 Display Title Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3300is/xml/BILLS-114s3300is.xml 2016-09-14 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-539. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.