3.0.0 2459 2022-02-08T23:19:36Z 2022-02-08T23:19:36Z House HR 2019-05-01 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 1, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. O'HALLERAN:H.R. 2459.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H3406]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Hearings by 2019-06-26T14:54:24Z Referred to 2019-05-08T20:26:45Z Referred to 2019-05-01T14:05:40Z Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019 116 1277 S 2019-05-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-26 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2019-05-08 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. Committee 2019-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2019-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress O000171 Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] Tom O'Halleran D AZ 1 N S001211 Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9] Greg Stanton D AZ 9 2019-05-01 True K000368 Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2] Ann Kirkpatrick D AZ 2 2019-05-01 True G000574 Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7] Ruben Gallego D AZ 7 2019-05-01 True B001302 Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] Andy Biggs R AZ 5 2019-05-01 True G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 2019-05-01 True S001183 Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] David Schweikert R AZ 6 2019-05-01 True L000589 Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] Debbie Lesko R AZ 8 2019-05-01 True 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 Native Americans 00 2019-05-01 Introduced in House 2020-05-04T18:34:34Z Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019

This bill modifies and ratifies 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 bill 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.

The Bureau of Reclamation must construct the Hualapai Water Project. The project must be designed to divert, treat, and convey at least 3,414 acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River for municipal, commercial, and industrial uses on the Hualapai Reservation.

The bill provides for land to be added to the reservation and taken 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 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 2019 Display Title Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced 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 House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2459ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2459ih.xml 2019-06-26 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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.