[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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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