[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 208 (Monday, December 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6026-S6027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO THE SHOSHONE-PAIUTE TRIBES OF THE DUCK VALLEY 
            RESERVATION WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 2023

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 175, S. 950.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 950) to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 
     Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water 
     rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck 
     Valley Reservation, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs with an 
amendment as follows:
  (The part of the bill intended to be stricken is in boldfaced 
brackets and the part of the bill intended to be inserted is in 
italic.)

                                 S. 950

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Technical Correction to the 
     Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water 
     Rights Settlement Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT OF ADJUSTED INTEREST ON 
                   DEVELOPMENT FUND.

       Section 10807(b)(3) of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
     Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1409) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``There is'' and inserting the following:
       ``(A) In general.--There is''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       [``(B) Adjusted interest payments.--
       ``(i) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     to the Secretary for deposit into the Development Fund 
     $5,124,902.12.
       [``(ii) Cost indexing.--All amounts made available to carry 
     out clause (i) shall, on deposit into the Development Fund, 
     be adjusted to reflect changes since January 25,

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     2016, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
     West Urban 50,000 to 1,500,000 published by the Bureau of 
     Labor Statistics.]
       ``(B) Adjusted interest payments.--There is authorized to 
     be appropriated to the Secretary for deposit into the 
     Development Fund $5,124,902.12.''.

  Mr. SCHUMER. I further ask unanimous consent that the committee-
reported amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered 
read a third time and passed; and the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 950), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                 S. 950

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Technical Correction to the 
     Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water 
     Rights Settlement Act of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT OF ADJUSTED INTEREST ON 
                   DEVELOPMENT FUND.

       Section 10807(b)(3) of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
     Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1409) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``There is'' and inserting the following:
       ``(A) In general.--There is''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Adjusted interest payments.--There is authorized to 
     be appropriated to the Secretary for deposit into the 
     Development Fund $5,124,902.12.''.

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