[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5081-S5082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2869. Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in subtitle H of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10_____. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE NAVAJO NATION 
                   WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND, THE 
                   TAOS PUEBLO WATER DEVELOPMENT FUND, AND THE 
                   AAMODT SETTLEMENT PUEBLOS' FUND.

       (a) Authorization of Payment of Adjusted Interest on the 
     Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund.--The 
     Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-
     11) is amended--
       (1) in section 10701(e)(1)(A)(vii), by striking ``10702.'' 
     and inserting ``10702, except for deposits made pursuant to 
     section 10702(g).''; and
       (2) in section 10702--
       (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``subsection (f)'' 
     and inserting ``subsections (f) and (g)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Adjusted Interest Payments.--In addition to amounts 
     made available under subsection (f), there is authorized to 
     be appropriated for deposit in the Trust Fund 
     $6,357,674.46.''.
       (b) Authorization of Payment of Adjusted Interest on the 
     Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund.--The Claims Resolution 
     Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-291) is amended by adding after 
     section 513 the following:

     ``SEC. 514. ADJUSTED INTEREST PAYMENTS.

       ``In addition to the amounts made available under section 
     509(c), there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Secretary for deposit into the Taos Pueblo Water Development 
     Fund established by section 505(a) $7,794,297.52.''.
       (c) Authorization of Payment of Adjusted Interest on the 
     Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund.--The Claims Resolution Act 
     of 2010 (Public Law 111-291) is amended by adding after 
     section 626 the following:

     ``SEC. 627. INTEREST PAYMENTS.

       ``(a) Adjusted Interest Payments.--In addition to amounts 
     made available under section 617, there is authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Secretary for deposit into the Aamodt 
     Settlement Pueblos' Fund established by section 615(a) 
     $4,314,709.18 for the Pueblos' share of the costs of 
     operating, maintaining, and replacing the Pueblo Water 
     Facilities and the Regional Water System, as set forth in 
     section 617(c)(1)(B).
       ``(b) Waiver of Payment.--To the extent monies are due or 
     payable to the United States attributable to interest earned 
     on amounts made available under section 617(c)(1)(A) prior to 
     September 15, 2017, the Secretary of the Treasury shall waive 
     payment of such monies.''.
       (d) Disclaimer.--
       (1) Section 509 of claims resolution act of 2010.--Nothing 
     in this Act shall be construed to affect the previous 
     satisfaction of

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     the conditions precedent in section 509(f)(2) of the Claims 
     Resolution Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-291) or to affect the 
     validity of the Secretarial finding published in the Federal 
     Register on October 7, 2016, pursuant to section 509(f)(1) of 
     the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-291) that 
     such conditions precedent were fully satisfied.
       (2) Section 623 of claims resolution act of 2010.--Nothing 
     in this Act shall be construed to affect the previous 
     satisfaction of the conditions precedent in section 623(a)(2) 
     of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-291) or 
     to affect the validity of the Secretarial finding published 
     in the Federal Register on September 15, 2017, pursuant to 
     section 623(a)(1) of the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 
     (Public Law 111-291) that such conditions precedent were 
     fully satisfied.
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