US Congress Senate Bill 1207 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-09-09 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ratifies and modifies the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement negotiated between the Navajo Nation, the United States, and Utah. The agreement gives the Navajo Nation the right to use water from sources located within Utah and adjacent to or encompassed within the boundaries of the Navajo Reservation resulting in depletions not to exceed a specified amount annually. The Navajo water rights shall be held in trust by the United States for the use and benefit of Navajo Nation and shall not be subject to forfeiture or abandonment. The Navajo Nation shall have authority to allocate, distribute, and lease the water rights for any use on or off its reservation in accordance with the agreement. The Department of the Interior shall establish and manage the Navajo Utah Settlement Trust Fund, with amounts available for withdrawal by the Navajo Nation for planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and replacing Navajo water development projects. The bill also specifies waivers and releases that must be executed in order for the settlement to be binding and effective.

Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019

Sen. Mitt Romney [R-UT]

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]

Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-09	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182.
2019-09-09	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 116-79.
2019-05-15	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2019-04-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

HB644 (Related) 2020-12-18 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 557.
HB2 (Related) 2020-07-20 - Received in the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1207/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1207/BILLS-116s1207is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1207/BILLS-116s1207rs.pdf