Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6205 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6205 To amend the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to facilitate implementation of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2025 Ms. Leger Fernandez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to facilitate implementation of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. Section 503 of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 111-291; 124 Stat. 3122) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration Local Government Division on behalf of''; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), and (12) as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), (12), (13), and (14), respectively; (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: ``(3) Mitigation well system.--The term `Mitigation Well System' means a system of wells, pipelines, and treatment infrastructure to provide a method for offsetting surface water depletion effects to the stream segments identified in Article 7.3.3.1.9 of the Settlement Agreement.''; and (4) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so redesignated) the following: ``(9) Pueblo trust funds.--The term `Pueblo Trust Funds' means-- ``(A) the Taos P