Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2025 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2025 To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2025 Mr. Ciscomani (for himself, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Crane, and Mr. Schweikert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purposes. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Ratification and execution of the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement. Sec. 5. Water Rights. Sec. 6. Allocation and assignment of Arizona Colorado River Water to the Tribes; water use; storage; water delivery contracts. Sec. 7. Colorado River Water leases and exchanges; Uses. Sec. 8. iina ba - paa tuwaqat'si pipeline. Sec. 9. iina ba - paa tuwaqat'si pipeline Implementation Fund Account. Sec. 10. Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund. Sec. 11. Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund. Sec. 12. San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund. Sec. 13. Funding. Sec. 14. Waivers, releases, and retention of claims. Sec. 15. Satisfaction of Water Rights and oth