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Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022

USA117th CongressS-4104| Senate 
| Updated: 1/5/2023
Kyrsten Sinema

Kyrsten Sinema

Independent Senator

Arizona

Cosponsors (1)
Mark Kelly (Democratic)

Indian Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022 This act authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement negotiated between the tribe, the United States, Arizona, and others, thus satisfying the tribe's claims for groundwater and surface water rights to water in Arizona, including the Verde River, the Bill Williams River, and the Colorado River. The act outlines the tribe's water rights, including the right to divert, use, and store 4,000 acre-feet of agricultural priority water of the Central Arizona Project that was previously allocated to nontribal agricultural entities, but retained by the Department of the Interior for reallocation to tribes in Arizona pursuant to the Central Arizona Project Settlement Act of 2004. Interior must reallocate this priority water to the tribe, firm through 2107 a specified amount of the water, and enter into a water delivery contract with the tribe. The act directs Interior to establish the Hualapai Water Trust Fund Account. Amounts deposited in the trust fund account shall be made available to the tribe for specified purposes, including to construct the Hualapai Water Project. The project must be designed to divert, treat, and convey up to 3,414 acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River for municipal, commercial, and industrial uses on the Hualapai Reservation. Additionally, the act establishes in the Treasury the Hualapai Water Settlement Implementation Fund Account. Amounts in this account must be used to carry out groundwater monitoring and an estimate for groundwater withdrawals in the Truxton Basin outside the boundaries of the tribe's reservation. The act adds certain land in Arizona to the tribe's reservation and also authorizes Interior to take specified land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. In the future, land located outside the reservation may only be taken into trust through an act of Congress. The act outlines (1) waivers, releases, and retentions of claims by the tribe and the United States under the settlement agreement; and (2) a limited waiver of sovereign immunity by the United States and the tribe with respect to certain claims. The act repeals the settlement agreement (except for provisions related to land added to the reservation and land taken into trust) if Interior does not publish by April 15, 2029, a statement of findings that specified conditions have been fulfilled (including that Interior has executed the required water delivery contract).

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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-1277
Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019
Apr 28, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Apr 28, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
May 12, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-7633
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 20, 2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-530.
Nov 16, 2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Dec 19, 2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with amendments. Without written report.
Dec 19, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.
Dec 19, 2022
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)
Dec 19, 2022
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)
Dec 19, 2022
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7292-7302)
Dec 19, 2022
The committee amendments withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S7302)
Dec 20, 2022
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2022
Received in the House.
Dec 21, 2022
Held at the desk.
Dec 21, 2022
Mrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 21, 2022
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9942-9952)
Dec 21, 2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4104.
Dec 21, 2022
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Dec 22, 2022
By Senator Schatz from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 117-287.
Dec 22, 2022
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10033-10034)
Dec 22, 2022
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 55 (Roll no. 542). (text: 12/21/2022 CR H9942-9952)
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Dec 22, 2022
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 28, 2022
Presented to President.
Jan 5, 2023
Signed by President.
Jan 5, 2023
Became Public Law No: 117-349.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-1277
    Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019


  • April 28, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 28, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.


  • May 12, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-7633
    Subcommittee Hearings Held.


  • July 20, 2022
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-530.


  • November 16, 2022
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.


  • December 19, 2022
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with amendments. Without written report.


  • December 19, 2022
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.


  • December 19, 2022
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)


  • December 19, 2022
    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)


  • December 19, 2022
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7292-7302)


  • December 19, 2022
    The committee amendments withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S7302)


  • December 20, 2022
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.


  • December 21, 2022
    Received in the House.


  • December 21, 2022
    Held at the desk.


  • December 21, 2022
    Mrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.


  • December 21, 2022
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9942-9952)


  • December 21, 2022
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4104.


  • December 21, 2022
    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.


  • December 22, 2022
    By Senator Schatz from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 117-287.


  • December 22, 2022
    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10033-10034)


  • December 22, 2022
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 55 (Roll no. 542). (text: 12/21/2022 CR H9942-9952)
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  • December 22, 2022
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • December 28, 2022
    Presented to President.


  • January 5, 2023
    Signed by President.


  • January 5, 2023
    Became Public Law No: 117-349.

Native Americans

Related Bills

  • HR 117-7633: Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022
  • HR 117-5118: Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act
ArizonaFederal-Indian relationsGovernment trust fundsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsInfrastructure developmentLakes and riversLand transfersWater use and supply

Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022

USA117th CongressS-4104| Senate 
| Updated: 1/5/2023
Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022 This act authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement negotiated between the tribe, the United States, Arizona, and others, thus satisfying the tribe's claims for groundwater and surface water rights to water in Arizona, including the Verde River, the Bill Williams River, and the Colorado River. The act outlines the tribe's water rights, including the right to divert, use, and store 4,000 acre-feet of agricultural priority water of the Central Arizona Project that was previously allocated to nontribal agricultural entities, but retained by the Department of the Interior for reallocation to tribes in Arizona pursuant to the Central Arizona Project Settlement Act of 2004. Interior must reallocate this priority water to the tribe, firm through 2107 a specified amount of the water, and enter into a water delivery contract with the tribe. The act directs Interior to establish the Hualapai Water Trust Fund Account. Amounts deposited in the trust fund account shall be made available to the tribe for specified purposes, including to construct the Hualapai Water Project. The project must be designed to divert, treat, and convey up to 3,414 acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River for municipal, commercial, and industrial uses on the Hualapai Reservation. Additionally, the act establishes in the Treasury the Hualapai Water Settlement Implementation Fund Account. Amounts in this account must be used to carry out groundwater monitoring and an estimate for groundwater withdrawals in the Truxton Basin outside the boundaries of the tribe's reservation. The act adds certain land in Arizona to the tribe's reservation and also authorizes Interior to take specified land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. In the future, land located outside the reservation may only be taken into trust through an act of Congress. The act outlines (1) waivers, releases, and retentions of claims by the tribe and the United States under the settlement agreement; and (2) a limited waiver of sovereign immunity by the United States and the tribe with respect to certain claims. The act repeals the settlement agreement (except for provisions related to land added to the reservation and land taken into trust) if Interior does not publish by April 15, 2029, a statement of findings that specified conditions have been fulfilled (including that Interior has executed the required water delivery contract).

Bill Text Versions

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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-1277
Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019
Apr 28, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Apr 28, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
May 12, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-7633
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 20, 2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-530.
Nov 16, 2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Dec 19, 2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with amendments. Without written report.
Dec 19, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.
Dec 19, 2022
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)
Dec 19, 2022
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)
Dec 19, 2022
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7292-7302)
Dec 19, 2022
The committee amendments withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S7302)
Dec 20, 2022
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2022
Received in the House.
Dec 21, 2022
Held at the desk.
Dec 21, 2022
Mrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 21, 2022
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9942-9952)
Dec 21, 2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4104.
Dec 21, 2022
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Dec 22, 2022
By Senator Schatz from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 117-287.
Dec 22, 2022
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10033-10034)
Dec 22, 2022
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 55 (Roll no. 542). (text: 12/21/2022 CR H9942-9952)
View Vote
Dec 22, 2022
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 28, 2022
Presented to President.
Jan 5, 2023
Signed by President.
Jan 5, 2023
Became Public Law No: 117-349.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-1277
    Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019


  • April 28, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 28, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.


  • May 12, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-7633
    Subcommittee Hearings Held.


  • July 20, 2022
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-530.


  • November 16, 2022
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.


  • December 19, 2022
    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with amendments. Without written report.


  • December 19, 2022
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.


  • December 19, 2022
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)


  • December 19, 2022
    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)


  • December 19, 2022
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7292-7302)


  • December 19, 2022
    The committee amendments withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S7302)


  • December 20, 2022
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.


  • December 21, 2022
    Received in the House.


  • December 21, 2022
    Held at the desk.


  • December 21, 2022
    Mrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.


  • December 21, 2022
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9942-9952)


  • December 21, 2022
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4104.


  • December 21, 2022
    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.


  • December 22, 2022
    By Senator Schatz from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 117-287.


  • December 22, 2022
    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10033-10034)


  • December 22, 2022
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 55 (Roll no. 542). (text: 12/21/2022 CR H9942-9952)
    View Vote


  • December 22, 2022
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • December 28, 2022
    Presented to President.


  • January 5, 2023
    Signed by President.


  • January 5, 2023
    Became Public Law No: 117-349.
Kyrsten Sinema

Kyrsten Sinema

Independent Senator

Arizona

Cosponsors (1)
Mark Kelly (Democratic)

Indian Affairs Committee

Native Americans

Related Bills

  • HR 117-7633: Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022
  • HR 117-5118: Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
ArizonaFederal-Indian relationsGovernment trust fundsIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsInfrastructure developmentLakes and riversLand transfersWater use and supply