This bill, titled the Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025, aims to comprehensively resolve all water rights claims for the Yavapai-Apache Nation in Arizona, encompassing the Verde River Watershed and the Colorado River. It formally ratifies and confirms the Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Agreement, dated June 26, 2024, directing the Secretary of the Interior to execute and fulfill the obligations outlined in the agreement and this Act. The legislation confirms and declares the Nation's water rights as valid, to be held in trust by the United States, and protects them from loss through non-use, forfeiture, or abandonment. While generally restricting off-reservation use, it allows for the sale, lease, or exchange of certain water, such as Effluent and YAN CAP Water, under specific conditions. The bill also provides for the United States to take into trust additional water rights appurtenant to newly acquired or transferred lands for the Nation's benefit. A central provision is the authorization for the Secretary to plan, design, and construct the **Tu nl[[nichoh Water Infrastructure Project**. This project comprises the **Cragin-Verde Pipeline Project**, designed to deliver water from the C.C. Cragin Dam and Reservoir to the Nation and other beneficiaries in Yavapai County, and the **YAN Drinking Water System Project**, which will treat and distribute this water within the Yavapai-Apache Reservation. Title to the Cragin-Verde Pipeline will remain with the U.S., while the YAN Drinking Water System will be transferred to the Nation upon substantial completion. To fund these initiatives, the bill establishes two primary financial mechanisms: the **Tu nl[[nichoh Water Infrastructure Project Fund** and the **Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund**. The Project Fund receives significant appropriations for the construction of the pipeline and drinking water system, with provisions for cost adjustments due to market fluctuations. The Trust Fund, managed by the Secretary, is allocated funds across several accounts for purposes such as settlement implementation, water projects, wastewater projects, operation and maintenance (OM&R), and watershed rehabilitation and restoration. The Act mandates mutual waivers and releases of water rights claims. The Yavapai-Apache Nation and the United States, acting as trustee, waive past, present, and future claims against the State and other entities, as well as against the United States itself, related to water rights and injuries to those rights. However, specific claims are retained, including the right to enforce the agreement, challenge certain new off-reservation diversions, and assert claims for water rights acquired before the enforceability date. The settlement's enforceability is contingent upon several conditions, including the revision and execution of the agreement, the execution of all waivers, and the deposit of all mandated funds into the Project and Trust Funds. Other conditions include conditional approvals from the Arizona Department of Water Resources, court approval of the YAN Judgment, and a final record of decision for the infrastructure project. If these conditions are not met by June 30, 2035, the Act will be repealed, with the exception of provisions related to land taken into trust. Additionally, the bill directs the Secretary to transfer specific land parcels into trust for the Yavapai-Apache Nation, expanding the Reservation. It clarifies that the Nation's Central Arizona Project (CAP) Water entitlements are for permanent service, and associated CAP construction costs are non-reimbursable. The Nation is also granted the right to lease or exchange its CAP Water, with all proceeds belonging to the Nation, and without permanent alienation of the water itself.