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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1482
5	5	To amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make
6	6	improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY21, 2025
9	9	Ms. L
10	10	EGERFERNANDEZ(for herself and Ms. STANSBURY) introduced the
11	11	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water
14	14	Projects Act to make improvements to that Act, and
15	15	for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Navajo-Gallup Water 4
20	20	Supply Project Amendments Act of 2025’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
22	22	Section 10302 of the Northwestern New Mexico 7
23	23	Rural Water Projects Act (43 U.S.C. 407 note; Public 8
24	24	Law 111–11) is amended— 9
25	25	(1) by striking paragraph (29); 10
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29	29	(2) by redesignating paragraphs (12), (13), 1
30	30	(14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), 2
31	31	(23), (24), (25), (26), (27), (28), and (30) as para-3
32	32	graphs (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), 4
33	33	(21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (27), (28), (30), (31), 5
34	34	and (32), respectively; 6
35	35	(3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol-7
36	36	lowing: 8
37	37	‘‘(12) D
38	38	EFERRED CONSTRUCTION FUND .—The 9
39	39	term ‘Deferred Construction Fund’ means the Nav-10
40	40	ajo Nation’s Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project 11
41	41	Deferred Construction Fund established by section 12
42	42	10602(i)(1)(A).’’; 13
43	43	(4) in paragraph (14) (as so redesignated)— 14
44	44	(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 15
45	45	‘‘D
46	46	RAFT’’ and inserting ‘‘FINAL ENVIRON-16
47	47	MENTAL’’; 17
48	48	(B) by striking ‘‘Draft Impact’’ and insert-18
49	49	ing ‘‘Final Environmental’’; 19
50	50	(C) by striking ‘‘draft environmental’’ and 20
51	51	inserting ‘‘final environmental’’; and 21
52	52	(D) by striking ‘‘March 2007’’ and insert-22
53	53	ing ‘‘July 6, 2009’’; 23
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57	57	(5) in paragraph (19) (as so redesignated), by 1
58	58	striking ‘‘Draft’’ and inserting ‘‘Final Environ-2
59	59	mental’’; 3
60	60	(6) by inserting after paragraph (25) (as so re-4
61	61	designated) the following: 5
62	62	‘‘(26) P
63	63	ROJECT SERVICE AREA .—The term 6
64	64	‘Project Service Area’ means the area that encom-7
65	65	passes the 43 Nation chapters, the southwest por-8
66	66	tion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation, and the 9
67	67	City that is identified to be served by the Project, 10
68	68	as illustrated in figure IV–5 (Drawing No. 1695– 11
69	69	406–49) of the Final Environmental Impact State-12
70	70	ment.’’; 13
71	71	(7) by inserting after paragraph (28) (as so re-14
72	72	designated) the following: 15
73	73	‘‘(29) S
74	74	ETTLEMENT TRUST FUNDS .—The term 16
75	75	‘Settlement Trust Funds’ means— 17
76	76	‘‘(A) the Navajo Nation Water Resources 18
77	77	Development Trust Fund established by sub-19
78	78	section (a)(1) of section 10702; 20
79	79	‘‘(B) the Navajo Nation Operations, Main-21
80	80	tenance, and Replacement Trust Fund estab-22
81	81	lished under subsection (b)(1) of that section; 23
82	82	and 24
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86	86	‘‘(C) the Jicarilla Apache Nation Oper-1
87	87	ations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust 2
88	88	Fund established under subsection (c)(2) of 3
89	89	that section.’’; and 4
90	90	(8) by adding at the end the following: 5
91	91	‘‘(33) W
92	92	ORKING COST ESTIMATE .—The term 6
93	93	‘Working Cost Estimate’ means the Bureau of Rec-7
94	94	lamation document entitled ‘NGWSP October 2022 8
95	95	WCE’ and dated February 26, 2023, that details the 9
96	96	costs totaling $2,138,387,000, at the October 2022 10
97	97	price level, of the Project, as configured on that 11
98	98	date.’’. 12
99	99	SEC. 3. NAVAJO-GALLUP WATER SUPPLY PROJECT. 13
100	100	(a) A
101	101	UTHORIZATION OF NAVAJO-GALLUPWATER 14
102	102	S
103	103	UPPLYPROJECT.—Section 10602 of the Northwestern 15
104	104	New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 111– 16
105	105	11; 123 Stat. 1379) is amended— 17
106	106	(1) in subsection (a)— 18
107	107	(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 19
108	108	‘‘I
109	109	NGENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘AUTHORIZA-20
110	110	TION’’; 21
111	111	(B) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-22
112	112	serting the following: 23
113	113	‘‘(1) I
114	114	N GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 24
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118	118	(C) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by 1
119	119	striking ‘‘Draft Impact Statement’’ and insert-2
120	120	ing ‘‘Final Environmental Impact Statement, as 3
121	121	further refined in, and including the facilities 4
122	122	identified in, the Working Cost Estimate and 5
123	123	any subsequent supplemental documents pre-6
124	124	pared in accordance with the National Environ-7
125	125	mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 8
126	126	seq.).’’; and 9
127	127	(D) by adding at the end the following: 10
128	128	‘‘(2) A
129	129	DDITIONAL SERVICE AREAS .— 11
130	130	‘‘(A) F
131	131	INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 12
132	132	‘‘(i) expanding the Project Service 13
133	133	Area would create opportunities to increase 14
134	134	service for additional Nation Tribal mem-15
135	135	bers and would not increase the cost of the 16
136	136	Project beyond authorization levels de-17
137	137	scribed in section 10609(a); and 18
138	138	‘‘(ii) the unit operations and mainte-19
139	139	nance costs of the Project would be re-20
140	140	duced by adding more customers to the 21
141	141	Project. 22
142	142	‘‘(B) A
143	143	UTHORIZATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL 23
144	144	PROJECT SERVICE AREAS .— 24
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148	148	‘‘(i) NEW MEXICO.—In addition to de-1
149	149	livering water supply from the Project to 2
150	150	the Nation communities in the San Juan 3
151	151	River Basin, the Nation may expand the 4
152	152	Project Service Area in order to deliver 5
153	153	water supply from the Project to commu-6
154	154	nities of the Nation within the Rio San 7
155	155	Jose Basin, New Mexico. 8
156	156	‘‘(ii) A
157	157	RIZONA.—In addition to deliv-9
158	158	ering water supply from the Project to the 10
159	159	Nation communities of Fort Defiance and 11
160	160	Window Rock, Arizona, and subject to sec-12
161	161	tion 10603(c)(1), the Nation may expand 13
162	162	the Project Service Area in order to deliver 14
163	163	water supply from the Project to the Na-15
164	164	tion community of Lupton, Arizona, within 16
165	165	the Little Colorado River Basin, Arizona.’’; 17
166	166	(2) in subsection (b)— 18
167	167	(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 19
168	168	(1)— 20
169	169	(i) by inserting ‘‘acquire,’’ before 21
170	170	‘‘construct,’’; and 22
171	171	(ii) by striking ‘‘Draft Impact State-23
172	172	ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Final Environmental 24
173	173	Impact Statement, as further refined in, 25
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177	177	and including the facilities identified in, 1
178	178	the Working Cost Estimate and any subse-2
179	179	quent supplemental documents prepared in 3
180	180	accordance with the National Environ-4
181	181	mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 5
182	182	4321 et seq.)’’; 6
183	183	(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-7
184	184	ing the following: 8
185	185	‘‘(1) The water conveyance and storage facili-9
186	186	ties associated with the San Juan Generating Sta-10
187	187	tion (the coal-fired, 4-unit electric power plant and 11
188	188	ancillary features located by the San Juan Mine 12
189	189	near Waterflow, New Mexico), including the diver-13
190	190	sion dam, the intake structure, the river pumping 14
191	191	plant, the pipeline from the river to the reservoir, 15
192	192	the dam and associated reservoir, and any associated 16
193	193	land, or interest in land, or ancillary features.’’; 17
194	194	(C) in paragraph (2)(A)— 18
195	195	(i) by striking ‘‘River near Kirtland, 19
196	196	New Mexico,’’ and inserting ‘‘Generating 20
197	197	Station Reservoir’’; and 21
198	198	(ii) by inserting ‘‘generally’’ before 22
199	199	‘‘follows United States Highway 491’’; 23
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203	203	(D) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting 1
204	204	‘‘generally’’ before ‘‘follows United States High-2
205	205	way 550’’; and 3
206	206	(E) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘(in-4
207	207	cluding any reservoir facility)’’ after ‘‘treatment 5
208	208	facility’’; 6
209	209	(3) in subsection (c)— 7
210	210	(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 8
211	211	‘‘
212	212	ANDFACILITIES’’ after ‘‘LAND’’; 9
213	213	(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any 10
214	214	land or interest in land that is’’ and inserting 11
215	215	‘‘any land or facilities, or interest in land or fa-12
216	216	cilities, that are’’; and 13
217	217	(C) by adding at the end the following: 14
218	218	‘‘(4) L
219	219	AND TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST .— 15
220	220	‘‘(A) I
221	221	N GENERAL.—On satisfaction of the 16
222	222	conditions described in paragraph (7) of the 17
223	223	Agreement and after the requirements of sec-18
224	224	tions 10701(e) and 10703 are met, the Sec-19
225	225	retary shall take legal title to the following land 20
226	226	and, subject to subparagraph (D), hold that 21
227	227	land in trust for the benefit of the Nation: 22
228	228	‘‘(i) Fee land of the Nation, includ-23
229	229	ing— 24
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233	233	‘‘(I) the parcels of land on which 1
234	234	the Tohlakai Pumping Plant, Reach 2
235	235	12A and Reach 12B, are located, in-3
236	236	cluding, in McKinley County, New 4
237	237	Mexico— 5
238	238	‘‘(aa) sec. 5, T. 16 N., R. 18 6
239	239	W., New Mexico Prime Meridian; 7
240	240	and 8
241	241	‘‘(bb) sec. 33, T. 17 N., R. 9
242	242	17 W., New Mexico Prime Merid-10
243	243	ian (except lot 9 and the NW
244	244	1
245	245	⁄4 11
246	246	of lot 4); 12
247	247	‘‘(II) the parcel of land on which 13
248	248	Reach 12.1 is located, including— 14
249	249	‘‘(aa) NW
250	250	1
251	251	⁄4and SW
252	252	1
253	253	⁄4sec. 15
254	254	5, T. 16 N., R. 18 W.; 16
255	255	‘‘(bb) N
256	256	1
257	257	⁄2sec. 11, T. 16 N., 17
258	258	R. 19 W.; and 18
259	259	‘‘(cc) sec. 12, T. 16 N., R. 19
260	260	20 W.; and 20
261	261	‘‘(III) the parcel of land on which 21
262	262	Reach 12.2 is located, including 22
263	263	NW
264	264	1
265	265	⁄4. sec. 2, T. 16 N., R. 21 W. 23
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269	269	‘‘(ii) Public domain land managed by 1
270	270	the Bureau of Land Management, includ-2
271	271	ing— 3
272	272	‘‘(I) the parcel of land on which 4
273	273	the Cutter Lateral Water Treatment 5
274	274	Plant is located, including S
275	275	1
276	276	⁄2sec. 9, 6
277	277	T. 25 N., R. 9 W., New Mexico Prime 7
278	278	Meridian; and 8
279	279	‘‘(II) the parcel of land on which 9
280	280	the Navajo Agricultural Products In-10
281	281	dustry turnout is located, including 11
282	282	NW
283	283	1
284	284	⁄4and NE
285	285	1
286	286	⁄4sec. 34, T. 26 N., 12
287	287	R. 9 W., New Mexico Prime Meridian. 13
288	288	‘‘(iii) The land underlying the San 14
289	289	Juan Generating Station (the coal-fired, 4- 15
290	290	unit electric power plant and ancillary fea-16
291	291	tures located by the San Juan Mine near 17
292	292	Waterflow, New Mexico) acquired by the 18
293	293	United States, as described in subsection 19
294	294	(b)(1). 20
295	295	‘‘(B) P
296	296	ART OF NAVAJO NATION .—The land 21
297	297	taken into trust under subparagraph (A) shall 22
298	298	be part of the Navajo Reservation and adminis-23
299	299	tered in accordance with the laws and regula-24
300	300	tions generally applicable to land held in trust 25
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304	304	by the United States for the benefit of an In-1
305	305	dian Tribe. 2
306	306	‘‘(C) R
307	307	ESTRICTIONS.— 3
308	308	‘‘(i) F
309	309	EE LAND OF THE NATION .—The 4
310	310	fee land of the Nation taken into trust 5
311	311	under subparagraph (A)(i) shall be subject 6
312	312	to valid existing rights, contracts, and 7
313	313	management agreements, including ease-8
314	314	ments and rights-of-way, unless the holder 9
315	315	of the right, contract, lease, permit, or 10
316	316	right-of-way requests an earlier termi-11
317	317	nation in accordance with existing law. 12
318	318	‘‘(ii) P
319	319	UBLIC DOMAIN LAND.— 13
320	320	‘‘(I) I
321	321	N GENERAL.—The public 14
322	322	domain land managed by the Bureau 15
323	323	of Land Management taken into trust 16
324	324	under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be 17
325	325	subject to valid existing rights, con-18
326	326	tracts, leases, permits, and rights-of- 19
327	327	way, unless the holder of the right, 20
328	328	contract, lease, permit, or right-of-way 21
329	329	requests an earlier termination in ac-22
330	330	cordance with existing law. 23
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335	335	FITS AND OBLIGATIONS.—The Bureau 2
336	336	of Indian Affairs shall— 3
337	337	‘‘(aa) assume all benefits 4
338	338	and obligations of the previous 5
339	339	land management agency under 6
340	340	the existing rights, contracts, 7
341	341	leases, permits, or rights-of-way 8
342	342	described in subclause (I); and 9
343	343	‘‘(bb) disburse to the Nation 10
344	344	any amounts that accrue to the 11
345	345	United States from those rights, 12
346	346	contracts, leases, permits, or 13
347	347	rights-of-ways after the date on 14
348	348	which the land described in 15
349	349	clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) is 16
350	350	taken into trust for the benefit of 17
351	351	the Nation from any sale, bonus, 18
352	352	royalty, or rental relating to that 19
353	353	land in the same manner as 20
354	354	amounts received from other land 21
355	355	held by the Secretary in trust for 22
356	356	the Nation. 23
357	357	‘‘(iii) L
358	358	AND UNDERLYING THE SAN 24
359	359	JUAN GENERATING STATION .— 25
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363	363	‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The land un-1
364	364	derlying the San Juan Generating 2
365	365	Station (the coal-fired, 4-unit electric 3
366	366	power plant and ancillary features lo-4
367	367	cated by the San Juan Mine near Wa-5
368	368	terflow, New Mexico) taken into trust 6
369	369	under subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be 7
370	370	subject to a perpetual easement on 8
371	371	and over all of the land underlying the 9
372	372	San Juan Generating Station reserved 10
373	373	to the United States for use by the 11
374	374	Bureau of Reclamation and its con-12
375	375	tractors and assigns— 13
376	376	‘‘(aa) for ingress and egress; 14
377	377	‘‘(bb) to continue construc-15
378	378	tion of the Project; and 16
379	379	‘‘(cc) for operation and 17
380	380	maintenance of Project facilities 18
381	381	located on that land. 19
382	382	‘‘(II) R
383	383	ESERVED PERPETUAL 20
384	384	EASEMENT.—The reserved perpetual 21
385	385	easement described in subclause (I) 22
386	386	shall remain vested in the United 23
387	387	States unless title to the Project fa-24
388	388	cilities and appropriate interests in 25
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392	392	land are conveyed pursuant to sub-1
393	393	section (f). 2
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396	396	CILITIES.—The United States shall 4
397	397	retain ownership of the San Juan 5
398	398	Generating Station (the coal-fired, 4- 6
399	399	unit electric power plant and ancillary 7
400	400	features located by the San Juan 8
401	401	Mine near Waterflow, New Mexico) 9
402	402	water conveyance and storage facili-10
403	403	ties when the underlying land is taken 11
404	404	into trust under subparagraph (A)(iii) 12
405	405	and title to those facilities shall re-13
406	406	main vested in the United States un-14
407	407	less title to those facilities are con-15
408	408	veyed pursuant to subsection (f). 16
409	409	‘‘(D) S
410	410	AVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this 17
411	411	paragraph affects any— 18
412	412	‘‘(i) water right of the Nation in exist-19
413	413	ence on the day before the date of enact-20
414	414	ment of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply 21
415	415	Project Amendments Act of 2025; and 22
416	416	‘‘(ii) right or claim of the Nation to 23
417	417	any land or interest in land in existence on 24
418	418	the day before the date of enactment of the 25
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422	422	Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project 1
423	423	Amendments Act of 2025.’’; 2
424	424	(4) in subsection (d)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘Draft’’ 3
425	425	and inserting ‘‘Final Environmental’’; 4
426	426	(5) in subsection (e)— 5
427	427	(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-6
428	428	serting the following: 7
429	429	‘‘(1) I
430	430	N GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 8
431	431	(B) by adding at the end the following: 9
432	432	‘‘(2) R
433	433	ENEWABLE ENERGY AND HYDRO -10
434	434	ELECTRIC POWER.— 11
435	435	‘‘(A) R
436	436	ENEWABLE ENERGY .—For any por-12
437	437	tion of the Project that does not have access to 13
438	438	Colorado River Storage Project power, the Sec-14
439	439	retary may use not more than $6,250,000 of 15
440	440	the amounts made available under section 16
441	441	10609(a)(1) to develop renewable energy. 17
442	442	‘‘(B) H
443	443	YDROELECTRIC POWER .—Notwith-18
444	444	standing whether a Project facility has access 19
445	445	to Colorado River Storage Project power, the 20
446	446	Secretary may use not more than $1,250,000 of 21
447	447	the $6,250,000 authorized to be used to develop 22
448	448	renewable energy under subparagraph (A) to 23
449	449	develop hydroelectric power for any Project fa-24
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453	453	cility that can use hydraulic head to produce 1
454	454	electricity.’’; 2
455	455	(6) in subsection (h)(1), in the matter pre-3
456	456	ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, store,’’ 4
457	457	after ‘‘treat’’; and 5
458	458	(7) by adding at the end the following: 6
459	459	‘‘(i) D
460	460	EFERREDCONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTFA-7
461	461	CILITIES.— 8
462	462	‘‘(1) D
463	463	EFERRED CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT 9
464	464	FACILITIES.—On mutual agreement between the Na-10
465	465	tion and the Secretary, and the Jicarilla Apache Na-11
466	466	tion if the deferred Project facilities benefit the 12
467	467	Jicarilla Apache Nation, construction of selected 13
468	468	Project facilities may be deferred to save operation 14
469	469	and maintenance expenses associated with that con-15
470	470	struction. 16
471	471	‘‘(2) D
472	472	EFERRED CONSTRUCTION FUND .— 17
473	473	‘‘(A) E
474	474	STABLISHMENT.—There is estab-18
475	475	lished in the Treasury a fund, to be known as 19
476	476	the ‘Navajo Nation’s Navajo-Gallup Water Sup-20
477	477	ply Project Deferred Construction Fund’, to 21
478	478	consist of— 22
479	479	‘‘(i) amounts that correspond to por-23
480	480	tions of the Project that have been de-24
481	481	ferred under paragraph (1); and 25
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485	485	‘‘(ii) any interest or other gains on 1
486	486	amounts referred to in clause (i). 2
487	487	‘‘(B) U
488	488	SE OF THE DEFERRED CONSTRUC -3
489	489	TION FUND.—The Nation may use amounts in 4
490	490	the Deferred Construction Fund— 5
491	491	‘‘(i) to construct Project facilities that 6
492	492	have been deferred under paragraph (1); 7
493	493	or 8
494	494	‘‘(ii) to construct alternate facilities 9
495	495	agreed on under subparagraph (C). 10
496	496	‘‘(C) A
497	497	LTERNATE FACILITIES CONSISTENT 11
498	498	WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT .—On 12
499	499	agreement between the Nation and the Sec-13
500	500	retary, and the Jicarilla Apache Nation if the 14
501	501	deferred Project facilities benefit the Jicarilla 15
502	502	Apache Nation, and in compliance with all ap-16
503	503	plicable environmental and cultural resource 17
504	504	protection laws, facilities other than those pre-18
505	505	viously agreed to be deferred under paragraph 19
506	506	(1) may be constructed if those alternate facili-20
507	507	ties are consistent with the purposes of the 21
508	508	Project described in section 10601. 22
509	509	‘‘(3) A
510	510	MOUNTS TO BE DEPOSITED .—Funds allo-23
511	511	cated from the amounts made available under sec-24
512	512	tion 10609(a)(1) to build facilities referred to in 25
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515	515	•HR 1482 IH
516	516	paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the Deferred 1
517	517	Construction Fund. 2
518	518	‘‘(4) A
519	519	DJUSTMENTS.—On deposit of amounts 3
520	520	into the Deferred Construction Fund under para-4
521	521	graph (3), the adjustments to authorized appropria-5
522	522	tions under section 10609(a)(2) shall no longer 6
523	523	apply to those amounts. 7
524	524	‘‘(5) D
525	525	EADLINE TO CONSTRUCT PROJECT FA -8
526	526	CILITIES.—On deposit of all amounts into the De-9
527	527	ferred Construction Fund for construction of Project 10
528	528	facilities agreed on under paragraph (1), the Sec-11
529	529	retary shall be deemed to have met the obligation 12
530	530	under section 10701(e)(1)(A)(ix). 13
531	531	‘‘(6) F
532	532	UTURE CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT FA -14
533	533	CILITIES.—On agreement between the Nation and 15
534	534	the Secretary, and the Jicarilla Apache Nation if the 16
535	535	deferred Project facilities benefit the Jicarilla 17
536	536	Apache Nation, the Nation shall use amounts depos-18
537	537	ited into the Deferred Construction Fund to con-19
538	538	struct— 20
539	539	‘‘(A) Project facilities deferred under para-21
540	540	graph (1); or 22
541	541	‘‘(B) alternate Project facilities described 23
542	542	in paragraph (2)(C).’’. 24
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545	545	•HR 1482 IH
546	546	(b) DELIVERY ANDUSE OFNAVAJO-GALLUPWATER 1
547	547	S
548	548	UPPLYPROJECTWATER.—Section 10603 of the North-2
549	549	western New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (Public 3
550	550	Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1382) is amended— 4
551	551	(1) in subsection (a)(3)(B)— 5
552	552	(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or, if gen-6
553	553	erated on City-owned facilities, by the City’’ 7
554	554	after ‘‘the Nation’’; and 8
555	555	(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, except 9
556	556	that the City shall retain all revenue from the 10
557	557	sale of hydroelectric power that is generated on 11
558	558	City-owned facilities’’ after ‘‘hydroelectric 12
559	559	power’’; and 13
560	560	(2) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘, except as 14
561	561	provided in section 10604(f)’’. 15
562	562	(c) P
563	563	ROJECTCONTRACTS.—Section 10604 of the 16
564	564	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 17
565	565	(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1388) is amended— 18
566	566	(1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘Subject to 19
567	567	subsection (f), the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 20
568	568	(2) in subsection (b)(3)— 21
569	569	(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-22
570	570	paragraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs 23
571	571	(B) and (C)’’; 24
572	572	(B) in subparagraph (B)— 25
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576	576	(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 1
577	577	striking ‘‘M
578	578	INIMUM PERCENTAGE ’’ and in-2
579	579	serting ‘‘M
580	580	AXIMUM PERCENTAGE ’’; 3
581	581	(ii) by striking ‘‘at least 25 percent’’ 4
582	582	and inserting ‘‘not more than 25 percent’’; 5
583	583	and 6
584	584	(iii) by striking ‘‘, but shall in no 7
585	585	event exceed 35 percent’’; and 8
586	586	(C) by adding at the end the following: 9
587	587	‘‘(C) M
588	588	AXIMUM REPAYMENT OBLIGA -10
589	589	TION.—The repayment obligation of the City 11
590	590	referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall 12
591	591	not exceed $76,000,000.’’; 13
592	592	(3) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘sub-14
593	593	section (f) and’’ before ‘‘section 10603(g)’’; 15
594	594	(4) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘Draft’’ 16
595	595	and inserting ‘‘Final Environmental’’; 17
596	596	(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Draft’’ and 18
597	597	inserting ‘‘Final Environmental’’; 19
598	598	(6) by striking subsection (f); and 20
599	599	(7) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-21
600	600	section (f). 22
601	601	(d) A
602	602	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 23
603	603	10609 of the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water 24
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606	606	•HR 1482 IH
607	607	Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1395; 129 1
608	608	Stat. 528) is amended— 2
609	609	(1) in subsection (a)— 3
610	610	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking 4
611	611	‘‘$870,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 5
612	612	2009 through 2024’’ and inserting 6
613	613	‘‘$2,175,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 7
614	614	2009 through 2029’’; 8
615	615	(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-9
616	616	ing the following: 10
617	617	‘‘(2) A
618	618	DJUSTMENTS.— 11
619	619	‘‘(A) I
620	620	N GENERAL.—The amount under 12
621	621	paragraph (1) shall be adjusted by such 13
622	622	amounts as may be required— 14
623	623	‘‘(i) by reason of changes since Octo-15
624	624	ber 2022 in construction cost changes in 16
625	625	applicable regulatory standards, as indi-17
626	626	cated by engineering cost indices applicable 18
627	627	to the types of construction involved; and 19
628	628	‘‘(ii) to address construction cost 20
629	629	changes necessary to account for unfore-21
630	630	seen market volatility that may not other-22
631	631	wise be captured by engineering cost indi-23
632	632	ces described in clause (i), as determined 24
633	633	by the Secretary, including repricing appli-25
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636	636	•HR 1482 IH
637	637	cable to the types of construction and cur-1
638	638	rent industry standards involved. 2
639	639	‘‘(B) D
640	640	EFERRED CONSTRUCTION FUND .— 3
641	641	Amounts deposited in the Deferred Construc-4
642	642	tion Fund shall not be adjusted pursuant to 5
643	643	this paragraph.’’; and 6
644	644	(C) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘10 7
645	645	years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 years’’; and 8
646	646	(2) in subsection (b)— 9
647	647	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking 10
648	648	‘‘$30,000,000, as adjusted under paragraph 11
649	649	(3), for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 12
650	650	2019’’ and inserting ‘‘$37,500,000, as adjusted 13
651	651	under paragraph (3), for the period of fiscal 14
652	652	years 2009 through 2032’’; 15
653	653	(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2024’’ 16
654	654	and inserting ‘‘2032’’; and 17
655	655	(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘The 18
656	656	amount under paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 19
657	657	‘‘The amount under paragraphs (1) and (2)’’. 20
658	658	(e) T
659	659	AXATION OFCONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND 21
660	660	M
661	661	AINTENANCE OFPROJECTFACILITIES.— 22
662	662	(1) I
663	663	N GENERAL.—Part III of the North-23
664	664	western New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 24
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668	668	(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1379) is amended by 1
669	669	adding at the end the following: 2
670	670	‘‘SEC. 10610. TAXATION OF CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, 3
671	671	AND MAINTENANCE OF PROJECT FACILITIES. 4
672	672	‘‘(a) N
673	673	ATIONLAND.—Any activity constituting the 5
674	674	construction, operation, or maintenance of Project facili-6
675	675	ties— 7
676	676	‘‘(1) shall, if the activity takes place on land 8
677	677	that is held in trust by the United States for the 9
678	678	benefit of the Nation, be subject to taxation by the 10
679	679	Nation; and 11
680	680	‘‘(2) shall not be subject to any fee, tax, assess-12
681	681	ment, levy, or other charge imposed by any State or 13
682	682	political subdivision of a State. 14
683	683	‘‘(b) O
684	684	THERLAND.—Any activity constituting the 15
685	685	construction, operation, or maintenance of Project facili-16
686	686	ties— 17
687	687	‘‘(1) shall, if the activity takes place on land 18
688	688	other than the land described in subsection (a)(1), 19
689	689	be subject to taxation by the State in which the land 20
690	690	is located, or by a political subdivision of that State 21
691	691	to the extent authorized by the laws of that State; 22
692	692	and 23
693	693	‘‘(2) shall not be subject to any fee, tax, assess-24
694	694	ment, levy, or other charge imposed by the Nation.’’. 25
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698	698	(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-1
699	699	tents in section 1(b) of the Omnibus Public Land 2
700	700	Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 3
701	701	Stat. 991) is amended by inserting after the item re-4
702	702	lating to section 10609 the following: 5
703	703	‘‘Sec. 10610. Taxation of construction, operation, and maintenance of Project
704	704	facilities.’’.
705	705	SEC. 4. NAVAJO NATION WATER RIGHTS.
706	706	6
707	707	(a) A
708	708	GREEMENT.—Section 10701(e) of the North-7
709	709	western New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (Public 8
710	710	Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1400; 129 Stat. 528) is amend-9
711	711	ed— 10
712	712	(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 11
713	713	(A) by striking clause (vii) and inserting 12
714	714	the following: 13
715	715	‘‘(vii) N
716	716	AVAJO NATION WATER RE -14
717	717	SOURCES DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND .— 15
718	718	Not later than December 31, 2019, the 16
719	719	United States shall make all deposits into 17
720	720	the Navajo Nation Water Resources Devel-18
721	721	opment Trust Fund established by section 19
722	722	10702(a)(1).’’; 20
723	723	(B) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and 21
724	724	inserting ‘‘2032’’; 22
725	725	(C) in clause (ix), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 23
726	726	inserting ‘‘2029’’; and 24
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730	730	(D) by adding at the end the following: 1
731	731	‘‘(x) D
732	732	EFERRED CONSTRUCTION 2
733	733	FUND.— 3
734	734	‘‘(I) I
735	735	N GENERAL.—Not later 4
736	736	than December 31, 2029, the United 5
737	737	States shall make all deposits into the 6
738	738	Deferred Construction Fund in ac-7
739	739	cordance with section 10602(i)(3). 8
740	740	‘‘(II) P
741	741	ROJECT DEADLINE .—On 9
742	742	deposit of the amounts into the De-10
743	743	ferred Construction Fund under sub-11
744	744	clause (I), even if certain Project fa-12
745	745	cilities have not yet been constructed, 13
746	746	the Secretary shall be deemed to have 14
747	747	met the deadline described in clause 15
748	748	(ix).’’; and 16
749	749	(2) in paragraph (2)(B)— 17
750	750	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 18
751	751	and inserting ‘‘Settlement Trust Funds’’; and 19
752	752	(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘Trust 20
753	753	Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Settlement Trust 21
754	754	Funds’’. 22
755	755	(b) S
756	756	ETTLEMENTTRUSTFUNDS.— 23
757	757	(1) I
758	758	N GENERAL.—Section 10702 of the North-24
759	759	western New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 25
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762	762	•HR 1482 IH
763	763	(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1402) is amended to 1
764	764	read as follows: 2
765	765	‘‘SEC. 10702. SETTLEMENT TRUST FUNDS. 3
766	766	‘‘(a) N
767	767	AVAJONATIONWATERRESOURCESDEVELOP-4
768	768	MENTTRUSTFUND.— 5
769	769	‘‘(1) E
770	770	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in 6
771	771	the Treasury a fund, to be known as the ‘Navajo 7
772	772	Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund’, 8
773	773	consisting of— 9
774	774	‘‘(A) such amounts as are appropriated to 10
775	775	the Navajo Nation Water Resources Develop-11
776	776	ment Trust Fund under paragraph (5); and 12
777	777	‘‘(B) any interest earned on investment of 13
778	778	amounts in the Navajo Nation Water Resources 14
779	779	Development Trust Fund under paragraph (3). 15
780	780	‘‘(2) U
781	781	SE OF FUNDS.—The Nation may use 16
782	782	amounts in the Navajo Nation Water Resources De-17
783	783	velopment Trust Fund— 18
784	784	‘‘(A) to investigate, construct, operate, 19
785	785	maintain, or replace water project facilities, in-20
786	786	cluding facilities conveyed to the Nation under 21
787	787	this subtitle and facilities owned by the United 22
788	788	States for which the Nation is responsible for 23
789	789	operation, maintenance, and replacement costs; 24
790	790	and 25
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794	794	‘‘(B) to investigate, implement, or improve 1
795	795	a water conservation measure (including a me-2
796	796	tering or monitoring activity) necessary for the 3
797	797	Nation to make use of a water right of the Na-4
798	798	tion under the Agreement. 5
799	799	‘‘(3) I
800	800	NVESTMENT.—Beginning on October 1, 6
801	801	2019, the Secretary shall invest amounts in the Nav-7
802	802	ajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust 8
803	803	Fund in accordance with subsection (e). 9
804	804	‘‘(4) I
805	805	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—Any investment 10
806	806	earnings, including interest, credited to amounts 11
807	807	held in the Navajo Nation Water Resources Develop-12
808	808	ment Trust Fund are authorized to be used in ac-13
809	809	cordance with paragraph (2). 14
810	810	‘‘(5) A
811	811	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 15
812	812	There are authorized to be appropriated for deposit 16
813	813	in the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development 17
814	814	Trust Fund— 18
815	815	‘‘(A) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 19
816	816	2010 through 2014; and 20
817	817	‘‘(B) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 21
818	818	2015 through 2019. 22
819	819	‘‘(6) A
820	820	VAILABILITY.—Any amount authorized to 23
821	821	be appropriated to the Navajo Nation Water Re-24
822	822	sources Development Trust Fund under paragraph 25
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826	826	(5) shall not be available for expenditure or with-1
827	827	drawal— 2
828	828	‘‘(A) before December 31, 2019; and 3
829	829	‘‘(B) until the date on which the court in 4
830	830	the stream adjudication has entered— 5
831	831	‘‘(i) the Partial Final Decree; and 6
832	832	‘‘(ii) the Supplemental Partial Final 7
833	833	Decree. 8
834	834	‘‘(7) M
835	835	ANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall man-9
836	836	age the Navajo Nation Water Resources Develop-10
837	837	ment Trust Fund in accordance with subsection (d). 11
838	838	‘‘(8) C
839	839	ONDITIONS FOR EXPENDITURE AND 12
840	840	WITHDRAWAL.—After the funds become available 13
841	841	pursuant to paragraph (6), all expenditures and 14
842	842	withdrawals by the Nation of funds in the Navajo 15
843	843	Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund 16
844	844	must comply with the requirements of subsection (f). 17
845	845	‘‘(b) N
846	846	AVAJONATIONOPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, 18
847	847	ANDREPLACEMENTTRUSTFUND.— 19
848	848	‘‘(1) E
849	849	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-20
850	850	tablish a trust fund to be known as the ‘Navajo Na-21
851	851	tion Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement 22
852	852	Trust Fund’ for the purposes set forth in paragraph 23
853	853	(2), to be managed, invested, and distributed by the 24
854	854	Secretary, and to remain available until expended, 25
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858	858	withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the 1
859	859	Treasury, consisting of the amounts deposited in the 2
860	860	trust fund under paragraph (3), together with any 3
861	861	interests earned on those amounts under paragraph 4
862	862	(4). 5
863	863	‘‘(2) U
864	864	SE OF FUNDS.—The Nation may use 6
865	865	amounts in the Navajo Nation Operations, Mainte-7
866	866	nance, and Replacement Trust Fund to pay oper-8
867	867	ation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the 9
868	868	Project allocable to the Nation under section 10604. 10
869	869	‘‘(3) A
870	870	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 11
871	871	There are authorized to be appropriated for deposit 12
872	872	in the Navajo Nation Operations, Maintenance, and 13
873	873	Replacement Trust Fund $250,000,000. 14
874	874	‘‘(4) I
875	875	NVESTMENT.—Upon deposit of funding 15
876	876	into the Navajo Nation Operations, Maintenance, 16
877	877	and Replacement Trust Fund pursuant to para-17
878	878	graph (3), the Secretary shall invest amounts depos-18
879	879	ited in accordance with subsection (e). 19
880	880	‘‘(5) I
881	881	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—Any investment 20
882	882	earnings, including interest, credited to amounts 21
883	883	held in the Navajo Nation Operations, Maintenance, 22
884	884	and Replacement Trust Fund are authorized to be 23
885	885	used in accordance with paragraph (2). 24
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889	889	‘‘(6) AVAILABILITY.—Any amount authorized to 1
890	890	be appropriated to the Navajo Nation Operations, 2
891	891	Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund under 3
892	892	paragraph (3) shall not be available for expenditure 4
893	893	or withdrawal until the Nation is responsible for 5
894	894	payment of operation, maintenance, and replacement 6
895	895	costs as set forth in section 10603(g). 7
896	896	‘‘(7) F
897	897	LUCTUATION IN COSTS.— 8
898	898	‘‘(A) I
899	899	N GENERAL.—The amounts author-9
900	900	ized to be appropriated under paragraph (3) 10
901	901	shall be increased or decreased, as appropriate, 11
902	902	by such amounts as may be justified by reason 12
903	903	of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring after 13
904	904	October 2022 as indicated by the Bureau of 14
905	905	Reclamation Operation and Maintenance Cost 15
906	906	Index. 16
907	907	‘‘(B) R
908	908	EPETITION.—The adjustment proc-17
909	909	ess under this subparagraph shall be repeated 18
910	910	for each subsequent amount appropriated until 19
911	911	the amount authorized, as adjusted, has been 20
912	912	appropriated. 21
913	913	‘‘(C) P
914	914	ERIOD OF INDEXING .—The period 22
915	915	of indexing adjustment under this subpara-23
916	916	graph for any increment of funding shall end on 24
917	917	the date on which the funds are deposited into 25
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920	920	•HR 1482 IH
921	921	the Navajo Nation Operations, Maintenance, 1
922	922	and Replacement Trust Fund. 2
923	923	‘‘(8) M
924	924	ANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall man-3
925	925	age the Navajo Nation Operations, Maintenance, 4
926	926	and Replacement Trust Fund in accordance with 5
927	927	subsection (d). 6
928	928	‘‘(9) C
929	929	ONDITIONS FOR EXPENDITURE AND 7
930	930	WITHDRAWAL.—All expenditures and withdrawals by 8
931	931	the Nation of funds in the Navajo Nation Oper-9
932	932	ations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund 10
933	933	must comply with the requirements of subsection (f). 11
934	934	‘‘(c) J
935	935	ICARILLAAPACHENATIONOPERATIONS, 12
936	936	M
937	937	AINTENANCE, ANDREPLACEMENTTRUSTFUND.— 13
938	938	‘‘(1) P
939	939	REREQUISITE TO ESTABLISHMENT .— 14
940	940	Prior to establishment of the trust fund under para-15
941	941	graph (2), the Secretary shall conduct an Ability to 16
942	942	Pay study to determine what operation, mainte-17
943	943	nance, and replacement costs of that section of the 18
944	944	Project serving the Jicarilla Apache Nation are in 19
945	945	excess of the ability of the Jicarilla Apache Nation 20
946	946	to pay. 21
947	947	‘‘(2) E
948	948	STABLISHMENT.—Upon completion of 22
949	949	the Ability to Pay study as set forth in paragraph 23
950	950	(1), the Secretary shall establish a trust fund to be 24
951	951	known as the ‘Jicarilla Apache Nation Operations, 25
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955	955	Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund’ for the 1
956	956	purposes set forth in paragraph (3), to be managed, 2
957	957	invested, and distributed by the Secretary and to re-3
958	958	main available until expended, withdrawn, or re-4
959	959	verted to the general fund of the Treasury, con-5
960	960	sisting of the amounts deposited in the trust fund 6
961	961	under paragraph (4), together with any interests 7
962	962	earned on those amounts under paragraph (5). 8
963	963	‘‘(3) U
964	964	SE OF FUNDS.—The Jicarilla Apache 9
965	965	Nation may use amounts in the Jicarilla Apache Na-10
966	966	tion Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement 11
967	967	Trust Fund to pay operation, maintenance, and re-12
968	968	placement costs of the Project allocable to the 13
969	969	Jicarilla Nation under section 10604. 14
970	970	‘‘(4) A
971	971	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 15
972	972	There are authorized to be appropriated for deposit 16
973	973	in the Jicarilla Apache Nation Operations, Mainte-17
974	974	nance, and Replacement Trust Fund the amounts 18
975	975	the Secretary has determined are in excess of the 19
976	976	ability of the Jicarilla Apache Nation to pay in the 20
977	977	Ability to Pay study required under paragraph (1) 21
978	978	up to a maximum of $10,000,000. 22
979	979	‘‘(5) I
980	980	NVESTMENT.—Upon deposit of funding 23
981	981	into the Jicarilla Apache Nation Operations, Mainte-24
982	982	nance, and Replacement Trust Fund pursuant to 25
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986	986	paragraph (4), the Secretary shall invest amounts in 1
987	987	the fund in accordance with subsection (e). 2
988	988	‘‘(6) I
989	989	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—Any investment 3
990	990	earnings, including interest, credited to amounts 4
991	991	held in the Jicarilla Apache Nation Operations, 5
992	992	Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund are au-6
993	993	thorized to be used in accordance with paragraph 7
994	994	(3). 8
995	995	‘‘(7) A
996	996	VAILABILITY.—Any amount authorized to 9
997	997	be appropriated to the Jicarilla Apache Nation Op-10
998	998	erations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund 11
999	999	under paragraph (4) shall not be available for ex-12
1000	1000	penditure or withdrawal until the Jicarilla Apache 13
1001	1001	Nation is responsible for payment of operation, 14
1002	1002	maintenance, and replacement costs as set forth in 15
1003	1003	section 10603(g). 16
1004	1004	‘‘(8) F
1005	1005	LUCTUATION IN COSTS.— 17
1006	1006	‘‘(A) I
1007	1007	N GENERAL.—The amounts author-18
1008	1008	ized to be appropriated under paragraph (4) 19
1009	1009	shall be increased or decreased, as appropriate, 20
1010	1010	by such amounts as may be justified by reason 21
1011	1011	of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring after 22
1012	1012	October 2022 as indicated by the Bureau of 23
1013	1013	Reclamation Operation and Maintenance Cost 24
1014	1014	Index. 25
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1018	1018	‘‘(B) REPETITION.—The adjustment proc-1
1019	1019	ess under this subparagraph shall be repeated 2
1020	1020	for each subsequent amount appropriated until 3
1021	1021	the amount authorized, as adjusted, has been 4
1022	1022	appropriated. 5
1023	1023	‘‘(C) P
1024	1024	ERIOD OF INDEXING .—The period 6
1025	1025	of indexing adjustment under this subpara-7
1026	1026	graph for any increment of funding shall end on 8
1027	1027	the date on which the funds are deposited into 9
1028	1028	the Jicarilla Apache Nation Operations, Mainte-10
1029	1029	nance, and Replacement Trust Fund. 11
1030	1030	‘‘(9) M
1031	1031	ANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall man-12
1032	1032	age the Jicarilla Apache Nation Operations, Mainte-13
1033	1033	nance, and Replacement Trust Fund in accordance 14
1034	1034	with subsection (d). 15
1035	1035	‘‘(10) C
1036	1036	ONDITIONS FOR EXPENDITURE AND 16
1037	1037	WITHDRAWAL.—All expenditures and withdrawals by 17
1038	1038	the Jicarilla Apache Nation of funds in the Jicarilla 18
1039	1039	Apache Nation Operations, Maintenance, and Re-19
1040	1040	placement Trust Fund must comply with the re-20
1041	1041	quirements of subsection (f). 21
1042	1042	‘‘(d) M
1043	1043	ANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall manage 22
1044	1044	the Settlement Trust Funds, invest amounts in the Settle-23
1045	1045	ment Trust Funds pursuant to subsection (e), and make 24
1046	1046	amounts available from the Settlement Trust Funds for 25
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1050	1050	distribution to the Nation and the Jicarilla Apache Nation 1
1051	1051	in accordance with the American Indian Trust Fund Man-2
1052	1052	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 3
1053	1053	‘‘(e) I
1054	1054	NVESTMENT OF THE TRUSTFUNDS.—The Sec-4
1055	1055	retary shall invest amounts in the Settlement Trust Funds 5
1056	1056	in accordance with— 6
1057	1057	‘‘(1) the Act of April 1, 1880 (25 U.S.C. 161); 7
1058	1058	‘‘(2) the first section of the Act of June 24, 8
1059	1059	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); and 9
1060	1060	‘‘(3) the American Indian Trust Fund Manage-10
1061	1061	ment Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 11
1062	1062	‘‘(f) C
1063	1063	ONDITIONS FOR EXPENDITURES AND WITH-12
1064	1064	DRAWALS.— 13
1065	1065	‘‘(1) T
1066	1066	RIBAL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 14
1067	1067	‘‘(A) I
1068	1068	N GENERAL.—On approval by the 15
1069	1069	Secretary of a Tribal management plan in ac-16
1070	1070	cordance with the American Indian Trust Fund 17
1071	1071	Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 18
1072	1072	4001 et seq.), the Nation and the Jicarilla 19
1073	1073	Apache Nation may withdraw all or a portion of 20
1074	1074	the amounts in the Settlement Trust Funds. 21
1075	1075	‘‘(B) R
1076	1076	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to any 22
1077	1077	requirements under the American Indian Trust 23
1078	1078	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 24
1079	1079	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), a Tribal management 25
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1083	1083	plan shall require that the Nation and Jicarilla 1
1084	1084	Apache Nation only use amounts in the Settle-2
1085	1085	ment Trust Funds for the purposes described in 3
1086	1086	subsection (a)(2), (b)(2), or (c)(3), as applica-4
1087	1087	ble. 5
1088	1088	‘‘(2) E
1089	1089	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may take 6
1090	1090	judicial or administrative action to enforce the provi-7
1091	1091	sions of any Tribal management plan to ensure that 8
1092	1092	any amounts withdrawn from the Settlement Trust 9
1093	1093	Funds are used in accordance with this subtitle. 10
1094	1094	‘‘(3) N
1095	1095	O LIABILITY.—The Secretary or the Sec-11
1096	1096	retary of the Treasury shall not be liable for the ex-12
1097	1097	penditure or investment of any amounts withdrawn 13
1098	1098	from the Settlement Trust Funds by the Nation or 14
1099	1099	the Jicarilla Apache Nation. 15
1100	1100	‘‘(4) E
1101	1101	XPENDITURE PLAN.— 16
1102	1102	‘‘(A) I
1103	1103	N GENERAL.—The Nation and 17
1104	1104	Jicarilla Apache Nation shall submit to the Sec-18
1105	1105	retary for approval an expenditure plan for any 19
1106	1106	portion of the amounts in the Settlement Trust 20
1107	1107	Funds made available under this section that 21
1108	1108	the Nation or the Jicarilla Apache Nation does 22
1109	1109	not withdraw under this subsection. 23
1110	1110	‘‘(B) D
1111	1111	ESCRIPTION.—An expenditure plan 24
1112	1112	submitted under subparagraph (A) shall de-25
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1116	1116	scribe the manner in which, and the purposes 1
1117	1117	for which, funds of the Nation or the Jicarilla 2
1118	1118	Apache Nation remaining in the Settlement 3
1119	1119	Trust Funds will be used. 4
1120	1120	‘‘(C) A
1121	1121	PPROVAL.—On receipt of an ex-5
1122	1122	penditure plan under subparagraph (A), the 6
1123	1123	Secretary shall approve the plan if the Sec-7
1124	1124	retary determines that the plan is reasonable 8
1125	1125	and consistent with this subtitle. 9
1126	1126	‘‘(5) A
1127	1127	NNUAL REPORT .—The Nation and 10
1128	1128	Jicarilla Apache Nation shall submit to the Sec-11
1129	1129	retary an annual report that describes any expendi-12
1130	1130	tures from the Settlement Trust Funds during the 13
1131	1131	year covered by the report. 14
1132	1132	‘‘(6) L
1133	1133	IMITATION.—No portion of the amounts 15
1134	1134	in the Settlement Trust Funds shall be distributed 16
1135	1135	to any Nation or Jicarilla Apache Nation member on 17
1136	1136	a per capita basis.’’. 18
1137	1137	(2) C
1138	1138	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-19
1139	1139	tents in section 1(b) of the Omnibus Public Land 20
1140	1140	Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 21
1141	1141	Stat. 991) is amended by striking the item relating 22
1142	1142	to section 10702 and inserting the following: 23
1143	1143	‘‘Sec. 10702. Settlement trust funds.’’.
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1147	1147	(c) WAIVERS ANDRELEASES.—Section 10703 of the 1
1148	1148	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 2
1149	1149	(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1403) is amended— 3
1150	1150	(1) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘2025’’ 4
1151	1151	and inserting ‘‘2030’’; and 5
1152	1152	(2) in subsection (e)(2), in the matter preceding 6
1153	1153	subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 7
1154	1154	‘‘2030’’. 8
1155	1155	SEC. 5. NON-PROJECT WATER FOR USE IN THE STATE OF 9
1156	1156	UTAH. 10
1157	1157	Section 10602(h) of the Northwestern New Mexico 11
1158	1158	Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 12
1159	1159	1382) is amended— 13
1160	1160	(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 14
1161	1161	subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 15
1162	1162	inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 16
1163	1163	(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-17
1164	1164	graph (3); and 18
1165	1165	(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-19
1166	1166	lowing: 20
1167	1167	‘‘(2) C
1168	1168	ONVEYANCE OF NON -PROJECT WATER TO 21
1169	1169	THE STATE OF UTAH.— 22
1170	1170	‘‘(A) D
1171	1171	EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 23
1172	1172	‘‘(i) N
1173	1173	AVAJO/UTAH SETTLEMENT 24
1174	1174	AGREEMENT.—The term ‘Navajo/Utah 25
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1178	1178	Settlement Agreement’ means the agree-1
1179	1179	ment entitled ‘Navajo Nation/State of 2
1180	1180	Utah Water Rights Settlement Agree-3
1181	1181	ment’, dated May 27, 2022, and author-4
1182	1182	ized by section 1102 of title XI of division 5
1183	1183	FF of Public Law 116–260 (134 Stat. 6
1184	1184	3224). 7
1185	1185	‘‘(ii) N
1186	1186	AVAJO-UTAH WATER RIGHTS .— 8
1187	1187	The term ‘Navajo-Utah water rights’ has 9
1188	1188	the meaning given the term ‘Navajo water 10
1189	1189	rights’ in section 1102(b) of title XI of di-11
1190	1190	vision FF of Public Law 116–260 (134 12
1191	1191	Stat. 3225). 13
1192	1192	‘‘(B) I
1193	1193	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 14
1194	1194	(1), the Nation may provide non-Project water 15
1195	1195	to communities of the Nation in the State of 16
1196	1196	Utah, subject to the conditions that— 17
1197	1197	‘‘(i) not more than 2,000 acre-feet per 18
1198	1198	year of non-Project water may be treated, 19
1199	1199	stored, or conveyed through Project and 20
1200	1200	non-Project infrastructure for the benefit 21
1201	1201	of those communities; 22
1202	1202	‘‘(ii) any non-Project water treated or 23
1203	1203	conveyed through Project and non-Project 24
1204	1204	infrastructure and delivered to the New 25
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1208	1208	Mexico state line for the benefit of those 1
1209	1209	communities shall— 2
1210	1210	‘‘(I) be considered part of the 3
1211	1211	Navajo-Utah water rights as quan-4
1212	1212	tified in section 1102(d)(1)(A) of title 5
1213	1213	XI of division FF of Public Law 116– 6
1214	1214	260 (134 Stat. 3227); and 7
1215	1215	‘‘(II) be accounted for as a deple-8
1216	1216	tion by the Nation to be counted 9
1217	1217	against the apportionment of the 10
1218	1218	State of Utah under the Compact for 11
1219	1219	purposes of the depletion accounting 12
1220	1220	under the Navajo/Utah Settlement 13
1221	1221	Agreement; 14
1222	1222	‘‘(iii) Project funds shall not be used 15
1223	1223	to design, plan, construct, operate, main-16
1224	1224	tain, or repair any additional infrastruc-17
1225	1225	ture in the State of New Mexico or any in-18
1226	1226	frastructure in the State of Arizona or 19
1227	1227	Utah to join the Project infrastructure to 20
1228	1228	the Sweetwater pipeline (non-Project infra-21
1229	1229	structure); 22
1230	1230	‘‘(iv) the share of any Project Partici-23
1231	1231	pants’ Project operation, maintenance, and 24
1232	1232	replacement costs shall not be increased in 25
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1236	1236	connection with the use of non-Project in-1
1237	1237	frastructure; 2
1238	1238	‘‘(v) the United States shall have no 3
1239	1239	responsibility or obligation to provide non- 4
1240	1240	Project water to those communities under 5
1241	1241	this paragraph and no Federal funding 6
1242	1242	shall be provided for the costs to construct, 7
1243	1243	operate, maintain, and replace any non- 8
1244	1244	Project infrastructure necessary for stor-9
1245	1245	age and conveyance of non-Project water 10
1246	1246	from the State of New Mexico to serve 11
1247	1247	those communities except for funds author-12
1248	1248	ized under— 13
1249	1249	‘‘(I) section 1102 of title XI of 14
1250	1250	division FF of Public Law 116–260 15
1251	1251	(134 Stat. 3224); 16
1252	1252	‘‘(II) section 7 of the Act of Au-17
1253	1253	gust 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a); and 18
1254	1254	‘‘(III) the Indian Health Care 19
1255	1255	Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1601 et 20
1256	1256	seq.); 21
1257	1257	‘‘(vi) efforts associated with providing 22
1258	1258	non-Project water to those communities 23
1259	1259	shall not delay the Project, or any compo-24
1260	1260	nent of the Project, in a manner that 25
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1264	1264	would be prejudicial to any Project Partici-1
1265	1265	pant; and 2
1266	1266	‘‘(vii) in addition to the requirements 3
1267	1267	of this paragraph, delivery of non-Project 4
1268	1268	water under this paragraph is subject to— 5
1269	1269	‘‘(I) the terms of the Navajo/ 6
1270	1270	Utah Settlement Agreement; 7
1271	1271	‘‘(II) the State of Utah issuing a 8
1272	1272	decreed water right pursuant to the 9
1273	1273	terms of the Navajo/Utah Settlement 10
1274	1274	Agreement; 11
1275	1275	‘‘(III) the State of Utah not in-12
1276	1276	curring additional financial obligations 13
1277	1277	beyond those identified in the Navajo/ 14
1278	1278	Utah Settlement Agreement; and 15
1279	1279	‘‘(IV) the execution of an imple-16
1280	1280	mentation agreement between the Na-17
1281	1281	tion and the State of Utah relating to 18
1282	1282	accounting and measurement of non- 19
1283	1283	Project water under this paragraph to 20
1284	1284	be consistent with the terms of the 21
1285	1285	Navajo/Utah Settlement Agreement. 22
1286	1286	‘‘(C) C
1287	1287	LARIFICATION.—The State of New 23
1288	1288	Mexico shall have no responsibility or obligation 24
1289	1289	to provide— 25
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1293	1293	‘‘(i) non-Project water to communities 1
1294	1294	of the Nation in the State of Utah under 2
1295	1295	this paragraph; or 3
1296	1296	‘‘(ii) any funding under this para-4
1297	1297	graph.’’. 5
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