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Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act

This bill authorizes deposits representing unpaid interest into the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund, and the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos’ Fund. These funds were established in 2009 and 2010 under certain water rights settlement agreements that did not allow accrual of interest.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 640 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 640

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a 
 technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development 
    Trust Fund, to amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make 
  technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and 
        Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund, 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 ``Technical Corrections to the 
Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian 
Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT OF ADJUSTED INTEREST ON THE NAVAJO 
              NATION WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND.

    The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11) 
is amended--
            (1) in section 10701(e)(1)(A)(vii), by striking ``10702.'' 
        and inserting ``10702, except for deposits made pursuant to 
        section 10702(g).''; and
            (2) in section 10702--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``subsection 
                (f)'' and inserting ``subsections (f) and (g)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Adjusted Interest Payments.--In addition to amounts made 
available under subsection (f), there is authorized to be appropriated 
for deposit in the Trust Fund $6,357,674.46.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT OF ADJUSTED INTEREST ON THE TAOS 
              PUEBLO WATER DEVELOPMENT FUND.

    The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-291) is amended 
by adding after section 513 the following:

``SEC. 514. ADJUSTED INTEREST PAYMENTS.

    ``In addition to the amounts made available under section 509(c), 
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for deposit 
into the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund established by section 
505(a) $7,794,297.52.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT OF ADJUSTED INTEREST ON THE AAMODT 
              SETTLEMENT PUEBLOS' FUND.

    The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-291) is amended 
by adding after section 626 the following:

``SEC. 627. INTEREST PAYMENTS.

    ``(a) Adjusted Interest Payments.--In addition to amounts made 
available under section 617, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary for deposit into the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund 
established by section 615(a) $4,314,709.18 for the Pueblos' share of 
the costs of operating, maintaining, and replacing the Pueblo Water 
Facilities and the Regional Water System, as set forth in section 
617(c)(1)(B).
    ``(b) Waiver of Payment.--To the extent monies are due or payable 
to the United States attributable to interest earned on amounts made 
available under section 617(c)(1)(A) prior to September 15, 2017, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall waive payment of such monies.''.

SEC. 5. DISCLAIMER.

    (a) Section 509 of Claims Resolution Act of 2010.--Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to affect the previous satisfaction of the 
conditions precedent in section 509(f)(2) of the Claims Resolution Act 
of 2010 (Public Law 111-291) or to affect the validity of the 
Secretarial finding published in the Federal Register on October 7, 
2016, pursuant to section 509(f)(1) of the Claims Resolution Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111-291) that such conditions precedent were fully 
satisfied.
    (b) Section 623 of Claims Resolution Act of 2010.--Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to affect the previous satisfaction of the 
conditions precedent in section 623(a)(2) of the Claims Resolution Act 
of 2010 (Public Law 111-291) or to affect the validity of the 
Secretarial finding published in the Federal Register on September 15, 
2017, pursuant to section 623(a)(1) of the Claims Resolution Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111-291) that such conditions precedent were fully 
satisfied.

SEC. 6. INVESTMENT EARNINGS.

    In addition to the deposits authorized under this Act, any 
investment earnings, including interest, credited to amounts held in 
the trust funds as provided for in this Act are authorized to be 
appropriated.

            Passed the Senate December 11, 2025.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 640

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

   To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a 
 technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development 
    Trust Fund, to amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make 
  technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and 
        Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund, and for other purposes.