Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- Senate
- Latest action
- Jul 29
What it does
The Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026 would amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to create two subaccounts within the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund: one for ongoing operations, maintenance, repair, and obligations related to specific existing water rights settlements, and another for new and continuing settlements. The bill mandates annual Treasury deposits of $45 million through 2035 into the first subaccount and $250 million through 2035 into the second, with funds available to the Secretary of the Interior without further appropriation to fulfill U.S. obligations under designated Indian water rights settlements, including those for the…
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.