New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act became law 230 days after introduction, with one cosponsor, a Democrat
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 189 words.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act
(Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico to include the planning and design of those wells. Revises the percentages of funds authorized for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, conjunctive use wells, and San Juan River Irrigation Projects that may be made available for specified purposes by: increasing from 2% to 4% the portion of funds that may be used for the survey, recovery, protection, preservation, and display of archaeological resources in the area of a Project facility or conjunctive use well; and decreasing from 4% to 2% the portion of funds that may be used for purchasing land and constructing and maintaining facilities to mitigate the loss of, and improve conditions for the propagation of, fish and wildlife. Makes technical corrections.
- Committees
- House Natural Resources Committee
Senate Indian Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Native Americans: 73 of 1,099 bills became law, 113th–118th (6.6%)
- Sponsor
- 6 of 200 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 7, from enrolled bill to public law · 530 words
- Subjects
- Historical and cultural resourcesIndian claimsIndian lands and resources rightsNew MexicoWater resources fundingWater use and supply +1 more
- Latest action
- Sep 30, 2015: Became Public Law No: 114-57.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 114th H.R. 1406 New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act D · Introduced