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Senate Bill 4104
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022
Became Law
Amendments
Became Law
Became Public Law 117-349 on Jan 5, 2023
Overview
Text
Introduced
Apr 28, 2022
Latest Action
Jan 5, 2023
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4104
Congress
117
Policy Area
Native Americans
Native Americans
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting Native Americans, including Alaska Natives and Hawaiians, in a variety of domestic policy settings. This includes claims, intergovernmental relations, and Indian lands and resources.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Kyrsten Sinema
Arizona
Democrat
Mark Kelly
Arizona
Senate Votes (1)
House Votes (1)
checkPassed on December 19, 2022
Status
Passed
Type
Unanimous Consent
Unanimous Consent
A senator may request unanimous consent on the floor to set aside a specified rule of procedure so as to expedite proceedings. If no Senator objects, the Senate permits the action, but if any one senator objects, the request is rejected. Unanimous consent requests with only immediate effects are routinely granted, but ones affecting the floor schedule, the conditions of considering a bill or other business, or the rights of other senators, are normally not offered, or a floor leader will object to it, until all senators concerned have had an opportunity to inform the leaders that they find it acceptable.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)
Summary

Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022

This bill modifies and ratifies the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement negotiated between the tribe, the United States, Arizona, and others, thus satisfying the tribe's claims for groundwater and surface water rights to water in Arizona, including the Verde River, the Bill Williams River, and the Colorado River.

The bill outlines the tribe's water rights, including the right to divert, use, and store 4,000 acre-feet of agricultural priority water of the Central Arizona Project that was previously allocated to nontribal agricultural entities, but retained by the Department of the Interior for reallocation to tribes in Arizona pursuant to the Central Arizona Project Settlement Act of 2004.

Amounts deposited in an established trust fund account shall be made available to the tribe for specified purposes, including to construct the Hualapai Water Project. The project must be designed to divert, treat, and convey up to 3,414 acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River for municipal, commercial, and industrial uses on the Hualapai Reservation.

The bill authorizes Interior to take specified land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. In the future, land located outside the reservation may only be taken into trust through an act of Congress.

The bill outlines (1) waivers, releases, and retentions of claims by the tribe and the United States under the settlement agreement; and (2) a limited waiver of sovereign immunity by the United States and the tribe with respect to certain claims.

Text (4)
Enrolled Bill
Engrossed in Senate
December 19, 2022
Reported to Senate
December 19, 2022
Introduced in Senate
April 28, 2022
Amendments (1)
Dec 19, 2022
Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 6547
In the nature of a substitute.
Agreed To
Related Bills (2)
Jul 29, 2022
Passed House
4
Sponsorship
House Bill 5118
Continental Divide Trail Completion Act
Active
Amendments
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Apr 28, 2022
Introduced in House
5
Sponsorship
House Bill 7633
Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
01/05/2023
Became Public Law No: 117-349.
01/05/2023
Signed by President.
12/28/2022
Presented to President.
12/22/2022
By Senator Schatz from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 117-287.
12/22/2022
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
12/22/2022
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 55 (Roll no. 542). (text: 12/21/2022 CR H9942-9952)
12/22/2022
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 55 (Roll no. 542).(text: 12/21/2022 CR H9942-9952)
12/22/2022
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10033-10034)
12/21/2022
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
12/21/2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4104.
12/21/2022
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9942-9952)
12/21/2022
Mrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
12/21/2022
Held at the desk.
12/21/2022
Received in the House.
12/20/2022
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
12/19/2022
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)
12/19/2022
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325)
12/19/2022
The committee amendments withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S7302)
12/19/2022
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7292-7302)
12/19/2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.
12/19/2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with amendments. Without written report.
11/16/2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
07/20/2022
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-530.
04/28/2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
04/28/2022
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Mar 8, 2023 8:12:44 PM
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