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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-05 | President | Became Public Law No: 117-349. | Library of Congress |
| 2023-01-05 | President | Signed by President. | Library of Congress |
| 2022-12-28 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-22 | Floor | By Senator Schatz from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report. Report No. 117-287. | Senate |
| 2022-12-22 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-22 | Vote | 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) | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-22 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10033-10034) | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-21 | Floor | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-21 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4104. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-21 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9942-9952) | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-21 | Floor | Mrs. Peltola moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-21 | Floor | Held at the desk. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-21 | Floor | Received in the House. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-20 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2022-12-19 | Floor | Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7315-7325) | Senate |
| 2022-12-19 | Floor | The committee amendments withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S7302) | Senate |
| 2022-12-19 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7292-7302) | Senate |
| 2022-12-19 | Calendars | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684. | Senate |
| 2022-12-19 | Committee | Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with amendments. Without written report. | Senate |
| 2022-11-16 | Committee | Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. | Senate |
| 2022-07-20 | Committee | Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-530. | Senate |
| 2022-04-28 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. | Senate |
| 2022-04-28 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |