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S 640 · introduced · major

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

What this bill does

  • This bill allows unpaid interest to be deposited into three Native American water development trust funds.
  • The Navajo Nation, Taos Pueblo, and Aamodt Settlement Pueblos are affected by this change.
  • The bill modifies previous 2009-2010 settlement agreements that prohibited interest accrual on these funds.

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  1. 01

    How would allowing unpaid interest to accrue in these water trust funds change the available resources for the three Native American communities compared to the original settlement agreements?

  2. 02

    What prompted the need for this technical correction now, and what specific challenges have the affected pueblos faced under the original interest prohibition?

  3. 03

    Could depositing accumulated interest into these funds create new disputes over how the money should be allocated among water infrastructure projects?

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Ben Ray Luján

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2025-12-15 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2025-12-11 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8692-8693)

  5. 2025-12-11 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  6. 2025-12-11 · senate · Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8692)

  7. 2025-11-04 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262.

  8. 2025-11-04 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-95.

  9. 2025-11-04 · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-95.

  10. 2025-03-05 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  11. 2025-02-19 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

  12. 2025-02-19 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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