- Federal agenciesProvides $5,124,902.12 in authorized federal funds to the Tribe's Development Fund for adjusted interest payments.
- Targeted stakeholdersClarifies statute language to correct administrative or drafting errors in the original settlement implementation.
- Targeted stakeholdersMay enable tribal economic or infrastructure projects funded from the Development Fund to proceed.
Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 261.
This bill makes a technical amendment to Section 10807(b)(3) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 related to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation water rights settlement.
It authorizes an appropriation of $5,124,902.12 to the Secretary for deposit into the Development Fund as adjusted interest payments.
The change is presented as a statutory correction to implement the settlement.
Small, targeted correction with limited cost and low controversy; historically such fixes often pass when procedurally advanced.
How solid the drafting looks.
Left emphasizes honoring tribal settlements and benefits to communities
Who stands to gain, and who may push back.
- Federal agenciesAuthorizes a federal appropriation, increasing federal outlays by about $5.1 million.
- Targeted stakeholdersEstablishes a post-settlement adjustment precedent that may prompt similar correction requests.
- Targeted stakeholdersProvides limited transparency about calculation and offsets for the adjustment in the bill text.
Why the argument around this bill splits.
Left emphasizes honoring tribal settlements and benefits to communities
Likely supportive.
Seen as a narrow, necessary correction that ensures the Tribe receives agreed settlement funds and advances tribal rights.
Viewed as consistent with respecting negotiated tribal settlements and reparative commitments.
Generally favorable as a narrowly targeted, pragmatic technical fix with modest fiscal impact.
Would want assurance about transparency, timing, and that the payment implements existing legal commitments.
Cautiously skeptical.
Accepts that technical corrections sometimes are necessary, but concerned about new federal spending without offsets and broader precedent for federal obligations to tribes.
The path through Congress.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Small, targeted correction with limited cost and low controversy; historically such fixes often pass when procedurally advanced.
- Absence of a published CBO cost estimate in text
- Whether House procedural objections require offsets
Recent votes on the bill.
No vote history yet
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
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Small, targeted correction with limited cost and low controversy; historically such fixes often pass when procedurally advanced.
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