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.
Left emphasizes honoring tribal settlements and benefits to communities
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly scoped procedural/housekeeping technical correction that also contains a small substantive funding authorization; it identifies the statute to be amended and specifies an exact payment amount and recipient, but the bill text as presented is partially unclear or malformed, limiting unambiguous interpretation and implementation.
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.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly scoped procedural/housekeeping technical correction that also contains a small substantive funding authorization; it identifies the statute to be amended and specifies an exact payment amount and recipient, but the bill text as presented is partially unclear or malformed, limiting unambiguous interpretation and implementation.
Left emphasizes honoring tribal settlements and benefits to communities
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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.
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Small, targeted correction with limited cost and low controversy; historically such fixes often pass when procedurally advanced.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Left emphasizes honoring tribal settlements and benefits to communities
Small, targeted correction with limited cost and low controversy; historically such fixes often pass when procedurally advanced.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly scoped procedural/housekeeping technical correction that also contains a small substantive funding authorization; it identifies the statute to be amende…
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