H.R. 3739: To amend the Arizona Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the statement of findings.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-10-03 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Became Public Law No: 110-148.

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-10-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 110-148. (final step reached)
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Official title

To amend the Arizona Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the statement of findings.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Arizona Water Settlements Act to make the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement effective as of the date the Secretary of the Interior publishes in the Federal Register a statement of findings that specified conditions apply, including that the judgment and decree attached to the Tohono O'odham settlement agreement has been approved by the state court having jurisdiction over the Gila River adjudication proceedings. (Current law requires the judgment and decree to have become final and nonappealable.)

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Official text

To amend the Arizona Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the statement of findings.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3739, A bill to amend the Arizona Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the statement of findings (2007-12-03); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3739, A bill to amend the Arizona Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the statement of findings (2007-12-03)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Federal Register: The official daily publication of the U.S. government for agency rules, proposed rules, public notices and presidential documents.
Jurisdiction: The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr3739.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr3739 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110