S. 501: New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-12 · Native Americans · Latest: Became Public Law No: 114-57.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 114-57. (final step reached)
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Official title

New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico to include the planning and design of those wells. Revises the percentages of funds authorized for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, conjunctive use wells, and San Juan River Irrigation Projects that may be made available for specified purposes by: increasing from 2% to 4% the portion of funds that may be used for the survey, recovery, protection, preservation, and display of archaeological resources in the area of a Project facility or conjunctive use well; and decreasing from 4% to 2% the portion of funds that may be used for purchasing land and constructing and maintaining facilities to mitigate the loss of, and improve conditions for the propagation of, fish and wildlife. Makes technical corrections.

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New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 501, New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act (2015-03-19); CBO cost estimate: S. 501, New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act (2015-08-06)

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Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s501.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s501 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114