Bill > HR1482

This bill proposes several amendments to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, primarily focusing on the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. The bill increases the project's total authorized funding from $870 million to $2,175 million for fiscal years 2009-2029, and extends various project deadlines. It establishes a new Deferred Construction Fund that allows the Navajo Nation to postpone certain project facilities and potentially construct alternative facilities. The bill also creates three separate trust funds: a Water Resources Development Trust Fund, an Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund for the Navajo Nation, and a similar trust fund for the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Additionally, the bill allows the Navajo Nation to provide non-Project water to communities in Utah under specific conditions, including limits on water volume and infrastructure development. The legislation also addresses land ownership, with provisions for taking certain lands into trust for the Navajo Nation, and clarifies taxation rules for project facilities. The bill aims to provide more flexibility in project implementation, secure water rights, and support water infrastructure development for the Navajo and Jicarilla Apache Nations.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1482/all-info