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Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act

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This bill allows the government to deposit money representing unpaid interest into three specific water-related trust funds that belong to the Navajo Nation, Taos Pueblo, and the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos. These funds were originally set up in 2009 and 2010 as part of water rights settlement agreements, but those agreements did not allow interest to build up over time. This bill makes technical fixes to correct that issue by authorizing those interest payments to be added to the funds.

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Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]

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Introduced

July 22, 2025

Policy Area

Native Americans

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