Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025

This bill settles water rights claims in Arizona for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. It approves an agreement between the tribes, the U.S. government, Arizona, and others over water from the Little Colorado River and the Colorado River, and it spells out how much water each tribe gets. The bill also provides money to build a water pipeline to deliver water to the tribes and sets up three trust funds, one for each tribe. In addition, it creates a reservation of about 5,400 acres in Arizona and Utah for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and describes which legal claims the tribes agree to give up as part of the deal.

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