I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9371 
To amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make 
improvements to that Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 30, 2022 
Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ (for herself and Ms. STANSBURY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water 
Projects Act to make improvements to that Act, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Navajo-Gallup Water 
Supply Project Amendments Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 10302 of the Northwestern New Mexico 
Rural Water Projects Act (43 U.S.C. 407 note; Public 
Law 111–11) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (12), (13), 
(14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), 
(23), (24), (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), and (30) as 
paragraphs (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), 
(20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (28), (29), (30), 
(31), (32), and (33), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(12) DEFERRED CONSTRUCTION FUND.—The 
term ‘Deferred Construction Fund’ means the Nav-
ajo Nation’s Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project 
Deferred Construction Fund established by section 
10602(i)(1)(A).’’; 
(3) in paragraph (14) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘DRAFT’’ and inserting ‘‘FINAL
ENVIRON-
MENTAL’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Draft Impact’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Final Environmental’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘draft environmental’’ and 
inserting ‘‘final environmental’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘March 2007’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘July 6, 2009’’; 
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(4) in paragraph (19) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘Draft’’ and inserting ‘‘Final Environ-
mental’’; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (25) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(26) PROJECT
SERVICE
AREA.—The term 
‘Project Service Area’ means the area that encom-
passes the 43 Nation chapters, the southwest por-
tion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation, and the 
City that is identified to be served by the Project, 
as illustrated in figure IV–5 (Drawing No. 1695– 
406–49) of the Final Environmental Impact State-
ment. 
‘‘(27) SAN JUAN GENERATING STATION.—The 
term ‘San Juan Generating Station’ means the coal- 
fired, 4-unit electric power plant and ancillary fea-
tures located by the San Juan Mine near Waterflow, 
New Mexico.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(34) WORKING
COST
ESTIMATE.—The term 
‘Working Cost Estimate’ means the Bureau of Rec-
lamation document entitled ‘NGWSP October 2020 
WCE’ and dated May 20, 2021, that details the 
costs totaling $1,705,174,000, at the October 2020 
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price level, of the Project, as configured on that 
date.’’. 
SEC. 3. NAVAJO-GALLUP WATER SUPPLY PROJECT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF NAVAJO-GALLUP WATER 
SUPPLY PROJECT.—Section 10602 of the Northwestern 
New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 111– 
11; 123 Stat. 1379) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘IN GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘AUTHORIZA-
TION’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(C) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by 
striking ‘‘Draft Impact Statement’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Final Environmental Impact Statement, as 
further refined in, and including the facilities 
identified in, the Working Cost Estimate and 
any subsequent supplemental documents pre-
pared in accordance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.).’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL SERVICE AREAS.— 
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