I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8937 
To establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion 
Fund to satisfy the obligations of the United States with respect to 
certain Indian water rights settlements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 8, 2024 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settle-
ment Completion Fund to satisfy the obligations of the 
United States with respect to certain Indian water rights 
settlements, 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. INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT COMPLE-
TION FUND SUBACCOUNTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 70101 of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; 25 
U.S.C. 149) is amended by inserting after subsection (d) 
the following new subsections: 
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‘‘(e) OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR SUB-
ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
within the Fund a subaccount to be known as the 
Operations, Maintenance, and Repair Subaccount 
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘OMR Sub-
account’). 
‘‘(2) DEPOSITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than De-
cember 31 of the year on which this subsection 
is enacted, and on each October 1 thereafter 
through October 1, 2033, out of any funds in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the 
OMR Subaccount $34,000,000 for the uses set 
forth in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts deposited 
in the OMR Subaccount under this paragraph 
shall be available to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, without further appropriation or fiscal 
year limitation, for the uses described in para-
graph (3). 
‘‘(3) USES.—Amounts deposited in the OMR 
Subaccount under paragraph (2) shall be used by 
the Secretary of the Interior for transfers to funds 
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or accounts authorized to receive appropriations to 
satisfy obligations of the United States under the 
following provisions: 
‘‘(A) The water delivery and operation, 
maintenance, repair, and related provisions of 
Public Law 98–530, relating to the water rights 
of the Ak-Chin Indian Community. 
‘‘(B) The water delivery and operations, 
maintenance, repair and related provisions of 
the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settle-
ment Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–585), relat-
ing to the Animas-La Plata Project, as defined 
in section 3(2) of such Act. 
‘‘(C) The provisions of section 10603(g) of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 (Public Law 111–11), relating to the 
Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. 
‘‘(D) The water acquisition provisions of 
the Snake River Water Rights Act of 2004 
(title X of division J of Public Law 108–447), 
relating to Snake River flow augmentation 
under section 5(a) of such Act. 
‘‘(f) NEW
AND CONTINUING SETTLEMENTS SUB-
ACCOUNT.— 
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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
within the Fund a subaccount to be known as the 
New and Continuing Settlements Subaccount (re-
ferred to in this subsection as the ‘NCS Sub-
account’). 
‘‘(2) DEPOSITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than De-
cember 31 of the year on which this subsection 
is enacted, and on each October 1 thereafter 
through October 1, 2033, out of any funds in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the 
NCS Subaccount $250,000,000 for the uses set 
forth in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) 
AVAILABILITY.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise available, amounts deposited 
in the NCS Subaccount under this paragraph 
shall be available to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, without further appropriation or fiscal 
year limitation, for the uses described in para-
graph (3). 
‘‘(3) USES.—Subject to paragraph (4), amounts 
deposited in the NCS Subaccount under paragraph 
(2) shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior for 
transfers to funds or accounts authorized to receive 
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appropriations, or to satisfy other obligations of the 
United States identified by the Secretary of the In-
terior, under any Indian water settlement approved 
and authorized by an Act of Congress. 
‘‘(4) SCOPE OF TRANSFERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Transfers authorized 
under paragraph (3) shall be made in such 
amounts as are determined by the Secretary of 
the Interior to be appropriate to satisfy the ob-
ligations of the United States, including appro-
priate indexing, pursuant to the applicable In-
dian water settlement. 
‘‘(B) SEQUENCE AND TIMING.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall have the discretion 
to determine the sequence and timing of trans-
fers from the NCS Subaccount under para-
graph (3) in order to substantially complete the 
eligible Indian water settlements as expedi-
tiously as practicable.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 312(e)(5) 
of the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quan-
tification Act of 2010 (title III of Public Law 111–291) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘made available from—’’ and in-
serting ‘‘made available from the Reclamation Water 
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