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Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023

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What This Bill Does

This bill makes a technical correction to a water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation. It authorizes additional payment of interest on trust funds that were established as part of an earlier settlement agreement.

Who It Affects

The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation and the Secretary of the Interior (the federal official who oversees Native American affairs).

Key Provisions

• The bill authorizes appropriation of $5,124,902.12 to be deposited into the Development Fund (Sec. 2) • The amounts deposited must be adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers West Urban 50,000 to 1,500,000 (a measure of inflation) since January 25, 2016 (Sec. 2)

What Changes

If this bill becomes law, the Secretary of the Interior will be authorized to deposit additional interest payments totaling $5,124,902.12 into the Development Fund, adjusted for inflation changes since January 25, 2016.

Important Definitions

None defined in the bill text.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1738 To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone- Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 23, 2023 Mr. AMODEI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Technical Correction 4 to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Res- 5 ervation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:18 Apr 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1738.IH H1738 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1738 IH SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON 1 TRUST FUNDS ESTABLISHED UNDER SETTLE- 2 MENT. 3 Section 10807(b)(3) of the Omnibus Public Land 4 Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 5 1408) is amended— 6 (1) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting the fol- 7 lowing: 8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is’’; and 9 (2) by adding at the end the following: 10 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTED INTEREST PAYMENTS.— 11 In addition to funds made available under sub- 12 paragraph (A), there is authorized to be appro- 13 priated to the Secretary for deposit into the De- 14 velopment Fund $5,124,902.12. 15 ‘‘(C) INDEXING.—Amounts made available 16 under subparagraph (B) shall be adjusted on 17 deposit to reflect changes since January 25, 18 2016, in the Consumer Price Index for All 19 Urban Consumers West Urban 50,000 to 20 1,500,000 published by the Bureau of Labor 21 Statistics.’’. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:18 Apr 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1738.IH H1738 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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