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LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
S 546 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Catherine Cortez Masto (D)

Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025

Authorizes $5.1 million in interest payments to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Water Rights Development Fund.

Tradeoff

This is a technical correction to a 2009 water rights settlement. It allows the federal government to deposit about $5.1 million in adjusted interest into the tribes' fund.

What's in it

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Authorizes $5.125 million in over 2025-2030 for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Water Rights Development Fund.

This funds water infrastructure rehabilitation projects on tribal lands; the $5 million represents the federal cost to support the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes' development of water resources on the Duck Valley Reservation.

S. 546, Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025 · Mar 2025

Passed the Senate by on December 11, 2025 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Feb 12, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Indian Affairs(Feb 12, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Indian Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Mar 5, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-94.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 11, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Dec 15, 2025)