The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
S 640 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Ben Ray Luján (D)

Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act

Authorizes about $18.5 million in unpaid interest deposits to three Native American water settlement trust funds.

Tradeoff

Sets aside federal money to pay accumulated interest on water development funds established under 2009–2010 settlement agreements. The deposits correct an oversight in the original settlements that did not account for interest accrual.

What's in it

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Adds $18 million to federal spending over 2025-2035, with $1 million in outlays in 2025 and the remainder over subsequent years.

This $18 million funds three trust accounts for water development projects benefiting Native American tribes and pueblos in New Mexico, with the money distributed as over the period rather than as a lump sum.

S. 640, Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act · Apr 2025

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

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Feb 19, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Indian Affairs(Feb 19, 2025)

  3. Senate

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

    Reported(Mar 5, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-95.

  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)