Raises the federal funding ceiling for the Navajo-Gallup water project to $2,175,000,000, expands the project's service area, and lets the Navajo Nation deliver limited non-project water to Navajo communities in Utah.

Official title: Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2025

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 19-FEB-2025

Referred 19-FEB-2025

Approved by committee 05-MAR-2025

Key points

Raises the authorized federal funding for the project to $2,175,000,000 for fiscal years 2009 through 2029.
Allows the project service area to expand to more Navajo Nation communities in New Mexico and Arizona.
Authorizes up to 2,000 acre-feet per year of non-project water for Navajo communities in Utah, with conditions that protect other project participants.
Sets the Navajo Nation as the taxing authority for project activities on trust land and the state as the taxing authority for activities elsewhere.

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Official CRS summary

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Native Americans

Sponsor Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) Cosponsors · 2

■ 1 R■ 1 D

1 Republican

1 Democrat

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