To amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill defines updates definitions in the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to add key terms including Deferred Construction Fund, Project Service Area, Settlement Trust Funds, and Working Cost Estimate, authorizes expansion of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Service Area to serve additional Navajo communities in the Rio San Jose Basin (New Mexico) and Lupton (Arizona), finding that expansion would not increase, and establishes tax jurisdiction rules for Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project construction, operation, and maintenance activities: the Navajo Nation has exclusive taxing authority on trust lands while states have taxing. It relies on appropriations, definition changes, and exemptions. The main policy areas are Water Resources and Environment.
Who Benefits and How
Navajo Nation could gain revenue opportunities, Water infrastructure contractors could gain revenue opportunities, and Navajo tribal community of Lupton, AZ could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal Treasury could face higher costs, State of Utah (water apportionment) could face higher costs, and State governments (NM, AZ, UT) could lose revenue opportunities.
Key Provisions
- Defines updates definitions in the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to add key terms including Deferred Construction Fund, Project Service Area, Settlement Trust Funds, and Working Cost Estimate...
- Authorizes expansion of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Service Area to serve additional Navajo communities in the Rio San Jose Basin (New Mexico) and Lupton (Arizona), finding that expansion would not increase...
- Establishes tax jurisdiction rules for Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project construction, operation, and maintenance activities: the Navajo Nation has exclusive taxing authority on trust lands while states have taxing...
- Provides extends federal deposit deadlines for Navajo Nation trust funds: extends trust fund deposit deadline from 2019 to 2032, extends project construction deadline from 2024 to 2029, and creates a Deferred...
- Establishes the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund in the Treasury with authorized appropriations of $6M/year (FY2010-2014) and $4M/year (FY2015-2019), allowing use for water infrastructure...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill defines updates definitions in the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to add key terms including Deferred Construction Fund, Project Service Area, Settlement Trust Funds, and Working Cost Estimate, authorizes expansion of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Service Area to serve additional Navajo communities in the Rio San Jose Basin (New Mexico) and Lupton (Arizona), finding that expansion would not increase, and establishes tax jurisdiction rules for Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project construction, operation, and maintenance activities: the Navajo Nation has exclusive taxing authority on trust lands while states have taxing.
Key Policy Areas
Water Resources, Environment
Primary Purpose
The bill defines updates definitions in the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to add key terms including Deferred Construction Fund, Project Service Area, Settlement Trust Funds, and Working Cost Estimate, authorizes expansion of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Service Area to serve additional Navajo communities in the Rio San Jose Basin (New Mexico) and Lupton (Arizona), finding that expansion would not increase, and establishes tax jurisdiction rules for Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project construction, operation, and maintenance activities: the Navajo Nation has exclusive taxing authority on trust lands while states have taxing.
Policy Domains
Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act Amendments
Identified Gains
- Navajo Nation
- Water infrastructure contractors
- Navajo tribal community of Lupton, AZ
- Navajo tribal communities in Utah
- Navajo tribal communities in Rio San Jose Basin, NM
Identified Costs
- Federal Treasury
- State of Utah (water apportionment)
- State governments (NM, AZ, UT)
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Leger Fernandez (for herself and Ms. Stansbury) introduced the …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Jicarilla Apache Nation, Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation (tribal government)
Bureau of Reclamation, Federal Treasury, Federal government (Bureau of Reclamation)
Positive-direction: Federal government (Bureau of Reclamation)
Negative-direction: Federal Treasury
Water infrastructure contractors, Water infrastructure contractors on tribal lands
State governments (NM, AZ, UT), State of Utah (water apportionment)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_nation"
- → Navajo Nation
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The Navajo Nation's Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Deferred Construction Fund established by section 10602(i)(1)(A)
The area that encompasses the 43 Nation chapters, the southwest portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation, and the City that is identified to be served by the Project, as illustrated in figure IV-5 of the Final Environmental Impact Statement
The Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, the Navajo Nation Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund, and the Jicarilla Apache Nation Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund
The Bureau of Reclamation cost estimate document for the Project
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