Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Finance, Energy.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section id29aa33e3ad0b444fb2091b88b648eee2: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2026. The table of contents for this Act is...
- Section H0B2CE35352994650B8B95D25E2FA0EF9: 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— to resolve, fully and finally, all claims to rights to water, including damages claims related to water, in the...
- Section HB3B4685909794EEA8E9388118A99D581: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term AFY means acre-feet per Year. The term Agreement means— the Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Agreement, dated...
- Section HEDAD8177F36E4560BA65ED234DEB03B4: 4. Ratification and execution of the Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Agreement Except as modified by this Act, and to the extent the...
- Section H012186A6F666451694276D93B66993F0: 5. Water rights The Water Rights of the Yavapai-Apache Nation as described in the Agreement are ratified, confirmed and declared to be valid. Any use of Water...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Finance, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Mark Kelly
D-AZ | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Kelly (for himself and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
land that, as of the Enforceability Date, is— located outside the exterior boundaries of the Yavapai-Apache Reservation
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