Aamodt Litigation Settlement Completion Act of 2019

Aamodt Litigation Settlement Completion Act of 2019

This bill ratifies an agreement relating to the settlement of the Aamodt litigation, which resolved claims concerning Pueblo water resources. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2028 activities to construct a regional water system as part of the settlement.

Specifically, the bill ratifies an agreement between the United States, New Mexico, the city of Santa Fe, and the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque relating to the litigation. (This agreement is in addition to previously ratified agreements settling the litigation.)

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1875 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1875

 To amend the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2019

Mr. Udall (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Aamodt Litigation Settlement 
Completion Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO AAMODT LITIGATION SETTLEMENT ACT.

    (a) Definition of 611(g) Agreement.--Section 602 of the Aamodt 
Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 111-291; 124 Stat. 3134) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (23) as 
        paragraphs (2) through (24), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
        the following:
            ``(1) 611(g) agreement.--The term `611(g) Agreement' means 
        the agreement to be executed by the United States, the State, 
        the Pueblos, the County, and the City pursuant to section 
        611(g).''.
    (b) Construction Costs for Pueblo Water Facilities.--Section 611(f) 
of the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 111-291; 124 Stat. 
3138) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                ``$106,400,000'' and inserting ``$256,400,000''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Exception.--Of the amount described in 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) the initial $106,400,000 shall be 
                        increased or decreased, as appropriate, based 
                        on ordinary fluctuations in construction costs 
                        since October 1, 2006, as determined using 
                        applicable engineering cost indices; and
                            ``(ii) any amounts made available in excess 
                        of the amount described in clause (i) shall be 
                        increased or decreased, as appropriate, based 
                        on ordinary fluctuations in construction costs 
                        since October 1, 2018, as determined using 
                        applicable engineering cost indices.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``and the 611(g) 
        Agreement'' after ``the Cost-Sharing and System Integration 
        Agreement''.
    (c) Funding for Regional Water System.--Section 617(a)(1)(B) of the 
Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 111-291; 124 Stat. 3147) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$50,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$200,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``2024'' and inserting ``2028''.
    (d) Execution of Agreement Under Section 611(g).--Section 621 of 
the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 111-291; 124 Stat. 
3149) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(a) Approval.--To the extent the Settlement Agreement, the Cost-
Sharing and System Integration Agreement, and the 611(g) Agreement do 
not conflict with this title, the Settlement Agreement, the Cost-
Sharing and System Integration Agreement, and the 611(g) Agreement 
(including any amendments to the Settlement Agreement, the Cost-Sharing 
and System Integration Agreement, and the 611(g) Agreement that are 
executed to make the Settlement Agreement, the Cost-Sharing and System 
Integration Agreement, or the 611(g) Agreement consistent with this 
title) are authorized, ratified, and confirmed.
    ``(b) Execution.--To the extent the Settlement Agreement, the Cost-
Sharing and System Integration Agreement, and the 611(g) Agreement do 
not conflict with this title, the Secretary shall execute the 
Settlement Agreement, the Cost-Sharing and System Integration 
Agreement, and the 611(g) Agreement (including any amendments that are 
necessary to make the Settlement Agreement, the Cost-Sharing and System 
Integration Agreement, or the 611(g) Agreement consistent with this 
title).''.
    (e) Final Decree.--Section 623(e) of the Aamodt Litigation 
Settlement Act (Public Law 111-291; 124 Stat. 3152) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2024'' and inserting 
        ``2028''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ``2024'' and inserting 
        ``2028''.
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