Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act

A bill to amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act and Public Law 87-483 to authorize the construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in Northwestern New Mexico, to authorize the use of the reclamation fund to fund the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund, to authorize the conveyance of certain Reclamation land and infrastructure, to authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to provide for the delivery of water, and for other purposes.

4/19/2007--Introduced.
Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act - Amends the Colorado River Storage Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project. Establishes in the Treasury a Reclamation Water Settlements Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to request a transfer from the Fund to implement a congressionally approved settlement agreement that requires the Bureau of Reclamation to plan, design, and construct:
(1) water supply infrastructure; or
(2) a project to rehabilitate a water delivery system to conserve water or to improve environmental conditions associated with an existing reclamation project.
Authorizes the Secretary to:
(1) design, construct, operate, and maintain the New Mexico Rural Water Supply Project in substantial accordance with the draft environmental impact statement prepared by the Bureau; and
(2) construct, operate, and maintain specified Project facilities to provide for the delivery of San Juan River water to Gallup, New Mexico, the Navajo Nation, and the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) reserve up to 26 megawatts of power for Project use; and
(2) identify projects recommended to repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct Non-Navajo Irrigation District diversion and ditch facilitites to improve water use efficiency. Approves the agreement among New Mexico, the Navajo Nation, and the United States setting forth a stipulated and binding agreement signed by New Mexico and the Navajo Nation on April 19, 2005. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) enter into that agreement to the extent that it does not conflict with this Act; and
(2) prepare a hydrographic survey to identify and quantify any historic or existing diversion or use of water by the Navajo Nation from the San Juan River Basin. Establishes in the Treasury the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund.

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Sponsor

• Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
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Committees

• Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1171

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
April 19, 2007

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• Added to calendar on Jun 25, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 839..
• Jun 25, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-401.
• May 07, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
• Jun 27, 2007: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-148.
• Jun 27, 2007: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:30 p.m.
• Jun 27, 2007: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
• Apr 19, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• Apr 19, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4769)
• Introduced on Apr 19, 2007.
• Apr 19, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4769)

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• Water resources
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• Budgets
• Colorado River development
• Construction costs
• Contracts
• Dams
• Energy
• Environmental assessment
• Environmental protection
• Federal aid to water resources development
• Government liability
• Government trust funds
• Groundwater
• Habitat conservation
• Hydroelectric power
• Hydrology
• Indian lands
• Indian water rights
• Infrastructure
• Interstate compacts
• Irrigation
• Land transfers
• Law
• Leases
• Maintenance and repair
• Minorities
• Natural resources
• New Mexico
• Pipelines
• Power marketing administrations
• Reservoirs
• Restoration ecology
• Rivers
• State and local government
• Subcontractors
• Transportation
• Water allocation (Policy)
• Water conservation
• Water storage
• Water supply
• Water treatment plants
• Water use
• Watersheds
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June 27, 2007 Water claims to be settled? Hearing set for Navajo-Gallup water ...

The legislation, S.1171, would amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act and Public Law 87-483 to authorize the construction and rehabilitation of water ...

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May 25, 2008 Colorado Secretary Of State

Colorado Secretary Of State Website S. 900 – To authorize the Boy Scouts of America to exchange certain land in the State of Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. S. 1171 – To amend the Colorado River Storage ...

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May 08, 2008 Senate panel approves Navajo Nation water rights bill

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee unanimously approved S.1171, a bill to settle the water rights of the Navajo Nation, on Wednesday. The bill recognizes the tribe's right to about 600000 acre-feet of the San Juan River ...

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May 07, 2008 Navajo Water Settlement & San Joaquin River Settlement advance to ...

From John Fleck at Inkstain: The bill, S.1171, would guarantee 600000 acre feet per year of water rights to the Navajo Nation, and also fund a water pipeline that would run across the Navajo Nation from the San Juan River in [...]

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