Congress·Passed Senate·S. 640

Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act

Fixes interest and adds funds for New Mexico tribal water projects

Dec 11, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Reintroduced from S. 3406 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
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Key Points

Adds about $18.47 million to three existing tribal water funds to fix past interest errors
Sends $6.36M to the Navajo Nation water fund, $7.79M to the Taos Pueblo fund, and $4.31M to the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos’ fund
Money helps build, maintain, and replace water pipes, treatment plants, and other systems for safe drinking water and irrigation
Forgives some interest the tribes would have had to send back to the U.S. from before Sept. 15, 2017, keeping more dollars local
Does not change the original water rights deals; it simply corrects funding and accounting so projects can move forward

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Dec 15, 2025House

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Dec 15, 2025House

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Dec 15, 2025Senate

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Dec 11, 2025Senate

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8692-8693)

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Dec 11, 2025

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act

Bill NumberS 640

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionHeld at the desk.

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