118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and for other purposes.
March 22, 2023
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2023”.
SEC. 2. Authorization of payment of adjusted interest on Development Fund.
Section 10807(b)(3) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1409) is amended—
(1) by striking “There is” and inserting the following:
“(A) IN GENERAL.—There is”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) ADJUSTED INTEREST PAYMENTS.—
“(i) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for deposit into the Development Fund $5,124,902.12.
“(ii) COST INDEXING.—All amounts made available to carry out clause (i) shall, on deposit into the Development Fund, be adjusted to reflect changes since January 25, 2016, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers West Urban 50,000 to 1,500,000 published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.”.