[Report No. 119–865]
September 8, 2026
Mr. Amodei of Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
October 29, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic
For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 8, 2026
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,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
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Sec. 2. Authorization of payment of adjusted interest on Development Fund
Section 10807(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1409) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (3)—
(A)
by striking Development Fund
and inserting Development Fund—
(B)
by striking $9,000,000
and inserting the following:
(A)
$9,000,000;
(C)
by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
(D)
by adding at the end the following:
(B)
for the period of fiscal years 2027 through 2033, an amount not to exceed the amount that would have accrued in interest on during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and January 25, 2016, on balances held in the Development Fund, and any compound interest that would have accrued, as calculated using the daily government overnighter rate which reflects yields on four week U.S. Treasury bills and results in all interest earned being accrued and compounded daily and which allows for a liquid investment and such investment decisions were invested in accordance with—
(i)
the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a; 52 Stat. 1037); and
(ii)
the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412).; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(4) Derivation of funds
To the extent provided in advance in appropriations Act, amounts authorized pursuant to paragraph (3)(B) are authorized to be derived from amounts otherwise made available to the Secretary to implement authorized Indian water rights settlements.