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Calendar No. 706
115TH CONGRESS S REPORT
2d Session JSENATE 1 115-401
TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMS OF THE
NAVAJO NATION IN UTAH, TO AUTHORIZE CONSTRUCTION OF
PROJECTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
NOVEMBER 29, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 664]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 664) to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the
Navajo Nation in Utah, to authorize construction of projects in con-
nection therewith, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment in the nature
of a substitute and an amendment to the title and recommends
that the bill, as amended, do pass.
PURPOSE
The Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2018, as amend-
ed, would settle the Navajo Nation (Nation) water claims in the
State of Utah (State) and authorize and implement the Nation &
State Settlement Agreement to quantify 81,500 acre-feet per year
of surface and groundwater from the Upper Colorado River Basin
in Utah.
BACKGROUND
The Navajo Nation is a tribe whose reservation extends over
27,000 square miles across the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and
Utah. In August 2003, the Nation and the Governor of the State
of Utah executed a Memorandum of Agreement to commence settle-
ment discussions.
The Nation and the State reached a general agreement con-
cerning a proposed water rights settlement in 2010. In 2013, the
Secretary of the Interior appointed a federal negotiations team to
negotiate terms of a settlement. The terms of the Settlement
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