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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Op
Calendar No. 397
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session J SENATE 116-189
TO AMEND THE OMNIBUS PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT
ACT OF 2009 TO MAKE THE RECLAMATION WATER SET-
TLEMENTS FUND PERMANENT
DECEMBER 19, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 886]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 886) to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of
2009 to make the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund perma-
nent, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment (in the nature of a substitute) and recommends that
the bill (as amended) do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 886 is to extend the termination date of the
Reclamation Water Settlements Fund for an additional ten years;
clarify Reclamation Water Settlements Fund eligibility for claims
concerning Indian water resources; preserve existing priorities for
Reclamation Water Settlements Fund expenditures for the initial
Reclamation Water Settlements Fund authorization period; provide
sufficient funding and time to implement the Aamodt Litigation
Settlement Act; and authorize a project study to advance the Tribal
water rights settlement agreed to by the Kickapoo Tribe and the
State of Kansas.
BACKGROUND
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 established
the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund in the Treasury of the
United States to provide financial assistance to plan, design, and
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