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117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-287
HUALAPAI TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF
2022
DECEMBER 22, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 4104]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 4104) to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the
Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to au-
thorize construction of a water project relating to those water
rights claims, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that
the bill (as amended) do pass.
PURPOSE
S. 4104 authorizes and ratifies the water rights settlement agree-
ment between the Hualapai Tribe, certain allottees, and the state
of Arizona. S. 4104 also funds water-related projects and allows the
Tribe to access water from the Colorado River, the Bill Williams
River, and the Verde River. The bill also transfers certain lands
into trust for the Hualapai Tribe.1
BACKGROUND
The Hualapai reservation was established in two locations by a
series of Executive Orders.2 The primary reservation is comprised
of approximately 1 million acres along the Grand Canyon in north-
west Arizona. The secondary reservation is comprised of approxi-
mately 60 acres located 40 miles south of the primary reservation.
Although the Hualapai Reservation is bordered in part by a 108-
mile stretch of the Colorado River, the Tribe relies on unpredict-
1In the future, land located outside the reservation may only be taken into trust through an
act of Congress.
2Exec. Order of January 4, 1883; Exec. Order of December 22, 1898; Exec. Order of May 14,
1900; Exec. Order of June 2, 1911.
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