119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 19, 2025
Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act
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Latest action (Dec 15, 2025): Held at the desk.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 19, 2025)
Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act
This bill authorizes deposits representing unpaid interest into the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund, and the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos’ Fund. These funds were established in 2009 and 2010 under certain water rights settlement agreements that did not allow accrual of interest.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8692-8693)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8692)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-95.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-95.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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TAOS PUEBLO · lobbying firm or registrant: SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement amendments, including S.640/H.R. 4598,Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PUEBLO OF TAOS · lobbying firm or registrant: JORDAN LAW FIRM, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 14, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 640 / H.R. 4598 Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TAOS PUEBLO · lobbying firm or registrant: SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement amendments, including S.640/H.R. 4598,Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PUEBLO OF TAOS · lobbying firm or registrant: JORDAN LAW FIRM, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 6, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
Amount not reported
S. 640 / H.R. 4598 Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
TAOS PUEBLO · lobbying firm or registrant: SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement amendments, including S.640/H.R. 4598,Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PUEBLO OF TAOS · lobbying firm or registrant: JORDAN LAW FIRM, LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
Amount not reported
S. 640 / H.R. 4598 Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
TAOS PUEBLO · lobbying firm or registrant: SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement amendments, including S.640/H.R. 4598,Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TAOS PUEBLO · lobbying firm or registrant: SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$20,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement amendments, including S.640/H.R. 4598,Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TAOS PUEBLO · lobbying firm or registrant: SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement amendments, including S.640,Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TAOS PUEBLO · lobbying firm or registrant: SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
Amount not reported
Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement amendments, including S.640,Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
PUEBLO OF TAOS · lobbying firm or registrant: JORDAN LAW FIRM, LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 6, 2026 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 640 / H.R. 4598 Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PUEBLO OF TAOS · lobbying firm or registrant: JORDAN LAW FIRM, LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · amended · posted Oct 3, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
Amount not reported
S. 640 /H.R. 4598 Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
PUEBLO OF TAOS · lobbying firm or registrant: JORDAN LAW FIRM, LLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · amended · posted Oct 3, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
Amount not reported
S. 640/ H.R. 4598 Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
PUEBLO OF TAOS · lobbying firm or registrant: JORDAN LAW FIRM, LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 3, 2025 · issue area: Indian/Native American Affairs
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 640 / H.R. 4598 Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing