Number: RL32198
Title: Indian Reserved Water Rights: An Overview
Authors: Yule Kim, American Law Division 
Abstract: Several settlements are being actively considered by the 110th Congress. H.R. 5293/S. 462 would approve the water rights settlement of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada. S. 3355 would authorize the Crow Tribe water rights settlement reached between the Crow Tribe and the state of Montana. S. 3381 would provide for the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act and the water rights settlement of the Taos Pueblo. H.R. 1970/S. 1171 would authorize the Navajo Nation Water Rights Agreement.
Pages: 15
Date: September 26, 2008