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Measure would ratify Yavapai Apache Nation settlement and authorize about $1.04 billion for pipeline and treatment plant
Summary
S 36 17 from Senator Kelly would ratify a Yavapai Apache Nation settlement in Arizona, confirm a right to 4,610 acre-feet annually, and authorize roughly $1,040,000,000 for a pipeline, treatment plant, transmission system, and a tribal settlement trust fund.
Chair Murkowski said S 36 17 from Senator Kelly would ratify a settlement for the Yavapai Apache Nation in Arizona, confirm the tribe's right to 4,610 acre-feet of water annually, and authorize approximately $1,040,000,000 for the Craigie and Verdin pipeline, a drinking-water treatment plant and transmission system, and a tribal settlement trust fund.
"It would confirm their right to 4,610 acre feet of water annually and authorize approximately 1,040,000,000 for the Craigie and Verdin pipeline, a drinking water treatment plant and transmission system, and a tribal settlement trust fund," Chair Murkowski said. The committee framed the bill as a ratification that includes substantial infrastructure and trust-fund components to deliver water and sustain operations.
The committee’s opening remarks did not detail implementation timelines or the specific federal agencies' obligations for construction and operation; those questions were reserved for witnesses and the Department of the Interior.
