S.Amdt. 2387

SA 2387. Mr. UDALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT EXTENSION.

Section 10501 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of
2009 (43 U.S.C. 407) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``and for each of
fiscal years 2031 through 2040'' after ``fiscal years 2020
through 2029'';
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) and
inserting the following:
``(A) Expenditures.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B)--

``(I) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029, the
Secretary may expend from the Fund an amount not to exceed
$120,000,000, plus the interest accrued from the Fund, for
the fiscal year in which expenditures are made pursuant to
paragraphs (2) and (3); and
``(II) subject to clause (ii), for each of fiscal years
2031 through 2045, the Secretary may expend from the Fund an
amount not to exceed $120,000,000, plus the interest accrued
in the Fund, for the fiscal year in which expenditures are
made pursuant to paragraph (2).

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``(ii) Limitation.--Of the amount described in clause
(i)(II) for each of fiscal years 2031 through 2045, the
Secretary may expend an amount not to exceed $90,000,000 for
an individual Indian water rights settlement, unless the
Secretary determines that an expenditure of more than
$90,000,000 would not adversely affect the funding of the
implementation of other congressionally approved settlement
agreements.'';
(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``litigation involving the United States, if
the settlement agreement or implementing legislation requires
the Bureau of Reclamation'' and inserting ``claims concerning
Indian water resources, if the settlement agreement or
implementing legislation authorizes the Secretary''; and
(C) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--

(I) in clause (i)--

(aa) in subclause (I), by striking ``the entire period in
which the Fund is in existence'' and inserting ``the period
of fiscal years 2020 through 2029''; and
(bb) in subclause (II), by inserting ``during the period of
fiscal years 2020 through 2029'' after ``into the Fund''; and

(II) in clause (ii), by inserting ``or are deposited into
the Fund after fiscal year 2029'' after ``subparagraph (B)'';

(ii) in subparagraph (B), in clauses (i)(II)(bb),
(iii)(II)(bb), and (iv)(II)(bb), by striking ``the entire
period in which the Fund is in existence'' each place it
appears and inserting ``the period of fiscal years 2020
through 2029'';
(iii) in subparagraph (C)--

(I) by striking ``December 31, 2019'' and inserting
``December 31, 2021''; and
(II) by striking ``for any authorized use'' and inserting
``for any use authorized under paragraph (2)''; and

(iv) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) Sufficiency of funds.--The Secretary may use amounts
in the Fund in a fiscal year for multiple settlements under
subparagraph (B), without regard to the priorities described
in clauses (ii) through (iv) of subparagraph (B), to ensure
that sufficient funds are available to meet the
enforceability date or substantial completion date of a
settlement.''; and
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ``September 30, 2034''
and inserting ``September 30, 2045''.
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