Senate Indian Affairs Committee
628 Dirksen
03/11/2026 at 02:30PM
Oversight hearing on “Examining Federal Policies Governing Indian Water Rights Settlements,” and legislative hearing to receive testimony on S. 953, Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025.
The $5 billion package to “secure water rights for Navajo, Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribal members in northeastern Arizona and to give the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe a reservation” is a re-introduction of the same bill from 2024, which died at the end of that year after a furious last-ditch effort.
On paper, tribal nations in the Colorado River basin have senior rights to about one-fourth of the Colorado River’s water.