S. 546 (119th)Bill Overview

Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025

Native Americans|Federal-Indian relationsGovernment trust funds
Cosponsors
Support
Bipartisan
Introduced
Feb 12, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 261.

Introduced
Committee
Floor
President
Law
Congressional Activities
01 · The brief

This bill makes a technical amendment to Section 10807(b)(3) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 related to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation water rights settlement.

It authorizes an appropriation of $5,124,902.12 to the Secretary for deposit into the Development Fund as adjusted interest payments.

The change is presented as a statutory correction to implement the settlement.

Passage85/100

Small, targeted correction with limited cost and low controversy; historically such fixes often pass when procedurally advanced.

CredibilityPartial

How solid the drafting looks.

Contention12/100

Left emphasizes honoring tribal settlements and benefits to communities

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Who this appears to help vs burden50% / 50%
Federal agenciesFederal agencies
Likely helped
  • Federal agenciesProvides $5,124,902.12 in authorized federal funds to the Tribe's Development Fund for adjusted interest payments.
  • Targeted stakeholdersClarifies statute language to correct administrative or drafting errors in the original settlement implementation.
  • Targeted stakeholdersMay enable tribal economic or infrastructure projects funded from the Development Fund to proceed.
Likely burdened
  • Federal agenciesAuthorizes a federal appropriation, increasing federal outlays by about $5.1 million.
  • Targeted stakeholdersEstablishes a post-settlement adjustment precedent that may prompt similar correction requests.
  • Targeted stakeholdersProvides limited transparency about calculation and offsets for the adjustment in the bill text.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Left emphasizes honoring tribal settlements and benefits to communities
Progressive95%

Likely supportive.

Seen as a narrow, necessary correction that ensures the Tribe receives agreed settlement funds and advances tribal rights.

Viewed as consistent with respecting negotiated tribal settlements and reparative commitments.

Leans supportive
Centrist85%

Generally favorable as a narrowly targeted, pragmatic technical fix with modest fiscal impact.

Would want assurance about transparency, timing, and that the payment implements existing legal commitments.

Leans supportive
Conservative45%

Cautiously skeptical.

Accepts that technical corrections sometimes are necessary, but concerned about new federal spending without offsets and broader precedent for federal obligations to tribes.

Split reaction
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

Still ahead

President

Still ahead

Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood85/100

Small, targeted correction with limited cost and low controversy; historically such fixes often pass when procedurally advanced.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • Absence of a published CBO cost estimate in text
  • Whether House procedural objections require offsets
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

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06 · Go deeper

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Left emphasizes honoring tribal settlements and benefits to communities

Small, targeted correction with limited cost and low controversy; historically such fixes often pass when procedurally advanced.

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