Senate Committee on Indian Affairs sets hearing on water rights
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is meeting to focus on tribal water rights, including a bill to settle a long-running dispute in Arizona. At an oversight hearing and legislative hearing on Wednesday afternoon, the committee will take testimony about tribal water rights in general. The Department of the Interior is sending an official to discuss the policy of President Donald Trump and his administration. The committee is also taking testimony on S.953, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025. The bipartisan bill settles the water rights of the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe in the Colorado River basin in northeastern Arizona.
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