Congress authorizes overdue interest payment to Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
H.R. 10306 — Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025 · Filed by Mark Amodei (R-NV) · Introduced Sep 8, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill amends a 2009 water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Reservation by authorizing payment of accrued interest on a Development Fund. The tribes are owed interest that would have accumulated from January 25, 2016 to the bill's enactment, calculated daily using Treasury bill rates and compounded, with funding to come from existing Indian water rights settlement appropriations.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a technical correction to an existing tribal water rights settlement, narrowly focused on authorizing interest payments owed to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes under a 2009 statute. It is a remedial amendment, not a new policy initiative.
What the text implies
- The bill references interest accrual from January 25, 2016 to enactment, suggesting the original 2009 settlement may have been silent on interest or the interest mechanism was unclear, creating a 7+ year gap in compensation.
- Funding is contingent on advance appropriations; if Congress does not appropriate funds, the authorization remains unfunded and the tribes receive no payment despite the bill's passage.
- The interest calculation method (daily compounding using Treasury bill rates) is specified in detail, suggesting prior disputes or ambiguity over how interest should be computed.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill fulfills a legal obligation to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes by authorizing payment of interest owed under an existing settlement, correcting an apparent gap in the original 2009 statute. This restores a financial remedy the tribes were entitled to receive.
Who stands to gain
- Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Reservation
Named in the bill
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Reservation, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Public Law 111–11, Secretary (of Interior, implied), Act of June 24, 1938, American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994, Public Law 103–412
Where it stands
- Sep 8, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 8, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
- Sep 15, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Sep 15, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,797 characters) on Sep 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-11-02.
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