Congress pays the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes $5.1 million in water settlement interest.
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 gives the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation $5.1 million. The money fixes an interest calculation from a 2009 water rights settlement. The payment goes into a Development Fund that was set up in 2009.
Who it affects
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation receive the payment. The money supports their economic development.
One thing to notice
The bill corrects a math error from the 2009 settlement. Congress is now paying the money that should have been paid then.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
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.
Words to know
- water rights settlement — An agreement that decides how much water a tribe can use from rivers or sources.
- Development Fund — Money set aside to help a tribe build businesses, schools, or other projects.
- interest — Extra money owed when a payment is delayed or when money is borrowed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (615 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 14,522 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 2026-09-22.
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