$580M Secured By Sens. Schatz, Murkowski to Fulfill Indian Water Rights Settlements
February 04, 2023
February 04, 2023
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023:
The Department of the Interior today announced a nearly $580 million allocation to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims using funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Reclamation Water Settlements Fund.
"The federal government's trust responsibility to Native communities includes p . . .
The Department of the Interior today announced a nearly $580 million allocation to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims using funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Reclamation Water Settlements Fund.
"The federal government's trust responsibility to Native communities includes p . . .