Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2025-03-11 — Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025: cross-connection with northeastern-arizona-indian-water-rights-settlement-2025: Both are Arizona tribal water-rights settlements moving through Congress, part of a cluster of pending Indian water-rights compacts. (novelty: 3)
2026-07-29 — Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Water Rights Settlement Act: cross-connection with agua-caliente-cahuilla-water-rights-settlement: Parallel tribal water-rights settlement legislation moving through the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in the 119th Congress. (novelty: 3)
2026-07-29 — Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2026: S3617 (119th Congress), the Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2026, was introduced and advanced to hearings before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs; would settle the Nation’s water-rights claims (effect on renters/buyers/builders on Nation lands depends on infrastructure and allocation provisions still to be documented). (novelty: 2)