Approves a settlement of the Zuni Tribe's water rights claims in the Zuni River Stream System in New Mexico, provides about $685 million in federal funding through a trust fund, and withdraws about 92,364 federal acres around the Zuni Salt Lake from mining, leasing, and most other development.

• Ratifies the 2023 settlement agreement among the Tribe, New Mexico, and other parties, and holds the Tribe's water rights in trust for the Tribe by the United States
• Appropriates $655.5 million for a Water Rights Settlement Trust Account and $29.5 million for an operation, maintenance, and replacement account, with costs adjusted for construction cost indexes, and requires New Mexico to contribute $1.25 million
• Withdraws about 92,364 acres of federal land around the Zuni Salt Lake and bars new water wells, grazing increases, new rights-of-way, timber sales, and casual collecting there, and places about 217,037 acres of the lake and sanctuary area under Bureau of Land Management management with Tribal consultation
• Takes specified land into trust for the Tribe on the settlement's enforceability date, and the settlement expires if the Secretary does not publish the required findings by July 1, 2030 or an agreed later date

• Indian Affairs Committee (Senate)

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