To establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund to satisfy the obligations of the United States with respect to certain Indian water rights settlements, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8937.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 112, July 8, 2024, Page H4477):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following:-- U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3 U.S. Cont. art. IV, sec. 3, cl. 2, sen. a The single subject of this legislation is: To establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund to satisfy the obligations of the United States with respect to certain Indian water rights settlements.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 8, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8937, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8937

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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