House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025
Official title: To approve the settlement of water rights claims of Ohkay Owingeh in the Rio Chama Stream System, to restore the Bosque on Pueblo Land in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1323.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H711):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1323, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1323
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez.
- H.R. 4284 (119th) Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
- H.R. 4598 (119th) Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt…
- H.R. 9473 (119th) Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 6049 (119th) No Payola Act
- H.R. 5774 (119th) Every Child Deserves a Head Start Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 56 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to White, non-Hispanic men.
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.