S. 4890 — Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026

This section establishes an Operations, Maintenance, Repair, and Ongoing Obligations Subaccount and a New and Continuing Settlements Subaccount in the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund. It directs Treasury deposits of $45,000,000 annually into the first subaccount and $250,000,000 annually into the second from October 1, 2026, through October 1, 2035, for transfers to satisfy U.S. obligations under the Ak-Chin, Animas-La Plata, Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects, Snake River, Hualapai, and other congressionally approved Indian water rights settlements. It also bars use of Reclamation Water Settlements Fund amounts for certain White Mountain Apache Tribe settlement purposes.