Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2006
Public Law 109-373 · S. 2464 · 109th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Nov 27, 2006 · Native Americans
Sponsor: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Jon Kyl
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Revision Act of 2006 - Cancels the obligation of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation to repay the loan, under the Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, for the construction of water conveyance and delivery facilities on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Related bills
1 bill the Library of Congress relates to this one.
H.R. 5299Identical bill
Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Revision Act of 2006
Data notes
Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.
- Nov 27, 2006Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 109-373.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 21, 2006FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Sep 28, 2006FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2464.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Hayworth moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 18, 2006CommitteeCommittee · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- Sep 14, 2006FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- FloorFloor · Received in the House.
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- Sep 13, 2006FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Jul 19, 2006CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 522.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 109-284.
- Jun 22, 2006CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 28, 2006CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- CommitteeCommittee · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2471)
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in Senate
Data notes
Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.
Amendments
1 amendment offered to the bill, with the last recorded step of each.
- Agreed to
S.Amdt. 5006SenateSen. John McCainR-AZ· offered Sep 13, 2006Agreed to
To make a technical correction.
Sep 13, 2006: Amendment SA 5006 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Data notes
Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.
Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.