25 U.S.C. § 149 — Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund

(a) Establishment. This law creates a special fund in the U.S. Treasury. It's called the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund. (b) Deposits. On the later of October 1, 2021, or November 15, 2021, the Secretary of the Treasury must put $2,500,000,000 into the Fund, using money that isn't already committed to something else. That money stays available until it's all spent. Once deposited, the Secretary of the Interior can use it for the purposes in subsection (c), without needing a new appropriation and without a yearly deadline. (c) Uses. Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary of the Interior must use the Fund's money for one of two things: moving it into funds or accounts that Congress has authorized to receive discretionary appropriations, or paying other obligations the Secretary identifies. Either way, the money must go toward an Indian water rights settlement that Congress approved and authorized by law before November 15, 2021. (d) Scope of transfers. The Secretary of the Interior decides how much to transfer for each settlement — enough, in the Secretary's judgment, to satisfy the United States' obligations under that settlement, including any required cost-of-living adjustments. The Secretary also has discretion over the order and timing of these transfers, with the goal of substantially completing all the eligible Indian water settlements as quickly as reasonably possible.