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House vote: S. 3168 // December 21, 2022Needed two-thirds to pass

S. 3168

Sponsor: Mark Kelly (D-AZ)

This act revises the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010, including by extending certain deadlines and establishing reporting requirements. (The quantification act approved the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Agreement, settling the tribe's water rights in Arizona. ) Specifically, the act extends the enforceability deadline, from 2023 to 2027, for the Department of the Interior to publish a statement of findings required by the quantification act.

Native Americans Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

371 votes, representing 222,070,648 people85.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

32 votes, representing 19,427,633 people7.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon37185.3%
NayLost327.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.3%