San Carlos Irrigation Project Divestiture Act of 2026

(a) In general. With respect to any electric utility systems operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Secretary is authorized to contract under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers to be in the best interest of the Federal Government and the Indian Tribe served by such electric utility system for the sale, operation, maintenance, repairs, or relocation of Government-owned utilities and utility systems and appurtenances used in the administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to such Indian Tribe or other entity as the Tribe and the Secretary may agree.

(b) Submission to Congress. The Secretary shall not execute a contract pursuant to this section until after submitting to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a copy of the contract and a statement of the reasons for proposing the contract, and until such materials have lain before the Committees for 60 days (excluding the time during which either House is in recess for more than three days) unless prior thereto the Secretary is notified that neither committee has any objection to the proposed contract.