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Native American Affairs: Emergency Drought Relief for Tribes Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Section 80004

Federal funding opportunity R25AS00275 from Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior).

Posted
July 8, 2025
Closed
October 14, 2025
Award ceiling
$2,000,000
Award floor
$50,000
Program funding
$9,000,000
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement, Grant
Assistance listing
15.519
Category
Natural Resources
Archives
March 11, 2028

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 15.519 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated
$22.3M
FY2026 obligated
$438,406
FY2027 (to date) obligated
$0
Awards in window
66

Top recipients: Tolowa Dee-ni Nation, Gila River Indian Community, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Bishop Paiute Tribe, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is authorized to provide emergency drought relief for Tribes through the Inflation Reduction Act (Act) of 2022. To provide drought relief to Tribes, Reclamation’s Native American Affairs and International Affairs Office (NAIAO) implements the Emergency Drought Relief for Tribes Program (Program).This NAIAO funding opportunity is for federally recognized Indian Tribes in the 17 western states. Activities funded through this Program must provide near-term drought relief actions that mitigate drought impacts for Tribes who are impacted by the operation of a Reclamation water project. The Program’s objectives are to assist eligible Tribes to develop, manage and protect their water and related resources to mitigate the adverse impacts of drought. To be consistent with the purposes of the Act, proposals should meet one or more of the following objectives: Mitigate drought impacts,Increase drought resiliency,Reduce reliance on declining water sources,Increase the efficiency of water deliveries,Mitigate the loss of water and related Tribal trust resources, orAddress drinking water shortages.

Who can apply

Federally recognized Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations as defined in 25 U.S.C. 5304.Located in the 17 Western States identified in the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, as amended and supplemented: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. To be considered for this program, applicants will meet all the following eligibility requirements: The Tribe must be a federally recognized Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, as defined in 25 U.S.C. Section 5304,The Tribe must be located in one or more of the 17 western states identified in the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 , as amended and supplemented, andThe proposed project must provide near-term drought relief actions to mitigate drought impacts for Indian Tribes that are impacted by the operation of a Reclamation water. Any applicant with an enacted Indian Water Rights Settlement, should identify the settlement in their application and might not be eligible for an award under this NOFO due to the uniqueness of each settlement.

The official record

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Agency contact: Bureau of Reclamation · [email protected] · tbd

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