1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Access to Clean Water Act of 2023 . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) access to reliable, clean, and drinkable water is an essential human need and critical to the public health, well-being, educational attainment, and economic development of all communities in the United States; (2) many countries, along with the United Nations, have recognized the urgency of the need to access reliable, clean, and drinkable water by passing laws or resolutions relating to the human right to water and sanitation, including— (A) recognizing these water and sanitation needs exist among indigenous peoples; and (B) establishing aggressive targets for achieving universal access to those basic services; (3) in the United States, access to reliable, clean, and drinkable water has long been a significant problem in many Native communities, such that nearly half of all households in those communities do not have access to reliable water sources, clean drinking water, or basic sanitation, and are significantly more likely than White households to lack indoor plumbing; (4) the trust responsibility of the Federal Government to Indian Tribes requires the Federal Government to ensure the survival and welfare of Indian Tribes, and the failure to provide basic water service cannot be reconciled with that trust responsibility; (5) the COVID–19 pandemic had, and continues to have, a disproportionate impact on Native communities due to a multitude of factors, including— (A) persistent economic disadvantages; (B) racial inequity; and (C) lack of public health infrastructure, including access to running water; (6) on January 27, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 note