S 4417
Pechanga Band of Indians Water Rights Settlement Technical Amendments Act
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Bill overview
This bill makes technical corrections to the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act. Specifically, it clarifies the definition of the reservation’s boundaries by adding specific dates to the list of land additions. It also modifies a provision regarding the use of the Pechanga Water Quality account to focus on addressing water quality issues within the Wolf Valley Basin. Finally, it confirms the ongoing validity of existing water rights and the Secretary of the Interior’s findings regarding the satisfaction of conditions precedent.
Key provisions
- Clarifies the definition of the Pechanga reservation by adding specific dates of land additions.
- Modifies the Pechanga Water Quality account to prioritize addressing water quality issues in the Wolf Valley Basin.
- Defines ‘Pechanga Settlement Agreement’ for the purposes of this amendment.
- Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to execute amendments to the Pechanga Settlement Agreement.
- Confirms the existing status of water rights and the validity of the 2020 finding regarding condition precedent satisfaction.
Who is affected
- Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians
- United States Department of the Interior
- Stakeholders involved in the Pechanga Water Rights Settlement Agreement
- Residents and businesses within the Wolf Valley Basin
Notable changes
- The definition of the Pechanga reservation is expanded to include specific dates of land additions.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
S. 4417
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
A BILL
To amend the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Pechanga Band of Indians Water Rights Settlement Technical Amendments Act
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in subparagraph (A), by striking means the land
and all that follows through the period at the end of the subparagraph and inserting the following:
means—
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
The term Reservation includes—
groundwater desalination activities within the Wolf Valley Basinand inserting
activities to address water quality issues within the Wolf Valley Basin.
In this subsection, the term Pechanga Settlement Agreement has the meaning given that term in section 3403 of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1755).
Congress finds that the parties to the Pechanga Settlement Agreement have agreed to amend the Pechanga Settlement Agreement (and any exhibit to the Pechanga Settlement Agreement) as necessary to conform the Pechanga Settlement Agreement (and the exhibits to the Pechanga Settlement Agreement) in accordance with the amendments made by this section.
The Secretary of the Interior shall promptly execute the amendments to the Pechanga Settlement Agreement (or any exhibit to the Pechanga Settlement Agreement) described in subparagraph (A).
Nothing in this section (or an amendment made by this section) affects—
Statement of Findings: Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act(85 Fed. Reg. 61966) that those conditions precedent were fully satisfied.
Nothing in this section alters, or requires the alteration of, any water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.