Pechanga Band of Indians Water Rights Settlement Technical Amendments Act

This bill makes technical changes to a 2016 federal law that settled the water rights of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in California. It redefines the Band's "Reservation" by listing specific executive orders and dates when land was set aside or added. It also counts nearby land held in trust, and land in the Santa Margarita River Watershed placed into trust later, as part of the Reservation. It lets a water quality fund pay for activities that address water quality in the Wolf Valley Basin, not only groundwater desalination. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to sign matching changes to the settlement agreement, and states that existing water rights and the 2020 finding that settlement conditions were met are not changed.

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Sponsors

• Darrell Issa Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors