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, and it includes nearby trust land, including land in the Santa Margarita River Watershed placed into trust later. It allows a water quality fund to pay for activities addressing water quality issues 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 the bill does not change existing water rights or the earlier finding that the settlement's conditions were met.

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Sponsors

• Alex Padilla Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors