Tule River Tribe Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8920 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8920 To approve the settlement of the water right claims of the Tule River Tribe, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 2, 2024 Mr. Fong introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To approve the settlement of the water right claims of the Tule River Tribe, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Tule River Tribe Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purposes. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Ratification of 2007 Agreement. Sec. 5. Tribal Water Right. Sec. 6. Tule River Tribe trust accounts. Sec. 7. Funding. Sec. 8. Transfer of land into trust. Sec. 9. Satisfaction of claims. Sec. 10. Waivers and releases of claims. Sec. 11. Enforceability Date. Sec. 12. Binding effect; judicial approval; enforceability. Sec. 13. Miscellaneous provisions. Sec. 14. Antideficiency. SEC. 2. PURPOSES. The purposes of this Act are-- (1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of claims to water rights in the State of California for-- (A) the Tule River Tribe; and (B) the United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe; (2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the 2007 Agreement entered by the Tribe, the South Tule Independent Ditch Company, and the Tule River Association, to the extent that the 2007 Agreement is consistent with this Act; (3) to authorize and direct the Secretary-- (A) to execute the 2007