What is the official ID of this bill?
The official print number for this legislation is S 4368.
Water Rights Settlement and New Tax Rules for Agua Caliente Reservation.
The act approves a water rights settlement for the Agua Caliente Tribe in California, granting them guaranteed access to groundwater and $500 million in federal funding for water investments. It also introduces tax changes for individuals and businesses leasing land on the reservation, replacing the local county tax with a new tribal tax.
Key points
The Tribe secures the right to extract up to 20,000 acre-feet of groundwater annually and gains control over local water fees.
A $500 million federal trust fund is established to develop water infrastructure and protect groundwater resources.
The existing Riverside County property tax on the reservation is replaced by a tribal tax, with rates remaining at least as high as the previous ones.
Specific federal lands will be transferred to the Tribe, while others will be sold to a local water district for resource management.
Status:
Introduced
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