To direct the Secretary and the Attorney General to promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to execute and implement the San Luis Rey settlement agreement, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4265
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2014-03-14
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California

Federal-Indian relations

Indian lands and resources rights

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General to take all necessary or appropriate steps to: (1) execute and implement on behalf of the United States the settlement agreement approved in principle by the city of Escondido, California, the Vista Irrigation District, the San Luis Rey River Indian Water Authority, and the La Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqual, Pauma, and Pala Bands of Mission Indians (California), dated April 23, 2012; and (2) secure the entry of stipulated judgments or other final dispositions in the proceedings among these parties presently pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4265 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2014 Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. George Miller of California , Mr. Calvert , Mr. Peters of California , Mr. Vargas , and Mr. Cole ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To direct the Secretary and the Attorney General to promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to execute and implement the San Luis Rey settlement agreement, and for other purposes.

1. San Luis Rey Settlement Agreement Implementation The San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law No. 100–675) is amended by adding at the end the following: 112. Implementation of settlement Congress finds that the City of Escondido, California, the Vista Irrigation District, the San Luis Rey River Indian Water Authority, and the Bands have approved in principle a settlement agreement, dated April 23, 2012, that conforms to the requirements of this Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary and the Attorney General shall promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to— (1) execute and implement that agreement on behalf of the United States, and (2) secure the entry of stipulated judgments or other final dispositions in the proceedings among these parties presently pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. .