This bill makes technical corrections to an earlier water rights settlement with the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians, a California Native American tribe. The amendments clarify the definition of the tribe's reservation to include all lands set aside through various executive orders and dates between 1882 and 2008, as well as any contiguous trust lands within the Santa Margarita River Watershed added after the settlement became enforceable. The bill also expands the allowable uses of the Pechanga Water Quality Account to cover broader water quality activities in the Wolf Valley Basin, rather than limiting it specifically to groundwater desalination. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to execute any necessary amendments to the underlying settlement agreement to reflect these changes. The legislation does not affect existing water rights or alter the settlement's enforceability date, which was established in 2020.
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