S4368-119

In Committee

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Water Rights Settlement Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 22, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Water Rights Settlement Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HE7634682E50E401EA7C5AA2BC0D66F15: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Water Rights Settlement Act. The table of contents of...
  • Section H66D077550D0A44648462430ABD687A81: 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of all claims in the State of California to rights to water for—...
  • Section HB0B3AE1A3E1F42AC95D7184881F39AEC: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term Adjacent Lands means lands that CVWD owns, leases, uses, occupies, controls, or manages that are immediately adjacent to...
  • Section H5AB9BEA14A54422BB4C0EE717099BA61: 4. Ratification of Agreement Except as modified by this Act, and to the extent that the Agreement does not conflict with this Act, the Agreement is authorized,...
  • Section H42A4521E320D4EEDB039B1958A216B98: 5. Tribal water right The Tribal Water Right is ratified, confirmed, and declared to be valid. The Tribal Water Right consists of the right to Produce and/or...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Water Rights Settlement Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Water Rights Settlement Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 22, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. …

Apr 22, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 22, 2026

Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Tax Apportionment Schedule" §HB0B3AE1A3E1F42AC95D7184881F39AEC

the schedule established by Riverside County for distributing funds from the Riverside County Ad Valorem Property Tax to taxing entities. The terms Tribal Cultural Resource means— human remains and associated grave goods

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