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S. Rept. 119-124 1 (2026-06-04)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaijg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . Calendar No. 428 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j SENATE 119-124 OHKAY OWINGEH RIO CHAMA WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 2025 JUNE 4, 2026.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 563] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 563) to approve the settlement of water rights claims of Ohkay Owingeh in the Rio Chama Stream System, to restore the Bosque on Pueblo Land in the State of New Mexico, and for other pur- poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with- out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 563 is to ratify, confirm, and approve the water settlement agreement reached between the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, the State of New Mexico, the City of Espahiola, and five acequia as- sociations, and to resolve the Pueblo's water rights claims in the Rio Chama Stream System in New Mexico. S. 563 also authorizes the funds necessary to carry out the settlement agreement and the Act. BACKGROUND AND NEED The Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (Pueblo) is a federally recognized Tribe located in northern New Mexico whose lifeways, cultural practices, and traditional economy have long depended on waters of the Rio Grande and Rio Chama rivers, and access to those rivers' bosques (riparian forests). In the 1950s and 1960s, the Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers undertook flood control and river chan- 69-010