Approves a settlement of water rights claims between the Tule River Tribe, the United States, and downstream water users in California, confirms the Tribe's right to up to 5,828 acre-feet of surface water per year, and provides $568 million in federal funding and about 10,000 acres of land to be held in trust for the Tribe.

• Ratifies the 2007 Agreement among the Tribe, South Tule Independent Ditch Company, and Tule River Association, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute it.
• Holds the Tribe's water right in trust by the United States, with a cap of 5,828 acre-feet per year, and bars forfeiture of the right through non-use.
• Provides $518 million for water development projects and $50 million for operation, maintenance, and replacement, deposited in a Tule River Indian Tribe Settlement Trust Fund.
• Transfers about 9,037 acres of Forest Service land and several Bureau of Land Management and tribally owned parcels into trust for the Tribe, and waives the Tribe's related water claims against the United States and the State of California.

• Indian Affairs Committee (Senate)

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