[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4265 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4265

 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.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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:

``SEC. 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.''.
                                 <all>