The bill, S. 228, aims to update the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to ensure that farmers using acequia systems, which are traditional community irrigation methods, have access to drought protections. It emphasizes the significance of acequias in New Mexico's culture...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to make sure that farmers who use special community water systems called "acequias" can get help during dry times. It also wants to let people fix these water systems easily without needing extra permissions.