S. 4505 aims to resolve water rights claims for Ohkay Owingeh in the Rio Chama Stream System in New Mexico. It approves an agreement between the Pueblo, the state, and others, authorizes necessary funding, and creates a trust fund to manage those funds. The bill also outlines...
Simple Explanation
This bill is about making sure a group called Ohkay Owingeh in New Mexico gets the water they need from a river, and it sets up a big pot of money to help them and fix the land. But there are worries about how the money is watched over and if everything promised will really happen.