mr. lujan and mr. heinrich, another member from new mexico and our member on the committee of natural resources for this matter. and i congratulate the gentlelady from california, grace napolitano, for the hearings and all of her hard work on the measures that we are considering today. this legislation implements a settlement agreement that was signed in may of 2006 by the pueblo of taos, the state of new mexico, 55 community ditch association, the town of taos, sanitation district and the 12 taos district of mutual consumer water association. collectively, the parties of the agreement represents the majority of water users in the taos river valley. let me emphasize that point. this settlement provides water certainty to both tribal and nontribal communities. under this settlement agreement, funds would be authorized for the taos settlement fund, the taos infrastructure and watershed fund and for various projects that are mutually beneficial for the pueblo and non-pueblo parties. i'd note that