the preservation of the ancient culture of the taos pueblo, as well as the future of the modern taos community depend upon the passage of this legislation. let me give you a little history about this settlement and why it's so important to pass this legislation today. the legal proceedings that led to the taos pueblo indian water rights settlement, also known by my constituents as the beta settlement, began in 1969 by the new mexico state engineer. the state engineer's office in new mexico is charged with the distribution and management of water resources in our state. the litigation continued until 1989 when the negotiations of the settlement began. it has taken until today for these negotiations to reach a point where it could be possible to enact the settlement into law, to resolve the water allocation between tribal and nontribal community members in the taos area. this legislation will bring to close decades of litigation and uncertainty with regard to water resources for the people of my district. the passage of this legislation will bring security to water users in taos by mak

the rule provides for the consideration of h.r. 3254, the taos pueblo indian water rights settlement act, h.r. 3342, the aamodt litigation settlement act, and h.r. 1065, the white mountain apache tribe water rights quantification act of 2009. each hour has one hour of general debate to be controlled by the chairman on natural resources. it self-executes an amendment to ensure the bill is pay-go compliant. each bill has a separate amendment by representative mcclintock which is debatable for 10 minutes. the rule also allows a motion to recommit with or without instructions for each of the three bills. h.r. 1055, the -- 1065, the white mountain apache tribe water rights quantification act of 2009, h.r. 3254, the taos pueblo indian water rights settlement act, and h.r. 3342, aamodt litigation settlement act, are all bipartisan pieces of legislation and are all sensible pieces of legislation. each of these bills will approve, ratify and confirm carefully negotiated settlement agreements between tribal representatives, nonindian water users and the united states government. these agreemen

house resolution 1017, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 3254, to approve the taos pueblo indian water right settlement agreement and for other purposes. for consideration of the bill h.r. 3342, to authorize the secretary of the interior acting through the commissioner of reclamation to develop water infrastructure in the rio grande basin and to improve the settlement of the water rights claims of the pueblos of nambe, pojoaque, san ildefonso and tesuque and consideration of the bill h.r. 1065 to resolve water rights claims of the white mountain apache tribe in the state of arizona, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. :v:v:vv the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 239 and the nays are 175. the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the resolution is adopted. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on