SANTA FE, NM – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico recently introduced S. 4998, legislation to approve the Navajo Nation Rio San José Stream System Water Rights Settlement Agreement in New Mexico. The bill is companion legislation to H.R. 8945 that was introduced by U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico in the House in July and is co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Gabriel Vasquez (D-NM) and U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM). The proposed settlement would quantify the Navajo Nation’s water rights in the Rio San José Stream System and the Rio Puerco Basin.