The House passed H.R.2535, the Tule River Tribe Water Development Act, on Monday.

The bill authorizes $3 million for a study of a reservoir that would benefit the Tule River Tribe. Not enough water was secured for the tribe when its reservation was created in 1856, according to supporters.

"We're simply trying to secure for the tribe what the federal government should have done 100 years ago," an aide to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-California), who introduced the bill, told McClatchy Newspapers.

The bill has not been considered by the Senate.

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