text:  Legislation calling for a settlement in a decades-long dispute over tribal water rights is pending before Congress. As member of station KNAU's Ryan Heintjes tells us, the dispute centers on access to the Colorado River. The $5 billion proposal would provide 56,000 acre-feet of water to the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, and San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. It would also guarantee groundwater rights and other protections and fund infrastructure, including a pipeline. It was approved by each of the tribes in May.