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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1323 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To approve the settlement of water rights claims of Ohkay Owingeh in |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Rio Chama Stream System, to restore the Bosque on Pueblo Land |
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| 7 | 7 | | in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. L |
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| 11 | 11 | | EGERFERNANDEZ(for herself and Ms. STANSBURY) introduced the |
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| 12 | 12 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To approve the settlement of water rights claims of Ohkay |
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| 15 | 15 | | Owingeh in the Rio Chama Stream System, to restore |
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| 16 | 16 | | the Bosque on Pueblo Land in the State of New Mexico, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) S |
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| 22 | 22 | | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ‘‘Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) T |
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| 26 | 26 | | ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | this Act is as follows: 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 2. Purposes. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sec. 3. Definitions. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Sec. 4. Ratification of Agreement. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 5. Pueblo Water Rights. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Sec. 6. Settlement Trust Fund. |
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| 37 | 37 | | Sec. 7. Funding. |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 8. Enforceability Date. |
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| 39 | 39 | | Sec. 9. Waivers and releases of claims. |
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| 40 | 40 | | Sec. 10. Satisfaction of claims. |
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| 41 | 41 | | Sec. 11. Miscellaneous provisions. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Sec. 12. Antideficiency. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SEC. 2. PURPOSES. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | The purposes of this Act are— 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ment of all claims to water rights in the Rio Chama 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Stream System in the State for— 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (A) Ohkay Owingeh; and 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) the United States, acting as trustee 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | for Ohkay Owingeh; 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agree-9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ment entered into by Ohkay Owingeh, the State, and 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | various other parties to the extent that the Agree-11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ment is consistent with this Act; 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (A) to execute the Agreement; and 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (B) to take any other actions necessary to 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | carry out the Agreement in accordance with 16 |
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| 60 | 60 | | this Act; and 17 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (4) to authorize funds necessary for the imple-18 |
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| 62 | 62 | | mentation of the Agreement and this Act. 19 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | In this Act: 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (1) A |
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| 69 | 69 | | DJUDICATION.—The term ‘‘Adjudication’’ 3 |
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| 70 | 70 | | means the general stream adjudication of water 4 |
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| 71 | 71 | | rights in the Rio Chama Stream System entitled 5 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘State of New Mexico ex rel. State Engineer v. Ara-6 |
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| 73 | 73 | | gon’’, Civil No. 69–CV–07941–KWR/KK, pending, 7 |
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| 74 | 74 | | as of the date of enactment of this Act, in the 8 |
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| 75 | 75 | | United States District Court for the District of New 9 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Mexico. 10 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (2) A |
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| 78 | 78 | | GREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ 11 |
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| 79 | 79 | | means— 12 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (A) the document entitled ‘‘Ohkay 13 |
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| 81 | 81 | | Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement’’ 14 |
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| 82 | 82 | | and dated July 5, 2023, and the exhibits at-15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | tached thereto; and 16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (B) any amendment to the document re-17 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ferred to in subparagraph (A) (including an 18 |
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| 86 | 86 | | amendment to an exhibit thereto) that is exe-19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | cuted to ensure that the Agreement is con-20 |
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| 88 | 88 | | sistent with this Act. 21 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (3) B |
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| 90 | 90 | | OSQUE.—The term ‘‘bosque’’ means a gal-22 |
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| 91 | 91 | | lery forest located along the riparian floodplain of a 23 |
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| 92 | 92 | | stream, riverbank, or lake. 24 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (4) CITY OF ESPAN˜OLA.—The term ‘‘City of 1 |
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| 97 | 97 | | Espan˜ola’’ means a municipal corporation of the 2 |
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| 98 | 98 | | State. 3 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (5) E |
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| 100 | 100 | | NFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘En-4 |
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| 101 | 101 | | forceability Date’’ means the date described in sec-5 |
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| 102 | 102 | | tion 8. 6 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (6) O |
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| 104 | 104 | | HKAY OWINGEH ; PUEBLO.—The terms 7 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ‘‘Ohkay Owingeh’’ and ‘‘Pueblo’’ mean the body 8 |
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| 106 | 106 | | politic and federally recognized Indian nation. 9 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (7) P |
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| 108 | 108 | | ARTIAL FINAL JUDGMENT AND DECREE .— 10 |
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| 109 | 109 | | The term ‘‘Partial Final Judgment and Decree’’ 11 |
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| 110 | 110 | | means a final or interlocutory partial final judgment 12 |
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| 111 | 111 | | and decree entered by the United States District 13 |
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| 112 | 112 | | Court for the District of New Mexico with respect 14 |
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| 113 | 113 | | to the water rights of Ohkay Owingeh in the Rio 15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | Chama Stream System— 16 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (A) that is substantially in the form de-17 |
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| 116 | 116 | | scribed in the Agreement, as amended to ensure 18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | consistency with this Act; and 19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (B) from which no further appeal may be 20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | taken. 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (8) P |
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| 121 | 121 | | UEBLO GRANT .—The term ‘‘Pueblo 22 |
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| 122 | 122 | | Grant’’ means the land recognized and confirmed by 23 |
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| 123 | 123 | | the Federal patent issued to Ohkay Owingeh (then 24 |
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| 127 | 127 | | known as the ‘‘Pueblo of San Juan’’) under the Act 1 |
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| 128 | 128 | | of December 22, 1858 (11 Stat. 374, chapter V). 2 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (9) P |
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| 130 | 130 | | UEBLO LAND.—The term ‘‘Pueblo Land’’ 3 |
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| 131 | 131 | | means any real property that is— 4 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (A) held by the United States in trust for 5 |
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| 133 | 133 | | Ohkay Owingeh within the Rio Chama Stream 6 |
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| 134 | 134 | | System; 7 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (B) owned by the Pueblo within the Rio 8 |
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| 136 | 136 | | Chama Stream System before the Enforce-9 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ability Date; or 10 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (C) acquired by the Pueblo within the Rio 11 |
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| 139 | 139 | | Chama Stream System on or after the Enforce-12 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ability Date if the real property is located— 13 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (i) within the exterior boundaries of 14 |
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| 142 | 142 | | the Pueblo Grant; or 15 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (ii) within the exterior boundaries of 16 |
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| 144 | 144 | | any territory set aside for the Pueblo by 17 |
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| 145 | 145 | | law, Executive order, or court decree. 18 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (10) P |
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| 147 | 147 | | UEBLO WATER RIGHTS .—The term 19 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘Pueblo Water Rights’’ means the water rights of 20 |
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| 149 | 149 | | Ohkay Owingeh in the Rio Chama Stream System— 21 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (A) as identified in the Agreement and sec-22 |
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| 151 | 151 | | tion 5; and 23 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (B) as confirmed in the Partial Final 24 |
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| 153 | 153 | | Judgment and Decree. 25 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (11) RIO CHAMA STREAM SYSTEM .—The term 1 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘Rio Chama Stream System’’ means the Rio Chama 2 |
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| 159 | 159 | | surface water drainage basin within the State, as il-3 |
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| 160 | 160 | | lustrated in Exhibit A to the Agreement. 4 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (12) S |
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| 162 | 162 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 5 |
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| 163 | 163 | | means the Secretary of the Interior. 6 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (13) S |
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| 165 | 165 | | IGNATORY ACEQUIA.—The term ‘‘Signa-7 |
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| 166 | 166 | | tory Acequia’’ means an acequia that is a signatory 8 |
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| 167 | 167 | | to the Agreement. 9 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (14) S |
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| 169 | 169 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 10 |
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| 170 | 170 | | State of New Mexico. 11 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (15) T |
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| 172 | 172 | | RUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 12 |
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| 173 | 173 | | means the Ohkay Owingeh Water Rights Settlement 13 |
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| 174 | 174 | | Trust Fund established under section 6(a). 14 |
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| 175 | 175 | | SEC. 4. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. 15 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (a) R |
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| 177 | 177 | | ATIFICATION.— 16 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (1) I |
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| 179 | 179 | | N GENERAL.—Except as modified by this 17 |
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| 180 | 180 | | Act, and to the extent that the Agreement does not 18 |
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| 181 | 181 | | conflict with this Act, the Agreement is authorized, 19 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ratified, and confirmed. 20 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (2) A |
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| 184 | 184 | | MENDMENTS.—If an amendment to the 21 |
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| 185 | 185 | | Agreement, or to any exhibit to the Agreement re-22 |
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| 186 | 186 | | quiring the signature of the Secretary, is executed in 23 |
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| 187 | 187 | | accordance with this Act to make the Agreement 24 |
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| 191 | 191 | | consistent with this Act, the amendment is author-1 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ized, ratified, and confirmed. 2 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (b) E |
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| 194 | 194 | | XECUTION.— 3 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (1) I |
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| 196 | 196 | | N GENERAL.—To the extent the Agreement 4 |
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| 197 | 197 | | does not conflict with this Act, the Secretary shall 5 |
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| 198 | 198 | | execute the Agreement, including all exhibits thereto 6 |
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| 199 | 199 | | or parts of the Agreement requiring the signature of 7 |
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| 200 | 200 | | the Secretary. 8 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (2) M |
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| 202 | 202 | | ODIFICATIONS.—Nothing in this Act pro-9 |
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| 203 | 203 | | hibits the Secretary, after execution of the Agree-10 |
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| 204 | 204 | | ment, from approving any modification to the Agree-11 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ment, including an exhibit to the Agreement, that is 12 |
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| 206 | 206 | | consistent with this Act, to the extent that the modi-13 |
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| 207 | 207 | | fication does not otherwise require congressional ap-14 |
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| 208 | 208 | | proval under section 2116 of the Revised Statutes 15 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (25 U.S.C. 177) or any other applicable provision of 16 |
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| 210 | 210 | | Federal law. 17 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (c) E |
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| 212 | 212 | | NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 18 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (1) I |
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| 214 | 214 | | N GENERAL.—In implementing the Agree-19 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ment and this Act, the Secretary shall comply 20 |
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| 216 | 216 | | with— 21 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 22 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 23 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (B) the National Environmental Policy Act 1 |
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| 223 | 223 | | of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 2 |
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| 224 | 224 | | implementing regulations of that Act; and 3 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (C) all other applicable Federal environ-4 |
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| 226 | 226 | | mental laws and regulations. 5 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (2) C |
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| 228 | 228 | | OMPLIANCE AND COORDINATION .— 6 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (A) I |
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| 230 | 230 | | N GENERAL.—In implementing the 7 |
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| 231 | 231 | | Agreement and this Act, the Pueblo shall pre-8 |
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| 232 | 232 | | pare any necessary environmental documents 9 |
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| 233 | 233 | | consistent with— 10 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (i) the Endangered Species Act of 11 |
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| 235 | 235 | | 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 12 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (ii) the National Environmental Policy 13 |
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| 237 | 237 | | Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), in-14 |
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| 238 | 238 | | cluding the implementing regulations of 15 |
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| 239 | 239 | | that Act; and 16 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (iii) all other applicable Federal envi-17 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ronmental laws and regulations. 18 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (B) A |
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| 243 | 243 | | UTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary 19 |
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| 244 | 244 | | shall— 20 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (i) independently evaluate the docu-21 |
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| 246 | 246 | | mentation required under subparagraph 22 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (A); and 23 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (ii) be responsible for the accuracy, 24 |
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| 249 | 249 | | scope, and contents of that documentation. 25 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (C) COORDINATION WITH ARMY CORPS OF 1 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ENGINEERS.—For any bosque restoration or 2 |
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| 255 | 255 | | improvement project carried out by the Pueblo 3 |
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| 256 | 256 | | with funds appropriated under this Act, the 4 |
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| 257 | 257 | | Pueblo shall coordinate with the Corps of Engi-5 |
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| 258 | 258 | | neers to ensure that work on the project shall 6 |
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| 259 | 259 | | not interfere with or adversely affect any au-7 |
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| 260 | 260 | | thorized Federal project that is under the juris-8 |
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| 261 | 261 | | diction and authority of the Corps of Engineers. 9 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (3) E |
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| 263 | 263 | | FFECT OF EXECUTION .—The execution of 10 |
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| 264 | 264 | | the Agreement by the Secretary under this section 11 |
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| 265 | 265 | | shall not constitute a major Federal action under 12 |
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| 266 | 266 | | the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 13 |
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| 267 | 267 | | U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 14 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (4) C |
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| 269 | 269 | | OSTS.—Any costs associated with the per-15 |
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| 270 | 270 | | formance of the compliance and coordination activi-16 |
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| 271 | 271 | | ties under this subsection shall be paid from funds 17 |
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| 272 | 272 | | deposited in the Trust Fund, subject to the condi-18 |
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| 273 | 273 | | tion that any costs associated with the performance 19 |
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| 274 | 274 | | of Federal approval or other review of that compli-20 |
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| 275 | 275 | | ance work or costs associated with inherently Fed-21 |
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| 276 | 276 | | eral functions shall remain the responsibility of the 22 |
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| 277 | 277 | | Secretary, with the exception that costs for review of 23 |
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| 278 | 278 | | bosque restoration or improvement projects by the 24 |
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| 279 | 279 | | Corps of Engineers described in paragraph (2)(C) 25 |
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| 283 | 283 | | shall be paid from funds deposited in the Trust 1 |
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| 284 | 284 | | Fund. 2 |
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| 285 | 285 | | SEC. 5. PUEBLO WATER RIGHTS. 3 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (a) T |
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| 287 | 287 | | RUSTSTATUS OF THE PUEBLOWATER 4 |
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| 288 | 288 | | R |
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| 289 | 289 | | IGHTS.—The Pueblo Water Rights shall be held in trust 5 |
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| 290 | 290 | | by the United States on behalf of Ohkay Owingeh in ac-6 |
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| 291 | 291 | | cordance with the Agreement and this Act. 7 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (b) F |
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| 293 | 293 | | ORFEITURE ANDABANDONMENT.— 8 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (1) I |
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| 295 | 295 | | N GENERAL.—The Pueblo Water Rights 9 |
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| 296 | 296 | | shall not be subject to loss through non-use, for-10 |
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| 297 | 297 | | feiture, abandonment, or other operation of law. 11 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (2) S |
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| 299 | 299 | | TATE LAW-BASED WATER RIGHTS .—State- 12 |
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| 300 | 300 | | law based water rights acquired by Ohkay Owingeh, 13 |
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| 301 | 301 | | or by the United States on behalf of Ohkay 14 |
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| 302 | 302 | | Owingeh, after the date for inclusion in the Partial 15 |
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| 303 | 303 | | Final Judgment and Decree, shall not be subject to 16 |
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| 304 | 304 | | forfeiture, abandonment, or permanent alienation 17 |
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| 305 | 305 | | from the time they are acquired. 18 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (c) U |
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| 307 | 307 | | SE.—Any use of the Pueblo Water Rights shall 19 |
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| 308 | 308 | | be subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement 20 |
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| 309 | 309 | | and this Act. 21 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (d) A |
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| 311 | 311 | | UTHORITY OF THEPUEBLO.— 22 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (1) I |
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| 313 | 313 | | N GENERAL.—Ohkay Owingeh may allo-23 |
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| 314 | 314 | | cate, distribute, and lease the Pueblo Water Rights 24 |
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| 315 | 315 | | for use on Pueblo Land in accordance with the 25 |
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| 319 | 319 | | Agreement, this Act, and applicable Federal law, in-1 |
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| 320 | 320 | | cluding the Act of August 9, 1955 (25 U.S.C. 415 2 |
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| 321 | 321 | | et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Long-Term Leas-3 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ing Act’’). 4 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (2) U |
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| 324 | 324 | | SE OFF PUEBLO LAND .— 5 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (A) I |
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| 326 | 326 | | N GENERAL.—Ohkay Owingeh may 6 |
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| 327 | 327 | | allocate, distribute, and lease the Pueblo Water 7 |
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| 328 | 328 | | Rights for use off Pueblo Land in accordance 8 |
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| 329 | 329 | | with the Agreement, this Act, and applicable 9 |
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| 330 | 330 | | Federal law, subject to the approval of the Sec-10 |
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| 331 | 331 | | retary. 11 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (B) M |
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| 333 | 333 | | AXIMUM TERM OF LEASES .—The 12 |
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| 334 | 334 | | maximum term of any lease, including all re-13 |
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| 335 | 335 | | newals, under this paragraph shall not exceed 14 |
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| 336 | 336 | | 99 years. 15 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (e) A |
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| 338 | 338 | | DMINISTRATION.— 16 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (1) N |
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| 340 | 340 | | O ALIENATION.—The Pueblo shall not 17 |
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| 341 | 341 | | permanently alienate any portion of the Pueblo 18 |
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| 342 | 342 | | Water Rights. 19 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (2) P |
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| 344 | 344 | | URCHASES OR GRANTS OF LAND FROM IN -20 |
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| 345 | 345 | | DIANS.—An authorization provided by this Act for 21 |
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| 346 | 346 | | the allocation, distribution, leasing, or other ar-22 |
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| 347 | 347 | | rangement entered into pursuant to this Act shall be 23 |
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| 348 | 348 | | considered to satisfy any requirement for authoriza-24 |
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| 349 | 349 | | tion of the action required by Federal law. 25 |
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| 354 | 354 | | use of all or any portion of the Pueblo Water Rights 2 |
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| 355 | 355 | | by any water user shall not result in the forfeiture, 3 |
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| 356 | 356 | | abandonment, relinquishment, or other loss of all or 4 |
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| 357 | 357 | | any portion of the Pueblo Water Rights. 5 |
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| 358 | 358 | | SEC. 6. SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. 6 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (a) E |
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| 360 | 360 | | STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 7 |
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| 361 | 361 | | a trust fund, to be known as the ‘‘Ohkay Owingeh Water 8 |
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| 362 | 362 | | Rights Settlement Trust Fund’’, to be managed, invested, 9 |
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| 363 | 363 | | and distributed by the Secretary and to remain available 10 |
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| 364 | 364 | | until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund 11 |
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| 365 | 365 | | of the Treasury, consisting of the amounts deposited in 12 |
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| 366 | 366 | | the Trust Fund under subsection (b), together with any 13 |
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| 367 | 367 | | investment earnings, including interest, earned on those 14 |
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| 368 | 368 | | amounts for the purpose of carrying out this Act. 15 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (b) D |
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| 370 | 370 | | EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in the 16 |
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| 371 | 371 | | Trust Fund the amounts made available pursuant to sec-17 |
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| 372 | 372 | | tion 7(a). 18 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (c) M |
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| 374 | 374 | | ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 19 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (1) M |
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| 376 | 376 | | ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 20 |
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| 377 | 377 | | funds into the Trust Fund under subsection (b), the 21 |
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| 378 | 378 | | Secretary shall manage, invest, and distribute all 22 |
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| 379 | 379 | | amounts in the Trust Fund in a manner that is con-23 |
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| 380 | 380 | | sistent with the investment authority of the Sec-24 |
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| 381 | 381 | | retary under— 25 |
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| 385 | 385 | | (A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 1 |
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| 386 | 386 | | 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 2 |
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| 387 | 387 | | (B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-3 |
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| 388 | 388 | | agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 4 |
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| 389 | 389 | | et seq.); and 5 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (C) this subsection. 6 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (2) I |
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| 392 | 392 | | NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 7 |
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| 393 | 393 | | the amounts deposited into the Trust Fund under 8 |
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| 394 | 394 | | subsection (b), any investment earnings, including 9 |
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| 395 | 395 | | interest, earned on those amounts held in the Trust 10 |
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| 396 | 396 | | Fund are authorized to be used in accordance with 11 |
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| 397 | 397 | | subsections (e) and (g). 12 |
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| 398 | 398 | | (d) A |
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| 399 | 399 | | VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.— 13 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (1) I |
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| 401 | 401 | | N GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to, 14 |
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| 402 | 402 | | and deposited in, the Trust Fund, including any in-15 |
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| 403 | 403 | | vestment earnings (including interest) earned on 16 |
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| 404 | 404 | | those amounts, shall be made available to Ohkay 17 |
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| 405 | 405 | | Owingeh by the Secretary beginning on the Enforce-18 |
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| 406 | 406 | | ability Date, subject to the requirements of this sec-19 |
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| 407 | 407 | | tion, except for funds to be made available to Ohkay 20 |
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| 408 | 408 | | Owingeh pursuant to paragraph (2). 21 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (2) U |
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| 410 | 410 | | SE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding para-22 |
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| 411 | 411 | | graph (1), not more than $100,000,000 of the 23 |
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| 412 | 412 | | amounts deposited in the Trust Fund, including any 24 |
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| 413 | 413 | | investment earnings, including interest, earned on 25 |
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| 417 | 417 | | those amounts, shall be available to Ohkay Owingeh 1 |
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| 418 | 418 | | for the following uses on the date on which the 2 |
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| 419 | 419 | | amounts are deposited in the Trust Fund: 3 |
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| 420 | 420 | | (A) Diversions of surface water and 4 |
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| 421 | 421 | | groundwater to the Rio Chama bosque for im-5 |
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| 422 | 422 | | mediate and essential restoration and mainte-6 |
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| 423 | 423 | | nance of the bosque. 7 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (B) Fulfillment of the contribution of the 8 |
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| 425 | 425 | | Pueblo under the Agreement for improvements 9 |
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| 426 | 426 | | to senior acequias on Pueblo Land supplying 10 |
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| 427 | 427 | | water to the Pueblo and non-Indians. 11 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (C) Establishment and operation of the 12 |
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| 429 | 429 | | water rights management administrative de-13 |
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| 430 | 430 | | partment of the Pueblo. 14 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (D) Acquisition of water rights. 15 |
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| 432 | 432 | | (E) Development of water infrastructure 16 |
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| 433 | 433 | | plans, preparing environmental compliance doc-17 |
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| 434 | 434 | | uments, and water project engineering and con-18 |
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| 435 | 435 | | struction. 19 |
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| 436 | 436 | | (e) W |
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| 437 | 437 | | ITHDRAWALS.— 20 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (1) W |
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| 439 | 439 | | ITHDRAWALS UNDER THE AMERICAN IN -21 |
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| 440 | 440 | | DIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 22 |
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| 441 | 441 | | 1994.— 23 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (A) I |
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| 443 | 443 | | N GENERAL.—The Pueblo may with-24 |
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| 444 | 444 | | draw any portion of the amounts in the Trust 25 |
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| 448 | 448 | | Fund on approval by the Secretary of a Tribal 1 |
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| 449 | 449 | | management plan submitted by the Pueblo in 2 |
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| 450 | 450 | | accordance with the American Indian Trust 3 |
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| 451 | 451 | | Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 4 |
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| 452 | 452 | | U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 5 |
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| 453 | 453 | | (B) R |
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| 454 | 454 | | EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 6 |
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| 455 | 455 | | requirements under the American Indian Trust 7 |
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| 456 | 456 | | Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 8 |
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| 457 | 457 | | U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 9 |
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| 458 | 458 | | plan under subparagraph (A) shall require that 10 |
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| 459 | 459 | | the Pueblo shall spend all amounts withdrawn 11 |
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| 460 | 460 | | from the Trust Fund, and any investment earn-12 |
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| 461 | 461 | | ings (including interest) earned on those 13 |
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| 462 | 462 | | amounts through the investments under the 14 |
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| 463 | 463 | | Tribal management plan, in accordance with 15 |
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| 464 | 464 | | this Act. 16 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (C) E |
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| 466 | 466 | | NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 17 |
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| 467 | 467 | | carry out such judicial and administrative ac-18 |
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| 468 | 468 | | tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-19 |
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| 469 | 469 | | essary to enforce the Tribal management plan 20 |
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| 470 | 470 | | under subparagraph (A) to ensure that 21 |
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| 471 | 471 | | amounts withdrawn by the Pueblo from the 22 |
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| 472 | 472 | | Trust Fund under that subparagraph are used 23 |
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| 473 | 473 | | in accordance with this Act. 24 |
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| 477 | 477 | | (2) WITHDRAWALS UNDER EXPENDITURE 1 |
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| 478 | 478 | | PLAN.— 2 |
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| 479 | 479 | | (A) I |
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| 480 | 480 | | N GENERAL.—Ohkay Owingeh may 3 |
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| 481 | 481 | | submit to the Secretary a request to withdraw 4 |
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| 482 | 482 | | funds from the Trust Fund pursuant to an ap-5 |
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| 483 | 483 | | proved expenditure plan. 6 |
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| 484 | 484 | | (B) R |
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| 485 | 485 | | EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 7 |
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| 486 | 486 | | withdraw amounts under an expenditure plan 8 |
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| 487 | 487 | | under subparagraph (A), the Pueblo shall sub-9 |
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| 488 | 488 | | mit to the Secretary an expenditure plan for 10 |
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| 489 | 489 | | any portion of the Trust Fund the Pueblo elects 11 |
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| 490 | 490 | | to withdraw pursuant to that subparagraph, 12 |
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| 491 | 491 | | subject to the condition that the amounts shall 13 |
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| 492 | 492 | | be used for the purposes described in this Act. 14 |
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| 493 | 493 | | (C) I |
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| 494 | 494 | | NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 15 |
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| 495 | 495 | | under subparagraph (A) shall include a descrip-16 |
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| 496 | 496 | | tion of the manner and purpose for which the 17 |
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| 497 | 497 | | amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 18 |
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| 498 | 498 | | Trust Fund will be used by Ohkay Owingeh, in 19 |
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| 499 | 499 | | accordance with this subsection and subsection 20 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (g). 21 |
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| 501 | 501 | | (D) A |
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| 502 | 502 | | PPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-22 |
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| 503 | 503 | | prove an expenditure plan submitted under sub-23 |
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| 504 | 504 | | paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 24 |
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| 505 | 505 | | the plan— 25 |
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| 509 | 509 | | (i) is reasonable; and 1 |
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| 510 | 510 | | (ii) is consistent with, and will be used 2 |
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| 511 | 511 | | for, the purposes of this Act. 3 |
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| 512 | 512 | | (E) E |
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| 513 | 513 | | NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 4 |
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| 514 | 514 | | carry out such judicial and administrative ac-5 |
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| 515 | 515 | | tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-6 |
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| 516 | 516 | | essary to enforce an expenditure plan to ensure 7 |
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| 517 | 517 | | that amounts disbursed under this paragraph 8 |
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| 518 | 518 | | are used in accordance with this Act. 9 |
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| 519 | 519 | | (f) E |
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| 520 | 520 | | FFECT OFSECTION.—Nothing in this section 10 |
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| 521 | 521 | | gives Ohkay Owingeh the right to judicial review of a de-11 |
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| 522 | 522 | | termination of the Secretary relating to whether to ap-12 |
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| 523 | 523 | | prove a Tribal management plan under paragraph (1) of 13 |
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| 524 | 524 | | subsection (e) or an expenditure plan under paragraph (2) 14 |
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| 525 | 525 | | of that subsection, except under subchapter II of chapter 15 |
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| 526 | 526 | | 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly 16 |
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| 527 | 527 | | known as the ‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 17 |
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| 528 | 528 | | (g) U |
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| 529 | 529 | | SES.—The Trust Fund may only be used for 18 |
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| 530 | 530 | | the following purposes: 19 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (1) Planning, permitting, designing, engineer-20 |
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| 532 | 532 | | ing, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, rehabili-21 |
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| 533 | 533 | | tating, operating, or repairing water production, 22 |
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| 534 | 534 | | treatment, or delivery infrastructure, including for 23 |
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| 535 | 535 | | domestic and municipal supply or wastewater infra-24 |
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| 536 | 536 | | structure. 25 |
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| 540 | 540 | | (2) Planning, permitting, designing, engineer-1 |
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| 541 | 541 | | ing, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, rehabili-2 |
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| 542 | 542 | | tating, operating, or repairing water production, 3 |
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| 543 | 543 | | treatment, or delivery infrastructure, acquisition of 4 |
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| 544 | 544 | | water, or on-farm improvements for irrigation, live-5 |
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| 545 | 545 | | stock, and support of agriculture. 6 |
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| 546 | 546 | | (3) Planning, permitting, designing, engineer-7 |
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| 547 | 547 | | ing, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, rehabili-8 |
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| 548 | 548 | | tating, operating, monitoring or other measures for 9 |
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| 549 | 549 | | watershed and endangered species habitat protec-10 |
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| 550 | 550 | | tion, bosque restoration or improvement (including 11 |
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| 551 | 551 | | any required cost shares for and allowable contribu-12 |
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| 552 | 552 | | tions to a Federal project or program), land and 13 |
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| 553 | 553 | | water rights acquisition, water-related Pueblo com-14 |
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| 554 | 554 | | munity welfare and economic development, and costs 15 |
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| 555 | 555 | | relating to implementation of the Agreement. 16 |
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| 556 | 556 | | (4) The management and administration of any 17 |
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| 557 | 557 | | water rights of the Pueblo. 18 |
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| 558 | 558 | | (5) Ensuring environmental compliance in the 19 |
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| 559 | 559 | | development and construction of projects under this 20 |
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| 560 | 560 | | Act. 21 |
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| 561 | 561 | | (h) L |
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| 563 | 563 | | the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-23 |
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| 564 | 564 | | vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the Trust Fund 24 |
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| 569 | 569 | | (e). 2 |
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| 570 | 570 | | (i) E |
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| 571 | 571 | | XPENDITUREREPORTS.—Ohkay Owingeh shall 3 |
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| 572 | 572 | | annually submit to the Secretary an expenditure report 4 |
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| 573 | 573 | | describing accomplishments and amounts spent from use 5 |
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| 574 | 574 | | of withdrawals under a Tribal management plan or an ex-6 |
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| 575 | 575 | | penditure plan under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 7 |
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| 576 | 576 | | (e), as applicable. 8 |
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| 577 | 577 | | (j) N |
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| 578 | 578 | | OPERCAPITADISTRIBUTIONS.—No portion of 9 |
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| 579 | 579 | | the Trust Fund shall be distributed on a per capita basis 10 |
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| 580 | 580 | | to any member of Ohkay Owingeh. 11 |
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| 581 | 581 | | (k) T |
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| 582 | 582 | | ITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 12 |
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| 583 | 583 | | over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 13 |
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| 584 | 584 | | from the Trust Fund shall remain in Ohkay Owingeh, ex-14 |
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| 585 | 585 | | cept that title to projects that are improved with funds 15 |
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| 586 | 586 | | from the Trust Fund for the mutual benefit of the Pueblo 16 |
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| 587 | 587 | | and non-Indians, on property owned by non-Indians, shall 17 |
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| 588 | 588 | | remain with the underlying non-Indian owner. 18 |
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| 589 | 589 | | (l) O |
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| 590 | 590 | | PERATION, MAINTENANCE, ANDREPLACE-19 |
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| 591 | 591 | | MENT.—All operation, maintenance, and replacement 20 |
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| 592 | 592 | | costs of any project constructed using funds from the 21 |
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| 593 | 593 | | Trust Fund shall be the responsibility of Ohkay Owingeh. 22 |
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| 594 | 594 | | SEC. 7. FUNDING. 23 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (a) M |
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| 597 | 597 | | funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sec-25 |
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| 601 | 601 | | retary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary for 1 |
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| 602 | 602 | | deposit in the Trust Fund $745,000,000, to remain avail-2 |
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| 603 | 603 | | able until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 3 |
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| 604 | 604 | | fund of the Treasury. 4 |
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| 605 | 605 | | (b) F |
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| 606 | 606 | | LUCTUATION INCOSTS.— 5 |
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| 607 | 607 | | (1) I |
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| 608 | 608 | | N GENERAL.—The amount appropriated 6 |
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| 609 | 609 | | under subsection (a) shall be increased or decreased, 7 |
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| 610 | 610 | | as appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified 8 |
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| 611 | 611 | | by reason of ordinary fluctuations in costs, as indi-9 |
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| 612 | 612 | | cated by the Bureau of Reclamation Construction 10 |
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| 613 | 613 | | Cost Index–Composite Trend. 11 |
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| 614 | 614 | | (2) C |
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| 615 | 615 | | ONSTRUCTION COSTS ADJUSTMENT .—The 12 |
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| 616 | 616 | | amount appropriated under subsection (a) shall be 13 |
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| 617 | 617 | | adjusted to address construction cost changes nec-14 |
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| 618 | 618 | | essary to account for unforeseen market volatility 15 |
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| 619 | 619 | | that may not otherwise be captured by engineering 16 |
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| 620 | 620 | | cost indices, as determined by the Secretary, includ-17 |
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| 621 | 621 | | ing repricing applicable to the types of construction 18 |
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| 622 | 622 | | and current industry standards involved. 19 |
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| 623 | 623 | | (3) R |
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| 624 | 624 | | EPETITION.—The adjustment process 20 |
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| 625 | 625 | | under this subsection shall be repeated for each sub-21 |
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| 626 | 626 | | sequent amount appropriated until the applicable 22 |
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| 627 | 627 | | amount, as adjusted, has been appropriated. 23 |
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| 628 | 628 | | (4) P |
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| 629 | 629 | | ERIOD OF INDEXING.—The period of in-24 |
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| 630 | 630 | | dexing adjustment under this subsection for any in-25 |
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| 634 | 634 | | crement of funding shall start on June 1, 2023, and 1 |
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| 635 | 635 | | end on the date on which the funds are deposited in 2 |
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| 636 | 636 | | the Trust Fund. 3 |
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| 637 | 637 | | (c) S |
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| 638 | 638 | | TATECOSTSHARE.—Pursuant to the Agree-4 |
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| 639 | 639 | | ment, the State shall contribute— 5 |
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| 640 | 640 | | (1) $98,500,000, as adjusted for inflation pur-6 |
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| 641 | 641 | | suant to the Agreement, for Signatory Acequias 7 |
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| 642 | 642 | | ditch improvements, projects, and other purposes de-8 |
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| 643 | 643 | | scribed in the Agreement; 9 |
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| 644 | 644 | | (2) $32,000,000, as adjusted for inflation pur-10 |
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| 645 | 645 | | suant to the Agreement, for the City of Espan˜ola for 11 |
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| 646 | 646 | | water system improvement projects; and 12 |
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| 647 | 647 | | (3) $500,000, to be deposited in an interest- 13 |
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| 648 | 648 | | bearing account, to mitigate impairment to non- 14 |
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| 649 | 649 | | Pueblo domestic and livestock groundwater rights as 15 |
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| 650 | 650 | | a result of new Pueblo water use. 16 |
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| 651 | 651 | | SEC. 8. ENFORCEABILITY DATE. 17 |
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| 652 | 652 | | The Enforceability Date shall be the date on which 18 |
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| 653 | 653 | | the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a state-19 |
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| 654 | 654 | | ment of findings that— 20 |
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| 655 | 655 | | (1) to the extent that the Agreement conflicts 21 |
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| 656 | 656 | | with this Act, the Agreement has been amended to 22 |
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| 657 | 657 | | conform with this Act; 23 |
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| 662 | 662 | | cuted by all parties to the Agreement, including the 2 |
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| 663 | 663 | | United States; 3 |
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| 664 | 664 | | (3) the United States District Court for the 4 |
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| 665 | 665 | | District of New Mexico has approved the Agreement 5 |
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| 666 | 666 | | and has entered a Partial Final Judgment and De-6 |
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| 667 | 667 | | cree; 7 |
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| 668 | 668 | | (4) all the amounts appropriated under section 8 |
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| 669 | 669 | | 7(a) have been appropriated and deposited in the 9 |
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| 670 | 670 | | Trust Fund; 10 |
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| 671 | 671 | | (5) the State has— 11 |
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| 672 | 672 | | (A) provided the funding under section 12 |
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| 673 | 673 | | 7(c)(1) or entered into a funding agreement 13 |
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| 674 | 674 | | with the intended beneficiary for that funding; 14 |
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| 675 | 675 | | (B) provided the funding under section 15 |
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| 676 | 676 | | 7(c)(2) or entered into a funding agreement 16 |
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| 677 | 677 | | with the intended beneficiary for that funding; 17 |
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| 678 | 678 | | (C) provided the funding under section 18 |
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| 679 | 679 | | 7(c)(3) and deposited that amount into the ap-19 |
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| 680 | 680 | | propriate funding account; and 20 |
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| 681 | 681 | | (D) enacted legislation to amend State law 21 |
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| 682 | 682 | | to provide that the Pueblo Water Rights may 22 |
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| 683 | 683 | | be leased for a term not to exceed 99 years, in-23 |
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| 684 | 684 | | cluding renewals; and 24 |
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| 689 | 689 | | have been executed by Ohkay Owingeh and the Sec-2 |
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| 690 | 690 | | retary. 3 |
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| 691 | 691 | | SEC. 9. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 4 |
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| 693 | 693 | | AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYOHKAY 5 |
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| 695 | 695 | | WINGEH ANDUNITEDSTATES ASTRUSTEE FOROHKAY 6 |
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| 697 | 697 | | WINGEH.—Subject to the reservation of rights and re-7 |
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| 698 | 698 | | tention of claims under subsection (d), as consideration 8 |
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| 699 | 699 | | for recognition of the Pueblo Water Rights and other ben-9 |
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| 700 | 700 | | efits described in the Agreement and this Act, Ohkay 10 |
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| 701 | 701 | | Owingeh and the United States, acting as trustee for 11 |
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| 702 | 702 | | Ohkay Owingeh, shall execute a waiver and release of all 12 |
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| 703 | 703 | | claims for— 13 |
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| 704 | 704 | | (1) water rights within the Rio Chama Stream 14 |
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| 705 | 705 | | System that Ohkay Owingeh, or the United States 15 |
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| 706 | 706 | | acting as trustee for Ohkay Owingeh, asserted or 16 |
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| 707 | 707 | | could have asserted in any proceeding, including the 17 |
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| 708 | 708 | | Adjudication, on or before the Enforceability Date, 18 |
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| 709 | 709 | | except to the extent that such rights are recognized 19 |
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| 710 | 710 | | in the Agreement and this Act; and 20 |
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| 711 | 711 | | (2) damages, losses, or injuries to water rights 21 |
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| 712 | 712 | | or claims of interference with, diversion of, or taking 22 |
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| 713 | 713 | | of water rights (including claims for injury to land 23 |
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| 714 | 714 | | resulting from such damages, losses, injuries, inter-24 |
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| 715 | 715 | | ference, diversion, or taking of water rights) in the 25 |
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| 720 | 720 | | up to and including the Enforceability Date. 2 |
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| 721 | 721 | | (b) W |
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| 722 | 722 | | AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYOHKAY 3 |
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| 724 | 724 | | WINGEHAGAINST THEUNITEDSTATES.—Subject to the 4 |
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| 725 | 725 | | reservation of rights and retention of claims under sub-5 |
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| 726 | 726 | | section (d), Ohkay Owingeh shall execute a waiver and re-6 |
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| 727 | 727 | | lease of all claims against the United States (including any 7 |
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| 728 | 728 | | agency or employee of the United States) for water rights 8 |
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| 729 | 729 | | within the Rio Chama Stream System first arising before 9 |
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| 730 | 730 | | the Enforceability Date relating to— 10 |
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| 731 | 731 | | (1) water rights within the Rio Chama Stream 11 |
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| 732 | 732 | | System that the United States, acting as trustee for 12 |
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| 733 | 733 | | Ohkay Owingeh, asserted or could have asserted in 13 |
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| 734 | 734 | | any proceeding, including the Adjudication, except to 14 |
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| 735 | 735 | | the extent that such rights are recognized as part of 15 |
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| 736 | 736 | | the Pueblo Water Rights under this Act; 16 |
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| 737 | 737 | | (2) foregone benefits from non-Pueblo use of 17 |
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| 738 | 738 | | water, on and off Pueblo Land (including water 18 |
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| 739 | 739 | | from all sources and for all uses), within the Rio 19 |
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| 740 | 740 | | Chama Stream System; 20 |
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| 741 | 741 | | (3) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 21 |
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| 742 | 742 | | rights, land, or natural resources due to loss of 22 |
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| 743 | 743 | | water or water rights (including damages, losses, or 23 |
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| 744 | 744 | | injuries to hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 24 |
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| 745 | 745 | | rights due to loss of water or water rights, claims 25 |
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| 749 | 749 | | relating to interference with, diversion of, or taking 1 |
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| 750 | 750 | | of water, or claims relating to a failure to protect, 2 |
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| 751 | 751 | | acquire, replace, or develop water, water rights, or 3 |
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| 752 | 752 | | water infrastructure) within the Rio Chama Stream 4 |
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| 753 | 753 | | System; 5 |
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| 754 | 754 | | (4) failure to establish or provide a municipal, 6 |
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| 755 | 755 | | rural, or industrial water delivery system on Pueblo 7 |
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| 756 | 756 | | Land within the Rio Chama Stream System; 8 |
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| 757 | 757 | | (5) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 9 |
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| 758 | 758 | | rights, land, or natural resources due to construc-10 |
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| 759 | 759 | | tion, operation, and management of irrigation 11 |
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| 760 | 760 | | projects on Pueblo Land or Federal land and facili-12 |
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| 761 | 761 | | ties (including damages, losses, or injuries to fish 13 |
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| 762 | 762 | | habitat, wildlife, and wildlife habitat) within the Rio 14 |
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| 763 | 763 | | Chama Stream System; 15 |
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| 764 | 764 | | (6) failure to provide for operation, mainte-16 |
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| 765 | 765 | | nance, or deferred maintenance for any irrigation 17 |
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| 766 | 766 | | system or irrigation project within the Rio Chama 18 |
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| 767 | 767 | | Stream System; 19 |
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| 768 | 768 | | (7) failure to provide a dam safety improvement 20 |
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| 769 | 769 | | to a dam on Pueblo Land within the Rio Chama 21 |
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| 770 | 770 | | Stream System; 22 |
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| 771 | 771 | | (8) damage, loss, or injury to the bosque area 23 |
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| 772 | 772 | | of the Rio Chama due to the construction, operation, 24 |
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| 773 | 773 | | and maintenance of Abiquiu Dam and its associated 25 |
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| 777 | 777 | | infrastructure and resulting Rio Chama flow man-1 |
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| 778 | 778 | | agement; 2 |
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| 779 | 779 | | (9) the litigation of claims relating to any water 3 |
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| 780 | 780 | | right of Ohkay Owingeh within the Rio Chama 4 |
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| 781 | 781 | | Stream System; 5 |
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| 782 | 782 | | (10) the taking of the bosque property of the 6 |
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| 783 | 783 | | Pueblo within the Pueblo Grant on the Rio Chama 7 |
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| 784 | 784 | | and Rio Grande as asserted in Ohkay Owingeh v. 8 |
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| 785 | 785 | | United States, No. 22–1607L (Court of Federal 9 |
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| 786 | 786 | | Claims); 10 |
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| 787 | 787 | | (11) failure of the United States to acknowl-11 |
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| 788 | 788 | | edge and protect aboriginal rights to water in the 12 |
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| 789 | 789 | | Rio Chama Stream System; 13 |
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| 790 | 790 | | (12) the failure of the United States to develop 14 |
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| 791 | 791 | | the irrigation water resources in the Rio Chama 15 |
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| 792 | 792 | | Stream System on the Pueblo Grant, including fail-16 |
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| 793 | 793 | | ure to— 17 |
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| 794 | 794 | | (A) construct and deliver water through 18 |
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| 795 | 795 | | the Highline Canal; 19 |
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| 796 | 796 | | (B) make improvements to the Chamita 20 |
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| 797 | 797 | | Ditch; and 21 |
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| 798 | 798 | | (C) repurchase arable land unlawfully ob-22 |
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| 799 | 799 | | tained by non-Indians; 23 |
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| 800 | 800 | | (13) the failure of the United States to prevent 24 |
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| 801 | 801 | | or remedy non-Indians’ trespass on or seizure of ar-25 |
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| 805 | 805 | | able Pueblo lands in the Rio Chama Stream System 1 |
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| 806 | 806 | | on the Pueblo Grant; and 2 |
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| 807 | 807 | | (14) the negotiation, execution, or adoption of 3 |
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| 808 | 808 | | the Agreement (including exhibits) and this Act. 4 |
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| 809 | 809 | | (c) E |
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| 810 | 810 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The waivers and releases de-5 |
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| 811 | 811 | | scribed in subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the 6 |
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| 812 | 812 | | Enforceability Date. 7 |
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| 813 | 813 | | (d) R |
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| 814 | 814 | | ESERVATION OF RIGHTS ANDRETENTION OF 8 |
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| 815 | 815 | | C |
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| 816 | 816 | | LAIMS.—Notwithstanding the waivers and releases under 9 |
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| 817 | 817 | | subsections (a) and (b), the Pueblo and the United States, 10 |
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| 818 | 818 | | acting as trustee for Ohkay Owingeh, shall retain all 11 |
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| 819 | 819 | | claims relating to— 12 |
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| 820 | 820 | | (1) the enforcement of, or claims accruing after 13 |
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| 821 | 821 | | the Enforceability Date relating to, water rights rec-14 |
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| 822 | 822 | | ognized under the Agreement, this Act, or the Par-15 |
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| 823 | 823 | | tial Final Judgment and Decree entered in the Ad-16 |
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| 824 | 824 | | judication; 17 |
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| 825 | 825 | | (2) activities affecting the quality of water, in-18 |
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| 826 | 826 | | cluding claims under— 19 |
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| 827 | 827 | | (A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-20 |
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| 828 | 828 | | sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 21 |
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| 829 | 829 | | 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), including claims 22 |
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| 830 | 830 | | for damages to natural resources; 23 |
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| 831 | 831 | | (B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 24 |
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| 832 | 832 | | U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 25 |
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| 836 | 836 | | (C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 1 |
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| 837 | 837 | | Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and 2 |
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| 838 | 838 | | (D) any regulations implementing the Acts 3 |
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| 839 | 839 | | described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); 4 |
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| 840 | 840 | | (3) the right to use and protect water rights ac-5 |
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| 841 | 841 | | quired after the date of enactment of this Act; 6 |
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| 842 | 842 | | (4) damage, loss, or injury to land or natural 7 |
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| 843 | 843 | | resources that is not due to loss of water or water 8 |
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| 844 | 844 | | rights, including hunting, fishing, gathering, or cul-9 |
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| 845 | 845 | | tural rights; 10 |
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| 846 | 846 | | (5) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 11 |
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| 847 | 847 | | and powers not specifically waived and released pur-12 |
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| 848 | 848 | | suant to this Act or the Agreement; and 13 |
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| 849 | 849 | | (6) loss of water or water rights in locations 14 |
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| 850 | 850 | | outside of the Rio Chama Stream System. 15 |
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| 851 | 851 | | (e) E |
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| 852 | 852 | | FFECT OFAGREEMENT AND ACT.—Nothing in 16 |
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| 853 | 853 | | the Agreement or this Act— 17 |
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| 854 | 854 | | (1) reduces or extends the sovereignty (includ-18 |
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| 855 | 855 | | ing civil and criminal jurisdiction) of any govern-19 |
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| 856 | 856 | | ment entity; 20 |
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| 857 | 857 | | (2) affects the ability of the United States, as 21 |
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| 858 | 858 | | sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized by 22 |
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| 859 | 859 | | law, including— 23 |
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| 864 | 864 | | sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 2 |
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| 865 | 865 | | 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); 3 |
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| 866 | 866 | | (B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 4 |
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| 867 | 867 | | U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 5 |
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| 868 | 868 | | (C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 6 |
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| 869 | 869 | | Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 7 |
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| 870 | 870 | | (D) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 8 |
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| 871 | 871 | | U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); and 9 |
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| 872 | 872 | | (E) any regulations implementing the Acts 10 |
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| 873 | 873 | | described in subparagraphs (A) though (D); 11 |
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| 874 | 874 | | (3) affects the ability of the United States to 12 |
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| 875 | 875 | | act as trustee for the Pueblo (consistent with this 13 |
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| 876 | 876 | | Act), any other pueblo or Indian Tribe, or an allot-14 |
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| 877 | 877 | | tee of any other pueblo or Indian Tribe; 15 |
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| 878 | 878 | | (4) confers jurisdiction on any State court— 16 |
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| 879 | 879 | | (A) to interpret Federal law relating to 17 |
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| 880 | 880 | | health, safety, or the environment; 18 |
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| 881 | 881 | | (B) to determine the duties of the United 19 |
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| 882 | 882 | | States or any other party under Federal law re-20 |
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| 883 | 883 | | lating to health, safety, or the environment; 21 |
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| 884 | 884 | | (C) to conduct judicial review of any Fed-22 |
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| 885 | 885 | | eral agency action; or 23 |
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| 886 | 886 | | (D) to interpret Pueblo law; or 24 |
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| 890 | 890 | | (5) waives any claim of a member of Ohkay 1 |
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| 891 | 891 | | Owingeh in an individual capacity that does not de-2 |
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| 892 | 892 | | rive from a right of the Pueblo. 3 |
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| 893 | 893 | | (f) T |
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| 894 | 894 | | OLLING OFCLAIMS.— 4 |
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| 895 | 895 | | (1) I |
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| 896 | 896 | | N GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 5 |
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| 897 | 897 | | limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 6 |
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| 898 | 898 | | to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 7 |
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| 899 | 899 | | the period beginning on the date of enactment of 8 |
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| 900 | 900 | | this Act and ending on the Enforceability Date. 9 |
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| 901 | 901 | | (2) E |
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| 902 | 902 | | FFECT OF SUBSECTION .—Nothing in this 10 |
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| 903 | 903 | | subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 11 |
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| 904 | 904 | | limitation or time-based equitable defense that ex-12 |
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| 905 | 905 | | pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 13 |
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| 906 | 906 | | (3) L |
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| 907 | 907 | | IMITATION.—Nothing in this section pre-14 |
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| 908 | 908 | | cludes the tolling of any period of limitation or any 15 |
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| 909 | 909 | | time-based equitable defense under any other appli-16 |
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| 910 | 910 | | cable law. 17 |
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| 911 | 911 | | (g) E |
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| 912 | 912 | | XPIRATION.— 18 |
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| 913 | 913 | | (1) I |
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| 914 | 914 | | N GENERAL.—This Act shall expire in any 19 |
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| 915 | 915 | | case in which the Secretary fails to publish a state-20 |
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| 916 | 916 | | ment of findings under section 8 by not later than— 21 |
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| 917 | 917 | | (A) July 1, 2038; or 22 |
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| 918 | 918 | | (B) such alternative later date as is agreed 23 |
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| 919 | 919 | | to by Ohkay Owingeh and the Secretary, after 24 |
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| 920 | 920 | | providing reasonable notice to the State. 25 |
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| 925 | 925 | | paragraph (1)— 2 |
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| 926 | 926 | | (A) the waivers and releases under sub-3 |
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| 927 | 927 | | sections (a) and (b) shall— 4 |
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| 928 | 928 | | (i) expire; and 5 |
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| 929 | 929 | | (ii) have no further force or effect; 6 |
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| 930 | 930 | | (B) the authorization, ratification, con-7 |
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| 931 | 931 | | firmation, and execution of the Agreement 8 |
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| 932 | 932 | | under section 4 shall no longer be effective; 9 |
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| 933 | 933 | | (C) any action carried out by the Sec-10 |
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| 934 | 934 | | retary, and any contract or agreement entered 11 |
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| 935 | 935 | | into, pursuant to this Act shall be void; 12 |
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| 936 | 936 | | (D) any unexpended Federal funds appro-13 |
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| 937 | 937 | | priated or made available to carry out the ac-14 |
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| 938 | 938 | | tivities authorized by this Act, together with 15 |
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| 939 | 939 | | any interest earned on those funds, and any 16 |
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| 940 | 940 | | water rights or contracts to use water and title 17 |
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| 941 | 941 | | to other property acquired or constructed with 18 |
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| 942 | 942 | | Federal funds appropriated or made available 19 |
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| 943 | 943 | | to carry out the activities authorized by this Act 20 |
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| 944 | 944 | | shall be returned to the Federal Government, 21 |
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| 945 | 945 | | unless otherwise agreed to by Ohkay Owingeh 22 |
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| 946 | 946 | | and the United States and approved by Con-23 |
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| 947 | 947 | | gress; and 24 |
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| 951 | 951 | | (E) except for Federal funds used to ac-1 |
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| 952 | 952 | | quire or construct property that is returned to 2 |
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| 953 | 953 | | the Federal Government under subparagraph 3 |
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| 954 | 954 | | (D), the United States shall be entitled to offset 4 |
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| 955 | 955 | | any Federal funds made available to carry out 5 |
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| 956 | 956 | | this Act that were expended or withdrawn, or 6 |
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| 957 | 957 | | any funds made available to carry out this Act 7 |
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| 958 | 958 | | from other Federal authorized sources, together 8 |
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| 959 | 959 | | with any interest accrued on those funds, 9 |
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| 960 | 960 | | against any claims against the United States— 10 |
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| 961 | 961 | | (i) relating to— 11 |
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| 962 | 962 | | (I) water rights in the State as-12 |
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| 963 | 963 | | serted by— 13 |
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| 964 | 964 | | (aa) Ohkay Owingeh; or 14 |
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| 965 | 965 | | (bb) any user of the Pueblo 15 |
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| 966 | 966 | | Water Rights; or 16 |
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| 967 | 967 | | (II) any other matter covered by 17 |
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| 968 | 968 | | subsection (b); or 18 |
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| 969 | 969 | | (ii) in any future settlement of water 19 |
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| 970 | 970 | | rights of Ohkay Owingeh. 20 |
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| 971 | 971 | | SEC. 10. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 21 |
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| 972 | 972 | | The benefits provided under this Act shall be in com-22 |
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| 973 | 973 | | plete replacement of, complete substitution for, and full 23 |
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| 974 | 974 | | satisfaction of any claim of Ohkay Owingeh against the 24 |
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| 978 | 978 | | United States that is waived and released by Ohkay 1 |
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| 979 | 979 | | Owingeh pursuant to section 9(b). 2 |
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| 980 | 980 | | SEC. 11. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 3 |
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| 982 | 982 | | OWAIVER OFSOVEREIGNIMMUNITY BY THE 4 |
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| 984 | 984 | | NITEDSTATES.—Nothing in this Act waives the sov-5 |
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| 985 | 985 | | ereign immunity of the United States. 6 |
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| 986 | 986 | | (b) O |
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| 987 | 987 | | THERTRIBESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 7 |
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| 988 | 988 | | Nothing in this Act quantifies or diminishes any land or 8 |
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| 989 | 989 | | water right, or any claim or entitlement to land or water, 9 |
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| 990 | 990 | | of an Indian Tribe, band, pueblo, or community other than 10 |
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| 991 | 991 | | Ohkay Owingeh. 11 |
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| 992 | 992 | | (c) E |
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| 993 | 993 | | FFECT ONCURRENTLAW.—Nothing in this Act 12 |
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| 994 | 994 | | affects any provision of law (including regulations) in ef-13 |
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| 995 | 995 | | fect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act 14 |
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| 996 | 996 | | with respect to pre-enforcement review of any Federal en-15 |
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| 997 | 997 | | vironmental enforcement action. 16 |
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| 998 | 998 | | (d) C |
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| 999 | 999 | | ONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict between 17 |
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| 1000 | 1000 | | the Agreement and this Act, this Act shall control. 18 |
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| 1002 | 1002 | | OLDHARMLESS.—For any bosque restoration 19 |
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| 1003 | 1003 | | or improvement project carried out by the Pueblo with 20 |
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| 1004 | 1004 | | funds appropriated under this Act, the Pueblo shall hold 21 |
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| 1005 | 1005 | | and save the United States free from damages due to the 22 |
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| 1006 | 1006 | | construction or operation and maintenance of the project. 23 |
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| 1011 | 1011 | | The United States shall not be liable for any failure 2 |
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| 1012 | 1012 | | to carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this 3 |
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| 1013 | 1013 | | Act, including any obligation or activity under the Agree-4 |
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| 1014 | 1014 | | ment, if adequate appropriations are not provided ex-5 |
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| 1015 | 1015 | | pressly by Congress to carry out the purposes of this Act. 6 |
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