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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1444
5	5	To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe
6	6	in the Zuni River Stream System in the State of New Mexico, to
7	7	protect the Zuni Salt Lake, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY18, 2025
10	10	Mr. V
11	11	ASQUEZ(for himself, Ms. LEGERFERNANDEZ, and Ms. STANSBURY) in-
12	12	troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
13	13	ural Resources
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the
16	16	Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System
17	17	in the State of New Mexico, to protect the Zuni Salt
18	18	Lake, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
22	22	(a) S
23	23	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
24	24	‘‘Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 5
25	25	2025’’. 6
26	26	(b) T
27	27	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
28	28	this Act is as follows: 8
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32	32	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
33	33	Sec. 2. Definitions.
34	34	TITLE I—ZUNI INDIAN TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT
35	35	Sec. 101. Purposes.
36	36	Sec. 102. Definitions.
37	37	Sec. 103. Ratification of Agreement.
38	38	Sec. 104. Tribal Water Rights.
39	39	Sec. 105. Settlement Trust Fund.
40	40	Sec. 106. Funding.
41	41	Sec. 107. Waivers and releases of claims.
42	42	Sec. 108. Satisfaction of claims.
43	43	Sec. 109. Enforceability date.
44	44	Sec. 110. Miscellaneous provisions.
45	45	Sec. 111. Relation to Allottees.
46	46	Sec. 112. Antideficiency.
47	47	TITLE II—ZUNI SALT LAKE AND SANCTUARY PROTECTION
48	48	Sec. 201. Definitions.
49	49	Sec. 202. Withdrawal of certain Federal land in New Mexico.
50	50	Sec. 203. Management of Federal land.
51	51	Sec. 204. Transfer of land into trust.
52	52	Sec. 205. Maps and legal descriptions.
53	53	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
54	54	1
55	55	In this Act: 2
56	56	(1) E
57	57	NFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘En-3
58	58	forceability Date’’ means the date described in sec-4
59	59	tion 109. 5
60	60	(2) S
61	61	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 6
62	62	the Secretary of the Interior. 7
63	63	(3) S
64	64	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 8
65	65	of New Mexico. 9
66	66	(4) T
67	67	RIBAL WATER RIGHTS.— 10
68	68	(A) I
69	69	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Tribal 11
70	70	Water Rights’’ means the water rights of the 12
71	71	Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System (as de-13
72	72	fined in section 102)— 14
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76	76	(i) as identified in the Agreement and 1
77	77	section 104; and 2
78	78	(ii) as confirmed in the Partial Final 3
79	79	Judgment and Decree (as defined in sec-4
80	80	tion 102). 5
81	81	(B) E
82	82	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Tribal 6
83	83	Water Rights’’ does not include— 7
84	84	(i) any interest that the Tribe may 8
85	85	have in an Allotment (as defined in section 9
86	86	102) that is determined by the Secretary 10
87	87	to be patented pursuant to section 1 of the 11
88	88	Act of February 8, 1887 (commonly known 12
89	89	as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) 13
90	90	(24 Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 14
91	91	331) (as in effect on the day before the 15
92	92	date of enactment of the Indian Land Con-16
93	93	solidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Pub-17
94	94	lic Law 106–462; 114 Stat. 1991)); or 18
95	95	(ii) any undivided interest that the 19
96	96	Tribe may have in an Allotment (as so de-20
97	97	fined) that is determined by the Secretary 21
98	98	to be patented pursuant to an authority 22
99	99	other than section 1 of the Act of Feb-23
100	100	ruary 8, 1887 (commonly known as the 24
101	101	‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) (24 Stat. 25
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105	105	388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331) (as in 1
106	106	effect on the day before the date of enact-2
107	107	ment of the Indian Land Consolidation Act 3
108	108	Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106– 4
109	109	462; 114 Stat. 1991)). 5
110	110	(5) T
111	111	RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Zuni 6
112	112	Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, a federally recognized 7
113	113	Indian Tribe. 8
114	114	TITLE I—ZUNI INDIAN TRIBE 9
115	115	WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT 10
116	116	SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 11
117	117	The purposes of this title are— 12
118	118	(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-13
119	119	ment of all claims to water rights in the Zuni River 14
120	120	Stream System in the State for— 15
121	121	(A) the Tribe; and 16
122	122	(B) the United States, acting as trustee 17
123	123	for the Tribe; 18
124	124	(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agree-19
125	125	ment entered into by the Tribe, the State, and var-20
126	126	ious other parties to the extent that the Agreement 21
127	127	is consistent with this title; 22
128	128	(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 23
129	129	(A) to execute the Agreement; and 24
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133	133	(B) to take any other actions necessary to 1
134	134	carry out the Agreement in accordance with 2
135	135	this title; and 3
136	136	(4) to authorize funds necessary for the imple-4
137	137	mentation of the Agreement and this title. 5
138	138	SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 6
139	139	In this title: 7
140	140	(1) A
141	141	DJUDICATION.—The term ‘‘Adjudication’’ 8
142	142	means the general adjudication of water rights enti-9
143	143	tled ‘‘United States v. A&R Production, et al.’’, Civil 10
144	144	No. 01–CV–00072, including the subproceeding Civil 11
145	145	No. 07–CV–00681, pending as of the date of enact-12
146	146	ment of this Act in the United States District Court 13
147	147	for the District of New Mexico. 14
148	148	(2) A
149	149	GREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ 15
150	150	means— 16
151	151	(A) the document entitled ‘‘Settlement 17
152	152	Agreement to Quantify and Protect the Water 18
153	153	Rights of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni 19
154	154	River Basin in New Mexico and to Protect the 20
155	155	Zuni Salt Lake’’ and dated May 1, 2023, and 21
156	156	the attachments thereto; and 22
157	157	(B) any amendment to the document re-23
158	158	ferred to in subparagraph (A) (including an 24
159	159	amendment to an attachment thereto) that is 25
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163	163	executed to ensure that the Agreement is con-1
164	164	sistent with this title. 2
165	165	(3) A
166	166	LLOTMENT.—The term ‘‘Allotment’’ 3
167	167	means— 4
168	168	(A) any of the 9 parcels on Zuni Lands 5
169	169	that are held in trust by the United States for 6
170	170	individual Indians, or an Indian Tribe holding 7
171	171	an undivided fractional beneficial interest, 8
172	172	under the patents numbered 202394, 224251, 9
173	173	224252, 224667, 234753, 236955, 254124, 10
174	174	254125, and 254126; and 11
175	175	(B) any of the 6 parcels in the State off 12
176	176	Zuni Lands that are held in trust by the United 13
177	177	States for individual Indians, or an Indian 14
178	178	Tribe holding an undivided fractional beneficial 15
179	179	interest, under the patents numbered 211719, 16
180	180	246362, 246363, 246364, 246365, and 17
181	181	247321. 18
182	182	(4) A
183	183	LLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘Allottee’’ means— 19
184	184	(A) an individual Indian holding a bene-20
185	185	ficial interest in an Allotment; or 21
186	186	(B) an Indian Tribe holding an undivided 22
187	187	fractional beneficial interest in an Allotment. 23
188	188	(5) P
189	189	ARTIAL FINAL JUDGMENT AND DECREE .— 24
190	190	The term ‘‘Partial Final Judgment and Decree’’ 25
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194	194	means a final or interlocutory partial final judgment 1
195	195	and decree entered by the United States District 2
196	196	Court for the District of New Mexico with respect 3
197	197	to the water rights of the Tribe— 4
198	198	(A) that is substantially in the form de-5
199	199	scribed in the Agreement, as amended to ensure 6
200	200	consistency with this title; and 7
201	201	(B) from which no further appeal may be 8
202	202	taken. 9
203	203	(6) T
204	204	RUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 10
205	205	means the Zuni Tribe Settlement Trust Fund estab-11
206	206	lished under section 105(a). 12
207	207	(7) Z
208	208	UNI LANDS.—The term ‘‘Zuni Lands’’ 13
209	209	means land within the State that is held in trust by 14
210	210	the United States for the Tribe, or owned by the 15
211	211	Tribe, at the time of filing of a Motion for Entry of 16
212	212	the Partial Final Judgment and Decree, including 17
213	213	the land withdrawn from sale and set apart as a res-18
214	214	ervation or in trust for the use and occupancy of the 19
215	215	Tribe by— 20
216	216	(A) Executive order of March 16, 1877 21
217	217	(relating to Zuni Pueblo reserve), as amended 22
218	218	by Executive order of May 1, 1883 (relating to 23
219	219	Zuni Reserve); 24
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223	223	(B) Presidential Proclamation 1412, dated 1
224	224	November 30, 1917; 2
225	225	(C) the Act of June 20, 1935 (49 Stat. 3
226	226	393, chapter 282); 4
227	227	(D) the Act of August 13, 1949 (63 Stat. 5
228	228	604, chapter 425); and 6
229	229	(E) the Warranty Deed recorded on July 7
230	230	16, 1997, in Book 6, Page 5885 of the Cibola 8
231	231	County Records. 9
232	232	(8) Z
233	233	UNI RIVER STREAM SYSTEM .—The term 10
234	234	‘‘Zuni River Stream System’’ means the Zuni River 11
235	235	surface water drainage basin identified in the order 12
236	236	of the United States District Court for the District 13
237	237	of New Mexico in the Adjudication entitled ‘‘Order 14
238	238	on Special Master’s Report re: Geographic Scope of 15
239	239	Adjudication, Docket 200’’ and dated May 21, 2003. 16
240	240	SEC. 103. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. 17
241	241	(a) R
242	242	ATIFICATION.— 18
243	243	(1) I
244	244	N GENERAL.—Except as modified by this 19
245	245	title, and to the extent that the Agreement does not 20
246	246	conflict with this title, the Agreement is authorized, 21
247	247	ratified, and confirmed. 22
248	248	(2) A
249	249	MENDMENTS.—If an amendment to the 23
250	250	Agreement, or to any attachment to the Agreement 24
251	251	requiring the signature of the Secretary, is executed 25
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255	255	in accordance with this title to make the Agreement 1
256	256	consistent with this title, the amendment is author-2
257	257	ized, ratified, and confirmed. 3
258	258	(b) E
259	259	XECUTION.— 4
260	260	(1) I
261	261	N GENERAL.—To the extent the Agreement 5
262	262	does not conflict with this title, the Secretary shall 6
263	263	execute the Agreement, including all attachments to 7
264	264	or parts of the Agreement, requiring the signature 8
265	265	of the Secretary. 9
266	266	(2) M
267	267	ODIFICATIONS.—Nothing in this title pro-10
268	268	hibits the Secretary, after execution of the Agree-11
269	269	ment, from approving any modification to the Agree-12
270	270	ment, including an attachment to the Agreement, 13
271	271	that is consistent with this title, to the extent that 14
272	272	the modification does not otherwise require congres-15
273	273	sional approval under section 2116 of the Revised 16
274	274	Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) or any other applicable 17
275	275	Federal law. 18
276	276	(c) E
277	277	NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 19
278	278	(1) I
279	279	N GENERAL.—In implementing the Agree-20
280	280	ment and this title, the Secretary shall comply 21
281	281	with— 22
282	282	(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 23
283	283	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 24
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287	287	(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 1
288	288	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 2
289	289	implementing regulations of that Act; and 3
290	290	(C) all other applicable Federal environ-4
291	291	mental laws and regulations. 5
292	292	(2) C
293	293	OMPLIANCE.— 6
294	294	(A) I
295	295	N GENERAL.—In implementing the 7
296	296	Agreement and this title, the Tribe shall pre-8
297	297	pare any necessary environmental documents, 9
298	298	consistent with— 10
299	299	(i) the Endangered Species Act of 11
300	300	1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 12
301	301	(ii) the National Environmental Policy 13
302	302	Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), in-14
303	303	cluding the implementing regulations of 15
304	304	that Act; and 16
305	305	(iii) all other applicable Federal envi-17
306	306	ronmental laws and regulations. 18
307	307	(B) A
308	308	UTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary 19
309	309	shall— 20
310	310	(i) independently evaluate the docu-21
311	311	mentation required under subparagraph 22
312	312	(A); and 23
313	313	(ii) be responsible for the accuracy, 24
314	314	scope, and contents of that documentation. 25
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318	318	(3) EFFECT OF EXECUTION .—The execution of 1
319	319	the Agreement by the Secretary under this section 2
320	320	shall not constitute a major Federal action under 3
321	321	the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 4
322	322	U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 5
323	323	(4) C
324	324	OSTS.—Any costs associated with the per-6
325	325	formance of the compliance activities under this sub-7
326	326	section shall be paid from funds deposited in the 8
327	327	Trust Fund, subject to the condition that any costs 9
328	328	associated with the performance of Federal approval 10
329	329	or other review of such compliance work or costs as-11
330	330	sociated with inherently Federal functions shall re-12
331	331	main the responsibility of the Secretary. 13
332	332	SEC. 104. TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS. 14
333	333	(a) T
334	334	RUSTSTATUS OF THE TRIBALWATER 15
335	335	R
336	336	IGHTS.—The Tribal Water Rights shall be held in trust 16
337	337	by the United States on behalf of the Tribe, in accordance 17
338	338	with the Agreement and this title. 18
339	339	(b) F
340	340	ORFEITURE ANDABANDONMENT.— 19
341	341	(1) I
342	342	N GENERAL.—The Tribal Water Rights 20
343	343	shall not be subject to loss through non-use, for-21
344	344	feiture, abandonment, or other operation of law. 22
345	345	(2) S
346	346	TATE-LAW BASED WATER RIGHTS .—State- 23
347	347	law based water rights acquired by the Tribe, or by 24
348	348	the United States on behalf of the Tribe, after the 25
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352	352	date for inclusion in the Partial Final Judgment and 1
353	353	Decree shall not be subject to forfeiture, abandon-2
354	354	ment, or permanent alienation from the time those 3
355	355	water rights are acquired. 4
356	356	(c) U
357	357	SE.—Any use of the Tribal Water Rights shall 5
358	358	be subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement 6
359	359	and this title. 7
360	360	(d) A
361	361	LLOTMENT RIGHTSNOTINCLUDED.—The 8
362	362	Tribal Water Rights do not include any water rights for 9
363	363	an Allotment. 10
364	364	(e) A
365	365	LLOTTEESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 11
366	366	Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any water 12
367	367	right, or any claim or entitlement to water, of an Allottee. 13
368	368	(f) A
369	369	CCOUNTING FOR ALLOTMENTUSES.—Any use 14
370	370	of water on an Allotment shall be accounted for out of 15
371	371	the Tribal Water Rights recognized in the Agreement, in-16
372	372	cluding recognition of— 17
373	373	(1) any water use existing on an Allotment as 18
374	374	of the date of enactment of this Act; 19
375	375	(2) reasonable domestic, stock, and irrigation 20
376	376	water uses put into use on an Allotment; and 21
377	377	(3) any water right decreed to the United 22
378	378	States in trust for an Allottee in the Adjudication 23
379	379	for use on an Allotment. 24
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383	383	(g) ALLOTTEEWATERRIGHTS.—The Tribe shall not 1
384	384	object in the Adjudication to the quantification of reason-2
385	385	able domestic, stock, and irrigation water uses on an Allot-3
386	386	ment, and shall administer any water use on Zuni Lands 4
387	387	in accordance with applicable Federal law, including rec-5
388	388	ognition of— 6
389	389	(1) any water use existing on an Allotment as 7
390	390	of the date of enactment of this Act; 8
391	391	(2) reasonable domestic, stock, and irrigation 9
392	392	water uses on an Allotment; and 10
393	393	(3) any water right decreed to the United 11
394	394	States in trust for an Allottee in the Adjudication. 12
395	395	(h) A
396	396	UTHORITY OF THETRIBE.— 13
397	397	(1) I
398	398	N GENERAL.—The Tribe shall have the au-14
399	399	thority to allocate, distribute, and lease the Tribal 15
400	400	Water Rights for use on Zuni Lands in accordance 16
401	401	with the Agreement, this title, and applicable Fed-17
402	402	eral law, including the first section of the Act of Au-18
403	403	gust 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 19
404	404	415) (commonly known as the ‘‘Long-Term Leasing 20
405	405	Act’’). 21
406	406	(2) U
407	407	SE OFF ZUNI LANDS.— 22
408	408	(A) I
409	409	N GENERAL.—The Tribe may allo-23
410	410	cate, distribute, and lease the Tribal Water 24
411	411	Rights for use off Zuni Lands in accordance 25
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415	415	with the Agreement, this title, and applicable 1
416	416	Federal law, subject to the approval of the Sec-2
417	417	retary. 3
418	418	(B) M
419	419	AXIMUM TERM .—The maximum 4
420	420	term of any lease, including all renewals, under 5
421	421	this paragraph shall not exceed 99 years. 6
422	422	(i) A
423	423	DMINISTRATION.— 7
424	424	(1) N
425	425	O ALIENATION.—The Tribe shall not per-8
426	426	manently alienate any portion of the Tribal Water 9
427	427	Rights. 10
428	428	(2) P
429	429	URCHASES OR GRANTS OF LAND FROM IN -11
430	430	DIANS.—An authorization provided by this title for 12
431	431	the allocation, distribution, leasing, or other ar-13
432	432	rangement entered into pursuant to this title shall 14
433	433	be considered to satisfy any requirement for author-15
434	434	ization of the action required by Federal law. 16
435	435	(3) P
436	436	ROHIBITION ON FORFEITURE .—The non- 17
437	437	use of all or any portion of the Tribal Water Rights 18
438	438	by any water user shall not result in the forfeiture, 19
439	439	abandonment, relinquishment, or other loss of all or 20
440	440	any portion of the Tribal Water Rights. 21
441	441	SEC. 105. SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. 22
442	442	(a) E
443	443	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 23
444	444	a trust fund, to be known as the ‘‘Zuni Tribe Settlement 24
445	445	Trust Fund’’, to be managed, invested, and distributed by 25
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449	449	the Secretary and to remain available until expended, 1
450	450	withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the Treas-2
451	451	ury, consisting of amounts deposited in the Trust Fund 3
452	452	under subsection (c), together with any investment earn-4
453	453	ings, including interest, earned on those amounts, for the 5
454	454	purpose of carrying out this title. 6
455	455	(b) T
456	456	RUSTFUNDACCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall 7
457	457	establish in the Trust Fund the following accounts: 8
458	458	(1) The Zuni Tribe Water Rights Settlement 9
459	459	Trust Account. 10
460	460	(2) The Zuni Tribe Operation, Maintenance, & 11
461	461	Replacement Trust Account. 12
462	462	(c) D
463	463	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in the 13
464	464	Trust Fund the amounts made available under section 14
465	465	106(a). 15
466	466	(d) M
467	467	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 16
468	468	(1) M
469	469	ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 17
470	470	funds into the Trust Fund under subsection (c), the 18
471	471	Secretary shall manage, invest, and distribute all 19
472	472	amounts in the Trust Fund in a manner that is con-20
473	473	sistent with the investment authority of the Sec-21
474	474	retary under— 22
475	475	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 23
476	476	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 24
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480	480	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-1
481	481	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 2
482	482	et seq.); and 3
483	483	(C) this section. 4
484	484	(2) I
485	485	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 5
486	486	the amounts deposited under subsection (c), any in-6
487	487	vestment earnings, including interest, earned on 7
488	488	those amounts, held in the Trust Fund are author-8
489	489	ized to be used in accordance with subsections (f) 9
490	490	and (h). 10
491	491	(e) A
492	492	VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.— 11
493	493	(1) I
494	494	N GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to, 12
495	495	and deposited in, the Trust Fund, including any in-13
496	496	vestment earnings, including interest, earned on 14
497	497	those amounts, shall be made available to the Tribe 15
498	498	by the Secretary beginning on the Enforceability 16
499	499	Date, subject to the requirements of this section, ex-17
500	500	cept for funds to be made available to the Tribe pur-18
501	501	suant to paragraph (2). 19
502	502	(2) U
503	503	SE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding para-20
504	504	graph (1), $50,000,000 of the amounts deposited in 21
505	505	the Trust Fund, including any investment earnings, 22
506	506	including interest, earned on those amounts, shall be 23
507	507	available to the Tribe for the following uses on the 24
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510	510	•HR 1444 IH
511	511	date on which the amounts are deposited in the 1
512	512	Trust Fund: 2
513	513	(A) Developing economic water develop-3
514	514	ment plans. 4
515	515	(B) Preparing environmental compliance 5
516	516	documents. 6
517	517	(C) Preparing water project engineering 7
518	518	designs. 8
519	519	(D) Establishing and operating a water re-9
520	520	source department. 10
521	521	(E) Installing groundwater wells on Zuni 11
522	522	Lands to meet immediate domestic, commercial, 12
523	523	municipal, industrial, livestock, or supplemental 13
524	524	irrigation water needs. 14
525	525	(F) Urgent repairs to irrigation infrastruc-15
526	526	ture. 16
527	527	(G) Acquiring land and water rights or 17
528	528	water supply. 18
529	529	(H) Developing water measurement and 19
530	530	reporting water use plans. 20
531	531	(f) W
532	532	ITHDRAWALS.— 21
533	533	(1) W
534	534	ITHDRAWALS UNDER THE AMERICAN IN -22
535	535	DIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 23
536	536	1994.— 24
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540	540	(A) IN GENERAL.—The Tribe may with-1
541	541	draw any portion of the amounts in the Trust 2
542	542	Fund on approval by the Secretary of a Tribal 3
543	543	management plan submitted by the Tribe in ac-4
544	544	cordance with the American Indian Trust Fund 5
545	545	Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 6
546	546	4001 et seq.). 7
547	547	(B) R
548	548	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 8
549	549	requirements under the American Indian Trust 9
550	550	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 10
551	551	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 11
552	552	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 12
553	553	Tribe shall spend all amounts withdrawn from 13
554	554	the Trust Fund, and any investment earnings, 14
555	555	including interest, earned on those amounts, 15
556	556	through the investments under the Tribal man-16
557	557	agement plan, in accordance with this title. 17
558	558	(C) E
559	559	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 18
560	560	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-19
561	561	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-20
562	562	essary to enforce the Tribal management plan 21
563	563	under this paragraph and to ensure that 22
564	564	amounts withdrawn by the Tribe from the 23
565	565	Trust Fund under subparagraph (A) are used 24
566	566	in accordance with this title. 25
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570	570	(2) WITHDRAWALS UNDER EXPENDITURE 1
571	571	PLAN.— 2
572	572	(A) I
573	573	N GENERAL.—The Tribe may submit 3
574	574	to the Secretary a request to withdraw amounts 4
575	575	from the Trust Fund pursuant to an approved 5
576	576	expenditure plan. 6
577	577	(B) R
578	578	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 7
579	579	withdraw amounts under an expenditure plan 8
580	580	under subparagraph (A), the Tribe shall submit 9
581	581	to the Secretary an expenditure plan for any 10
582	582	portion of the Trust Fund the Tribe elects to 11
583	583	withdraw pursuant to that subparagraph, sub-12
584	584	ject to the condition that the amounts shall be 13
585	585	used for the purposes described in this title. 14
586	586	(C) I
587	587	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 15
588	588	submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include 16
589	589	a description of the manner and purpose for 17
590	590	which the amounts proposed to be withdrawn 18
591	591	from the Trust Fund will be used by the Tribe, 19
592	592	in accordance with this subsection and sub-20
593	593	section (h). 21
594	594	(D) A
595	595	PPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-22
596	596	prove an expenditure plan submitted under sub-23
597	597	paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 24
598	598	the expenditure plan— 25
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602	602	(i) is reasonable; and 1
603	603	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 2
604	604	for, the purposes of this title. 3
605	605	(E) E
606	606	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 4
607	607	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-5
608	608	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-6
609	609	essary— 7
610	610	(i) to enforce an expenditure plan; 8
611	611	and 9
612	612	(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 10
613	613	under this paragraph are used in accord-11
614	614	ance with this title. 12
615	615	(g) E
616	616	FFECT OFSECTION.—Nothing in this section 13
617	617	entitles the Tribe the right to judicial review of a deter-14
618	618	mination of the Secretary relating to whether to approve 15
619	619	the Tribal management plan under paragraph (1) of sub-16
620	620	section (f) or an expenditure plan under paragraph (2) 17
621	621	of that subsection, except under subchapter II of chapter 18
622	622	5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly 19
623	623	known as the ‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 20
624	624	(h) U
625	625	SES.— 21
626	626	(1) Z
627	627	UNI TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT 22
628	628	TRUST ACCOUNT.—The Zuni Tribe Water Rights 23
629	629	Settlement Trust Account established under sub-24
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632	632	•HR 1444 IH
633	633	section (b)(1) may only be used for the following 1
634	634	purposes: 2
635	635	(A) Planning, permitting, designing, engi-3
636	636	neering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, 4
637	637	rehabilitating, operating, or repairing water 5
638	638	production, treatment, or delivery infrastruc-6
639	639	ture, including for domestic and municipal sup-7
640	640	ply, or wastewater infrastructure. 8
641	641	(B) Planning, permitting, designing, engi-9
642	642	neering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, 10
643	643	rehabilitating, operating, or repairing water 11
644	644	production, treatment, or delivery infrastruc-12
645	645	ture, acquisition of water, or on-farm improve-13
646	646	ments for irrigation, livestock, and support of 14
647	647	agriculture. 15
648	648	(C) Planning, permitting, designing, engi-16
649	649	neering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, 17
650	650	rehabilitating, operating, monitoring, or other 18
651	651	measures for watershed and endangered species 19
652	652	habitat protection and enhancement, land and 20
653	653	water rights acquisition, water-related Tribal 21
654	654	community welfare and economic development, 22
655	655	and costs relating to the implementation of the 23
656	656	Agreement. 24
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660	660	(D) Ensuring environmental compliance in 1
661	661	the development and construction of projects 2
662	662	under this title. 3
663	663	(E) Tribal water rights management and 4
664	664	administration. 5
665	665	(2) Z
666	666	UNI TRIBE OPERATION , MAINTENANCE, & 6
667	667	REPLACEMENT TRUST ACCOUNT .—The Zuni Tribe 7
668	668	Operation, Maintenance, & Replacement Trust Ac-8
669	669	count established under subsection (b)(2) may only 9
670	670	be used to pay costs for operation, maintenance, and 10
671	671	replacement of water infrastructure to serve Tribal 11
672	672	domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial, irriga-12
673	673	tion, and livestock water uses from any water 13
674	674	source. 14
675	675	(i) L
676	676	IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 15
677	677	the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-16
678	678	vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the Trust Fund 17
679	679	by the Tribe under the Tribal management plan or an ex-18
680	680	penditure plan under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 19
681	681	(f), respectively. 20
682	682	(j) E
683	683	XPENDITUREREPORTS.—The Tribe shall annu-21
684	684	ally submit to the Secretary an expenditure report describ-22
685	685	ing amounts spent from, and accomplishment from the use 23
686	686	of, withdrawals under the Tribal management plan or an 24
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689	689	•HR 1444 IH
690	690	expenditure plan under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 1
691	691	(f), respectively. 2
692	692	(k) N
693	693	OPERCAPITADISTRIBUTIONS.—No portion of 3
694	694	the Trust Fund shall be distributed on a per capita basis 4
695	695	to any member of the Tribe. 5
696	696	(l) T
697	697	ITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 6
698	698	over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 7
699	699	from the Trust Fund shall remain in the Tribe. 8
700	700	(m) O
701	701	PERATION, MAINTENANCE, ANDREPLACE-9
702	702	MENT.—All operation, maintenance, and replacement 10
703	703	costs of any project constructed using funds from the 11
704	704	Trust Fund shall be the responsibility of the Tribe. 12
705	705	SEC. 106. FUNDING. 13
706	706	(a) M
707	707	ANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of any 14
708	708	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 15
709	709	Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec-16
710	710	retary— 17
711	711	(1) for deposit in the Zuni Tribe Water Rights 18
712	712	Settlement Trust Account established under section 19
713	713	105(b)(1), $655,500,000, to remain available until 20
714	714	expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 21
715	715	fund of the Treasury; and 22
716	716	(2) for deposit in the Zuni Tribe Operation, 23
717	717	Maintenance, & Replacement Trust Account estab-24
718	718	lished under section 105(b)(2), $29,500,000, to re-25
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721	721	•HR 1444 IH
722	722	main available until expended, withdrawn, or re-1
723	723	verted to the general fund of the Treasury. 2
724	724	(b) F
725	725	LUCTUATION INCOSTS.— 3
726	726	(1) I
727	727	N GENERAL.—The amount appropriated 4
728	728	under subsection (a) shall be increased or decreased, 5
729	729	as appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified 6
730	730	by reason of ordinary fluctuations in costs, as indi-7
731	731	cated by the Bureau of Reclamation Construction 8
732	732	Cost Index–Composite Trend. 9
733	733	(2) C
734	734	ONSTRUCTION COSTS ADJUSTMENT .—The 10
735	735	amount appropriated under subsection (a) shall be 11
736	736	adjusted to address construction cost changes nec-12
737	737	essary to account for unforeseen market volatility 13
738	738	that may not otherwise be captured by engineering 14
739	739	cost indices, as determined by the Secretary, includ-15
740	740	ing repricing applicable to the types of construction 16
741	741	and current industry standards involved. 17
742	742	(3) R
743	743	EPETITION.—The adjustment process 18
744	744	under this subsection shall be repeated for each sub-19
745	745	sequent amount appropriated until the applicable 20
746	746	amount, as adjusted, has been appropriated. 21
747	747	(4) P
748	748	ERIOD OF INDEXING.—The period of in-22
749	749	dexing adjustment under this subsection for any in-23
750	750	crement of funding shall start on January 1, 2022, 24
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753	753	•HR 1444 IH
754	754	and end on the date on which the funds are depos-1
755	755	ited in the Trust Fund. 2
756	756	(c) S
757	757	TATECOST-SHARE.—Pursuant to the Agree-3
758	758	ment, the State shall contribute— 4
759	759	(1) $750,000, for development and execution of 5
760	760	monitoring plans pursuant to the Agreement; and 6
761	761	(2) $500,000, to be deposited in an interest- 7
762	762	bearing account, to mitigate impairment to non-In-8
763	763	dian domestic and livestock groundwater rights as a 9
764	764	result of new Tribal water use. 10
765	765	SEC. 107. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 11
766	766	(a) W
767	767	AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYZUNI 12
768	768	T
769	769	RIBE ANDUNITEDSTATES ASTRUSTEE FOR ZUNI 13
770	770	T
771	771	RIBE.—Subject to the reservation of rights and retention 14
772	772	of claims under subsection (d), as consideration for rec-15
773	773	ognition of the Tribal Water Rights and other benefits de-16
774	774	scribed in the Agreement and this title, the Tribe and the 17
775	775	United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe, shall exe-18
776	776	cute a waiver and release of all claims for— 19
777	777	(1) water rights within the Zuni River Stream 20
778	778	System that the Tribe, or the United States acting 21
779	779	as trustee for the Tribe, asserted or could have as-22
780	780	serted in any proceeding, including the Adjudication, 23
781	781	on or before the Enforceability Date, except to the 24
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785	785	extent that such rights are recognized in the Agree-1
786	786	ment and this title; and 2
787	787	(2) damages, losses, or injuries to water rights 3
788	788	or claims of interference with, diversion of, or taking 4
789	789	of water rights (including claims for injury to land 5
790	790	resulting from such damages, losses, injuries, inter-6
791	791	ference, diversion, or taking of water rights) in the 7
792	792	Zuni River Stream System against any party to the 8
793	793	Agreement that accrued at any time up to and in-9
794	794	cluding the Enforceability Date. 10
795	795	(b) W
796	796	AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYZUNI 11
797	797	T
798	798	RIBEAGAINSTUNITEDSTATES.—Subject to the res-12
799	799	ervation of rights and retention of claims under subsection 13
800	800	(d), the Tribe shall execute a waiver and release of all 14
801	801	claims against the United States (including any agency 15
802	802	or employee of the United States) for water rights within 16
803	803	the Zuni River Stream System first arising before the En-17
804	804	forceability Date relating to— 18
805	805	(1) water rights within the Zuni River Stream 19
806	806	System that the United States, acting as trustee for 20
807	807	the Tribe, asserted or could have asserted in any 21
808	808	proceeding, including the Adjudication, except to the 22
809	809	extent that such rights are recognized as part of the 23
810	810	Tribal Water Rights under this title; 24
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814	814	(2) foregone benefits from non-Indian use of 1
815	815	water, on and off Zuni Lands (including water from 2
816	816	all sources and for all uses), within the Zuni River 3
817	817	Stream System; 4
818	818	(3) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 5
819	819	rights, land, or natural resources due to loss of 6
820	820	water or water rights (including damages, losses, or 7
821	821	injuries to hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 8
822	822	rights due to loss of water or water rights, claims 9
823	823	relating to interference with, diversion of, or taking 10
824	824	of water, or claims relating to a failure to protect, 11
825	825	acquire, replace, or develop water, water rights, or 12
826	826	water infrastructure) within the Zuni River Stream 13
827	827	System; 14
828	828	(4) a failure to establish or provide a municipal, 15
829	829	rural, or industrial water delivery system on Zuni 16
830	830	Lands within the Zuni River Stream System; 17
831	831	(5) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 18
832	832	rights, land, or natural resources due to construc-19
833	833	tion, operation, and management of irrigation 20
834	834	projects on Zuni Lands or Federal land (including 21
835	835	damages, losses, or injuries to fish habitat, wildlife, 22
836	836	and wildlife habitat) within the Zuni River Stream 23
837	837	System; 24
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841	841	(6) a failure to provide for operation, mainte-1
842	842	nance, or deferred maintenance for any irrigation 2
843	843	system or irrigation project within the Zuni River 3
844	844	Stream System; 4
845	845	(7) a failure to provide a dam safety improve-5
846	846	ment to a dam on Zuni Lands within the Zuni River 6
847	847	Stream System; 7
848	848	(8) the litigation of claims relating to any water 8
849	849	right of the Tribe within the Zuni River Stream Sys-9
850	850	tem; and 10
851	851	(9) the negotiation, execution, or adoption of 11
852	852	the Agreement and this title. 12
853	853	(c) E
854	854	FFECTIVEDATE.—The waivers and releases de-13
855	855	scribed in subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the 14
856	856	Enforceability Date. 15
857	857	(d) R
858	858	ESERVATION OF RIGHTS ANDRETENTION OF 16
859	859	C
860	860	LAIMS.—Notwithstanding the waivers and releases under 17
861	861	subsections (a) and (b), the Tribe and the United States, 18
862	862	acting as trustee for the Tribe, shall retain all claims relat-19
863	863	ing to— 20
864	864	(1) the enforcement of, or claims accruing after 21
865	865	the Enforceability Date relating to, water rights rec-22
866	866	ognized under the Agreement, this title, or the Par-23
867	867	tial Final Judgment and Decree entered into in the 24
868	868	Adjudication; 25
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872	872	(2) activities affecting the quality of water, in-1
873	873	cluding claims under— 2
874	874	(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-3
875	875	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 4
876	876	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), including claims 5
877	877	for damages to natural resources; 6
878	878	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 7
879	879	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 8
880	880	(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 9
881	881	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and 10
882	882	(D) any regulations implementing the Acts 11
883	883	described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); 12
884	884	(3) the right to use and protect water rights ac-13
885	885	quired after the date of enactment of this Act; 14
886	886	(4) damage, loss, or injury to land or natural 15
887	887	resources that is not due to loss of water or water 16
888	888	rights, including hunting, fishing, gathering, or cul-17
889	889	tural rights; 18
890	890	(5) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 19
891	891	and powers not specifically waived and released pur-20
892	892	suant to this title or the Agreement; and 21
893	893	(6) loss of water or water rights in locations 22
894	894	outside of the Zuni River Stream System. 23
895	895	(e) E
896	896	FFECT OFAGREEMENT AND TITLE.—Nothing 24
897	897	in the Agreement or this title— 25
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901	901	(1) reduces or extends the sovereignty (includ-1
902	902	ing civil and criminal jurisdiction) of any govern-2
903	903	ment entity; 3
904	904	(2) affects the ability of the United States, as 4
905	905	sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized by 5
906	906	law, including— 6
907	907	(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-7
908	908	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 8
909	909	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); 9
910	910	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 10
911	911	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 11
912	912	(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 12
913	913	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 13
914	914	(D) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 14
915	915	U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); and 15
916	916	(E) any regulations implementing the Acts 16
917	917	described in subparagraphs (A) though (D); 17
918	918	(3) affects the ability of the United States to 18
919	919	act as trustee for the Tribe (consistent with this 19
920	920	title), any other Indian Tribe or Pueblo, or an allot-20
921	921	tee of any Indian Tribe or Pueblo; 21
922	922	(4) confers jurisdiction on any State court— 22
923	923	(A) to interpret Federal law relating to 23
924	924	health, safety, or the environment; 24
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928	928	(B) to determine the duties of the United 1
929	929	States or any other party under Federal law re-2
930	930	garding health, safety, or the environment; 3
931	931	(C) to conduct judicial review of any Fed-4
932	932	eral agency action; or 5
933	933	(D) to interpret Tribal law; or 6
934	934	(5) waives any claim of a member of the Tribe 7
935	935	in an individual capacity that does not derive from 8
936	936	a right of the Tribe. 9
937	937	(f) T
938	938	OLLING OFCLAIMS.— 10
939	939	(1) I
940	940	N GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 11
941	941	limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 12
942	942	to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 13
943	943	the period beginning on the date of enactment of 14
944	944	this Act and ending on the Enforceability Date. 15
945	945	(2) E
946	946	FFECT OF SUBSECTION .—Nothing in this 16
947	947	subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 17
948	948	limitation or time-based equitable defense that ex-18
949	949	pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 19
950	950	(3) L
951	951	IMITATION.—Nothing in this section pre-20
952	952	cludes the tolling of any period of limitation or any 21
953	953	time-based equitable defense under any other appli-22
954	954	cable law. 23
955	955	(g) E
956	956	XPIRATION.— 24
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960	960	(1) IN GENERAL.—This title shall expire in any 1
961	961	case in which the Secretary fails to publish a state-2
962	962	ment of findings under section 109 by not later 3
963	963	than— 4
964	964	(A) July 1, 2030; or 5
965	965	(B) such alternative later date as is agreed 6
966	966	to by the Tribe and the Secretary, after pro-7
967	967	viding reasonable notice to the State. 8
968	968	(2) C
969	969	ONSEQUENCES.—If this title expires under 9
970	970	paragraph (1)— 10
971	971	(A) the waivers and releases under sub-11
972	972	sections (a) and (b) shall— 12
973	973	(i) expire; and 13
974	974	(ii) have no further force or effect; 14
975	975	(B) the authorization, ratification, con-15
976	976	firmation, and execution of the Agreement 16
977	977	under section 103 shall no longer be effective; 17
978	978	(C) any action carried out by the Sec-18
979	979	retary, and any contract or agreement entered 19
980	980	into, pursuant to this title shall be void; 20
981	981	(D) any unexpended Federal funds appro-21
982	982	priated or made available to carry out the ac-22
983	983	tivities authorized by this title (together with 23
984	984	any interest earned on those funds), and any 24
985	985	water rights or contracts to use water, and title 25
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989	989	to any property acquired or constructed with 1
990	990	Federal funds appropriated or made available 2
991	991	to carry out the activities authorized by this 3
992	992	title shall be returned to the Federal Govern-4
993	993	ment, unless otherwise agreed to by the Tribe 5
994	994	and the United States and approved by Con-6
995	995	gress; and 7
996	996	(E) except for Federal funds used to ac-8
997	997	quire or construct property that is returned to 9
998	998	the Federal Government under subparagraph 10
999	999	(D), the United States shall be entitled to offset 11
1000	1000	any Federal funds made available to carry out 12
1001	1001	this title that were expended or withdrawn, or 13
1002	1002	any funds made available to carry out this title 14
1003	1003	from other Federal authorized sources, together 15
1004	1004	with any interest accrued on those funds, 16
1005	1005	against any claims against the United States— 17
1006	1006	(i) relating to— 18
1007	1007	(I) water rights in the State as-19
1008	1008	serted by— 20
1009	1009	(aa) the Tribe; or 21
1010	1010	(bb) any user of the Tribal 22
1011	1011	Water Rights; or 23
1012	1012	(II) any other matter described 24
1013	1013	in subsection (b); or 25
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1017	1017	(ii) in any future settlement of water 1
1018	1018	rights of the Tribe. 2
1019	1019	SEC. 108. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 3
1020	1020	The benefits provided under this title shall be in com-4
1021	1021	plete replacement of, complete substitution for, and full 5
1022	1022	satisfaction of any claim of the Tribe against the United 6
1023	1023	States that is waived and released by the Tribe pursuant 7
1024	1024	to section 107(b). 8
1025	1025	SEC. 109. ENFORCEABILITY DATE. 9
1026	1026	The Enforceability Date shall be the date on which 10
1027	1027	the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a state-11
1028	1028	ment of findings that— 12
1029	1029	(1) to the extent that the Agreement conflicts 13
1030	1030	with this title, the Agreement has been amended to 14
1031	1031	conform with this title; 15
1032	1032	(2) the Agreement, as amended, has been exe-16
1033	1033	cuted by all parties to the Agreement, including the 17
1034	1034	United States; 18
1035	1035	(3) the United States District Court for the 19
1036	1036	District of New Mexico has approved the Agreement 20
1037	1037	and has entered a Partial Final Judgment and De-21
1038	1038	cree; 22
1039	1039	(4) all of the amounts appropriated under sub-23
1040	1040	sections (a) and (b) of section 106 have been appro-24
1041	1041	priated and deposited in the Zuni Tribe Water 25
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1045	1045	Rights Settlement Trust Account established under 1
1046	1046	section 105(b)(1) or the Zuni Tribe Operation, 2
1047	1047	Maintenance, & Replacement Trust Account estab-3
1048	1048	lished under section 105(b)(2), as applicable; 4
1049	1049	(5) the State has— 5
1050	1050	(A) provided the funding under section 6
1051	1051	106(c); and 7
1052	1052	(B) enacted legislation to amend State law 8
1053	1053	to provide that the Tribal Water Rights may be 9
1054	1054	leased for a term of not to exceed 99 years, in-10
1055	1055	cluding renewals; and 11
1056	1056	(6) the waivers and releases under section 107 12
1057	1057	have been executed by the Tribe and the Secretary. 13
1058	1058	SEC. 110. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 14
1059	1059	(a) N
1060	1060	OWAIVER OFSOVEREIGNIMMUNITY BY THE 15
1061	1061	U
1062	1062	NITEDSTATES.—Nothing in this title waives the sov-16
1063	1063	ereign immunity of the United States. 17
1064	1064	(b) O
1065	1065	THERTRIBESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 18
1066	1066	Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any land or 19
1067	1067	water right, or any claim or entitlement to land or water, 20
1068	1068	of an Indian Tribe, band, Pueblo, or community other 21
1069	1069	than the Tribe. 22
1070	1070	(c) E
1071	1071	FFECT ONCURRENTLAW.—Nothing in this 23
1072	1072	title affects any provision of law (including regulations) 24
1073	1073	in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 25
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1077	1077	Act with respect to pre-enforcement review of any Federal 1
1078	1078	environmental enforcement action. 2
1079	1079	(d) C
1080	1080	ONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict between 3
1081	1081	the Agreement and this title, this title shall control. 4
1082	1082	SEC. 111. RELATION TO ALLOTTEES. 5
1083	1083	(a) N
1084	1084	OEFFECT ONCLAIMS OFALLOTTEES.—Noth-6
1085	1085	ing in this Act or the Agreement affects the rights or 7
1086	1086	claims of Allottees, or the United States, acting in its ca-8
1087	1087	pacity as trustee for or on behalf of Allottees, for water 9
1088	1088	rights or damages relating to land allotted by the United 10
1089	1089	States to Allottees. 11
1090	1090	(b) R
1091	1091	ELATIONSHIP OFDECREE TOALLOTTEES.— 12
1092	1092	(1) S
1093	1093	EPARATE ADJUDICATION .—Regardless of 13
1094	1094	whether an Allotment is patented pursuant to sec-14
1095	1095	tion 1 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (commonly 15
1096	1096	known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) (24 16
1097	1097	Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331) (as in effect 17
1098	1098	on the day before the date of enactment of the In-18
1099	1099	dian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 19
1100	1100	(Public Law 106–462; 114 Stat. 1991)), or section 20
1101	1101	4 of that Act (24 Stat. 389, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 21
1102	1102	334), as determined by the Secretary, when adju-22
1103	1103	dicated— 23
1104	1104	(A) water rights for Allotments shall be 24
1105	1105	separate from the Tribal Water Rights; and 25
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1109	1109	(B) no water rights for Allotments shall be 1
1110	1110	included in the Partial Final Judgment and De-2
1111	1111	cree. 3
1112	1112	(2) A
1113	1113	LLOTMENT WATER RIGHTS .—Allotment 4
1114	1114	water rights adjudicated separately pursuant to 5
1115	1115	paragraph (1) shall not be subject to the restrictions 6
1116	1116	or conditions that apply to the use of the Tribal 7
1117	1117	Water Rights, subject to the condition that if an Al-8
1118	1118	lotment governed by the Act of February 8, 1887 9
1119	1119	(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment 10
1120	1120	Act’’) (24 Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331 et 11
1121	1121	seq.), becomes Zuni Lands, the water rights associ-12
1122	1122	ated with that Allotment shall be subject to the re-13
1123	1123	strictions and conditions on the Tribal Water Rights 14
1124	1124	set forth in this Act and the Agreement. 15
1125	1125	(3) A
1126	1126	LLOTTEE WATER RIGHTS TO BE ADJU -16
1127	1127	DICATED.—Allottees, or the United States, acting in 17
1128	1128	its capacity as trustee for Allottees, may make water 18
1129	1129	rights claims, and such claims may be adjudicated in 19
1130	1130	the Zuni River Stream System. 20
1131	1131	SEC. 112. ANTIDEFICIENCY. 21
1132	1132	The United States shall not be liable for any failure 22
1133	1133	to carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this 23
1134	1134	title, including any obligation or activity under the Agree-24
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1138	1138	ment, if adequate appropriations are not provided ex-1
1139	1139	pressly by Congress to carry out the purposes of this title. 2
1140	1140	TITLE II—ZUNI SALT LAKE AND 3
1141	1141	SANCTUARY PROTECTION 4
1142	1142	SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 5
1143	1143	In this title: 6
1144	1144	(1) C
1145	1145	ASUAL COLLECTING .—The term ‘‘casual 7
1146	1146	collecting’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-8
1147	1147	tion 6301 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 9
1148	1148	Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 470aaa). 10
1149	1149	(2) F
1150	1150	EDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 11
1151	1151	means— 12
1152	1152	(A) any Federal land or interest in Federal 13
1153	1153	land that is within the boundary of the Zuni 14
1154	1154	Salt Lake and Sanctuary; and 15
1155	1155	(B) any land or interest in land located 16
1156	1156	within the boundary of the Zuni Salt Lake and 17
1157	1157	Sanctuary that is acquired by the Federal Gov-18
1158	1158	ernment after the date of enactment of this 19
1159	1159	Act. 20
1160	1160	(3) M
1161	1161	AP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-21
1162	1162	titled ‘‘Legislative Map for Zuni Tribe Water Settle-22
1163	1163	ment’’ and dated June 17, 2024. 23
1164	1164	(4) Z
1165	1165	UNI SALT LAKE AND SANCTUARY .—The 24
1166	1166	term ‘‘Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary’’ means the 25
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1170	1170	approximately 217,037 acres located in the State 1
1171	1171	comprised of a mixture of private, Tribal trust, 2
1172	1172	State, and Bureau of Land Management-managed 3
1173	1173	lands, as depicted on the Map, protected by New 4
1174	1174	Mexico Office of the State Engineer Order No. 199 5
1175	1175	(July 5, 2023) due to the historical and cultural sig-6
1176	1176	nificance of those lands. 7
1177	1177	SEC. 202. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN 8
1178	1178	NEW MEXICO. 9
1179	1179	(a) W
1180	1180	ITHDRAWAL OF FEDERALLAND.—Subject to 10
1181	1181	valid existing rights and section 204(a)(3), effective on the 11
1182	1182	date of enactment of this Act, the Federal land described 12
1183	1183	in section 201(2)(A), comprising approximately 92,364 13
1184	1184	acres, is withdrawn from all forms of— 14
1185	1185	(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 15
1186	1186	public land laws; 16
1187	1187	(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 17
1188	1188	laws; and 18
1189	1189	(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-19
1190	1190	eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 20
1191	1191	(b) W
1192	1192	ITHDRAWAL OF LANDACQUIRED.—Subject to 21
1193	1193	valid existing rights and section 204(a)(3), effective on the 22
1194	1194	date on which the land described in section 201(2)(B) is 23
1195	1195	acquired by the Federal Government, that Federal land 24
1196	1196	is withdrawn from all forms of— 25
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1200	1200	(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 1
1201	1201	public land laws; 2
1202	1202	(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 3
1203	1203	laws; and 4
1204	1204	(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-5
1205	1205	eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 6
1206	1206	(c) R
1207	1207	ESERVATION.—The Federal land withdrawn 7
1208	1208	under this section is reserved for— 8
1209	1209	(1) the protection of the Zuni Salt Lake and 9
1210	1210	Sanctuary; 10
1211	1211	(2) the quality and quantity of water resources 11
1212	1212	that supply the Zuni Salt Lake; and 12
1213	1213	(3) any cultural resources or values within or 13
1214	1214	associated with the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary. 14
1215	1215	SEC. 203. MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL LAND. 15
1216	1216	(a) I
1217	1217	NGENERAL.—In addition to the requirements 16
1218	1218	of section 202, the Secretary, acting through the Director 17
1219	1219	of the Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the 18
1220	1220	Federal land withdrawn under that section in accordance 19
1221	1221	with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 20
1222	1222	1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), in consultation with the 21
1223	1223	Tribe, to protect the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary, the 22
1224	1224	quality and quantity of water resources that supply the 23
1225	1225	Zuni Salt Lake, and any cultural resources or values with-24
1226	1226	in or associated with the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary. 25
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1230	1230	(b) SPECIFICRESTRICTIONS.—The following restric-1
1231	1231	tions shall apply to the Federal land described in sub-2
1232	1232	section (a): 3
1233	1233	(1) Except where needed for administrative or 4
1234	1234	emergency purposes, motor vehicle use shall be lim-5
1235	1235	ited to designated routes, which shall not impact the 6
1236	1236	values of the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary. 7
1237	1237	(2) No water wells or extension or expansion of 8
1238	1238	any existing water wells may be authorized after the 9
1239	1239	date of enactment of this Act, except that replace-10
1240	1240	ment water wells may be authorized in the event of 11
1241	1241	failure of an existing water well. 12
1242	1242	(3) No increase in existing permitted grazing 13
1243	1243	use may be authorized. 14
1244	1244	(4) No new rights-of-way or leases may be 15
1245	1245	issued, except for geophysical, geologic, or hydrologic 16
1246	1246	operations limited to research or monitoring to un-17
1247	1247	derstand and protect the Zuni Salt Lake or for re-18
1248	1248	gional scientific study. 19
1249	1249	(5) No sale or free use of timber may be au-20
1250	1250	thorized. 21
1251	1251	(6) Casual collecting shall not be authorized. 22
1252	1252	SEC. 204. TRANSFER OF LAND INTO TRUST. 23
1253	1253	(a) F
1254	1254	EDERALLANDTRANSFERS.— 24
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1258	1258	(1) IN GENERAL.—On the Enforceability Date, 1
1259	1259	and subject to valid existing rights and the require-2
1260	1260	ments of this section, the Secretary shall take into 3
1261	1261	trust for the benefit of the Tribe all right, title, and 4
1262	1262	interest of the United States in and to the land de-5
1263	1263	scribed as ‘‘Tribal Acquisition Area’’ on the Map. 6
1264	1264	(2) T
1265	1265	ERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 7
1266	1266	(A) E
1267	1267	XISTING AUTHORIZATIONS .— 8
1268	1268	(i) I
1269	1269	N GENERAL.—Land taken into 9
1270	1270	trust under this subsection shall be subject 10
1271	1271	to valid existing rights, contracts, leases, 11
1272	1272	permits, and rights-of-way, unless the hold-12
1273	1273	er of the right, contract, lease, permit, or 13
1274	1274	right-of-way requests an earlier termi-14
1275	1275	nation in accordance with existing law. 15
1276	1276	(ii) A
1277	1277	SSUMPTION BY BUREAU OF IN -16
1278	1278	DIAN AFFAIRS.—The Bureau of Indian Af-17
1279	1279	fairs shall— 18
1280	1280	(I) assume all benefits and obli-19
1281	1281	gations of the previous land manage-20
1282	1282	ment agency under the existing rights, 21
1283	1283	contracts, leases, permits, and rights- 22
1284	1284	of-way described in clause (i); and 23
1285	1285	(II) disburse to the Tribe any 24
1286	1286	amounts that accrue to the United 25
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1290	1290	States from those rights, contracts, 1
1291	1291	leases, permits, and rights-of-way 2
1292	1292	after the date on which the land is 3
1293	1293	taken into trust from any sale, bonus, 4
1294	1294	royalty, or rental relating to that land 5
1295	1295	in the same manner as amounts re-6
1296	1296	ceived from other land held by the 7
1297	1297	Secretary in trust for the Tribe. 8
1298	1298	(B) P
1299	1299	ERSONAL PROPERTY .— 9
1300	1300	(i) I
1301	1301	N GENERAL.—Any improvements 10
1302	1302	constituting personal property (as defined 11
1303	1303	by State law) belonging to the holder of a 12
1304	1304	right, contract, lease, permit, or right-of- 13
1305	1305	way on land taken into trust under this 14
1306	1306	subsection shall— 15
1307	1307	(I) remain the property of the 16
1308	1308	holder; and 17
1309	1309	(II) be removed from the land 18
1310	1310	not later than 90 days after the date 19
1311	1311	on which the right, contract, lease, 20
1312	1312	permit, or right-of-way expires, unless 21
1313	1313	the Tribe and the holder agree other-22
1314	1314	wise. 23
1315	1315	(ii) R
1316	1316	EMAINING PROPERTY.—Any per-24
1317	1317	sonal property described in clause (i) re-25
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1321	1321	maining beyond the 90-day period de-1
1322	1322	scribed in subclause (II) of that clause 2
1323	1323	shall— 3
1324	1324	(I) become the property of the 4
1325	1325	Tribe; and 5
1326	1326	(II) be subject to removal and 6
1327	1327	disposition at the discretion of the 7
1328	1328	Tribe. 8
1329	1329	(iii) L
1330	1330	IABILITY OF PREVIOUS HOLD -9
1331	1331	ER.—The holder of personal property de-10
1332	1332	scribed in clause (i) shall be liable to the 11
1333	1333	Tribe for costs incurred by the Tribe in re-12
1334	1334	moving and disposing of the property 13
1335	1335	under clause (ii)(II). 14
1336	1336	(3) T
1337	1337	ERMINATION OF WITHDRAWAL OF FED -15
1338	1338	ERAL LAND.—The withdrawal of Federal land pur-16
1339	1339	suant to section 202 shall terminate, as to the land 17
1340	1340	described in paragraph (1), on the date on which the 18
1341	1341	land is taken into trust under that paragraph. 19
1342	1342	(4) S
1343	1343	TATUS OF WATER RIGHTS ON TRANS -20
1344	1344	FERRED LAND.—Any water rights associated with 21
1345	1345	land taken into trust under paragraph (1)— 22
1346	1346	(A) shall be held in trust for the Tribe; but 23
1347	1347	(B) shall not be included in the Tribal 24
1348	1348	Water Rights. 25
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1352	1352	(b) FUTURETRUSTLAND.—On acquisition by the 1
1353	1353	Tribe of any land depicted as ‘‘Potential Future Acquisi-2
1354	1354	tion Areas’’ on the Map, the Secretary shall take legal title 3
1355	1355	in and to that land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, 4
1356	1356	subject to the conditions that— 5
1357	1357	(1) the land shall be free from any liens, en-6
1358	1358	cumbrances, or other infirmities; and 7
1359	1359	(2) no evidence exists of any hazardous sub-8
1360	1360	stances on, or other environmental liability with re-9
1361	1361	spect to, the land. 10
1362	1362	SEC. 205. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. 11
1363	1363	(a) P
1364	1364	REPARATION OF MAPS ANDLEGALDESCRIP-12
1365	1365	TIONS.—As soon as practicable after the date of enact-13
1366	1366	ment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 14
1367	1367	(1) prepare maps depicting— 15
1368	1368	(A) the land withdrawn under section 202; 16
1369	1369	and 17
1370	1370	(B) the land taken into trust under section 18
1371	1371	204; and 19
1372	1372	(2) publish in the Federal Register a notice 20
1373	1373	containing the legal descriptions of land described in 21
1374	1374	subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1). 22
1375	1375	(b) L
1376	1376	EGALEFFECT.—Maps and legal descriptions 23
1377	1377	prepared and published under subsection (a) shall have 24
1378	1378	the same force and effect as if the maps and legal descrip-25
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1382	1382	tions were included in this title, except that the Secretary 1
1383	1383	may correct any clerical and typographical errors in such 2
1384	1384	maps and legal descriptions. 3
1385	1385	(c) A
1386	1386	VAILABILITY.—Copies of maps and legal de-4
1387	1387	scriptions prepared and published under subsection (a) 5
1388	1388	shall be available for public inspection in the appropriate 6
1389	1389	offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 7
1390	1390	Æ
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