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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1444
To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe
in the Zuni River Stream System in the State of New Mexico, to
protect the Zuni Salt Lake, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY18, 2025
Mr. V
ASQUEZ(for himself, Ms. LEGERFERNANDEZ, and Ms. STANSBURY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources
A BILL
To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the
Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System
in the State of New Mexico, to protect the Zuni Salt
Lake, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 5
2025’’. 6
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
this Act is as follows: 8
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—ZUNI INDIAN TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT
Sec. 101. Purposes.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Ratification of Agreement.
Sec. 104. Tribal Water Rights.
Sec. 105. Settlement Trust Fund.
Sec. 106. Funding.
Sec. 107. Waivers and releases of claims.
Sec. 108. Satisfaction of claims.
Sec. 109. Enforceability date.
Sec. 110. Miscellaneous provisions.
Sec. 111. Relation to Allottees.
Sec. 112. Antideficiency.
TITLE II—ZUNI SALT LAKE AND SANCTUARY PROTECTION
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Withdrawal of certain Federal land in New Mexico.
Sec. 203. Management of Federal land.
Sec. 204. Transfer of land into trust.
Sec. 205. Maps and legal descriptions.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
1
In this Act: 2
(1) E
NFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘En-3
forceability Date’’ means the date described in sec-4
tion 109. 5
(2) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 6
the Secretary of the Interior. 7
(3) S
TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 8
of New Mexico. 9
(4) T
RIBAL WATER RIGHTS.— 10
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Tribal 11
Water Rights’’ means the water rights of the 12
Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System (as de-13
fined in section 102)— 14
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(i) as identified in the Agreement and 1
section 104; and 2
(ii) as confirmed in the Partial Final 3
Judgment and Decree (as defined in sec-4
tion 102). 5
(B) E
XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Tribal 6
Water Rights’’ does not include— 7
(i) any interest that the Tribe may 8
have in an Allotment (as defined in section 9
102) that is determined by the Secretary 10
to be patented pursuant to section 1 of the 11
Act of February 8, 1887 (commonly known 12
as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) 13
(24 Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 14
331) (as in effect on the day before the 15
date of enactment of the Indian Land Con-16
solidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Pub-17
lic Law 106–462; 114 Stat. 1991)); or 18
(ii) any undivided interest that the 19
Tribe may have in an Allotment (as so de-20
fined) that is determined by the Secretary 21
to be patented pursuant to an authority 22
other than section 1 of the Act of Feb-23
ruary 8, 1887 (commonly known as the 24
‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) (24 Stat. 25
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388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331) (as in 1
effect on the day before the date of enact-2
ment of the Indian Land Consolidation Act 3
Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106– 4
462; 114 Stat. 1991)). 5
(5) T
RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Zuni 6
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, a federally recognized 7
Indian Tribe. 8
TITLE I—ZUNI INDIAN TRIBE 9
WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT 10
SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 11
The purposes of this title are— 12
(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-13
ment of all claims to water rights in the Zuni River 14
Stream System in the State for— 15
(A) the Tribe; and 16
(B) the United States, acting as trustee 17
for the Tribe; 18
(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agree-19
ment entered into by the Tribe, the State, and var-20
ious other parties to the extent that the Agreement 21
is consistent with this title; 22
(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 23
(A) to execute the Agreement; and 24
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(B) to take any other actions necessary to 1
carry out the Agreement in accordance with 2
this title; and 3
(4) to authorize funds necessary for the imple-4
mentation of the Agreement and this title. 5
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this title: 7
(1) A
DJUDICATION.—The term ‘‘Adjudication’’ 8
means the general adjudication of water rights enti-9
tled ‘‘United States v. A&R Production, et al.’’, Civil 10
No. 01–CV–00072, including the subproceeding Civil 11
No. 07–CV–00681, pending as of the date of enact-12
ment of this Act in the United States District Court 13
for the District of New Mexico. 14
(2) A
GREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ 15
means— 16
(A) the document entitled ‘‘Settlement 17
Agreement to Quantify and Protect the Water 18
Rights of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni 19
River Basin in New Mexico and to Protect the 20
Zuni Salt Lake’’ and dated May 1, 2023, and 21
the attachments thereto; and 22
(B) any amendment to the document re-23
ferred to in subparagraph (A) (including an 24
amendment to an attachment thereto) that is 25
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executed to ensure that the Agreement is con-1
sistent with this title. 2
(3) A
LLOTMENT.—The term ‘‘Allotment’’ 3
means— 4
(A) any of the 9 parcels on Zuni Lands 5
that are held in trust by the United States for 6
individual Indians, or an Indian Tribe holding 7
an undivided fractional beneficial interest, 8
under the patents numbered 202394, 224251, 9
224252, 224667, 234753, 236955, 254124, 10
254125, and 254126; and 11
(B) any of the 6 parcels in the State off 12
Zuni Lands that are held in trust by the United 13
States for individual Indians, or an Indian 14
Tribe holding an undivided fractional beneficial 15
interest, under the patents numbered 211719, 16
246362, 246363, 246364, 246365, and 17
247321. 18
(4) A
LLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘Allottee’’ means— 19
(A) an individual Indian holding a bene-20
ficial interest in an Allotment; or 21
(B) an Indian Tribe holding an undivided 22
fractional beneficial interest in an Allotment. 23
(5) P
ARTIAL FINAL JUDGMENT AND DECREE .— 24
The term ‘‘Partial Final Judgment and Decree’’ 25
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means a final or interlocutory partial final judgment 1
and decree entered by the United States District 2
Court for the District of New Mexico with respect 3
to the water rights of the Tribe— 4
(A) that is substantially in the form de-5
scribed in the Agreement, as amended to ensure 6
consistency with this title; and 7
(B) from which no further appeal may be 8
taken. 9
(6) T
RUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 10
means the Zuni Tribe Settlement Trust Fund estab-11
lished under section 105(a). 12
(7) Z
UNI LANDS.—The term ‘‘Zuni Lands’’ 13
means land within the State that is held in trust by 14
the United States for the Tribe, or owned by the 15
Tribe, at the time of filing of a Motion for Entry of 16
the Partial Final Judgment and Decree, including 17
the land withdrawn from sale and set apart as a res-18
ervation or in trust for the use and occupancy of the 19
Tribe by— 20
(A) Executive order of March 16, 1877 21
(relating to Zuni Pueblo reserve), as amended 22
by Executive order of May 1, 1883 (relating to 23
Zuni Reserve); 24
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(B) Presidential Proclamation 1412, dated 1
November 30, 1917; 2
(C) the Act of June 20, 1935 (49 Stat. 3
393, chapter 282); 4
(D) the Act of August 13, 1949 (63 Stat. 5
604, chapter 425); and 6
(E) the Warranty Deed recorded on July 7
16, 1997, in Book 6, Page 5885 of the Cibola 8
County Records. 9
(8) Z
UNI RIVER STREAM SYSTEM .—The term 10
‘‘Zuni River Stream System’’ means the Zuni River 11
surface water drainage basin identified in the order 12
of the United States District Court for the District 13
of New Mexico in the Adjudication entitled ‘‘Order 14
on Special Master’s Report re: Geographic Scope of 15
Adjudication, Docket 200’’ and dated May 21, 2003. 16
SEC. 103. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. 17
(a) R
ATIFICATION.— 18
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Except as modified by this 19
title, and to the extent that the Agreement does not 20
conflict with this title, the Agreement is authorized, 21
ratified, and confirmed. 22
(2) A
MENDMENTS.—If an amendment to the 23
Agreement, or to any attachment to the Agreement 24
requiring the signature of the Secretary, is executed 25
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in accordance with this title to make the Agreement 1
consistent with this title, the amendment is author-2
ized, ratified, and confirmed. 3
(b) E
XECUTION.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—To the extent the Agreement 5
does not conflict with this title, the Secretary shall 6
execute the Agreement, including all attachments to 7
or parts of the Agreement, requiring the signature 8
of the Secretary. 9
(2) M
ODIFICATIONS.—Nothing in this title pro-10
hibits the Secretary, after execution of the Agree-11
ment, from approving any modification to the Agree-12
ment, including an attachment to the Agreement, 13
that is consistent with this title, to the extent that 14
the modification does not otherwise require congres-15
sional approval under section 2116 of the Revised 16
Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) or any other applicable 17
Federal law. 18
(c) E
NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 19
(1) I
N GENERAL.—In implementing the Agree-20
ment and this title, the Secretary shall comply 21
with— 22
(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 23
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 24
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(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 1
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 2
implementing regulations of that Act; and 3
(C) all other applicable Federal environ-4
mental laws and regulations. 5
(2) C
OMPLIANCE.— 6
(A) I
N GENERAL.—In implementing the 7
Agreement and this title, the Tribe shall pre-8
pare any necessary environmental documents, 9
consistent with— 10
(i) the Endangered Species Act of 11
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 12
(ii) the National Environmental Policy 13
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), in-14
cluding the implementing regulations of 15
that Act; and 16
(iii) all other applicable Federal envi-17
ronmental laws and regulations. 18
(B) A
UTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary 19
shall— 20
(i) independently evaluate the docu-21
mentation required under subparagraph 22
(A); and 23
(ii) be responsible for the accuracy, 24
scope, and contents of that documentation. 25
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(3) EFFECT OF EXECUTION .—The execution of 1
the Agreement by the Secretary under this section 2
shall not constitute a major Federal action under 3
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 4
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 5
(4) C
OSTS.—Any costs associated with the per-6
formance of the compliance activities under this sub-7
section shall be paid from funds deposited in the 8
Trust Fund, subject to the condition that any costs 9
associated with the performance of Federal approval 10
or other review of such compliance work or costs as-11
sociated with inherently Federal functions shall re-12
main the responsibility of the Secretary. 13
SEC. 104. TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS. 14
(a) T
RUSTSTATUS OF THE TRIBALWATER 15
R
IGHTS.—The Tribal Water Rights shall be held in trust 16
by the United States on behalf of the Tribe, in accordance 17
with the Agreement and this title. 18
(b) F
ORFEITURE ANDABANDONMENT.— 19
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Tribal Water Rights 20
shall not be subject to loss through non-use, for-21
feiture, abandonment, or other operation of law. 22
(2) S
TATE-LAW BASED WATER RIGHTS .—State- 23
law based water rights acquired by the Tribe, or by 24
the United States on behalf of the Tribe, after the 25
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date for inclusion in the Partial Final Judgment and 1
Decree shall not be subject to forfeiture, abandon-2
ment, or permanent alienation from the time those 3
water rights are acquired. 4
(c) U
SE.—Any use of the Tribal Water Rights shall 5
be subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement 6
and this title. 7
(d) A
LLOTMENT RIGHTSNOTINCLUDED.—The 8
Tribal Water Rights do not include any water rights for 9
an Allotment. 10
(e) A
LLOTTEESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 11
Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any water 12
right, or any claim or entitlement to water, of an Allottee. 13
(f) A
CCOUNTING FOR ALLOTMENTUSES.—Any use 14
of water on an Allotment shall be accounted for out of 15
the Tribal Water Rights recognized in the Agreement, in-16
cluding recognition of— 17
(1) any water use existing on an Allotment as 18
of the date of enactment of this Act; 19
(2) reasonable domestic, stock, and irrigation 20
water uses put into use on an Allotment; and 21
(3) any water right decreed to the United 22
States in trust for an Allottee in the Adjudication 23
for use on an Allotment. 24
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(g) ALLOTTEEWATERRIGHTS.—The Tribe shall not 1
object in the Adjudication to the quantification of reason-2
able domestic, stock, and irrigation water uses on an Allot-3
ment, and shall administer any water use on Zuni Lands 4
in accordance with applicable Federal law, including rec-5
ognition of— 6
(1) any water use existing on an Allotment as 7
of the date of enactment of this Act; 8
(2) reasonable domestic, stock, and irrigation 9
water uses on an Allotment; and 10
(3) any water right decreed to the United 11
States in trust for an Allottee in the Adjudication. 12
(h) A
UTHORITY OF THETRIBE.— 13
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Tribe shall have the au-14
thority to allocate, distribute, and lease the Tribal 15
Water Rights for use on Zuni Lands in accordance 16
with the Agreement, this title, and applicable Fed-17
eral law, including the first section of the Act of Au-18
gust 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 19
415) (commonly known as the ‘‘Long-Term Leasing 20
Act’’). 21
(2) U
SE OFF ZUNI LANDS.— 22
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Tribe may allo-23
cate, distribute, and lease the Tribal Water 24
Rights for use off Zuni Lands in accordance 25
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with the Agreement, this title, and applicable 1
Federal law, subject to the approval of the Sec-2
retary. 3
(B) M
AXIMUM TERM .—The maximum 4
term of any lease, including all renewals, under 5
this paragraph shall not exceed 99 years. 6
(i) A
DMINISTRATION.— 7
(1) N
O ALIENATION.—The Tribe shall not per-8
manently alienate any portion of the Tribal Water 9
Rights. 10
(2) P
URCHASES OR GRANTS OF LAND FROM IN -11
DIANS.—An authorization provided by this title for 12
the allocation, distribution, leasing, or other ar-13
rangement entered into pursuant to this title shall 14
be considered to satisfy any requirement for author-15
ization of the action required by Federal law. 16
(3) P
ROHIBITION ON FORFEITURE .—The non- 17
use of all or any portion of the Tribal Water Rights 18
by any water user shall not result in the forfeiture, 19
abandonment, relinquishment, or other loss of all or 20
any portion of the Tribal Water Rights. 21
SEC. 105. SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. 22
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 23
a trust fund, to be known as the ‘‘Zuni Tribe Settlement 24
Trust Fund’’, to be managed, invested, and distributed by 25
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the Secretary and to remain available until expended, 1
withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the Treas-2
ury, consisting of amounts deposited in the Trust Fund 3
under subsection (c), together with any investment earn-4
ings, including interest, earned on those amounts, for the 5
purpose of carrying out this title. 6
(b) T
RUSTFUNDACCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall 7
establish in the Trust Fund the following accounts: 8
(1) The Zuni Tribe Water Rights Settlement 9
Trust Account. 10
(2) The Zuni Tribe Operation, Maintenance, & 11
Replacement Trust Account. 12
(c) D
EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in the 13
Trust Fund the amounts made available under section 14
106(a). 15
(d) M
ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 16
(1) M
ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 17
funds into the Trust Fund under subsection (c), the 18
Secretary shall manage, invest, and distribute all 19
amounts in the Trust Fund in a manner that is con-20
sistent with the investment authority of the Sec-21
retary under— 22
(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 23
1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 24
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(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-1
agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 2
et seq.); and 3
(C) this section. 4
(2) I
NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 5
the amounts deposited under subsection (c), any in-6
vestment earnings, including interest, earned on 7
those amounts, held in the Trust Fund are author-8
ized to be used in accordance with subsections (f) 9
and (h). 10
(e) A
VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.— 11
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to, 12
and deposited in, the Trust Fund, including any in-13
vestment earnings, including interest, earned on 14
those amounts, shall be made available to the Tribe 15
by the Secretary beginning on the Enforceability 16
Date, subject to the requirements of this section, ex-17
cept for funds to be made available to the Tribe pur-18
suant to paragraph (2). 19
(2) U
SE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding para-20
graph (1), $50,000,000 of the amounts deposited in 21
the Trust Fund, including any investment earnings, 22
including interest, earned on those amounts, shall be 23
available to the Tribe for the following uses on the 24
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date on which the amounts are deposited in the 1
Trust Fund: 2
(A) Developing economic water develop-3
ment plans. 4
(B) Preparing environmental compliance 5
documents. 6
(C) Preparing water project engineering 7
designs. 8
(D) Establishing and operating a water re-9
source department. 10
(E) Installing groundwater wells on Zuni 11
Lands to meet immediate domestic, commercial, 12
municipal, industrial, livestock, or supplemental 13
irrigation water needs. 14
(F) Urgent repairs to irrigation infrastruc-15
ture. 16
(G) Acquiring land and water rights or 17
water supply. 18
(H) Developing water measurement and 19
reporting water use plans. 20
(f) W
ITHDRAWALS.— 21
(1) W
ITHDRAWALS UNDER THE AMERICAN IN -22
DIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 23
1994.— 24
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Tribe may with-1
draw any portion of the amounts in the Trust 2
Fund on approval by the Secretary of a Tribal 3
management plan submitted by the Tribe in ac-4
cordance with the American Indian Trust Fund 5
Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 6
4001 et seq.). 7
(B) R
EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 8
requirements under the American Indian Trust 9
Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 10
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 11
plan under this paragraph shall require that the 12
Tribe shall spend all amounts withdrawn from 13
the Trust Fund, and any investment earnings, 14
including interest, earned on those amounts, 15
through the investments under the Tribal man-16
agement plan, in accordance with this title. 17
(C) E
NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 18
carry out such judicial and administrative ac-19
tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-20
essary to enforce the Tribal management plan 21
under this paragraph and to ensure that 22
amounts withdrawn by the Tribe from the 23
Trust Fund under subparagraph (A) are used 24
in accordance with this title. 25
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(2) WITHDRAWALS UNDER EXPENDITURE 1
PLAN.— 2
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Tribe may submit 3
to the Secretary a request to withdraw amounts 4
from the Trust Fund pursuant to an approved 5
expenditure plan. 6
(B) R
EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 7
withdraw amounts under an expenditure plan 8
under subparagraph (A), the Tribe shall submit 9
to the Secretary an expenditure plan for any 10
portion of the Trust Fund the Tribe elects to 11
withdraw pursuant to that subparagraph, sub-12
ject to the condition that the amounts shall be 13
used for the purposes described in this title. 14
(C) I
NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 15
submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include 16
a description of the manner and purpose for 17
which the amounts proposed to be withdrawn 18
from the Trust Fund will be used by the Tribe, 19
in accordance with this subsection and sub-20
section (h). 21
(D) A
PPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-22
prove an expenditure plan submitted under sub-23
paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 24
the expenditure plan— 25
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(i) is reasonable; and 1
(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 2
for, the purposes of this title. 3
(E) E
NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 4
carry out such judicial and administrative ac-5
tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-6
essary— 7
(i) to enforce an expenditure plan; 8
and 9
(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 10
under this paragraph are used in accord-11
ance with this title. 12
(g) E
FFECT OFSECTION.—Nothing in this section 13
entitles the Tribe the right to judicial review of a deter-14
mination of the Secretary relating to whether to approve 15
the Tribal management plan under paragraph (1) of sub-16
section (f) or an expenditure plan under paragraph (2) 17
of that subsection, except under subchapter II of chapter 18
5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly 19
known as the ‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 20
(h) U
SES.— 21
(1) Z
UNI TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT 22
TRUST ACCOUNT.—The Zuni Tribe Water Rights 23
Settlement Trust Account established under sub-24
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section (b)(1) may only be used for the following 1
purposes: 2
(A) Planning, permitting, designing, engi-3
neering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, 4
rehabilitating, operating, or repairing water 5
production, treatment, or delivery infrastruc-6
ture, including for domestic and municipal sup-7
ply, or wastewater infrastructure. 8
(B) Planning, permitting, designing, engi-9
neering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, 10
rehabilitating, operating, or repairing water 11
production, treatment, or delivery infrastruc-12
ture, acquisition of water, or on-farm improve-13
ments for irrigation, livestock, and support of 14
agriculture. 15
(C) Planning, permitting, designing, engi-16
neering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, 17
rehabilitating, operating, monitoring, or other 18
measures for watershed and endangered species 19
habitat protection and enhancement, land and 20
water rights acquisition, water-related Tribal 21
community welfare and economic development, 22
and costs relating to the implementation of the 23
Agreement. 24
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(D) Ensuring environmental compliance in 1
the development and construction of projects 2
under this title. 3
(E) Tribal water rights management and 4
administration. 5
(2) Z
UNI TRIBE OPERATION , MAINTENANCE, & 6
REPLACEMENT TRUST ACCOUNT .—The Zuni Tribe 7
Operation, Maintenance, & Replacement Trust Ac-8
count established under subsection (b)(2) may only 9
be used to pay costs for operation, maintenance, and 10
replacement of water infrastructure to serve Tribal 11
domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial, irriga-12
tion, and livestock water uses from any water 13
source. 14
(i) L
IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 15
the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-16
vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the Trust Fund 17
by the Tribe under the Tribal management plan or an ex-18
penditure plan under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 19
(f), respectively. 20
(j) E
XPENDITUREREPORTS.—The Tribe shall annu-21
ally submit to the Secretary an expenditure report describ-22
ing amounts spent from, and accomplishment from the use 23
of, withdrawals under the Tribal management plan or an 24
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expenditure plan under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 1
(f), respectively. 2
(k) N
OPERCAPITADISTRIBUTIONS.—No portion of 3
the Trust Fund shall be distributed on a per capita basis 4
to any member of the Tribe. 5
(l) T
ITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 6
over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 7
from the Trust Fund shall remain in the Tribe. 8
(m) O
PERATION, MAINTENANCE, ANDREPLACE-9
MENT.—All operation, maintenance, and replacement 10
costs of any project constructed using funds from the 11
Trust Fund shall be the responsibility of the Tribe. 12
SEC. 106. FUNDING. 13
(a) M
ANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of any 14
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 15
Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec-16
retary— 17
(1) for deposit in the Zuni Tribe Water Rights 18
Settlement Trust Account established under section 19
105(b)(1), $655,500,000, to remain available until 20
expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 21
fund of the Treasury; and 22
(2) for deposit in the Zuni Tribe Operation, 23
Maintenance, & Replacement Trust Account estab-24
lished under section 105(b)(2), $29,500,000, to re-25
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main available until expended, withdrawn, or re-1
verted to the general fund of the Treasury. 2
(b) F
LUCTUATION INCOSTS.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The amount appropriated 4
under subsection (a) shall be increased or decreased, 5
as appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified 6
by reason of ordinary fluctuations in costs, as indi-7
cated by the Bureau of Reclamation Construction 8
Cost Index–Composite Trend. 9
(2) C
ONSTRUCTION COSTS ADJUSTMENT .—The 10
amount appropriated under subsection (a) shall be 11
adjusted to address construction cost changes nec-12
essary to account for unforeseen market volatility 13
that may not otherwise be captured by engineering 14
cost indices, as determined by the Secretary, includ-15
ing repricing applicable to the types of construction 16
and current industry standards involved. 17
(3) R
EPETITION.—The adjustment process 18
under this subsection shall be repeated for each sub-19
sequent amount appropriated until the applicable 20
amount, as adjusted, has been appropriated. 21
(4) P
ERIOD OF INDEXING.—The period of in-22
dexing adjustment under this subsection for any in-23
crement of funding shall start on January 1, 2022, 24
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and end on the date on which the funds are depos-1
ited in the Trust Fund. 2
(c) S
TATECOST-SHARE.—Pursuant to the Agree-3
ment, the State shall contribute— 4
(1) $750,000, for development and execution of 5
monitoring plans pursuant to the Agreement; and 6
(2) $500,000, to be deposited in an interest- 7
bearing account, to mitigate impairment to non-In-8
dian domestic and livestock groundwater rights as a 9
result of new Tribal water use. 10
SEC. 107. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 11
(a) W
AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYZUNI 12
T
RIBE ANDUNITEDSTATES ASTRUSTEE FOR ZUNI 13
T
RIBE.—Subject to the reservation of rights and retention 14
of claims under subsection (d), as consideration for rec-15
ognition of the Tribal Water Rights and other benefits de-16
scribed in the Agreement and this title, the Tribe and the 17
United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe, shall exe-18
cute a waiver and release of all claims for— 19
(1) water rights within the Zuni River Stream 20
System that the Tribe, or the United States acting 21
as trustee for the Tribe, asserted or could have as-22
serted in any proceeding, including the Adjudication, 23
on or before the Enforceability Date, except to the 24
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extent that such rights are recognized in the Agree-1
ment and this title; and 2
(2) damages, losses, or injuries to water rights 3
or claims of interference with, diversion of, or taking 4
of water rights (including claims for injury to land 5
resulting from such damages, losses, injuries, inter-6
ference, diversion, or taking of water rights) in the 7
Zuni River Stream System against any party to the 8
Agreement that accrued at any time up to and in-9
cluding the Enforceability Date. 10
(b) W
AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYZUNI 11
T
RIBEAGAINSTUNITEDSTATES.—Subject to the res-12
ervation of rights and retention of claims under subsection 13
(d), the Tribe shall execute a waiver and release of all 14
claims against the United States (including any agency 15
or employee of the United States) for water rights within 16
the Zuni River Stream System first arising before the En-17
forceability Date relating to— 18
(1) water rights within the Zuni River Stream 19
System that the United States, acting as trustee for 20
the Tribe, asserted or could have asserted in any 21
proceeding, including the Adjudication, except to the 22
extent that such rights are recognized as part of the 23
Tribal Water Rights under this title; 24
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(2) foregone benefits from non-Indian use of 1
water, on and off Zuni Lands (including water from 2
all sources and for all uses), within the Zuni River 3
Stream System; 4
(3) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 5
rights, land, or natural resources due to loss of 6
water or water rights (including damages, losses, or 7
injuries to hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 8
rights due to loss of water or water rights, claims 9
relating to interference with, diversion of, or taking 10
of water, or claims relating to a failure to protect, 11
acquire, replace, or develop water, water rights, or 12
water infrastructure) within the Zuni River Stream 13
System; 14
(4) a failure to establish or provide a municipal, 15
rural, or industrial water delivery system on Zuni 16
Lands within the Zuni River Stream System; 17
(5) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 18
rights, land, or natural resources due to construc-19
tion, operation, and management of irrigation 20
projects on Zuni Lands or Federal land (including 21
damages, losses, or injuries to fish habitat, wildlife, 22
and wildlife habitat) within the Zuni River Stream 23
System; 24
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(6) a failure to provide for operation, mainte-1
nance, or deferred maintenance for any irrigation 2
system or irrigation project within the Zuni River 3
Stream System; 4
(7) a failure to provide a dam safety improve-5
ment to a dam on Zuni Lands within the Zuni River 6
Stream System; 7
(8) the litigation of claims relating to any water 8
right of the Tribe within the Zuni River Stream Sys-9
tem; and 10
(9) the negotiation, execution, or adoption of 11
the Agreement and this title. 12
(c) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The waivers and releases de-13
scribed in subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the 14
Enforceability Date. 15
(d) R
ESERVATION OF RIGHTS ANDRETENTION OF 16
C
LAIMS.—Notwithstanding the waivers and releases under 17
subsections (a) and (b), the Tribe and the United States, 18
acting as trustee for the Tribe, shall retain all claims relat-19
ing to— 20
(1) the enforcement of, or claims accruing after 21
the Enforceability Date relating to, water rights rec-22
ognized under the Agreement, this title, or the Par-23
tial Final Judgment and Decree entered into in the 24
Adjudication; 25
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(2) activities affecting the quality of water, in-1
cluding claims under— 2
(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-3
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 4
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), including claims 5
for damages to natural resources; 6
(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 7
U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 8
(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 9
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and 10
(D) any regulations implementing the Acts 11
described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); 12
(3) the right to use and protect water rights ac-13
quired after the date of enactment of this Act; 14
(4) damage, loss, or injury to land or natural 15
resources that is not due to loss of water or water 16
rights, including hunting, fishing, gathering, or cul-17
tural rights; 18
(5) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 19
and powers not specifically waived and released pur-20
suant to this title or the Agreement; and 21
(6) loss of water or water rights in locations 22
outside of the Zuni River Stream System. 23
(e) E
FFECT OFAGREEMENT AND TITLE.—Nothing 24
in the Agreement or this title— 25
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(1) reduces or extends the sovereignty (includ-1
ing civil and criminal jurisdiction) of any govern-2
ment entity; 3
(2) affects the ability of the United States, as 4
sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized by 5
law, including— 6
(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-7
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 8
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); 9
(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 10
U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 11
(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 12
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 13
(D) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 14
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); and 15
(E) any regulations implementing the Acts 16
described in subparagraphs (A) though (D); 17
(3) affects the ability of the United States to 18
act as trustee for the Tribe (consistent with this 19
title), any other Indian Tribe or Pueblo, or an allot-20
tee of any Indian Tribe or Pueblo; 21
(4) confers jurisdiction on any State court— 22
(A) to interpret Federal law relating to 23
health, safety, or the environment; 24
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(B) to determine the duties of the United 1
States or any other party under Federal law re-2
garding health, safety, or the environment; 3
(C) to conduct judicial review of any Fed-4
eral agency action; or 5
(D) to interpret Tribal law; or 6
(5) waives any claim of a member of the Tribe 7
in an individual capacity that does not derive from 8
a right of the Tribe. 9
(f) T
OLLING OFCLAIMS.— 10
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 11
limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 12
to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 13
the period beginning on the date of enactment of 14
this Act and ending on the Enforceability Date. 15
(2) E
FFECT OF SUBSECTION .—Nothing in this 16
subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 17
limitation or time-based equitable defense that ex-18
pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 19
(3) L
IMITATION.—Nothing in this section pre-20
cludes the tolling of any period of limitation or any 21
time-based equitable defense under any other appli-22
cable law. 23
(g) E
XPIRATION.— 24
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(1) IN GENERAL.—This title shall expire in any 1
case in which the Secretary fails to publish a state-2
ment of findings under section 109 by not later 3
than— 4
(A) July 1, 2030; or 5
(B) such alternative later date as is agreed 6
to by the Tribe and the Secretary, after pro-7
viding reasonable notice to the State. 8
(2) C
ONSEQUENCES.—If this title expires under 9
paragraph (1)— 10
(A) the waivers and releases under sub-11
sections (a) and (b) shall— 12
(i) expire; and 13
(ii) have no further force or effect; 14
(B) the authorization, ratification, con-15
firmation, and execution of the Agreement 16
under section 103 shall no longer be effective; 17
(C) any action carried out by the Sec-18
retary, and any contract or agreement entered 19
into, pursuant to this title shall be void; 20
(D) any unexpended Federal funds appro-21
priated or made available to carry out the ac-22
tivities authorized by this title (together with 23
any interest earned on those funds), and any 24
water rights or contracts to use water, and title 25
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to any property acquired or constructed with 1
Federal funds appropriated or made available 2
to carry out the activities authorized by this 3
title shall be returned to the Federal Govern-4
ment, unless otherwise agreed to by the Tribe 5
and the United States and approved by Con-6
gress; and 7
(E) except for Federal funds used to ac-8
quire or construct property that is returned to 9
the Federal Government under subparagraph 10
(D), the United States shall be entitled to offset 11
any Federal funds made available to carry out 12
this title that were expended or withdrawn, or 13
any funds made available to carry out this title 14
from other Federal authorized sources, together 15
with any interest accrued on those funds, 16
against any claims against the United States— 17
(i) relating to— 18
(I) water rights in the State as-19
serted by— 20
(aa) the Tribe; or 21
(bb) any user of the Tribal 22
Water Rights; or 23
(II) any other matter described 24
in subsection (b); or 25
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(ii) in any future settlement of water 1
rights of the Tribe. 2
SEC. 108. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 3
The benefits provided under this title shall be in com-4
plete replacement of, complete substitution for, and full 5
satisfaction of any claim of the Tribe against the United 6
States that is waived and released by the Tribe pursuant 7
to section 107(b). 8
SEC. 109. ENFORCEABILITY DATE. 9
The Enforceability Date shall be the date on which 10
the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a state-11
ment of findings that— 12
(1) to the extent that the Agreement conflicts 13
with this title, the Agreement has been amended to 14
conform with this title; 15
(2) the Agreement, as amended, has been exe-16
cuted by all parties to the Agreement, including the 17
United States; 18
(3) the United States District Court for the 19
District of New Mexico has approved the Agreement 20
and has entered a Partial Final Judgment and De-21
cree; 22
(4) all of the amounts appropriated under sub-23
sections (a) and (b) of section 106 have been appro-24
priated and deposited in the Zuni Tribe Water 25
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Rights Settlement Trust Account established under 1
section 105(b)(1) or the Zuni Tribe Operation, 2
Maintenance, & Replacement Trust Account estab-3
lished under section 105(b)(2), as applicable; 4
(5) the State has— 5
(A) provided the funding under section 6
106(c); and 7
(B) enacted legislation to amend State law 8
to provide that the Tribal Water Rights may be 9
leased for a term of not to exceed 99 years, in-10
cluding renewals; and 11
(6) the waivers and releases under section 107 12
have been executed by the Tribe and the Secretary. 13
SEC. 110. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 14
(a) N
OWAIVER OFSOVEREIGNIMMUNITY BY THE 15
U
NITEDSTATES.—Nothing in this title waives the sov-16
ereign immunity of the United States. 17
(b) O
THERTRIBESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 18
Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any land or 19
water right, or any claim or entitlement to land or water, 20
of an Indian Tribe, band, Pueblo, or community other 21
than the Tribe. 22
(c) E
FFECT ONCURRENTLAW.—Nothing in this 23
title affects any provision of law (including regulations) 24
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 25
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Act with respect to pre-enforcement review of any Federal 1
environmental enforcement action. 2
(d) C
ONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict between 3
the Agreement and this title, this title shall control. 4
SEC. 111. RELATION TO ALLOTTEES. 5
(a) N
OEFFECT ONCLAIMS OFALLOTTEES.—Noth-6
ing in this Act or the Agreement affects the rights or 7
claims of Allottees, or the United States, acting in its ca-8
pacity as trustee for or on behalf of Allottees, for water 9
rights or damages relating to land allotted by the United 10
States to Allottees. 11
(b) R
ELATIONSHIP OFDECREE TOALLOTTEES.— 12
(1) S
EPARATE ADJUDICATION .—Regardless of 13
whether an Allotment is patented pursuant to sec-14
tion 1 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (commonly 15
known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) (24 16
Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331) (as in effect 17
on the day before the date of enactment of the In-18
dian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 19
(Public Law 106–462; 114 Stat. 1991)), or section 20
4 of that Act (24 Stat. 389, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 21
334), as determined by the Secretary, when adju-22
dicated— 23
(A) water rights for Allotments shall be 24
separate from the Tribal Water Rights; and 25
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(B) no water rights for Allotments shall be 1
included in the Partial Final Judgment and De-2
cree. 3
(2) A
LLOTMENT WATER RIGHTS .—Allotment 4
water rights adjudicated separately pursuant to 5
paragraph (1) shall not be subject to the restrictions 6
or conditions that apply to the use of the Tribal 7
Water Rights, subject to the condition that if an Al-8
lotment governed by the Act of February 8, 1887 9
(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment 10
Act’’) (24 Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331 et 11
seq.), becomes Zuni Lands, the water rights associ-12
ated with that Allotment shall be subject to the re-13
strictions and conditions on the Tribal Water Rights 14
set forth in this Act and the Agreement. 15
(3) A
LLOTTEE WATER RIGHTS TO BE ADJU -16
DICATED.—Allottees, or the United States, acting in 17
its capacity as trustee for Allottees, may make water 18
rights claims, and such claims may be adjudicated in 19
the Zuni River Stream System. 20
SEC. 112. ANTIDEFICIENCY. 21
The United States shall not be liable for any failure 22
to carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this 23
title, including any obligation or activity under the Agree-24
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ment, if adequate appropriations are not provided ex-1
pressly by Congress to carry out the purposes of this title. 2
TITLE II—ZUNI SALT LAKE AND 3
SANCTUARY PROTECTION 4
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 5
In this title: 6
(1) C
ASUAL COLLECTING .—The term ‘‘casual 7
collecting’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-8
tion 6301 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 9
Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 470aaa). 10
(2) F
EDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 11
means— 12
(A) any Federal land or interest in Federal 13
land that is within the boundary of the Zuni 14
Salt Lake and Sanctuary; and 15
(B) any land or interest in land located 16
within the boundary of the Zuni Salt Lake and 17
Sanctuary that is acquired by the Federal Gov-18
ernment after the date of enactment of this 19
Act. 20
(3) M
AP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-21
titled ‘‘Legislative Map for Zuni Tribe Water Settle-22
ment’’ and dated June 17, 2024. 23
(4) Z
UNI SALT LAKE AND SANCTUARY .—The 24
term ‘‘Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary’’ means the 25
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approximately 217,037 acres located in the State 1
comprised of a mixture of private, Tribal trust, 2
State, and Bureau of Land Management-managed 3
lands, as depicted on the Map, protected by New 4
Mexico Office of the State Engineer Order No. 199 5
(July 5, 2023) due to the historical and cultural sig-6
nificance of those lands. 7
SEC. 202. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN 8
NEW MEXICO. 9
(a) W
ITHDRAWAL OF FEDERALLAND.—Subject to 10
valid existing rights and section 204(a)(3), effective on the 11
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal land described 12
in section 201(2)(A), comprising approximately 92,364 13
acres, is withdrawn from all forms of— 14
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 15
public land laws; 16
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 17
laws; and 18
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-19
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 20
(b) W
ITHDRAWAL OF LANDACQUIRED.—Subject to 21
valid existing rights and section 204(a)(3), effective on the 22
date on which the land described in section 201(2)(B) is 23
acquired by the Federal Government, that Federal land 24
is withdrawn from all forms of— 25
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(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 1
public land laws; 2
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 3
laws; and 4
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-5
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 6
(c) R
ESERVATION.—The Federal land withdrawn 7
under this section is reserved for— 8
(1) the protection of the Zuni Salt Lake and 9
Sanctuary; 10
(2) the quality and quantity of water resources 11
that supply the Zuni Salt Lake; and 12
(3) any cultural resources or values within or 13
associated with the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary. 14
SEC. 203. MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL LAND. 15
(a) I
NGENERAL.—In addition to the requirements 16
of section 202, the Secretary, acting through the Director 17
of the Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the 18
Federal land withdrawn under that section in accordance 19
with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 20
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), in consultation with the 21
Tribe, to protect the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary, the 22
quality and quantity of water resources that supply the 23
Zuni Salt Lake, and any cultural resources or values with-24
in or associated with the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary. 25
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(b) SPECIFICRESTRICTIONS.—The following restric-1
tions shall apply to the Federal land described in sub-2
section (a): 3
(1) Except where needed for administrative or 4
emergency purposes, motor vehicle use shall be lim-5
ited to designated routes, which shall not impact the 6
values of the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary. 7
(2) No water wells or extension or expansion of 8
any existing water wells may be authorized after the 9
date of enactment of this Act, except that replace-10
ment water wells may be authorized in the event of 11
failure of an existing water well. 12
(3) No increase in existing permitted grazing 13
use may be authorized. 14
(4) No new rights-of-way or leases may be 15
issued, except for geophysical, geologic, or hydrologic 16
operations limited to research or monitoring to un-17
derstand and protect the Zuni Salt Lake or for re-18
gional scientific study. 19
(5) No sale or free use of timber may be au-20
thorized. 21
(6) Casual collecting shall not be authorized. 22
SEC. 204. TRANSFER OF LAND INTO TRUST. 23
(a) F
EDERALLANDTRANSFERS.— 24
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(1) IN GENERAL.—On the Enforceability Date, 1
and subject to valid existing rights and the require-2
ments of this section, the Secretary shall take into 3
trust for the benefit of the Tribe all right, title, and 4
interest of the United States in and to the land de-5
scribed as ‘‘Tribal Acquisition Area’’ on the Map. 6
(2) T
ERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 7
(A) E
XISTING AUTHORIZATIONS .— 8
(i) I
N GENERAL.—Land taken into 9
trust under this subsection shall be subject 10
to valid existing rights, contracts, leases, 11
permits, and rights-of-way, unless the hold-12
er of the right, contract, lease, permit, or 13
right-of-way requests an earlier termi-14
nation in accordance with existing law. 15
(ii) A
SSUMPTION BY BUREAU OF IN -16
DIAN AFFAIRS.—The Bureau of Indian Af-17
fairs shall— 18
(I) assume all benefits and obli-19
gations of the previous land manage-20
ment agency under the existing rights, 21
contracts, leases, permits, and rights- 22
of-way described in clause (i); and 23
(II) disburse to the Tribe any 24
amounts that accrue to the United 25
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States from those rights, contracts, 1
leases, permits, and rights-of-way 2
after the date on which the land is 3
taken into trust from any sale, bonus, 4
royalty, or rental relating to that land 5
in the same manner as amounts re-6
ceived from other land held by the 7
Secretary in trust for the Tribe. 8
(B) P
ERSONAL PROPERTY .— 9
(i) I
N GENERAL.—Any improvements 10
constituting personal property (as defined 11
by State law) belonging to the holder of a 12
right, contract, lease, permit, or right-of- 13
way on land taken into trust under this 14
subsection shall— 15
(I) remain the property of the 16
holder; and 17
(II) be removed from the land 18
not later than 90 days after the date 19
on which the right, contract, lease, 20
permit, or right-of-way expires, unless 21
the Tribe and the holder agree other-22
wise. 23
(ii) R
EMAINING PROPERTY.—Any per-24
sonal property described in clause (i) re-25
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maining beyond the 90-day period de-1
scribed in subclause (II) of that clause 2
shall— 3
(I) become the property of the 4
Tribe; and 5
(II) be subject to removal and 6
disposition at the discretion of the 7
Tribe. 8
(iii) L
IABILITY OF PREVIOUS HOLD -9
ER.—The holder of personal property de-10
scribed in clause (i) shall be liable to the 11
Tribe for costs incurred by the Tribe in re-12
moving and disposing of the property 13
under clause (ii)(II). 14
(3) T
ERMINATION OF WITHDRAWAL OF FED -15
ERAL LAND.—The withdrawal of Federal land pur-16
suant to section 202 shall terminate, as to the land 17
described in paragraph (1), on the date on which the 18
land is taken into trust under that paragraph. 19
(4) S
TATUS OF WATER RIGHTS ON TRANS -20
FERRED LAND.—Any water rights associated with 21
land taken into trust under paragraph (1)— 22
(A) shall be held in trust for the Tribe; but 23
(B) shall not be included in the Tribal 24
Water Rights. 25
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(b) FUTURETRUSTLAND.—On acquisition by the 1
Tribe of any land depicted as ‘‘Potential Future Acquisi-2
tion Areas’’ on the Map, the Secretary shall take legal title 3
in and to that land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, 4
subject to the conditions that— 5
(1) the land shall be free from any liens, en-6
cumbrances, or other infirmities; and 7
(2) no evidence exists of any hazardous sub-8
stances on, or other environmental liability with re-9
spect to, the land. 10
SEC. 205. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. 11
(a) P
REPARATION OF MAPS ANDLEGALDESCRIP-12
TIONS.—As soon as practicable after the date of enact-13
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 14
(1) prepare maps depicting— 15
(A) the land withdrawn under section 202; 16
and 17
(B) the land taken into trust under section 18
204; and 19
(2) publish in the Federal Register a notice 20
containing the legal descriptions of land described in 21
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1). 22
(b) L
EGALEFFECT.—Maps and legal descriptions 23
prepared and published under subsection (a) shall have 24
the same force and effect as if the maps and legal descrip-25
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tions were included in this title, except that the Secretary 1
may correct any clerical and typographical errors in such 2
maps and legal descriptions. 3
(c) A
VAILABILITY.—Copies of maps and legal de-4
scriptions prepared and published under subsection (a) 5
shall be available for public inspection in the appropriate 6
offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 7
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