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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2025
5	5	To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Navajo
6	6	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe,
7	7	and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH11, 2025
10	10	Mr. C
11	11	ISCOMANI(for himself, Mr. STANTON, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr.
12	12	C
13	13	RANE, and Mr. SCHWEIKERT) introduced the following bill; which was
14	14	referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims
17	17	of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San
18	18	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 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	‘‘Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement 5
25	25	Act of 2025’’. 6
26	26	(b) T
27	27	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
28	28	this Act is as follows: 8
29	29	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
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33	33	Sec. 2. Purposes.
34	34	Sec. 3. Definitions.
35	35	Sec. 4. Ratification and execution of the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water
36	36	Rights Settlement Agreement.
37	37	Sec. 5. Water Rights.
38	38	Sec. 6. Allocation and assignment of Arizona Colorado River Water to the
39	39	Tribes; water use; storage; water delivery contracts.
40	40	Sec. 7. Colorado River Water leases and exchanges; Uses.
41	41	Sec. 8. iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline.
42	42	Sec. 9. iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund Account.
43	43	Sec. 10. Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund.
44	44	Sec. 11. Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund.
45	45	Sec. 12. San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund.
46	46	Sec. 13. Funding.
47	47	Sec. 14. Waivers, releases, and retention of claims.
48	48	Sec. 15. Satisfaction of Water Rights and other benefits.
49	49	Sec. 16. Enforceability Date.
50	50	Sec. 17. Colorado River accounting.
51	51	Sec. 18. Limited waiver of sovereign immunity.
52	52	Sec. 19. Ratification of the Treaty and creation of the San Juan Southern Pai-
53	53	ute Reservation.
54	54	Sec. 20. Authorization for use of Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project facilities.
55	55	Sec. 21. Antideficiency; savings provisions; effect.
56	56	SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
57	57	1
58	58	The purposes of this Act are— 2
59	59	(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-3
60	60	ment of all claims to rights to water in the State 4
61	61	for— 5
62	62	(A) the Navajo Nation and Navajo 6
63	63	Allottees; 7
64	64	(B) the Hopi Tribe and Hopi Allottees; 8
65	65	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe; 9
66	66	and 10
67	67	(D) the United States, acting as trustee 11
68	68	for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San 12
69	69	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, Navajo Allottees, 13
70	70	and Hopi Allottees; 14
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74	74	(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the North-1
75	75	eastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement 2
76	76	Agreement entered into by the Navajo Nation, the 3
77	77	Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 4
78	78	the State, and other Parties to the extent that the 5
79	79	Settlement Agreement is consistent with this Act; 6
80	80	(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary to exe-7
81	81	cute and perform the duties and obligations of the 8
82	82	Secretary under the Settlement Agreement and this 9
83	83	Act; and 10
84	84	(4) to authorize and appropriate funds nec-11
85	85	essary for the implementation of the Settlement 12
86	86	Agreement and this Act. 13
87	87	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 14
88	88	In this Act: 15
89	89	(1) 1882
90	90	RESERVATION.—The term ‘‘1882 Res-16
91	91	ervation’’ means— 17
92	92	(A) land within the exterior boundaries of 18
93	93	the ‘‘Hopi Indian Reservation’’ defined as Dis-19
94	94	trict 6 in Healing v. Jones, 210 F. Supp. 125, 20
95	95	173 (D. Ariz. 1962), aff’d, 373 U.S. 758 21
96	96	(1963), and Masayesva for and on Behalf of 22
97	97	Hopi Indian Tribe v. Hale, 118 F.3d 1371, 23
98	98	1375–76 (9th Cir. 1997); and 24
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102	102	(B) all land withdrawn by the Executive 1
103	103	order of December 16, 1882, and partitioned to 2
104	104	the Hopi Tribe in accordance with section 4 of 3
105	105	the Act of December 22, 1974 (Public Law 93– 4
106	106	531; 88 Stat. 1713), by Judgment of Partition, 5
107	107	February 10, 1977, Sekaquaptewa v. Mac-6
108	108	Donald, Case No. CIV–579–PCT–JAW (D. 7
109	109	Ariz.), aff’d, 626 F.2d 113 (9th Cir. 1980). 8
110	110	(2) AFY.—The term ‘‘AFY’’ means acre-feet 9
111	111	per year. 10
112	112	(3) A
113	113	RIZONA COLORADO RIVER WATER .— 11
114	114	(A) I
115	115	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Arizona 12
116	116	Colorado River Water’’ means the waters of the 13
117	117	Colorado River apportioned for Use within the 14
118	118	State by— 15
119	119	(i) sections 4 and 5 of the Boulder 16
120	120	Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617c, 17
121	121	617d); 18
122	122	(ii) the Upper Colorado River Basin 19
123	123	Compact of 1948; 20
124	124	(iii) the contract for delivery of water 21
125	125	between the United States and the State, 22
126	126	dated February 9, 1944; and 23
127	127	(iv) the Decree. 24
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131	131	(B) LIMITATIONS.—The term ‘‘Arizona 1
132	132	Colorado River Water’’— 2
133	133	(i) shall only be used for purposes of 3
134	134	interpreting the Settlement Agreement and 4
135	135	this Act; and 5
136	136	(ii) shall not be used for any interpre-6
137	137	tation of existing law or contract, including 7
138	138	any law or contract described in clauses (i) 8
139	139	through (iv) of subparagraph (A). 9
140	140	(4) A
141	141	RIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RE -10
142	142	SOURCES.—The term ‘‘Arizona Department of 11
143	143	Water Resources’’ means the agency of the State es-12
144	144	tablished pursuant to section 45–102 of the Arizona 13
145	145	Revised Statutes, or a successor agency or entity. 14
146	146	(5) A
147	147	RIZONA LOWER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 15
148	148	WATER.—The term ‘‘Arizona Lower Basin Colorado 16
149	149	River Water’’ means the 2,800,000 AFY of con-17
150	150	sumptive use of Colorado River Water apportioned 18
151	151	to the State in article II(B)(1) of the Decree. 19
152	152	(6) A
153	153	RIZONA UPPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 20
154	154	WATER.—The term ‘‘Arizona Upper Basin Colorado 21
155	155	River Water’’ means the 50,000 AFY of consump-22
156	156	tive use of Colorado River Water apportioned to the 23
157	157	State in the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact 24
158	158	of 1948. 25
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162	162	(7) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 1
163	163	Bureau of Reclamation. 2
164	164	(8) CAP;
165	165	CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT .—The 3
166	166	terms ‘‘CAP’’ and ‘‘Central Arizona Project’’ mean 4
167	167	the Federal reclamation project authorized and con-5
168	168	structed by the United States in accordance with 6
169	169	title III of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 7
170	170	U.S.C. 1521 et seq.). 8
171	171	(9) CAP
172	172	REPAYMENT CONTRACT .—The term 9
173	173	‘‘CAP Repayment Contract’’ means— 10
174	174	(A) the contract dated December 1, 1988 11
175	175	(Contract No. 14–06–W–245, Amendment No. 12
176	176	1), between the United States and the Central 13
177	177	Arizona Water Conservation District for the de-14
178	178	livery of water and the repayment of costs of 15
179	179	the Central Arizona Project; and 16
180	180	(B) any amendment to, or revision of, that 17
181	181	contract. 18
182	182	(10) CAWCD;
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184	184	SERVATION DISTRICT.—The terms ‘‘CAWCD’’ and 20
185	185	‘‘Central Arizona Water Conservation District’’ 21
186	186	mean the political subdivision of the State that is 22
187	187	the contractor under the CAP Repayment Contract. 23
188	188	(11) C
189	189	IBOLA WATER .—The term ‘‘Cibola 24
190	190	Water’’ means the entitlement of the Hopi Tribe to 25
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194	194	the diversion of up to 4,278 AFY of the Fourth Pri-1
195	195	ority Water described in the Hopi Tribe Existing 2
196	196	Cibola Contract. 3
197	197	(12) C
198	198	OLORADO RIVER COMPACT .—The term 4
199	199	‘‘Colorado River Compact’’ means the Colorado 5
200	200	River Compact of 1922, as ratified and reprinted in 6
201	201	article 2 of chapter 7 of title 45, Arizona Revised 7
202	202	Statutes. 8
203	203	(13) C
204	204	OLORADO RIVER SYSTEM .—The term 9
205	205	‘‘Colorado River System’’ has the meaning given the 10
206	206	term in article II(a) of the Colorado River Compact. 11
207	207	(14) D
208	208	ECREE.—The term ‘‘Decree’’, when used 12
209	209	without a modifier, means— 13
210	210	(A) the decree of the Supreme Court of the 14
211	211	United States in Arizona v. California, 376 15
212	212	U.S. 340 (1964) or the consolidated decree en-16
213	213	tered on March 27, 2006, in Arizona v. Cali-17
214	214	fornia, 547 U.S. 150 (2006); and 18
215	215	(B) any modification to a decree described 19
216	216	in subparagraph (A). 20
217	217	(15) D
218	218	IVERSION.—The term ‘‘diversion’’ means 21
219	219	an act to divert. 22
220	220	(16) D
221	221	IVERT.—The term ‘‘divert’’ means to re-23
222	222	ceive, withdraw, develop, produce, or capture water 24
223	223	using— 25
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227	227	(A) a ditch, canal, flume, bypass, pipeline, 1
228	228	pit, collection or infiltration gallery, conduit, 2
229	229	well, pump, turnout, dam, or any other mechan-3
230	230	ical device; or 4
231	231	(B) any other human act to capture water. 5
232	232	(17) E
233	233	FFECTIVE DATE.—The term ‘‘Effective 6
234	234	Date’’ means the date as of which the Settlement 7
235	235	Agreement has been executed by not fewer than 30 8
236	236	of the Parties, including— 9
237	237	(A) the Navajo Nation; 10
238	238	(B) the Hopi Tribe; 11
239	239	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe; 12
240	240	(D) the State; 13
241	241	(E) the Arizona State Land Department; 14
242	242	(F) the Central Arizona Water Conserva-15
243	243	tion District; 16
244	244	(G) the Salt River Project Agricultural Im-17
245	245	provement and Power District; and 18
246	246	(H) the Salt River Valley Water Users’ As-19
247	247	sociation. 20
248	248	(18) E
249	249	FFLUENT.—The term ‘‘Effluent’’ means 21
250	250	water that— 22
251	251	(A) has been used in the State for domes-23
252	252	tic, municipal, or industrial purposes, other 24
253	253	than solely for hydropower generation; and 25
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257	257	(B) is available for reuse for any purpose, 1
258	258	regardless of whether the water has been treat-2
259	259	ed to improve the quality of the water. 3
260	260	(19) E
261	261	NFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘En-4
262	262	forceability Date’’ means the date described in sec-5
263	263	tion 16(a). 6
264	264	(20) F
265	265	IFTH PRIORITY WATER .—The term 7
266	266	‘‘Fifth Priority Water’’ has the meaning given the 8
267	267	term in the Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola Contract. 9
268	268	(21) F
269	269	OURTH PRIORITY WATER .—The term 10
270	270	‘‘Fourth Priority Water’’ means Colorado River 11
271	271	Water available for delivery within the State for sat-12
272	272	isfaction of entitlements— 13
273	273	(A) in accordance with contracts, Secre-14
274	274	tarial reservations, perfected rights, and other 15
275	275	arrangements between the United States and 16
276	276	water users in the State entered into or estab-17
277	277	lished after September 30, 1968, for Use on 18
278	278	Federal, State, or privately-owned land in the 19
279	279	State, in a total quantity not greater than 20
280	280	164,652 AFY of diversions; and 21
281	281	(B) after first providing for the delivery of 22
282	282	Colorado River Water for the CAP System, in-23
283	283	cluding for Use on Indian land, under section 24
284	284	304(e) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act 25
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288	288	(43 U.S.C. 1524(e)), in accordance with the 1
289	289	CAP Repayment Contract. 2
290	290	(22) G
291	291	ILA RIVER ADJUDICATION .—The term 3
292	292	‘‘Gila River Adjudication’’ means the action pending 4
293	293	in the Superior Court of the State, in and for the 5
294	294	County of Maricopa, In re the General Adjudication 6
295	295	of All Rights To Use Water in The Gila River Sys-7
296	296	tem and Source, W–1 (Salt), W–2 (Verde), W–3 8
297	297	(Upper Gila), W–4 (San Pedro) (Consolidated). 9
298	298	(23) G
299	299	ILA RIVER ADJUDICATION COURT .—The 10
300	300	term ‘‘Gila River Adjudication Court’’ means the 11
301	301	Superior Court of the State, in and for the County 12
302	302	of Maricopa, exercising jurisdiction over the Gila 13
303	303	River Adjudication. 14
304	304	(24) G
305	305	ILA RIVER ADJUDICATION DECREE .—The 15
306	306	term ‘‘Gila River Adjudication Decree’’ means the 16
307	307	judgment or decree entered by the Gila River Adju-17
308	308	dication Court in substantially the same form as the 18
309	309	form of judgment attached as Exhibit 3.1.47 to the 19
310	310	Settlement Agreement. 20
311	311	(25) G
312	312	ROUNDWATER.—The term ‘‘Ground-21
313	313	water’’ means all water beneath the surface of the 22
314	314	earth within the State that is not— 23
315	315	(A) Surface Water; 24
316	316	(B) Colorado River Water; or 25
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322	322	OPI ALLOTMENT.—The term ‘‘Hopi Al-2
323	323	lotment’’ means any of the 11 parcels allotted pursu-3
324	324	ant to section 4 of the Act of February 8, 1887 4
325	325	(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment 5
326	326	Act’’) (24 Stat. 389, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 334), 6
327	327	that are— 7
328	328	(A) located within the exterior boundaries 8
329	329	of the Hopi Reservation; and 9
330	330	(B) held in trust by the United States for 10
331	331	1 or more individual Indians under allotment 11
332	332	record numbers AR-39, AR-40, AR-41, AR-42, 12
333	333	AR-43, AR-44, AR-45, AR-46, AR-47, AR-48, 13
334	334	and AR-49. 14
335	335	(27) H
336	336	OPI ALLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘Hopi Allot-15
337	337	tee’’ means— 16
338	338	(A) an individual Indian holding a bene-17
339	339	ficial interest in a Hopi Allotment; or 18
340	340	(B) an Indian Tribe holding an undivided 19
341	341	fractional beneficial interest in a Hopi Allot-20
342	342	ment. 21
343	343	(28) H
344	344	OPI FEE LAND.—The term ‘‘Hopi Fee 22
345	345	Land’’ means land, other than Hopi Trust Land, 23
346	346	that— 24
347	347	(A) is located in the State; 25
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351	351	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-1
352	352	aries of the Hopi Reservation; and 2
353	353	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is owned 3
354	354	by the Hopi Tribe in its own name or through 4
355	355	an entity wholly owned or controlled by the 5
356	356	Hopi Tribe. 6
357	357	(29) H
358	358	OPI LAND.—The term ‘‘Hopi Land’’ 7
359	359	means— 8
360	360	(A) the Hopi Reservation; 9
361	361	(B) Hopi Trust Land; and 10
362	362	(C) Hopi Fee Land. 11
363	363	(30) H
364	364	OPI RESERVATION.— 12
365	365	(A) I
366	366	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Hopi Res-13
367	367	ervation’’ means— 14
368	368	(i) land within the exterior boundaries 15
369	369	of the ‘‘Hopi Indian Reservation’’ defined 16
370	370	as District 6 in Healing v. Jones, 210 F. 17
371	371	Supp. 125, 173 (D. Ariz. 1962), aff’d, 373 18
372	372	U.S. 758 (1963), and Masayesva for and 19
373	373	on Behalf of Hopi Indian Tribe v. Hale, 20
374	374	118 F.3d 1371, 1375–76 (9th Cir. 1997); 21
375	375	(ii) land withdrawn by the Executive 22
376	376	Order of December 16, 1882, and parti-23
377	377	tioned to the Hopi Tribe in accordance 24
378	378	with the Act of December 22, 1974 (Public 25
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382	382	Law 93–531; 88 Stat. 1713), by Judgment 1
383	383	of Partition, February 10, 1977, 2
384	384	Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonald, Case No. 3
385	385	CIV–579–PCT–JAW (D. Ariz.), aff’d, 626 4
386	386	F.2d 113 (9th Cir. 1980); and 5
387	387	(iii) land recognized as part of the 6
388	388	Hopi Reservation in Honyoama v. Shirley, 7
389	389	Jr., Case No. CIV 74–842–PHX–EHC (D. 8
390	390	Ariz. 2006). 9
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392	392	AP.—Subject to subparagraph (C), 10
393	393	the descriptions of the Hopi Reservation in 11
394	394	clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A) 12
395	395	are generally shown on the map attached as 13
396	396	Exhibit 3.1.56 to the Settlement Agreement. 14
397	397	(C) C
398	398	ONFLICT.—In the case of a conflict 15
399	399	between the definition in subparagraph (A) and 16
400	400	Exhibit 3.1.56 of the Settlement Agreement, 17
401	401	the definition in that subparagraph shall con-18
402	402	trol. 19
403	403	(31) H
404	404	OPI TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe’’ 20
405	405	means the Hopi Tribe, a tribe of Hopi Indians— 21
406	406	(A) organized under section 16 of the Act 22
407	407	of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘In-23
408	408	dian Reorganization Act’’) (48 Stat. 987, chap-24
409	409	ter 576; 25 U.S.C. 5123); and 25
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413	413	(B) recognized by the Secretary in the no-1
414	414	tice of the Secretary entitled ‘‘Indian Entities 2
415	415	Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services 3
416	416	From the United States Bureau of Indian Af-4
417	417	fairs’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 944 (January 8, 2024)). 5
418	418	(32) H
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420	420	TION TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—The term ‘‘Hopi 7
421	421	Tribe Agricultural Conservation Trust Fund Ac-8
422	422	count’’ means the account— 9
423	423	(A) established under to section 11(b)(3); 10
424	424	and 11
425	425	(B) described in subparagraph 12.3.3 of 12
426	426	the Settlement Agreement. 13
427	427	(33) H
428	428	OPI TRIBE CIBOLA WATER .—The term 14
429	429	‘‘Hopi Tribe Cibola Water’’ means the Fourth Pri-15
430	430	ority Water, Fifth Priority Water, and Sixth Priority 16
431	431	Water to which the Hopi Tribe is entitled pursuant 17
432	432	to subparagraphs 5.8.2 and 5.8.3 of the Settlement 18
433	433	Agreement. 19
434	434	(34) H
435	435	OPI TRIBE EXISTING CIBOLA CON -20
436	436	TRACT.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola 21
437	437	Contract’’ means Contract No. 04–XX–30–W0432 22
438	438	between the United States and the Hopi Tribe, as 23
439	439	amended and in full force and effect as of the Effec-24
440	440	tive Date. 25
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444	444	(35) HOPI TRIBE GROUNDWATER PROJECTS .— 1
445	445	The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe Groundwater Projects’’ 2
446	446	means the projects described in— 3
447	447	(A) section 11(f)(1); and 4
448	448	(B) subparagraph 12.3.1 of the Settlement 5
449	449	Agreement. 6
450	450	(36) H
451	451	OPI TRIBE GROUNDWATER PROJECTS 7
452	452	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe 8
453	453	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account’’ means 9
454	454	the account— 10
455	455	(A) established under section 11(b)(1); and 11
456	456	(B) described in subparagraph 12.3.1 of 12
457	457	the Settlement Agreement. 13
458	458	(37) H
459	459	OPI TRIBE LOWER BASIN COLORADO 14
460	460	RIVER WATER ACQUISITION TRUST FUND AC -15
461	461	COUNT.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe Lower Basin Colo-16
462	462	rado River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Account’’ 17
463	463	means the account— 18
464	464	(A) established under section 11(b)(4); and 19
465	465	(B) described in subparagraph 12.3.4 of 20
466	466	the Settlement Agreement. 21
467	467	(38) H
468	468	OPI TRIBE OM&R TRUST FUND AC -22
469	469	COUNT.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe OM&R Trust Fund 23
470	470	Account’’ means the account— 24
471	471	(A) established under section 11(b)(2); and 25
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475	475	(B) described in subparagraph 12.3.2 of 1
476	476	the Settlement Agreement. 2
477	477	(39) H
478	478	OPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO 3
479	479	RIVER WATER.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 4
480	480	Colorado River Water’’ means the 2,300 AFY of Ar-5
481	481	izona Upper Basin Colorado River Water allocated 6
482	482	to the Hopi Tribe— 7
483	483	(A) pursuant to section 6(a)(2); and 8
484	484	(B) as provided in subparagraphs 5.7 and 9
485	485	11.1.1 of the Settlement Agreement. 10
486	486	(40) H
487	487	OPI TRIBE WATER DELIVERY CON -11
488	488	TRACT.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe Water Delivery 12
489	489	Contract’’ means 1 or more contracts entered into 13
490	490	by Secretary and the Hopi Tribe in accordance with 14
491	491	section 6 and pursuant to paragraph 11 of the Set-15
492	492	tlement Agreement for the delivery of Hopi Tribe 16
493	493	Upper Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi Tribe 17
494	494	Cibola Water. 18
495	495	(41) H
496	496	OPI TRUST LAND .—The term ‘‘Hopi 19
497	497	Trust Land’’ means land that— 20
498	498	(A) is located in the State; 21
499	499	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-22
500	500	aries of the Hopi Reservation; and 23
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504	504	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is held 1
505	505	in trust by the United States for the Hopi 2
506	506	Tribe. 3
507	507	(42) I
508	508	INA´BA´– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE.— 4
509	509	The term ‘‘iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline’’ means 5
510	510	the water project described in— 6
511	511	(A) section 8; and 7
512	512	(B) subparagraph 12.1 of the Settlement 8
513	513	Agreement. 9
514	514	(43) I
515	515	INA´BA´– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE IM-10
516	516	PLEMENTATION FUND ACCOUNT .—The term ‘‘iina´ 11
517	517	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund 12
518	518	Account’’ means the account— 13
519	519	(A) established under section 9(a); and 14
520	520	(B) described in subparagraph 12.1.1 of 15
521	521	the Settlement Agreement. 16
522	522	(44) I
523	523	MPOUNDMENT.—The term ‘‘impound-17
524	524	ment’’ means a human-made structure used to store 18
525	525	water. 19
526	526	(45) I
527	527	NJURY TO WATER.—The term ‘‘Injury to 20
528	528	Water’’ means injury to Water based on changes in 21
529	529	or degradation of the salinity or concentration of 22
530	530	naturally occurring chemical constituents contained 23
531	531	in Water due to a diversion or Use of Water that 24
532	532	is not— 25
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536	536	(A) inconsistent with the Settlement 1
537	537	Agreement as revised pursuant to section 2
538	538	16(a)(1); 3
539	539	(B) inconsistent with this Act; and 4
540	540	(C) in violation of State law. 5
541	541	(46) I
542	542	NJURY TO WATER RIGHTS .— 6
543	543	(A) I
544	544	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Injury to 7
545	545	Water Rights’’ means an interference with, 8
546	546	diminution of, or deprivation of Water Rights 9
547	547	under Federal, State, or other law. 10
548	548	(B) E
549	549	XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Injury to 11
550	550	Water Rights’’ does not include any injury to 12
551	551	water quality. 13
552	552	(47) I
553	553	RRIGATION.—The term ‘‘irrigation’’ 14
554	554	means the Use of water on 2 or more acres of land 15
555	555	to produce plants or parts of plants— 16
556	556	(A) for sale or human consumption; or 17
557	557	(B) as feed for livestock, range livestock, 18
558	558	or poultry. 19
559	559	(48) LCR.—The term ‘‘LCR’’ means the Little 20
560	560	Colorado River. 21
561	561	(49) LCR
562	562	ADJUDICATION.—The term ‘‘LCR 22
563	563	Adjudication’’ means the action pending in the Su-23
564	564	perior Court of the State, in and for the County of 24
565	565	Apache, In re: the General Adjudication of All 25
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569	569	Rights to Use Water in the Little Colorado River 1
570	570	System and Source, CIV No. 6417. 2
571	571	(50) LCR
572	572	ADJUDICATION COURT .—The term 3
573	573	‘‘LCR Adjudication Court’’ means the Superior 4
574	574	Court of the State, in and for the County of Apache, 5
575	575	exercising jurisdiction over the LCR Adjudication. 6
576	576	(51) LCR
577	577	DECREE.—The term ‘‘LCR Decree’’ 7
578	578	means the judgment or decree entered by the LCR 8
579	579	Adjudication Court in substantially the same form 9
580	580	as the form of judgment attached as Exhibit 3.1.82 10
581	581	to the Settlement Agreement. 11
582	582	(52) LCR
583	583	WATERSHED.—The term ‘‘LCR Wa-12
584	584	tershed’’ means land located within the Surface 13
585	585	Water drainage of the LCR and its tributaries in the 14
586	586	State, as shown on the map attached as Exhibit 15
587	587	3.1.83 to the Settlement Agreement. 16
588	588	(53) L
589	589	EASE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘Lease Pe-17
590	590	riod’’ means the period of time during which the 18
591	591	Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe are authorized to 19
592	592	execute leases of Arizona Colorado River Water allo-20
593	593	cated to the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe 21
594	594	under this Act, which shall be determined pursuant 22
595	595	to subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section 7(b)(2). 23
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599	599	(54) LOWER BASIN.—The term ‘‘Lower Basin’’ 1
600	600	has the meaning given the term in article II(g) of 2
601	601	the Colorado River Compact. 3
602	602	(55) M
603	603	EMBER.—The term ‘‘Member’’ means 4
604	604	any person duly enrolled as a member of the Navajo 5
605	605	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, or the San Juan Southern 6
606	606	Paiute Tribe. 7
607	607	(56) NAIWRSA
608	608	SYSTEM CONSERVATION PRO -8
609	609	GRAM.—The term ‘‘NAIWRSA System Conservation 9
610	610	Program’’ means the 20-year program to store 10
611	611	17,050 AFY of System Conservation Eligible Water 11
612	612	in Lake Powell by the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 12
613	613	Tribe, as described in section 6(c)(4)(C). 13
614	614	(57) N
615	615	AVAJO ALLOTMENT .—The term ‘‘Navajo 14
616	616	Allotment’’ means a parcel of land patented pursu-15
617	617	ant to section 1 of the Act of February 8, 1887 16
618	618	(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment 17
619	619	Act’’) (24 Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331) 18
620	620	(as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 19
621	621	of the Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments 20
622	622	of 2000 (Public Law 106–462; 114 Stat. 1991))— 21
623	623	(A) originally allotted to an individual 22
624	624	identified in the allotting document as a Navajo 23
625	625	Indian; 24
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629	629	(B) located within the exterior boundaries 1
630	630	of the Navajo Reservation; and 2
631	631	(C) held in trust by the United States for 3
632	632	the benefit of 1 or more individual Indians. 4
633	633	(58) N
634	634	AVAJO ALLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘Navajo 5
635	635	Allottee’’ means— 6
636	636	(A) an individual Indian holding a bene-7
637	637	ficial interest in a Navajo Allotment; or 8
638	638	(B) an Indian Tribe holding an undivided 9
639	639	fractional beneficial interest in a Navajo Allot-10
640	640	ment. 11
641	641	(59) N
642	642	AVAJO FEE LAND .—The term ‘‘Navajo 12
643	643	Fee Land’’ means land, other than Navajo Trust 13
644	644	Land, that— 14
645	645	(A) is located in the State; 15
646	646	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-16
647	647	aries of the Navajo Reservation; and 17
648	648	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is owned 18
649	649	by the Navajo Nation, whether in its own name 19
650	650	or through an entity wholly owned or controlled 20
651	651	by the Navajo Nation. 21
652	652	(60) N
653	653	AVAJO-GALLUP WATER SUPPLY PROJECT ; 22
654	654	PROJECT.—The terms ‘‘Navajo-Gallup Water Supply 23
655	655	Project’’ and ‘‘Project’’ mean the project authorized, 24
656	656	constructed, and operated pursuant to part III of 25
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660	660	the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects 1
661	661	Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1379). 2
662	662	(61) N
663	663	AVAJO LAND.—The term ‘‘Navajo Land’’ 3
664	664	means— 4
665	665	(A) the Navajo Reservation; 5
666	666	(B) Navajo Trust Land; and 6
667	667	(C) Navajo Fee Land. 7
668	668	(62) N
669	669	AVAJO NATION.— 8
670	670	(A) I
671	671	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Navajo Na-9
672	672	tion’’ means the Navajo Nation, a body politic 10
673	673	and federally recognized Indian nation recog-11
674	674	nized by the Secretary in the notice of the Sec-12
675	675	retary entitled ‘‘Indian Entities Recognized by 13
676	676	and Eligible To Receive Services From the 14
677	677	United States Bureau of Indian Affairs’’ (89 15
678	678	Fed. Reg. 944 (January 8, 2024)), and also 16
679	679	known variously as the ‘‘Navajo Tribe’’, the 17
680	680	‘‘Navajo Tribe of Arizona, New Mexico & 18
681	681	Utah’’, the ‘‘Navajo Tribe of Indians’’, and 19
682	682	other similar names. 20
683	683	(B) I
684	684	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Navajo Na-21
685	685	tion’’ includes all bands of Navajo Indians and 22
686	686	chapters of the Navajo Nation. 23
687	687	(63) N
688	688	AVAJO NATION AGRICULTURAL CON -24
689	689	SERVATION TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—The term 25
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693	693	‘‘Navajo Nation Agricultural Conservation Trust 1
694	694	Fund Account’’ means the account— 2
695	695	(A) established under section 10(b)(3); and 3
696	696	(B) described in subparagraph 12.2.4 of 4
697	697	the Settlement Agreement. 5
698	698	(64) N
699	699	AVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER .—The 6
700	700	term ‘‘Navajo Nation Cibola Water’’ means the enti-7
701	701	tlement of the Navajo Nation to the diversion of up 8
702	702	to 100 AFY of Fourth Priority Water at the same 9
703	703	location and for the same Uses described in the 10
704	704	Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola Contract or the delivery 11
705	705	and consumptive use of up to 71.5 AFY of Fourth 12
706	706	Priority Water at locations and for Uses within the 13
707	707	State other than as described in the Hopi Tribe Ex-14
708	708	isting Cibola Contract, which shall have been as-15
709	709	signed and transferred by the Hopi Tribe from its 16
710	710	Cibola Water under the Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola 17
711	711	Contract to the Navajo Nation. 18
712	712	(65) N
713	713	AVAJO NATION FOURTH PRIORITY 19
714	714	WATER.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 20
715	715	Water’’ means the diversion right to 3,500 AFY of 21
716	716	Fourth Priority Water reserved for Use in a Navajo- 22
717	717	Hopi Indian water rights settlement under para-23
718	718	graph 11.3 of the Arizona Water Settlement Agree-24
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722	722	ment among the United States, the State, and the 1
723	723	Central Arizona Water Conservation District— 2
724	724	(A) as authorized by paragraphs (1) and 3
725	725	(2) of section 106(a) of the Central Arizona 4
726	726	Project Settlement Act of 2004 (Public Law 5
727	727	108–451; 118 Stat. 3492); 6
728	728	(B) as allocated to the Navajo Nation pur-7
729	729	suant to section 6; and 8
730	730	(C) as described in subparagraphs 4.9 and 9
731	731	10.1 of the Settlement Agreement. 10
732	732	(66) N
733	733	AVAJO NATION LOWER BASIN COLORADO 11
734	734	RIVER WATER ACQUISITION TRUST FUND AC -12
735	735	COUNT.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation Lower Basin 13
736	736	Colorado River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Ac-14
737	737	count’’ means the account— 15
738	738	(A) established under section 10(b)(5); and 16
739	739	(B) described in subparagraph 12.2.5 of 17
740	740	the Settlement Agreement. 18
741	741	(67) N
742	742	AVAJO NATION OM&R TRUST FUND AC -19
743	743	COUNT.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation OM&R Trust 20
744	744	Fund Account’’ means the account— 21
745	745	(A) established under section 10(b)(2); and 22
746	746	(B) described in subparagraph 12.2.2 of 23
747	747	the Settlement Agreement. 24
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751	751	(68) NAVAJO NATION RENEWABLE ENERGY 1
752	752	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation 2
753	753	Renewable Energy Trust Fund Account’’ means the 3
754	754	account— 4
755	755	(A) established under section 10(b)(4); and 5
756	756	(B) described in subparagraph 12.2.3 of 6
757	757	the Settlement Agreement. 7
758	758	(69) N
759	759	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLORADO 8
760	760	RIVER WATER.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation Upper 9
761	761	Basin Colorado River Water’’ means the 44,700 10
762	762	AFY of Arizona Upper Basin Colorado River 11
763	763	Water— 12
764	764	(A) allocated to the Navajo Nation pursu-13
765	765	ant to section 6(a)(1); and 14
766	766	(B) described in subparagraphs 4.7 and 15
767	767	10.1 of the Settlement Agreement. 16
768	768	(70) N
769	769	AVAJO NATION WATER DELIVERY CON -17
770	770	TRACT.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation Water Delivery 18
771	771	Contract’’ means 1 or more contracts entered into 19
772	772	by the Secretary and the Navajo Nation in accord-20
773	773	ance with section 6 and pursuant to paragraph 10 21
774	774	of the Settlement Agreement for the delivery of Nav-22
775	775	ajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, Nav-23
776	776	ajo Nation Cibola Water, or Navajo Nation Fourth 24
777	777	Priority Water. 25
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781	781	(71) NAVAJO NATION WATER PROJECTS .—The 1
782	782	term ‘‘Navajo Nation Water Projects’’ means the 2
783	783	projects described in— 3
784	784	(A) section 10(f)(1); and 4
785	785	(B) subparagraph 12.2.1 of the Settlement 5
786	786	Agreement. 6
787	787	(72) N
788	788	AVAJO NATION WATER PROJECTS TRUST 7
789	789	FUND ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation Water 8
790	790	Projects Trust Fund Account’’ means the account— 9
791	791	(A) established under section 10(b)(1); and 10
792	792	(B) described in subparagraph 12.2.1 of 11
793	793	the Settlement Agreement. 12
794	794	(73) N
795	795	AVAJO RESERVATION.— 13
796	796	(A) I
797	797	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Navajo Res-14
798	798	ervation’’ means— 15
799	799	(i) land within the exterior boundaries 16
800	800	of the ‘‘Navajo Indian Reservation’’ in the 17
801	801	State, as defined by the Act of June 14, 18
802	802	1934 (48 Stat. 960, chapter 521); 19
803	803	(ii) land withdrawn by the Executive 20
804	804	Order of December 16, 1882, and parti-21
805	805	tioned to the Navajo Nation in accordance 22
806	806	with section 8(b) of the Act of December 23
807	807	22, 1974 (Public Law 93–531; 88 Stat. 24
808	808	1715), by Judgment of Partition, Feb-25
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812	812	ruary 10, 1977, Sekaquaptewa v. Mac-1
813	813	Donald, Case No. CIV–579–PCT–JAW 2
814	814	(D. Ariz.), aff’d, 626 F.2d 113 (9th Cir. 3
815	815	1980); 4
816	816	(iii) land taken into trust as a part of 5
817	817	the Navajo Reservation before the Effec-6
818	818	tive Date pursuant to the Act of December 7
819	819	22, 1974 (Public Law 93–531; 88 Stat. 8
820	820	1712), a copy of which is attached as Ex-9
821	821	hibit 3.1.112B to the Settlement Agree-10
822	822	ment; and 11
823	823	(iv) any land taken into trust as part 12
824	824	of the Navajo Reservation after the Effec-13
825	825	tive Date pursuant to the Act of December 14
826	826	22, 1974 (Public Law 93–531; 88 Stat. 15
827	827	1712), except as provided in subpara-16
828	828	graphs 3.1.12, 3.1.13, 3.1.87, 3.1.170, 17
829	829	4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.6.1, and 8.1.1 of the Settle-18
830	830	ment Agreement. 19
831	831	(B) E
832	832	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Navajo 20
833	833	Reservation’’ does not include land within the 21
834	834	Hopi Reservation or the San Juan Southern 22
835	835	Paiute Reservation. 23
836	836	(C) M
837	837	AP.—Subject to subparagraph (D), 24
838	838	the descriptions of the Navajo Reservation in 25
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842	842	clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (A) are 1
843	843	generally shown on the map attached as Exhibit 2
844	844	3.1.112A to the Settlement Agreement. 3
845	845	(D) C
846	846	ONFLICT.—In the case of a conflict 4
847	847	between the definition in subparagraphs (A) 5
848	848	and (B) and Exhibit 3.1.112A of the Settle-6
849	849	ment Agreement, the definition in those sub-7
850	850	paragraphs shall control. 8
851	851	(74) N
852	852	AVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY .— 9
853	853	The term ‘‘Navajo Tribal Utility Authority’’ means 10
854	854	the enterprise established by the Navajo Nation pur-11
855	855	suant to chapter 1, section 21 of the Navajo Nation 12
856	856	Code, or a successor agency or entity. 13
857	857	(75) N
858	858	AVAJO TRUST LAND.—The term ‘‘Navajo 14
859	859	Trust Land’’ means land that— 15
860	860	(A) is located in the State; 16
861	861	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-17
862	862	aries of the Navajo Reservation; and 18
863	863	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is held 19
864	864	in trust by the United States for the Navajo 20
865	865	Nation. 21
866	866	(76) N
867	867	AVAJO-UTAH WATER RIGHTS SETTLE -22
868	868	MENT.—The term ‘‘Navajo-Utah Water Rights Set-23
869	869	tlement’’ means the Navajo Utah Water Rights Set-24
870	870	tlement Agreement approved, ratified, and confirmed 25
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874	874	pursuant to section 1102 of title XI of division FF 1
875	875	of Public Law 116–260 (134 Stat. 3224). 2
876	876	(77) O
877	877	FF-RESERVATION.—The term ‘‘Off-Res-3
878	878	ervation’’ means land located in the State outside 4
879	879	the exterior boundaries of— 5
880	880	(A) the Navajo Reservation; 6
881	881	(B) the Hopi Reservation; and 7
882	882	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Res-8
883	883	ervation. 9
884	884	(78) OM&R.—The term ‘‘OM&R’’ means oper-10
885	885	ation, maintenance, and replacement. 11
886	886	(79) P
887	887	ARTY.—The term ‘‘Party’’ mean a Per-12
888	888	son that is a signatory to the Settlement Agreement. 13
889	889	(80) P
890	890	ERSON.— 14
891	891	(A) I
892	892	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Person’’ 15
893	893	means— 16
894	894	(i) an individual; 17
895	895	(ii) a public or private corporation; 18
896	896	(iii) a company; 19
897	897	(iv) a partnership; 20
898	898	(v) a joint venture; 21
899	899	(vi) a firm; 22
900	900	(vii) an association; 23
901	901	(viii) a society; 24
902	902	(ix) an estate or trust; 25
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906	906	(x) any other private organization or 1
907	907	enterprise; 2
908	908	(xi) the United States; 3
909	909	(xii) an Indian Tribe; 4
910	910	(xiii) a State, territory, or country; 5
911	911	(xiv) a governmental entity; and 6
912	912	(xv) any political subdivision or mu-7
913	913	nicipal corporation organized under or sub-8
914	914	ject to the constitution and laws of the 9
915	915	State. 10
916	916	(B) I
917	917	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Person’’ in-11
918	918	cludes the officers, directors, agents, insurers, 12
919	919	representatives, employees, attorneys, assigns, 13
920	920	subsidiaries, affiliates, enterprises, legal rep-14
921	921	resentatives, predecessors, and successors in in-15
922	922	terest and their heirs, of any entity or indi-16
923	923	vidual described in subparagraph (A). 17
924	924	(81) P
925	925	UBLIC DOMAIN ALLOTMENT OUTSIDE 18
926	926	THE NAVAJO RESERVATION .—The term ‘‘Public Do-19
927	927	main Allotment outside the Navajo Reservation’’ 20
928	928	means any of the 51 parcels of land allotted to indi-21
929	929	vidual Indians from the public domain pursuant to 22
930	930	section 4 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (commonly 23
931	931	known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) (24 24
932	932	Stat. 389, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 334) that is— 25
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936	936	(A) held in trust by the United States for 1
937	937	the benefit of 1 or more individual Indians or 2
938	938	Indian Tribes; and 3
939	939	(B) located outside the exterior boundaries 4
940	940	of the Navajo Reservation and the Hopi Res-5
941	941	ervation, as depicted on the map attached as 6
942	942	Exhibit 3.1.132A to the Settlement Agreement. 7
943	943	(82) P
944	944	UBLIC DOMAIN ALLOTMENT WITHIN THE 8
945	945	NAVAJO RESERVATION .—The term ‘‘Public Domain 9
946	946	Allotment within the Navajo Reservation’’ means 10
947	947	any land allotted to individual Indians from the pub-11
948	948	lic domain that is— 12
949	949	(A) held in trust by the United States for 13
950	950	the benefit of 1 or more individual Indians or 14
951	951	Indian Tribes; 15
952	952	(B) located within the exterior boundaries 16
953	953	of the Navajo Reservation; and 17
954	954	(C) described in Exhibit 3.1.131 to the 18
955	955	Settlement Agreement. 19
956	956	(83) P
957	957	UBLIC DOMAIN ALLOTTEE .—The term 20
958	958	‘‘Public Domain Allottee’’ means an individual In-21
959	959	dian or Indian Tribe holding a beneficial interest 22
960	960	in— 23
961	961	(A) a Public Domain Allotment outside the 24
962	962	Navajo Reservation; or 25
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966	966	(B) a Public Domain Allotment within the 1
967	967	Navajo Reservation. 2
968	968	(84) S
969	969	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE FEE 3
970	970	LAND.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Fee 4
971	971	Land’’ means land, other than San Juan Southern 5
972	972	Paiute Trust Land, that— 6
973	973	(A) is located in the State; 7
974	974	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-8
975	975	aries of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reserva-9
976	976	tion; and 10
977	977	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is owned 11
978	978	by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, wheth-12
979	979	er in its own name or through an entity wholly 13
980	980	owned or controlled by the San Juan Southern 14
981	981	Paiute Tribe. 15
982	982	(85) S
983	983	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE GROUND -16
984	984	WATER PROJECTS.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern 17
985	985	Paiute Groundwater Projects’’ means the projects 18
986	986	described in— 19
987	987	(A) section 12(f)(1); and 20
988	988	(B) subparagraph 12.4.1 of the Settlement 21
989	989	Agreement. 22
990	990	(86) S
991	991	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE LAND .—The 23
992	992	term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Land’’ means— 24
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996	996	(A) the San Juan Southern Paiute South-1
997	997	ern Area; 2
998	998	(B) San Juan Southern Paiute Trust 3
999	999	Land; and 4
1000	1000	(C) San Juan Southern Paiute Fee Land. 5
1001	1001	(87) S
1002	1002	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE NORTHERN 6
1003	1003	AREA.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute 7
1004	1004	Northern Area’’ means the land— 8
1005	1005	(A) located in the State of Utah; and 9
1006	1006	(B) depicted on the map attached as Ex-10
1007	1007	hibit 3.1.146 to the Settlement Agreement. 11
1008	1008	(88) S
1009	1009	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE RESERVA -12
1010	1010	TION.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Res-13
1011	1011	ervation’’ means the approximately 5,400 acres of 14
1012	1012	land— 15
1013	1013	(A) located in the State and the State of 16
1014	1014	Utah; and 17
1015	1015	(B) consisting of the San Juan Southern 18
1016	1016	Paiute Northern Area and the San Juan South-19
1017	1017	ern Paiute Southern Area, as depicted in the 20
1018	1018	maps attached as Exhibits 3.1.146 and 3.1.147 21
1019	1019	to the Settlement Agreement. 22
1020	1020	(89) S
1021	1021	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE AGRI -23
1022	1022	CULTURAL CONSERVATION TRUST FUND AC -24
1023	1023	COUNT.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute 25
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1027	1027	Tribe Agricultural Conservation Trust Fund Ac-1
1028	1028	count’’ means the account— 2
1029	1029	(A) established under section 12(b)(2); and 3
1030	1030	(B) described in subparagraph 12.4.3 of 4
1031	1031	the Settlement Agreement. 5
1032	1032	(90) S
1033	1033	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE 6
1034	1034	GROUNDWATER PROJECTS TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .— 7
1035	1035	The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 8
1036	1036	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account’’ means 9
1037	1037	the account— 10
1038	1038	(A) established under section 12(b)(1); and 11
1039	1039	(B) described in subparagraph 12.4.1 of 12
1040	1040	the Settlement Agreement. 13
1041	1041	(91) S
1042	1042	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE OM&R 14
1043	1043	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—The term ‘‘San Juan 15
1044	1044	Southern Paiute Tribe OM&R Trust Fund Account’’ 16
1045	1045	means the account— 17
1046	1046	(A) established under section 12(b)(3); and 18
1047	1047	(B) described in subparagraph 12.4.2 of 19
1048	1048	the Settlement Agreement. 20
1049	1049	(92) S
1050	1050	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE SOUTHERN 21
1051	1051	AREA.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute 22
1052	1052	Southern Area’’ means the land located in the State 23
1053	1053	and depicted on the map attached as Exhibit 24
1054	1054	3.1.147 to the Settlement Agreement. 25
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1058	1058	(93) SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE .— 1
1059	1059	The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe’’ means 2
1060	1060	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, a body politic 3
1061	1061	and federally recognized Indian Tribe, as recognized 4
1062	1062	by the Secretary in the notice of the Secretary enti-5
1063	1063	tled ‘‘Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To 6
1064	1064	Receive Services From the United States Bureau of 7
1065	1065	Indian Affairs’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 944 (January 8, 8
1066	1066	2024)). 9
1067	1067	(94) S
1068	1068	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRUST 10
1069	1069	LAND.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Trust 11
1070	1070	Land’’ means land that— 12
1071	1071	(A) is located in the State; 13
1072	1072	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-14
1073	1073	aries of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reserva-15
1074	1074	tion; and 16
1075	1075	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is held 17
1076	1076	in trust by the United States for the San Juan 18
1077	1077	Southern Paiute Tribe. 19
1078	1078	(95) S
1079	1079	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 20
1080	1080	means the Secretary of the Interior. 21
1081	1081	(96) S
1082	1082	ETTLEMENT AGREEMENT .—The term 22
1083	1083	‘‘Settlement Agreement’’ means— 23
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1087	1087	(A) the Northeastern Arizona Indian 1
1088	1088	Water Rights Settlement Agreement dated as of 2
1089	1089	May 9, 2024; and 3
1090	1090	(B) any exhibits attached to that agree-4
1091	1091	ment. 5
1092	1092	(97) S
1093	1093	IXTH PRIORITY WATER .—The term 6
1094	1094	‘‘Sixth Priority Water’’ has the meaning given the 7
1095	1095	term in the Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola Contract. 8
1096	1096	(98) S
1097	1097	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 9
1098	1098	State of Arizona. 10
1099	1099	(99) S
1100	1100	URFACE WATER.— 11
1101	1101	(A) I
1102	1102	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Surface 12
1103	1103	Water’’ means all water in the State that is ap-13
1104	1104	propriable under State law. 14
1105	1105	(B) E
1106	1106	XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Surface 15
1107	1107	Water’’ does not include Colorado River Water. 16
1108	1108	(100) S
1109	1109	YSTEM CONSERVATION .—The term 17
1110	1110	‘‘System Conservation’’ means a voluntary reduction 18
1111	1111	of consumptive use of Arizona Colorado River Water 19
1112	1112	that can be estimated or measured, including munic-20
1113	1113	ipal and industrial conservation efforts and the 21
1114	1114	fallowing of agricultural land, to create conserved 22
1115	1115	water to benefit the Colorado River System. 23
1116	1116	(101) S
1117	1117	YSTEM CONSERVATION ELIGIBLE 24
1118	1118	WATER.— 25
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1122	1122	(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘System 1
1123	1123	Conservation Eligible Water’’ means 34,100 2
1124	1124	AFY of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 3
1125	1125	River Water and Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colo-4
1126	1126	rado River Water, allocated between the Navajo 5
1127	1127	Nation and the Hopi Tribe consistent with sec-6
1128	1128	tion 6(c)(4)(C) and subclauses (I) and (II) of 7
1129	1129	section 7(b)(2)(D)(ii). 8
1130	1130	(B) P
1131	1131	ERIOD OF TIME.—For purposes of 9
1132	1132	this Act, the System Conservation Eligible 10
1133	1133	Water is— 11
1134	1134	(i) deemed to have been consumptively 12
1135	1135	used for a period of 50 years based on the 13
1136	1136	34,100 AFY of Arizona Upper Basin Colo-14
1137	1137	rado River Water that was previously con-15
1138	1138	tracted for consumptive use by the Navajo 16
1139	1139	Generating Station; and 17
1140	1140	(ii) a portion of the allocations of Ari-18
1141	1141	zona Upper Basin Colorado River Water to 19
1142	1142	the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe de-20
1143	1143	scribed in paragraphs (1)(A)(ii) and 21
1144	1144	(2)(A)(ii) of section 6(a). 22
1145	1145	(C) E
1146	1146	LIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this 23
1147	1147	Act, the System Conservation Eligible Water is 24
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1151	1151	eligible for the NAIWRSA System Conservation 1
1152	1152	Program. 2
1153	1153	(102) T
1154	1154	REATY.—The term ‘‘Treaty’’ means the 3
1155	1155	Articles of Treaty and Agreement entered into by 4
1156	1156	the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Pai-5
1157	1157	ute Tribe to settle land claims and other disputes, 6
1158	1158	as executed on March 18, 2000. 7
1159	1159	(103) T
1160	1160	REATY ADDENDUM .—The term ‘‘Treaty 8
1161	1161	Addendum’’ means the Addendum to the Treaty en-9
1162	1162	tered into by the Navajo Nation and the San Juan 10
1163	1163	Southern Paiute Tribe on May 7, 2004. 11
1164	1164	(104) T
1165	1165	RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means, indi-12
1166	1166	vidually, as applicable— 13
1167	1167	(A) the Navajo Nation; 14
1168	1168	(B) the Hopi Tribe; or 15
1169	1169	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 16
1170	1170	(105) T
1171	1171	RIBES.—The term ‘‘Tribes’’ means, col-17
1172	1172	lectively— 18
1173	1173	(A) the Navajo Nation; 19
1174	1174	(B) the Hopi Tribe; and 20
1175	1175	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 21
1176	1176	(106) U
1177	1177	NDERGROUND WATER .— 22
1178	1178	(A) I
1179	1179	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Under-23
1180	1180	ground Water’’ means all water beneath the 24
1181	1181	surface of the earth within the State, regardless 25
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1185	1185	of its legal characterization as appropriable or 1
1186	1186	non-appropriable under Federal, State, or other 2
1187	1187	law. 3
1188	1188	(B) E
1189	1189	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Under-4
1190	1190	ground Water’’ does not include Colorado River 5
1191	1191	Water or Effluent. 6
1192	1192	(107) U
1193	1193	NITED STATES.— 7
1194	1194	(A) I
1195	1195	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘United 8
1196	1196	States’’ means the United States, acting as 9
1197	1197	trustee for the Tribes, their Members, the Hopi 10
1198	1198	Allottees, and the Navajo Allottees, except as 11
1199	1199	otherwise expressly provided. 12
1200	1200	(B) C
1201	1201	LARIFICATION.—When used in ref-13
1202	1202	erence to a particular agreement or contract, 14
1203	1203	the term ‘‘United States’’ means the United 15
1204	1204	States acting in the capacity as described in 16
1205	1205	that agreement or contract. 17
1206	1206	(108) U
1207	1207	PPER BASIN.—The term ‘‘Upper 18
1208	1208	Basin’’ has the meaning given the term in article 19
1209	1209	II(f) of the Colorado River Compact. 20
1210	1210	(109) U
1211	1211	PPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 21
1212	1212	WATER.—The term ‘‘Upper Basin Colorado River 22
1213	1213	Water’’ means the waters of the Upper Basin. 23
1214	1214	(110) U
1215	1215	PPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN COMPACT 24
1216	1216	OF 1948.—The term ‘‘Upper Colorado River Basin 25
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1220	1220	Compact of 1948’’ means the Upper Colorado River 1
1221	1221	Basin Compact of 1948, as ratified and reprinted in 2
1222	1222	article 3 of chapter 7 of title 45, Arizona Revised 3
1223	1223	Statutes. 4
1224	1224	(111) U
1225	1225	PPER DIVISION STATES .—The term 5
1226	1226	‘‘Upper Division States’’ means the States of Wyo-6
1227	1227	ming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, as described 7
1228	1228	in the Colorado River Compact. 8
1229	1229	(112) U
1230	1230	SE.—The term ‘‘Use’’ means any bene-9
1231	1231	ficial use, including instream flow, recharge, storage, 10
1232	1232	recovery, or any other use recognized as beneficial 11
1233	1233	under applicable law. 12
1234	1234	(113) W
1235	1235	ATER.—The term ‘‘water’’, when used 13
1236	1236	without a modifying adjective, means Groundwater, 14
1237	1237	Surface Water, Colorado River Water, or Effluent. 15
1238	1238	(114) W
1239	1239	ATER RIGHT.—The term ‘‘Water 16
1240	1240	Right’’ means any right in or to Groundwater, Sur-17
1241	1241	face Water, Colorado River Water, or Effluent under 18
1242	1242	Federal, State, or other law. 19
1243	1243	(115) W
1244	1244	ELL.—The term ‘‘Well’’ means a 20
1245	1245	human-made opening in the earth through which 21
1246	1246	Underground Water may be withdrawn or obtained. 22
1247	1247	(116) Z
1248	1248	UNI TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Zuni Tribe’’ 23
1249	1249	means the body politic and federally recognized In-24
1250	1250	dian Tribe, as recognized by the Secretary in the no-25
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1254	1254	tice of the Secretary entitled ‘‘Indian Entities Rec-1
1255	1255	ognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From 2
1256	1256	the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs’’ (89 3
1257	1257	Fed. Reg. 944 (January 8, 2024)). 4
1258	1258	SEC. 4. RATIFICATION AND EXECUTION OF THE NORTH-5
1259	1259	EASTERN ARIZONA INDIAN WATER RIGHTS 6
1260	1260	SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. 7
1261	1261	(a) R
1262	1262	ATIFICATION.— 8
1263	1263	(1) I
1264	1264	N GENERAL.—Except as modified by this 9
1265	1265	Act and to the extent the Settlement Agreement 10
1266	1266	does not conflict with this Act, the Settlement 11
1267	1267	Agreement is authorized, ratified, and confirmed. 12
1268	1268	(2) A
1269	1269	MENDMENTS.—If an amendment to the 13
1270	1270	Settlement Agreement, or to any exhibit attached to 14
1271	1271	the Settlement Agreement requiring the signature of 15
1272	1272	the Secretary, is executed in accordance with this 16
1273	1273	Act to make the Settlement Agreement consistent 17
1274	1274	with this Act, the amendment is authorized, ratified, 18
1275	1275	and confirmed, to the extent the amendment is con-19
1276	1276	sistent with this Act. 20
1277	1277	(b) E
1278	1278	XECUTION OFSETTLEMENTAGREEMENT.— 21
1279	1279	(1) I
1280	1280	N GENERAL.—To the extent the Settlement 22
1281	1281	Agreement does not conflict with this Act, the Sec-23
1282	1282	retary shall execute the Settlement Agreement, in-24
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1286	1286	cluding all exhibits to the Settlement Agreement re-1
1287	1287	quiring the signature of the Secretary. 2
1288	1288	(2) M
1289	1289	ODIFICATIONS.— 3
1290	1290	(A) I
1291	1291	N GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act 4
1292	1292	prohibits the Secretary from approving any 5
1293	1293	modification to the Settlement Agreement, in-6
1294	1294	cluding any exhibit to the Settlement Agree-7
1295	1295	ment, that is consistent with this Act, to the ex-8
1296	1296	tent the modification does not otherwise require 9
1297	1297	congressional approval under section 2116 of 10
1298	1298	the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) or any 11
1299	1299	other applicable Federal law. 12
1300	1300	(B) A
1301	1301	BSTRACTS.—Prior to the execution of 13
1302	1302	the Settlement Agreement by the Secretary, the 14
1303	1303	abstracts attached as Exhibits to the Settle-15
1304	1304	ment Agreement shall be modified, as nec-16
1305	1305	essary— 17
1306	1306	(i) to correct errors or omissions to 18
1307	1307	the satisfaction of the Parties; and 19
1308	1308	(ii) to conform with applicable Federal 20
1309	1309	and State law. 21
1310	1310	(c) E
1311	1311	NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 22
1312	1312	(1) I
1313	1313	N GENERAL.—In implementing the Settle-23
1314	1314	ment Agreement (including all exhibits to the Settle-24
1315	1315	ment Agreement requiring the signature of the Sec-25
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1319	1319	retary) and this Act, the Secretary shall comply with 1
1320	1320	all applicable provisions of— 2
1321	1321	(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 3
1322	1322	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 4
1323	1323	(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 5
1324	1324	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 6
1325	1325	implementing regulations of that Act; and 7
1326	1326	(C) all other Federal environmental laws 8
1327	1327	and regulations. 9
1328	1328	(2) C
1329	1329	OMPLIANCE.—In implementing the Settle-10
1330	1330	ment Agreement and this Act, but excluding envi-11
1331	1331	ronmental compliance related to the iina´ba´– paa 12
1332	1332	tuwaqat’si pipeline, the applicable Tribe shall pre-13
1333	1333	pare any necessary environmental documents con-14
1334	1334	sistent with all applicable provisions of— 15
1335	1335	(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 16
1336	1336	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 17
1337	1337	(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 18
1338	1338	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 19
1339	1339	implementing regulations of that Act; and 20
1340	1340	(C) all other Federal environmental laws 21
1341	1341	and regulations. 22
1342	1342	(d) A
1343	1343	UTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary shall— 23
1344	1344	(1) independently evaluate the documentation 24
1345	1345	submitted under subsection (c)(2); and 25
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1349	1349	(2) be responsible for the accuracy, scope, and 1
1350	1350	contents of that documentation. 2
1351	1351	(e) E
1352	1352	FFECT OFEXECUTION.—The execution of the 3
1353	1353	Settlement Agreement by the Secretary under this section 4
1354	1354	shall not constitute a major Federal action for purposes 5
1355	1355	of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 6
1356	1356	U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 7
1357	1357	(f) C
1358	1358	OSTS.— 8
1359	1359	(1) I
1360	1360	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-9
1361	1361	graph (2), any costs associated with the performance 10
1362	1362	of the compliance activities under subsection (c) 11
1363	1363	shall be paid from funds deposited in the Navajo 12
1364	1364	Nation Water Projects Trust Fund Account, the 13
1365	1365	Hopi Tribe Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Ac-14
1366	1366	count, or the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 15
1367	1367	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account, as ap-16
1368	1368	plicable, subject to the condition that any costs asso-17
1369	1369	ciated with the performance of Federal approval or 18
1370	1370	other review of that compliance work or costs associ-19
1371	1371	ated with inherently Federal functions shall remain 20
1372	1372	the responsibility of the Secretary. 21
1373	1373	(2) I
1374	1374	INA´BA´– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE.—Any 22
1375	1375	costs associated with the performance of the compli-23
1376	1376	ance activities under subsection (c) relating to the 24
1377	1377	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline shall be paid from 25
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1381	1381	funds deposited in the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-1
1382	1382	line Implementation Fund Account. 2
1383	1383	SEC. 5. WATER RIGHTS. 3
1384	1384	(a) C
1385	1385	ONFIRMATION OFWATERRIGHTS.— 4
1386	1386	(1) I
1387	1387	N GENERAL.—The Water Rights of the 5
1388	1388	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San Juan 6
1389	1389	Southern Paiute Tribe, the Navajo Allottees, and the 7
1390	1390	Hopi Allottees as described in the Settlement Agree-8
1391	1391	ment are ratified, confirmed, and declared to be 9
1392	1392	valid. 10
1393	1393	(2) U
1394	1394	SE.—Any use of water pursuant to the 11
1395	1395	Water Rights described in paragraph (1) by the 12
1396	1396	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San Juan 13
1397	1397	Southern Paiute Tribe, the Navajo Allottees, or the 14
1398	1398	Hopi Allottees shall be subject to the terms and con-15
1399	1399	ditions of the Settlement Agreement and this Act. 16
1400	1400	(3) C
1401	1401	ONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict be-17
1402	1402	tween the Settlement Agreement and this Act, this 18
1403	1403	Act shall control. 19
1404	1404	(b) I
1405	1405	NTENT OFCONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con-20
1406	1406	gress to provide to the Navajo Allottees benefits that are 21
1407	1407	equivalent to, or exceed, the benefits the Navajo Allottees 22
1408	1408	possess on the day before the date of enactment of this 23
1409	1409	Act, taking into consideration— 24
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1413	1413	(1) the potential risks, cost, and time delay as-1
1414	1414	sociated with litigation that would be resolved by the 2
1415	1415	Settlement Agreement and this Act; 3
1416	1416	(2) the availability of funding under this Act 4
1417	1417	and from other sources; 5
1418	1418	(3) the availability of water from the Water 6
1419	1419	Rights of the Navajo Nation, as described in the 7
1420	1420	Settlement Agreement; and 8
1421	1421	(4) the applicability of section 7 of the Act of 9
1422	1422	February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 10
1423	1423	U.S.C. 381), and this Act to protect the interests of 11
1424	1424	the Navajo Allottees. 12
1425	1425	(c) W
1426	1426	ATERRIGHTSTOBEHELD INTRUST FOR THE 13
1427	1427	T
1428	1428	RIBES, THENAVAJOALLOTTEES, AND THE HOPI 14
1429	1429	A
1430	1430	LLOTTEES.—The United States shall hold the following 15
1431	1431	Water Rights in trust for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi 16
1432	1432	Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the Navajo 17
1433	1433	Allottees, and the Hopi Allottees: 18
1434	1434	(1) N
1435	1435	AVAJO NATION AND THE NAVAJO 19
1436	1436	ALLOTTEES.—The United States shall hold the fol-20
1437	1437	lowing Water Rights in trust for the Navajo Nation 21
1438	1438	and Navajo Allottees: 22
1439	1439	(A) Underground Water described in sub-23
1440	1440	paragraph 4.2 of the Settlement Agreement. 24
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1444	1444	(B) Springs described in subparagraph 4.4 1
1445	1445	of the Settlement Agreement. 2
1446	1446	(C) Little Colorado River tributary water 3
1447	1447	described in subparagraph 4.5 of the Settlement 4
1448	1448	Agreement. 5
1449	1449	(D) Little Colorado River Mainstem water 6
1450	1450	described in subparagraph 4.6 of the Settlement 7
1451	1451	Agreement. 8
1452	1452	(E) Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 9
1453	1453	River Water described in subparagraph 4.7 of 10
1454	1454	the Settlement Agreement. 11
1455	1455	(F) Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water 12
1456	1456	described in subparagraph 4.9 of the Settlement 13
1457	1457	Agreement. 14
1458	1458	(G) Water Rights appurtenant to or asso-15
1459	1459	ciated with land held in trust by the United 16
1460	1460	States for the Navajo Nation, as described in 17
1461	1461	subparagraphs 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, and 4.16 of the 18
1462	1462	Settlement Agreement. 19
1463	1463	(2) H
1464	1464	OPI TRIBE.—The United States shall hold 20
1465	1465	the following Water Rights in trust for the Hopi 21
1466	1466	Tribe: 22
1467	1467	(A) Underground Water described in sub-23
1468	1468	paragraph 5.2 of the Settlement Agreement. 24
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1472	1472	(B) Surface Water described in subpara-1
1473	1473	graph 5.4 of the Settlement Agreement. 2
1474	1474	(C) Springs described in subparagraph 5.5 3
1475	1475	of the Settlement Agreement. 4
1476	1476	(D) Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado 5
1477	1477	River Water described in subparagraph 5.7 of 6
1478	1478	the Settlement Agreement. 7
1479	1479	(E) Water Rights appurtenant to or asso-8
1480	1480	ciated with land held in trust by the United 9
1481	1481	States for the Hopi Tribe, as described in sub-10
1482	1482	paragraphs 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, and 5.13 of the 11
1483	1483	Settlement Agreement. 12
1484	1484	(3) S
1485	1485	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE .—The 13
1486	1486	United States shall hold the following Water Rights 14
1487	1487	in trust for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe: 15
1488	1488	(A) Underground Water described in sub-16
1489	1489	paragraph 6.2.3 of the Settlement Agreement. 17
1490	1490	(B) Surface Water described in subpara-18
1491	1491	graph 6.2.4 of the Settlement Agreement. 19
1492	1492	(C) Springs described in subparagraph 20
1493	1493	6.2.6 of the Settlement Agreement. 21
1494	1494	(D) Water Rights appurtenant to or asso-22
1495	1495	ciated with land held in trust by the United 23
1496	1496	States for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 24
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1500	1500	as described in subparagraphs 6.5 and 6.6 of 1
1501	1501	the Settlement Agreement. 2
1502	1502	(4) H
1503	1503	OPI ALLOTTEES.—The United States shall 3
1504	1504	hold the Water Rights described in subparagraph 4
1505	1505	5.9 of the Settlement Agreement in trust for the 5
1506	1506	Hopi Allottees. 6
1507	1507	(d) P
1508	1508	LACES OFUSE.— 7
1509	1509	(1) N
1510	1510	AVAJO NATION AND NAVAJO 8
1511	1511	ALLOTTEES.— 9
1512	1512	(A) I
1513	1513	N GENERAL.—The rights of the Nav-10
1514	1514	ajo Nation, and the United States acting as 11
1515	1515	trustee for the Navajo Nation, to the water de-12
1516	1516	scribed in subparagraphs 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6 13
1517	1517	of the Settlement Agreement may be used any-14
1518	1518	where on the Navajo Reservation or on Off-Res-15
1519	1519	ervation land held in trust by the United States 16
1520	1520	for the Navajo Nation, but, except as provided 17
1521	1521	in subparagraph (F), may not be sold, leased, 18
1522	1522	transferred, or in any way used off of the Nav-19
1523	1523	ajo Reservation or off of Off-Reservation land 20
1524	1524	held in trust by the United States for the Nav-21
1525	1525	ajo Nation. 22
1526	1526	(B) O
1527	1527	THER PLACES OF USE.—The place of 23
1528	1528	Use of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 24
1529	1529	River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, and 25
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1533	1533	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water are as 1
1534	1534	described in section 6(b)(1). 2
1535	1535	(C) W
1536	1536	ATER USE ON OFF -RESERVATION 3
1537	1537	TRUST LAND.— 4
1538	1538	(i) I
1539	1539	N GENERAL.—Water Use on Off- 5
1540	1540	Reservation land held in trust by the 6
1541	1541	United States for the Navajo Nation shall 7
1542	1542	be governed by subparagraphs 4.12, 4.13, 8
1543	1543	4.15, 4.16, and 4.18.1 of the Settlement 9
1544	1544	Agreement. 10
1545	1545	(ii) U
1546	1546	SE.—Except as provided in sub-11
1547	1547	paragraph (F), the water referred to in 12
1548	1548	clause (i) may be used only on the Navajo 13
1549	1549	Reservation and on Off-Reservation land 14
1550	1550	held in trust by the United States for the 15
1551	1551	Navajo Nation. 16
1552	1552	(D) W
1553	1553	ATER USE ON FEE LAND .—Water 17
1554	1554	Use on land owned in fee by the Navajo Nation 18
1555	1555	shall be governed by subparagraphs 4.11, 4.12, 19
1556	1556	4.13, 4.14, 4.15, and 4.16 of the Settlement 20
1557	1557	Agreement. 21
1558	1558	(E) R
1559	1559	ESTRICTIONS.—The rights of a Nav-22
1560	1560	ajo Allottee, or the United States acting as 23
1561	1561	trustee for a Navajo Allottee, to use water de-24
1562	1562	scribed in subparagraph 4.10.1 of the Settle-25
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1566	1566	ment Agreement on a Navajo Allotment may 1
1567	1567	not be sold, leased, transferred, or in any way 2
1568	1568	used off of the Navajo Allotment, except for 3
1569	1569	Use on the Navajo Reservation pursuant to the 4
1570	1570	Navajo Nation Water Code. 5
1571	1571	(F) W
1572	1572	ATER FOR MUNICIPAL USE .—Not-6
1573	1573	withstanding subparagraphs (A) and (C)(ii) and 7
1574	1574	subparagraph 7.2.3.1 of the Settlement Agree-8
1575	1575	ment, the Navajo Nation or the United States 9
1576	1576	acting as trustee for the Navajo Nation may 10
1577	1577	provide water for municipal Use off of the Nav-11
1578	1578	ajo Reservation from facilities that are phys-12
1579	1579	ically connected to facilities on the Navajo Res-13
1580	1580	ervation. 14
1581	1581	(2) H
1582	1582	OPI TRIBE AND HOPI ALLOTTEES .— 15
1583	1583	(A) I
1584	1584	N GENERAL.—The rights of the Hopi 16
1585	1585	Tribe, and the United States acting as trustee 17
1586	1586	for the Hopi Tribe, to the water described in 18
1587	1587	subparagraphs 5.2, 5.4, and 5.5 of the Settle-19
1588	1588	ment Agreement may be used anywhere on the 20
1589	1589	Hopi Reservation or on Off-Reservation land 21
1590	1590	held in trust by the United States for the Hopi 22
1591	1591	Tribe, but, except as provided in subparagraph 23
1592	1592	(F), may not be sold, leased, transferred, or in 24
1593	1593	any way used off of the Hopi Reservation or off 25
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1597	1597	of Off-Reservation land held in trust by the 1
1598	1598	United States for the Hopi Tribe. 2
1599	1599	(B) O
1600	1600	THER PLACES OF USE.—The place of 3
1601	1601	Use of Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 4
1602	1602	Water and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water are as de-5
1603	1603	scribed in section 6(b)(2). 6
1604	1604	(C) W
1605	1605	ATER USE ON OFF -RESERVATION 7
1606	1606	TRUST LAND.— 8
1607	1607	(i) I
1608	1608	N GENERAL.—Water Use on Off- 9
1609	1609	Reservation land held in trust by the 10
1610	1610	United States for the Hopi Tribe shall be 11
1611	1611	governed by subparagraphs 5.10, 5.11, 12
1612	1612	5.12, 5.13, and 5.15.1 of the Settlement 13
1613	1613	Agreement. 14
1614	1614	(ii) U
1615	1615	SE.—Except as provided in sub-15
1616	1616	paragraph (F), the water referred to in 16
1617	1617	clause (i) may be used only on the Hopi 17
1618	1618	Reservation and on Off-Reservation land 18
1619	1619	held in trust by the United States for the 19
1620	1620	Hopi Tribe. 20
1621	1621	(D) W
1622	1622	ATER USE ON FEE LAND .—Water 21
1623	1623	Use on land owned in fee by the Hopi Tribe 22
1624	1624	shall be governed by subparagraphs 5.10, 5.11, 23
1625	1625	and 5.12 of the Settlement Agreement. 24
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1629	1629	(E) RESTRICTIONS.—The rights of a Hopi 1
1630	1630	Allottee, or the United States acting as trustee 2
1631	1631	for a Hopi Allottee, to use water described in 3
1632	1632	subparagraph 5.9 of the Settlement Agreement 4
1633	1633	on a Hopi Allotment may not be sold, leased, 5
1634	1634	transferred, or in any way used off of the Hopi 6
1635	1635	Allotment. 7
1636	1636	(F) W
1637	1637	ATER FOR MUNICIPAL USE .—Not-8
1638	1638	withstanding subparagraphs (A) and (C)(ii) and 9
1639	1639	subparagraph 7.2.3.1 of the Settlement Agree-10
1640	1640	ment, the Hopi Tribe or the United States act-11
1641	1641	ing as trustee for the Hopi Tribe may provide 12
1642	1642	water for municipal Use off of the Hopi Res-13
1643	1643	ervation from facilities that are physically con-14
1644	1644	nected to facilities on the Hopi Reservation. 15
1645	1645	(3) S
1646	1646	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE .— 16
1647	1647	(A) I
1648	1648	N GENERAL.—The rights of the San 17
1649	1649	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the United 18
1650	1650	States acting as trustee for the San Juan 19
1651	1651	Southern Paiute Tribe, to the water described 20
1652	1652	in subparagraphs 6.2.3, 6.2.4, and 6.2.6 of the 21
1653	1653	Settlement Agreement may be used on the San 22
1654	1654	Juan Southern Paiute Southern Area or on 23
1655	1655	Off-Reservation land held in trust by the 24
1656	1656	United States for the San Juan Southern Pai-25
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1660	1660	ute Tribe, but may not be sold, leased, trans-1
1661	1661	ferred, or in any way used off of the San Juan 2
1662	1662	Southern Paiute Southern Area or off of Off- 3
1663	1663	Reservation land held in trust by the United 4
1664	1664	States for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 5
1665	1665	(B) W
1666	1666	ATER USE ON OFF -RESERVATION 6
1667	1667	TRUST LAND.— 7
1668	1668	(i) I
1669	1669	N GENERAL.—Water Use on Off- 8
1670	1670	Reservation land held in trust by the 9
1671	1671	United States for the San Juan Southern 10
1672	1672	Paiute Tribe shall be governed by subpara-11
1673	1673	graphs 6.5, 6.6, and 6.7.1 of the Settle-12
1674	1674	ment Agreement. 13
1675	1675	(ii) U
1676	1676	SE.—Except as provided in sub-14
1677	1677	paragraph (D), the water referred to in 15
1678	1678	clause (i) may be used only on the San 16
1679	1679	Juan Southern Paiute Southern Area and 17
1680	1680	on Off-Reservation land held in trust by 18
1681	1681	the United States for the San Juan South-19
1682	1682	ern Paiute Tribe. 20
1683	1683	(C) W
1684	1684	ATER USE ON FEE LAND .—Water 21
1685	1685	Use on land owned in fee by the San Juan 22
1686	1686	Southern Paiute Tribe shall be governed by 23
1687	1687	subparagraphs 6.4, 6.5, and 6.6 of the Settle-24
1688	1688	ment Agreement. 25
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1692	1692	(D) WATER FOR MUNICIPAL USE .—Not-1
1693	1693	withstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B)(ii) 2
1694	1694	and subparagraph 7.2.3.1 of the Settlement 3
1695	1695	Agreement, and subject to subparagraph 4
1696	1696	12.5.1.3 of the Settlement Agreement, the San 5
1697	1697	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe or the United 6
1698	1698	States acting as trustee for the San Juan 7
1699	1699	Southern Paiute Tribe may provide water for 8
1700	1700	municipal Use off of the San Juan Southern 9
1701	1701	Paiute Southern Area from facilities that are 10
1702	1702	physically connected to facilities on the San 11
1703	1703	Juan Southern Paiute Southern Area. 12
1704	1704	(e) N
1705	1705	ONUSE, FORFEITURE, ANDABANDONMENT.— 13
1706	1706	(1) N
1707	1707	AVAJO NATION AND NAVAJO 14
1708	1708	ALLOTTEES.—Water Rights of the Navajo Nation 15
1709	1709	and the Navajo Allottees described in subparagraphs 16
1710	1710	4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, and 4.9 of the Settlement 17
1711	1711	Agreement and Water Rights relating to land held 18
1712	1712	in trust by the United States for the Navajo Nation, 19
1713	1713	as described in subparagraphs 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, and 20
1714	1714	4.16 of the Settlement Agreement, shall not be sub-21
1715	1715	ject to loss by non-use, forfeiture, or abandonment. 22
1716	1716	(2) H
1717	1717	OPI TRIBE.—Water Rights of the Hopi 23
1718	1718	Tribe described in subparagraphs 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, and 24
1719	1719	5.7 of the Settlement Agreement and Water Rights 25
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1723	1723	relating to land held in trust by the United States 1
1724	1724	for the Hopi Tribe, as described in subparagraphs 2
1725	1725	5.10, 5.11, 5.12, and 5.13 of the Settlement Agree-3
1726	1726	ment, shall not be subject to loss by non-use, for-4
1727	1727	feiture, or abandonment. 5
1728	1728	(3) S
1729	1729	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE .— 6
1730	1730	Water Rights of the San Juan Southern Paiute 7
1731	1731	Tribe described in subparagraphs 6.2.3, 6.2.4, and 8
1732	1732	6.2.6 of the Settlement Agreement shall not be sub-9
1733	1733	ject to loss by non-use, forfeiture, or abandonment. 10
1734	1734	(4) H
1735	1735	OPI ALLOTTEES.—Water Rights of the 11
1736	1736	Hopi Allottees described in subparagraph 5.9 of the 12
1737	1737	Settlement Agreement shall not be subject to loss by 13
1738	1738	non-use, forfeiture, or abandonment. 14
1739	1739	(f) N
1740	1740	AVAJOALLOTTEES.— 15
1741	1741	(1) A
1742	1742	PPLICABILITY OF THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 16
1743	1743	8, 1887.—Section 7 of the Act of February 8, 1887 17
1744	1744	(24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), shall 18
1745	1745	apply to the Water Rights described in subsection 19
1746	1746	(c)(1). 20
1747	1747	(2) E
1748	1748	NTITLEMENT TO WATER .—The rights of 21
1749	1749	Navajo Allottees, and the United States acting as 22
1750	1750	trustee for Navajo Allottees, to use water on Navajo 23
1751	1751	Allotments located on the Navajo Reservation shall 24
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1755	1755	be satisfied solely from the Water Rights described 1
1756	1756	in subsection (c)(1). 2
1757	1757	(3) A
1758	1758	LLOCATIONS.—A Navajo Allottee shall be 3
1759	1759	entitled to a just and equitable distribution of water 4
1760	1760	for irrigation purposes. 5
1761	1761	(4) C
1762	1762	LAIMS.— 6
1763	1763	(A) E
1764	1764	XHAUSTION OF REMEDIES .—Before 7
1765	1765	asserting any claim against the United States 8
1766	1766	under section 7 of the Act of February 8, 1887 9
1767	1767	(24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or 10
1768	1768	any other applicable law, a Navajo Allottee shall 11
1769	1769	exhaust remedies available under the Navajo 12
1770	1770	Nation Water Code or other applicable Navajo 13
1771	1771	law. 14
1772	1772	(B) A
1773	1773	CTION FOR RELIEF.—After the ex-15
1774	1774	haustion of all remedies available under the 16
1775	1775	Navajo Nation Water Code or other applicable 17
1776	1776	Navajo law pursuant to subparagraph (A), a 18
1777	1777	Navajo Allottee may seek relief under section 7 19
1778	1778	of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, 20
1779	1779	chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or other applica-21
1780	1780	ble law. 22
1781	1781	(5) A
1782	1782	UTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY .—The Sec-23
1783	1783	retary may protect the rights of Navajo Allottees in 24
1784	1784	accordance with this subsection. 25
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1788	1788	(g) NAVAJONATIONWATERCODE.— 1
1789	1789	(1) I
1790	1790	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation Water 2
1791	1791	Code shall provide— 3
1792	1792	(A) that Use of water by Navajo Allottees 4
1793	1793	shall be satisfied with water from the Water 5
1794	1794	Rights described in subsection (c)(1); 6
1795	1795	(B) a process by which a Navajo Allottee 7
1796	1796	may request that the Navajo Nation allocate 8
1797	1797	water in accordance with the Settlement Agree-9
1798	1798	ment, including the provision of water under 10
1799	1799	any Navajo Allottee lease under section 4 of the 11
1800	1800	Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 856, chapter 12
1801	1801	431; 25 U.S.C. 403); 13
1802	1802	(C) a due process system for the consider-14
1803	1803	ation and determination by the Navajo Nation 15
1804	1804	of any request of a Navajo Allottee (or a suc-16
1805	1805	cessor in interest to a Navajo Allottee) for an 17
1806	1806	allocation of water on a Navajo Allotment, in-18
1807	1807	cluding a process for— 19
1808	1808	(i) appeal and adjudication of any de-20
1809	1809	nied or disputed distribution of water; and 21
1810	1810	(ii) resolution of any contested admin-22
1811	1811	istrative decision; and 23
1812	1812	(D) a requirement that any Navajo Allot-24
1813	1813	tee asserting a claim relating to the enforce-25
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1817	1817	ment of rights of the Navajo Allottee under the 1
1818	1818	Navajo Nation Water Code, including to the 2
1819	1819	quantity of water allocated to land of the Nav-3
1820	1820	ajo Allottee, shall exhaust all remedies available 4
1821	1821	to the Navajo Allottee under Navajo law before 5
1822	1822	initiating an action against the United States 6
1823	1823	or petitioning the Secretary pursuant to sub-7
1824	1824	section (f)(4)(B). 8
1825	1825	(2) T
1826	1826	RIBAL CONSULTATION.— 9
1827	1827	(A) I
1828	1828	N GENERAL.—After consultation with 10
1829	1829	the Navajo Nation, the Secretary shall deter-11
1830	1830	mine whether the Navajo Nation Water Code in 12
1831	1831	effect on the date of enactment of this Act sat-13
1832	1832	isfies the requirements of paragraph (1). 14
1833	1833	(B) S
1834	1834	ATISFIES REQUIREMENTS .—If the 15
1835	1835	Secretary determines that the Navajo Nation 16
1836	1836	Water Code in effect on the date of enactment 17
1837	1837	of this Act satisfies the requirements of para-18
1838	1838	graph (1), the Secretary shall notify the Navajo 19
1839	1839	Nation of that determination in writing. 20
1840	1840	(C) D
1841	1841	OES NOT SATISFY REQUIREMENT .— 21
1842	1842	If the Secretary determines that the Navajo 22
1843	1843	Nation Water Code in effect on the date of en-23
1844	1844	actment of this Act does not satisfy the require-24
1845	1845	ments of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall no-25
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1849	1849	tify the Navajo Nation in writing that amend-1
1850	1850	ments are necessary to satisfy the requirements 2
1851	1851	of subsection (g)(1). 3
1852	1852	(3) N
1853	1853	AVAJO NATION ACTION.—Not later than 3 4
1854	1854	years after the date on which the Secretary notifies 5
1855	1855	the Navajo Nation pursuant to paragraph (2)(C), 6
1856	1856	the Navajo Nation shall amend the Navajo Nation 7
1857	1857	Water Code and submit to the Secretary the amend-8
1858	1858	ments to the Navajo Nation Water Code for review 9
1859	1859	and approval pursuant to subsection (h). 10
1860	1860	(h) A
1861	1861	CTION BY THESECRETARY.— 11
1862	1862	(1) I
1863	1863	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-12
1864	1864	ister, with respect to the rights of the Navajo 13
1865	1865	Allottees, the Water Rights identified under sub-14
1866	1866	section (c)(1) during the period beginning on the 15
1867	1867	date of enactment of this Act and ending on the ear-16
1868	1868	lier of— 17
1869	1869	(A) the date on which the Secretary pro-18
1870	1870	vides notice to the Navajo Nation pursuant to 19
1871	1871	paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (g) that the 20
1872	1872	Navajo Nation Water Code satisfies the re-21
1873	1873	quirements of paragraph (1) of that subsection; 22
1874	1874	and 23
1875	1875	(B) the date on which the Secretary has 24
1876	1876	approved amendments to the Navajo Nation 25
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1880	1880	Water Code submitted pursuant to subsection 1
1881	1881	(g)(3). 2
1882	1882	(2) A
1883	1883	PPROVAL.—The Navajo Nation Water 3
1884	1884	Code amendments described in subsection (g)(3) 4
1885	1885	shall not be valid unless— 5
1886	1886	(A) the amendments described in that sub-6
1887	1887	section have been approved by the Secretary; 7
1888	1888	and 8
1889	1889	(B) each subsequent amendment to the 9
1890	1890	Navajo Nation Water Code that affects the 10
1891	1891	rights of a Navajo Allottee is approved by the 11
1892	1892	Secretary. 12
1893	1893	(3) A
1894	1894	PPROVAL PERIOD.— 13
1895	1895	(A) A
1896	1896	PPROVAL PERIOD.—If the Secretary 14
1897	1897	requires amendments to the Navajo Nation 15
1898	1898	Water Code pursuant to paragraph (2)(C) of 16
1899	1899	subsection (g), the Secretary shall approve or 17
1900	1900	disapprove the amendments to the Navajo Na-18
1901	1901	tion Water Code described in paragraph (3) of 19
1902	1902	that subsection not later than 180 days after 20
1903	1903	the date on which the amendments are sub-21
1904	1904	mitted to the Secretary. 22
1905	1905	(B) E
1906	1906	XTENSION.—The deadline described 23
1907	1907	in subparagraph (A) may be extended by the 24
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1911	1911	Secretary after consultation with the Navajo 1
1912	1912	Nation. 2
1913	1913	(i) E
1914	1914	FFECT.—Except as otherwise expressly provided 3
1915	1915	in this section, nothing in this Act— 4
1916	1916	(1) authorizes any action by a Navajo Allottee 5
1917	1917	against any individual or entity, or against the Nav-6
1918	1918	ajo Nation, under Federal, State, Tribal, or local 7
1919	1919	law; or 8
1920	1920	(2) alters or affects the status of any action 9
1921	1921	brought pursuant to section 1491(a) of title 28, 10
1922	1922	United States Code. 11
1923	1923	SEC. 6. ALLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF ARIZONA COLO-12
1924	1924	RADO RIVER WATER TO THE TRIBES; WATER 13
1925	1925	USE; STORAGE; WATER DELIVERY CON-14
1926	1926	TRACTS. 15
1927	1927	(a) A
1928	1928	LLOCATION ANDASSIGNMENT TO THE NAVAJO 16
1929	1929	N
1930	1930	ATION AND THEHOPITRIBE.— 17
1931	1931	(1) A
1932	1932	LLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT TO THE 18
1933	1933	NAVAJO NATION.— 19
1934	1934	(A) N
1935	1935	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLO -20
1936	1936	RADO RIVER WATER.— 21
1937	1937	(i) S
1938	1938	TATE AGREEMENT .—Pursuant to 22
1939	1939	subparagraph 4.7.1 of the Settlement 23
1940	1940	Agreement, the State has expressly agreed 24
1941	1941	to the allocation described in clause (ii). 25
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1945	1945	(ii) ALLOCATION.—44,700 AFY of 1
1946	1946	Arizona Upper Basin Colorado River 2
1947	1947	Water is allocated to the Navajo Nation on 3
1948	1948	the Enforceability Date. 4
1949	1949	(B) N
1950	1950	AVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER .— 5
1951	1951	Pursuant to subparagraph 4.8.2 of the Settle-6
1952	1952	ment Agreement, the State has recommended 7
1953	1953	the assignment of Navajo Nation Cibola Water 8
1954	1954	by the Hopi Tribe to the Navajo Nation effec-9
1955	1955	tive on the Enforceability Date. 10
1956	1956	(C) N
1957	1957	AVAJO NATION FOURTH PRIORITY 11
1958	1958	WATER.— 12
1959	1959	(i) S
1960	1960	TATE RECOMMENDATION .—Pur-13
1961	1961	suant to subparagraph 4.9.1 of the Settle-14
1962	1962	ment Agreement, the State has rec-15
1963	1963	ommended the allocation described in 16
1964	1964	clause (ii). 17
1965	1965	(ii) A
1966	1966	LLOCATION.—3,500 AFY of 18
1967	1967	uncontracted Fourth Priority Water re-19
1968	1968	served for Use in a Navajo-Hopi Indian 20
1969	1969	Water Rights settlement under paragraph 21
1970	1970	11.3 of the Arizona Water Settlement 22
1971	1971	Agreement among the United States, the 23
1972	1972	State, and CAWCD, as authorized by 24
1973	1973	paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 106(a) 25
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1977	1977	of the Central Arizona Project Settlement 1
1978	1978	Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–451; 118 2
1979	1979	Stat. 3492), is allocated to the Navajo Na-3
1980	1980	tion on the Enforceability Date. 4
1981	1981	(2) A
1982	1982	LLOCATION TO HOPI TRIBE AND AMEND -5
1983	1983	MENT TO CIBOLA CONTRACT .— 6
1984	1984	(A) H
1985	1985	OPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO 7
1986	1986	RIVER WATER.— 8
1987	1987	(i) S
1988	1988	TATE AGREEMENT .—Pursuant to 9
1989	1989	subparagraph 5.7.1 of the Settlement 10
1990	1990	Agreement, the State has expressly agreed 11
1991	1991	to the allocation described in clause (ii). 12
1992	1992	(ii) A
1993	1993	LLOCATION.—2,300 AFY of Ari-13
1994	1994	zona Upper Basin Colorado River Water is 14
1995	1995	allocated to the Hopi Tribe on the En-15
1996	1996	forceability Date. 16
1997	1997	(B) H
1998	1998	OPI TRIBE CIBOLA WATER .—Pursu-17
1999	1999	ant to subparagraph 5.8.1 of the Settlement 18
2000	2000	Agreement, the State has recommended the 19
2001	2001	amendment of the existing Hopi Tribe Cibola 20
2002	2002	Contract to reduce the Fourth Priority Water 21
2003	2003	diversion entitlement of the Hopi Tribe to 22
2004	2004	4,178 AFY, and to provide for additional Uses 23
2005	2005	and places of Use of Hopi Tribe Cibola Water, 24
2006	2006	effective on the Enforceability Date. 25
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2010	2010	(b) COLORADORIVERWATERUSE BY THENAVAJO 1
2011	2011	N
2012	2012	ATION ANDHOPITRIBE.— 2
2013	2013	(1) C
2014	2014	OLORADO RIVER WATER USE BY THE NAV -3
2015	2015	AJO NATION.— 4
2016	2016	(A) N
2017	2017	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLO -5
2018	2018	RADO RIVER WATER USE .—Subject to the limi-6
2019	2019	tations of this Act, the Navajo Nation may di-7
2020	2020	vert its Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 8
2021	2021	River Water in the State, the State of New 9
2022	2022	Mexico, and the State of Utah for Use at any 10
2023	2023	location in the State. 11
2024	2024	(B) N
2025	2025	AVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER .— 12
2026	2026	Subject to the limitations of this Act, the Nav-13
2027	2027	ajo Nation may divert its Navajo Nation Cibola 14
2028	2028	Water in the State in the Upper Basin at Lake 15
2029	2029	Powell or in the Lower Basin for Use at any lo-16
2030	2030	cation within the Lower Basin. 17
2031	2031	(C) N
2032	2032	AVAJO NATION FOURTH PRIORITY 18
2033	2033	WATER.—The Navajo Nation may divert its 19
2034	2034	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water in the 20
2035	2035	State in the Upper Basin at Lake Powell or in 21
2036	2036	the Lower Basin for Use at any location within 22
2037	2037	the Lower Basin. 23
2038	2038	(D) N
2039	2039	O USE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE .— 24
2040	2040	With the exception of water storage by the Nav-25
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2044	2044	ajo Nation at the Navajo Reservoir and the 1
2045	2045	Frank Chee Willetto, Sr. Reservoir in the State 2
2046	2046	of New Mexico, the Navajo Nation may not use, 3
2047	2047	lease, exchange, forbear, or otherwise transfer 4
2048	2048	any of the water described in subparagraphs 5
2049	2049	(A), (B), and (C) for Use directly or indirectly 6
2050	2050	outside of the State. 7
2051	2051	(2) C
2052	2052	OLORADO RIVER WATER USE BY THE HOPI 8
2053	2053	TRIBE.— 9
2054	2054	(A) H
2055	2055	OPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO 10
2056	2056	RIVER WATER USE.—Subject to the limitations 11
2057	2057	of this Act, the Hopi Tribe may divert its Hopi 12
2058	2058	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water in the 13
2059	2059	State for Use at any location in the State. 14
2060	2060	(B) H
2061	2061	OPI TRIBE CIBOLA WATER USE .— 15
2062	2062	The Hopi Tribe may divert its Hopi Tribe 16
2063	2063	Cibola Water in the State in the Upper Basin 17
2064	2064	at Lake Powell or in the Lower Basin for Use 18
2065	2065	at any location within the Lower Basin. 19
2066	2066	(C) N
2067	2067	O USE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE .— 20
2068	2068	The Hopi Tribe may not use, lease, exchange, 21
2069	2069	forbear, or otherwise transfer any of the water 22
2070	2070	described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) for Use 23
2071	2071	directly or indirectly outside of the State. 24
2072	2072	(3) C
2073	2073	URTAILMENT.— 25
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2077	2077	(A) NAVAJO NATION.— 1
2078	2078	(i) N
2079	2079	AVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER 2
2080	2080	AND NAVAJO NATION FOURTH PRIORITY 3
2081	2081	WATER.—Delivery of Navajo Nation Cibola 4
2082	2082	Water and Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 5
2083	2083	Water, regardless of the point of diversion, 6
2084	2084	shall be subject to reduction in any year in 7
2085	2085	which a shortage is declared to the same 8
2086	2086	extent as other non-CAP Fourth Priority 9
2087	2087	Water. 10
2088	2088	(ii) O
2089	2089	THER ARIZONA LOWER BASIN 11
2090	2090	COLORADO RIVER WATER ACQUIRED BY 12
2091	2091	THE NAVAJO NATION .—Any other Arizona 13
2092	2092	Lower Basin Colorado River Water that 14
2093	2093	the Navajo Nation may acquire shall be 15
2094	2094	subject to reduction in any year in which 16
2095	2095	a shortage is declared in accordance with 17
2096	2096	criteria applied by the Secretary to water 18
2097	2097	of the same priority. 19
2098	2098	(B) H
2099	2099	OPI TRIBE.— 20
2100	2100	(i) F
2101	2101	OURTH PRIORITY CIBOLA 21
2102	2102	WATER.—Delivery of Hopi Tribe Cibola 22
2103	2103	Water of fourth priority, regardless of the 23
2104	2104	point of diversion, shall be subject to re-24
2105	2105	duction in any year in which a shortage is 25
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2109	2109	declared to the same extent as other non- 1
2110	2110	CAP Fourth Priority Water. 2
2111	2111	(ii) F
2112	2112	IFTH PRIORITY.—Delivery of 3
2113	2113	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water of fifth priority, 4
2114	2114	regardless of the point of diversion, shall 5
2115	2115	be subject to reduction in any year in 6
2116	2116	which a shortage is declared to the same 7
2117	2117	extent as other Fifth Priority Water. 8
2118	2118	(iii) O
2119	2119	THER ARIZONA LOWER BASIN 9
2120	2120	COLORADO RIVER WATER ACQUIRED BY 10
2121	2121	THE HOPI TRIBE .—Any other Arizona 11
2122	2122	Lower Basin Colorado River Water that 12
2123	2123	the Hopi Tribe may acquire shall be sub-13
2124	2124	ject to reduction in any year in which a 14
2125	2125	shortage is declared in accordance with cri-15
2126	2126	teria applied by the Secretary to water of 16
2127	2127	the same priority. 17
2128	2128	(c) C
2129	2129	OLORADORIVERWATERSTORAGE.— 18
2130	2130	(1) S
2131	2131	TORAGE IN ARIZONA.— 19
2132	2132	(A) A
2133	2133	RIZONA UPPER BASIN COLORADO 20
2134	2134	RIVER WATER.—Navajo Nation Upper Basin 21
2135	2135	Colorado River Water and Hopi Tribe Upper 22
2136	2136	Basin Colorado River Water may be stored at 23
2137	2137	underground storage facilities or Groundwater 24
2138	2138	savings facilities located— 25
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2142	2142	(i) within the Navajo Reservation in 1
2143	2143	accordance with Navajo law, or State law 2
2144	2144	if mutually agreed to by the Navajo Nation 3
2145	2145	and the State; 4
2146	2146	(ii) within the Hopi Reservation in ac-5
2147	2147	cordance with Hopi law, or State law if 6
2148	2148	mutually agreed to by the Hopi Tribe and 7
2149	2149	the State; 8
2150	2150	(iii) on any other Indian reservation 9
2151	2151	located in the State in accordance with ap-10
2152	2152	plicable law; and 11
2153	2153	(iv) within the State and outside of 12
2154	2154	any Indian reservation in accordance with 13
2155	2155	State law. 14
2156	2156	(B) A
2157	2157	RIZONA LOWER BASIN COLORADO 15
2158	2158	RIVER WATER.—Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 16
2159	2159	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, and 17
2160	2160	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water may be stored at un-18
2161	2161	derground storage facilities or Groundwater 19
2162	2162	savings facilities located— 20
2163	2163	(i) within the Navajo Reservation in 21
2164	2164	accordance with Navajo law, or State law 22
2165	2165	if mutually agreed to by the Navajo Nation 23
2166	2166	and the State; 24
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2170	2170	(ii) within the Hopi Reservation in ac-1
2171	2171	cordance with Hopi law, or State law if 2
2172	2172	mutually agreed to by the Hopi Tribe and 3
2173	2173	the State; 4
2174	2174	(iii) on any other Indian reservation 5
2175	2175	located in the State that falls within the 6
2176	2176	Lower Basin in accordance with applicable 7
2177	2177	law; and 8
2178	2178	(iv) within any portion of the State 9
2179	2179	that falls within the Lower Basin and out-10
2180	2180	side of any Indian reservation in accord-11
2181	2181	ance with State law. 12
2182	2182	(2) S
2183	2183	TORAGE CREDITS.— 13
2184	2184	(A) I
2185	2185	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation and 14
2186	2186	the Hopi Tribe may assign any long-term stor-15
2187	2187	age credits accrued as a result of storage under 16
2188	2188	subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) in 17
2189	2189	accordance with applicable law. 18
2190	2190	(B) S
2191	2191	TORAGE PURSUANT TO TRIBAL 19
2192	2192	LAW.—Any water stored pursuant to Tribal law 20
2193	2193	may only be recovered on the Indian reservation 21
2194	2194	where the water was stored. 22
2195	2195	(3) S
2196	2196	TORAGE IN NEW MEXICO .—The Navajo 23
2197	2197	Nation may store in, divert, and convey its Navajo 24
2198	2198	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water from the 25
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2202	2202	Navajo Reservoir and the Frank Chee Willetto, Sr. 1
2203	2203	Reservoir in New Mexico, subject to the require-2
2204	2204	ments of subsection (g), including that the water 3
2205	2205	stored at the Navajo Reservoir or the Frank Chee 4
2206	2206	Willetto, Sr. Reservoir is subject to agreements with 5
2207	2207	and permits from the State of New Mexico and is 6
2208	2208	accounted for as provided in that subsection and sec-7
2209	2209	tion 17(a)(3). 8
2210	2210	(4) S
2211	2211	TORAGE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS .— 9
2212	2212	(A) I
2213	2213	N GENERAL.—All contracts to store 10
2214	2214	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River 11
2215	2215	Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo 12
2216	2216	Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe 13
2217	2217	Upper Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi 14
2218	2218	Tribe Cibola Water shall identify— 15
2219	2219	(i) the place of storage of the water; 16
2220	2220	(ii) the mechanisms for delivery of the 17
2221	2221	water; and 18
2222	2222	(iii) each point of diversion under the 19
2223	2223	applicable contract. 20
2224	2224	(B) C
2225	2225	ONFLICTS.—A contract to store Nav-21
2226	2226	ajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, 22
2227	2227	Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation 23
2228	2228	Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper 24
2229	2229	Basin Colorado River Water, or Hopi Tribe 25
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2233	2233	Cibola Water shall not conflict with the Settle-1
2234	2234	ment Agreement or this Act. 2
2235	2235	(C) S
2236	2236	YSTEM CONSERVATION .— 3
2237	2237	(i) S
2238	2238	YSTEM CONSERVATION IN LAKE 4
2239	2239	POWELL.— 5
2240	2240	(I) I
2241	2241	N GENERAL.—Subject to 6
2242	2242	subclauses (IV) through (VII), the 7
2243	2243	Secretary is authorized and directed 8
2244	2244	to enter into NAIWRSA System Con-9
2245	2245	servation Program agreements with 10
2246	2246	the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 11
2247	2247	Tribe to provide for the storage of 12
2248	2248	17,050 AFY of the System Conserva-13
2249	2249	tion Eligible Water each year for a 14
2250	2250	period of 20 years to be retained in 15
2251	2251	Lake Powell until the end of the 20- 16
2252	2252	year period for the benefit of the Col-17
2253	2253	orado River System. 18
2254	2254	(II) N
2255	2255	AVAJO NATION AND HOPI 19
2256	2256	TRIBE AGREEMENTS.— 20
2257	2257	(aa) N
2258	2258	AVAJO NATION.—Pur-21
2259	2259	suant to subclause (I), the Nav-22
2260	2260	ajo Nation shall enter into 20- 23
2261	2261	year NAIWRSA System Con-24
2262	2262	servation Program agreement to 25
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2266	2266	deliver 16,214.55 AFY of the 1
2267	2267	System Conservation Eligible 2
2268	2268	Water to the Secretary to be re-3
2269	2269	tained in Lake Powell and ac-4
2270	2270	counted for separately during the 5
2271	2271	20-year period for the benefit of 6
2272	2272	the Colorado River System. 7
2273	2273	(bb) H
2274	2274	OPI TRIBE.—Pursu-8
2275	2275	ant to subclause (I), the Hopi 9
2276	2276	Tribe shall enter into a 20-year 10
2277	2277	NAIWRSA System Conservation 11
2278	2278	Program agreement to deliver 12
2279	2279	835.45 AFY of the System Con-13
2280	2280	servation Eligible Water to the 14
2281	2281	Secretary to be retained in Lake 15
2282	2282	Powell and accounted for sepa-16
2283	2283	rately during the 20-year period 17
2284	2284	for the benefit of the Colorado 18
2285	2285	River System. 19
2286	2286	(III) N
2287	2287	OTIFICATION.—Notwith-20
2288	2288	standing subclause (II), during the 21
2289	2289	20-year period in which the Navajo 22
2290	2290	Nation and the Hopi Tribe are deliv-23
2291	2291	ering water to the NAIWRSA System 24
2292	2292	Conservation Program, if the Hopi 25
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2296	2296	Tribe intends to deliver more than 1
2297	2297	1,464.55 AFY of Hopi Tribe Upper 2
2298	2298	Basin Colorado River Water to the 3
2299	2299	Hopi Reservation in any calendar 4
2300	2300	year— 5
2301	2301	(aa) the Hopi Tribe shall 6
2302	2302	notify the Navajo Nation prior to 7
2303	2303	the start of that calendar year of 8
2304	2304	the amount of Hopi Tribe Upper 9
2305	2305	Basin Colorado River Water in 10
2306	2306	excess of 1,464.55 AFY that the 11
2307	2307	Hopi Tribe intends to deliver to 12
2308	2308	the Hopi Reservation during the 13
2309	2309	subsequent calendar year; and 14
2310	2310	(bb) the Navajo Nation shall 15
2311	2311	deliver sufficient additional Sys-16
2312	2312	tem Conservation Eligible Water 17
2313	2313	to ensure that 17,050 AFY is de-18
2314	2314	livered to the Secretary each cal-19
2315	2315	endar year to be retained in Lake 20
2316	2316	Powell pursuant to the 21
2317	2317	NAIWRSA System Conservation 22
2318	2318	Program. 23
2319	2319	(IV) E
2320	2320	VAPORATION LOSSES .— 24
2321	2321	The System Conservation Eligible 25
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2325	2325	Water stored in Lake Powell shall be 1
2326	2326	subject to evaporation losses. 2
2327	2327	(V) R
2328	2328	ELEASE.—Notwithstanding 3
2329	2329	the intention to retain the System 4
2330	2330	Conservation Eligible Water stored in 5
2331	2331	Lake Powell for 20 years, as described 6
2332	2332	in subclauses (I) and (II), the System 7
2333	2333	Conservation Eligible Water may be 8
2334	2334	released— 9
2335	2335	(aa) pursuant to an agree-10
2336	2336	ment signed by the Governors’ 11
2337	2337	representatives of the Colorado 12
2338	2338	River Basin States and the Bu-13
2339	2339	reau; or 14
2340	2340	(bb) by the Bureau con-15
2341	2341	sistent with operating criteria or 16
2342	2342	guidelines. 17
2343	2343	(VI) N
2344	2344	O CONSIDERATION IN AN -18
2345	2345	NUAL RELEASE.—The System Con-19
2346	2346	servation Eligible Water stored at 20
2347	2347	Lake Powell shall not be considered 21
2348	2348	when determining the annual release 22
2349	2349	of Lake Powell under the operational 23
2350	2350	criteria or guidelines in place for any 24
2351	2351	year in the 20-year period in which 25
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2355	2355	the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 1
2356	2356	Tribe are delivering water to the 2
2357	2357	NAIWRSA System Conservation Pro-3
2358	2358	gram and any subsequent year. 4
2359	2359	(VII) A
2360	2360	CCOUNTING AS UPPER 5
2361	2361	BASIN.—Any System Conservation El-6
2362	2362	igible Water released from storage 7
2363	2363	shall be accounted for as Upper Basin 8
2364	2364	releases under article III of the Colo-9
2365	2365	rado River Compact. 10
2366	2366	(ii) P
2367	2367	ARTICIPATION IN SYSTEM CON -11
2368	2368	SERVATION PROGRAMS .—In addition to the 12
2369	2369	NAIWRSA System Conservation Program 13
2370	2370	to store System Conservation Eligible 14
2371	2371	Water in Lake Powell for 20 years as de-15
2372	2372	scribed in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause 16
2373	2373	(i), the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe 17
2374	2374	are authorized to participate in System 18
2375	2375	Conservation programs in the Upper Basin 19
2376	2376	for Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 20
2377	2377	River Water and Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 21
2378	2378	Colorado River Water and in the Lower 22
2379	2379	Basin for Navajo Nation Cibola Water and 23
2380	2380	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water and 24
2381	2381	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water to the extent that 25
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2385	2385	the water meets the applicable require-1
2386	2386	ments of those System Conservation pro-2
2387	2387	grams. 3
2388	2388	(d) T
2389	2389	RANSPORTATION OF WATERTHROUGH THE 4
2390	2390	CAP S
2391	2391	YSTEM.—Subject to the accounting provisions of 5
2392	2392	section 17, the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe may 6
2393	2393	transport Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River 7
2394	2394	Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation 8
2395	2395	Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado 9
2396	2396	River Water, and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water through the 10
2397	2397	CAP system for storage or Use in accordance with all laws 11
2398	2398	of the United States and the agreements between the 12
2399	2399	United States and CAWCD governing the Use of the CAP 13
2400	2400	system to transport water other than CAP Water, includ-14
2401	2401	ing payment of applicable charges. 15
2402	2402	(e) W
2403	2403	ATERDELIVERYCONTRACTS.—The Secretary 16
2404	2404	shall enter into the following water delivery contracts, 17
2405	2405	which shall be without limit as to term: 18
2406	2406	(1) N
2407	2407	AVAJO NATION WATER DELIVERY CON -19
2408	2408	TRACTS FOR NAVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLO -20
2409	2409	RADO RIVER WATER.— 21
2410	2410	(A) I
2411	2411	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 22
2412	2412	enter into a water delivery contract with the 23
2413	2413	Navajo Nation for Navajo Nation Upper Basin 24
2414	2414	Colorado River Water in accordance with the 25
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2418	2418	Settlement Agreement, which shall provide for, 1
2419	2419	among other things— 2
2420	2420	(i) the delivery of up to 44,700 AFY 3
2421	2421	of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 4
2422	2422	River Water; 5
2423	2423	(ii) 1 or more points of diversion in 6
2424	2424	the State, New Mexico, and Utah; 7
2425	2425	(iii) 1 or more storage locations at 8
2426	2426	any place within the State and in the Nav-9
2427	2427	ajo Reservoir and the Frank Chee Willetto, 10
2428	2428	Sr. Reservoir in New Mexico; 11
2429	2429	(iv) subject to the limitations of this 12
2430	2430	Act, Use at any location within the State; 13
2431	2431	and 14
2432	2432	(v) delivery of Navajo Nation Upper 15
2433	2433	Basin Colorado River Water to the Navajo 16
2434	2434	Nation’s lessees and exchange partners in 17
2435	2435	the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin 18
2436	2436	within the State. 19
2437	2437	(B) E
2438	2438	XISTING WATER SERVICE CON -20
2439	2439	TRACT.— 21
2440	2440	(i) I
2441	2441	N GENERAL.—Water Service Con-22
2442	2442	tract No. 09–WC–40–318 between the 23
2443	2443	United States and the Navajo Nation 24
2444	2444	dated December 23, 2009, for the delivery 25
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2448	2448	of up to 950 AFY of water from Lake 1
2449	2449	Powell to the Navajo Nation for municipal 2
2450	2450	and industrial Use within the Community 3
2451	2451	of LeChee shall be replaced with a Navajo 4
2452	2452	Nation Water Delivery Contract for the de-5
2453	2453	livery of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-6
2454	2454	rado River Water that complies with sub-7
2455	2455	paragraph (A). 8
2456	2456	(ii) T
2457	2457	ERMINATION.—As provided in 9
2458	2458	the Settlement Agreement, on the Enforce-10
2459	2459	ability Date, the water service contract de-11
2460	2460	scribed in clause (i) shall terminate. 12
2461	2461	(2) N
2462	2462	AVAJO NATION WATER DELIVERY CON -13
2463	2463	TRACT FOR NAVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER .—The 14
2464	2464	Secretary shall enter into a water delivery contract 15
2465	2465	with the Navajo Nation for the Navajo Nation 16
2466	2466	Cibola Water in accordance with the Settlement 17
2467	2467	Agreement, which shall provide for, among other 18
2468	2468	things— 19
2469	2469	(A)(i) the diversion of up to 100 AFY at 20
2470	2470	the location and for the same Uses described in 21
2471	2471	the Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola Contract; or 22
2472	2472	(ii) delivery and consumptive use of up to 23
2473	2473	71.5 AFY at locations and for Uses within the 24
2474	2474	State within the Lower Basin other than as de-25
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2478	2478	scribed in the Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola Con-1
2479	2479	tract; 2
2480	2480	(B) 1 or more points of diversion in the 3
2481	2481	State within the Lower Basin or at Lake Pow-4
2482	2482	ell; 5
2483	2483	(C) storage in any location within the 6
2484	2484	State within the Lower Basin Reservoir in New 7
2485	2485	Mexico; 8
2486	2486	(D) Use at any location within the State 9
2487	2487	within the Lower Basin; 10
2488	2488	(E) delivery of Navajo Nation Cibola 11
2489	2489	Water to the Navajo Nation’s lessees and ex-12
2490	2490	change partners in the State within the Lower 13
2491	2491	Basin; and 14
2492	2492	(F) curtailment as provided in subsection 15
2493	2493	(b)(3)(A). 16
2494	2494	(3) N
2495	2495	AVAJO NATION WATER DELIVERY CON -17
2496	2496	TRACT FOR NAVAJO NATION FOURTH PRIORITY 18
2497	2497	WATER.—The Secretary shall enter into a water de-19
2498	2498	livery contract with the Navajo Nation for Navajo 20
2499	2499	Nation Fourth Priority Water in accordance with 21
2500	2500	the Settlement Agreement, which shall provide for, 22
2501	2501	among other things— 23
2502	2502	(A) delivery of up to 3,500 AFY of Navajo 24
2503	2503	Nation Fourth Priority Water; 25
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2507	2507	(B) 1 or more points of diversion in the 1
2508	2508	State within the Lower Basin or at Lake Pow-2
2509	2509	ell; 3
2510	2510	(C) storage in any location within the 4
2511	2511	State within the Lower Basin; 5
2512	2512	(D) Use at any location within the State 6
2513	2513	within the Lower Basin; 7
2514	2514	(E) delivery of Navajo Nation Fourth Pri-8
2515	2515	ority Water to the Navajo Nation’s lessees and 9
2516	2516	exchange partners in the State within the 10
2517	2517	Lower Basin; and 11
2518	2518	(F) curtailment as provided in subsection 12
2519	2519	(b)(3)(A). 13
2520	2520	(4) H
2521	2521	OPI TRIBE DELIVERY CONTRACTS FOR 14
2522	2522	HOPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 15
2523	2523	WATER.—The Secretary shall enter into a water de-16
2524	2524	livery contract with the Hopi Tribe for Hopi Tribe 17
2525	2525	Upper Basin Colorado River Water in accordance 18
2526	2526	with the Settlement Agreement, which shall provide 19
2527	2527	for, among other things— 20
2528	2528	(A) the delivery of up to 2,300 AFY of 21
2529	2529	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water; 22
2530	2530	(B) 1 or more points of diversion in the 23
2531	2531	State, including Lake Powell; 24
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2535	2535	(C) 1 or more storage locations at any 1
2536	2536	place within the State; 2
2537	2537	(D) subject to the limitations of this Act, 3
2538	2538	Use at any location within the State; and 4
2539	2539	(E) delivery of Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 5
2540	2540	Colorado River Water to the Hopi Tribe’s les-6
2541	2541	sees and exchange partners in the Upper Basin 7
2542	2542	and the Lower Basin within the State. 8
2543	2543	(5) H
2544	2544	OPI TRIBE WATER DELIVERY CONTRACT 9
2545	2545	FOR HOPI TRIBE CIBOLA WATER .—The Secretary 10
2546	2546	shall enter into a water delivery contact with the 11
2547	2547	Hopi Tribe for Hopi Tribe Cibola Water in accord-12
2548	2548	ance with the Settlement Agreement, which shall 13
2549	2549	provide for, among other things— 14
2550	2550	(A) the delivery of up to 4,178 AFY of 15
2551	2551	Fourth Priority Water, 750 AFY of Fifth Pri-16
2552	2552	ority Water, and 1,000 AFY of Sixth Priority 17
2553	2553	Water; 18
2554	2554	(B) 1 or more points of diversion in the 19
2555	2555	State within the Lower Basin or at Lake Pow-20
2556	2556	ell; 21
2557	2557	(C) storage in any location within the 22
2558	2558	State within the Lower Basin; 23
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2562	2562	(D) Use at any location within the State 1
2563	2563	within the Lower Basin, consistent with sub-2
2564	2564	paragraph 5.8.3 of the Settlement Agreement; 3
2565	2565	(E) delivery of Hopi Tribe Cibola Water to 4
2566	2566	the Hopi Tribe’s lessees and exchange partners 5
2567	2567	in the State within the Lower Basin; and 6
2568	2568	(F) curtailment as provided in subsection 7
2569	2569	(b)(3)(B). 8
2570	2570	(f) R
2571	2571	EQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONSAPPLICABLE 9
2572	2572	TOWATERDELIVERYCONTRACTS.—The Navajo Nation 10
2573	2573	Water Delivery Contracts and Hopi Tribe Water Delivery 11
2574	2574	Contracts shall be subject to the following requirements 12
2575	2575	and limitations: 13
2576	2576	(1) Except for storage by the Navajo Nation at 14
2577	2577	the Navajo Reservoir and the Frank Chee Willetto, 15
2578	2578	Sr. Reservoir in New Mexico, and in accordance with 16
2579	2579	subsection (g), a water delivery contract shall not 17
2580	2580	permit the Use of the water outside of the State. 18
2581	2581	(2) A water delivery contract shall not, either 19
2582	2582	temporarily or permanently, alter or reduce the an-20
2583	2583	nual Lower Basin apportionment of the State pursu-21
2584	2584	ant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 22
2585	2585	617 et seq.) and the Decree, or annual Upper Basin 23
2586	2586	apportionment pursuant to the Upper Colorado 24
2587	2587	River Basin Compact of 1948. 25
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2591	2591	(3) Nothing in a water delivery contract shall 1
2592	2592	alter or impair the rights, authorities, and interests 2
2593	2593	of California, Nevada, or the State under the Boul-3
2594	2594	der Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.), the 4
2595	2595	contract between the United States and the State 5
2596	2596	dated February 9, 1944, the Upper Colorado River 6
2597	2597	Basin Compact of 1948 or the Decree. 7
2598	2598	(4) A water delivery contract shall not limit the 8
2599	2599	ability of California, Nevada, or the State to seek or 9
2600	2600	advocate changes in the operating rules, criteria, or 10
2601	2601	guidelines of the Colorado River System as those 11
2602	2602	rules, criteria, or guidelines apply to the apportion-12
2603	2603	ments of the State from the Upper Basin and the 13
2604	2604	Lower Basin of the Colorado River. 14
2605	2605	(5) In the event that a water delivery contract 15
2606	2606	will result in the delivery of Arizona Upper Basin 16
2607	2607	Colorado River Water to the Lower Basin, the Sec-17
2608	2608	retary shall confer with the State and with the Gov-18
2609	2609	ernors’ representatives of the Colorado River Basin 19
2610	2610	States prior to executing that water delivery contract 20
2611	2611	with respect to— 21
2612	2612	(A) the impact of the water deliveries on 22
2613	2613	the availability of Upper Basin Colorado River 23
2614	2614	Water or Arizona Lower Basin Colorado River 24
2615	2615	Water within the State; 25
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2619	2619	(B) the annual accounting conducted by 1
2620	2620	the Bureau for the Colorado River apportion-2
2621	2621	ments of the State in the Upper Basin and 3
2622	2622	Lower Basin; 4
2623	2623	(C) how diversions of Arizona Upper Basin 5
2624	2624	Colorado River Water in the Lower Basin will 6
2625	2625	be administered consistently with the Decree; 7
2626	2626	and 8
2627	2627	(D) as appropriate, the impact of the 9
2628	2628	water deliveries on the operations of the Central 10
2629	2629	Arizona Project. 11
2630	2630	(6) A water delivery contract shall identify— 12
2631	2631	(A) the place of Use of the water; 13
2632	2632	(B) the purpose of the Use of the water 14
2633	2633	during the term of the contract; 15
2634	2634	(C) the mechanism for delivery of the 16
2635	2635	water; and 17
2636	2636	(D) each point of diversion under the con-18
2637	2637	tract. 19
2638	2638	(7) A water delivery contract shall not prejudice 20
2639	2639	the interests of California, Nevada, or the State, or 21
2640	2640	serve as precedent against California, Nevada, or the 22
2641	2641	State, in any litigation relating to the apportion-23
2642	2642	ment, diversion, storage, or Use of water from the 24
2643	2643	Colorado River System. 25
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2647	2647	(8) In the case of a conflict between a water de-1
2648	2648	livery contract and this Act or the Settlement Agree-2
2649	2649	ment, this Act or the Settlement Agreement shall 3
2650	2650	control. 4
2651	2651	(9) Any material amendment or modification of 5
2652	2652	a water delivery contract shall comply with, and be 6
2653	2653	subject to, all requirements and limitations for the 7
2654	2654	water delivery contract, as described in the Settle-8
2655	2655	ment Agreement and this Act. 9
2656	2656	(10) A water delivery contract shall become ef-10
2657	2657	fective on the Enforceability Date and, once effec-11
2658	2658	tive, shall be permanent and without limit as to 12
2659	2659	term. 13
2660	2660	(11) The United States shall waive Colorado 14
2661	2661	River Storage Project standby charges and delivery 15
2662	2662	charges and annual administration fees for water de-16
2663	2663	livered pursuant to a water delivery contract. 17
2664	2664	(g) C
2665	2665	ONDITIONS FOR STORAGE, DIVERSION, AND 18
2666	2666	C
2667	2667	ONVEYANCE INNEWMEXICO.— 19
2668	2668	(1) R
2669	2669	EQUIREMENTS FOR WATER DIVERTED IN 20
2670	2670	NEW MEXICO FOR USE BY THE NAVAJO NATION IN 21
2671	2671	ARIZONA.— 22
2672	2672	(A) I
2673	2673	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 23
2674	2674	other provision of this Act, water shall not be 24
2675	2675	stored in, diverted in, or conveyed from New 25
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2679	2679	Mexico for Use by the Navajo Nation in the 1
2680	2680	State except in compliance with this subsection 2
2681	2681	or subparagraph 7(g) of the Partial Final De-3
2682	2682	cree (as defined in section 10302 of the North-4
2683	2683	western New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 5
2684	2684	(43 U.S.C. 407 note; Public Law 111–11)). 6
2685	2685	(B) W
2686	2686	ATER PROVIDED UNDER PUBLIC LAW 7
2687	2687	111–11.—6,411 AFY of Navajo Nation Upper 8
2688	2688	Basin Colorado River Water may be stored in, 9
2689	2689	diverted in, and conveyed from New Mexico for 10
2690	2690	Use in the State— 11
2691	2691	(i) consistent with the terms and re-12
2692	2692	quirements of the Northwestern New Mex-13
2693	2693	ico Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 14
2694	2694	111–11; 123 Stat. 1367) and the Partial 15
2695	2695	Final Decree (as defined in section 10302 16
2696	2696	of that Act (43 U.S.C. 407 note; Public 17
2697	2697	Law 111–11)); and 18
2698	2698	(ii) in accordance with an appropriate 19
2699	2699	permit issued under New Mexico law with 20
2700	2700	a place of use consistent with subpara-21
2701	2701	graph (D). 22
2702	2702	(C) A
2703	2703	DDITIONAL WATER UNDER THIS 23
2704	2704	ACT.—In addition to the 6,411 AFY pursuant 24
2705	2705	to subparagraph (B), 12,000 AFY of Navajo 25
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2709	2709	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water may 1
2710	2710	be stored in, diverted in, and conveyed from the 2
2711	2711	San Juan River in New Mexico for Use in the 3
2712	2712	State, subject to the following conditions: 4
2713	2713	(i) An agreement is executed between 5
2714	2714	the Navajo Nation and the State of New 6
2715	2715	Mexico, acting through its Interstate 7
2716	2716	Stream Commission, enabling the storage 8
2717	2717	in, diversion in, and conveyance from New 9
2718	2718	Mexico of not to exceed 12,000 AFY of 10
2719	2719	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 11
2720	2720	River Water for Use by the Navajo Nation 12
2721	2721	in the State when the Upper Basin Colo-13
2722	2722	rado River Water is available for diversion 14
2723	2723	in compliance with the Endangered Species 15
2724	2724	Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 16
2725	2725	without resulting in forbearance of Use in 17
2726	2726	New Mexico or a shortage to any water 18
2727	2727	uses as provided in the Navajo Reservoir 19
2728	2728	Operations guidelines pursuant to the 20
2729	2729	2006 environmental impact statement pre-21
2730	2730	pared by the Bureau, or any updated 22
2731	2731	guidelines or requirements for Navajo Res-23
2732	2732	ervoir Operations as may become effective 24
2733	2733	in the future. 25
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2737	2737	(ii) If the Navajo Nation and the 1
2738	2738	State of New Mexico, acting through its 2
2739	2739	Interstate Stream Commission, are able to 3
2740	2740	agree on terms, an agreement is executed 4
2741	2741	covering periods of time when the Navajo 5
2742	2742	Nation is not able to divert all or a portion 6
2743	2743	of the 12,000 AFY of Navajo Nation 7
2744	2744	Upper Basin Colorado River Water under 8
2745	2745	clause (i), subject to the requirements 9
2746	2746	that— 10
2747	2747	(I) the agreement provides for 11
2748	2748	limited forbearance of Navajo Nation 12
2749	2749	water in New Mexico or other mutu-13
2750	2750	ally acceptable mechanisms for mak-14
2751	2751	ing all or a portion of the 12,000 15
2752	2752	AFY of Navajo Nation Upper Basin 16
2753	2753	Colorado River Water available to the 17
2754	2754	Navajo Nation in the State; and 18
2755	2755	(II) the United States and the 19
2756	2756	Governors’ representatives of the Col-20
2757	2757	orado River Basin States have agreed 21
2758	2758	on an appropriate measure or ac-22
2759	2759	counting method for such forbearance 23
2760	2760	or mechanisms to ensure that the 24
2761	2761	ability of New Mexico to utilize its ap-25
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2764	2764	•HR 2025 IH
2765	2765	portionment under the Upper Colo-1
2766	2766	rado River Basin Compact of 1948 is 2
2767	2767	preserved. 3
2768	2768	(D) P
2769	2769	ERMITS AS A CONDITION FOR DELIV -4
2770	2770	ERY.—No water under subparagraph (B) or (C) 5
2771	2771	may be delivered unless the New Mexico State 6
2772	2772	Engineer has issued an appropriate permit for 7
2773	2773	any diversion from the San Juan River system 8
2774	2774	or underground basin in New Mexico and stor-9
2775	2775	age and release of water from the Navajo Res-10
2776	2776	ervoir or the Frank Chee Willetto, Sr. Reservoir 11
2777	2777	to supply Use on Navajo Land within the State 12
2778	2778	and for municipal Use adjoining the Navajo 13
2779	2779	Reservation from water distribution facilities 14
2780	2780	that are physically connected or planned for 15
2781	2781	connection, as of the date of enactment of this 16
2782	2782	Act, to water distribution facilities on the Nav-17
2783	2783	ajo Reservation in the State. 18
2784	2784	(E) W
2785	2785	ATER DELIVERY CONTRACTS .—No 19
2786	2786	water under subparagraph (B) or (C) may be 20
2787	2787	delivered until the Navajo Nation and the Sec-21
2788	2788	retary have entered into the appropriate water 22
2789	2789	delivery contract described in subsection (e) for 23
2790	2790	the amount of water to be delivered, which shall 24
2791	2791	be consistent with the agreements described in 25
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2795	2795	subparagraph (C) and permits described in sub-1
2796	2796	paragraph (D). 2
2797	2797	(F) P
2798	2798	ROHIBITION ON LEASING AND EX -3
2799	2799	CHANGES.—No water diverted in or conveyed 4
2800	2800	from New Mexico under this subsection shall be 5
2801	2801	leased or exchanged in the State. 6
2802	2802	(2) A
2803	2803	CCOUNTING OF WATER DIVERTED IN NEW 7
2804	2804	MEXICO FOR USE IN ARIZONA .— 8
2805	2805	(A) I
2806	2806	N GENERAL.—Depletion of water that 9
2807	2807	results from the diversion of water from the 10
2808	2808	San Juan River system or underground basin 11
2809	2809	in New Mexico for Use within the State (includ-12
2810	2810	ing depletion incidental to the storage in, diver-13
2811	2811	sion in, or conveyance from New Mexico for 14
2812	2812	Use in the State) shall be— 15
2813	2813	(i) accounted as consumptive Use of 16
2814	2814	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 17
2815	2815	River Water; and 18
2816	2816	(ii) charged against Arizona Upper 19
2817	2817	Basin Colorado River Water. 20
2818	2818	(B) E
2819	2819	XCEPTION UNDER LATER AGREE -21
2820	2820	MENT.—If an agreement is reached pursuant to 22
2821	2821	paragraph (1)(C)(ii) providing for forbearance 23
2822	2822	or other mechanism to make water available, 24
2823	2823	the measure or accounting mechanism provided 25
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2827	2827	for in accordance with subclause (II) of that 1
2828	2828	paragraph shall apply. 2
2829	2829	(3) R
2830	2830	EQUIREMENTS AND ACCOUNTING FOR 3
2831	2831	WATER SUBJECT TO THE NAVAJO -UTAH WATER 4
2832	2832	RIGHTS SETTLEMENT DIVERTED IN NEW MEXICO 5
2833	2833	FOR USE IN UTAH.— 6
2834	2834	(A) I
2835	2835	N GENERAL.—Any storage in, diver-7
2836	2836	sion in, and conveyance of water from New 8
2837	2837	Mexico for use in Utah authorized under the 9
2838	2838	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water 10
2839	2839	Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 11
2840	2840	1367) shall be— 12
2841	2841	(i) subject to the same requirements 13
2842	2842	for accounting as provided in paragraph 14
2843	2843	(2), but applicable to Utah; and 15
2844	2844	(ii) charged against the Upper Basin 16
2845	2845	apportionment of the State of Utah under 17
2846	2846	the Colorado River Compact and the 18
2847	2847	Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 19
2848	2848	1948. 20
2849	2849	(B) O
2850	2850	THER REQUIREMENTS .—In addition 21
2851	2851	to the requirements under subparagraph (A), 22
2852	2852	the storage, diversion, and conveyance of up to 23
2853	2853	2,000 AFY shall require— 24
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2857	2857	(i) an appropriate permit from the 1
2858	2858	New Mexico State Engineer; 2
2859	2859	(ii) coordination with the Utah State 3
2860	2860	Engineer as required by the Utah-Navajo 4
2861	2861	Water Rights Settlement and the North-5
2862	2862	western New Mexico Rural Water Projects 6
2863	2863	Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1367); 7
2864	2864	(iii) an agreement between the Navajo 8
2865	2865	Nation and the State of New Mexico, act-9
2866	2866	ing through its Interstate Stream Commis-10
2867	2867	sion; and 11
2868	2868	(iv) an agreement between the State 12
2869	2869	of New Mexico, acting through its Inter-13
2870	2870	state Stream Commission, and the State of 14
2871	2871	Utah, to ensure that the apportionments of 15
2872	2872	the States of New Mexico and Utah and 16
2873	2873	rights under the Upper Colorado River 17
2874	2874	Basin Compact of 1948 are preserved. 18
2875	2875	(4) N
2876	2876	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLORADO 19
2877	2877	RIVER WATER DIVERTED IN NEW MEXICO .—The 20
2878	2878	Navajo Nation may not use, lease, contract, ex-21
2879	2879	change, forbear, or otherwise transfer any water 22
2880	2880	from the San Juan River system within the State of 23
2881	2881	New Mexico for Use directly or indirectly outside of 24
2882	2882	New Mexico except— 25
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2886	2886	(A) by agreement of the State of New 1
2887	2887	Mexico, acting through its Interstate Stream 2
2888	2888	Commission, based, in whole or in part, on its 3
2889	2889	determination that the rights and entitlements 4
2890	2890	of the State of New Mexico under the Colorado 5
2891	2891	River Compact and the Upper Colorado River 6
2892	2892	Basin Compact of 1948 are not adversely af-7
2893	2893	fected and water uses within New Mexico are 8
2894	2894	adequately protected; 9
2895	2895	(B) by issuance of appropriate permits by 10
2896	2896	the New Mexico State Engineer; and 11
2897	2897	(C) to allow the Navajo Nation to forbear 12
2898	2898	pursuant to section 10603(d) of the North-13
2899	2899	western New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 14
2900	2900	(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1386)— 15
2901	2901	(i) to enable delivery to the State of 16
2902	2902	the 6,411 AFY described in paragraph 17
2903	2903	(1)(B); and 18
2904	2904	(ii) to enable delivery to Utah of up to 19
2905	2905	2,000 AFY described in paragraph (3). 20
2906	2906	(5) P
2907	2907	ROTECTION OF USES IN NEW MEXICO .—As 21
2908	2908	determined by the State of New Mexico, acting 22
2909	2909	through its Interstate Stream Commission and its 23
2910	2910	State Engineer, pursuant to this subsection, storage, 24
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2914	2914	diversion, or conveyance of water in New Mexico for 1
2915	2915	Use in the State or Utah shall not adversely affect— 2
2916	2916	(A) Water Rights or Uses in New Mexico; 3
2917	2917	or 4
2918	2918	(B) delivery of water under contracts en-5
2919	2919	tered into under— 6
2920	2920	(i) the Act of June 13, 1962 (Public 7
2921	2921	Law 87–483; 76 Stat. 96); and 8
2922	2922	(ii) New Mexico State Engineer File 9
2923	2923	Nos. 2847, 2848, 2849, 2883, and 2917. 10
2924	2924	(h) C
2925	2925	ONDITIONS FORDIVERSION OFNAVAJONATION 11
2926	2926	U
2927	2927	PPERBASINCOLORADORIVERWATER INUTAH.— 12
2928	2928	(1) R
2929	2929	EQUIREMENTS FOR WATER DIVERTED IN 13
2930	2930	UTAH FOR USE IN ARIZONA .— 14
2931	2931	(A) I
2932	2932	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 15
2933	2933	other provision of this Act, water shall not be 16
2934	2934	stored in, diverted in, and conveyed from Utah 17
2935	2935	for Use by the Navajo Nation in the State ex-18
2936	2936	cept in compliance with this subsection. 19
2937	2937	(B) W
2938	2938	ATER PROVIDED UNDER CONTRACT 20
2939	2939	WITH THE UNITED STATES .—If the Navajo Na-21
2940	2940	tion requests to divert a portion of its Navajo 22
2941	2941	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water in 23
2942	2942	Utah for Use in the State pursuant to a water 24
2943	2943	delivery contract with the United States, the 25
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2946	2946	•HR 2025 IH
2947	2947	Secretary shall confer with Utah prior to exe-1
2948	2948	cuting that water delivery contract to ensure 2
2949	2949	compliance with the rights and entitlements of 3
2950	2950	Utah under the Upper Colorado River Basin 4
2951	2951	Compact of 1948 and Utah State law. 5
2952	2952	(C) W
2953	2953	ATER DIVERTED ON THE NAVAJO 6
2954	2954	RESERVATION.—Water may be diverted on the 7
2955	2955	Navajo Reservation in Utah for delivery to the 8
2956	2956	Navajo Reservation in the State once the Nav-9
2957	2957	ajo Nation has obtained approval by the Utah 10
2958	2958	State Engineer through a diversion permit that 11
2959	2959	requires compliance with applicable Utah State 12
2960	2960	law, including the requirement to appropriately 13
2961	2961	measure diversions of water from the San Juan 14
2962	2962	River system or underground basins in Utah to 15
2963	2963	ensure that diversion of Navajo Nation Upper 16
2964	2964	Basin Colorado River Water in Utah for use in 17
2965	2965	the State shall not adversely affect Water 18
2966	2966	Rights, Uses, or delivery of water in Utah. 19
2967	2967	(D) W
2968	2968	ATER DIVERTED IN UTAH OFF THE 20
2969	2969	NAVAJO RESERVATION .—Navajo Nation Upper 21
2970	2970	Basin Colorado River Water may be diverted 22
2971	2971	from a source off the Navajo Reservation only 23
2972	2972	in accordance with Utah State law. 24
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2976	2976	(E) PROHIBITION ON LEASING AND EX -1
2977	2977	CHANGES.—No water diverted in or conveyed 2
2978	2978	from Utah from the San Juan River under this 3
2979	2979	paragraph shall be leased or exchanged in Ari-4
2980	2980	zona. 5
2981	2981	(2) A
2982	2982	CCOUNTING OF USES IN ARIZONA .—Deple-6
2983	2983	tion of water that results from the diversion of Nav-7
2984	2984	ajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water in 8
2985	2985	Utah for Uses in the State (including depletion inci-9
2986	2986	dental to storage, diversion, or conveyance of water) 10
2987	2987	shall be— 11
2988	2988	(A) accounted as consumptive Use of Nav-12
2989	2989	ajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water; 13
2990	2990	and 14
2991	2991	(B) charged against Arizona Upper Basin 15
2992	2992	Colorado River Water. 16
2993	2993	(i) W
2994	2994	ATERUSES INUTAH BY THENAVAJONATION 17
2995	2995	AND THESANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE.— 18
2996	2996	(1) W
2997	2997	ATER APPORTIONED TO UTAH .—The Nav-19
2998	2998	ajo Nation or the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 20
2999	2999	may not use, lease, contract, exchange, forbear, or 21
3000	3000	otherwise transfer any water apportioned to the 22
3001	3001	State of Utah by the Colorado River Compact or the 23
3002	3002	Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 for 24
3003	3003	Use directly or indirectly outside of the State of 25
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3007	3007	Utah, except as provided for in the Navajo-Utah 1
3008	3008	Water Rights Settlement and subject to subsection 2
3009	3009	(g)(3). 3
3010	3010	(2) C
3011	3011	ONTINUED APPLICABILITY OF THE NAV -4
3012	3012	AJO-UTAH WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT .—Except as 5
3013	3013	provided in subsection (g)(3), nothing in this Act 6
3014	3014	modifies or is exempt from the terms of the Navajo- 7
3015	3015	Utah Water Rights Settlement. 8
3016	3016	(3) A
3017	3017	PPLICABILITY OF THE TREATY .—Pursuant 9
3018	3018	to section XV of the Treaty, Water Rights for the 10
3019	3019	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe in the San Juan 11
3020	3020	Southern Paiute Northern Area shall be quit 12
3021	3021	claimed to the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe by 13
3022	3022	the Navajo Nation on publication in the Federal 14
3023	3023	Register under section 19(g)(1)(A). 15
3024	3024	(j) U
3025	3025	SE OF THECOLORADORIVERMAINSTREAM AND 16
3026	3026	S
3027	3027	ANJUANRIVER.— 17
3028	3028	(1) I
3029	3029	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may use— 18
3030	3030	(A) the Colorado River mainstream and 19
3031	3031	dams and works on the mainstream controlled 20
3032	3032	or operated by the United States, which regu-21
3033	3033	late the flow of water in the mainstream or the 22
3034	3034	diversion of water from the mainstream in the 23
3035	3035	Upper Basin or the Lower Basin to transport 24
3036	3036	and deliver Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-25
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3040	3040	rado River Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Col-1
3041	3041	orado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola 2
3042	3042	Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, 3
3043	3043	and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water; and 4
3044	3044	(B) the San Juan River and the dams and 5
3045	3045	works described in subparagraphs 4.7.5, 4.8.4, 6
3046	3046	and 4.9.4 of the Settlement Agreement to 7
3047	3047	transport, store, and deliver Navajo Nation 8
3048	3048	Upper Basin Colorado River Water. 9
3049	3049	(2) N
3050	3050	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLORADO 10
3051	3051	RIVER WATER; HOPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO 11
3052	3052	RIVER WATER.—Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-12
3053	3053	rado River Water or Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colo-13
3054	3054	rado River Water that enters the Lower Basin at 14
3055	3055	Lee Ferry shall— 15
3056	3056	(A) retain its character as Navajo Nation 16
3057	3057	Upper Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi 17
3058	3058	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water; and 18
3059	3059	(B) be accounted for separately by the Sec-19
3060	3060	retary in a manner such that the Navajo Na-20
3061	3061	tion Upper Basin Colorado River Water or the 21
3062	3062	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water 22
3063	3063	is not subject to paragraphs II(A) and II(B) of 23
3064	3064	the Decree. 24
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3068	3068	(3) SAN JUAN RIVER.—Navajo Nation Upper 1
3069	3069	Basin Colorado River Water that enters the San 2
3070	3070	Juan River and the dams and works described in 3
3071	3071	subparagraphs 4.7.5, 4.8.4, and 4.9.4 of the Settle-4
3072	3072	ment Agreement shall retain its character as Navajo 5
3073	3073	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, but if 6
3074	3074	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water 7
3075	3075	spills from dams on the San Juan River described 8
3076	3076	in subparagraphs 4.7.5, 4.8.4, and 4.9.4 of the Set-9
3077	3077	tlement Agreement, that water shall become part of 10
3078	3078	the San Juan River system. 11
3079	3079	(k) A
3080	3080	CQUISITIONS OFENERGY.—Power needed to de-12
3081	3081	liver water to the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, or the 13
3082	3082	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe for projects constructed 14
3083	3083	by the Tribes pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and 15
3084	3084	this Act shall be acquired by the Tribes. 16
3085	3085	(l) R
3086	3086	EPORTING BY NAVAJONATION AND HOPI 17
3087	3087	T
3088	3088	RIBE.— 18
3089	3089	(1) N
3090	3090	AVAJO NATION.— 19
3091	3091	(A) I
3092	3092	N GENERAL.—Beginning on March 1 20
3093	3093	of the first year following the year in which the 21
3094	3094	Enforceability Date occurs, and on March 1 of 22
3095	3095	each year thereafter, the Navajo Nation shall 23
3096	3096	submit to the Arizona Department of Water 24
3097	3097	Resources a report describing— 25
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3101	3101	(i) the annual diversion amount, 1
3102	3102	points of diversion, and places of Use of 2
3103	3103	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 3
3104	3104	River Water; 4
3105	3105	(ii) the annual diversion amount, 5
3106	3106	points of diversion, and places of Use of 6
3107	3107	Navajo Nation Cibola Water; 7
3108	3108	(iii) the annual diversion amount, 8
3109	3109	point of diversion, and places of Use of 9
3110	3110	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water; 10
3111	3111	(iv) the location and annual amount 11
3112	3112	of any Off-Reservation storage of Navajo 12
3113	3113	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River 13
3114	3114	Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, and 14
3115	3115	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water; 15
3116	3116	(v) the amount of any Off-Reservation 16
3117	3117	exchange involving Navajo Nation Upper 17
3118	3118	Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo Na-18
3119	3119	tion Cibola Water, and Navajo Nation 19
3120	3120	Fourth Priority Water; and 20
3121	3121	(vi) the location and annual amount 21
3122	3122	of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 22
3123	3123	River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 23
3124	3124	and Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water 24
3125	3125	leased Off-Reservation. 25
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3129	3129	(B) MEASUREMENT OF DIVERTED 1
3130	3130	WATER.— 2
3131	3131	(i) I
3132	3132	N GENERAL.—In order to accu-3
3133	3133	rately measure the flow of water diverted 4
3134	3134	in the Upper Basin for Use by the Navajo 5
3135	3135	Nation in the State, the Navajo Nation 6
3136	3136	shall install suitable measuring devices at 7
3137	3137	or near each point of diversion of Navajo 8
3138	3138	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River 9
3139	3139	Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, and 10
3140	3140	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water from 11
3141	3141	the Colorado River’s mainstem in the 12
3142	3142	Upper Basin and the San Juan River in 13
3143	3143	the Upper Basin. 14
3144	3144	(ii) N
3145	3145	OTIFICATION.—The Navajo Na-15
3146	3146	tion shall notify the Arizona Department 16
3147	3147	of Water Resources, in writing, of any an-17
3148	3148	nual reporting conflicts between the Bu-18
3149	3149	reau, the Navajo Nation, or the Upper Col-19
3150	3150	orado River Commission prior to the com-20
3151	3151	pletion by the Bureau of the annual ‘‘Colo-21
3152	3152	rado River Accounting and Water Use Re-22
3153	3153	port for the Lower Basin’’. 23
3154	3154	(2) H
3155	3155	OPI TRIBE.— 24
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3159	3159	(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on March 1 1
3160	3160	of the first year following the year in which the 2
3161	3161	Enforceability Date occurs, and on March 1 of 3
3162	3162	each year thereafter, the Hopi Tribe shall sub-4
3163	3163	mit to the Arizona Department of Water Re-5
3164	3164	sources a report describing— 6
3165	3165	(i) the annual diversion amount, 7
3166	3166	points of diversion, and places of Use of 8
3167	3167	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 9
3168	3168	Water; 10
3169	3169	(ii) the annual diversion amount, 11
3170	3170	points of diversion, and places of Use of 12
3171	3171	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water; 13
3172	3172	(iii) the location and annual amount 14
3173	3173	of any Off-Reservation storage of Hopi 15
3174	3174	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water 16
3175	3175	and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water; 17
3176	3176	(iv) the amount of any Off-Reserva-18
3177	3177	tion exchange involving Hopi Tribe Upper 19
3178	3178	Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi Tribe 20
3179	3179	Cibola Water; and 21
3180	3180	(v) the location and annual amount of 22
3181	3181	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 23
3182	3182	Water and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water leased 24
3183	3183	Off-Reservation. 25
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3187	3187	(B) MEASUREMENT OF DIVERTED 1
3188	3188	WATER.— 2
3189	3189	(i) I
3190	3190	N GENERAL.—In order to accu-3
3191	3191	rately measure the flow of water diverted 4
3192	3192	in the Upper Basin for Use by the Hopi 5
3193	3193	Tribe in the State, the Hopi Tribe shall in-6
3194	3194	stall suitable measuring devices at or near 7
3195	3195	each point of diversion of Hopi Tribe 8
3196	3196	Upper Basin Colorado River Water and 9
3197	3197	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water from the Colo-10
3198	3198	rado River’s mainstem in the Upper Basin. 11
3199	3199	(ii) N
3200	3200	OTIFICATION.—The Hopi Tribe 12
3201	3201	shall notify the Arizona Department of 13
3202	3202	Water Resources, in writing, of any annual 14
3203	3203	reporting conflicts between the Bureau, the 15
3204	3204	Hopi Tribe, or the Upper Colorado River 16
3205	3205	Commission prior to the completion by the 17
3206	3206	Bureau of the annual ‘‘Colorado River Ac-18
3207	3207	counting and Water Use Report for the 19
3208	3208	Lower Basin’’. 20
3209	3209	(m) U
3210	3210	PPERBASINPROTECTIONS; CONSULTA-21
3211	3211	TIONS.—In any formal consultation carried out pursuant 22
3212	3212	to section 7(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 23
3213	3213	(16 U.S.C. 1536(a)) on or after the date of enactment 24
3214	3214	of this Act with respect to water development in the San 25
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3218	3218	Juan River Basin, the provisions of section 5 of the docu-1
3219	3219	ment entitled ‘‘Principles for Conducting Endangered 2
3220	3220	Species Act Formal Section 7 Consultations on Water De-3
3221	3221	velopment and Water Management Projects Affecting En-4
3222	3222	dangered Fish Species in the San Juan River Basin’’, in-5
3223	3223	cluding revisions to that document approved by the Co-6
3224	3224	ordination Committee, San Juan River Basin Recovery 7
3225	3225	Implementation Program, and dated August 2022 shall 8
3226	3226	apply. 9
3227	3227	SEC. 7. COLORADO RIVER WATER LEASES AND EX-10
3228	3228	CHANGES; USES. 11
3229	3229	(a) I
3230	3230	NGENERAL.—Subject to approval by the Sec-12
3231	3231	retary— 13
3232	3232	(1) except as prohibited in subsections 14
3233	3233	(g)(1)(F) and (h)(1)(E) of section 6, the Navajo Na-15
3234	3234	tion may enter into leases, or options to lease, or ex-16
3235	3235	changes, or options to exchange, Navajo Nation 17
3236	3236	Upper Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo Nation 18
3237	3237	Cibola Water, and Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 19
3238	3238	Water, for Use and storage in the State, in accord-20
3239	3239	ance with the Settlement Agreement and all applica-21
3240	3240	ble Federal and State laws governing the transfer of 22
3241	3241	Colorado River Water entitlements within the State; 23
3242	3242	and 24
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3246	3246	(2) the Hopi Tribe may enter into leases, or op-1
3247	3247	tions to lease, or exchanges, or options to exchange, 2
3248	3248	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water and 3
3249	3249	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water for Use and storage in the 4
3250	3250	State, in accordance with the Settlement Agreement 5
3251	3251	and all applicable Federal and State laws governing 6
3252	3252	the transfer of Colorado River Water entitlements 7
3253	3253	within the State. 8
3254	3254	(b) T
3255	3255	ERMS OFLEASES ANDEXCHANGES.— 9
3256	3256	(1) O
3257	3257	N-RESERVATION LEASING.— 10
3258	3258	(A) I
3259	3259	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation 11
3260	3260	may lease the Navajo Nation Upper Basin Col-12
3261	3261	orado River Water, the Navajo Nation Cibola 13
3262	3262	Water, and the Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 14
3263	3263	Water for Use or storage on the Navajo Res-15
3264	3264	ervation and the Hopi Tribe may lease Hopi 16
3265	3265	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water and 17
3266	3266	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water for Use or storage on 18
3267	3267	the Hopi Reservation. 19
3268	3268	(B) R
3269	3269	EQUIREMENTS.—A lease or option to 20
3270	3270	lease under subparagraph (A) shall be subject 21
3271	3271	to— 22
3272	3272	(i) the leasing regulations of the Nav-23
3273	3273	ajo Nation or Hopi Tribe, as applicable; 24
3274	3274	and 25
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3278	3278	(ii) subsections (a) and (e) of the first 1
3279	3279	section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 2
3280	3280	Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 415) 3
3281	3281	(commonly known as the ‘‘Long-Term 4
3282	3282	Leasing Act’’). 5
3283	3283	(2) E
3284	3284	XCHANGES AND OFF -RESERVATION LEAS-6
3285	3285	ING.— 7
3286	3286	(A) N
3287	3287	AVAJO NATION LEASING.— 8
3288	3288	(i) I
3289	3289	N GENERAL.—Subject to approval 9
3290	3290	by the Secretary for an Off-Reservation 10
3291	3291	lease, the Navajo Nation may lease— 11
3292	3292	(I) Navajo Nation Cibola Water 12
3293	3293	and Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 13
3294	3294	Water for Use or storage off of the 14
3295	3295	Navajo Reservation anywhere within 15
3296	3296	the Lower Basin within the State; and 16
3297	3297	(II) except as provided in sub-17
3298	3298	sections (g)(1)(F) and (h)(1)(E) of 18
3299	3299	section 6 and the NAIWRSA System 19
3300	3300	Conservation Program agreements de-20
3301	3301	scribed in subsection (c)(4)(C)(i)(II) 21
3302	3302	of that section, Navajo Nation Upper 22
3303	3303	Basin Colorado River Water anywhere 23
3304	3304	in the State in accordance with the 24
3305	3305	Settlement Agreement and all applica-25
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3308	3308	•HR 2025 IH
3309	3309	ble Federal and State laws governing 1
3310	3310	the transfer of Navajo Nation Upper 2
3311	3311	Basin Colorado River Water within 3
3312	3312	the State. 4
3313	3313	(ii) L
3314	3314	IMITATION.—No action by the 5
3315	3315	Navajo Nation under clause (i)(II) relating 6
3316	3316	to NAIWRSA System Conservation Pro-7
3317	3317	grams or leasing shall modify the obliga-8
3318	3318	tions of the Navajo Nation to deliver up to 9
3319	3319	350 AFY to the San Juan Southern Pai-10
3320	3320	ute Tribe pursuant to paragraph 6.3.1 of 11
3321	3321	the Settlement Agreement. 12
3322	3322	(B) H
3323	3323	OPI TRIBE LEASING.—Subject to ap-13
3324	3324	proval by the Secretary for an Off-Reservation 14
3325	3325	lease, the Hopi Tribe may lease— 15
3326	3326	(i) Hopi Tribe Cibola Water for Use 16
3327	3327	or storage off of the Hopi Reservation any-17
3328	3328	where within the Lower Basin within the 18
3329	3329	State; and 19
3330	3330	(ii) except as provided in the 20
3331	3331	NAIWRSA System Conservation Program 21
3332	3332	agreement described in section 22
3333	3333	6(c)(4)(C)(i)(II), Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 23
3334	3334	Colorado River Water for Use or storage 24
3335	3335	off of the Hopi Reservation anywhere in 25
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3339	3339	the State in accordance with the Settle-1
3340	3340	ment Agreement and all applicable Federal 2
3341	3341	and State laws governing the transfer of 3
3342	3342	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 4
3343	3343	Water within the State. 5
3344	3344	(C) T
3345	3345	ERM OF LEASES AND EXCHANGES .— 6
3346	3346	(i) L
3347	3347	EASES.— 7
3348	3348	(I) 100-
3349	3349	YEAR TERM.—A contract 8
3350	3350	to lease and an option to lease off of 9
3351	3351	the Reservation under subparagraph 10
3352	3352	(A)(i)(I) or (B)(i), as applicable, shall 11
3353	3353	be for a term not to exceed 100 years. 12
3354	3354	(II) 40-
3355	3355	YEAR TERM.—A contract 13
3356	3356	to lease and an option to lease off of 14
3357	3357	the Reservation under subparagraph 15
3358	3358	(A)(i)(II) or (B)(ii), as applicable, 16
3359	3359	shall be for a term not to exceed 40 17
3360	3360	years. 18
3361	3361	(ii) E
3362	3362	XCHANGES.—An exchange or op-19
3363	3363	tion to exchange shall be for the term pro-20
3364	3364	vided for in the exchange or option, as ap-21
3365	3365	plicable. 22
3366	3366	(D) L
3367	3367	EASE PERIOD.— 23
3368	3368	(i) N
3369	3369	O LIMITATIONS.—There shall be 24
3370	3370	no limitations on the Lease Period for— 25
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3374	3374	(I) Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 1
3375	3375	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, 2
3376	3376	and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water that is 3
3377	3377	diverted from the Colorado River 4
3378	3378	downstream of Lee Ferry; and 5
3379	3379	(II) Navajo Nation Upper Basin 6
3380	3380	Colorado River Water and Hopi Tribe 7
3381	3381	Upper Basin Colorado River Water 8
3382	3382	leased for Use on the Navajo Reserva-9
3383	3383	tion and Hopi Reservation, as applica-10
3384	3384	ble. 11
3385	3385	(ii) O
3386	3386	THER LEASE PERIODS .—The 12
3387	3387	Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe are au-13
3388	3388	thorized to lease Navajo Nation Upper 14
3389	3389	Basin Colorado River Water and Hopi 15
3390	3390	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water 16
3391	3391	in the Lower Basin in the State in accord-17
3392	3392	ance with the following: 18
3393	3393	(I) During the first 20 years 19
3394	3394	after the Enforceability Date, the 20
3395	3395	Navajo Nation may lease up to 21
3396	3396	16,214.55 AFY and the Hopi Tribe 22
3397	3397	may lease up to 835.45 AFY for an 23
3398	3398	annual cumulative total of 17,050 24
3399	3399	AFY in the Lower Basin. 25
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3403	3403	(II) Notwithstanding subclause 1
3404	3404	(I), retaining the annual cumulative 2
3405	3405	total of 17,050 AFY leased in the 3
3406	3406	Lower Basin, the ability of the Navajo 4
3407	3407	Nation to lease Navajo Nation Upper 5
3408	3408	Basin Colorado River Water shall be 6
3409	3409	increased by, and the ability of the 7
3410	3410	Hopi Tribe to lease Hopi Tribe Upper 8
3411	3411	Basin Colorado River Water shall be 9
3412	3412	reduced by, an amount equal to the 10
3413	3413	additional System Eligible Conserva-11
3414	3414	tion Water that the Navajo Nation de-12
3415	3415	livers to the Secretary in accordance 13
3416	3416	with section 6(c)(4)(C)(i)(III)(bb). 14
3417	3417	(III) Beginning 20 years after 15
3418	3418	the Enforceability Date, the Navajo 16
3419	3419	Nation and the Hopi Tribe may lease 17
3420	3420	its available Navajo Nation Upper 18
3421	3421	Basin Colorado River Water and Hopi 19
3422	3422	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 20
3423	3423	Water until such time as the iina´ba´ 21
3424	3424	– pa tuwaqat’si pipeline has been 22
3425	3425	completed and all the projects de-23
3426	3426	scribed in the Navajo Nation Water 24
3427	3427	Projects Trust Fund and the Hopi 25
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3431	3431	Tribe Groundwater Projects Trust 1
3432	3432	Fund, as the projects are further de-2
3433	3433	scribed in paragraphs 12.2.1 and 3
3434	3434	12.3.1 of the Settlement Agreement, 4
3435	3435	have been completed, as determined 5
3436	3436	by the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 6
3437	3437	Tribe. 7
3438	3438	(IV) Once all the projects de-8
3439	3439	scribed in subclause (III) have been 9
3440	3440	completed for their respective projects, 10
3441	3441	as determined by the Navajo Nation 11
3442	3442	and the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Na-12
3443	3443	tion and the Hopi Tribe shall deter-13
3444	3444	mine whether revenues from leasing 14
3445	3445	are necessary to meet the OM&R 15
3446	3446	costs of— 16
3447	3447	(aa) the projects described 17
3448	3448	in paragraphs 12.2.1 and 12.3.1 18
3449	3449	of the Settlement Agreement; 19
3450	3450	and 20
3451	3451	(bb) the iina´ba´– pa 21
3452	3452	tuwaqat’si pipeline. 22
3453	3453	(V) If the Navajo Nation and the 23
3454	3454	Hopi Tribe continue to require reve-24
3455	3455	nues from leasing to meet the OM&R 25
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3459	3459	expenses described in subclause (IV), 1
3460	3460	the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 2
3461	3461	Tribe may continue to lease the Nav-3
3462	3462	ajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 4
3463	3463	River Water and Hopi Tribe Upper 5
3464	3464	Basin Colorado River Water to meet 6
3465	3465	those OM&R expenses. 7
3466	3466	(iii) S
3467	3467	AVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in 8
3468	3468	this subparagraph requires the early termi-9
3469	3469	nation of any lease entered into during the 10
3470	3470	Lease Period and authorized by this Act at 11
3471	3471	the time the lease was executed. 12
3472	3472	(3) R
3473	3473	EQUIREMENTS FOR ALL CONTRACTS TO 13
3474	3474	LEASE AND CONTRACTS TO EXCHANGE .—All con-14
3475	3475	tracts to lease or exchange Navajo Nation Upper 15
3476	3476	Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola 16
3477	3477	Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi 17
3478	3478	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water, and Hopi 18
3479	3479	Tribe Cibola Water shall— 19
3480	3480	(A) identify the places of Use of the water, 20
3481	3481	the purpose of the Uses of the water during the 21
3482	3482	term of the contract, the mechanisms for deliv-22
3483	3483	ery of the water, and each point of diversion 23
3484	3484	under the contract; and 24
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3488	3488	(B) provide that the water received from 1
3489	3489	the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe, as appli-2
3490	3490	cable, shall be used in accordance with applica-3
3491	3491	ble law. 4
3492	3492	(4) N
3493	3493	O CONFLICT WITH SETTLEMENT AGREE -5
3494	3494	MENT OR THIS ACT .—A contract to lease or ex-6
3495	3495	change Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River 7
3496	3496	Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation 8
3497	3497	Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 9
3498	3498	Colorado River Water, or Hopi Tribe Cibola Water 10
3499	3499	shall not conflict with the Settlement Agreement or 11
3500	3500	this Act. 12
3501	3501	(c) P
3502	3502	ROHIBITION ONPERMANENTALIENATION.—No 13
3503	3503	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, Nav-14
3504	3504	ajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 15
3505	3505	Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water, 16
3506	3506	or Hopi Tribe Cibola Water may be permanently alien-17
3507	3507	ated. 18
3508	3508	(d) E
3509	3509	NTITLEMENTTOLEASE ANDEXCHANGEMON-19
3510	3510	IES.— 20
3511	3511	(1) E
3512	3512	NTITLEMENT.—The Navajo Nation or the 21
3513	3513	Hopi Tribe, as applicable, shall be entitled to all 22
3514	3514	consideration due to the Navajo Nation or Hopi 23
3515	3515	Tribe under any lease, option to lease, exchange, or 24
3516	3516	option to exchange Navajo Nation Upper Basin Col-25
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3520	3520	orado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 1
3521	3521	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe 2
3522	3522	Upper Basin Colorado River Water, or Hopi Tribe 3
3523	3523	Cibola Water entered into by the Navajo Nation or 4
3524	3524	the Hopi Tribe. 5
3525	3525	(2) E
3526	3526	XCLUSION.—The United States shall not, 6
3527	3527	in any capacity, be entitled to the consideration de-7
3528	3528	scribed in paragraph (1). 8
3529	3529	(3) O
3530	3530	BLIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES .—The 9
3531	3531	United States shall not, in any capacity, have any 10
3532	3532	trust or other obligation to monitor, administer, or 11
3533	3533	account for, in any manner, any funds received by 12
3534	3534	the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe as consider-13
3535	3535	ation under any lease, option to lease, exchange, or 14
3536	3536	option to exchange Navajo Nation Upper Basin Col-15
3537	3537	orado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 16
3538	3538	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe 17
3539	3539	Upper Basin Colorado River Water, and Hopi Tribe 18
3540	3540	Cibola Water entered into by the Navajo Nation or 19
3541	3541	the Hopi Tribe. 20
3542	3542	(e) D
3543	3543	ELIVERY OFCOLORADORIVERWATER TOLES-21
3544	3544	SEES.—All lessees of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-22
3545	3545	rado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo 23
3546	3546	Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 24
3547	3547	Colorado River Water, and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water shall 25
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3551	3551	pay all OM&R charges, all energy charges, and all other 1
3552	3552	applicable charges associated with the delivery of the 2
3553	3553	leased water. 3
3554	3554	(f) D
3555	3555	ELIVERY OF COLORADO RIVERWATER 4
3556	3556	T
3557	3557	HROUGH THECAP SYSTEM.— 5
3558	3558	(1) CAWCD
3559	3559	APPROVAL.—The Navajo Nation, 6
3560	3560	the Hopi Tribe, or any person who leases Navajo 7
3561	3561	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo 8
3562	3562	Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 9
3563	3563	Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 10
3564	3564	Water, and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water under sub-11
3565	3565	section (a) may transport that Navajo Nation Upper 12
3566	3566	Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola 13
3567	3567	Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi 14
3568	3568	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water, or Hopi 15
3569	3569	Tribe Cibola Water, as applicable, through the CAP 16
3570	3570	system in accordance with all laws of the United 17
3571	3571	States and the agreements between the United 18
3572	3572	States and CAWCD governing the use of the CAP 19
3573	3573	system to transport water other than CAP water, in-20
3574	3574	cluding payment of applicable charges. 21
3575	3575	(2) L
3576	3576	ESSEE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHARGES .— 22
3577	3577	Any lease or option to lease providing for the tem-23
3578	3578	porary delivery of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-24
3579	3579	rado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 25
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3583	3583	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe 1
3584	3584	Upper Basin Colorado River Water, and Hopi Tribe 2
3585	3585	Cibola Water through the CAP system shall require 3
3586	3586	the lessee to pay the CAP operating agency all CAP 4
3587	3587	fixed OM&R charges and all CAP pumping energy 5
3588	3588	charges associated with the delivery of the leased 6
3589	3589	water, and other applicable charges. 7
3590	3590	(3) N
3591	3591	O RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT .—The 8
3592	3592	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the United 9
3593	3593	States acting in any capacity shall not be responsible 10
3594	3594	for the payment of any charges associated with the 11
3595	3595	delivery of Colorado River Water leased to others. 12
3596	3596	(4) P
3597	3597	AYMENT IN ADVANCE .—No leased Navajo 13
3598	3598	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo 14
3599	3599	Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 15
3600	3600	Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 16
3601	3601	Water, or Hopi Tribe Cibola Water shall be deliv-17
3602	3602	ered through the CAP system unless the CAP fixed 18
3603	3603	OM&R charges, the CAP pumping energy charges, 19
3604	3604	and other applicable charges associated with the de-20
3605	3605	livery of that Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 21
3606	3606	River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo 22
3607	3607	Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper 23
3608	3608	Basin Colorado River Water, or Hopi Tribe Cibola 24
3609	3609	Water, as applicable, have been paid in advance. 25
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3613	3613	(5) CALCULATION.—The charges for delivery of 1
3614	3614	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, 2
3615	3615	Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation Fourth 3
3616	3616	Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado 4
3617	3617	River Water, and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water delivered 5
3618	3618	through the CAP system pursuant to a lease shall 6
3619	3619	be calculated in accordance with the agreements be-7
3620	3620	tween the United States and CAWCD governing the 8
3621	3621	use of the CAP system to transport water other 9
3622	3622	than CAP water. 10
3623	3623	SEC. 8. IINA
3624	3624	´
3625	3625	BA
3626	3626	´
3627	3627	– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE. 11
3628	3628	(a) I
3629	3629	INA´BA´– PAATUWAQAT’SIPIPELINE.— 12
3630	3630	(1) P
3631	3631	LANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF 13
3632	3632	THE IINA´BA´– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE.— 14
3633	3633	(A) I
3634	3634	N GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 15
3635	3635	through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall 16
3636	3636	plan, design, and construct the iina´ba´– paa 17
3637	3637	tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with subpara-18
3638	3638	graph (C), including all necessary power trans-19
3639	3639	mission facilities, power substations, power dis-20
3640	3640	tribution systems, and associated wheeling serv-21
3641	3641	ices to connect the facilities of the iina´ba´– paa 22
3642	3642	tuwaqat’si pipeline to new or existing high-volt-23
3643	3643	age transmission facilities and deliver power. 24
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3647	3647	(B) PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COM -1
3648	3648	MITTEE.— 2
3649	3649	(i) I
3650	3650	N GENERAL.—Prior to the start 3
3651	3651	of the feasibility study required under sub-4
3652	3652	paragraph (C)(ii), the Secretary shall form 5
3653	3653	a Project Construction Committee (re-6
3654	3654	ferred to in this subparagraph as the 7
3655	3655	‘‘Committee’’). 8
3656	3656	(ii) M
3657	3657	EMBERS.—The Committee shall 9
3658	3658	consist of representatives from the Bureau 10
3659	3659	and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 11
3660	3660	members selected by each of the Navajo 12
3661	3661	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan 13
3662	3662	Southern Paiute Tribe for purposes of as-14
3663	3663	sisting the Secretary with planning, design-15
3664	3664	ing, and constructing the iina´ba´– paa 16
3665	3665	tuwaqat’si pipeline, including— 17
3666	3666	(I) to review cost factors and 18
3667	3667	budgets for construction and oper-19
3668	3668	ation and maintenance activities; 20
3669	3669	(II) to improve construction man-21
3670	3670	agement through enhanced commu-22
3671	3671	nication; and 23
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3675	3675	(III) to seek additional ways to 1
3676	3676	reduce overall iina´ba´– paa 2
3677	3677	tuwaqat’si pipeline costs. 3
3678	3678	(iii) D
3679	3679	ESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 4
3680	3680	CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-5
3681	3681	sult with the Committee during each 6
3682	3682	phase— 7
3683	3683	(I) of design described in sub-8
3684	3684	paragraph (C); and 9
3685	3685	(II) of construction of the iina´ba´ 10
3686	3686	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline. 11
3687	3687	(iv) R
3688	3688	ECOMMENDATIONS .— 12
3689	3689	(I) I
3690	3690	N GENERAL.—At the sole 13
3691	3691	discretion of the Secretary, the Sec-14
3692	3692	retary may rely on recommendations 15
3693	3693	made by the Committee, subject to 16
3694	3694	the condition that the recommenda-17
3695	3695	tions are consistent with the design as 18
3696	3696	described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 19
3697	3697	subparagraph (C). 20
3698	3698	(II) H
3699	3699	OPI TRIBE.—To the extent 21
3700	3700	the Committee recommendations in-22
3701	3701	volve a portion of the iina´ba´– paa 23
3702	3702	tuwaqat’si pipeline to which the Hopi 24
3703	3703	Tribe will hold title after title transfer 25
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3707	3707	as described in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), 1
3708	3708	the Secretary shall give greater weight 2
3709	3709	to the recommendations of the rep-3
3710	3710	resentatives of the Hopi Tribe on the 4
3711	3711	Committee. 5
3712	3712	(III) N
3713	3713	AVAJO NATION.—To the 6
3714	3714	extent the Committee recommenda-7
3715	3715	tions involve a portion of the iina´ba´ 8
3716	3716	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline to which the 9
3717	3717	Navajo Nation will hold title after 10
3718	3718	title transfer as described in para-11
3719	3719	graph (3)(B)(i), the Secretary shall 12
3720	3720	give greater weight to the rec-13
3721	3721	ommendations of the representatives 14
3722	3722	of the Navajo Nation on the Com-15
3723	3723	mittee. 16
3724	3724	(C) D
3725	3725	ESIGN.— 17
3726	3726	(i) I
3727	3727	N GENERAL.—Unless modified 18
3728	3728	pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv), the iina´ 19
3729	3729	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline shall be sub-20
3730	3730	stantially configured as Alternative 5, Op-21
3731	3731	tion B–100 described in the report of the 22
3732	3732	Bureau entitled ‘‘Navajo-Hopi Value Plan-23
3733	3733	ning Study—Arizona’’ and dated October 24
3734	3734	2020. 25
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3738	3738	(ii) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—After the 1
3739	3739	date of enactment of this Act, the Bureau 2
3740	3740	shall complete a feasibility study of the 3
3741	3741	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline substan-4
3742	3742	tially configured as Alternative 5, Option 5
3743	3743	B–100 described in the report of the Bu-6
3744	3744	reau entitled ‘‘Navajo-Hopi Value Planning 7
3745	3745	Study—Arizona’’ and dated October 2020, 8
3746	3746	which shall include feasibility-level design 9
3747	3747	and cost estimates and a construction 10
3748	3748	phasing plan. 11
3749	3749	(iii) V
3750	3750	ALUE PLANNING.— 12
3751	3751	(I) I
3752	3752	N GENERAL.—On completion 13
3753	3753	of the feasibility study described in 14
3754	3754	clause (ii), the Secretary shall consult 15
3755	3755	with the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 16
3756	3756	Tribe to determine whether to com-17
3757	3757	plete a value planning study of the 18
3758	3758	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline to 19
3759	3759	identify and analyze potential lower- 20
3760	3760	cost modifications to substantially 21
3761	3761	meet the existing Alternative 5, Op-22
3762	3762	tion B–100 configuration described in 23
3763	3763	that clause. 24
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3767	3767	(II) VALUE PLANNING TEAM .—If 1
3768	3768	a value planning study is initiated 2
3769	3769	under subclause (I), a value planning 3
3770	3770	team shall include the Project Con-4
3771	3771	struction Committee formed pursuant 5
3772	3772	to subparagraph (B). 6
3773	3773	(III) C
3774	3774	ONSENSUS.— 7
3775	3775	(aa) I
3776	3776	N GENERAL.—To the 8
3777	3777	extent practicable, the Navajo 9
3778	3778	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San 10
3779	3779	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and 11
3780	3780	the Secretary shall strive for con-12
3781	3781	sensus on selection of a preferred 13
3782	3782	alternative for the Bureau to ini-14
3783	3783	tiate the final design process of 15
3784	3784	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-16
3785	3785	line. 17
3786	3786	(bb) D
3787	3787	ECISION BY SEC -18
3788	3788	RETARY.—If consensus cannot be 19
3789	3789	reached on a preferred alter-20
3790	3790	native under item (aa), the deci-21
3791	3791	sion for the preferred alternative 22
3792	3792	shall be made by the Secretary. 23
3793	3793	(iv) V
3794	3794	ALUE ENGINEERING AND DE -24
3795	3795	SIGN MODIFICATIONS.— 25
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3799	3799	(I) VALUE ENGINEERING.— 1
3800	3800	(aa) I
3801	3801	N GENERAL.—A value 2
3802	3802	engineering study based on 3
3803	3803	achieving the essential functions 4
3804	3804	at the lowest life cycle cost con-5
3805	3805	sistent with required perform-6
3806	3806	ance, reliability, quality, and 7
3807	3807	safety shall be completed in ac-8
3808	3808	cordance with Bureau Manual 9
3809	3809	Policy, Performing Designs and 10
3810	3810	Construction Activities (FAC 11
3811	3811	P03) for each phase of the iina´ 12
3812	3812	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 13
3813	3813	project at the 30 percent design 14
3814	3814	stage. 15
3815	3815	(bb) V
3816	3816	ALUE ENGINEERING 16
3817	3817	TEAM.—A value engineering 17
3818	3818	team shall include the Project 18
3819	3819	Construction Committee formed 19
3820	3820	pursuant to subparagraph (B). 20
3821	3821	(II) P
3822	3822	RIOR TO 60 PERCENT DE -21
3823	3823	SIGN.— 22
3824	3824	(aa) I
3825	3825	N GENERAL.—At any 23
3826	3826	time prior to completion of 60 24
3827	3827	percent design for each phase of 25
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3831	3831	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-1
3832	3832	line project, the Navajo Nation 2
3833	3833	and the Hopi Tribe may request 3
3834	3834	modifications of the design de-4
3835	3835	scribed in this subparagraph, 5
3836	3836	subject to the condition that the 6
3837	3837	proposed design modifications are 7
3838	3838	approved by the Bureau. 8
3839	3839	(bb) D
3840	3840	EVIATION.—If a re-9
3841	3841	quested modification described in 10
3842	3842	item (aa) deviates from the de-11
3843	3843	sign criteria of the Bureau, the 12
3844	3844	modification shall be considered 13
3845	3845	in accordance with the provisions 14
3846	3846	of Bureau Manual Policy, Per-15
3847	3847	forming Designs and Construc-16
3848	3848	tion Activities (FAC P03). 17
3849	3849	(III) A
3850	3850	FTER COMPLETION OF 60 18
3851	3851	PERCENT DESIGN .—The design for 19
3852	3852	each phase of the iina´ba´– paa 20
3853	3853	tuwaqat’si pipeline project shall not be 21
3854	3854	modified further after review of the 22
3855	3855	60 percent design plan unless the 23
3856	3856	modification is made by the Secretary. 24
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3860	3860	(D) EXISTING COMPONENTS .—The iina´ba´ 1
3861	3861	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline may include, at the 2
3862	3862	sole discretion of the Secretary after consulta-3
3863	3863	tion with the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe, 4
3864	3864	components that have already been built or ac-5
3865	3865	quired by the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe 6
3866	3866	as a contribution by the Navajo Nation or the 7
3867	3867	Hopi Tribe towards the cost of planning, de-8
3868	3868	signing, and constructing the iina´ba´– paa 9
3869	3869	tuwaqat’si pipeline. 10
3870	3870	(E) U
3871	3871	SE OF PIPELINE.—The iina´ba´– paa 11
3872	3872	tuwaqat’si pipeline shall deliver potable water 12
3873	3873	for domestic, commercial, municipal, and indus-13
3874	3874	trial Uses and be capable of delivering from 14
3875	3875	Lake Powell— 15
3876	3876	(i) up to 7,100 AFY of potable Colo-16
3877	3877	rado River Water to the Navajo Nation for 17
3878	3878	Use in delivering up to 6,750 AFY to serve 18
3879	3879	Navajo communities and up to 350 AFY 19
3880	3880	to serve the San Juan Southern Paiute 20
3881	3881	Southern Area; and 21
3882	3882	(ii) up to 3,076 AFY of potable Colo-22
3883	3883	rado River Water to the Hopi Tribe for 23
3884	3884	Use in delivering up to 3,076 AFY to serve 24
3885	3885	Hopi communities. 25
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3889	3889	(F) COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUC -1
3890	3890	TION.—The Secretary shall not begin construc-2
3891	3891	tion of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 3
3892	3892	until— 4
3893	3893	(i) the design studies described in 5
3894	3894	subparagraph (C) and final design for the 6
3895	3895	first phase of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 7
3896	3896	pipeline project are complete; 8
3897	3897	(ii) the Secretary, the Navajo Nation, 9
3898	3898	and the Hopi Tribe execute a Cost-Sharing 10
3899	3899	and System Integration Agreement that— 11
3900	3900	(I) based on the final design in 12
3901	3901	accordance with subparagraph (C), 13
3902	3902	describes the design, location, capac-14
3903	3903	ity, and management of operations of 15
3904	3904	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, 16
3905	3905	including distribution of water to cus-17
3906	3906	tomers; 18
3907	3907	(II) describes the process for ac-19
3908	3908	quisition of rights-of-way for the iina´ 20
3909	3909	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline described 21
3910	3910	in subsection (b); 22
3911	3911	(III) allocates the costs of the 23
3912	3912	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, tak-24
3913	3913	ing into consideration— 25
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3917	3917	(aa) cost of planning, de-1
3918	3918	sign, and construction; 2
3919	3919	(bb) cost of the operation, 3
3920	3920	maintenance, and repair of the 4
3921	3921	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 5
3922	3922	before title transfer to the Nav-6
3923	3923	ajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe 7
3924	3924	pursuant to paragraph (3); and 8
3925	3925	(cc) how existing compo-9
3926	3926	nents will be considered as con-10
3927	3927	tributions by the Navajo Nation 11
3928	3928	or Hopi Tribe as described in 12
3929	3929	subparagraph (D); and 13
3930	3930	(IV) describes construction phas-14
3931	3931	ing, including transfer of operations 15
3932	3932	and maintenance for such phasing, as 16
3933	3933	agreed to by the Secretary, the Nav-17
3934	3934	ajo Nation, and the Hopi Tribe, with 18
3935	3935	the Secretary deciding on phasing if 19
3936	3936	an agreement is not reached; and 20
3937	3937	(iii) environmental compliance as de-21
3938	3938	scribed in section 4(c) is complete for the 22
3939	3939	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline. 23
3940	3940	(2) P
3941	3941	HASED TRANSFER OF OPERATIONS & 24
3942	3942	MAINTENANCE.— 25
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3946	3946	(A) IN GENERAL.— 1
3947	3947	(i) I
3948	3948	N GENERAL.—On completion of 2
3949	3949	construction of a phase of the iina´ba´– 3
3950	3950	paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, as described in the 4
3951	3951	Cost-Sharing and System Integration 5
3952	3952	Agreement described in paragraph 6
3953	3953	(1)(F)(ii) and on a finding of substantial 7
3954	3954	completion of the phase, the Secretary may 8
3955	3955	transfer operations and maintenance re-9
3956	3956	sponsibility for the phase to the appro-10
3957	3957	priate entity. 11
3958	3958	(ii) C
3959	3959	ONTRACT.—The Secretary shall 12
3960	3960	enter into an operations and maintenance 13
3961	3961	contract consistent with this Act and Bu-14
3962	3962	reau policy for the purposes of compliance 15
3963	3963	with clause (i). 16
3964	3964	(iii) T
3965	3965	ITLE TRANSFER.—Title to a 17
3966	3966	phase of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-18
3967	3967	line shall not transfer until substantial 19
3968	3968	completion of the entire iina´ba´– paa 20
3969	3969	tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with 21
3970	3970	paragraph (3)(B). 22
3971	3971	(B) P
3972	3972	HASED FINDINGS OF SUBSTANTIAL 23
3973	3973	COMPLETION.—For purposes of this paragraph, 24
3974	3974	substantial completion of each phase of the iina´ 25
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3978	3978	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline shall be determined 1
3979	3979	in accordance with Bureau Manual Policy, Per-2
3980	3980	forming Designs and Construction Activities 3
3981	3981	(FAC P03). 4
3982	3982	(3) O
3983	3983	WNERSHIP.— 5
3984	3984	(A) I
3985	3985	N GENERAL.—The iina´ba´– paa 6
3986	3986	tuwaqat’si pipeline shall be owned by the 7
3987	3987	United States during construction of the iina´ba´ 8
3988	3988	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline. 9
3989	3989	(B) T
3990	3990	RANSFER OF OWNERSHIP .—On sub-10
3991	3991	stantial completion of the iina´ba´– paa 11
3992	3992	tuwaqat’si pipeline, in accordance with para-12
3993	3993	graph (4), the Secretary shall— 13
3994	3994	(i) transfer title to the applicable sec-14
3995	3995	tion of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-15
3996	3996	line on the Navajo Reservation, except that 16
3997	3997	section that lies on the Navajo Reservation 17
3998	3998	between Moenkopi and the boundary of the 18
3999	3999	1882 Reservation, to the Navajo Nation; 19
4000	4000	and 20
4001	4001	(ii) transfer title to the applicable sec-21
4002	4002	tion of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-22
4003	4003	line on the Hopi Reservation, and the sec-23
4004	4004	tion of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-24
4005	4005	line that lies on the Navajo Reservation be-25
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4008	4008	•HR 2025 IH
4009	4009	tween Moenkopi and the boundary of the 1
4010	4010	1882 Reservation and the right-of-way for 2
4011	4011	that section of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 3
4012	4012	pipeline, to the Hopi Tribe. 4
4013	4013	(4) S
4014	4014	UBSTANTIAL COMPLETION .— 5
4015	4015	(A) I
4016	4016	N GENERAL.—For purposes of para-6
4017	4017	graph (3)(B), the Secretary shall determine 7
4018	4018	that the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline is 8
4019	4019	substantially complete if— 9
4020	4020	(i) the infrastructure constructed is 10
4021	4021	capable of storing, diverting, treating, 11
4022	4022	transmitting, and distributing a supply of 12
4023	4023	water to the Navajo Nation, the Hopi 13
4024	4024	Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute 14
4025	4025	Southern Area as described in the iina´ba´ 15
4026	4026	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline design described 16
4027	4027	in paragraph (1)(C); or 17
4028	4028	(ii) the Secretary— 18
4029	4029	(I) diligently proceeds to com-19
4030	4030	plete the final design and construct 20
4031	4031	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-21
4032	4032	line— 22
4033	4033	(aa) by the deadline de-23
4034	4034	scribed in subparagraph (B); or 24
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4038	4038	(bb) if the deadline de-1
4039	4039	scribed in subparagraph (B) is 2
4040	4040	extended pursuant to subpara-3
4041	4041	graph (C), by the extended dead-4
4042	4042	line; 5
4043	4043	(II) expends all of the available 6
4044	4044	funding provided to construct the iina´ 7
4045	4045	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline under 8
4046	4046	section 13(a) and any funding pro-9
4047	4047	vided by the Navajo Nation or Hopi 10
4048	4048	Tribe pursuant to sections 10(j) and 11
4049	4049	11(j); and 12
4050	4050	(III) despite diligent efforts can-13
4051	4051	not complete construction of the iina´ 14
4052	4052	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline in ac-15
4053	4053	cordance with paragraph (1)(C) due 16
4054	4054	solely to the lack of authorized fund-17
4055	4055	ing. 18
4056	4056	(B) D
4057	4057	EADLINE.—Not later than December 19
4058	4058	31, 2040, the construction of the iina´ba´– paa 20
4059	4059	tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with para-21
4060	4060	graph (1)(C) shall be substantially completed, 22
4061	4061	in accordance with subparagraph (A). 23
4062	4062	(C) E
4063	4063	XTENSION.—The deadline described 24
4064	4064	in subparagraph (B) may be extended through 25
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4068	4068	written agreement if the Navajo Nation, Hopi 1
4069	4069	Tribe, and the Secretary agree than an exten-2
4070	4070	sion is reasonably necessary. 3
4071	4071	(5) L
4072	4072	IABILITY.— 4
4073	4073	(A) I
4074	4074	N GENERAL.—Effective on the date of 5
4075	4075	the transfer of ownership of the iina´ba´– paa 6
4076	4076	tuwaqat’si pipeline pursuant to paragraph 7
4077	4077	(3)(B), the United States shall not be held lia-8
4078	4078	ble by any court for damages of any kind aris-9
4079	4079	ing out of any act, omission, or occurrence re-10
4080	4080	lating to the land, buildings, or facilities con-11
4081	4081	veyed under this subsection, other than dam-12
4082	4082	ages caused by acts of negligence committed by 13
4083	4083	the United States, or by employees or agents of 14
4084	4084	the United States, prior to the date of convey-15
4085	4085	ance. 16
4086	4086	(B) S
4087	4087	AVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this 17
4088	4088	section increases the liability of the United 18
4089	4089	States beyond the liability provided in chapter 19
4090	4090	171 of title 28, United States Code (commonly 20
4091	4091	known as the ‘‘Federal Tort Claims Act’’). 21
4092	4092	(6) O
4093	4093	PERATION.— 22
4094	4094	(A) P
4095	4095	ROJECT OPERATIONS GENERALLY .— 23
4096	4096	(i) N
4097	4097	AVAJO NATION OPERATION .—The 24
4098	4098	Navajo Nation shall operate the section of 25
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4102	4102	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline that 1
4103	4103	delivers water to the Navajo communities, 2
4104	4104	other than Coal Mine Mesa, and that may 3
4105	4105	deliver water through the iina´ba´– paa 4
4106	4106	tuwaqat’si pipeline to the San Juan South-5
4107	4107	ern Paiute Tribe. 6
4108	4108	(ii) H
4109	4109	OPI TRIBE OPERATION .—The 7
4110	4110	Hopi Tribe shall operate the section of the 8
4111	4111	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline that de-9
4112	4112	livers water to Moenkopi, the 1882 Res-10
4113	4113	ervation, and the Navajo community of 11
4114	4114	Coal Mine Mesa. 12
4115	4115	(B) P
4116	4116	ROJECT OPERATION COMMITTEE .— 13
4117	4117	Prior to the start of the first construction phase 14
4118	4118	of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, the 15
4119	4119	Secretary shall form a Project Operation Com-16
4120	4120	mittee consisting of members selected by each 17
4121	4121	of the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe to de-18
4122	4122	velop a project operations agreement to be exe-19
4123	4123	cuted by the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 20
4124	4124	Tribe, after review by the Secretary, prior to 21
4125	4125	the transfer of operations and maintenance of 22
4126	4126	any phase of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-23
4127	4127	line in accordance with paragraph (2). 24
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4131	4131	(C) PROJECT OPERATIONS AGREEMENT .— 1
4132	4132	The project operations agreement referred to in 2
4133	4133	subparagraph (B) shall describe all terms and 3
4134	4134	conditions necessary for long-term operations of 4
4135	4135	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, consistent 5
4136	4136	with subparagraph (A), including— 6
4137	4137	(i) distribution of water; 7
4138	4138	(ii) responsibility for maintenance of 8
4139	4139	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline or 9
4140	4140	section of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 10
4141	4141	pipeline; 11
4142	4142	(iii) the allocation and payment of an-12
4143	4143	nual OM&R costs of the iina´ba´– paa 13
4144	4144	tuwaqat’si pipeline or section of the iina´ba´ 14
4145	4145	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline based on the pro-15
4146	4146	portionate uses and ownership of the iina´ 16
4147	4147	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline; 17
4148	4148	(iv) the process for transfer of oper-18
4149	4149	ations and maintenance of a phase of the 19
4150	4150	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline in accord-20
4151	4151	ance with paragraph (2); and 21
4152	4152	(v) a right to sue in a district court 22
4153	4153	of the United States to enforce the project 23
4154	4154	operations agreement. 24
4155	4155	(b) T
4156	4156	RIBALEASEMENTS ANDRIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 25
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4160	4160	(1) RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 1
4161	4161	(A) I
4162	4162	N GENERAL.—In partial consideration 2
4163	4163	for the funding provided under section 13, the 3
4164	4164	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San 4
4165	4165	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe shall each timely 5
4166	4166	consent to the grant of rights-of-way as de-6
4167	4167	scribed in, and in accordance with, subpara-7
4168	4168	graphs 12.5.1, 12.5.2, and 12.5.3 of the Settle-8
4169	4169	ment Agreement. 9
4170	4170	(B) N
4171	4171	O COST TO THE UNITED STATES .— 10
4172	4172	Rights-of-way described in subparagraph (A) 11
4173	4173	shall be at no cost to the United States. 12
4174	4174	(2) L
4175	4175	EGAL DEVICES.—With the consent of each 13
4176	4176	affected Tribe, the Secretary may enter into legal 14
4177	4177	devices, other than rights-of-way, such as construc-15
4178	4178	tion corridors agreements, without cost to the 16
4179	4179	United States, when operating within the jurisdic-17
4180	4180	tion of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan 18
4181	4181	Southern Paiute Tribe in furtherance of the plan-19
4182	4182	ning, design, and construction of the iina´ba´– paa 20
4183	4183	tuwaqat’si pipeline. 21
4184	4184	(3) A
4185	4185	UTHORIZATION AND GRANTING OF 22
4186	4186	RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The Secretary shall grant the 23
4187	4187	rights-of-way consented to by the Tribes under para-24
4188	4188	graph (1). 25
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4192	4192	(c) APPLICABILITY OF THE INDIANSELF-DETER-1
4193	4193	MINATION ANDEDUCATIONASSISTANCEACT.—The In-2
4194	4194	dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 3
4195	4195	(25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) shall not apply to the design, 4
4196	4196	construction, operation, maintenance, or replacement of 5
4197	4197	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline. 6
4198	4198	SEC. 9. IINA
4199	4199	´
4200	4200	BA
4201	4201	´
4202	4202	– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE IMPLEMENTA-7
4203	4203	TION FUND ACCOUNT. 8
4204	4204	(a) E
4205	4205	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 9
4206	4206	a non-trust, interest-bearing account, to be known as the 10
4207	4207	‘‘iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund 11
4208	4208	Account’’, to be managed and distributed by the Sec-12
4209	4209	retary, for use by the Secretary in carrying out this Act. 13
4210	4210	(b) D
4211	4211	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in the 14
4212	4212	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund 15
4213	4213	Account the amounts made available pursuant to section 16
4214	4214	13(a)(1). 17
4215	4215	(c) U
4216	4216	SES.—The iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Im-18
4217	4217	plementation Fund Account shall be used by the Secretary 19
4218	4218	to carry out section 8, including the acquisition of power. 20
4219	4219	(d) I
4220	4220	NTEREST.—In addition the amounts deposited in 21
4221	4221	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation 22
4222	4222	Fund Account under subsection (b), any investment earn-23
4223	4223	ings, including interest credited to amounts unexpended 24
4224	4224	in the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation 25
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4228	4228	Fund Account, are authorized to be appropriated to be 1
4229	4229	used in accordance with the uses described in subsection 2
4230	4230	(c). 3
4231	4231	SEC. 10. NAVAJO NATION WATER SETTLEMENT TRUST 4
4232	4232	FUND. 5
4233	4233	(a) E
4234	4234	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 6
4235	4235	a trust fund for the Navajo Nation, to be known as the 7
4236	4236	‘‘Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund,’’ to be 8
4237	4237	managed, invested, and distributed by the Secretary and 9
4238	4238	to remain available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted 10
4239	4239	to the general fund of the Treasury, consisting of the 11
4240	4240	amounts deposited in the Navajo Nation Water Settlement 12
4241	4241	Trust Fund under subsection (c), together with any in-13
4242	4242	vestment earnings, including interest, earned on those 14
4243	4243	amounts, for the purpose of carrying out this Act. 15
4244	4244	(b) A
4245	4245	CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 16
4246	4246	Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund the fol-17
4247	4247	lowing accounts: 18
4248	4248	(1) The Navajo Nation Water Projects Trust 19
4249	4249	Fund Account. 20
4250	4250	(2) The Navajo Nation OM&R Trust Fund Ac-21
4251	4251	count. 22
4252	4252	(3) The Navajo Nation Agricultural Conserva-23
4253	4253	tion Trust Fund Account. 24
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4257	4257	(4) The Navajo Nation Renewable Energy 1
4258	4258	Trust Fund Account. 2
4259	4259	(5) The Navajo Nation Lower Basin Colorado 3
4260	4260	River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Account. 4
4261	4261	(6) The Navajo Nation System Conservation 5
4262	4262	Trust Fund Account. 6
4263	4263	(c) D
4264	4264	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 7
4265	4265	(1) in the Navajo Nation Water Projects Trust 8
4266	4266	Fund Account, the amounts made available pursuant 9
4267	4267	to subparagraph (A)(i) of section 13(b)(3); 10
4268	4268	(2) in the Navajo Nation OM&R Trust Fund 11
4269	4269	Account, the amounts made available pursuant to 12
4270	4270	subparagraph (A)(ii) of that section; 13
4271	4271	(3) in the Navajo Nation Agricultural Con-14
4272	4272	servation Trust Fund Account, the amounts made 15
4273	4273	available pursuant to subparagraph (A)(iii) of that 16
4274	4274	section; 17
4275	4275	(4) in the Navajo Nation Renewable Energy 18
4276	4276	Trust Fund Account, the amounts made available 19
4277	4277	pursuant to subparagraph (A)(iv) of that section; 20
4278	4278	(5) in the Navajo Nation Lower Basin Colorado 21
4279	4279	River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Account, the 22
4280	4280	amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph 23
4281	4281	(A)(v) of that section; and 24
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4285	4285	(6) in the Navajo Nation System Conservation 1
4286	4286	Trust Fund Account, the amounts made available 2
4287	4287	pursuant to subparagraph (A)(vi) of that section. 3
4288	4288	(d) M
4289	4289	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 4
4290	4290	(1) M
4291	4291	ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 5
4292	4292	the funds into the accounts in the Navajo Nation 6
4293	4293	Water Settlement Trust Fund Accounts pursuant to 7
4294	4294	subsection (c), the Secretary shall manage, invest, 8
4295	4295	and distribute all amounts in the Navajo Nation 9
4296	4296	Water Settlement Trust Fund in a manner that is 10
4297	4297	consistent with the investment authority of the Sec-11
4298	4298	retary under— 12
4299	4299	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 13
4300	4300	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 14
4301	4301	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-15
4302	4302	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 16
4303	4303	et seq.); and 17
4304	4304	(C) this subsection. 18
4305	4305	(2) I
4306	4306	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 19
4307	4307	the deposits made to the Navajo Nation Water Set-20
4308	4308	tlement Trust Fund under subsection (c), any in-21
4309	4309	vestment earnings, including interest, credited to 22
4310	4310	amounts held in the Navajo Nation Water Settle-23
4311	4311	ment Trust Fund are authorized to be appropriated 24
4312	4312	to be used in accordance with subsection (f). 25
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4316	4316	(e) WITHDRAWALS.— 1
4317	4317	(1) A
4318	4318	MERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGE -2
4319	4319	MENT REFORM ACT OF 1994 .— 3
4320	4320	(A) I
4321	4321	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation 4
4322	4322	may withdraw any portion of the amounts in 5
4323	4323	the Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust 6
4324	4324	Fund on approval by the Secretary of a Tribal 7
4325	4325	management plan submitted by the Navajo Na-8
4326	4326	tion in accordance with the American Indian 9
4327	4327	Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 10
4328	4328	(25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 11
4329	4329	(B) R
4330	4330	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 12
4331	4331	requirements under the American Indian Trust 13
4332	4332	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 14
4333	4333	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 15
4334	4334	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 16
4335	4335	Navajo Nation spend all amounts withdrawn 17
4336	4336	from the Navajo Nation Water Settlement 18
4337	4337	Trust Fund, and any investment earnings ac-19
4338	4338	crued through the investments under the Tribal 20
4339	4339	management plan, in accordance with this Act. 21
4340	4340	(C) E
4341	4341	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 22
4342	4342	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-23
4343	4343	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-24
4344	4344	essary— 25
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4347	4347	•HR 2025 IH
4348	4348	(i) to enforce a Tribal management 1
4349	4349	plan; and 2
4350	4350	(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 3
4351	4351	from the Navajo Nation Water Settlement 4
4352	4352	Trust Fund by the Navajo Nation under 5
4353	4353	this paragraph are used in accordance with 6
4354	4354	this Act. 7
4355	4355	(2) E
4356	4356	XPENDITURE PLAN.— 8
4357	4357	(A) I
4358	4358	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation 9
4359	4359	may submit to the Secretary a request to with-10
4360	4360	draw funds from the Navajo Nation Water Set-11
4361	4361	tlement Trust Fund pursuant to an approved 12
4362	4362	expenditure plan. 13
4363	4363	(B) R
4364	4364	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 14
4365	4365	withdraw funds under an expenditure plan 15
4366	4366	under this paragraph, the Navajo Nation shall 16
4367	4367	submit to the Secretary for approval an expend-17
4368	4368	iture plan for any portion of the Navajo Nation 18
4369	4369	Water Settlement Trust Fund that the Navajo 19
4370	4370	Nation elects to withdraw pursuant to this 20
4371	4371	paragraph, subject to the condition that the 21
4372	4372	funds shall be used for the purposes described 22
4373	4373	in this Act. 23
4374	4374	(C) I
4375	4375	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 24
4376	4376	under this paragraph shall include a description 25
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4379	4379	•HR 2025 IH
4380	4380	of the manner and purpose for which the 1
4381	4381	amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 2
4382	4382	Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund 3
4383	4383	Accounts will be used by the Navajo Nation in 4
4384	4384	accordance with subsection (f). 5
4385	4385	(D) A
4386	4386	PPROVAL.—On receipt of an expendi-6
4387	4387	ture plan under this paragraph, the Secretary 7
4388	4388	shall approve the expenditure plan if the Sec-8
4389	4389	retary determines that the expenditure plan— 9
4390	4390	(i) is reasonable; and 10
4391	4391	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 11
4392	4392	for, the purposes of this Act. 12
4393	4393	(E) E
4394	4394	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 13
4395	4395	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-14
4396	4396	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-15
4397	4397	essary to enforce an expenditure plan under 16
4398	4398	this paragraph to ensure that amounts dis-17
4399	4399	bursed under this paragraph are used in ac-18
4400	4400	cordance with this Act. 19
4401	4401	(f) U
4402	4402	SES.—Amounts from the Navajo Nation Water 20
4403	4403	Settlement Trust Fund shall be used by the Navajo Na-21
4404	4404	tion for the following purposes: 22
4405	4405	(1) N
4406	4406	AVAJO NATION WATER PROJECTS TRUST 23
4407	4407	FUND ACCOUNT.—Amounts in the Navajo Nation 24
4408	4408	Water Projects Trust Fund Account may only be 25
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4411	4411	•HR 2025 IH
4412	4412	used for the purpose of environmental compliance, 1
4413	4413	planning, engineering activities, and construction of 2
4414	4414	projects designed to deliver potable water to commu-3
4415	4415	nities, such as Leupp, Dilkon, Ganado, Black Mesa, 4
4416	4416	Sweetwater, Chinle, Lupton/Nahata Dziil Area, 5
4417	4417	Kayenta, and Oljato. 6
4418	4418	(2) N
4419	4419	AVAJO NATION OM&R TRUST FUND AC -7
4420	4420	COUNT.—Amounts in the Navajo Nation OM&R 8
4421	4421	Trust Fund Account may only be used to pay 9
4422	4422	OM&R costs of the Navajo Water projects described 10
4423	4423	in paragraph (1) and the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 11
4424	4424	pipeline project. 12
4425	4425	(3) N
4426	4426	AVAJO NATION AGRICULTURAL CONSERVA -13
4427	4427	TION TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .— 14
4428	4428	(A) I
4429	4429	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-15
4430	4430	graph (B), amounts in the Navajo Nation Agri-16
4431	4431	cultural Conservation Trust Fund Account may 17
4432	4432	only be used to pay the costs of improvements 18
4433	4433	to reduce water shortages on the historically ir-19
4434	4434	rigated land of the Navajo Nation, including 20
4435	4435	sprinklers, drip or other efficient irrigation sys-21
4436	4436	tems, land leveling, wells, pipelines, pumps and 22
4437	4437	storage, stream bank stabilization and restora-23
4438	4438	tion, pasture seeding and management, fencing, 24
4439	4439	wind breaks, and alluvial wells. 25
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4442	4442	•HR 2025 IH
4443	4443	(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than half of 1
4444	4444	the amounts in the Navajo Nation Agricultural 2
4445	4445	Conservation Trust Fund Account may be used 3
4446	4446	for replacement and development of livestock 4
4447	4447	wells and impoundments on the Navajo Res-5
4448	4448	ervation and Navajo Trust Land. 6
4449	4449	(4) N
4450	4450	AVAJO NATION RENEWABLE ENERGY 7
4451	4451	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Navajo 8
4452	4452	Nation Renewable Energy Trust Fund Account may 9
4453	4453	only be used to pay the cost of planning, designing, 10
4454	4454	and constructing renewable energy facilities to sup-11
4455	4455	port the costs of operating the Navajo Nation Water 12
4456	4456	projects and the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline. 13
4457	4457	(5) N
4458	4458	AVAJO NATION LOWER BASIN COLORADO 14
4459	4459	RIVER WATER ACQUISITION TRUST FUND AC -15
4460	4460	COUNT.—Amounts in the Navajo Nation Lower 16
4461	4461	Basin Colorado River Water Acquisition Trust Fund 17
4462	4462	Account may only be used to purchase land within 18
4463	4463	the State and associated Arizona Lower Basin Colo-19
4464	4464	rado River Water Rights. 20
4465	4465	(6) N
4466	4466	AVAJO NATION SYSTEM CONSERVATION 21
4467	4467	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Navajo 22
4468	4468	Nation System Conservation Trust Fund Account 23
4469	4469	may only be used to compensate the Navajo Nation 24
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4472	4472	•HR 2025 IH
4473	4473	for the storage of System Conservation Eligible 1
4474	4474	Water at Lake Powell. 2
4475	4475	(g) L
4476	4476	IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 3
4477	4477	the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-4
4478	4478	vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the Navajo Na-5
4479	4479	tion Water Settlement Trust Fund by the Navajo Nation 6
4480	4480	pursuant to subsection (e). 7
4481	4481	(h) T
4482	4482	ITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 8
4483	4483	over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 9
4484	4484	from the Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund 10
4485	4485	shall remain in the Navajo Nation. 11
4486	4486	(i) A
4487	4487	CCOUNTTRANSFERS.—If the activities described 12
4488	4488	in any of paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (f) are 13
4489	4489	complete and amounts remain in the applicable Trust 14
4490	4490	Fund Account described in those paragraphs, the Sec-15
4491	4491	retary, at the request of the Navajo Nation, shall transfer 16
4492	4492	the remaining amounts to one of the other accounts within 17
4493	4493	the Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund. 18
4494	4494	(j) C
4495	4495	ONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IINA´BA´– P AA 19
4496	4496	T
4497	4497	UWAQAT’SIPIPELINE.— 20
4498	4498	(1) I
4499	4499	N GENERAL.—On written notification from 21
4500	4500	the Secretary that the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si Im-22
4501	4501	plementation Fund Account is insufficient and addi-23
4502	4502	tional funds are necessary to complete the iina´ba´– 24
4503	4503	paa tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with section 8, 25
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4506	4506	•HR 2025 IH
4507	4507	the Navajo Nation shall submit to the Secretary an 1
4508	4508	expenditure plan for the transfer of funds from Nav-2
4509	4509	ajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund to the iina´ 3
4510	4510	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund 4
4511	4511	Account. 5
4512	4512	(2) P
4513	4513	ROPORTIONATE SHARE .—The cost share 6
4514	4514	of the Navajo Nation for supplemental funding shall 7
4515	4515	be based on the allocation of the iina´ba´– paa 8
4516	4516	tuwaqat’si pipeline costs agreed on in the Cost-Shar-9
4517	4517	ing and System Integration Agreement for the iina´ 10
4518	4518	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline described in section 11
4519	4519	8(a)(1)(F)(ii). 12
4520	4520	(k) A
4521	4521	NNUALREPORT.—The Navajo Nation shall sub-13
4522	4522	mit to the Secretary an annual expenditure report describ-14
4523	4523	ing accomplishments and amounts spent from use of with-15
4524	4524	drawals under a Tribal management plan approved under 16
4525	4525	paragraph (1) of subsection (e) or an expenditure plan ap-17
4526	4526	proved under paragraph (2) of that subsection. 18
4527	4527	(l) N
4528	4528	OPERCAPITAPAYMENTS.—No principal or in-19
4529	4529	terest amount in any account established by this section 20
4530	4530	shall be distributed to any Member of the Navajo Nation 21
4531	4531	on a per capita basis. 22
4532	4532	(m) E
4533	4533	FFECT.—Nothing in this section entitles the 23
4534	4534	Navajo Nation to judicial review of a determination of the 24
4535	4535	Secretary relating to whether to approve a Tribal manage-25
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4538	4538	•HR 2025 IH
4539	4539	ment plan under paragraph (1) of subsection (e) or an 1
4540	4540	expenditure plan under paragraph (2) of that subsection, 2
4541	4541	or to take enforcement actions under paragraph (1)(C) or 3
4542	4542	(2)(E) of that subsection, except as provided under sub-4
4543	4543	chapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United 5
4544	4544	States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Administrative 6
4545	4545	Procedure Act’’). 7
4546	4546	SEC. 11. HOPI TRIBE WATER SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. 8
4547	4547	(a) E
4548	4548	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 9
4549	4549	a trust fund for the Hopi Tribe, to be known as the ‘‘Hopi 10
4550	4550	Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund’’, to be managed, in-11
4551	4551	vested, and distributed by the Secretary and to remain 12
4552	4552	available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the 13
4553	4553	general fund of the Treasury, consisting of the amounts 14
4554	4554	deposited in the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund 15
4555	4555	under subsection (c), together with any investment earn-16
4556	4556	ings, including interest, earned on those amounts, for the 17
4557	4557	purpose of carrying out this Act. 18
4558	4558	(b) A
4559	4559	CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 19
4560	4560	Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund the following 20
4561	4561	accounts: 21
4562	4562	(1) The Hopi Tribe Groundwater Projects 22
4563	4563	Trust Fund Account. 23
4564	4564	(2) The Hopi Tribe OM&R Trust Fund Ac-24
4565	4565	count. 25
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4569	4569	(3) The Hopi Tribe Agricultural Conservation 1
4570	4570	Trust Fund Account. 2
4571	4571	(4) The Hopi Tribe Lower Basin Colorado 3
4572	4572	River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Account. 4
4573	4573	(5) The Hopi Tribe System Conservation Trust 5
4574	4574	Fund Account. 6
4575	4575	(c) D
4576	4576	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 7
4577	4577	(1) in the Hopi Tribe Groundwater Projects 8
4578	4578	Trust Fund Account, the amounts made available 9
4579	4579	pursuant to subparagraph (B)(i) of section 13(b)(3); 10
4580	4580	(2) in the Hopi Tribe OM&R Trust Fund Ac-11
4581	4581	count, the amounts made available pursuant to sub-12
4582	4582	paragraph (B)(ii) of that section; 13
4583	4583	(3) in the Hopi Tribe Agricultural Conservation 14
4584	4584	Trust Fund Account, the amounts made available 15
4585	4585	pursuant to subparagraph (B)(iii) of that section; 16
4586	4586	(4) in the Hopi Tribe Lower Basin Colorado 17
4587	4587	River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Account, the 18
4588	4588	amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph 19
4589	4589	(B)(iv) of that section; and 20
4590	4590	(5) in the Hopi Tribe System Conservation 21
4591	4591	Trust Fund Account, the amounts made available 22
4592	4592	pursuant to subparagraph (B)(v) of that section. 23
4593	4593	(d) M
4594	4594	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 24
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4597	4597	•HR 2025 IH
4598	4598	(1) MANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 1
4599	4599	the funds into the accounts in the Hopi Tribe Water 2
4600	4600	Settlement Trust Fund Accounts pursuant to sub-3
4601	4601	section (c), the Secretary shall manage, invest, and 4
4602	4602	distribute all amounts in the Hopi Tribe Water Set-5
4603	4603	tlement Trust Fund in a manner that is consistent 6
4604	4604	with the investment authority of the Secretary 7
4605	4605	under— 8
4606	4606	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 9
4607	4607	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 10
4608	4608	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-11
4609	4609	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 12
4610	4610	et seq.); and 13
4611	4611	(C) this subsection. 14
4612	4612	(2) I
4613	4613	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 15
4614	4614	the deposits made to the Hopi Tribe Water Settle-16
4615	4615	ment Trust Fund under subsection (c), any invest-17
4616	4616	ment earnings, including interest, credited to 18
4617	4617	amounts held in the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement 19
4618	4618	Trust Fund are authorized to be appropriated to be 20
4619	4619	used in accordance with subsection (f). 21
4620	4620	(e) W
4621	4621	ITHDRAWALS.— 22
4622	4622	(1) A
4623	4623	MERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGE -23
4624	4624	MENT REFORM ACT OF 1994 .— 24
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4627	4627	•HR 2025 IH
4628	4628	(A) IN GENERAL.—The Hopi Tribe may 1
4629	4629	withdraw any portion of the amounts in the 2
4630	4630	Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund on 3
4631	4631	approval by the Secretary of a Tribal manage-4
4632	4632	ment plan submitted by the Hopi Tribe in ac-5
4633	4633	cordance with the American Indian Trust Fund 6
4634	4634	Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 7
4635	4635	4001 et seq.). 8
4636	4636	(B) R
4637	4637	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 9
4638	4638	requirements under the American Indian Trust 10
4639	4639	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 11
4640	4640	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 12
4641	4641	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 13
4642	4642	Hopi Tribe spend all amounts withdrawn from 14
4643	4643	the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund, 15
4644	4644	and any investment earnings accrued through 16
4645	4645	the investments under the Tribal management 17
4646	4646	plan, in accordance with this Act. 18
4647	4647	(C) E
4648	4648	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 19
4649	4649	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-20
4650	4650	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-21
4651	4651	essary— 22
4652	4652	(i) to enforce a Tribal management 23
4653	4653	plan; and 24
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4656	4656	•HR 2025 IH
4657	4657	(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 1
4658	4658	from the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement 2
4659	4659	Trust Fund by the Hopi Tribe under this 3
4660	4660	paragraph are used in accordance with this 4
4661	4661	Act. 5
4662	4662	(2) E
4663	4663	XPENDITURE PLAN.— 6
4664	4664	(A) I
4665	4665	N GENERAL.—The Hopi Tribe may 7
4666	4666	submit to the Secretary a request to withdraw 8
4667	4667	funds from the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement 9
4668	4668	Trust Fund pursuant to an approved expendi-10
4669	4669	ture plan. 11
4670	4670	(B) R
4671	4671	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 12
4672	4672	withdraw funds under an expenditure plan 13
4673	4673	under this paragraph, the Hopi Tribe shall sub-14
4674	4674	mit to the Secretary for approval an expendi-15
4675	4675	ture plan for any portion of the Hopi Tribe 16
4676	4676	Water Settlement Trust Fund that the Hopi 17
4677	4677	Tribe elects to withdraw pursuant to this para-18
4678	4678	graph, subject to the condition that the funds 19
4679	4679	shall be used for the purposes described in this 20
4680	4680	Act. 21
4681	4681	(C) I
4682	4682	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 22
4683	4683	under this paragraph shall include a description 23
4684	4684	of the manner and purpose for which the 24
4685	4685	amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 25
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4688	4688	•HR 2025 IH
4689	4689	Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund Ac-1
4690	4690	counts will be used by the Hopi Tribe in ac-2
4691	4691	cordance with subsection (f). 3
4692	4692	(D) A
4693	4693	PPROVAL.—On receipt of an expendi-4
4694	4694	ture plan under this paragraph, the Secretary 5
4695	4695	shall approve the expenditure plan if the Sec-6
4696	4696	retary determines that the expenditure plan— 7
4697	4697	(i) is reasonable; and 8
4698	4698	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 9
4699	4699	for, the purposes of this Act. 10
4700	4700	(E) E
4701	4701	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 11
4702	4702	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-12
4703	4703	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-13
4704	4704	essary to enforce an expenditure plan under 14
4705	4705	this paragraph to ensure that amounts dis-15
4706	4706	bursed under this paragraph are used in ac-16
4707	4707	cordance with this Act. 17
4708	4708	(f) U
4709	4709	SES.—Amounts from the Hopi Tribe Water Set-18
4710	4710	tlement Trust Fund shall be used by the Hopi Tribe for 19
4711	4711	the following purposes: 20
4712	4712	(1) T
4713	4713	HE HOPI TRIBE GROUNDWATER PROJECTS 21
4714	4714	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Hopi 22
4715	4715	Tribe Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account 23
4716	4716	may only be used for the purpose of environmental 24
4717	4717	compliance, planning, engineering and design activi-25
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4720	4720	•HR 2025 IH
4721	4721	ties, and construction designed to deliver potable 1
4722	4722	water to Hopi communities. 2
4723	4723	(2) T
4724	4724	HE HOPI TRIBE OM&R TRUST FUND AC -3
4725	4725	COUNT.—Amounts in the Hopi Tribe OM&R Trust 4
4726	4726	Fund Account may only be used to pay the OM&R 5
4727	4727	costs of the Hopi Groundwater projects described in 6
4728	4728	paragraph (1) and the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-7
4729	4729	line project. 8
4730	4730	(3) T
4731	4731	HE HOPI TRIBE AGRICULTURAL CON -9
4732	4732	SERVATION TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in 10
4733	4733	the Hopi Tribe Agricultural Conservation Trust 11
4734	4734	Fund Account may only be used to pay the costs of 12
4735	4735	improvements to reduce water shortages on the his-13
4736	4736	torically irrigated land and grazing land of the Hopi 14
4737	4737	Tribe, including sprinklers, drip or other efficient ir-15
4738	4738	rigation systems, land leveling, wells, impoundments, 16
4739	4739	pipelines, pumps and storage, stream bank stabiliza-17
4740	4740	tion and restoration, pasture seeding and manage-18
4741	4741	ment, fencing, and wind breaks, and alluvial wells, 19
4742	4742	and spring restoration, repair, replacement, and re-20
4743	4743	location of low technology structures to support 21
4744	4744	Akchin farming, flood-water farming, and other tra-22
4745	4745	ditional farming practices. 23
4746	4746	(4) T
4747	4747	HE HOPI TRIBE LOWER BASIN COLORADO 24
4748	4748	RIVER WATER ACQUISITION TRUST FUND AC -25
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4751	4751	•HR 2025 IH
4752	4752	COUNT.—Amounts in the Hopi Tribe Lower Basin 1
4753	4753	Colorado River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Ac-2
4754	4754	count may only be used to purchase land within the 3
4755	4755	State and associated Arizona Lower Basin Colorado 4
4756	4756	River Water Rights. 5
4757	4757	(5) T
4758	4758	HE HOPI TRIBE SYSTEM CONSERVATION 6
4759	4759	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Hopi 7
4760	4760	Tribe System Conservation Trust Fund Account 8
4761	4761	may only be used to compensate the Hopi Tribe or 9
4762	4762	the Navajo Nation for the storage of System Con-10
4763	4763	servation Eligible Water at Lake Powell consistent 11
4764	4764	with section 6(c)(4)(C)(i)(III). 12
4765	4765	(g) L
4766	4766	IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 13
4767	4767	the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-14
4768	4768	vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the Hopi Tribe 15
4769	4769	Water Settlement Trust Fund by the Hopi Tribe pursuant 16
4770	4770	to subsection (e). 17
4771	4771	(h) T
4772	4772	ITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 18
4773	4773	over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 19
4774	4774	from the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund shall 20
4775	4775	remain in the Hopi Tribe. 21
4776	4776	(i) A
4777	4777	CCOUNTTRANSFERS.—If the activities described 22
4778	4778	in any of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (f) are 23
4779	4779	complete and amounts remain in the applicable Trust 24
4780	4780	Fund Account described in those paragraphs, the Sec-25
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4784	4784	retary, at the request of the Hopi Tribe, shall transfer 1
4785	4785	the remaining amounts to one of the other accounts within 2
4786	4786	the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund. 3
4787	4787	(j) C
4788	4788	ONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IINA´BA´– P AA 4
4789	4789	T
4790	4790	UWAQAT’SIPIPELINE.— 5
4791	4791	(1) I
4792	4792	N GENERAL.—On written notification from 6
4793	4793	the Secretary that the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si Im-7
4794	4794	plementation Fund Account is insufficient and addi-8
4795	4795	tional funds are necessary to complete the iina´ba´– 9
4796	4796	paa tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with section 8, 10
4797	4797	the Hopi Tribe shall submit to the Secretary an ex-11
4798	4798	penditure plan for the transfer of funds from the 12
4799	4799	Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund to the iina´ 13
4800	4800	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund 14
4801	4801	Account. 15
4802	4802	(2) P
4803	4803	ROPORTIONATE SHARE .—The cost share 16
4804	4804	of the Hopi Tribe for supplemental funding shall be 17
4805	4805	based on the allocation of the iina´ba´– paa 18
4806	4806	tuwaqat’si pipeline costs agreed on in the Cost-Shar-19
4807	4807	ing and System Integration Agreement for the iina´ 20
4808	4808	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline described in section 21
4809	4809	8(a)(1)(F)(ii). 22
4810	4810	(k) A
4811	4811	NNUALREPORT.—The Hopi Tribe shall submit 23
4812	4812	to the Secretary an annual expenditure report describing 24
4813	4813	accomplishments and amounts spent from use of with-25
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4817	4817	drawals under a Tribal management plan under para-1
4818	4818	graph (1) of subsection (e) or an expenditure plan under 2
4819	4819	paragraph (2) of that subsection. 3
4820	4820	(l) N
4821	4821	OPERCAPITAPAYMENTS.—No principal or in-4
4822	4822	terest amount in any account established by this section 5
4823	4823	shall be distributed to any Member of the Hopi Tribe on 6
4824	4824	a per capita basis. 7
4825	4825	(m) E
4826	4826	FFECT.—Nothing in this section entitles the 8
4827	4827	Hopi Tribe to judicial review of a determination of the 9
4828	4828	Secretary relating to whether to approve a Tribal manage-10
4829	4829	ment plan under paragraph (1) of subsection (e) or an 11
4830	4830	expenditure plan under paragraph (2) of that subsection, 12
4831	4831	or to take enforcement actions under paragraph (1)(C) or 13
4832	4832	(2)(E) of that subsection, except as provided under sub-14
4833	4833	chapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United 15
4834	4834	States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Administrative 16
4835	4835	Procedure Act’’). 17
4836	4836	SEC. 12. SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE WATER SET-18
4837	4837	TLEMENT TRUST FUND. 19
4838	4838	(a) E
4839	4839	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 20
4840	4840	a trust fund for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, to 21
4841	4841	be known as the ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water 22
4842	4842	Settlement Trust Fund’’, to be managed, invested, and 23
4843	4843	distributed by the Secretary and to remain available until 24
4844	4844	expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of 25
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4848	4848	the Treasury, consisting of the amounts deposited in the 1
4849	4849	Trust Fund Accounts under subsection (c), together with 2
4850	4850	any investment earnings, including interest, earned on 3
4851	4851	those amounts, for the purpose of carrying out this Act. 4
4852	4852	(b) A
4853	4853	CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 5
4854	4854	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust 6
4855	4855	Fund the following accounts: 7
4856	4856	(1) The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 8
4857	4857	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account. 9
4858	4858	(2) The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Agri-10
4859	4859	cultural Conservation Trust Fund Account. 11
4860	4860	(3) The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 12
4861	4861	OM&R Trust Fund Account. 13
4862	4862	(c) D
4863	4863	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 14
4864	4864	(1) in the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 15
4865	4865	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account, the 16
4866	4866	amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph 17
4867	4867	(C)(i) of section 13(b)(3); 18
4868	4868	(2) in the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Ag-19
4869	4869	ricultural Conservation Trust Fund Account, the 20
4870	4870	amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph 21
4871	4871	(C)(iii) of that section; and 22
4872	4872	(3) in the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 23
4873	4873	OM&R Trust Fund Account, the amounts made 24
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4877	4877	available pursuant to subparagraph (C)(ii) of that 1
4878	4878	section. 2
4879	4879	(d) M
4880	4880	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 3
4881	4881	(1) M
4882	4882	ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 4
4883	4883	the funds into the accounts in the San Juan South-5
4884	4884	ern Paiute Water Settlement Trust Fund Accounts 6
4885	4885	pursuant to subsection (c), the Secretary shall man-7
4886	4886	age, invest, and distribute all amounts in the San 8
4887	4887	Juan Southern Paiute Water Settlement Trust 9
4888	4888	Fund Accounts in a manner that is consistent with 10
4889	4889	the investment authority of the Secretary under— 11
4890	4890	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 12
4891	4891	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 13
4892	4892	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-14
4893	4893	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 15
4894	4894	et seq.); and 16
4895	4895	(C) this subsection. 17
4896	4896	(2) I
4897	4897	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 18
4898	4898	the deposits made to the San Juan Southern Paiute 19
4899	4899	Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund under sub-20
4900	4900	section (c), any investment earnings, including inter-21
4901	4901	est, credited to amounts held in accounts of the San 22
4902	4902	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust 23
4903	4903	Fund are authorized to be appropriated to be used 24
4904	4904	in accordance with subsection (f). 25
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4908	4908	(e) WITHDRAWALS.— 1
4909	4909	(1) A
4910	4910	MERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGE -2
4911	4911	MENT REFORM ACT OF 1994 .— 3
4912	4912	(A) I
4913	4913	N GENERAL.—The San Juan South-4
4914	4914	ern Paiute Tribe may withdraw any portion of 5
4915	4915	the amounts in the San Juan Southern Paiute 6
4916	4916	Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund on ap-7
4917	4917	proval by the Secretary of a Tribal management 8
4918	4918	plan submitted by the San Juan Southern Pai-9
4919	4919	ute Tribe in accordance with the American In-10
4920	4920	dian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 11
4921	4921	1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 12
4922	4922	(B) R
4923	4923	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 13
4924	4924	requirements under the American Indian Trust 14
4925	4925	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 15
4926	4926	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 16
4927	4927	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 17
4928	4928	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe spend all 18
4929	4929	amounts withdrawn from the San Juan South-19
4930	4930	ern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund, 20
4931	4931	and any investment earnings accrued through 21
4932	4932	the investments under the Tribal management 22
4933	4933	plan, in accordance with this Act. 23
4934	4934	(C) E
4935	4935	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 24
4936	4936	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-25
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4939	4939	•HR 2025 IH
4940	4940	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-1
4941	4941	essary— 2
4942	4942	(i) to enforce a Tribal management 3
4943	4943	plan; and 4
4944	4944	(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 5
4945	4945	from the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 6
4946	4946	Water Settlement Trust Fund by the San 7
4947	4947	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe under this 8
4948	4948	paragraph are used in accordance with this 9
4949	4949	Act. 10
4950	4950	(2) E
4951	4951	XPENDITURE PLAN.— 11
4952	4952	(A) I
4953	4953	N GENERAL.—The San Juan South-12
4954	4954	ern Paiute Tribe may submit to the Secretary 13
4955	4955	a request to withdraw funds from the San Juan 14
4956	4956	Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust 15
4957	4957	Fund pursuant to an approved expenditure 16
4958	4958	plan. 17
4959	4959	(B) R
4960	4960	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 18
4961	4961	withdraw funds under an expenditure plan 19
4962	4962	under this paragraph, the San Juan Southern 20
4963	4963	Paiute Tribe shall submit to the Secretary for 21
4964	4964	approval an expenditure plan for any portion of 22
4965	4965	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water 23
4966	4966	Settlement Trust Fund that the San Juan 24
4967	4967	Southern Paiute Tribe elects to withdraw pur-25
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4971	4971	suant to this paragraph, subject to the condi-1
4972	4972	tion that the funds shall be used for the pur-2
4973	4973	poses described in this Act. 3
4974	4974	(C) I
4975	4975	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 4
4976	4976	under this paragraph shall include a description 5
4977	4977	of the manner and purpose for which the 6
4978	4978	amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 7
4979	4979	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settle-8
4980	4980	ment Trust Fund Accounts will be used by the 9
4981	4981	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe in accordance 10
4982	4982	with subsection (f). 11
4983	4983	(D) A
4984	4984	PPROVAL.—On receipt of an expendi-12
4985	4985	ture plan under this paragraph, the Secretary 13
4986	4986	shall approve the expenditure plan if the Sec-14
4987	4987	retary determines that the expenditure plan— 15
4988	4988	(i) is reasonable; and 16
4989	4989	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 17
4990	4990	for, the purposes of this Act. 18
4991	4991	(E) E
4992	4992	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 19
4993	4993	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-20
4994	4994	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-21
4995	4995	essary to enforce an expenditure plan under 22
4996	4996	this paragraph to ensure that amounts dis-23
4997	4997	bursed under this paragraph are used in ac-24
4998	4998	cordance with this Act. 25
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5002	5002	(f) USES.—Amounts from the San Juan Southern 1
5003	5003	Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund shall be used 2
5004	5004	by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe for the following 3
5005	5005	purposes: 4
5006	5006	(1) T
5007	5007	HE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE 5
5008	5008	GROUNDWATER PROJECTS TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .— 6
5009	5009	Amounts in the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 7
5010	5010	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account may only 8
5011	5011	be used to pay the cost of designing and con-9
5012	5012	structing water projects, including Water treatment 10
5013	5013	facilities, pipelines, storage tanks, pumping stations, 11
5014	5014	pressure reducing valves, electrical transmission fa-12
5015	5015	cilities, and the other appurtenant items, including 13
5016	5016	real property and easements necessary to deliver 14
5017	5017	water to the areas served. 15
5018	5018	(2) T
5019	5019	HE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE 16
5020	5020	AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION TRUST FUND AC -17
5021	5021	COUNT.— 18
5022	5022	(A) I
5023	5023	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-19
5024	5024	graph (B), amounts in the San Juan Southern 20
5025	5025	Paiute Tribe Agricultural Conservation Trust 21
5026	5026	Fund Account may only be used to pay the 22
5027	5027	costs of improvements to reduce water short-23
5028	5028	ages on the historically irrigated land of the 24
5029	5029	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, including 25
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5033	5033	sprinklers, drip or other efficient irrigation sys-1
5034	5034	tems, land leveling, wells, pipelines, pumps and 2
5035	5035	storage, stream bank stabilization and restora-3
5036	5036	tion, pasture seeding and management, fencing, 4
5037	5037	wind breaks, and alluvial wells. 5
5038	5038	(B) L
5039	5039	IMITATION.—Not more than half of 6
5040	5040	the amounts in the San Juan Southern Paiute 7
5041	5041	Tribe Agricultural Conservation Trust Fund 8
5042	5042	Account may be used for replacement and de-9
5043	5043	velopment of livestock wells and impoundments 10
5044	5044	on San Juan Southern Paiute Land. 11
5045	5045	(3) T
5046	5046	HE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE 12
5047	5047	OM&R TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the San 13
5048	5048	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe OM&R Trust Fund Ac-14
5049	5049	count may only be used to pay the OM&R costs of 15
5050	5050	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water projects 16
5051	5051	described in paragraph (1) and for the imputed 17
5052	5052	costs for delivery of water from the iina´ba´– paa 18
5053	5053	tuwaqat’si pipeline. 19
5054	5054	(g) L
5055	5055	IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 20
5056	5056	the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-21
5057	5057	vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the San Juan 22
5058	5058	Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund Ac-23
5059	5059	counts by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe pursuant 24
5060	5060	to subsection (e). 25
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5064	5064	(h) TITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 1
5065	5065	over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 2
5066	5066	from the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settle-3
5067	5067	ment Trust Fund shall remain in the San Juan Southern 4
5068	5068	Paiute Tribe. 5
5069	5069	(i) A
5070	5070	CCOUNTTRANSFERS.—If the activities described 6
5071	5071	in any of paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (f) are 7
5072	5072	complete and amounts remain in the applicable Trust 8
5073	5073	Fund Account described in those paragraphs, the Sec-9
5074	5074	retary, at the request of the San Juan Southern Paiute 10
5075	5075	Tribe, shall transfer the remaining amounts to one of the 11
5076	5076	other accounts within the San Juan Southern Paiute 12
5077	5077	Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund. 13
5078	5078	(j) C
5079	5079	ONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IINA´BA´– P AA 14
5080	5080	T
5081	5081	UWAQAT’SIPIPELINE.—In its sole discretion, the San 15
5082	5082	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe may use amounts in the San 16
5083	5083	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust 17
5084	5084	Fund to supplement funds in the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 18
5085	5085	pipeline Implementation Fund Account. 19
5086	5086	(k) A
5087	5087	NNUALREPORT.—The San Juan Southern Pai-20
5088	5088	ute Tribe shall submit to the Secretary an annual expendi-21
5089	5089	ture report describing accomplishments and amounts 22
5090	5090	spent from use of withdrawals under a Tribal management 23
5091	5091	plan submitted under paragraph (1) of subsection (e) or 24
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5095	5095	an expenditure plan under paragraph (2) of that sub-1
5096	5096	section. 2
5097	5097	(l) N
5098	5098	OPERCAPITAPAYMENTS.—No principal or in-3
5099	5099	terest amount in any account established by this section 4
5100	5100	shall be distributed to any Member of the San Juan 5
5101	5101	Southern Paiute Tribe on a per capita basis. 6
5102	5102	(m) E
5103	5103	FFECT.—Nothing in this section entitles the 7
5104	5104	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe to judicial review of a 8
5105	5105	determination of the Secretary relating to whether to ap-9
5106	5106	prove a Tribal management plan under paragraph (1) of 10
5107	5107	subsection (e) or an expenditure plan under paragraph (2) 11
5108	5108	of that subsection, or to take enforcement actions under 12
5109	5109	paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(E) of that subsection, except as 13
5110	5110	provided under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 14
5111	5111	7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 15
5112	5112	‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 16
5113	5113	SEC. 13. FUNDING. 17
5114	5114	(a) I
5115	5115	INA´BA´– PAATUWAQAT’SIPIPELINEIMPLE-18
5116	5116	MENTATIONFUNDACCOUNT.— 19
5117	5117	(1) M
5118	5118	ANDATORY APPROPRIATION .—Out of any 20
5119	5119	funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 21
5120	5120	the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 22
5121	5121	Secretary $1,715,000,000 for deposit in the iina´ba´ 23
5122	5122	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund Ac-24
5123	5123	count, to carry out the planning, engineering, de-25
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5127	5127	sign, environmental compliance, and construction of 1
5128	5128	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, to remain 2
5129	5129	available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to 3
5130	5130	the general fund of the Treasury. 4
5131	5131	(2) A
5132	5132	VAILABILITY.— 5
5133	5133	(A) I
5134	5134	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 6
5135	5135	subparagraph (B), amounts appropriated to 7
5136	5136	and deposited in the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 8
5137	5137	pipeline Implementation Fund Account under 9
5138	5138	paragraph (1) shall not be available for expend-10
5139	5139	iture until the Enforceability Date. 11
5140	5140	(B) E
5141	5141	XCEPTION.—Of the amounts made 12
5142	5142	available under paragraph (1), $250,000,000 13
5143	5143	shall be made available before the Enforce-14
5144	5144	ability Date for the Bureau to carry out envi-15
5145	5145	ronmental compliance and preliminary design of 16
5146	5146	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, subject to 17
5147	5147	the following: 18
5148	5148	(i) The revision of the Settlement 19
5149	5149	Agreement and exhibits to conform to this 20
5150	5150	Act. 21
5151	5151	(ii) Execution by all of the required 22
5152	5152	settlement parties, including the United 23
5153	5153	States, to the conformed Settlement Agree-24
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5156	5156	•HR 2025 IH
5157	5157	ment and exhibits, including the waivers 1
5158	5158	and releases of claims under section 14. 2
5159	5159	(3) S
5160	5160	ETTLEMENT FUNDING SOURCES .—If the 3
5161	5161	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation 4
5162	5162	Fund Account is insufficient to complete the iina´ba´ 5
5163	5163	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with section 6
5164	5164	8, the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe shall provide 7
5165	5165	necessary supplemental funding from the Water Set-8
5166	5166	tlement Trust Fund of the Tribe as described in sec-9
5167	5167	tions 10(j) and 11(j). 10
5168	5168	(b) N
5169	5169	AVAJONATIONWATERSETTLEMENTTRUST 11
5170	5170	F
5171	5171	UND, THEHOPITRIBEWATERSETTLEMENTTRUST 12
5172	5172	F
5173	5173	UND AND THE SANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTESETTLE-13
5174	5174	MENTTRUSTFUND.— 14
5175	5175	(1) M
5176	5176	ANDATORY APPROPRIATION .—Out of any 15
5177	5177	funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 16
5178	5178	the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 17
5179	5179	Secretary $3,421,400,000, for deposit in the Navajo 18
5180	5180	Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund, the Hopi 19
5181	5181	Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund, and the San 20
5182	5182	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust 21
5183	5183	Fund, in accordance with paragraph (3), to remain 22
5184	5184	available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to 23
5185	5185	the general fund of the Treasury. 24
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5188	5188	•HR 2025 IH
5189	5189	(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated to 1
5190	5190	and deposited in the Navajo Nation Water Settle-2
5191	5191	ment Trust Fund, the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement 3
5192	5192	Trust Fund, and the San Juan Southern Paiute 4
5193	5193	Water Settlement Trust Fund under paragraph (1) 5
5194	5194	shall not be available for expenditure until the En-6
5195	5195	forceability Date. 7
5196	5196	(3) A
5197	5197	LLOCATION.—The Secretary shall dis-8
5198	5198	tribute and deposit the amounts made available 9
5199	5199	under paragraph (1) in accordance with the fol-10
5200	5200	lowing: 11
5201	5201	(A) T
5202	5202	HE NAVAJO NATION WATER SETTLE -12
5203	5203	MENT TRUST FUND .—The Secretary shall de-13
5204	5204	posit in the Navajo Nation Water Settlement 14
5205	5205	Trust Fund $2,876,416,400 to remain available 15
5206	5206	until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the 16
5207	5207	general fund of the Treasury and to be allo-17
5208	5208	cated to the accounts of the Navajo Nation 18
5209	5209	Water Settlement Trust Fund in accordance 19
5210	5210	with the following: 20
5211	5211	(i) The Navajo Nation Water Projects 21
5212	5212	Trust Fund Account, $2,369,200,000. 22
5213	5213	(ii) The Navajo Nation OM&R Trust 23
5214	5214	Fund Account, $229,500,000. 24
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5217	5217	•HR 2025 IH
5218	5218	(iii) The Navajo Nation Agricultural 1
5219	5219	Conservation Trust Fund Account, 2
5220	5220	$80,000,000. 3
5221	5221	(iv) The Navajo Nation Renewable 4
5222	5222	Energy Trust Fund Account, $40,000,000. 5
5223	5223	(v) The Navajo Nation Lower Basin 6
5224	5224	Colorado River Water Acquisition Trust 7
5225	5225	Fund Account, $28,000,000. 8
5226	5226	(vi) The Navajo Nation System Con-9
5227	5227	servation Trust Fund Account, 10
5228	5228	$129,716,400. 11
5229	5229	(B) T
5230	5230	HE HOPI TRIBE WATER SETTLEMENT 12
5231	5231	TRUST FUND.—The Secretary shall deposit in 13
5232	5232	the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund 14
5233	5233	$515,183,600, to remain available until ex-15
5234	5234	pended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 16
5235	5235	fund of the Treasury and to be allocated to the 17
5236	5236	accounts of the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement 18
5237	5237	Trust Fund in accordance with the following: 19
5238	5238	(i) The Hopi Tribe Groundwater 20
5239	5239	Projects Trust Fund Account, 21
5240	5240	$390,000,000. 22
5241	5241	(ii) The Hopi Tribe OM&R Trust 23
5242	5242	Fund Account, $87,000,000. 24
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5245	5245	•HR 2025 IH
5246	5246	(iii) The Hopi Tribe Agricultural Con-1
5247	5247	servation Trust Fund Account, 2
5248	5248	$30,000,000. 3
5249	5249	(iv) The Hopi Tribe Lower Basin Col-4
5250	5250	orado River Water Acquisition Trust Fund 5
5251	5251	Account, $1,500,000. 6
5252	5252	(v) The Hopi Tribe System Conserva-7
5253	5253	tion Trust Fund Account, $6,683,600. 8
5254	5254	(C) T
5255	5255	HE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE 9
5256	5256	TRIBE WATER SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND .— 10
5257	5257	The Secretary shall deposit in the San Juan 11
5258	5258	Southern Paiute Water Settlement Trust Fund 12
5259	5259	$29,800,000, to remain available until ex-13
5260	5260	pended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 14
5261	5261	fund of the Treasury and to be allocated to the 15
5262	5262	accounts of the San Juan Southern Paiute 16
5263	5263	Water Settlement Trust Fund in accordance 17
5264	5264	with the following: 18
5265	5265	(i) The San Juan Southern Paiute 19
5266	5266	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Ac-20
5267	5267	count, $28,000,000. 21
5268	5268	(ii) The San Juan Southern Paiute 22
5269	5269	OM&R Trust Fund Account, $1,500,000. 23
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5272	5272	•HR 2025 IH
5273	5273	(iii) The San Juan Southern Paiute 1
5274	5274	Agricultural Conservation Trust Fund Ac-2
5275	5275	count, $300,000. 3
5276	5276	(c) S
5277	5277	UPPLEMENTAL IINA´BA´– PAATUWAQAT’SI 4
5278	5278	P
5279	5279	IPELINEIMPLEMENTATION FUNDACCOUNT RE-5
5280	5280	SERVE.— 6
5281	5281	(1) I
5282	5282	N GENERAL.—In order to address the pre-7
5283	5283	liminary estimate level of the value planning study 8
5284	5284	described in section 8(a)(1)(C)(iii), and the risk that 9
5285	5285	the amount in the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 10
5286	5286	Implementation Fund Account may be insufficient 11
5287	5287	to complete construction of the iina´ba´– paa 12
5288	5288	tuwaqat’si pipeline, until the Secretary completes a 13
5289	5289	feasibility-level design and estimate for the iina´ba´ 14
5290	5290	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, 50 percent of the Navajo 15
5291	5291	Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund and 50 per-16
5292	5292	cent of the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust 17
5293	5293	Fund— 18
5294	5294	(A) shall not be available for withdrawal, 19
5295	5295	except pursuant to sections 10(j)(1) and 20
5296	5296	11(j)(1); and 21
5297	5297	(B) shall remain available to supplement 22
5298	5298	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implemen-23
5299	5299	tation Fund Account. 24
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5302	5302	•HR 2025 IH
5303	5303	(2) ON COMPLETION OF FEASIBILITY STUDY .— 1
5304	5304	On completion of the feasibility-level estimate, value 2
5305	5305	planning, and final design approved by the Navajo 3
5306	5306	Nation, Hopi Tribe, and the Secretary, a percentage 4
5307	5307	of the Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund 5
5308	5308	and the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund to 6
5309	5309	be determined by the Secretary— 7
5310	5310	(A) shall not be available for withdrawal, 8
5311	5311	except pursuant to sections 10(j)(1) and 9
5312	5312	11(j)(1); and 10
5313	5313	(B) shall remain available to supplement 11
5314	5314	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementa-12
5315	5315	tion Fund Account until the Secretary notifies 13
5316	5316	the Tribes in writing that supplemental funding 14
5317	5317	is no longer needed. 15
5318	5318	(d) C
5319	5319	REDITS TOACCOUNTS.— 16
5320	5320	(1) I
5321	5321	N GENERAL.—The interest on, and the 17
5322	5322	proceeds from, the sale or redemption of, any obliga-18
5323	5323	tions held in the Navajo Nation Water Settlement 19
5324	5324	Trust Fund, the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust 20
5325	5325	Fund, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Water 21
5326	5326	Settlement Trust Fund shall be credited to and form 22
5327	5327	a part of the applicable Trust Fund. 23
5328	5328	(2) U
5329	5329	SE OF TRUST FUNDS .—Amounts appro-24
5330	5330	priated to and deposited in the Navajo Nation Water 25
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5333	5333	•HR 2025 IH
5334	5334	Settlement Trust Fund, the Hopi Tribe Water Set-1
5335	5335	tlement Trust Fund, and the San Juan Southern 2
5336	5336	Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund may be 3
5337	5337	used as described in sections 10, 11, and 12 and 4
5338	5338	paragraph 12 of the Settlement Agreement. 5
5339	5339	(e) F
5340	5340	LUCTUATION INCOSTS.— 6
5341	5341	(1) I
5342	5342	MPLEMENTATION FUND ACCOUNT .—The 7
5343	5343	amounts appropriated and authorized to be appro-8
5344	5344	priated under subsection (a) shall be— 9
5345	5345	(A) increased or decreased, as appropriate, 10
5346	5346	by such amounts as may be justified by reason 11
5347	5347	of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring after 12
5348	5348	January 1, 2024, as indicated by the Bureau 13
5349	5349	Construction Cost Trends Index applicable to 14
5350	5350	the types of construction involved; and 15
5351	5351	(B) adjusted to address construction cost 16
5352	5352	changes necessary to account for unforeseen 17
5353	5353	market volatility that may not otherwise be cap-18
5354	5354	tured by engineering cost indices as determined 19
5355	5355	by the Secretary, including repricing applicable 20
5356	5356	to the types of construction and current indus-21
5357	5357	try standards involved. 22
5358	5358	(2) T
5359	5359	RUST FUNDS.—The amounts appropriated 23
5360	5360	and authorized to be appropriated under subsection 24
5361	5361	(b) shall be— 25
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5364	5364	•HR 2025 IH
5365	5365	(A) increased or decreased, as appropriate, 1
5366	5366	by such amounts as may be justified by reason 2
5367	5367	of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring after 3
5368	5368	January 1, 2024, as indicated by the Bureau 4
5369	5369	Construction Cost Index—Composite Trend, ex-5
5370	5370	cept for the OM&R trust funds which shall be 6
5371	5371	adjusted based on the Bureau OM&R Cost 7
5372	5372	Index; and 8
5373	5373	(B) adjusted to address construction cost 9
5374	5374	changes necessary to account for unforeseen 10
5375	5375	market volatility that may not otherwise be cap-11
5376	5376	tured by engineering cost indices as determined 12
5377	5377	by the Secretary, including repricing applicable 13
5378	5378	to the types of construction and current indus-14
5379	5379	try standards involved. 15
5380	5380	(3) R
5381	5381	EPETITION.—The adjustment process 16
5382	5382	under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be repeated for 17
5383	5383	each subsequent amount appropriated until the 18
5384	5384	amount appropriated and authorized to be appro-19
5385	5385	priated, as applicable, under subsections (a) and (b), 20
5386	5386	as adjusted, has been appropriated. 21
5387	5387	(4) P
5388	5388	ERIOD OF INDEXING.— 22
5389	5389	(A) I
5390	5390	MPLEMENTATION FUND .—With re-23
5391	5391	spect to the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 24
5392	5392	Implementation Fund Account, the period of 25
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5395	5395	•HR 2025 IH
5396	5396	adjustment under paragraph (1) for any incre-1
5397	5397	ment of funding shall be annually until the iina´ 2
5398	5398	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline project is com-3
5399	5399	pleted. 4
5400	5400	(B) T
5401	5401	RUST FUNDS.—With respect to the 5
5402	5402	Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund, 6
5403	5403	the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund, 7
5404	5404	and the San Juan Southern Paiute Water Set-8
5405	5405	tlement Trust Fund, the period of indexing ad-9
5406	5406	justment under paragraph (2) for any incre-10
5407	5407	ment of funding shall end on the date on which 11
5408	5408	the funds are deposited into the Trust Funds. 12
5409	5409	SEC. 14. WAIVERS, RELEASES, AND RETENTION OF CLAIMS. 13
5410	5410	(a) W
5411	5411	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 14
5412	5412	C
5413	5413	LAIMS FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, 15
5414	5414	ANDINJURY TOWATER BY THENAVAJONATION, ONBE-16
5415	5415	HALF OF THE NAVAJONATION AND THE MEMBERS OF 17
5416	5416	THENAVAJONATION(BUTNOTMEMBERS IN THE CA-18
5417	5417	PACITY OF THEMEMBERS ASNAVAJOALLOTTEES), AND 19
5418	5418	THEUNITEDSTATES, ACTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THE 20
5419	5419	N
5420	5420	AVAJONATION AND THE MEMBERS OF THE NAVAJO 21
5421	5421	N
5422	5422	ATION(BUTNOTMEMBERS IN THECAPACITY OF THE 22
5423	5423	M
5424	5424	EMBERS ASNAVAJOALLOTTEES) AGAINST THESTATE 23
5425	5425	ANDOTHERS.— 24
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5428	5428	•HR 2025 IH
5429	5429	(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1
5430	5430	graph (3), the Navajo Nation, on behalf of the Nav-2
5431	5431	ajo Nation and the Members of the Navajo Nation 3
5432	5432	(but not Members in the capacity of the Members as 4
5433	5433	Navajo Allottees), and the United States, acting as 5
5434	5434	trustee for the Navajo Nation and the Members of 6
5435	5435	the Navajo Nation (but not Members in the capacity 7
5436	5436	of the Members as Navajo Allottees), as part of the 8
5437	5437	performance of the respective obligations of the Nav-9
5438	5438	ajo Nation and the United States under the Settle-10
5439	5439	ment Agreement and this Act, are authorized to exe-11
5440	5440	cute a waiver and release of all claims against the 12
5441	5441	State (or any agency or political subdivision of the 13
5442	5442	State), the Hopi Tribe, the Hopi Allottees, the San 14
5443	5443	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and any other indi-15
5444	5444	vidual, entity, corporation, or municipal corporation 16
5445	5445	under Federal, State, or other law for all of the fol-17
5446	5446	lowing: 18
5447	5447	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 19
5448	5448	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 20
5449	5449	River Water, for Navajo Land, arising from 21
5450	5450	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 22
5451	5451	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 23
5452	5452	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 24
5453	5453	River Water, arising from time immemorial 25
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5456	5456	•HR 2025 IH
5457	5457	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 1
5458	5458	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 2
5459	5459	by the Navajo Nation, the predecessors of the 3
5460	5460	Navajo Nation, the Members of the Navajo Na-4
5461	5461	tion, or predecessors of the Members of the 5
5462	5462	Navajo Nation. 6
5463	5463	(C) Past and present claims for Injury to 7
5464	5464	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-8
5465	5465	orado River Water, for Navajo Land, arising 9
5466	5466	from time immemorial through the Enforce-10
5467	5467	ability Date. 11
5468	5468	(D) Past, present, and future claims for 12
5469	5469	Injury to Water for Navajo Land, arising from 13
5470	5470	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 14
5471	5471	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 15
5472	5472	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 16
5473	5473	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 17
5474	5474	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 18
5475	5475	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 19
5476	5476	within the State by the Navajo Nation, the 20
5477	5477	predecessors of the Navajo Nation, the Mem-21
5478	5478	bers of the Navajo Nation, or predecessors of 22
5479	5479	the Members of the Navajo Nation. 23
5480	5480	(F) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-24
5481	5481	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 25
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5484	5484	•HR 2025 IH
5485	5485	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, 1
5486	5486	for Navajo Land, resulting from the diversion 2
5487	5487	or Use of water outside of Navajo Land in a 3
5488	5488	manner not in violation of the Settlement 4
5489	5489	Agreement or State law. 5
5490	5490	(G) Past, present, and future claims aris-6
5491	5491	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-7
5492	5492	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-8
5493	5493	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-9
5494	5494	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-10
5495	5495	ment, or this Act. 11
5496	5496	(2) F
5497	5497	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 12
5498	5498	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 13
5499	5499	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 14
5500	5500	13.1 to the Settlement Agreement; and 15
5501	5501	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 16
5502	5502	(3) R
5503	5503	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 17
5504	5504	the waiver and release of claims described in para-18
5505	5505	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.1 to the Settlement Agree-19
5506	5506	ment, the Navajo Nation, acting on behalf of the 20
5507	5507	Navajo Nation and the Members of the Navajo Na-21
5508	5508	tion (but not Members in the capacity of the Mem-22
5509	5509	bers as Navajo Allottees), and the United States, 23
5510	5510	acting as trustee for the Navajo Nation and the 24
5511	5511	Members of the Navajo Nation (but not Members in 25
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5514	5514	•HR 2025 IH
5515	5515	the capacity of the Members as Navajo Allottees), 1
5516	5516	shall retain any right— 2
5517	5517	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 3
5518	5518	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 4
5519	5519	Nation under the Settlement Agreement, wheth-5
5520	5520	er those rights are generally stated or specifi-6
5521	5521	cally described, or this Act, in any Federal or 7
5522	5522	State court of competent jurisdiction; 8
5523	5523	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 9
5524	5524	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 10
5525	5525	Nation under the LCR Decree and the Gila 11
5526	5526	River Adjudication Decree; 12
5527	5527	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights, for 13
5528	5528	land owned or acquired by the Navajo Nation 14
5529	5529	in fee, or held in trust by the United States for 15
5530	5530	the Navajo Nation, in the LCR Watershed pur-16
5531	5531	suant to subparagraphs 4.11 and 4.12, of the 17
5532	5532	Settlement Agreement, or in the Gila River 18
5533	5533	Basin pursuant to subparagraphs 4.14 and 19
5534	5534	4.15 of the Settlement Agreement; 20
5535	5535	(D) to object to any claims for Water 21
5536	5536	Rights by or for— 22
5537	5537	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 23
5538	5538	Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 24
5539	5539	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 25
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5542	5542	•HR 2025 IH
5543	5543	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 1
5544	5544	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 2
5545	5545	Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 3
5546	5546	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; and 4
5547	5547	(E) to assert past, present, or future 5
5548	5548	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 6
5549	5549	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 7
5550	5550	Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 8
5551	5551	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 9
5552	5552	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 10
5553	5553	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 11
5554	5554	Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 12
5555	5555	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe. 13
5556	5556	(b) W
5557	5557	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 14
5558	5558	C
5559	5559	LAIMS FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, 15
5560	5560	ANDINJURY TOWATER BY THEUNITEDSTATES, ACTING 16
5561	5561	ASTRUSTEE FOR THENAVAJOALLOTTEESAGAINST THE 17
5562	5562	S
5563	5563	TATE ANDOTHERS.— 18
5564	5564	(1) I
5565	5565	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-19
5566	5566	graph (3), the United States, acting as trustee for 20
5567	5567	the Navajo Allottees, as part of the performance of 21
5568	5568	the obligations of the United States under the Set-22
5569	5569	tlement Agreement and this Act, is authorized to 23
5570	5570	execute a waiver and release of all claims against the 24
5571	5571	State (or any agency or political subdivision of the 25
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5574	5574	•HR 2025 IH
5575	5575	State), the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the Hopi 1
5576	5576	Allottees, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 2
5577	5577	and any other individual, entity, corporation, or mu-3
5578	5578	nicipal corporation under Federal, State, or other 4
5579	5579	law, for all of the following: 5
5580	5580	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 6
5581	5581	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 7
5582	5582	River Water, for Navajo Allotments, arising 8
5583	5583	from time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 9
5584	5584	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 10
5585	5585	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 11
5586	5586	River Water, arising from time immemorial 12
5587	5587	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 13
5588	5588	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 14
5589	5589	by the Navajo Allottees or predecessors of the 15
5590	5590	Navajo Allottees. 16
5591	5591	(C) Past and present claims for Injury to 17
5592	5592	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-18
5593	5593	orado River Water, for Navajo Allotments, aris-19
5594	5594	ing from time immemorial through the Enforce-20
5595	5595	ability Date. 21
5596	5596	(D) Past, present, and future claims for 22
5597	5597	Injury to Water for Navajo Allotments, arising 23
5598	5598	from time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 24
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5601	5601	•HR 2025 IH
5602	5602	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 1
5603	5603	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 2
5604	5604	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 3
5605	5605	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 4
5606	5606	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 5
5607	5607	within the State by Navajo Allottees or prede-6
5608	5608	cessors of the Navajo Allottees. 7
5609	5609	(F) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-8
5610	5610	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 9
5611	5611	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, 10
5612	5612	for the Navajo Allotments, resulting from the 11
5613	5613	diversion or Use of water outside of Navajo Al-12
5614	5614	lotments in a manner not in violation of the 13
5615	5615	Settlement Agreement or State law. 14
5616	5616	(G) Past, present, and future claims aris-15
5617	5617	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-16
5618	5618	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-17
5619	5619	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-18
5620	5620	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-19
5621	5621	ment, or this Act. 20
5622	5622	(2) F
5623	5623	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 21
5624	5624	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 22
5625	5625	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 23
5626	5626	13.2 to the Settlement Agreement; and 24
5627	5627	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 25
5628	5628	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:54 Apr 18, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00183 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2025.IH H2025
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5631	5631	(3) RETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 1
5632	5632	the waiver and release of claims described in para-2
5633	5633	graph (1), the United States, acting as trustee for 3
5634	5634	the Navajo Allottees, shall retain any right— 4
5635	5635	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 5
5636	5636	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 6
5637	5637	Allottees under the Settlement Agreement, 7
5638	5638	whether those rights are generally stated or 8
5639	5639	specifically described, or this Act, in any Fed-9
5640	5640	eral or State court of competent jurisdiction; 10
5641	5641	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 11
5642	5642	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 12
5643	5643	Allottees under the LCR Decree; 13
5644	5644	(C) to object to any claims for Water 14
5645	5645	Rights by or for— 15
5646	5646	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 16
5647	5647	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San 17
5648	5648	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 18
5649	5649	Tribe; or 19
5650	5650	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 20
5651	5651	of any Indian Tribe other than the Navajo 21
5652	5652	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San Juan 22
5653	5653	Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 23
5654	5654	Tribe; and 24
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5657	5657	•HR 2025 IH
5658	5658	(D) to assert past, present, or future 1
5659	5659	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 2
5660	5660	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 3
5661	5661	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San 4
5662	5662	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 5
5663	5663	Tribe; or 6
5664	5664	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 7
5665	5665	of any Indian Tribe other than the Navajo 8
5666	5666	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San Juan 9
5667	5667	Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 10
5668	5668	Tribe. 11
5669	5669	(c) W
5670	5670	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 12
5671	5671	C
5672	5672	LAIMS FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, 13
5673	5673	ANDINJURY TOWATER BY THENAVAJONATION, ONBE-14
5674	5674	HALF OF THE NAVAJONATION AND THE MEMBERS OF 15
5675	5675	THENAVAJONATION(BUTNOTMEMBERS IN THE CA-16
5676	5676	PACITY OF THE MEMBERS AS NAVAJOALLOTTEES), 17
5677	5677	A
5678	5678	GAINST THEUNITEDSTATES.— 18
5679	5679	(1) I
5680	5680	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-19
5681	5681	graph (3), the Navajo Nation, acting on behalf of 20
5682	5682	the Navajo Nation and the Members of the Navajo 21
5683	5683	Nation (but not Members in the capacity of the 22
5684	5684	Members as Navajo Allottees), as part of the per-23
5685	5685	formance of the obligations of the Navajo Nation 24
5686	5686	under the Settlement Agreement and this Act, is au-25
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5689	5689	•HR 2025 IH
5690	5690	thorized to execute a waiver and release of all claims 1
5691	5691	against the United States, including agencies, offi-2
5692	5692	cials, and employees of the United States, under 3
5693	5693	Federal, State, or other law for all of the following: 4
5694	5694	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 5
5695	5695	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 6
5696	5696	River Water, for Navajo Land arising from 7
5697	5697	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 8
5698	5698	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 9
5699	5699	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 10
5700	5700	River Water, arising from time immemorial 11
5701	5701	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 12
5702	5702	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 13
5703	5703	by the Navajo Nation, the predecessors of the 14
5704	5704	Navajo Nation, the Members of the Navajo Na-15
5705	5705	tion, or predecessors of the Members of the 16
5706	5706	Navajo Nation. 17
5707	5707	(C) Claims for Water Rights within the 18
5708	5708	State that the United States, acting as trustee 19
5709	5709	for the Navajo Nation and Navajo Allottees, as-20
5710	5710	serted or could have asserted in any proceeding, 21
5711	5711	except to the extent that such rights are recog-22
5712	5712	nized as part of the Navajo Nation’s Water 23
5713	5713	Rights under this Act. 24
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5716	5716	•HR 2025 IH
5717	5717	(D) Past and present claims for Injury to 1
5718	5718	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-2
5719	5719	orado River Water, for Navajo Land, arising 3
5720	5720	from time immemorial through the Enforce-4
5721	5721	ability Date. 5
5722	5722	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 6
5723	5723	Injury to Water for Navajo Land, arising from 7
5724	5724	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 8
5725	5725	(F) Past, present, and future claims for 9
5726	5726	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 10
5727	5727	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 11
5728	5728	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 12
5729	5729	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 13
5730	5730	within the State by the Navajo Nation, the 14
5731	5731	predecessors of the Navajo Nation, the Mem-15
5732	5732	bers of the Navajo Nation, or predecessors of 16
5733	5733	the Members of the Navajo Nation. 17
5734	5734	(G) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-18
5735	5735	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 19
5736	5736	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date for 20
5737	5737	Navajo Land, resulting from the diversion or 21
5738	5738	Use of water outside of Navajo Land in a man-22
5739	5739	ner not in violation of the Settlement Agree-23
5740	5740	ment or State law. 24
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5743	5743	•HR 2025 IH
5744	5744	(H) Past, present, and future claims aris-1
5745	5745	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-2
5746	5746	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-3
5747	5747	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-4
5748	5748	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-5
5749	5749	ment, or this Act. 6
5750	5750	(I) Past, present, and future claims arising 7
5751	5751	out of, or relating in any manner to, United 8
5752	5752	States Geological Survey monitoring and re-9
5753	5753	porting activities described in paragraph 7.0 of 10
5754	5754	the Settlement Agreement. 11
5755	5755	(J) Past, present, and future claims aris-12
5756	5756	ing from time immemorial and, thereafter, for-13
5757	5757	ever, relating in any manner to Injury to Water 14
5758	5758	or Injury to Water Rights based on the provi-15
5759	5759	sions of paragraphs 8.0 and 9.0 of the Settle-16
5760	5760	ment Agreement. 17
5761	5761	(K) Past and present claims for foregone 18
5762	5762	benefits from non-Navajo Use of water, on and 19
5763	5763	off Navajo Land (including water from all 20
5764	5764	sources and for all Uses), within the State aris-21
5765	5765	ing before the Enforceability Date. 22
5766	5766	(L) Past and present claims for damage, 23
5767	5767	loss, or injury to land or natural resources due 24
5768	5768	to loss of water or Water Rights, including 25
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5771	5771	•HR 2025 IH
5772	5772	damages, losses, or injuries to hunting, fishing, 1
5773	5773	gathering, or cultural rights due to loss of 2
5774	5774	water or Water Rights, claims relating to inter-3
5775	5775	ference with, diversion of, or taking of water, or 4
5776	5776	claims relating to a failure to protect, acquire, 5
5777	5777	replace, or develop water, Water Rights, or 6
5778	5778	water infrastructure, within the State, arising 7
5779	5779	before the Enforceability Date. 8
5780	5780	(M) Past and present claims arising before 9
5781	5781	the Enforceability Date from a failure to pro-10
5782	5782	vide for operation, maintenance, or deferred 11
5783	5783	maintenance for any irrigation system or irriga-12
5784	5784	tion project on Navajo Land. 13
5785	5785	(N) Past and present claims arising before 14
5786	5786	the Enforceability Date from a failure to estab-15
5787	5787	lish or provide a municipal, rural, or industrial 16
5788	5788	water delivery system on Navajo Land. 17
5789	5789	(O) Past and present claims for damage, 18
5790	5790	loss, or injury to land or natural resources due 19
5791	5791	to construction, operation, and management of 20
5792	5792	irrigation projects on Navajo Land, including 21
5793	5793	damages, losses, or injuries to fish habitat, 22
5794	5794	wildlife, and wildlife habitat, within the State 23
5795	5795	arising before the Enforceability Date. 24
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5798	5798	•HR 2025 IH
5799	5799	(P) Past and present claims arising before 1
5800	5800	the Enforceability Date from a failure to pro-2
5801	5801	vide a dam safety improvement to a dam on 3
5802	5802	Navajo Land within the State. 4
5803	5803	(2) F
5804	5804	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 5
5805	5805	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 6
5806	5806	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 7
5807	5807	13.3 to the Settlement Agreement; and 8
5808	5808	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 9
5809	5809	(3) R
5810	5810	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 10
5811	5811	the waiver and release of claims described in para-11
5812	5812	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.3 to the Settlement Agree-12
5813	5813	ment, the Navajo Nation and the Members of the 13
5814	5814	Navajo Nation (but not Members in the capacity of 14
5815	5815	the Members as Allottees) shall retain any right— 15
5816	5816	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 16
5817	5817	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 17
5818	5818	Nation under the Settlement Agreement, wheth-18
5819	5819	er those rights are generally stated or specifi-19
5820	5820	cally described, or this Act, in any Federal or 20
5821	5821	State court of competent jurisdiction; 21
5822	5822	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 22
5823	5823	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 23
5824	5824	Nation under the LCR Decree and the Gila 24
5825	5825	River Adjudication Decree; 25
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5828	5828	•HR 2025 IH
5829	5829	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights for 1
5830	5830	land owned or acquired by the Navajo Nation 2
5831	5831	in fee in the LCR Watershed pursuant to sub-3
5832	5832	paragraphs 4.11 and 4.12 of the Settlement 4
5833	5833	Agreement, or in the Gila River Basin pursuant 5
5834	5834	to subparagraphs 4.14 and 4.15 of the Settle-6
5835	5835	ment Agreement; 7
5836	5836	(D) to object to any claims for Water 8
5837	5837	Rights by or for— 9
5838	5838	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 10
5839	5839	Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 11
5840	5840	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 12
5841	5841	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 13
5842	5842	of any Indian Tribe other than the Hopi 14
5843	5843	Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 15
5844	5844	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; and 16
5845	5845	(E) to assert past, present, or future 17
5846	5846	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 18
5847	5847	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 19
5848	5848	Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 20
5849	5849	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 21
5850	5850	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 22
5851	5851	of any Indian Tribe other than the Hopi 23
5852	5852	Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 24
5853	5853	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe. 25
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5856	5856	•HR 2025 IH
5857	5857	(d) WAIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 1
5858	5858	C
5859	5859	LAIMS BY THE UNITEDSTATES INALLCAPACITIES 2
5860	5860	(E
5861	5861	XCEPT ASTRUSTEE FOR AN INDIANTRIBEOTHER 3
5862	5862	T
5863	5863	HAN THENAVAJONATION, THEHOPITRIBE, AND THE 4
5864	5864	S
5865	5865	ANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE) AGAINST THE 5
5866	5866	N
5867	5867	AVAJONATION AND THE MEMBERS OF THE NAVAJO 6
5868	5868	N
5869	5869	ATION.— 7
5870	5870	(1) I
5871	5871	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-8
5872	5872	graph (3), the United States, in all capacities (ex-9
5873	5873	cept as trustee for an Indian Tribe other than the 10
5874	5874	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan 11
5875	5875	Southern Paiute Tribe), as part of the performance 12
5876	5876	of the obligations of the United States under the 13
5877	5877	Settlement Agreement and this Act, is authorized to 14
5878	5878	execute a waiver and release of all claims against the 15
5879	5879	Navajo Nation, the Members of the Navajo Nation, 16
5880	5880	or any agency, official, or employee of the Navajo 17
5881	5881	Nation, under Federal, State, or any other law for 18
5882	5882	all of the following: 19
5883	5883	(A) Past and present claims for Injury to 20
5884	5884	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-21
5885	5885	orado River Water, resulting from the diversion 22
5886	5886	or Use of water on Navajo Land, arising from 23
5887	5887	time immemorial through the Enforceability 24
5888	5888	Date. 25
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5891	5891	•HR 2025 IH
5892	5892	(B) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-1
5893	5893	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 2
5894	5894	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, re-3
5895	5895	sulting from the diversion or Use of water on 4
5896	5896	Navajo Land in a manner that is not in viola-5
5897	5897	tion of this Agreement or State law. 6
5898	5898	(C) Past, present, and future claims aris-7
5899	5899	ing out of, or related in any manner to, the ne-8
5900	5900	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-9
5901	5901	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-10
5902	5902	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-11
5903	5903	ment, or this Act. 12
5904	5904	(2) F
5905	5905	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 13
5906	5906	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 14
5907	5907	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 15
5908	5908	13.4 to the Settlement Agreement; and 16
5909	5909	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 17
5910	5910	(3) R
5911	5911	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 18
5912	5912	the waiver and release of claims described in para-19
5913	5913	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.4 to the Settlement Agree-20
5914	5914	ment, the United States shall retain any right to as-21
5915	5915	sert any claim not expressly waived in accordance 22
5916	5916	with that paragraph and that Exhibit, in any Fed-23
5917	5917	eral or State court of competent jurisdiction. 24
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5920	5920	•HR 2025 IH
5921	5921	(e) WAIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 1
5922	5922	C
5923	5923	LAIMS FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, 2
5924	5924	ANDINJURY TOWATER BY THEHOPITRIBE, ONBEHALF 3
5925	5925	OF THEHOPITRIBE AND THEMEMBERS OF THE HOPI 4
5926	5926	T
5927	5927	RIBE(BUTNOTMEMBERS IN THE CAPACITY OF THE 5
5928	5928	M
5929	5929	EMBERS AS HOPIALLOTTEES), AND THE UNITED 6
5930	5930	S
5931	5931	TATES, ACTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THEHOPITRIBE AND 7
5932	5932	THEMEMBERS OF THEHOPITRIBE(BUTNOTMEMBERS 8
5933	5933	IN THE CAPACITY OF THE MEMBERS AS HOPI 9
5934	5934	A
5935	5935	LLOTTEES) AGAINST THESTATE ANDOTHERS.— 10
5936	5936	(1) I
5937	5937	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-11
5938	5938	graph (3), the Hopi Tribe, on behalf of the Hopi 12
5939	5939	Tribe and the Members of the Hopi Tribe (but not 13
5940	5940	Members in the capacity of the Members as Hopi 14
5941	5941	Allottees), and the United States, acting as trustee 15
5942	5942	for the Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi 16
5943	5943	Tribe (but not Members in the capacity of the Mem-17
5944	5944	bers as Hopi Allottees), as part of the performance 18
5945	5945	of the respective obligations of the Hopi Tribe and 19
5946	5946	the United States under the Settlement Agreement 20
5947	5947	and this Act, are authorized to execute a waiver and 21
5948	5948	release of all claims against the State (or any agency 22
5949	5949	or political subdivision of the State), the Navajo Na-23
5950	5950	tion, the Navajo Allottees, the San Juan Southern 24
5951	5951	Paiute Tribe, and any other individual, entity, cor-25
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5954	5954	•HR 2025 IH
5955	5955	poration, or municipal corporation under Federal, 1
5956	5956	State, or other law for all of the following: 2
5957	5957	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 3
5958	5958	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 4
5959	5959	River Water, for Hopi Land, arising from time 5
5960	5960	immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 6
5961	5961	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 7
5962	5962	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 8
5963	5963	River Water, arising from time immemorial 9
5964	5964	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 10
5965	5965	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 11
5966	5966	by the Hopi Tribe, the predecessors of the Hopi 12
5967	5967	Tribe, the Members of the Hopi Tribe, or pred-13
5968	5968	ecessors of the Members of the Hopi Tribe. 14
5969	5969	(C) Past and present claims for Injury to 15
5970	5970	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-16
5971	5971	orado River Water, for Hopi Land, arising from 17
5972	5972	time immemorial through the Enforceability 18
5973	5973	Date. 19
5974	5974	(D) Past, present, and future claims for 20
5975	5975	Injury to Water for Hopi Land, arising from 21
5976	5976	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 22
5977	5977	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 23
5978	5978	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 24
5979	5979	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 25
5980	5980	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:54 Apr 18, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00195 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2025.IH H2025
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5982	5982	•HR 2025 IH
5983	5983	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 1
5984	5984	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 2
5985	5985	within the State by the Hopi Tribe, the prede-3
5986	5986	cessors of the Hopi Tribe, the Members of the 4
5987	5987	Hopi Tribe, or predecessors of the Members of 5
5988	5988	the Hopi Tribe. 6
5989	5989	(F) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-7
5990	5990	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 8
5991	5991	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, 9
5992	5992	for Hopi Land, resulting from the diversion or 10
5993	5993	Use of water outside of Hopi Land in a manner 11
5994	5994	not in violation of the Settlement Agreement or 12
5995	5995	State law. 13
5996	5996	(G) Past, present, and future claims aris-14
5997	5997	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-15
5998	5998	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-16
5999	5999	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-17
6000	6000	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-18
6001	6001	ment, or this Act. 19
6002	6002	(2) F
6003	6003	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 20
6004	6004	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 21
6005	6005	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 22
6006	6006	13.6 to the Settlement Agreement; and 23
6007	6007	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 24
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6010	6010	•HR 2025 IH
6011	6011	(3) RETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 1
6012	6012	the waiver and release of claims described in para-2
6013	6013	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.6 to the Settlement Agree-3
6014	6014	ment, the Hopi Tribe, acting on behalf of the Hopi 4
6015	6015	Tribe and the Members of the Hopi Tribe (but not 5
6016	6016	Members in the capacity of the Members as Hopi 6
6017	6017	Allottees), and the United States, acting as trustee 7
6018	6018	for the Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi 8
6019	6019	Tribe (but not Members in the capacity of the Mem-9
6020	6020	bers as Hopi Allottees), shall retain any right— 10
6021	6021	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 11
6022	6022	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 12
6023	6023	Tribe under the Settlement Agreement, whether 13
6024	6024	those rights are generally stated or specifically 14
6025	6025	described, or this Act, in any Federal or State 15
6026	6026	court of competent jurisdiction; 16
6027	6027	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 17
6028	6028	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 18
6029	6029	Tribe under the LCR Decree; 19
6030	6030	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights for 20
6031	6031	land owned or acquired by the Hopi Tribe in 21
6032	6032	fee, or held in trust by the United States for 22
6033	6033	the Hopi Tribe, in the LCR Watershed pursu-23
6034	6034	ant to subparagraphs 5.10 and 5.11 of the Set-24
6035	6035	tlement Agreement; 25
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6038	6038	•HR 2025 IH
6039	6039	(D) to object to any claims for Water 1
6040	6040	Rights by or for— 2
6041	6041	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 3
6042	6042	Navajo Nation, the San Juan Southern 4
6043	6043	Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 5
6044	6044	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 6
6045	6045	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Navajo 7
6046	6046	Nation, the San Juan Southern Paiute 8
6047	6047	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; and 9
6048	6048	(E) to assert past, present, or future 10
6049	6049	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 11
6050	6050	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 12
6051	6051	Navajo Nation, the San Juan Southern 13
6052	6052	Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 14
6053	6053	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 15
6054	6054	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Navajo 16
6055	6055	Nation, the San Juan Southern Paiute 17
6056	6056	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe. 18
6057	6057	(f) W
6058	6058	AIVERS, RELEASES ANDRETENTION OFCLAIMS 19
6059	6059	FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, AND 20
6060	6060	I
6061	6061	NJURY TOWATER BY THEUNITEDSTATES, ACTING AS 21
6062	6062	T
6063	6063	RUSTEE FOR THE HOPIALLOTTEESAGAINST THE 22
6064	6064	S
6065	6065	TATE ANDOTHERS.— 23
6066	6066	(1) I
6067	6067	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-24
6068	6068	graph (3), the United States, acting as trustee for 25
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6071	6071	•HR 2025 IH
6072	6072	the Hopi Allottees, as part of the performance of the 1
6073	6073	obligations of the United States under the Settle-2
6074	6074	ment Agreement and this Act, is authorized to exe-3
6075	6075	cute a waiver and release of all claims against the 4
6076	6076	State (or any agency or political subdivision of the 5
6077	6077	State), the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Nav-6
6078	6078	ajo Allottees, and the San Juan Southern Paiute 7
6079	6079	Tribe, and any other individual, entity, corporation, 8
6080	6080	or municipal corporation under Federal, State, or 9
6081	6081	other law, for all of the following: 10
6082	6082	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 11
6083	6083	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 12
6084	6084	River Water, for Hopi Allotments, arising from 13
6085	6085	time immemorial, and, thereafter, forever. 14
6086	6086	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 15
6087	6087	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 16
6088	6088	River Water, arising from time immemorial 17
6089	6089	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 18
6090	6090	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 19
6091	6091	by the Hopi Allottees or predecessors of the 20
6092	6092	Hopi Allottees. 21
6093	6093	(C) Past and present claims for Injury to 22
6094	6094	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-23
6095	6095	orado River Water, for Hopi Allotments, arising 24
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6098	6098	•HR 2025 IH
6099	6099	from time immemorial through the Enforce-1
6100	6100	ability Date. 2
6101	6101	(D) Past, present, and future claims for 3
6102	6102	Injury to Water for Hopi Allotments, arising 4
6103	6103	from time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 5
6104	6104	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 6
6105	6105	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 7
6106	6106	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 8
6107	6107	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 9
6108	6108	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 10
6109	6109	within the State by Hopi Allottees or prede-11
6110	6110	cessors of the Hopi Allottees. 12
6111	6111	(F) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-13
6112	6112	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 14
6113	6113	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, 15
6114	6114	for the Hopi Allotments, resulting from the di-16
6115	6115	version or Use of water outside of the Hopi Al-17
6116	6116	lotments in a manner not in violation of the 18
6117	6117	Settlement Agreement or State law. 19
6118	6118	(G) Past, present, and future claims aris-20
6119	6119	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-21
6120	6120	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-22
6121	6121	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-23
6122	6122	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-24
6123	6123	ment, or this Act. 25
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6126	6126	•HR 2025 IH
6127	6127	(2) FORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 1
6128	6128	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 2
6129	6129	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 3
6130	6130	13.7 of the Settlement Agreement; and 4
6131	6131	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 5
6132	6132	(3) R
6133	6133	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 6
6134	6134	the waiver and release of claims described in para-7
6135	6135	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.7 of the Settlement Agree-8
6136	6136	ment, the United States acting as trustee for the 9
6137	6137	Hopi Allottees, shall retain any right— 10
6138	6138	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 11
6139	6139	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 12
6140	6140	Allottees under the Settlement Agreement, 13
6141	6141	whether those rights are generally stated or 14
6142	6142	specifically described, or this Act, in any Fed-15
6143	6143	eral or State court of competent jurisdiction; 16
6144	6144	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 17
6145	6145	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 18
6146	6146	Allottees under the LCR Decree; 19
6147	6147	(C) to object to any claims for Water 20
6148	6148	Rights by or for— 21
6149	6149	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 22
6150	6150	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San 23
6151	6151	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 24
6152	6152	Tribe; or 25
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6155	6155	•HR 2025 IH
6156	6156	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 1
6157	6157	of any Indian Tribe other than the Hopi 2
6158	6158	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San Juan 3
6159	6159	Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 4
6160	6160	Tribe; and 5
6161	6161	(D) to assert past, present, or future 6
6162	6162	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 7
6163	6163	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 8
6164	6164	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San 9
6165	6165	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 10
6166	6166	Tribe; or 11
6167	6167	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 12
6168	6168	of any Indian Tribe other than the Hopi 13
6169	6169	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San Juan 14
6170	6170	Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 15
6171	6171	Tribe. 16
6172	6172	(g) W
6173	6173	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 17
6174	6174	C
6175	6175	LAIMS FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, 18
6176	6176	ANDINJURY TOWATER BY THEHOPITRIBE, ONBEHALF 19
6177	6177	OF THEHOPITRIBE AND THEMEMBERS OF THE HOPI 20
6178	6178	T
6179	6179	RIBE(BUTNOTMEMBERS IN THE CAPACITY OF THE 21
6180	6180	M
6181	6181	EMBERS ASHOPIALLOTTEES), AGAINST THEUNITED 22
6182	6182	S
6183	6183	TATES.— 23
6184	6184	(1) I
6185	6185	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-24
6186	6186	graph (3), the Hopi Tribe, acting on behalf of the 25
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6189	6189	•HR 2025 IH
6190	6190	Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi Tribe (but 1
6191	6191	not Members in the capacity of the Members as 2
6192	6192	Hopi Allottees), as part of the performance of the 3
6193	6193	obligations of the Hopi Tribe under the Settlement 4
6194	6194	Agreement and this Act, is authorized to execute a 5
6195	6195	waiver and release of all claims against the United 6
6196	6196	States, including agencies, officials, and employees 7
6197	6197	of the United States, under Federal, State, or other 8
6198	6198	law for all of the following: 9
6199	6199	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 10
6200	6200	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 11
6201	6201	River Water, for Hopi Land, arising from time 12
6202	6202	immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 13
6203	6203	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 14
6204	6204	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 15
6205	6205	River Water, arising from time immemorial 16
6206	6206	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 17
6207	6207	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 18
6208	6208	by the Hopi Tribe, the predecessors of the Hopi 19
6209	6209	Tribe, the Members of the Hopi Tribe, or pred-20
6210	6210	ecessors of the Members of the Hopi Tribe. 21
6211	6211	(C) Claims for Water Rights within the 22
6212	6212	State that the United States, acting as trustee 23
6213	6213	for the Hopi Tribe and Hopi Allottees, asserted 24
6214	6214	or could have asserted in any proceeding, except 25
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6217	6217	•HR 2025 IH
6218	6218	to the extent that such rights are recognized as 1
6219	6219	part of the Hopi Tribe’s Water Rights under 2
6220	6220	this Act. 3
6221	6221	(D) Past and present claims for Injury to 4
6222	6222	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-5
6223	6223	orado River Water, for Hopi Land, arising from 6
6224	6224	time immemorial through the Enforceability 7
6225	6225	Date. 8
6226	6226	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 9
6227	6227	Injury to Water for Hopi Land, arising from 10
6228	6228	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 11
6229	6229	(F) Past, present, and future claims for 12
6230	6230	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 13
6231	6231	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 14
6232	6232	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 15
6233	6233	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 16
6234	6234	within the State by the Hopi Tribe, the prede-17
6235	6235	cessors of the Hopi Tribe, the Members of the 18
6236	6236	Hopi Tribe, or predecessors of the Members of 19
6237	6237	the Hopi Tribe. 20
6238	6238	(G) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-21
6239	6239	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 22
6240	6240	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date for 23
6241	6241	Hopi Land, resulting from the diversion or Use 24
6242	6242	of water outside of Hopi Land in a manner not 25
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6245	6245	•HR 2025 IH
6246	6246	in violation of the Settlement Agreement or 1
6247	6247	State law. 2
6248	6248	(H) Past, present, and future claims aris-3
6249	6249	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-4
6250	6250	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-5
6251	6251	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-6
6252	6252	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-7
6253	6253	ment, or this Act. 8
6254	6254	(I) Past, present, and future claims arising 9
6255	6255	out of, or relating in any manner to, United 10
6256	6256	States Geological Survey monitoring and re-11
6257	6257	porting activities described in paragraph 7.0 of 12
6258	6258	the Settlement Agreement. 13
6259	6259	(J) Past, present, and future claims aris-14
6260	6260	ing from time immemorial and, thereafter, for-15
6261	6261	ever, relating in any manner to Injury to Water 16
6262	6262	or Injury to Water Rights based on the provi-17
6263	6263	sions of paragraphs 8.0 and 9.0 of the Settle-18
6264	6264	ment Agreement. 19
6265	6265	(K) Past and present claims for foregone 20
6266	6266	benefits from non-Hopi Use of water, on and 21
6267	6267	off Hopi Land (including water from all sources 22
6268	6268	and for all Uses), within the State arising be-23
6269	6269	fore the Enforceability Date. 24
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6272	6272	•HR 2025 IH
6273	6273	(L) Past and present claims for damage, 1
6274	6274	loss, or injury to land, or natural resources due 2
6275	6275	to loss of water or Water Rights, including 3
6276	6276	damages, losses, or injuries to hunting, fishing, 4
6277	6277	gathering, or cultural rights due to loss of 5
6278	6278	water or Water Rights, claims relating to inter-6
6279	6279	ference with, diversion of, or taking of water, or 7
6280	6280	claims relating to a failure to protect, acquire, 8
6281	6281	replace, or develop water, Water Rights, or 9
6282	6282	water infrastructure, within the State, arising 10
6283	6283	before the Enforceability Date. 11
6284	6284	(M) Past and present claims arising before 12
6285	6285	the Enforceability Date from a failure to pro-13
6286	6286	vide for operation, maintenance, or deferred 14
6287	6287	maintenance for any irrigation system or irriga-15
6288	6288	tion project on Hopi Land. 16
6289	6289	(N) Past and present claims arising before 17
6290	6290	the Enforceability Date from a failure to estab-18
6291	6291	lish or provide a municipal, rural, or industrial 19
6292	6292	water delivery system on Hopi Land. 20
6293	6293	(O) Past and present claims for damage, 21
6294	6294	loss, or injury to land or natural resources due 22
6295	6295	to construction, operation, and management of 23
6296	6296	irrigation projects on Hopi Land, including 24
6297	6297	damages, losses, or injuries to fish habitat, 25
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6300	6300	•HR 2025 IH
6301	6301	wildlife, and wildlife habitat, within the State 1
6302	6302	arising before the Enforceability Date. 2
6303	6303	(2) F
6304	6304	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 3
6305	6305	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 4
6306	6306	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 5
6307	6307	13.8 to the Settlement Agreement; and 6
6308	6308	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 7
6309	6309	(3) R
6310	6310	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 8
6311	6311	the waiver and release of claims described in para-9
6312	6312	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.8 to the Settlement Agree-10
6313	6313	ment, the Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi 11
6314	6314	Tribe (but not Members in the capacity of the Mem-12
6315	6315	bers as Hopi Allottees) shall retain any right— 13
6316	6316	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 14
6317	6317	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 15
6318	6318	Tribe under the Settlement Agreement, whether 16
6319	6319	those rights are generally stated or specifically 17
6320	6320	described, or this Act, in any Federal or State 18
6321	6321	court of competent jurisdiction; 19
6322	6322	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 20
6323	6323	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 21
6324	6324	Tribe under the LCR Decree; 22
6325	6325	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights for 23
6326	6326	land owned or acquired by the Hopi Tribe in 24
6327	6327	fee in the LCR Watershed pursuant to subpara-25
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6330	6330	•HR 2025 IH
6331	6331	graphs 5.10 and 5.11 of the Settlement Agree-1
6332	6332	ment; 2
6333	6333	(D) to object to any claims for Water 3
6334	6334	Rights by or for— 4
6335	6335	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 5
6336	6336	Navajo Nation, the San Juan Southern 6
6337	6337	Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 7
6338	6338	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 8
6339	6339	of any Indian Tribe other than the Navajo 9
6340	6340	Nation, the San Juan Southern Paiute 10
6341	6341	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; and 11
6342	6342	(E) to assert past, present, or future 12
6343	6343	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 13
6344	6344	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 14
6345	6345	Navajo Nation, the San Juan Southern 15
6346	6346	Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 16
6347	6347	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 17
6348	6348	of any Indian Tribe other than the Navajo 18
6349	6349	Nation, the San Juan Southern Paiute 19
6350	6350	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe. 20
6351	6351	(h) W
6352	6352	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 21
6353	6353	C
6354	6354	LAIMS BY THE UNITEDSTATES INALLCAPACITIES 22
6355	6355	(E
6356	6356	XCEPT ASTRUSTEE FOR AN INDIANTRIBEOTHER 23
6357	6357	T
6358	6358	HAN THENAVAJONATION, THEHOPITRIBE, AND THE 24
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6361	6361	•HR 2025 IH
6362	6362	SANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE) AGAINST THE 1
6363	6363	H
6364	6364	OPITRIBE AND THEMEMBERS OF THEHOPITRIBE.— 2
6365	6365	(1) I
6366	6366	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-3
6367	6367	graph (3), the United States, in all capacities (ex-4
6368	6368	cept as trustee for an Indian Tribe other than the 5
6369	6369	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan 6
6370	6370	Southern Paiute Tribe), as part of the performance 7
6371	6371	of the obligations of the United States under the 8
6372	6372	Settlement Agreement and this Act, is authorized to 9
6373	6373	execute a waiver and release of all claims against the 10
6374	6374	Hopi Tribe, the Members of the Hopi Tribe, or any 11
6375	6375	agency, official, or employee of the Hopi Tribe, 12
6376	6376	under Federal, State, or any other law for all of the 13
6377	6377	following: 14
6378	6378	(A) Past and present claims for Injury to 15
6379	6379	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-16
6380	6380	orado River Water, resulting from the diversion 17
6381	6381	or Use of water on Hopi Land arising from 18
6382	6382	time immemorial through the Enforceability 19
6383	6383	Date. 20
6384	6384	(B) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-21
6385	6385	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 22
6386	6386	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, re-23
6387	6387	sulting from the diversion or Use of water on 24
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6390	6390	•HR 2025 IH
6391	6391	Hopi Land in a manner that is not in violation 1
6392	6392	of the Settlement Agreement or State law. 2
6393	6393	(C) Past, present, and future claims aris-3
6394	6394	ing out of, or related in any manner to, the ne-4
6395	6395	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-5
6396	6396	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-6
6397	6397	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-7
6398	6398	ment, or this Act. 8
6399	6399	(2) F
6400	6400	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 9
6401	6401	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 10
6402	6402	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 11
6403	6403	13.9 to the Settlement Agreement; and 12
6404	6404	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 13
6405	6405	(3) R
6406	6406	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 14
6407	6407	the waiver and release of claims described in para-15
6408	6408	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.9 to the Settlement Agree-16
6409	6409	ment, the United States shall retain any right to as-17
6410	6410	sert any claim not expressly waived in accordance 18
6411	6411	with that paragraph and that Exhibit, in any Fed-19
6412	6412	eral or State court of competent jurisdiction. 20
6413	6413	(i) W
6414	6414	AIVERS, RELEASES ANDRETENTION OFCLAIMS 21
6415	6415	FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, AND 22
6416	6416	I
6417	6417	NJURY TOWATER BY THESANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTE 23
6418	6418	T
6419	6419	RIBE, ONBEHALF OF THE SANJUANSOUTHERNPAI-24
6420	6420	UTETRIBE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SANJUAN 25
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6423	6423	•HR 2025 IH
6424	6424	SOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE, AND THEUNITEDSTATES, 1
6425	6425	A
6426	6426	CTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THESANJUANSOUTHERNPAI-2
6427	6427	UTETRIBE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SANJUAN 3
6428	6428	S
6429	6429	OUTHERNPAIUTETRIBEAGAINST THESTATE AND 4
6430	6430	O
6431	6431	THERS.— 5
6432	6432	(1) I
6433	6433	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-6
6434	6434	graph (3), the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, on 7
6435	6435	behalf of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and 8
6436	6436	the Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute 9
6437	6437	Tribe, and the United States, acting as trustee for 10
6438	6438	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the Mem-11
6439	6439	bers of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, as part 12
6440	6440	of the performance of the respective obligations of 13
6441	6441	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the United 14
6442	6442	States under the Settlement Agreement and this 15
6443	6443	Act, is authorized to execute a waiver and release of 16
6444	6444	all claims against the State (or any agency or polit-17
6445	6445	ical subdivision of the State), the Hopi Tribe, the 18
6446	6446	Hopi Allottees, the Navajo Nation, the Navajo 19
6447	6447	Allottees, and any other individual, entity, corpora-20
6448	6448	tion, or municipal corporation under Federal, State, 21
6449	6449	or other law for all of the following: 22
6450	6450	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 23
6451	6451	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 24
6452	6452	River Water, for San Juan Southern Paiute 25
6453	6453	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:54 Apr 18, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00211 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2025.IH H2025
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6455	6455	•HR 2025 IH
6456	6456	Land, arising from time immemorial and, there-1
6457	6457	after, forever. 2
6458	6458	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 3
6459	6459	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 4
6460	6460	River Water, arising from time immemorial 5
6461	6461	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 6
6462	6462	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 7
6463	6463	by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the 8
6464	6464	predecessors of the San Juan Southern Paiute 9
6465	6465	Tribe, the Members of the San Juan Southern 10
6466	6466	Paiute Tribe, or predecessors of the Members of 11
6467	6467	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 12
6468	6468	(C) Past and present claims for Injury to 13
6469	6469	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-14
6470	6470	orado River Water, for San Juan Southern Pai-15
6471	6471	ute Land, arising from time immemorial 16
6472	6472	through the Enforceability Date. 17
6473	6473	(D) Past, present, and future claims for 18
6474	6474	Injury to Water for San Juan Southern Paiute 19
6475	6475	Land, arising from time immemorial and, there-20
6476	6476	after, forever. 21
6477	6477	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 22
6478	6478	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 23
6479	6479	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 24
6480	6480	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 25
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6483	6483	•HR 2025 IH
6484	6484	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 1
6485	6485	within the State by the San Juan Southern Pai-2
6486	6486	ute Tribe, the predecessors of the San Juan 3
6487	6487	Southern Paiute Tribe, the Members of the San 4
6488	6488	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, or predecessors of 5
6489	6489	the Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute 6
6490	6490	Tribe. 7
6491	6491	(F) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-8
6492	6492	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 9
6493	6493	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, 10
6494	6494	for San Juan Southern Paiute Land, resulting 11
6495	6495	from the diversion or Use of water outside of 12
6496	6496	San Juan Southern Paiute Land in a manner 13
6497	6497	not in violation of the Settlement Agreement or 14
6498	6498	State law. 15
6499	6499	(G) Past, present, and future claims aris-16
6500	6500	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-17
6501	6501	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-18
6502	6502	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-19
6503	6503	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-20
6504	6504	ment, or this Act. 21
6505	6505	(2) F
6506	6506	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 22
6507	6507	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 23
6508	6508	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 24
6509	6509	13.11 to the Settlement Agreement; and 25
6510	6510	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:54 Apr 18, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00213 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2025.IH H2025
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6512	6512	•HR 2025 IH
6513	6513	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 1
6514	6514	(3) R
6515	6515	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 2
6516	6516	the waiver and release of claims described in para-3
6517	6517	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.11 to the Settlement 4
6518	6518	Agreement, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 5
6519	6519	acting on behalf of the San Juan Southern Paiute 6
6520	6520	Tribe and the Members of the San Juan Southern 7
6521	6521	Paiute Tribe, and the United States, acting as trust-8
6522	6522	ee for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the 9
6523	6523	Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 10
6524	6524	shall retain any right— 11
6525	6525	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 12
6526	6526	seek enforcement of, the rights of the San Juan 13
6527	6527	Southern Paiute Tribe under the Settlement 14
6528	6528	Agreement, whether those rights are generally 15
6529	6529	stated or specifically described, or this Act, in 16
6530	6530	any Federal or State court of competent juris-17
6531	6531	diction; 18
6532	6532	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 19
6533	6533	seek enforcement of, the rights of the San Juan 20
6534	6534	Southern Paiute Tribe under the LCR Decree; 21
6535	6535	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights for 22
6536	6536	land owned or acquired by the San Juan South-23
6537	6537	ern Paiute Tribe in fee or held in trust by the 24
6538	6538	United States for the San Juan Southern Pai-25
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6541	6541	•HR 2025 IH
6542	6542	ute Tribe in the LCR Watershed pursuant to 1
6543	6543	subparagraphs 6.4 and 6.5 of the Settlement 2
6544	6544	Agreement; 3
6545	6545	(D) to object to any claims for Water 4
6546	6546	Rights by or for— 5
6547	6547	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 6
6548	6548	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the 7
6549	6549	Zuni Tribe; or 8
6550	6550	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 9
6551	6551	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 10
6552	6552	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the Zuni 11
6553	6553	Tribe; and 12
6554	6554	(E) to assert past, present, or future 13
6555	6555	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 14
6556	6556	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 15
6557	6557	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the 16
6558	6558	Zuni Tribe; or 17
6559	6559	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 18
6560	6560	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 19
6561	6561	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the Zuni 20
6562	6562	Tribe. 21
6563	6563	(j) W
6564	6564	AIVERS, RELEASES ANDRETENTION OFCLAIMS 22
6565	6565	FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, AND 23
6566	6566	I
6567	6567	NJURY TOWATER BY THESANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTE 24
6568	6568	T
6569	6569	RIBE, ONBEHALF OF THE SANJUANSOUTHERNPAI-25
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6572	6572	•HR 2025 IH
6573	6573	UTETRIBE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SANJUAN 1
6574	6574	S
6575	6575	OUTHERN PAIUTETRIBE, AGAINST THE UNITED 2
6576	6576	S
6577	6577	TATES.— 3
6578	6578	(1) I
6579	6579	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-4
6580	6580	graph (3), the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, act-5
6581	6581	ing on behalf of the San Juan Southern Paiute 6
6582	6582	Tribe and the Members of the San Juan Southern 7
6583	6583	Paiute Tribe, as part of the performance of the obli-8
6584	6584	gations of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 9
6585	6585	under the Settlement Agreement and this Act, is au-10
6586	6586	thorized to execute a waiver and release of all claims 11
6587	6587	against the United States, including agencies, offi-12
6588	6588	cials, and employees of the United States, under 13
6589	6589	Federal, State, or other law for all of the following: 14
6590	6590	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 15
6591	6591	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 16
6592	6592	River Water, for San Juan Southern Paiute 17
6593	6593	Land, arising from time immemorial and, there-18
6594	6594	after, forever. 19
6595	6595	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 20
6596	6596	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 21
6597	6597	River Water, arising from time immemorial 22
6598	6598	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 23
6599	6599	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 24
6600	6600	by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the 25
6601	6601	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:54 Apr 18, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00216 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2025.IH H2025
6602	6602	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 217
6603	6603	•HR 2025 IH
6604	6604	predecessors of the San Juan Southern Paiute 1
6605	6605	Tribe, the Members of the San Juan Southern 2
6606	6606	Paiute Tribe, or predecessors of the Members of 3
6607	6607	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 4
6608	6608	(C) Claims for Water Rights within the 5
6609	6609	State that the United States, acting as trustee 6
6610	6610	for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, as-7
6611	6611	serted or could have asserted in any proceeding, 8
6612	6612	except to the extent that such rights are recog-9
6613	6613	nized as part of the San Juan Southern Paiute 10
6614	6614	Tribe’s Water Rights under this Act. 11
6615	6615	(D) Past and present claims for Injury to 12
6616	6616	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-13
6617	6617	orado River Water, for San Juan Southern Pai-14
6618	6618	ute Land, arising from time immemorial 15
6619	6619	through the Enforceability Date. 16
6620	6620	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 17
6621	6621	Injury to Water for San Juan Southern Paiute 18
6622	6622	Land, arising from time immemorial and, there-19
6623	6623	after, forever. 20
6624	6624	(F) Past, present, and future claims for 21
6625	6625	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 22
6626	6626	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 23
6627	6627	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 24
6628	6628	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 25
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6631	6631	•HR 2025 IH
6632	6632	within the State by the San Juan Southern Pai-1
6633	6633	ute Tribe, the predecessors of the San Juan 2
6634	6634	Southern Paiute Tribe, the Members of the San 3
6635	6635	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, or predecessors of 4
6636	6636	the Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute 5
6637	6637	Tribe. 6
6638	6638	(G) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-7
6639	6639	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 8
6640	6640	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date for 9
6641	6641	San Juan Southern Paiute Land, resulting 10
6642	6642	from the diversion or Use of water outside of 11
6643	6643	San Juan Southern Paiute Land in a manner 12
6644	6644	not in violation of this Agreement or State law. 13
6645	6645	(H) Past, present, and future claims aris-14
6646	6646	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-15
6647	6647	gotiation, execution, or adoption of this Agree-16
6648	6648	ment, any judgment or decree approving or in-17
6649	6649	corporating this Agreement, or this Act. 18
6650	6650	(I) Past, present, and future claims arising 19
6651	6651	out of, or relating in any manner to, United 20
6652	6652	States Geological Survey monitoring and re-21
6653	6653	porting activities described in paragraph 7.0 of 22
6654	6654	the Settlement Agreement. 23
6655	6655	(J) Past, present, and future claims aris-24
6656	6656	ing from time immemorial and, thereafter, for-25
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6658	6658	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 219
6659	6659	•HR 2025 IH
6660	6660	ever, relating in any manner to Injury to Water 1
6661	6661	or Injury to Water Rights based on the provi-2
6662	6662	sions of paragraphs 8.0 and 9.0 of the Settle-3
6663	6663	ment Agreement. 4
6664	6664	(K) Past and present claims for foregone 5
6665	6665	benefits from non-San Juan Southern Paiute 6
6666	6666	Tribe Use of water, on and off San Juan 7
6667	6667	Southern Paiute Land (including water from all 8
6668	6668	sources and for all Uses), within the State aris-9
6669	6669	ing before the Enforceability Date. 10
6670	6670	(L) Past and present claims for damage, 11
6671	6671	loss, or injury to land, or natural resources due 12
6672	6672	to loss of water or Water Rights, including 13
6673	6673	damages, losses, or injuries to hunting, fishing, 14
6674	6674	gathering, or cultural rights due to loss of 15
6675	6675	water or Water Rights, claims relating to inter-16
6676	6676	ference with, diversion of, or taking of water, or 17
6677	6677	claims relating to a failure to protect, acquire, 18
6678	6678	replace, or develop water, Water Rights, or 19
6679	6679	water infrastructure, within the State, arising 20
6680	6680	before the Enforceability Date. 21
6681	6681	(M) Past and present claims arising before 22
6682	6682	the Enforceability Date from a failure to pro-23
6683	6683	vide for operation, maintenance, or deferred 24
6684	6684	maintenance for any irrigation system or irriga-25
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6687	6687	•HR 2025 IH
6688	6688	tion project on San Juan Southern Paiute 1
6689	6689	Land. 2
6690	6690	(N) Past and present claims arising before 3
6691	6691	the Enforceability Date from a failure to estab-4
6692	6692	lish or provide a municipal, rural, or industrial 5
6693	6693	water delivery system on San Juan Southern 6
6694	6694	Paiute Land. 7
6695	6695	(O) Past and present claims for damage, 8
6696	6696	loss, or injury to land or natural resources due 9
6697	6697	to construction, operation, and management of 10
6698	6698	irrigation projects on San Juan Southern Pai-11
6699	6699	ute Land, including damages, losses, or injuries 12
6700	6700	to fish habitat, wildlife, and wildlife habitat, 13
6701	6701	within the State arising before the Enforce-14
6702	6702	ability Date. 15
6703	6703	(2) F
6704	6704	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 16
6705	6705	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall 17
6706	6706	be— 18
6707	6707	(A) in the form described in Exhibit 13.12 19
6708	6708	to the Settlement Agreement; and 20
6709	6709	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 21
6710	6710	(3) R
6711	6711	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 22
6712	6712	the waiver and release of claims described in para-23
6713	6713	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.12 to the Settlement 24
6714	6714	Agreement, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 25
6715	6715	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:54 Apr 18, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00220 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2025.IH H2025
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6717	6717	•HR 2025 IH
6718	6718	acting on behalf of the San Juan Southern Paiute 1
6719	6719	Tribe and the Members of the San Juan Southern 2
6720	6720	Paiute Tribe shall retain any right— 3
6721	6721	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 4
6722	6722	seek enforcement of, the rights of the San Juan 5
6723	6723	Southern Paiute Tribe under the Settlement 6
6724	6724	Agreement, whether those rights are generally 7
6725	6725	stated or specifically described, or this Act, in 8
6726	6726	any Federal or State court of competent juris-9
6727	6727	diction; 10
6728	6728	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 11
6729	6729	seek enforcement of, the rights of the San Juan 12
6730	6730	Southern Paiute Tribe under the LCR Decree; 13
6731	6731	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights for 14
6732	6732	land owned or acquired by the San Juan South-15
6733	6733	ern Paiute Tribe in fees in the LCR Watershed 16
6734	6734	pursuant to subparagraphs 6.4 and 6.5 of the 17
6735	6735	Settlement Agreement; 18
6736	6736	(D) to object to any claims for Water 19
6737	6737	Rights by or for— 20
6738	6738	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 21
6739	6739	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the 22
6740	6740	Zuni Tribe; or 23
6741	6741	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 24
6742	6742	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 25
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6745	6745	•HR 2025 IH
6746	6746	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the Zuni 1
6747	6747	Tribe; and 2
6748	6748	(E) to assert past, present, or future 3
6749	6749	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 4
6750	6750	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 5
6751	6751	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the 6
6752	6752	Zuni Tribe; or 7
6753	6753	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 8
6754	6754	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 9
6755	6755	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the Zuni 10
6756	6756	Tribe. 11
6757	6757	(k) W
6758	6758	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 12
6759	6759	C
6760	6760	LAIMS BY THE UNITEDSTATES INALLCAPACITIES 13
6761	6761	(E
6762	6762	XCEPT ASTRUSTEE FOR AN INDIANTRIBEOTHER 14
6763	6763	T
6764	6764	HAN THENAVAJONATION, THEHOPITRIBE, AND THE 15
6765	6765	S
6766	6766	ANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE) AGAINST THESAN 16
6767	6767	J
6768	6768	UANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE AND THEMEMBERS OF 17
6769	6769	THESANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE.— 18
6770	6770	(1) I
6771	6771	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-19
6772	6772	graph (3), the United States, in all capacities (ex-20
6773	6773	cept as trustee for an Indian Tribe other than the 21
6774	6774	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan 22
6775	6775	Southern Paiute Tribe), as part of the performance 23
6776	6776	of the obligations of the United States under the 24
6777	6777	Settlement Agreement and this Act, is authorized to 25
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6780	6780	•HR 2025 IH
6781	6781	execute a waiver and release of all claims against the 1
6782	6782	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the Members of 2
6783	6783	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, or any agency, 3
6784	6784	official, or employee of the San Juan Southern Pai-4
6785	6785	ute Tribe, under Federal, State, or any other law for 5
6786	6786	all: 6
6787	6787	(A) Past and present claims for Injury to 7
6788	6788	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-8
6789	6789	orado River Water, resulting from the diversion 9
6790	6790	or Use of water on San Juan Southern Paiute 10
6791	6791	Land arising from time immemorial through 11
6792	6792	the Enforceability Date. 12
6793	6793	(B) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-13
6794	6794	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 14
6795	6795	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, re-15
6796	6796	sulting from the diversion or Use of water on 16
6797	6797	San Juan Southern Paiute Land in a manner 17
6798	6798	that is not in violation of the Settlement Agree-18
6799	6799	ment or State law. 19
6800	6800	(C) Past, present, and future claims aris-20
6801	6801	ing out of, or related in any manner to, the ne-21
6802	6802	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-22
6803	6803	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-23
6804	6804	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-24
6805	6805	ment, or this Act. 25
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6808	6808	•HR 2025 IH
6809	6809	(2) FORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 1
6810	6810	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 2
6811	6811	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 3
6812	6812	13.13 to the Settlement Agreement; and 4
6813	6813	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 5
6814	6814	(3) R
6815	6815	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 6
6816	6816	the waiver and release of claims described in para-7
6817	6817	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.13 to the Settlement 8
6818	6818	Agreement, the United States shall retain any right 9
6819	6819	to assert any claim not expressly waived in accord-10
6820	6820	ance with that paragraph and that Exhibit, in any 11
6821	6821	Federal or State court of competent jurisdiction. 12
6822	6822	SEC. 15. SATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS AND OTHER 13
6823	6823	BENEFITS. 14
6824	6824	(a) N
6825	6825	AVAJONATION AND THE MEMBERS OF THE 15
6826	6826	N
6827	6827	AVAJONATION; NAVAJOALLOTTEES AND THE UNITED 16
6828	6828	S
6829	6829	TATES, ACTING AS TRUSTEE FOR THE NAVAJO 17
6830	6830	A
6831	6831	LLOTTEES.— 18
6832	6832	(1) N
6833	6833	AVAJO NATION AND THE MEMBERS OF 19
6834	6834	THE NAVAJO NATION.— 20
6835	6835	(A) I
6836	6836	N GENERAL.—The benefits provided 21
6837	6837	under the Settlement Agreement shall be in 22
6838	6838	complete replacement of, complete substitution 23
6839	6839	for, and full satisfaction of any claim of the 24
6840	6840	Navajo Nation and the Members of the Navajo 25
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6843	6843	•HR 2025 IH
6844	6844	Nation against the Parties, including the 1
6845	6845	United States, that is waived and released by 2
6846	6846	the Navajo Nation acting on behalf of the Nav-3
6847	6847	ajo Nation and the Members of the Navajo Na-4
6848	6848	tion under Exhibits 13.1 and 13.3 to the Settle-5
6849	6849	ment Agreement. 6
6850	6850	(B) S
6851	6851	ATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS .— 7
6852	6852	Any entitlement to water of the Navajo Nation 8
6853	6853	and the Members of the Navajo Nation (but not 9
6854	6854	Members in the capacity of the Members as 10
6855	6855	Navajo Allottees) or the United States acting as 11
6856	6856	trustee for the Navajo Nation and the Members 12
6857	6857	of the Navajo Nation (but not Members in the 13
6858	6858	capacity of the Members as Navajo Allottees), 14
6859	6859	for Navajo Land shall be satisfied out of the 15
6860	6860	water resources and other benefits granted, 16
6861	6861	confirmed, quantified, or recognized by the Set-17
6862	6862	tlement Agreement and this Act, to or for the 18
6863	6863	Navajo Nation, the Members of the Navajo Na-19
6864	6864	tion (but not Members in the capacity of the 20
6865	6865	Members as Navajo Allottees), and the United 21
6866	6866	States, acting as trustee for the Navajo Nation 22
6867	6867	and the Members of the Navajo Nation (but not 23
6868	6868	Members in the capacity of the Members as 24
6869	6869	Navajo Allottees). 25
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6872	6872	•HR 2025 IH
6873	6873	(2) NAVAJO ALLOTTEES AND THE UNITED 1
6874	6874	STATES, ACTING AS TRUSTEE FOR THE NAVAJO 2
6875	6875	ALLOTTEES.— 3
6876	6876	(A) I
6877	6877	N GENERAL.—The benefits realized 4
6878	6878	by the Navajo Allottees under the Settlement 5
6879	6879	Agreement and this Act shall be in complete re-6
6880	6880	placement of, complete substitution for, and full 7
6881	6881	satisfaction of— 8
6882	6882	(i) all claims waived and released by 9
6883	6883	the United States (acting as trustee for 10
6884	6884	the Navajo Allottees) under Exhibit 13.2 11
6885	6885	to the Settlement Agreement; and 12
6886	6886	(ii) any claims of the Navajo Allottees 13
6887	6887	against the United States similar to the 14
6888	6888	claims described in Exhibit 13.2 to the 15
6889	6889	Settlement Agreement that the Navajo 16
6890	6890	Allottees asserted or could have asserted. 17
6891	6891	(B) S
6892	6892	ATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS .— 18
6893	6893	Any entitlement to water of the Navajo 19
6894	6894	Allottees or the United States acting as trustee 20
6895	6895	for the Navajo Allottees, for Navajo Allotments 21
6896	6896	shall be satisfied out of the water resources and 22
6897	6897	other benefits granted, confirmed, or recognized 23
6898	6898	by the Settlement Agreement and this Act, to 24
6899	6899	or for the Navajo Allottees and the United 25
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6902	6902	•HR 2025 IH
6903	6903	States, acting as trustee for the Navajo 1
6904	6904	Allottees. 2
6905	6905	(3) N
6906	6906	O RIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Notwithstanding 3
6907	6907	paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in the Settlement 4
6908	6908	Agreement or this Act recognizes or establishes any 5
6909	6909	right of a Member of the Navajo Nation (but not 6
6910	6910	Members in the capacity of the Members as Navajo 7
6911	6911	Allottees) to water on Navajo Land. 8
6912	6912	(b) H
6913	6913	OPITRIBE AND THEMEMBERS OF THE HOPI 9
6914	6914	T
6915	6915	RIBE; HOPIALLOTTEES AND THE UNITEDSTATES, 10
6916	6916	A
6917	6917	CTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THEHOPIALLOTTEES.— 11
6918	6918	(1) H
6919	6919	OPI TRIBE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE 12
6920	6920	HOPI TRIBE.— 13
6921	6921	(A) I
6922	6922	N GENERAL.—The benefits provided 14
6923	6923	under the Settlement Agreement shall be in 15
6924	6924	complete replacement of, complete substitution 16
6925	6925	for, and full satisfaction of any claim of the 17
6926	6926	Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi Tribe 18
6927	6927	against the Parties, including the United 19
6928	6928	States, that is waived and released by the Hopi 20
6929	6929	Tribe acting on behalf of the Hopi Tribe and 21
6930	6930	the Members of the Hopi Tribe under Exhibits 22
6931	6931	13.6 and 13.8 to the Settlement Agreement. 23
6932	6932	(B) S
6933	6933	ATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS .— 24
6934	6934	Any entitlement to water of the Hopi Tribe and 25
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6937	6937	•HR 2025 IH
6938	6938	the Members of the Hopi Tribe (but not Mem-1
6939	6939	bers in the capacity of the Members as Hopi 2
6940	6940	Allottees) or the United States acting as trustee 3
6941	6941	for the Hopi Tribe and the Members of the 4
6942	6942	Hopi Tribe (but not Members in the capacity of 5
6943	6943	the Members as Hopi Allottees), for Hopi Land 6
6944	6944	shall be satisfied out of the water resources and 7
6945	6945	other benefits granted, confirmed, quantified, or 8
6946	6946	recognized by the Settlement Agreement and 9
6947	6947	this Act, to or for the Hopi Tribe, the Members 10
6948	6948	of the Hopi Tribe (but not Members in the ca-11
6949	6949	pacity of the Members as Hopi Allottees), and 12
6950	6950	the United States, acting as trustee for the 13
6951	6951	Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi Tribe 14
6952	6952	(but not Members in the capacity of the Mem-15
6953	6953	bers as Hopi Allottees). 16
6954	6954	(2) H
6955	6955	OPI ALLOTTEES AND THE UNITED 17
6956	6956	STATES, ACTING AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOPI 18
6957	6957	ALLOTTEES.— 19
6958	6958	(A) I
6959	6959	N GENERAL.—The benefits realized 20
6960	6960	by the Hopi Allottees under the Settlement 21
6961	6961	Agreement shall be in complete replacement of, 22
6962	6962	complete substitution for, and full satisfaction 23
6963	6963	of— 24
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6966	6966	•HR 2025 IH
6967	6967	(i) all claims waived and released by 1
6968	6968	the United States (acting as trustee for 2
6969	6969	the Hopi Allottees) under Exhibit 13.7 to 3
6970	6970	the Settlement Agreement; and 4
6971	6971	(ii) any claims of the Hopi Allottees 5
6972	6972	against the United States similar to the 6
6973	6973	claims described in Exhibit 13.7 to the 7
6974	6974	Settlement Agreement that the Hopi 8
6975	6975	Allottees asserted or could have asserted. 9
6976	6976	(B) S
6977	6977	ATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS .— 10
6978	6978	Any entitlement to water of the Hopi Allottees 11
6979	6979	or the United States acting trustee for the Hopi 12
6980	6980	Allottees, for Hopi Allotments shall be satisfied 13
6981	6981	out of the water resources and other benefits 14
6982	6982	granted, confirmed, or recognized by the Settle-15
6983	6983	ment Agreement and this Act, to or for the 16
6984	6984	Hopi Allottees and the United States, acting as 17
6985	6985	trustee for the Hopi Allottees. 18
6986	6986	(3) N
6987	6987	O RIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Notwithstanding 19
6988	6988	paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in the Settlement 20
6989	6989	Agreement or this Act recognizes or establishes any 21
6990	6990	right of a Member of the Hopi Tribe (but not Mem-22
6991	6991	bers in the capacity of the Members as Hopi 23
6992	6992	Allottees) to water on Hopi Land. 24
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6995	6995	•HR 2025 IH
6996	6996	(c) SANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE AND THE 1
6997	6997	M
6998	6998	EMBERS OF THE SANJUANSOUTHERN PAIUTE 2
6999	6999	T
7000	7000	RIBE.— 3
7001	7001	(1) I
7002	7002	N GENERAL.—The benefits provided under 4
7003	7003	the Settlement Agreement shall be in complete re-5
7004	7004	placement of, complete substitution for, and full sat-6
7005	7005	isfaction of any claim of the San Juan Southern 7
7006	7006	Paiute Tribe and the Members of the San Juan 8
7007	7007	Southern Paiute Tribe against the Parties, including 9
7008	7008	the United States, that is waived and released by the 10
7009	7009	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe acting on behalf of 11
7010	7010	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the Mem-12
7011	7011	bers of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe under 13
7012	7012	Exhibits 13.11 and 13.12 to the Settlement Agree-14
7013	7013	ment. 15
7014	7014	(2) S
7015	7015	ATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS .—Any 16
7016	7016	entitlement to water of the San Juan Southern Pai-17
7017	7017	ute Tribe and the Members of the San Juan South-18
7018	7018	ern Paiute Tribe or the United States, acting as 19
7019	7019	trustee for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and 20
7020	7020	the Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute 21
7021	7021	Tribe, for San Juan Southern Paiute Land shall be 22
7022	7022	satisfied out of the water resources and other bene-23
7023	7023	fits granted, confirmed, quantified, or recognized by 24
7024	7024	the Settlement Agreement and this Act, to or for the 25
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7027	7027	•HR 2025 IH
7028	7028	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the Members 1
7029	7029	of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the 2
7030	7030	United States, acting as trustee for the San Juan 3
7031	7031	Southern Paiute Tribe and the Members of the San 4
7032	7032	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 5
7033	7033	(3) N
7034	7034	O RIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Notwithstanding 6
7035	7035	paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in the Settlement 7
7036	7036	Agreement or this Act recognizes or establishes any 8
7037	7037	right of a Member of the San Juan Southern Paiute 9
7038	7038	Tribe to water on the San Juan Southern Paiute 10
7039	7039	Southern Area. 11
7040	7040	SEC. 16. ENFORCEABILITY DATE. 12
7041	7041	(a) I
7042	7042	NGENERAL.—The Settlement Agreement, in-13
7043	7043	cluding the waivers and releases of claims described in 14
7044	7044	paragraph 13 of the Settlement Agreement and section 15
7045	7045	14, shall take effect and be fully enforceable on the date 16
7046	7046	on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register 17
7047	7047	a statement of findings in accordance with the following: 18
7048	7048	(1) The Settlement Agreement has been re-19
7049	7049	vised, through an amendment and restatement— 20
7050	7050	(A) to eliminate any conflict between the 21
7051	7051	Settlement Agreement and this Act; and 22
7052	7052	(B) to include the executed Water Delivery 23
7053	7053	Contracts required by section 6(e) and subpara-24
7054	7054	graphs 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 11.1.1, and 25
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7057	7057	•HR 2025 IH
7058	7058	11.1.2 as Exhibits to the Settlement Agree-1
7059	7059	ment. 2
7060	7060	(2) The Settlement Agreement, as revised 3
7061	7061	through an amendment and restatement pursuant to 4
7062	7062	paragraph (1), has been signed by the United 5
7063	7063	States, acting through the Secretary, and not fewer 6
7064	7064	than 30 of the Parties who executed the Settlement 7
7065	7065	Agreement, making the Settlement Agreement effec-8
7066	7066	tive, including— 9
7067	7067	(A) the Navajo Nation; 10
7068	7068	(B) the Hopi Tribe; 11
7069	7069	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe; 12
7070	7070	(D) the State; 13
7071	7071	(E) the Arizona State Land Department; 14
7072	7072	(F) the Central Arizona Water Conserva-15
7073	7073	tion District; 16
7074	7074	(G) the Salt River Project Agricultural Im-17
7075	7075	provement and Power District; and 18
7076	7076	(H) the Salt River Valley Water Users’ As-19
7077	7077	sociation. 20
7078	7078	(3) Any Exhibit to the Settlement Agreement 21
7079	7079	requiring execution by any Party has been executed 22
7080	7080	by the required Party. 23
7081	7081	(4) The waivers and releases of claims de-24
7082	7082	scribed in paragraph 13 of the Settlement Agree-25
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7085	7085	•HR 2025 IH
7086	7086	ment and section 14 have been executed by the 1
7087	7087	United States, Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, San 2
7088	7088	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the State, and the 3
7089	7089	other Parties. 4
7090	7090	(5) $5,136,400,000 has been authorized, appro-5
7091	7091	priated, and deposited in the designated accounts 6
7092	7092	pursuant to section 13. 7
7093	7093	(6) The LCR Decree has been approved by the 8
7094	7094	LCR Adjudication Court substantially in the form of 9
7095	7095	the judgment and decree attached as Exhibit 3.1.82 10
7096	7096	to the Settlement Agreement, as amended to ensure 11
7097	7097	consistency with this Act. 12
7098	7098	(7) The Gila River Adjudication Decree has 13
7099	7099	been approved by the Gila River Adjudication Court 14
7100	7100	substantially in the form of the judgment and decree 15
7101	7101	attached as Exhibit 3.1.47 to the Settlement Agree-16
7102	7102	ment, as amended to ensure consistency with this 17
7103	7103	Act. 18
7104	7104	(8) The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and 19
7105	7105	the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority have executed a 20
7106	7106	water services agreement to deliver municipal water 21
7107	7107	to the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and its 22
7108	7108	members. 23
7109	7109	(9) Each of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, 24
7110	7110	and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe have exe-25
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7113	7113	•HR 2025 IH
7114	7114	cuted the tribal resolution described in subsections 1
7115	7115	(a)(2), (b)(2), and (c)(2) of section 18, respectively, 2
7116	7116	consenting to the limited waiver of sovereign immu-3
7117	7117	nity from suit in the circumstances described in that 4
7118	7118	section. 5
7119	7119	(b) F
7120	7120	AILURETOSATISFYCONDITIONS.— 6
7121	7121	(1) I
7122	7122	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-7
7123	7123	graph (2), if the Secretary fails to publish in the 8
7124	7124	Federal Register a statement of findings under sub-9
7125	7125	section (a) by June 30, 2035, or such alternative 10
7126	7126	later date as may be agreed to by the Navajo Na-11
7127	7127	tion, the Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 12
7128	7128	Tribe, the Secretary, and the State— 13
7129	7129	(A) this Act is repealed; 14
7130	7130	(B) any action taken by the Secretary and 15
7131	7131	any contract or agreement entered into pursu-16
7132	7132	ant to this Act shall be void; 17
7133	7133	(C) the United States shall be entitled to 18
7134	7134	offset any Federal amounts made available 19
7135	7135	under section 13(a)(2)(B) that were used under 20
7136	7136	that section against any claims asserted by the 21
7137	7137	Tribes against the United States; and 22
7138	7138	(D) any amounts appropriated under sec-23
7139	7139	tion 13, together with any investment earnings 24
7140	7140	on those amounts, less any amounts expended 25
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7143	7143	•HR 2025 IH
7144	7144	under section 9, shall revert immediately to the 1
7145	7145	general fund of the Treasury. 2
7146	7146	(2) C
7147	7147	ONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THE SAN JUAN 3
7148	7148	SOUTHERN PAIUTE RESERVATION .— 4
7149	7149	(A) I
7150	7150	N GENERAL.—Section 19 becomes ef-5
7151	7151	fective on the date of enactment of this Act. 6
7152	7152	(B) C
7153	7153	ONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS .—Not-7
7154	7154	withstanding paragraph (1), if the Secretary 8
7155	7155	fails to publish in the Federal Register a state-9
7156	7156	ment of findings under that paragraph by June 10
7157	7157	30, 2035, or such alternative later date as may 11
7158	7158	be agreed to by the Tribes, the Secretary and 12
7159	7159	the State, section 19 shall remain in effect. 13
7160	7160	SEC. 17. COLORADO RIVER ACCOUNTING. 14
7161	7161	(a) A
7162	7162	CCOUNTING FOR THE TYPE OFWATERDELIV-15
7163	7163	ERED.— 16
7164	7164	(1) N
7165	7165	AVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER ; NAVAJO 17
7166	7166	NATION FOURTH PRIORITY WATER .—All deliveries of 18
7167	7167	Navajo Nation Cibola Water and Navajo Nation 19
7168	7168	Fourth Priority Water effected by the diversion of 20
7169	7169	water from the Colorado River above Lee Ferry 21
7170	7170	within the State shall be accounted for as deliveries 22
7171	7171	of Arizona Lower Basin Colorado River Water and 23
7172	7172	credited as water passing Lee Ferry for purposes of 24
7173	7173	article III(d) of the Colorado River Compact. 25
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7176	7176	•HR 2025 IH
7177	7177	(2) HOPI TRIBE CIBOLA WATER .—All deliveries 1
7178	7178	of Hopi Tribe Cibola Water effected by the diversion 2
7179	7179	of water from the Colorado River above Lee Ferry 3
7180	7180	within the State shall be accounted for as deliveries 4
7181	7181	of Arizona Lower Basin Colorado River Water and 5
7182	7182	credited as water passing Lee Ferry for purposes of 6
7183	7183	article III(d) of the Colorado River Compact. 7
7184	7184	(3) N
7185	7185	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLORADO 8
7186	7186	RIVER WATER.—Subject to subsections (g) and (h) 9
7187	7187	of section 6, all deliveries of Navajo Nation Upper 10
7188	7188	Basin Colorado River Water effected by diversion of 11
7189	7189	water from the Upper Basin in the State, New Mex-12
7190	7190	ico, or Utah for Use on the Navajo Reservation shall 13
7191	7191	be— 14
7192	7192	(A) used within the boundaries of the Nav-15
7193	7193	ajo Reservation or outside of the Navajo Res-16
7194	7194	ervation if conveyed from facilities that are 17
7195	7195	physically connected to facilities on the Navajo 18
7196	7196	Reservation, as described in paragraph 4.18.6 19
7197	7197	of the Settlement Agreement; and 20
7198	7198	(B) accounted for as deliveries of Arizona 21
7199	7199	Upper Basin Colorado River Water. 22
7200	7200	(4) H
7201	7201	OPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 23
7202	7202	WATER.—All deliveries of Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 24
7203	7203	Colorado River Water effected by diversion of water 25
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7206	7206	•HR 2025 IH
7207	7207	from the Upper Basin in the State for Use on the 1
7208	7208	Hopi Reservation shall be— 2
7209	7209	(A) used within the boundaries of the Hopi 3
7210	7210	Reservation or outside of the Hopi Reservation 4
7211	7211	if conveyed from facilities that are physically 5
7212	7212	connected to facilities on the Hopi Reservation, 6
7213	7213	as described in paragraph 5.15.6 of the Settle-7
7214	7214	ment Agreement; and 8
7215	7215	(B) accounted for as deliveries of Arizona 9
7216	7216	Upper Basin Colorado River Water. 10
7217	7217	(5) A
7218	7218	RIZONA UPPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 11
7219	7219	WATER.—All deliveries of Arizona Upper Basin Col-12
7220	7220	orado River Water apportioned to and leased by the 13
7221	7221	Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe, whether effected 14
7222	7222	by a diversion of water from the Upper Basin or the 15
7223	7223	Lower Basin, shall be accounted for as deliveries of 16
7224	7224	Arizona Upper Basin Colorado River Water, subject 17
7225	7225	to the conditions that if the point of diversion is 18
7226	7226	from the Colorado River below Lee Ferry— 19
7227	7227	(A) the amount of water to be delivered at 20
7228	7228	Lee Ferry under such a lease or exchange shall 21
7229	7229	not exceed the amount of Navajo Nation Upper 22
7230	7230	Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi Tribe 23
7231	7231	Upper Basin Colorado River Water leased or 24
7232	7232	exchanged; 25
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7235	7235	•HR 2025 IH
7236	7236	(B) the associated amount of Upper Basin 1
7237	7237	Colorado River Water delivery actually made 2
7238	7238	from the Upper Basin at Lee Ferry to satisfy 3
7239	7239	the lease or exchange shall not be credited as 4
7240	7240	water passing Lee Ferry for purposes of article 5
7241	7241	III(d) of the Colorado River Compact; and 6
7242	7242	(C) the water shall be accounted for as de-7
7243	7243	liveries of Arizona Upper Basin Colorado River 8
7244	7244	Water. 9
7245	7245	(6) A
7246	7246	RIZONA LOWER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 10
7247	7247	WATER.—All deliveries of Arizona Lower Basin Col-11
7248	7248	orado River Water apportioned to and leased by the 12
7249	7249	Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe, whether effected 13
7250	7250	by a diversion of water from the Upper Basin or the 14
7251	7251	Lower Basin, shall be accounted for as deliveries of 15
7252	7252	Arizona Lower Basin Colorado River Water to the 16
7253	7253	Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe, subject to the con-17
7254	7254	dition that if the point of diversion is from the Colo-18
7255	7255	rado River above Lee Ferry within the State the 19
7256	7256	amount of water diverted by a lessee or exchange 20
7257	7257	partner shall be credited as water passing Lee Ferry 21
7258	7258	for purposes of article III(d) of the Colorado River 22
7259	7259	Compact. 23
7260	7260	(b) S
7261	7261	PECIALACCOUNTINGRULES FORLOWERBASIN 24
7262	7262	C
7263	7263	OLORADORIVERWATER ASLOWERBASINUSE INARI-25
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7266	7266	•HR 2025 IH
7267	7267	ZONA, REGARDLESS OFPOINT OFDIVERSION.—Notwith-1
7268	7268	standing section 10603(c)(2)(A) of the Northwestern New 2
7269	7269	Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 3
7270	7270	123 Stat. 1384), all Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo 4
7271	7271	Nation Fourth Priority Water, and Hopi Tribe Cibola 5
7272	7272	Water delivered to and consumptively used by the Navajo 6
7273	7273	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, or their lessees or exchange part-7
7274	7274	ners pursuant to the Settlement Agreement shall be— 8
7275	7275	(1) credited as water reaching Lee Ferry pursu-9
7276	7276	ant to article III(d) of the Colorado River Compact; 10
7277	7277	(2) charged against the consumptive use appor-11
7278	7278	tionment made to the Lower Basin by article III(a) 12
7279	7279	of the Colorado River Compact; and 13
7280	7280	(3) accounted for as part of and charged 14
7281	7281	against the 2,800,000 acre-feet of Colorado River 15
7282	7282	Water apportioned to the State in paragraph 16
7283	7283	II(B)(1) of the Decree. 17
7284	7284	(c) A
7285	7285	DDITIONALCONDITIONS FOR USE OFCOLO-18
7286	7286	RADORIVERWATER.— 19
7287	7287	(1) I
7288	7288	N GENERAL.—No Navajo Nation Upper 20
7289	7289	Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi Tribe Upper 21
7290	7290	Basin Colorado River Water may be delivered in the 22
7291	7291	Lower Basin in the State and no Navajo Nation 23
7292	7292	Fourth Priority Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 24
7293	7293	or Hopi Tribe Cibola Water may be diverted in the 25
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7296	7296	•HR 2025 IH
7297	7297	Upper Basin until such time as the Secretary has 1
7298	7298	developed and, as necessary and appropriate, modi-2
7299	7299	fied, in consultation with the State and the Upper 3
7300	7300	Colorado River Commission and the Governors’ rep-4
7301	7301	resentatives of the Colorado River Basin States, all 5
7302	7302	operational and decisional criteria, policies, con-6
7303	7303	tracts, guidelines, or other documents that control 7
7304	7304	the operations of the Colorado River System res-8
7305	7305	ervoirs and diversion works, so as to adjust, provide 9
7306	7306	for, account for, and offset the diversion of Arizona 10
7307	7307	Colorado River Water, subject to the conditions 11
7308	7308	that— 12
7309	7309	(A) all such actions shall be consistent 13
7310	7310	with the provisions of section 10603(c) of the 14
7311	7311	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water 15
7312	7312	Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 16
7313	7313	1384) and this Act; and 17
7314	7314	(B) the development of or modifications to 18
7315	7315	criteria, policies, contracts, guidelines, or other 19
7316	7316	documents made pursuant to this subsection 20
7317	7317	shall be applicable only for the duration of any 21
7318	7318	such diversion or delivery pursuant to the 22
7319	7319	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water 23
7320	7320	Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 24
7321	7321	1367) or this Act. 25
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7324	7324	•HR 2025 IH
7325	7325	(2) REQUIRED PROVISIONS.—The following are 1
7326	7326	required provisions to be included in any criteria, 2
7327	7327	policy, contract, guideline, or other document de-3
7328	7328	scribed in paragraph (1): 4
7329	7329	(A) A
7330	7330	RIZONA UPPER BASIN COLORADO 5
7331	7331	RIVER WATER.—Arizona Upper Basin Colorado 6
7332	7332	River Water released at Glen Canyon Dam for 7
7333	7333	water delivery from the Colorado River main-8
7334	7334	stream below Glen Canyon Dam— 9
7335	7335	(i) shall only be used within the State; 10
7336	7336	(ii) shall be subject to all actual con-11
7337	7337	veyance, evaporation, and other losses be-12
7338	7338	tween Glen Canyon Dam and the point of 13
7339	7339	diversion; 14
7340	7340	(iii) shall be fully delivered prior to 15
7341	7341	the end of the year in which it is ordered; 16
7342	7342	(iv) shall not be greater than the Ari-17
7343	7343	zona Upper Basin Colorado River Water 18
7344	7344	minus all other consumptive uses of Ari-19
7345	7345	zona Upper Basin Colorado River Water 20
7346	7346	using the average annual consumptive uses 21
7347	7347	based on the previous 5 years; 22
7348	7348	(v) for the first 20 years after the En-23
7349	7349	forceability Date, shall not exceed 17,050 24
7350	7350	AFY; 25
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7353	7353	•HR 2025 IH
7354	7354	(vi) after the first 20 years after the 1
7355	7355	Enforceability Date, shall not exceed 2
7356	7356	47,000 AFY, minus any Navajo Nation 3
7357	7357	Upper Basin Colorado River Water di-4
7358	7358	verted from the San Juan River upstream 5
7359	7359	from Lake Powell and all other consump-6
7360	7360	tive uses of Navajo Nation Upper Basin 7
7361	7361	Colorado River Water and Hopi Tribe 8
7362	7362	Upper Basin Colorado River Water using 9
7363	7363	the average annual consumptive uses based 10
7364	7364	on the previous 5 years; 11
7365	7365	(vii) shall be released from Lake Pow-12
7366	7366	ell in addition to the releases of water that 13
7367	7367	would have otherwise occurred under any 14
7368	7368	operating criteria or guidelines governing 15
7369	7369	releases from Lake Powell; and 16
7370	7370	(viii) for purposes of meeting the re-17
7371	7371	quirements of article III(d) of the Colorado 18
7372	7372	River Compact, shall not be counted as 19
7373	7373	water flowing by Lee Ferry. 20
7374	7374	(B) A
7375	7375	RIZONA LOWER BASIN COLORADO 21
7376	7376	RIVER WATER.—Arizona Lower Basin Colorado 22
7377	7377	River Water diverted in the Upper Basin in the 23
7378	7378	State— 24
7379	7379	(i) shall only be used within the State; 25
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7383	7383	(ii) shall be fully delivered prior to the 1
7384	7384	end of the year for which it is ordered; 2
7385	7385	(iii) shall not be stored in Lake Powell 3
7386	7386	or otherwise carried over from one water 4
7387	7387	year to any subsequent water year; 5
7388	7388	(iv) shall be subject to reduction in 6
7389	7389	any year in which a shortage is declared to 7
7390	7390	the same extent as other Arizona Lower 8
7391	7391	Basin Colorado River Water of the same 9
7392	7392	priority; and 10
7393	7393	(v) shall reduce the amount of Ari-11
7394	7394	zona Lower Basin Colorado River Water 12
7395	7395	that would otherwise be released from 13
7396	7396	Lake Powell under any operating criteria 14
7397	7397	or guidelines. 15
7398	7398	SEC. 18. LIMITED WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. 16
7399	7399	(a) L
7400	7400	IMITEDWAIVER BY THENAVAJONATION AND 17
7401	7401	THEUNITEDSTATESACTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THENAV-18
7402	7402	AJONATION ANDNAVAJOALLOTTEES.— 19
7403	7403	(1) I
7404	7404	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation, and the 20
7405	7405	United States acting as trustee for the Navajo Na-21
7406	7406	tion and Navajo Allottees, may be joined in any ac-22
7407	7407	tion brought in any circumstance described in para-23
7408	7408	graph (3), and any claim by the Navajo Nation and 24
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7411	7411	•HR 2025 IH
7412	7412	the United States to sovereign immunity from any 1
7413	7413	such action is waived. 2
7414	7414	(2) N
7415	7415	AVAJO NATION CONSENT .—By resolution 3
7416	7416	No. CMY–26–24 and dated May 24, 2024, the Nav-4
7417	7417	ajo Nation Council has affirmatively consented to 5
7418	7418	the limited waiver of sovereign immunity from suit 6
7419	7419	in any circumstance described in paragraph (3), not-7
7420	7420	withstanding any provision of the Navajo Nation 8
7421	7421	Code or any other Navajo Nation law. 9
7422	7422	(3) C
7423	7423	IRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED .—A cir-10
7424	7424	cumstance referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is 11
7425	7425	any of the following: 12
7426	7426	(A) Any party to the Settlement Agree-13
7427	7427	ment— 14
7428	7428	(i) brings an action in any court of 15
7429	7429	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-16
7430	7430	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 17
7431	7431	of— 18
7432	7432	(I) this Act; or 19
7433	7433	(II) the Settlement Agreement; 20
7434	7434	(ii) names the Navajo Nation, or the 21
7435	7435	United States acting as trustee for the 22
7436	7436	Navajo Nation or Navajo Allottees, as a 23
7437	7437	party in that action; and 24
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7440	7440	•HR 2025 IH
7441	7441	(iii) does not include any request for 1
7442	7442	award against the Navajo Nation, or the 2
7443	7443	United States acting as trustee for the 3
7444	7444	Navajo Nation or Navajo Allottees, for 4
7445	7445	money damages, court costs, or attorney 5
7446	7446	fees. 6
7447	7447	(B) Any landowner or water user in the 7
7448	7448	LCR Watershed or the Gila River Watershed— 8
7449	7449	(i) brings an action in any court of 9
7450	7450	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-10
7451	7451	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 11
7452	7452	of— 12
7453	7453	(I) paragraph 13 of the Settle-13
7454	7454	ment Agreement; 14
7455	7455	(II) the LCR Decree or the Gila 15
7456	7456	River Adjudication Decree; or 16
7457	7457	(III) section 14; 17
7458	7458	(ii) names the Navajo Nation, or the 18
7459	7459	United States acting as trustee for the 19
7460	7460	Navajo Nation or Navajo Allottees, as a 20
7461	7461	party in that action; and 21
7462	7462	(iii) does not include any request for 22
7463	7463	award against the Navajo Nation, or the 23
7464	7464	United States acting as trustee for the 24
7465	7465	Navajo Nation or Navajo Allottees, for 25
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7468	7468	•HR 2025 IH
7469	7469	money damages, court costs or attorney 1
7470	7470	fees. 2
7471	7471	(b) L
7472	7472	IMITEDWAIVER BY THEHOPITRIBE AND THE 3
7473	7473	U
7474	7474	NITEDSTATESACTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THE HOPI 4
7475	7475	T
7476	7476	RIBE ANDHOPIALLOTEES.— 5
7477	7477	(1) I
7478	7478	N GENERAL.—The Hopi Tribe, and the 6
7479	7479	United States acting as trustee for the Hopi Tribe 7
7480	7480	and Hopi Allottees, may be joined in any action 8
7481	7481	brought in any circumstance described in paragraph 9
7482	7482	(3), and any claim by the Hopi Tribe and the 10
7483	7483	United States to sovereign immunity from any such 11
7484	7484	action is waived. 12
7485	7485	(2) H
7486	7486	OPI TRIBE CONSENT.—By resolution No. 13
7487	7487	H–035–2024 and dated May 20, 2024, the Hopi 14
7488	7488	Tribal Council has affirmatively consented to the 15
7489	7489	limited waiver of sovereign immunity from suit in 16
7490	7490	any circumstance described in paragraph (3), not-17
7491	7491	withstanding any provision of the Hopi Tribal Code 18
7492	7492	or any other Hopi Tribe law. 19
7493	7493	(3) C
7494	7494	IRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED .—A cir-20
7495	7495	cumstance referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is 21
7496	7496	any of the following: 22
7497	7497	(A) Any party to the Settlement Agree-23
7498	7498	ment— 24
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7501	7501	•HR 2025 IH
7502	7502	(i) brings an action in any court of 1
7503	7503	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-2
7504	7504	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 3
7505	7505	of— 4
7506	7506	(I) this Act; or 5
7507	7507	(II) the Settlement Agreement; 6
7508	7508	(ii) names the Hopi Tribe or the 7
7509	7509	United States, acting as trustee for the 8
7510	7510	Hopi Tribe or Hopi Allottees, as a party in 9
7511	7511	that action; and 10
7512	7512	(iii) does not include any request for 11
7513	7513	award against the Hopi Tribe, or the 12
7514	7514	United States acting as trustee for the 13
7515	7515	Hopi Tribe or Hopi Allottees, for money 14
7516	7516	damages, court costs, or attorney fees. 15
7517	7517	(B) Any landowner or water user in the 16
7518	7518	LCR Watershed— 17
7519	7519	(i) brings an action in any court of 18
7520	7520	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-19
7521	7521	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 20
7522	7522	of— 21
7523	7523	(I) paragraph 13 of the Settle-22
7524	7524	ment Agreement; 23
7525	7525	(II) the LCR Decree; or 24
7526	7526	(III) section 14; 25
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7529	7529	•HR 2025 IH
7530	7530	(ii) names the Hopi Tribe, or the 1
7531	7531	United States acting as trustee for the 2
7532	7532	Hopi Tribe or Hopi Allottees, as a party in 3
7533	7533	that action; and 4
7534	7534	(iii) does not include any request for 5
7535	7535	award against the Hopi Tribe, or the 6
7536	7536	United States acting as trustee for the 7
7537	7537	Hopi Tribe or Hopi Allottees, for money 8
7538	7538	damages, court costs, or attorney fees. 9
7539	7539	(c) L
7540	7540	IMITEDWAIVER BY THESANJUANSOUTHERN 10
7541	7541	P
7542	7542	AIUTETRIBE AND THE UNITEDSTATESACTING AS 11
7543	7543	T
7544	7544	RUSTEE FOR THE SANJUANSOUTHERN PAIUTE 12
7545	7545	T
7546	7546	RIBE.— 13
7547	7547	(1) I
7548	7548	N GENERAL.—The San Juan Southern 14
7549	7549	Paiute Tribe and the United States acting as trustee 15
7550	7550	for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe may be 16
7551	7551	joined in any action brought in any circumstance de-17
7552	7552	scribed in paragraph (3), and any claim by the San 18
7553	7553	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the United States 19
7554	7554	to sovereign immunity from any such action is 20
7555	7555	waived. 21
7556	7556	(2) S
7557	7557	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE CON -22
7558	7558	SENT.—By resolution No. 2024–040, dated May 23, 23
7559	7559	2024, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal Council 24
7560	7560	has affirmatively consented to the limited waiver of 25
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7563	7563	•HR 2025 IH
7564	7564	sovereign immunity from suit in any circumstance 1
7565	7565	described in paragraph (3), notwithstanding any 2
7566	7566	provision of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal 3
7567	7567	Code or any other San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal 4
7568	7568	law. 5
7569	7569	(3) C
7570	7570	IRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED .—A cir-6
7571	7571	cumstance referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is 7
7572	7572	any of the following: 8
7573	7573	(A) Any party to the Settlement Agree-9
7574	7574	ment— 10
7575	7575	(i) brings an action in any court of 11
7576	7576	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-12
7577	7577	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 13
7578	7578	of— 14
7579	7579	(I) this Act; or 15
7580	7580	(II) the Settlement Agreement; 16
7581	7581	(ii) names the San Juan Southern 17
7582	7582	Paiute Tribe or the United States acting 18
7583	7583	as trustee for the San Juan Southern Pai-19
7584	7584	ute Tribe as a party in that action; and 20
7585	7585	(iii) does not include any request for 21
7586	7586	award against the San Juan Southern Pai-22
7587	7587	ute Tribe, or the United States acting as 23
7588	7588	trustee for the San Juan Southern Paiute 24
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7591	7591	•HR 2025 IH
7592	7592	Tribe, for money damages, court costs, or 1
7593	7593	attorney fees. 2
7594	7594	(B) Any landowner or water user in the 3
7595	7595	LCR Watershed— 4
7596	7596	(i) brings an action in any court of 5
7597	7597	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-6
7598	7598	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 7
7599	7599	of— 8
7600	7600	(I) paragraph 13 of the Settle-9
7601	7601	ment Agreement; 10
7602	7602	(II) the LCR Decree; or 11
7603	7603	(III) section 14; 12
7604	7604	(ii) names the San Juan Southern 13
7605	7605	Paiute Tribe or the United States acting 14
7606	7606	as trustee for the San Juan Southern Pai-15
7607	7607	ute Tribe as a party in that action; and 16
7608	7608	(iii) does not include any request for 17
7609	7609	award against the San Juan Southern Pai-18
7610	7610	ute Tribe, or the United States acting as 19
7611	7611	trustee for the San Juan Southern Paiute 20
7612	7612	Tribe, for money damages, court costs, or 21
7613	7613	attorney fees. 22
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7617	7617	SEC. 19. RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY AND CREATION OF 1
7618	7618	THE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE RESERVA-2
7619	7619	TION. 3
7620	7620	(a) R
7621	7621	ATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF THE TREA-4
7622	7622	TY.—The Treaty and the Treaty Addendum are hereby 5
7623	7623	approved, ratified, and confirmed. 6
7624	7624	(b) A
7625	7625	PPROVAL OF THESECRETARY.— 7
7626	7626	(1) I
7627	7627	N GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 8
7628	7628	and directed— 9
7629	7629	(A) to approve and execute the Treaty and 10
7630	7630	the Treaty Addendum, except that the specific 11
7631	7631	findings stated under the heading ‘‘AP-12
7632	7632	PROVAL’’ shall not be binding on the Sec-13
7633	7633	retary; and 14
7634	7634	(B) to take all steps necessary to imple-15
7635	7635	ment the Treaty and this Act. 16
7636	7636	(2) A
7637	7637	PPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF AMEND -17
7638	7638	MENTS.—The Secretary is delegated the authority, 18
7639	7639	without a further Act of Congress, to approve and 19
7640	7640	execute amendments to the Treaty agreed to by the 20
7641	7641	Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute 21
7642	7642	Tribe. 22
7643	7643	(c) L
7644	7644	ANDSPROCLAIMED ARESERVATION FOR THE 23
7645	7645	S
7646	7646	ANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE.— 24
7647	7647	(1) I
7648	7648	N GENERAL.—All right, title, and interest, 25
7649	7649	including Water Rights, to the approximately 5,400 26
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7652	7652	•HR 2025 IH
7653	7653	acres of land within the Navajo Indian Reservation 1
7654	7654	that are described in the Treaty as the San Juan 2
7655	7655	Southern Paiute Northern Area and the San Juan 3
7656	7656	Southern Paiute Southern Area are hereby pro-4
7657	7657	claimed as the San Juan Southern Paiute Reserva-5
7658	7658	tion and such land shall be held by the United 6
7659	7659	States in trust as a reservation for the exclusive ben-7
7660	7660	efit of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, subject 8
7661	7661	to the rights of access under subsection (d). 9
7662	7662	(2) N
7663	7663	O APPRAISAL OR VALUATION .—Notwith-10
7664	7664	standing any other provision law, no appraisal or 11
7665	7665	other valuation shall be required to carry out this 12
7666	7666	subsection. 13
7667	7667	(3) D
7668	7668	ISCLAIMER OF RESERVED WATER 14
7669	7669	RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act constitutes an express 15
7670	7670	or implied reservation of water or water rights for 16
7671	7671	the San Juan Southern Paiute Northern Area in the 17
7672	7672	State of Utah. 18
7673	7673	(d) R
7674	7674	IGHTS OFACCESS ANDEASEMENTS.—The Nav-19
7675	7675	ajo Reservation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Res-20
7676	7676	ervation shall be subject to the rights of access and ease-21
7677	7677	ments as identified in the Treaty. 22
7678	7678	(e) S
7679	7679	URVEYING ANDFENCING OFLAND.— 23
7680	7680	(1) R
7681	7681	EQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall— 24
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7685	7685	(A) as soon as practicable after the date of 1
7686	7686	enactment of this Act, complete a survey and 2
7687	7687	legal description of the boundary lines to estab-3
7688	7688	lish the boundaries of the San Juan Southern 4
7689	7689	Paiute Reservation; 5
7690	7690	(B) officially file the survey plat in the ap-6
7691	7691	propriate office of the Department of the Inte-7
7692	7692	rior; 8
7693	7693	(C) mark and fence the lands as described 9
7694	7694	in article V of the Treaty, where feasible; and 10
7695	7695	(D) study the feasibility of an access road 11
7696	7696	to the San Juan Southern Paiute Southern 12
7697	7697	Area from U.S. Route 89, as described in arti-13
7698	7698	cle XI of the Treaty. 14
7699	7699	(2) L
7700	7700	EGAL DESCRIPTION.— 15
7701	7701	(A) I
7702	7702	N GENERAL.—The legal descriptions 16
7703	7703	published in accordance with subparagraph (B) 17
7704	7704	shall— 18
7705	7705	(i) be considered the official legal de-19
7706	7706	scription of the San Juan Southern Paiute 20
7707	7707	Reservation; and 21
7708	7708	(ii) have the same force and effect as 22
7709	7709	if included in this Act. 23
7710	7710	(B) P
7711	7711	UBLICATION.—On completion of the 24
7712	7712	surveys under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary 25
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7716	7716	shall publish in the Federal Register a legal de-1
7717	7717	scription of the land comprising the San Juan 2
7718	7718	Southern Paiute Reservation. 3
7719	7719	(C) C
7720	7720	ORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may 4
7721	7721	make minor corrections to correct technical and 5
7722	7722	clerical errors in the legal descriptions. 6
7723	7723	(f) R
7724	7724	EPEAL OF PAIUTEALLOTMENT PROCE-7
7725	7725	DURES.—Section 9 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716) 8
7726	7726	is repealed. 9
7727	7727	(g) P
7728	7728	UBLICATION; JURISDICTION.— 10
7729	7729	(1) P
7730	7730	UBLICATION.—In accordance with article 11
7731	7731	VI of the Treaty, the Secretary shall publish in the 12
7732	7732	Federal Register separate notices of completion or 13
7733	7733	boundary marking of— 14
7734	7734	(A) the San Juan Paiute Northern Area; 15
7735	7735	and 16
7736	7736	(B) the San Juan Paiute Southern Area. 17
7737	7737	(2) J
7738	7738	URISDICTION.—On publication in the Fed-18
7739	7739	eral Register under subparagraph (A) or (B) of 19
7740	7740	paragraph (1)— 20
7741	7741	(A) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 21
7742	7742	shall have full jurisdiction over all matters with-22
7743	7743	in that area of the San Juan Southern Paiute 23
7744	7744	Reservation to the fullest extent permitted by 24
7745	7745	Federal law; and 25
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7749	7749	(B) the Navajo Nation shall not have juris-1
7750	7750	diction over matters occurring within that area 2
7751	7751	of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation 3
7752	7752	except as agreed to by the Navajo Nation and 4
7753	7753	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 5
7754	7754	SEC. 20. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF NAVAJO-GALLUP 6
7755	7755	WATER SUPPLY PROJECT FACILITIES. 7
7756	7756	(a) N
7757	7757	AVAJONATIONUPPERBASINCOLORADO 8
7758	7758	R
7759	7759	IVERWATER FORUSE IN THESTATE.— 9
7760	7760	(1) I
7761	7761	N GENERAL.—In addition to the 6,411 10
7762	7762	AFY of Project water described in section 11
7763	7763	6(g)(1)(B), the Secretary is authorized to treat, 12
7764	7764	store, and convey up to 12,000 AFY of Navajo Na-13
7765	7765	tion Upper Basin Colorado River Water as non- 14
7766	7766	Project water, subject to section 10602(h)(1) of the 15
7767	7767	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 16
7768	7768	(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1382) and section 17
7769	7769	6(g) for Use in the areas of the State described in 18
7770	7770	section 6(g)(1)(D), utilizing Navajo-Gallup Water 19
7771	7771	Supply Project facilities described in section 20
7772	7772	10602(b) of the Northwestern New Mexico Rural 21
7773	7773	Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 22
7774	7774	1379) (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Project fa-23
7775	7775	cilities’’). 24
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7779	7779	(2) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section au-1
7780	7780	thorizes the Secretary to extend the Navajo-Gallup 2
7781	7781	Water Supply Project within the State, except as au-3
7782	7782	thorized by the Northwestern New Mexico Rural 4
7783	7783	Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 5
7784	7784	1367), subject to the condition that non-Project fa-6
7785	7785	cilities may be constructed, in whole or in part, by 7
7786	7786	the Navajo Nation using amounts in the Navajo Na-8
7787	7787	tion Water Projects Trust Fund Account. 9
7788	7788	(b) I
7789	7789	NCREASE INCAPACITYAUTHORIZED.— 10
7790	7790	(1) I
7791	7791	N GENERAL.—The authorized capacity of 11
7792	7792	the Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project described 12
7793	7793	in section 10603(b) of the Northwestern New Mex-13
7794	7794	ico Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 14
7795	7795	123 Stat. 1383) may be increased by up to 12,000 15
7796	7796	AFY to allow for Use of Navajo Nation Upper Basin 16
7797	7797	Colorado River Water in accordance with subsection 17
7798	7798	(a)(1). 18
7799	7799	(2) C
7800	7800	OST OF INCREASED CAPACITY .—Any costs 19
7801	7801	associated with constructing and operating the in-20
7802	7802	creased capacity authorized by paragraph (1) shall 21
7803	7803	be solely borne by the Navajo Nation. 22
7804	7804	(c) C
7805	7805	ONVEYANCE OFNAVAJONATIONUPPERBASIN 23
7806	7806	C
7807	7807	OLORADORIVERWATER TO THE STATE.—Treatment, 24
7808	7808	storage, and conveyance of the water described in sub-25
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7812	7812	section (a)(1) shall be subject to the following require-1
7813	7813	ments and limitations: 2
7814	7814	(1) I
7815	7815	MPACTS TO NAVAJO -GALLUP WATER SUP -3
7816	7816	PLY PROJECT.— 4
7817	7817	(A) D
7818	7818	EADLINE.—Any extension to the 5
7819	7819	deadline for completion of the Navajo-Gallup 6
7820	7820	Water Supply Project, as described in section 7
7821	7821	10701(e)(1)(A)(ix) of the Northwestern New 8
7822	7822	Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 9
7823	7823	111–11; 123 Stat. 1400), required due to ef-10
7824	7824	forts associated with delivering Navajo Nation 11
7825	7825	Upper Basin Colorado River Water to the State 12
7826	7826	in accordance with subsection (a)(1) shall re-13
7827	7827	quire agreement of the Nation, State of New 14
7828	7828	Mexico, and the Secretary as described in sec-15
7829	7829	tion 10701(e)(1)(B) of that Act (Public Law 16
7830	7830	111–11; 123 Stat. 1400). 17
7831	7831	(B) P
7832	7832	ROTECTIONS FOR PROJECT PARTICI -18
7833	7833	PANTS.—The Use of Project facilities for non- 19
7834	7834	Project water as provided under this section 20
7835	7835	shall comply with the requirements of section 21
7836	7836	10602(h)(1) of the Northwestern New Mexico 22
7837	7837	Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 23
7838	7838	123 Stat. 1382) and this section. 24
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7842	7842	(2) APPROVAL OF FINAL DESIGN TO INCREASE 1
7843	7843	CAPACITY.—As long as the Bureau retains title to 2
7844	7844	the Project facilities that will supply water to areas 3
7845	7845	in the State under this Act, the Navajo Nation 4
7846	7846	shall— 5
7847	7847	(A) obtain approval in writing from the 6
7848	7848	Commissioner of Reclamation for the final de-7
7849	7849	sign of the connection and related facilities 8
7850	7850	needed to connect the extension from the San 9
7851	7851	Juan Lateral, including sublaterals and turn-10
7852	7852	outs; and 11
7853	7853	(B) coordinate construction of the connec-12
7854	7854	tion and related facilities with the Commis-13
7855	7855	sioner of Reclamation. 14
7856	7856	(3) F
7857	7857	UNDING.—The funding described in the 15
7858	7858	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 16
7859	7859	(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1367) for the Nav-17
7860	7860	ajo-Gallup Water Supply Project shall not be used to 18
7861	7861	design, plan, construct, operate, maintain, or repair 19
7862	7862	any Project infrastructure in the State of New Mex-20
7863	7863	ico or the State to treat, store, and convey the 21
7864	7864	12,000 AFY of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-22
7865	7865	rado River Water to the State in accordance with 23
7866	7866	subsection (a)(1). 24
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7870	7870	SEC. 21. ANTIDEFICIENCY; SAVINGS PROVISIONS; EFFECT. 1
7871	7871	(a) N
7872	7872	OQUANTIFICATION OREFFECT ONRIGHTS OF 2
7873	7873	O
7874	7874	THERINDIANTRIBES OR THE UNITEDSTATES ON 3
7875	7875	T
7876	7876	HEIRBEHALF.—Except as provided in paragraph 8.3 of 4
7877	7877	the Settlement Agreement, nothing in this Act— 5
7878	7878	(1) quantifies or otherwise affects the Water 6
7879	7879	Rights, or claims or entitlements to water of any In-7
7880	7880	dian Tribe, band, or community, other than the 8
7881	7881	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, or the San Juan 9
7882	7882	Southern Paiute Tribe; or 10
7883	7883	(2) affects the ability of the United States to 11
7884	7884	take action on behalf of any Indian Tribe, nation, 12
7885	7885	band, community, or allottee, other than the Navajo 13
7886	7886	Nation, the Hopi Tribe and the San Juan Southern 14
7887	7887	Paiute Tribe, their Members, Navajo Allottees, Hopi 15
7888	7888	Allottees, and Public Domain Allottees. 16
7889	7889	(b) N
7890	7890	OQUANTIFICATION OF WATERRIGHTS OF 17
7891	7891	P
7892	7892	UBLICDOMAINALLOTTEES.—Nothing in this Act— 18
7893	7893	(1) quantifies or adjudicates any Water Right 19
7894	7894	or any claim or entitlement to water of a Public Do-20
7895	7895	main Allottee, or precludes the United States, acting 21
7896	7896	as trustee for Public Domain Allottees, from making 22
7897	7897	claims for Water Rights in the State that are con-23
7898	7898	sistent with the claims described in Exhibit 24
7899	7899	3.1.132B to the Settlement Agreement; or 25
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7903	7903	(2) except as provided in subparagraphs 8.2.3, 1
7904	7904	8.4.7, and 15.2.3.4 of the Settlement Agreement, af-2
7905	7905	fects the ability of the United States to take action 3
7906	7906	on behalf of Public Domain Allottees. 4
7907	7907	(c) A
7908	7908	NTIDEFICIENCY.—Notwithstanding any author-5
7909	7909	ization of appropriations to carry out this Act, the United 6
7910	7910	States shall not be liable for any failure of the United 7
7911	7911	States to carry out any obligation or activity authorized 8
7912	7912	by this Act, including all agreements or exhibits ratified 9
7913	7913	or confirmed by this Act, if adequate appropriations are 10
7914	7914	not provided expressly by Congress to carry out the pur-11
7915	7915	poses of this Act. 12
7916	7916	(d) N
7917	7917	OMODIFICATION ORPREEMPTION OF OTHER 13
7918	7918	L
7919	7919	AWS.—Unless expressly provided in this Act, nothing in 14
7920	7920	this Act modifies, conflicts with, preempts, or otherwise 15
7921	7921	affects— 16
7922	7922	(1) the Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 17
7923	7923	617 et seq.); 18
7924	7924	(2) the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act 19
7925	7925	(54 Stat. 774, chapter 643); 20
7926	7926	(3) the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known 21
7927	7927	as the ‘‘Colorado River Storage Project Act’’) (43 22
7928	7928	U.S.C. 620 et seq.); 23
7929	7929	(4) the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 24
7930	7930	U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); 25
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7934	7934	(5) the Treaty between the United States of 1
7935	7935	America and Mexico, done at Washington, February 2
7936	7936	3, 1944 (59 Stat. 1219); 3
7937	7937	(6) the Colorado River Compact; 4
7938	7938	(7) the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 5
7939	7939	1948; 6
7940	7940	(8) the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 7
7941	7941	of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 991); 8
7942	7942	(9) case law relating to Water Rights in the 9
7943	7943	Colorado River System other than any case to en-10
7944	7944	force the Settlement Agreement or this Act; or 11
7945	7945	(10) the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement 12
7946	7946	Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–301; 110 Stat. 3649). 13
7947	7947	(e) N
7948	7948	OPRECEDENT.— 14
7949	7949	(1) C
7950	7950	OLORADO RIVER SYSTEM WATER .—Noth-15
7951	7951	ing in this Act establishes a precedent for any type 16
7952	7952	of transfer of Colorado River System water between 17
7953	7953	the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin, including the 18
7954	7954	leasing of Upper Basin water in the Lower Basin. 19
7955	7955	(2) F
7956	7956	EDERAL RESERVED WATER RIGHTS OR IN -20
7957	7957	DIAN WATER CLAIMS .—Nothing in the Settlement 21
7958	7958	Agreement or this Act (including paragraph 13 of 22
7959	7959	the Settlement Agreement and section 14) estab-23
7960	7960	lishes any standard or precedent for the quantifica-24
7961	7961	tion, litigation, or settlement of Federal reserved 25
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7965	7965	water rights or any Indian water claims of any In-1
7966	7966	dian Tribes other than the Tribes in any judicial or 2
7967	7967	administrative proceeding. 3
7968	7968	(f) U
7969	7969	NIQUESITUATION.— 4
7970	7970	(1) I
7971	7971	N GENERAL.—Diversions through the iina´ 5
7972	7972	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline and the Navajo-Gallup 6
7973	7973	Water Supply Project facilities consistent with this 7
7974	7974	Act address critical Tribal and non-Indian water 8
7975	7975	supply needs under unique circumstances, which in-9
7976	7976	clude, among other things— 10
7977	7977	(A) the intent to benefit a number of In-11
7978	7978	dian Tribes; 12
7979	7979	(B) the Navajo Nation’s location in the 13
7980	7980	Upper Basin and the Lower Basin; 14
7981	7981	(C) the intent to address critical Indian 15
7982	7982	and non-Indian water needs in the State; 16
7983	7983	(D) the lack of other reasonable alter-17
7984	7984	natives available for developing a firm, sustain-18
7985	7985	able supply of municipal water for the Navajo 19
7986	7986	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan 20
7987	7987	Southern Paiute Tribe in the State; 21
7988	7988	(E) the unique geological and hydrological 22
7989	7989	features of the relevant watersheds, including 23
7990	7990	aquifers; and 24
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7994	7994	(F) the limited volume of water to be di-1
7995	7995	verted by the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 2
7996	7996	and Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project to 3
7997	7997	supply municipal Uses in the State. 4
7998	7998	(2) A
7999	7999	RIZONA UPPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 5
8000	8000	WATER.—The Use of Arizona Upper Basin Colorado 6
8001	8001	River Water in the Lower Basin in the State is con-7
8002	8002	sistent with this Act and is authorized under unique 8
8003	8003	circumstances, which include, among other things— 9
8004	8004	(A) that the Uses are included in a con-10
8005	8005	gressionally approved Indian water rights settle-11
8006	8006	ment; 12
8007	8007	(B) that the Navajo Nation is located in 13
8008	8008	both the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin; 14
8009	8009	(C) the unavailability and unreliability of 15
8010	8010	Central Arizona Project Non-Indian Agricul-16
8011	8011	tural water available for the Tribes to lease due 17
8012	8012	to shortages in the Lower Basin of the Colo-18
8013	8013	rado River; and 19
8014	8014	(D) the intent of Congress to supplement 20
8015	8015	the Federal funds available to the Tribes with 21
8016	8016	the revenue generated by leasing as authorized 22
8017	8017	under section 7. 23
8018	8018	(g) E
8019	8019	FFICIENTUSE.—The diversions and Uses au-24
8020	8020	thorized for the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline under 25
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8024	8024	this Act represent unique and efficient Uses of Colorado 1
8025	8025	River apportionments in a manner that Congress has de-2
8026	8026	termined would be consistent with the obligations of the 3
8027	8027	United States to the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe. 4
8028	8028	(h) P
8029	8029	RESERVATION OFEXISTINGRIGHTS.— 5
8030	8030	(1) I
8031	8031	N GENERAL.—Rights to the consumptive 6
8032	8032	use of water apportioned to the Upper Division 7
8033	8033	States and the State from the Colorado River Sys-8
8034	8034	tem under the Colorado River Compact and the 9
8035	8035	Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948, and 10
8036	8036	rights to the consumptive use of water available for 11
8037	8037	use in the Lower Basin under the Colorado River 12
8038	8038	Compact and the Decree, shall not be changed or 13
8039	8039	prejudiced by any use of water pursuant to this Act. 14
8040	8040	(2) S
8041	8041	AVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this 15
8042	8042	Act— 16
8043	8043	(A) adversely affects full development and 17
8044	8044	utilization by the State or any State of the 18
8045	8045	Upper Division of the Colorado River Basin of 19
8046	8046	its respective apportionment under the Colorado 20
8047	8047	River Compact or the Upper Colorado River 21
8048	8048	Basin Compact of 1948; 22
8049	8049	(B) impairs, conflicts with, or otherwise 23
8050	8050	changes the duties and powers of the Upper 24
8051	8051	Colorado River Commission; or 25
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8055	8055	(C) waives, impairs, or otherwise modifies 1
8056	8056	the rights of California and Nevada under the 2
8057	8057	Colorado River Compact, the Boulder Canyon 3
8058	8058	Project Act, or the Decree. 4
8059	8059	(i) C
8060	8060	ONSENSUS.—Congress notes the consensus of 5
8061	8061	the Governors’ Representatives of the Colorado River 6
8062	8062	Basin States relating to the diversions, accounting, and 7
8063	8063	leasing authorized under this Act. 8
8064	8064	(j) N
8065	8065	OEFFECT ONENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRON-9
8066	8066	MENTALLAWS.—Nothing in this Act precludes the United 10
8067	8067	States acting as sovereign, the Navajo Nation, the Hopi 11
8068	8068	Tribe, or the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe from en-12
8069	8069	forcing the requirements of— 13
8070	8070	(1) Federal environmental laws, including— 14
8071	8071	(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-15
8072	8072	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 16
8073	8073	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) (including claims 17
8074	8074	for damages to natural resources); 18
8075	8075	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 19
8076	8076	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 20
8077	8077	(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 21
8078	8078	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 22
8079	8079	(D) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 23
8080	8080	U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) (commonly known as the 24
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8084	8084	‘‘Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1
8085	8085	1976’’); and 2
8086	8086	(E) the implementing regulations of those 3
8087	8087	Acts; or 4
8088	8088	(2) the environmental laws of the Tribes, and 5
8089	8089	the regulations implementing those laws, on the 6
8090	8090	Navajo Reservation, the Hopi Reservation, the San 7
8091	8091	Juan Southern Paiute Reservation, Navajo Allot-8
8092	8092	ments, Hopi Allotments, and Off-Reservation lands 9
8093	8093	held in trust by the United States for the Navajo 10
8094	8094	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern 11
8095	8095	Paiute Tribe. 12
8096	8096	Æ
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