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4	4	STSESSION S. 562
5	5	To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma
6	6	and Laguna in the Rio San Jose´Stream System and the Pueblos
7	7	of Jemez and Zia in the Rio Jemez Stream System in the State of
8	8	New Mexico, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	FEBRUARY13, 2025
11	11	Mr. H
12	12	EINRICH(for himself and Mr. LUJA´N) introduced the following bill;
13	13	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the
16	16	Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the Rio San Jose´
17	17	Stream System and the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia in
18	18	the Rio Jemez Stream System in the State of New
19	19	Mexico, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
23	23	(a) S
24	24	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
25	25	‘‘Rio San Jose´and Rio Jemez Water Settlements Act of 5
26	26	2025’’. 6
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30	30	(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1
31	31	this Act is as follows: 2
32	32	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
33	33	TITLE I—PUEBLOS OF ACOMA AND LAGUNA WATER RIGHTS
34	34	SETTLEMENT
35	35	Sec. 101. Purposes.
36	36	Sec. 102. Definitions.
37	37	Sec. 103. Ratification of Agreement.
38	38	Sec. 104. Pueblo Water Rights.
39	39	Sec. 105. Settlement trust funds.
40	40	Sec. 106. Funding.
41	41	Sec. 107. Enforceability Date.
42	42	Sec. 108. Waivers and releases of claims.
43	43	Sec. 109. Satisfaction of claims.
44	44	Sec. 110. Consent of United States to jurisdiction for judicial review of a Pueb-
45	45	lo Water Right permit decision.
46	46	Sec. 111. Miscellaneous provisions.
47	47	Sec. 112. Antideficiency.
48	48	TITLE II—PUEBLOS OF JEMEZ AND ZIA WATER RIGHTS
49	49	SETTLEMENT
50	50	Sec. 201. Purposes.
51	51	Sec. 202. Definitions.
52	52	Sec. 203. Ratification of Agreement.
53	53	Sec. 204. Pueblo Water Rights.
54	54	Sec. 205. Settlement trust funds.
55	55	Sec. 206. Funding.
56	56	Sec. 207. Enforceability date.
57	57	Sec. 208. Waivers and releases of claims.
58	58	Sec. 209. Satisfaction of claims.
59	59	Sec. 210. Miscellaneous provisions.
60	60	Sec. 211. Antideficiency.
61	61	TITLE I—PUEBLOS OF ACOMA 3
62	62	AND LAGUNA WATER RIGHTS 4
63	63	SETTLEMENT 5
64	64	SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 6
65	65	The purposes of this title are— 7
66	66	(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-8
67	67	ment of all issues and controversies concerning 9
68	68	claims to water rights in the general stream adju-10
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72	72	dication of the Rio San Jose´Stream System cap-1
73	73	tioned ‘‘State of New Mexico, ex rel. State Engineer 2
74	74	v. Kerr-McGee, et al.’’, No. D–1333–CV–1983– 3
75	75	00190 and No. D–1333–CV1983–00220 (consoli-4
76	76	dated), pending in the Thirteenth Judicial District 5
77	77	Court for the State of New Mexico, for— 6
78	78	(A) the Pueblo of Acoma; 7
79	79	(B) the Pueblo of Laguna; and 8
80	80	(C) the United States, acting as trustee for 9
81	81	the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna; 10
82	82	(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the agree-11
83	83	ment entered into by the Pueblos, the State, and 12
84	84	various other parties to the Agreement, to the extent 13
85	85	that the Agreement is consistent with this title; 14
86	86	(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 15
87	87	(A) to execute the Agreement; and 16
88	88	(B) to take any other actions necessary to 17
89	89	carry out the Agreement in accordance with 18
90	90	this title; and 19
91	91	(4) to authorize funds necessary for the imple-20
92	92	mentation of the Agreement and this title. 21
93	93	SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 22
94	94	In this title: 23
95	95	(1) A
96	96	CEQUIA.—The term ‘‘Acequia’’ means 24
97	97	each of the Bluewater Toltec Irrigation District, La 25
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101	101	Acequia Madre del Ojo del Gallo, Moquino Water 1
102	102	Users Association II, Murray Acres Irrigation Asso-2
103	103	ciation, San Mateo Irrigation Association, Seboyeta 3
104	104	Community Irrigation Association, Cubero Acequia 4
105	105	Association, Cebolletita Acequia Association, and 5
106	106	Community Ditch of San Jose´de la Cienega. 6
107	107	(2) A
108	108	COMITA RESERVOIR WORKS TRUST 7
109	109	FUND.—The term ‘‘Acomita Reservoir Works Trust 8
110	110	Fund’’ means the Acomita Reservoir Works Trust 9
111	111	Fund established under section 105(a). 10
112	112	(3) A
113	113	DJUDICATION.—The term ‘‘Adjudication’’ 11
114	114	means the general adjudication of water rights enti-12
115	115	tled ‘‘State of New Mexico, ex rel. State Engineer v. 13
116	116	Kerr-McGee, et al.’’, No. D–1333–CV–1983–00190 14
117	117	and No. D–1333–CV1983–00220 (consolidated) 15
118	118	pending, as of the date of enactment of this Act, in 16
119	119	the Decree Court. 17
120	120	(4) A
121	121	GREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ 18
122	122	means— 19
123	123	(A) the document entitled ‘‘Rio San Jose´ 20
124	124	Stream System Water Rights Local Settlement 21
125	125	Agreement Among the Pueblo of Acoma, the 22
126	126	Pueblo of Laguna, the Navajo Nation, the State 23
127	127	of New Mexico, the City of Grants, the Village 24
128	128	of Milan, the Association of Community Ditches 25
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132	132	of the Rio San Jose´and Nine Individual 1
133	133	Acequias and Community Ditches’’ and dated 2
134	134	May 13, 2022, and the attachments thereto; 3
135	135	and 4
136	136	(B) any amendment to the document re-5
137	137	ferred to in subparagraph (A) (including an 6
138	138	amendment to an attachment thereto) that is 7
139	139	executed to ensure that the Agreement is con-8
140	140	sistent with this title. 9
141	141	(5) A
142	142	LLOTMENT.—The term ‘‘Allotment’’ 10
143	143	means a parcel of land that is— 11
144	144	(A) located within— 12
145	145	(i) the Rio Puerco Basin; 13
146	146	(ii) the Rio San Jose´Stream System; 14
147	147	or 15
148	148	(iii) the Rio Salado Basin; and 16
149	149	(B) held in trust by the United States for 17
150	150	the benefit of 1 or more individual Indians. 18
151	151	(6) A
152	152	LLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘Allottee’’ means an 19
153	153	individual with a beneficial interest in an Allotment. 20
154	154	(7) D
155	155	ECREE COURT .—The term ‘‘Decree 21
156	156	Court’’ means the Thirteenth Judicial District Court 22
157	157	of the State of New Mexico. 23
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161	161	(8) ENFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘En-1
162	162	forceability Date’’ means the date described in sec-2
163	163	tion 107. 3
164	164	(9) P
165	165	ARTIAL FINAL JUDGMENT AND DECREE .— 4
166	166	The term ‘‘Partial Final Judgment and Decree’’ 5
167	167	means a final or interlocutory partial final judgment 6
168	168	and decree entered by the Decree Court with respect 7
169	169	to the water rights of the Pueblos— 8
170	170	(A) that is substantially in the form de-9
171	171	scribed in Article 14.7.2 of the Agreement, as 10
172	172	amended to ensure consistency with this title; 11
173	173	and 12
174	174	(B) from which no further appeal may be 13
175	175	taken. 14
176	176	(10) P
177	177	UEBLO.—The term ‘‘Pueblo’’ means ei-15
178	178	ther of— 16
179	179	(A) the Pueblo of Acoma; or 17
180	180	(B) the Pueblo of Laguna. 18
181	181	(11) P
182	182	UEBLO LAND.— 19
183	183	(A) I
184	184	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Pueblo 20
185	185	Land’’ means any real property— 21
186	186	(i) in the Rio San Jose´Stream Sys-22
187	187	tem that is held by the United States in 23
188	188	trust for either Pueblo, or owned by either 24
189	189	Pueblo, as of the Enforceability Date; 25
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193	193	(ii) in the Rio Salado Basin that is 1
194	194	held by the United States in trust for the 2
195	195	Pueblo of Acoma, or owned by the Pueblo 3
196	196	of Acoma, as of the Enforceability Date; or 4
197	197	(iii) in the Rio Puerco Basin that is 5
198	198	held by the United States in trust for the 6
199	199	Pueblo of Laguna, or owned by the Pueblo 7
200	200	of Laguna, as of the Enforceability Date. 8
201	201	(B) I
202	202	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Pueblo 9
203	203	Land’’ includes land placed in trust with the 10
204	204	United States subsequent to the Enforceability 11
205	205	Date for either Pueblo in the Rio San Jose´ 12
206	206	Stream System, for the Pueblo of Acoma in the 13
207	207	Rio Salado Basin, or for the Pueblo of Laguna 14
208	208	in the Rio Puerco Basin. 15
209	209	(12) P
210	210	UEBLO TRUST FUND .—The term ‘‘Pueblo 16
211	211	Trust Fund’’ means— 17
212	212	(A) the Pueblo of Acoma Settlement Trust 18
213	213	Fund established under section 105(a); 19
214	214	(B) the Pueblo of Laguna Settlement 20
215	215	Trust Fund established under that section; and 21
216	216	(C) the Acomita Reservoir Works Trust 22
217	217	Fund. 23
218	218	(13) P
219	219	UEBLO WATER RIGHTS .—The term 24
220	220	‘‘Pueblo Water Rights’’ means— 25
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224	224	(A) the respective water rights of the 1
225	225	Pueblos in the Rio San Jose´Stream System— 2
226	226	(i) as identified in the Agreement and 3
227	227	section 104; and 4
228	228	(ii) as confirmed in the Partial Final 5
229	229	Judgment and Decree; 6
230	230	(B) the water rights of the Pueblo of 7
231	231	Acoma in the Rio Salado Basin; and 8
232	232	(C) the water rights of the Pueblo of La-9
233	233	guna in the Rio Puerco Basin, as identified in 10
234	234	the Agreement and section 104. 11
235	235	(14) P
236	236	UEBLOS.—The term ‘‘Pueblos’’ means— 12
237	237	(A) the Pueblo of Acoma; and 13
238	238	(B) the Pueblo of Laguna. 14
239	239	(15) R
240	240	IO PUERCO BASIN .—The term ‘‘Rio 15
241	241	Puerco Basin’’ means the area defined by the 16
242	242	United States Geological Survey Hydrologic Unit 17
243	243	Codes (HUC) 13020204 (Rio Puerco subbasin) and 18
244	244	13020205 (Arroyo Chico subbasin), including the 19
245	245	hydrologically connected groundwater. 20
246	246	(16) R
247	247	IO SAN JOSE´STREAM SYSTEM .—The 21
248	248	term ‘‘Rio San Jose´Stream System’’ means the geo-22
249	249	graphic extent of the area involved in the Adjudica-23
250	250	tion pursuant to the description filed in the Decree 24
251	251	Court on November 21, 1986. 25
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255	255	(17) RIO SALADO BASIN.—The term ‘‘Rio Sa-1
256	256	lado Basin’’ means the area defined by the United 2
257	257	States Geological Survey Hydrologic Unit Code 3
258	258	(HUC) 13020209 (Rio Salado subbasin), including 4
259	259	the hydrologically connected groundwater. 5
260	260	(18) S
261	261	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 6
262	262	means the Secretary of the Interior. 7
263	263	(19) S
264	264	IGNATORY ACEQUIA.—The term ‘‘Signa-8
265	265	tory Acequia’’ means an acequia that is a signatory 9
266	266	to the Agreement. 10
267	267	(20) S
268	268	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 11
269	269	State of New Mexico and all officers, agents, depart-12
270	270	ments, and political subdivisions of the State of New 13
271	271	Mexico. 14
272	272	SEC. 103. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. 15
273	273	(a) R
274	274	ATIFICATION.— 16
275	275	(1) I
276	276	N GENERAL.—Except as modified by this 17
277	277	title and to the extent that the Agreement does not 18
278	278	conflict with this title, the Agreement is authorized, 19
279	279	ratified, and confirmed. 20
280	280	(2) A
281	281	MENDMENTS.—If an amendment to the 21
282	282	Agreement, or any attachment to the Agreement re-22
283	283	quiring the signature of the Secretary, is executed in 23
284	284	accordance with this title to make the Agreement 24
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288	288	consistent with this title, the amendment is author-1
289	289	ized, ratified, and confirmed. 2
290	290	(b) E
291	291	XECUTION.— 3
292	292	(1) I
293	293	N GENERAL.—To the extent that the 4
294	294	Agreement does not conflict with this title, the Sec-5
295	295	retary shall execute the Agreement, including all at-6
296	296	tachments to, or parts of, the Agreement requiring 7
297	297	the signature of the Secretary. 8
298	298	(2) M
299	299	ODIFICATIONS.—Nothing in this title pro-9
300	300	hibits the Secretary, after execution of the Agree-10
301	301	ment, from approving any modification to the Agree-11
302	302	ment, including an attachment to the Agreement, 12
303	303	that is consistent with this title, to the extent that 13
304	304	the modification does not otherwise require congres-14
305	305	sional approval under section 2116 of the Revised 15
306	306	Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) or any other applicable 16
307	307	provision of Federal law. 17
308	308	(c) E
309	309	NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 18
310	310	(1) I
311	311	N GENERAL.—In implementing the Agree-19
312	312	ment and this title, the Secretary shall comply 20
313	313	with— 21
314	314	(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 22
315	315	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 23
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319	319	(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 1
320	320	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 2
321	321	implementing regulations of that Act; and 3
322	322	(C) all other applicable Federal environ-4
323	323	mental laws and regulations. 5
324	324	(2) C
325	325	OMPLIANCE.— 6
326	326	(A) I
327	327	N GENERAL.—In implementing the 7
328	328	Agreement and this title, the Pueblos shall pre-8
329	329	pare any necessary environmental documents, 9
330	330	consistent with— 10
331	331	(i) the Endangered Species Act of 11
332	332	1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 12
333	333	(ii) the National Environmental Policy 13
334	334	Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), in-14
335	335	cluding the implementing regulations of 15
336	336	that Act; and 16
337	337	(iii) all other applicable Federal envi-17
338	338	ronmental laws and regulations. 18
339	339	(B) A
340	340	UTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary 19
341	341	shall— 20
342	342	(i) independently evaluate the docu-21
343	343	mentation required under subparagraph 22
344	344	(A); and 23
345	345	(ii) be responsible for the accuracy, 24
346	346	scope, and contents of that documentation. 25
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350	350	(3) EFFECT OF EXECUTION .—The execution of 1
351	351	the Agreement by the Secretary under this section 2
352	352	shall not constitute a major Federal action under 3
353	353	the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 4
354	354	U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 5
355	355	(4) C
356	356	OSTS.—Any costs associated with the per-6
357	357	formance of the compliance activities under this sub-7
358	358	section shall be paid from funds deposited in the 8
359	359	Pueblo Trust Funds, subject to the condition that 9
360	360	any costs associated with the performance of Federal 10
361	361	approval or other review of such compliance work or 11
362	362	costs associated with inherently Federal functions 12
363	363	shall remain the responsibility of the Secretary. 13
364	364	SEC. 104. PUEBLO WATER RIGHTS. 14
365	365	(a) T
366	366	RUSTSTATUS OF THE PUEBLOWATER 15
367	367	R
368	368	IGHTS.—The Pueblo Water Rights shall be held in trust 16
369	369	by the United States on behalf of the Pueblos in accord-17
370	370	ance with the Agreement and this title. 18
371	371	(b) F
372	372	ORFEITURE ANDABANDONMENT.— 19
373	373	(1) I
374	374	N GENERAL.—The Pueblo Water Rights 20
375	375	shall not be subject to loss through non-use, for-21
376	376	feiture, abandonment, or other operation of law. 22
377	377	(2) S
378	378	TATE-LAW BASED WATER RIGHTS .—Pur-23
379	379	suant to the Agreement, State-law based water 24
380	380	rights acquired by a Pueblo, or by the United States 25
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384	384	on behalf of a Pueblo, after the date for inclusion in 1
385	385	the Partial Final Judgment and Decree, shall not be 2
386	386	subject to forfeiture, abandonment, or permanent 3
387	387	alienation from the time they are acquired. 4
388	388	(c) U
389	389	SE.—Any use of the Pueblo Water Rights shall 5
390	390	be subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement 6
391	391	and this title. 7
392	392	(d) A
393	393	LLOTMENT RIGHTSNOTINCLUDED.—The 8
394	394	Pueblo Water Rights shall not include any water uses or 9
395	395	water rights claims on an Allotment. 10
396	396	(e) A
397	397	UTHORITY OF THEPUEBLOS.— 11
398	398	(1) I
399	399	N GENERAL.—The Pueblos shall have the 12
400	400	authority to allocate, distribute, and lease the Pueblo 13
401	401	Water Rights for use on Pueblo Land in accordance 14
402	402	with the Agreement, this title, and applicable Fed-15
403	403	eral law. 16
404	404	(2) U
405	405	SE OFF PUEBLO LAND .—The Pueblos may 17
406	406	allocate, distribute, and lease the Pueblo Water 18
407	407	Rights for use off Pueblo Land in accordance with 19
408	408	the Agreement, this title, and applicable Federal 20
409	409	law, subject to the approval of the Secretary. 21
410	410	(3) A
411	411	LLOTTEE WATER RIGHTS .—The Pueblos 22
412	412	shall not object in any general stream adjudication, 23
413	413	including the Adjudication, or any other appropriate 24
414	414	forum, to the quantification of reasonable domestic, 25
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418	418	stock, and irrigation water uses on an Allotment, 1
419	419	and shall administer any water use in accordance 2
420	420	with applicable Federal law, including recognition 3
421	421	of— 4
422	422	(A) any water use existing on an Allotment 5
423	423	as of the date of enactment of this Act; 6
424	424	(B) reasonable domestic, stock, and irriga-7
425	425	tion water uses on an Allotment; and 8
426	426	(C) any Allotment water right decreed in a 9
427	427	general stream adjudication, including the Ad-10
428	428	judication, or other appropriate forum, for an 11
429	429	Allotment. 12
430	430	(f) A
431	431	DMINISTRATION.— 13
432	432	(1) N
433	433	O ALIENATION.—The Pueblos shall not 14
434	434	permanently alienate any portion of the Pueblo 15
435	435	Water Rights. 16
436	436	(2) P
437	437	URCHASES OR GRANTS OF LAND FROM IN -17
438	438	DIANS.—An authorization provided by this title for 18
439	439	the allocation, distribution, leasing, or other ar-19
440	440	rangement entered into pursuant to this title shall 20
441	441	be considered to satisfy any requirement for author-21
442	442	ization of the action required by Federal law. 22
443	443	(3) P
444	444	ROHIBITION ON FORFEITURE .—The non- 23
445	445	use of all or any portion of the Pueblo Water Rights 24
446	446	by any water user shall not result in the forfeiture, 25
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450	450	abandonment, relinquishment, or other loss of all or 1
451	451	any portion of the Pueblo Water Rights. 2
452	452	SEC. 105. SETTLEMENT TRUST FUNDS. 3
453	453	(a) E
454	454	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 4
455	455	2 trust funds, to be known as the ‘‘Pueblo of Acoma Set-5
456	456	tlement Trust Fund’’ and the ‘‘Pueblo of Laguna Settle-6
457	457	ment Trust Fund’’, and a trust fund for the benefit of 7
458	458	both Pueblos to be known as the ‘‘Acomita Reservoir 8
459	459	Works Trust Fund’’, to be managed, invested, and distrib-9
460	460	uted by the Secretary and to remain available until ex-10
461	461	pended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the 11
462	462	Treasury, consisting of the amounts deposited in the 12
463	463	Pueblo Trust Funds under subsection (c), together with 13
464	464	any investment earnings, including interest, earned on 14
465	465	those amounts, for the purpose of carrying out this title. 15
466	466	(b) A
467	467	CCOUNTS.— 16
468	468	(1) P
469	469	UEBLO OF ACOMA SETTLEMENT TRUST 17
470	470	FUND.—The Secretary shall establish in the Pueblo 18
471	471	of Acoma Settlement Trust Fund established under 19
472	472	subsection (a) the following accounts: 20
473	473	(A) The Water Rights Settlement Account. 21
474	474	(B) The Water Infrastructure Operations 22
475	475	and Maintenance Account. 23
476	476	(C) The Feasibility Studies Settlement Ac-24
477	477	count. 25
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481	481	(2) PUEBLO OF LAGUNA SETTLEMENT TRUST 1
482	482	FUND.—The Secretary shall establish in the Pueblo 2
483	483	of Laguna Settlement Trust Fund established under 3
484	484	subsection (a) the following accounts: 4
485	485	(A) The Water Rights Settlement Account. 5
486	486	(B) The Water Infrastructure Operations 6
487	487	and Maintenance Account. 7
488	488	(C) The Feasibility Studies Settlement Ac-8
489	489	count. 9
490	490	(c) D
491	491	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in each 10
492	492	Pueblo Trust Fund the amounts made available pursuant 11
493	493	to section 106(a). 12
494	494	(d) M
495	495	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 13
496	496	(1) M
497	497	ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 14
498	498	funds into the Pueblo Trust Funds under subsection 15
499	499	(c), the Secretary shall manage, invest, and dis-16
500	500	tribute all amounts in the Pueblo Trust Funds in a 17
501	501	manner that is consistent with the investment au-18
502	502	thority of the Secretary under— 19
503	503	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 20
504	504	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 21
505	505	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-22
506	506	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 23
507	507	et seq.); and 24
508	508	(C) this subsection. 25
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511	511	•S 562 IS
512	512	(2) INVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 1
513	513	the deposits made to each Pueblo Trust Fund under 2
514	514	subsection (c), any investment earnings, including 3
515	515	interest, earned on those amounts held in each 4
516	516	Pueblo Trust Fund are authorized to be used in ac-5
517	517	cordance with subsections (f) and (h). 6
518	518	(e) A
519	519	VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.— 7
520	520	(1) I
521	521	N GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to, 8
522	522	and deposited in, each Pueblo Trust Fund, including 9
523	523	any investment earnings, including interest, earned 10
524	524	on those amounts, shall be made available to the 11
525	525	Pueblo or Pueblos by the Secretary beginning on the 12
526	526	Enforceability Date, subject to the requirements of 13
527	527	this section, except for those funds to be made avail-14
528	528	able to the Pueblos pursuant to paragraph (2). 15
529	529	(2) U
530	530	SE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding para-16
531	531	graph (1)— 17
532	532	(A) amounts deposited in the Feasibility 18
533	533	Studies Settlement Account of each Pueblo 19
534	534	Trust Fund, including any investment earnings, 20
535	535	including interest, earned on those amounts, 21
536	536	shall be available to the Pueblo on the date on 22
537	537	which the amounts are deposited for uses de-23
538	538	scribed in subsection (h)(3), and in accordance 24
539	539	with the Agreement; 25
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542	542	•S 562 IS
543	543	(B) amounts deposited in the Acomita Res-1
544	544	ervoir Works Trust Fund, including any invest-2
545	545	ment earnings, including interest, earned on 3
546	546	those amounts, shall be available to the Pueblos 4
547	547	on the date on which the amounts are deposited 5
548	548	for uses described in subsection (h)(4), and in 6
549	549	accordance with the Agreement; and 7
550	550	(C) up to $15,000,000 from the Water 8
551	551	Rights Settlement Account for each Pueblo 9
552	552	shall be available on the date on which the 10
553	553	amounts are deposited for installing, on Pueblo 11
554	554	Lands, groundwater wells to meet immediate 12
555	555	domestic, commercial, municipal and industrial 13
556	556	water needs, and associated environmental, cul-14
557	557	tural, and historical compliance. 15
558	558	(f) W
559	559	ITHDRAWALS.— 16
560	560	(1) W
561	561	ITHDRAWALS UNDER THE AMERICAN IN -17
562	562	DIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 18
563	563	1994.— 19
564	564	(A) I
565	565	N GENERAL.—Each Pueblo may with-20
566	566	draw any portion of the amounts in its respec-21
567	567	tive Settlement Trust Fund on approval by the 22
568	568	Secretary of a Tribal management plan sub-23
569	569	mitted by each Pueblo in accordance with the 24
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572	572	•S 562 IS
573	573	American Indian Trust Fund Management Re-1
574	574	form Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 2
575	575	(B) R
576	576	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 3
577	577	requirements under the American Indian Trust 4
578	578	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 5
579	579	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 6
580	580	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 7
581	581	appropriate Pueblo shall spend all amounts 8
582	582	withdrawn from each Pueblo Trust Fund, and 9
583	583	any investment earnings, including interest, 10
584	584	earned on those amounts through the invest-11
585	585	ments under the Tribal management plan, in 12
586	586	accordance with this title. 13
587	587	(C) E
588	588	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 14
589	589	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-15
590	590	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-16
591	591	essary to enforce the Tribal management plan 17
592	592	under this paragraph to ensure that amounts 18
593	593	withdrawn by each Pueblo from the Pueblo 19
594	594	Trust Funds under subparagraph (A) are used 20
595	595	in accordance with this title. 21
596	596	(2) W
597	597	ITHDRAWALS UNDER EXPENDITURE 22
598	598	PLAN.— 23
599	599	(A) I
600	600	N GENERAL.—Each Pueblo may sub-24
601	601	mit to the Secretary a request to withdraw 25
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604	604	•S 562 IS
605	605	funds from the Pueblo Trust Fund of the Pueb-1
606	606	lo pursuant to an approved expenditure plan. 2
607	607	(B) R
608	608	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 3
609	609	withdraw amounts under an expenditure plan 4
610	610	under subparagraph (A), the appropriate Pueb-5
611	611	lo shall submit to the Secretary an expenditure 6
612	612	plan for any portion of the Pueblo Trust Fund 7
613	613	that the Pueblo elects to withdraw pursuant to 8
614	614	that subparagraph, subject to the condition that 9
615	615	the amounts shall be used for the purposes de-10
616	616	scribed in this title. 11
617	617	(C) I
618	618	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 12
619	619	under this paragraph shall include a description 13
620	620	of the manner and purpose for which the 14
621	621	amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 15
622	622	Pueblo Trust Fund will be used by the Pueblo, 16
623	623	in accordance with this subsection and sub-17
624	624	section (h). 18
625	625	(D) A
626	626	PPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-19
627	627	prove an expenditure plan submitted under sub-20
628	628	paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 21
629	629	the plan— 22
630	630	(i) is reasonable; and 23
631	631	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 24
632	632	for, the purposes of this title. 25
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635	635	•S 562 IS
636	636	(E) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 1
637	637	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-2
638	638	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-3
639	639	essary to enforce an expenditure plan to ensure 4
640	640	that amounts disbursed under this paragraph 5
641	641	are used in accordance with this title. 6
642	642	(3) W
643	643	ITHDRAWALS FROM ACOMITA RESERVOIR 7
644	644	WORKS TRUST FUND .— 8
645	645	(A) I
646	646	N GENERAL.—A Pueblo may submit 9
647	647	to the Secretary a request to withdraw funds 10
648	648	from the Acomita Reservoir Works Trust Fund 11
649	649	pursuant to an approved joint expenditure plan. 12
650	650	(B) R
651	651	EQUIREMENTS.— 13
652	652	(i) I
653	653	N GENERAL.—To be eligible to 14
654	654	withdraw amounts under a joint expendi-15
655	655	ture plan under subparagraph (A), the 16
656	656	Pueblos shall submit to the Secretary a 17
657	657	joint expenditure plan for any portion of 18
658	658	the Acomita Reservoir Works Trust Fund 19
659	659	that the Pueblos elect to withdraw pursu-20
660	660	ant to this subparagraph, subject to the 21
661	661	condition that the amounts shall be used 22
662	662	for the purposes described in subsection 23
663	663	(h)(4). 24
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667	667	(ii) WRITTEN RESOLUTION.—Each re-1
668	668	quest to withdraw amounts under a joint 2
669	669	expenditure plan submitted under clause 3
670	670	(i) shall be accompanied by a written reso-4
671	671	lution from the Tribal councils of both 5
672	672	Pueblos approving the requested use and 6
673	673	disbursement of funds. 7
674	674	(C) I
675	675	NCLUSIONS.—A joint expenditure 8
676	676	plan under this paragraph shall include a de-9
677	677	scription of the manner and purpose for which 10
678	678	the amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 11
679	679	Acomita Reservoir Works Trust Fund will be 12
680	680	used by the Pueblo or Pueblos to whom the 13
681	681	funds will be disbursed, in accordance with sub-14
682	682	section (h)(4). 15
683	683	(D) A
684	684	PPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-16
685	685	prove a joint expenditure plan submitted under 17
686	686	subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines 18
687	687	that the plan— 19
688	688	(i) is reasonable; and 20
689	689	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 21
690	690	for, the purposes of this title. 22
691	691	(E) E
692	692	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 23
693	693	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-24
694	694	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-25
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697	697	•S 562 IS
698	698	essary to enforce a joint expenditure plan to en-1
699	699	sure that amounts disbursed under this para-2
700	700	graph are used in accordance with this title. 3
701	701	(g) E
702	702	FFECT OFSECTION.—Nothing in this section 4
703	703	gives the Pueblos the right to judicial review of a deter-5
704	704	mination of the Secretary relating to whether to approve 6
705	705	a Tribal management plan under paragraph (1) of sub-7
706	706	section (f) or an expenditure plan under paragraph (2) 8
707	707	or (3) of that subsection except under subchapter II of 9
708	708	chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code 10
709	709	(commonly known as the ‘‘Administrative Procedure 11
710	710	Act’’). 12
711	711	(h) U
712	712	SES.— 13
713	713	(1) W
714	714	ATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT .— 14
715	715	The Water Rights Settlement Account for each 15
716	716	Pueblo may only be used for the following purposes: 16
717	717	(A) Acquiring water rights or water sup-17
718	718	ply. 18
719	719	(B) Planning, permitting, designing, engi-19
720	720	neering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, 20
721	721	rehabilitating, operating, or repairing water 21
722	722	production, treatment, or delivery infrastruc-22
723	723	ture, including for domestic and municipal use, 23
724	724	on-farm improvements, or wastewater infra-24
725	725	structure. 25
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729	729	(C) Pueblo Water Rights management and 1
730	730	administration. 2
731	731	(D) Watershed protection and enhance-3
732	732	ment, support of agriculture, water-related 4
733	733	Pueblo community welfare and economic devel-5
734	734	opment, and costs relating to implementation of 6
735	735	the Agreement. 7
736	736	(E) Environmental compliance in the de-8
737	737	velopment and construction of infrastructure 9
738	738	under this title. 10
739	739	(2) W
740	740	ATER INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS AND 11
741	741	MAINTENANCE TRUST ACCOUNT .—The Water Infra-12
742	742	structure Operations and Maintenance Account for 13
743	743	each Pueblo may only be used to pay costs for oper-14
744	744	ation and maintenance of water infrastructure to 15
745	745	serve Pueblo domestic, commercial, municipal, and 16
746	746	industrial water uses from any water source. 17
747	747	(3) F
748	748	EASIBILITY STUDIES SETTLEMENT AC -18
749	749	COUNT.—The Feasibility Studies Settlement Ac-19
750	750	count for each Pueblo may only be used to pay costs 20
751	751	for feasibility studies of water supply infrastructure 21
752	752	to serve Pueblo domestic, commercial, municipal, 22
753	753	and industrial water uses from any water source. 23
754	754	(4) A
755	755	COMITA RESERVOIR WORKS TRUST 24
756	756	FUND.—The Acomita Reservoir Works Trust Fund 25
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759	759	•S 562 IS
760	760	may only be used for planning, permitting, design-1
761	761	ing, engineering, constructing, reconstructing, re-2
762	762	placing, rehabilitating, maintaining, or repairing 3
763	763	Acomita reservoir, its dam, inlet works, outlet works, 4
764	764	and the North Acomita Ditch from the Acomita Res-5
765	765	ervoir outlet on the Pueblo of Acoma through its ter-6
766	766	minus on the Pueblo of Laguna. 7
767	767	(i) L
768	768	IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 8
769	769	the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-9
770	770	vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the Pueblo 10
771	771	Trust Funds by a Pueblo under paragraph (1), (2), or 11
772	772	(3) of subsection (f). 12
773	773	(j) E
774	774	XPENDITUREREPORTS.—Each Pueblo shall an-13
775	775	nually submit to the Secretary an expenditure report de-14
776	776	scribing accomplishments and amounts spent from use of 15
777	777	withdrawals under a Tribal management plan or an ex-16
778	778	penditure plan under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of sub-17
779	779	section (f), as applicable. 18
780	780	(k) N
781	781	OPERCAPITADISTRIBUTIONS.—No portion of 19
782	782	the Pueblo Trust Funds shall be distributed on a per cap-20
783	783	ita basis to any member of a Pueblo. 21
784	784	(l) T
785	785	ITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 22
786	786	over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 23
787	787	from the Pueblo Trust Funds shall remain in the appro-24
788	788	priate Pueblo or Pueblos. 25
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791	791	•S 562 IS
792	792	(m) OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, ANDREPLACE-1
793	793	MENT.—All operation, maintenance, and replacement 2
794	794	costs of any project constructed using funds from the 3
795	795	Pueblo Trust Funds shall be the responsibility of the ap-4
796	796	propriate Pueblo or Pueblos. 5
797	797	SEC. 106. FUNDING. 6
798	798	(a) M
799	799	ANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of any 7
800	800	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 8
801	801	Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary 9
802	802	the following amounts for deposit in the following ac-10
803	803	counts: 11
804	804	(1) P
805	805	UEBLO OF ACOMA SETTLEMENT TRUST 12
806	806	FUND.— 13
807	807	(A) T
808	808	HE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT AC -14
809	809	COUNT.—For deposit in the Water Rights Set-15
810	810	tlement Account established under section 16
811	811	105(b)(1)(A), $296,000,000, to remain avail-17
812	812	able until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to 18
813	813	the general fund of the Treasury. 19
814	814	(B) T
815	815	HE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE OPER -20
816	816	ATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT .—For de-21
817	817	posit in the Water Infrastructure Operations 22
818	818	and Maintenance Account established under 23
819	819	section 105(b)(1)(B), $14,000,000, to remain 24
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822	822	•S 562 IS
823	823	available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted 1
824	824	to the general fund of the Treasury. 2
825	825	(C) T
826	826	HE FEASIBILITY STUDIES SETTLE -3
827	827	MENT ACCOUNT.—For deposit in the Feasibility 4
828	828	Studies Settlement Account established under 5
829	829	section 105(b)(1)(C), $1,750,000, to remain 6
830	830	available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted 7
831	831	to the general fund of the Treasury. 8
832	832	(2) P
833	833	UEBLO OF LAGUNA SETTLEMENT TRUST 9
834	834	FUND.— 10
835	835	(A) T
836	836	HE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT AC -11
837	837	COUNT.—For deposit in the Water Rights Set-12
838	838	tlement Account established under section 13
839	839	105(b)(2)(A), $464,000,000, to remain avail-14
840	840	able until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to 15
841	841	the general fund of the Treasury. 16
842	842	(B) T
843	843	HE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE OPER -17
844	844	ATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT .—For de-18
845	845	posit in the Water Infrastructure Operations 19
846	846	and Maintenance Account established under 20
847	847	section 105(b)(2)(B), $26,000,000, to remain 21
848	848	available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted 22
849	849	to the general fund of the Treasury. 23
850	850	(C) T
851	851	HE FEASIBILITY STUDIES SETTLE -24
852	852	MENT ACCOUNT.—For deposit in the Feasibility 25
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855	855	•S 562 IS
856	856	Studies Settlement Account established under 1
857	857	section 105(b)(2)(C), $3,250,000, to remain 2
858	858	available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted 3
859	859	to the general fund of the Treasury. 4
860	860	(3) A
861	861	COMITA RESERVOIR WORKS TRUST 5
862	862	FUND.—For deposit in the Acomita Reservoir Works 6
863	863	Trust Fund, $45,000,000, to remain available until 7
864	864	expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 8
865	865	fund of the Treasury. 9
866	866	(b) F
867	867	LUCTUATION INCOSTS.— 10
868	868	(1) I
869	869	N GENERAL.—The amounts appropriated 11
870	870	under subsection (a) shall be increased or decreased, 12
871	871	as appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified 13
872	872	by reason of ordinary fluctuations in costs, as indi-14
873	873	cated by the Bureau of Reclamation Construction 15
874	874	Cost Index–Composite Trend. 16
875	875	(2) C
876	876	ONSTRUCTION COSTS ADJUSTMENT .—The 17
877	877	amounts appropriated under subsection (a) shall be 18
878	878	adjusted to address construction cost changes nec-19
879	879	essary to account for unforeseen market volatility 20
880	880	that may not otherwise be captured by engineering 21
881	881	cost indices, as determined by the Secretary, includ-22
882	882	ing repricing applicable to the types of construction 23
883	883	and current industry standards involved. 24
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886	886	•S 562 IS
887	887	(3) REPETITION.—The adjustment process 1
888	888	under this subsection shall be repeated for each sub-2
889	889	sequent amount appropriated until the applicable 3
890	890	amount, as adjusted, has been appropriated. 4
891	891	(4) P
892	892	ERIOD OF INDEXING.—The period of in-5
893	893	dexing and adjustment under this subsection for any 6
894	894	increment of funding shall start on October 1, 2021, 7
895	895	and end on the date on which funds are deposited 8
896	896	in the applicable Pueblo Trust Fund. 9
897	897	(c) S
898	898	TATECOST-SHARE.—Pursuant to the Agree-10
899	899	ment, the State shall contribute— 11
900	900	(1) $23,500,000, as adjusted for inflation pur-12
901	901	suant to the Agreement, for the Joint Grants-Milan 13
902	902	Project for Water Re-Use, Water Conservation and 14
903	903	Augmentation of the Rio San Jose´, the Village of 15
904	904	Milan Projects Fund, and the City of Grants 16
905	905	Projects Fund; 17
906	906	(2) $12,000,000, as adjusted for the inflation 18
907	907	pursuant to the Agreement, for Signatory Acequias 19
908	908	Projects and Offset Projects Fund for the Associa-20
909	909	tion of Community Ditches of the Rio San Jose´; and 21
910	910	(3) $500,000, as adjusted for inflation pursu-22
911	911	ant to the Agreement, to mitigate impairment to 23
912	912	non-Pueblo domestic and livestock groundwater 24
913	913	rights as a result of new Pueblo water use. 25
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917	917	SEC. 107. ENFORCEABILITY DATE. 1
918	918	The Enforceability Date shall be the date on which 2
919	919	the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a state-3
920	920	ment of findings that— 4
921	921	(1) to the extent that the Agreement conflicts 5
922	922	with this title, the Agreement has been amended to 6
923	923	conform with this title; 7
924	924	(2) the Agreement, as amended, has been exe-8
925	925	cuted by all parties to the Agreement, including the 9
926	926	United States; 10
927	927	(3) all of the amounts appropriated under sec-11
928	928	tion 106 have been appropriated and deposited in 12
929	929	the designated accounts of the Pueblo Trust Fund; 13
930	930	(4) the State has— 14
931	931	(A) provided the funding under section 15
932	932	106(c)(3) into the appropriate funding ac-16
933	933	counts; 17
934	934	(B) provided the funding under paragraphs 18
935	935	(1) and (2) of section 106(c) into the appro-19
936	936	priate funding accounts or entered into funding 20
937	937	agreements with the intended beneficiaries for 21
938	938	funding under those paragraphs of that section; 22
939	939	and 23
940	940	(C) enacted legislation to amend State law 24
941	941	to provide that a Pueblo Water Right may be 25
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945	945	leased for a term not to exceed 99 years, in-1
946	946	cluding renewals; 2
947	947	(5) the Decree Court has approved the Agree-3
948	948	ment and has entered a Partial Final Judgment and 4
949	949	Decree; and 5
950	950	(6) the waivers and releases under section 108 6
951	951	have been executed by the Pueblos and the Sec-7
952	952	retary. 8
953	953	SEC. 108. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 9
954	954	(a) W
955	955	AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYPUEB-10
956	956	LOS AND THEUNITEDSTATES ASTRUSTEE FORPUEB-11
957	957	LOS.—Subject to the reservation of rights and retention 12
958	958	of claims under subsection (d), as consideration for rec-13
959	959	ognition of the Pueblo Water Rights and other benefits 14
960	960	described in the Agreement and this title, the Pueblos and 15
961	961	the United States, acting as trustee for the Pueblos, shall 16
962	962	execute a waiver and release of all claims for— 17
963	963	(1) water rights within the Rio San Jose´ 18
964	964	Stream System that the Pueblos, or the United 19
965	965	States acting as trustee for the Pueblos, asserted or 20
966	966	could have asserted in any proceeding, including the 21
967	967	Adjudication, on or before the Enforceability Date, 22
968	968	except to the extent that such rights are recognized 23
969	969	in the Agreement and this title; and 24
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972	972	•S 562 IS
973	973	(2) damages, losses, or injuries to water rights 1
974	974	or claims of interference with, diversion of, or taking 2
975	975	of water rights (including claims for injury to land 3
976	976	resulting from such damages, losses, injuries, inter-4
977	977	ference with, diversion, or taking of water rights) in 5
978	978	waters in the Rio San Jose´Stream System against 6
979	979	any party to the Agreement, including the members 7
980	980	and parciantes of Signatory Acequias, that accrued 8
981	981	at any time up to and including the Enforceability 9
982	982	Date. 10
983	983	(b) W
984	984	AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYPUEB-11
985	985	LOSAGAINSTUNITEDSTATES.—Subject to the reserva-12
986	986	tion of rights and retention of claims under subsection (d), 13
987	987	the Pueblos shall execute a waiver and release of all claims 14
988	988	against the United States (including any agency or em-15
989	989	ployee of the United States) first arising before the En-16
990	990	forceability Date relating to— 17
991	991	(1) water rights within the Rio San Jose´ 18
992	992	Stream System that the United States, acting as 19
993	993	trustee for the Pueblos, asserted or could have as-20
994	994	serted in any proceeding, including the Adjudication, 21
995	995	except to the extent that such rights are recognized 22
996	996	as part of the Pueblo Water Rights under this title; 23
997	997	(2) foregone benefits from non-Pueblo use of 24
998	998	water, on and off Pueblo Land (including water 25
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1002	1002	from all sources and for all uses), within the Rio 1
1003	1003	San Jose´Stream System; 2
1004	1004	(3) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 3
1005	1005	rights, land, or natural resources due to loss of 4
1006	1006	water or water rights (including damages, losses, or 5
1007	1007	injuries to hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 6
1008	1008	rights due to loss of water or water rights, claims 7
1009	1009	relating to interference with, diversion of, or taking 8
1010	1010	of water, or claims relating to a failure to protect, 9
1011	1011	acquire, replace, or develop water, water rights, or 10
1012	1012	water infrastructure) within the Rio San Jose´ 11
1013	1013	Stream System; 12
1014	1014	(4) a failure to provide for operation, mainte-13
1015	1015	nance, or deferred maintenance for any irrigation 14
1016	1016	system or irrigation project within the Rio San Jose´ 15
1017	1017	Stream System; 16
1018	1018	(5) a failure to establish or provide a municipal, 17
1019	1019	rural, or industrial water delivery system on Pueblo 18
1020	1020	Land within the Rio San Jose´Stream System; 19
1021	1021	(6) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 20
1022	1022	rights, land, or natural resources due to construc-21
1023	1023	tion, operation, and management of irrigation 22
1024	1024	projects on Pueblo Land (including damages, losses, 23
1025	1025	or injuries to fish habitat, wildlife, and wildlife habi-24
1026	1026	tat) within the Rio San Jose´Stream System; 25
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1030	1030	(7) a failure to provide a dam safety improve-1
1031	1031	ment to a dam on Pueblo Land within the Rio San 2
1032	1032	Jose´Stream System; 3
1033	1033	(8) the litigation of claims relating to any water 4
1034	1034	right of the Pueblos within the Rio San Jose´Stream 5
1035	1035	System; and 6
1036	1036	(9) the negotiation, execution, or adoption of 7
1037	1037	the Agreement (including attachments) and this 8
1038	1038	title. 9
1039	1039	(c) E
1040	1040	FFECTIVEDATE.—The waivers and releases de-10
1041	1041	scribed in subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the 11
1042	1042	Enforceability Date. 12
1043	1043	(d) R
1044	1044	ESERVATION OF RIGHTS ANDRETENTION OF 13
1045	1045	C
1046	1046	LAIMS.—Notwithstanding the waivers and releases under 14
1047	1047	subsections (a) and (b), the Pueblos and the United 15
1048	1048	States, acting as trustee for the Pueblos, shall retain all 16
1049	1049	claims relating to— 17
1050	1050	(1) the enforcement of, or claims accruing after 18
1051	1051	the Enforceability Date relating to, water rights rec-19
1052	1052	ognized under the Agreement, this title, or the Par-20
1053	1053	tial Final Judgment and Decree entered in the Ad-21
1054	1054	judication; 22
1055	1055	(2) activities affecting the quality of water and 23
1056	1056	the environment, including claims under— 24
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1059	1059	•S 562 IS
1060	1060	(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-1
1061	1061	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 2
1062	1062	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), including claims 3
1063	1063	for damages to natural resources; 4
1064	1064	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 5
1065	1065	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 6
1066	1066	(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 7
1067	1067	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) (commonly re-8
1068	1068	ferred to as the ‘‘Clean Water Act’’); and 9
1069	1069	(D) any regulations implementing the Acts 10
1070	1070	described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); 11
1071	1071	(3) the right to use and protect water rights ac-12
1072	1072	quired after the date of enactment of this Act; 13
1073	1073	(4) damage, loss, or injury to land or natural 14
1074	1074	resources that is not due to loss of water or water 15
1075	1075	rights, including hunting, fishing, gathering, or cul-16
1076	1076	tural rights; 17
1077	1077	(5) all claims for water rights, and claims for 18
1078	1078	injury to water rights, in basins other than the Rio 19
1079	1079	San Jose´Stream System, subject to Article 8.5 of 20
1080	1080	the Agreement with respect to the claims of the 21
1081	1081	Pueblo of Laguna for water rights in the Rio Puerco 22
1082	1082	Basin and the claims of the Pueblo of Acoma for 23
1083	1083	water rights in the Rio Salado Basin; 24
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1086	1086	•S 562 IS
1087	1087	(6) all claims relating to the Jackpile-Paguate 1
1088	1088	Uranium Mine in the State that are not due to loss 2
1089	1089	of water or water rights; and 3
1090	1090	(7) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 4
1091	1091	powers, and claims not specifically waived and re-5
1092	1092	leased pursuant to this title or the Agreement. 6
1093	1093	(e) E
1094	1094	FFECT OFAGREEMENT AND TITLE.—Nothing 7
1095	1095	in the Agreement or this title— 8
1096	1096	(1) reduces or extends the sovereignty (includ-9
1097	1097	ing civil and criminal jurisdiction) of any govern-10
1098	1098	ment entity, except as provided in section 110; 11
1099	1099	(2) affects the ability of the United States, as 12
1100	1100	a sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized by 13
1101	1101	law, including— 14
1102	1102	(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-15
1103	1103	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 16
1104	1104	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); 17
1105	1105	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 18
1106	1106	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 19
1107	1107	(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 20
1108	1108	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) (commonly re-21
1109	1109	ferred to as the ‘‘Clean Water Act’’); 22
1110	1110	(D) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 23
1111	1111	U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); and 24
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1115	1115	(E) any regulations implementing the Acts 1
1116	1116	described in subparagraphs (A) through (D); 2
1117	1117	(3) affects the ability of the United States to 3
1118	1118	act as trustee for the Pueblos (consistent with this 4
1119	1119	title), any other pueblo or Indian Tribe, or an Allot-5
1120	1120	tee of any Indian Tribe; 6
1121	1121	(4) confers jurisdiction on any State court— 7
1122	1122	(A) to interpret Federal law relating to 8
1123	1123	health, safety, or the environment; 9
1124	1124	(B) to determine the duties of the United 10
1125	1125	States or any other party under Federal law re-11
1126	1126	garding health, safety, or the environment; or 12
1127	1127	(C) to conduct judicial review of any Fed-13
1128	1128	eral agency action; or 14
1129	1129	(5) waives any claim of a member of a Pueblo 15
1130	1130	in an individual capacity that does not derive from 16
1131	1131	a right of the Pueblos. 17
1132	1132	(f) T
1133	1133	OLLING OFCLAIMS.— 18
1134	1134	(1) I
1135	1135	N GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 19
1136	1136	limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 20
1137	1137	to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 21
1138	1138	the period beginning on the date of enactment of 22
1139	1139	this Act and ending on the Enforceability Date. 23
1140	1140	(2) E
1141	1141	FFECT OF SUBSECTION .—Nothing in this 24
1142	1142	subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 25
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1145	1145	•S 562 IS
1146	1146	limitation or time-based equitable defense that ex-1
1147	1147	pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 2
1148	1148	(3) L
1149	1149	IMITATION.—Nothing in this section pre-3
1150	1150	cludes the tolling of any period of limitation or any 4
1151	1151	time-based equitable defense under any other appli-5
1152	1152	cable law. 6
1153	1153	(g) E
1154	1154	XPIRATION.— 7
1155	1155	(1) I
1156	1156	N GENERAL.—This title shall expire in any 8
1157	1157	case in which the Secretary fails to publish a state-9
1158	1158	ment of findings under section 107 by not later 10
1159	1159	than— 11
1160	1160	(A) July 1, 2030; or 12
1161	1161	(B) such alternative later date as is agreed 13
1162	1162	to by the Pueblos and the Secretary, after pro-14
1163	1163	viding reasonable notice to the State. 15
1164	1164	(2) C
1165	1165	ONSEQUENCES.—If this title expires under 16
1166	1166	paragraph (1)— 17
1167	1167	(A) the waivers and releases under sub-18
1168	1168	sections (a) and (b) shall— 19
1169	1169	(i) expire; and 20
1170	1170	(ii) have no further force or effect; 21
1171	1171	(B) the authorization, ratification, con-22
1172	1172	firmation, and execution of the Agreement 23
1173	1173	under section 103 shall no longer be effective; 24
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1177	1177	(C) any action carried out by the Sec-1
1178	1178	retary, and any contract or agreement entered 2
1179	1179	into, pursuant to this title shall be void; 3
1180	1180	(D) any unexpended Federal funds appro-4
1181	1181	priated or made available to carry out the ac-5
1182	1182	tivities authorized by this title, together with 6
1183	1183	any interest earned on those funds, and any 7
1184	1184	water rights or contracts to use water and title 8
1185	1185	to other property acquired or constructed with 9
1186	1186	Federal funds appropriated or made available 10
1187	1187	to carry out the activities authorized by this 11
1188	1188	title, shall be returned to the Federal Govern-12
1189	1189	ment, unless otherwise agreed to by the Pueblos 13
1190	1190	and the United States and approved by Con-14
1191	1191	gress; and 15
1192	1192	(E) except for Federal funds used to ac-16
1193	1193	quire or construct property that is returned to 17
1194	1194	the Federal Government under subparagraph 18
1195	1195	(D), the United States shall be entitled to offset 19
1196	1196	any Federal funds made available to carry out 20
1197	1197	this title that were expended or withdrawn, or 21
1198	1198	any funds made available to carry out this title 22
1199	1199	from other Federal authorized sources, together 23
1200	1200	with any interest accrued on those funds, 24
1201	1201	against any claims against the United States— 25
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1204	1204	•S 562 IS
1205	1205	(i) relating to— 1
1206	1206	(I) water rights in the State as-2
1207	1207	serted by— 3
1208	1208	(aa) the Pueblos; or 4
1209	1209	(bb) any user of the Pueblo 5
1210	1210	Water Rights; or 6
1211	1211	(II) any other matter covered by 7
1212	1212	subsection (b); or 8
1213	1213	(ii) in any future settlement of water 9
1214	1214	rights of the Pueblos. 10
1215	1215	SEC. 109. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 11
1216	1216	The benefits provided under this title shall be in com-12
1217	1217	plete replacement of, complete substitution for, and full 13
1218	1218	satisfaction of any claim of the Pueblos against the United 14
1219	1219	States that are waived and released by the Pueblos pursu-15
1220	1220	ant to section 108(b). 16
1221	1221	SEC. 110. CONSENT OF UNITED STATES TO JURISDICTION 17
1222	1222	FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF A PUEBLO WATER 18
1223	1223	RIGHT PERMIT DECISION. 19
1224	1224	(a) C
1225	1225	ONSENT.—On the Enforceability Date, the con-20
1226	1226	sent of the United States is hereby given, with the consent 21
1227	1227	of each Pueblo under Article 11.5 of the Agreement, to 22
1228	1228	jurisdiction in the District Court for the Thirteenth Judi-23
1229	1229	cial District of the State of New Mexico, and in the New 24
1230	1230	Mexico Court of Appeals and the New Mexico Supreme 25
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1233	1233	•S 562 IS
1234	1234	Court on appeal therefrom in the same manner as pro-1
1235	1235	vided under New Mexico law, over an action filed in such 2
1236	1236	District Court by any party to a Pueblo Water Rights Per-3
1237	1237	mit administrative proceeding under Article 11.4 of the 4
1238	1238	Agreement for the limited and sole purpose of judicial re-5
1239	1239	view of a Pueblo Water Right Permit decision under Arti-6
1240	1240	cle 11.5 of the Agreement. 7
1241	1241	(b) L
1242	1242	IMITATION.—The consent of the United States 8
1243	1243	under this title is limited to judicial review, based on the 9
1244	1244	record developed through the administrative process of the 10
1245	1245	Pueblo, under a standard of judicial review limited to de-11
1246	1246	termining whether the Pueblo decision on the application 12
1247	1247	for Pueblo Water Right Permit— 13
1248	1248	(1) is supported by substantial evidence; 14
1249	1249	(2) is not arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to 15
1250	1250	law; 16
1251	1251	(3) is not in accordance with the Agreement or 17
1252	1252	the Partial Final Judgment and Decree; or 18
1253	1253	(4) shows that the Pueblo acted fraudulently or 19
1254	1254	outside the scope of its authority. 20
1255	1255	(c) P
1256	1256	UEBLOWATERCODE ANDINTERPRETATION.— 21
1257	1257	(1) I
1258	1258	N GENERAL.—Pueblo Water Code or Pueb-22
1259	1259	lo Water Law provisions that meet the requirements 23
1260	1260	of Article 11 of the Agreement shall be given full 24
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1263	1263	•S 562 IS
1264	1264	faith and credit in any proceeding described in this 1
1265	1265	section. 2
1266	1266	(2) P
1267	1267	ROVISIONS OF THE PUEBLO WATER 3
1268	1268	CODE.—To the extent that a State court conducting 4
1269	1269	judicial review under this section must interpret pro-5
1270	1270	visions of Pueblo law that are not express provisions 6
1271	1271	of the Pueblo Water Code, the State court shall cer-7
1272	1272	tify the question of interpretation to the Pueblo 8
1273	1273	court. 9
1274	1274	(3) N
1275	1275	O CERTIFICATION.—Any issues of inter-10
1276	1276	pretation of standards in Article 11.6 of the Agree-11
1277	1277	ment are not subject to certification. 12
1278	1278	(4) L
1279	1279	IMITATION.—Nothing in this section limits 13
1280	1280	the jurisdiction of the Decree Court to interpret and 14
1281	1281	enforce the Agreement. 15
1282	1282	SEC. 111. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 16
1283	1283	(a) N
1284	1284	OWAIVER OFSOVEREIGNIMMUNITY BY THE 17
1285	1285	U
1286	1286	NITEDSTATES.—Nothing in this title waives the sov-18
1287	1287	ereign immunity of the United States. 19
1288	1288	(b) O
1289	1289	THERTRIBESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 20
1290	1290	Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any land or 21
1291	1291	water right, or any claim or entitlement to land or water, 22
1292	1292	of an Indian Tribe, band, or community other than the 23
1293	1293	Pueblos. 24
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1296	1296	•S 562 IS
1297	1297	(c) ALLOTTEESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 1
1298	1298	Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any water 2
1299	1299	right, or any claim or entitlement to water, of an Allottee. 3
1300	1300	(d) E
1301	1301	FFECT ONCURRENTLAW.—Nothing in this 4
1302	1302	title affects any provision of law (including regulations) 5
1303	1303	in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 6
1304	1304	Act with respect to pre-enforcement review of any Federal 7
1305	1305	environmental enforcement action. 8
1306	1306	(e) C
1307	1307	ONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict between the 9
1308	1308	Agreement and this title, this title shall control. 10
1309	1309	SEC. 112. ANTIDEFICIENCY. 11
1310	1310	The United States shall not be liable for any failure 12
1311	1311	to carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this 13
1312	1312	title, including any obligation or activity under the Agree-14
1313	1313	ment, if adequate appropriations are not provided ex-15
1314	1314	pressly by Congress to carry out the purposes of this title. 16
1315	1315	TITLE II—PUEBLOS OF JEMEZ 17
1316	1316	AND ZIA WATER RIGHTS SET-18
1317	1317	TLEMENT 19
1318	1318	SEC. 201. PURPOSES. 20
1319	1319	The purposes of this title are— 21
1320	1320	(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-22
1321	1321	ment of all claims to water rights in the Jemez 23
1322	1322	River Stream System in the State of New Mexico 24
1323	1323	for— 25
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1327	1327	(A) the Pueblo of Jemez; 1
1328	1328	(B) the Pueblo of Zia; and 2
1329	1329	(C) the United States, acting as trustee for 3
1330	1330	the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia; 4
1331	1331	(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agree-5
1332	1332	ment entered into by the Pueblos, the State, and 6
1333	1333	various other parties to the extent that the Agree-7
1334	1334	ment is consistent with this title; 8
1335	1335	(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 9
1336	1336	(A) to execute the Agreement; and 10
1337	1337	(B) to take any other actions necessary to 11
1338	1338	carry out the Agreement in accordance with 12
1339	1339	this title; and 13
1340	1340	(4) to authorize funds necessary for the imple-14
1341	1341	mentation of the Agreement and this title. 15
1342	1342	SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 16
1343	1343	In this title: 17
1344	1344	(1) A
1345	1345	DJUDICATION.—The term ‘‘Adjudication’’ 18
1346	1346	means the adjudication of water rights pending be-19
1347	1347	fore the United States District Court for the Dis-20
1348	1348	trict of New Mexico: United States of America, on 21
1349	1349	its own behalf, and on behalf of the Pueblos of 22
1350	1350	Jemez, Santa Ana, and Zia, State of New Mexico, 23
1351	1351	ex rel. State Engineer, Plaintiffs, and Pueblos of 24
1352	1352	Jemez, Santa Ana, and Zia, Plaintiffs-in-Interven-25
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1356	1356	tion v. Tom Abousleman, et al., Defendants, Civil 1
1357	1357	No. 83–cv–01041 (KR). 2
1358	1358	(2) A
1359	1359	GREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ 3
1360	1360	means— 4
1361	1361	(A) the document entitled ‘‘Pueblos of 5
1362	1362	Jemez and Zia Water Rights Settlement Agree-6
1363	1363	ment’’ and dated May 11, 2022, and the appen-7
1364	1364	dices and exhibits attached thereto; and 8
1365	1365	(B) any amendment to the document re-9
1366	1366	ferred to in subparagraph (A) (including an 10
1367	1367	amendment to an appendix or exhibit) that is 11
1368	1368	executed to ensure that the Agreement is con-12
1369	1369	sistent with this title. 13
1370	1370	(3) E
1371	1371	NFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘En-14
1372	1372	forceability Date’’ means the date described in sec-15
1373	1373	tion 207. 16
1374	1374	(4) J
1375	1375	EMEZ RIVER STREAM SYSTEM .—The term 17
1376	1376	‘‘Jemez River Stream System’’ means the geo-18
1377	1377	graphic extent of the area involved in the Adjudica-19
1378	1378	tion. 20
1379	1379	(5) P
1380	1380	ARTIAL FINAL JUDGMENT AND DECREE .— 21
1381	1381	The term ‘‘Partial Final Judgment and Decree’’ 22
1382	1382	means a final or interlocutory partial final judgment 23
1383	1383	and decree entered by the United States District 24
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1387	1387	Court for the District of New Mexico with respect 1
1388	1388	to the water rights of the Pueblos— 2
1389	1389	(A) that is substantially in the form de-3
1390	1390	scribed in the Agreement, as amended to ensure 4
1391	1391	consistency with this title; and 5
1392	1392	(B) from which no further appeal may be 6
1393	1393	taken. 7
1394	1394	(6) P
1395	1395	UEBLO.—The term ‘‘Pueblo’’ means either 8
1396	1396	of— 9
1397	1397	(A) the Pueblo of Jemez; or 10
1398	1398	(B) the Pueblo of Zia. 11
1399	1399	(7) P
1400	1400	UEBLO LAND.—The term ‘‘Pueblo Land’’ 12
1401	1401	means any real property that is— 13
1402	1402	(A) held by the United States in trust for 14
1403	1403	a Pueblo within the Jemez River Stream Sys-15
1404	1404	tem; 16
1405	1405	(B) owned by a Pueblo within the Jemez 17
1406	1406	River Stream System before the date on which 18
1407	1407	a court approves the Agreement; or 19
1408	1408	(C) acquired by a Pueblo on or after the 20
1409	1409	date on which a court approves the Agreement 21
1410	1410	if the real property— 22
1411	1411	(i) is located within the exterior 23
1412	1412	boundaries of the Pueblo, as recognized 24
1413	1413	and confirmed by a patent issued under 25
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1417	1417	the Act of December 22, 1858 (11 Stat. 1
1418	1418	374, chapter V); 2
1419	1419	(ii) is located within the exterior 3
1420	1420	boundaries of any territory set aside for a 4
1421	1421	Pueblo by law, Executive order, or court 5
1422	1422	decree; 6
1423	1423	(iii) is owned by a Pueblo or held by 7
1424	1424	the United States in trust for the benefit 8
1425	1425	of a Pueblo outside the Jemez River 9
1426	1426	Stream System that is located within the 10
1427	1427	exterior boundaries of the Pueblo, as rec-11
1428	1428	ognized and confirmed by a patent issued 12
1429	1429	under the Act of December 22, 1858 (11 13
1430	1430	Stat. 374, chapter V); or 14
1431	1431	(iv) is located within the exterior 15
1432	1432	boundaries of any real property located 16
1433	1433	outside the Jemez River Stream System 17
1434	1434	set aside for a Pueblo by law, Executive 18
1435	1435	order, or court decree if the land is within 19
1436	1436	or contiguous to land held by the United 20
1437	1437	States in trust for the Pueblo as of June 21
1438	1438	1, 2022. 22
1439	1439	(8) P
1440	1440	UEBLO TRUST FUND .—The term ‘‘Pueblo 23
1441	1441	Trust Fund’’ means— 24
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1445	1445	(A) the Pueblo of Jemez Settlement Trust 1
1446	1446	Fund established under section 205(a); and 2
1447	1447	(B) the Pueblo of Zia Settlement Trust 3
1448	1448	Fund established under that section. 4
1449	1449	(9) P
1450	1450	UEBLO WATER RIGHTS .—The term ‘‘Pueb-5
1451	1451	lo Water Rights’’ means the respective water rights 6
1452	1452	of the Pueblos— 7
1453	1453	(A) as identified in the Agreement and sec-8
1454	1454	tion 204; and 9
1455	1455	(B) as confirmed in the Partial Final 10
1456	1456	Judgment and Decree. 11
1457	1457	(10) P
1458	1458	UEBLOS.—The term ‘‘Pueblos’’ means— 12
1459	1459	(A) the Pueblo of Jemez; and 13
1460	1460	(B) the Pueblo of Zia. 14
1461	1461	(11) S
1462	1462	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 15
1463	1463	means the Secretary of the Interior. 16
1464	1464	(12) S
1465	1465	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 17
1466	1466	State of New Mexico and all officers, agents, depart-18
1467	1467	ments, and political subdivisions of the State of New 19
1468	1468	Mexico. 20
1469	1469	SEC. 203. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. 21
1470	1470	(a) R
1471	1471	ATIFICATION.— 22
1472	1472	(1) I
1473	1473	N GENERAL.—Except as modified by this 23
1474	1474	title and to the extent that the Agreement does not 24
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1478	1478	conflict with this title, the Agreement is authorized, 1
1479	1479	ratified, and confirmed. 2
1480	1480	(2) A
1481	1481	MENDMENTS.—If an amendment to the 3
1482	1482	Agreement, or to any appendix or exhibit attached 4
1483	1483	to the Agreement requiring the signature of the Sec-5
1484	1484	retary, is executed in accordance with this title to 6
1485	1485	make the Agreement consistent with this title, the 7
1486	1486	amendment is authorized, ratified, and confirmed. 8
1487	1487	(b) E
1488	1488	XECUTION.— 9
1489	1489	(1) I
1490	1490	N GENERAL.—To the extent the Agreement 10
1491	1491	does not conflict with this title, the Secretary shall 11
1492	1492	execute the Agreement, including all appendices or 12
1493	1493	exhibits to, or parts of, the Agreement requiring the 13
1494	1494	signature of the Secretary. 14
1495	1495	(2) M
1496	1496	ODIFICATIONS.—Nothing in this title pro-15
1497	1497	hibits the Secretary, after execution of the Agree-16
1498	1498	ment, from approving any modification to the Agree-17
1499	1499	ment, including an appendix or exhibit to the Agree-18
1500	1500	ment, that is consistent with this title, to the extent 19
1501	1501	that the modification does not otherwise require con-20
1502	1502	gressional approval under section 2116 of the Re-21
1503	1503	vised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) or any other applica-22
1504	1504	ble provision of Federal law. 23
1505	1505	(c) E
1506	1506	NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 24
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1510	1510	(1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing the Agree-1
1511	1511	ment and this title, the Secretary shall comply 2
1512	1512	with— 3
1513	1513	(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 4
1514	1514	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 5
1515	1515	(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 6
1516	1516	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 7
1517	1517	implementing regulations of that Act; and 8
1518	1518	(C) all other applicable Federal environ-9
1519	1519	mental laws and regulations. 10
1520	1520	(2) C
1521	1521	OMPLIANCE.— 11
1522	1522	(A) I
1523	1523	N GENERAL.—In implementing the 12
1524	1524	Agreement and this title, the Pueblos shall pre-13
1525	1525	pare any necessary environmental documents, 14
1526	1526	consistent with— 15
1527	1527	(i) the Endangered Species Act of 16
1528	1528	1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 17
1529	1529	(ii) the National Environmental Policy 18
1530	1530	Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), in-19
1531	1531	cluding the implementing regulations of 20
1532	1532	that Act; and 21
1533	1533	(iii) all other applicable Federal envi-22
1534	1534	ronmental laws and regulations. 23
1535	1535	(B) A
1536	1536	UTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary 24
1537	1537	shall— 25
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1541	1541	(i) independently evaluate the docu-1
1542	1542	mentation required under subparagraph 2
1543	1543	(A); and 3
1544	1544	(ii) be responsible for the accuracy, 4
1545	1545	scope, and contents of that documentation. 5
1546	1546	(3) E
1547	1547	FFECT OF EXECUTION .—The execution of 6
1548	1548	the Agreement by the Secretary under this section 7
1549	1549	shall not constitute a major Federal action under 8
1550	1550	the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 9
1551	1551	U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 10
1552	1552	(4) C
1553	1553	OSTS.—Any costs associated with the per-11
1554	1554	formance of the compliance activities under this sub-12
1555	1555	section shall be paid from funds deposited in the 13
1556	1556	Pueblo Trust Funds, subject to the condition that 14
1557	1557	any costs associated with the performance of Federal 15
1558	1558	approval or other review of such compliance work or 16
1559	1559	costs associated with inherently Federal functions 17
1560	1560	shall remain the responsibility of the Secretary. 18
1561	1561	SEC. 204. PUEBLO WATER RIGHTS. 19
1562	1562	(a) T
1563	1563	RUSTSTATUS OF THE PUEBLOWATER 20
1564	1564	R
1565	1565	IGHTS.—The Pueblo Water Rights shall be held in trust 21
1566	1566	by the United States on behalf of the Pueblos in accord-22
1567	1567	ance with the Agreement and this title. 23
1568	1568	(b) F
1569	1569	ORFEITURE ANDABANDONMENT.— 24
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1573	1573	(1) IN GENERAL.—The Pueblo Water Rights 1
1574	1574	shall not be subject to loss through non-use, for-2
1575	1575	feiture, abandonment, or other operation of law. 3
1576	1576	(2) S
1577	1577	TATE-LAW BASED WATER RIGHTS .—State- 4
1578	1578	law based water rights acquired by a Pueblo, or by 5
1579	1579	the United States on behalf of a Pueblo, after the 6
1580	1580	date for inclusion in the Partial Final Judgment and 7
1581	1581	Decree, shall not be subject to forfeiture, abandon-8
1582	1582	ment, or permanent alienation from the time they 9
1583	1583	are acquired. 10
1584	1584	(c) U
1585	1585	SE.—Any use of the Pueblo Water Rights shall 11
1586	1586	be subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement 12
1587	1587	and this title. 13
1588	1588	(d) A
1589	1589	UTHORITY OF THEPUEBLOS.— 14
1590	1590	(1) I
1591	1591	N GENERAL.—The Pueblos shall have the 15
1592	1592	authority to allocate, distribute, and lease the Pueblo 16
1593	1593	Water Rights for use on Pueblo Land in accordance 17
1594	1594	with the Agreement, this title, and applicable Fed-18
1595	1595	eral law. 19
1596	1596	(2) U
1597	1597	SE OFF PUEBLO LAND .—The Pueblos may 20
1598	1598	allocate, distribute, and lease the Pueblo Water 21
1599	1599	Rights for use off Pueblo Land in accordance with 22
1600	1600	the Agreement, this title, and applicable Federal 23
1601	1601	law, subject to the approval of the Secretary. 24
1602	1602	(e) A
1603	1603	DMINISTRATION.— 25
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1607	1607	(1) NO ALIENATION.—The Pueblos shall not 1
1608	1608	permanently alienate any portion of the Pueblo 2
1609	1609	Water Rights. 3
1610	1610	(2) P
1611	1611	URCHASES OR GRANTS OF LAND FROM IN -4
1612	1612	DIANS.—An authorization provided by this title for 5
1613	1613	the allocation, distribution, leasing, or other ar-6
1614	1614	rangement entered into pursuant to this title shall 7
1615	1615	be considered to satisfy any requirement for author-8
1616	1616	ization of the action required by Federal law. 9
1617	1617	(3) P
1618	1618	ROHIBITION ON FORFEITURE .—The non- 10
1619	1619	use of all or any portion of the Pueblo Water Rights 11
1620	1620	by any water user shall not result in the forfeiture, 12
1621	1621	abandonment, relinquishment, or other loss of all or 13
1622	1622	any portion of the Pueblo Water Rights. 14
1623	1623	SEC. 205. SETTLEMENT TRUST FUNDS. 15
1624	1624	(a) E
1625	1625	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 16
1626	1626	2 trust funds, to be known as the ‘‘Pueblo of Jemez Settle-17
1627	1627	ment Trust Fund’’ and the ‘‘Pueblo of Zia Settlement 18
1628	1628	Trust Fund’’, to be managed, invested, and distributed by 19
1629	1629	the Secretary and to remain available until expended, 20
1630	1630	withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the Treas-21
1631	1631	ury, consisting of the amounts deposited in the Pueblo 22
1632	1632	Trust Funds under subsection (b), together with any in-23
1633	1633	vestment earnings, including interest, earned on those 24
1634	1634	amounts for the purpose of carrying out this title. 25
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1638	1638	(b) DEPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in each 1
1639	1639	Pueblo Trust Fund the amounts made available pursuant 2
1640	1640	to section 206(a). 3
1641	1641	(c) M
1642	1642	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 4
1643	1643	(1) M
1644	1644	ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 5
1645	1645	funds into the Pueblo Trust Funds under subsection 6
1646	1646	(b), the Secretary shall manage, invest, and dis-7
1647	1647	tribute all amounts in the Pueblo Trust Funds in a 8
1648	1648	manner that is consistent with the investment au-9
1649	1649	thority of the Secretary under— 10
1650	1650	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 11
1651	1651	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 12
1652	1652	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-13
1653	1653	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 14
1654	1654	et seq.); and 15
1655	1655	(C) this subsection. 16
1656	1656	(2) I
1657	1657	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 17
1658	1658	the deposits made to each Pueblo Trust Fund under 18
1659	1659	subsection (b), any investment earnings, including 19
1660	1660	interest, earned on those amounts held in each 20
1661	1661	Pueblo Trust Fund are authorized to be used in ac-21
1662	1662	cordance with subsections (e) and (g). 22
1663	1663	(d) A
1664	1664	VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.— 23
1665	1665	(1) I
1666	1666	N GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to, 24
1667	1667	and deposited in, each Pueblo Trust Fund, including 25
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1671	1671	any investment earnings, including interest, earned 1
1672	1672	on those amounts, shall be made available to each 2
1673	1673	Pueblo by the Secretary beginning on the Enforce-3
1674	1674	ability Date, subject to the requirements of this sec-4
1675	1675	tion, except for funds to be made available to the 5
1676	1676	Pueblos pursuant to paragraph (2). 6
1677	1677	(2) U
1678	1678	SE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding para-7
1679	1679	graph (1), $25,000,000 of the amounts deposited in 8
1680	1680	each Pueblo Trust Fund shall be available to the ap-9
1681	1681	propriate Pueblo for— 10
1682	1682	(A) developing economic water develop-11
1683	1683	ment plans; 12
1684	1684	(B) preparing environmental compliance 13
1685	1685	documents; 14
1686	1686	(C) preparing water project engineering 15
1687	1687	designs; 16
1688	1688	(D) establishing and operating a water re-17
1689	1689	source department; 18
1690	1690	(E) installing supplemental irrigation 19
1691	1691	groundwater wells; and 20
1692	1692	(F) developing water measurement and re-21
1693	1693	porting water use plans. 22
1694	1694	(e) W
1695	1695	ITHDRAWALS.— 23
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1699	1699	(1) WITHDRAWALS UNDER THE AMERICAN IN -1
1700	1700	DIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 2
1701	1701	1994.— 3
1702	1702	(A) I
1703	1703	N GENERAL.—Each Pueblo may with-4
1704	1704	draw any portion of the amounts in the Pueblo 5
1705	1705	Trust Fund on approval by the Secretary of a 6
1706	1706	Tribal management plan submitted by the 7
1707	1707	Pueblo in accordance with the American Indian 8
1708	1708	Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 9
1709	1709	(25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 10
1710	1710	(B) R
1711	1711	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 11
1712	1712	requirements under the American Indian Trust 12
1713	1713	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 13
1714	1714	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 14
1715	1715	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 15
1716	1716	appropriate Pueblo shall spend all amounts 16
1717	1717	withdrawn from each Pueblo Trust Fund, and 17
1718	1718	any investment earnings (including interest) 18
1719	1719	earned on those amounts through the invest-19
1720	1720	ments under the Tribal management plan, in 20
1721	1721	accordance with this title. 21
1722	1722	(C) E
1723	1723	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 22
1724	1724	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-23
1725	1725	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-24
1726	1726	essary to enforce the Tribal management plan 25
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1730	1730	under this paragraph to ensure that amounts 1
1731	1731	withdrawn by each Pueblo from the Pueblo 2
1732	1732	Trust Fund of the Pueblo under subparagraph 3
1733	1733	(A) are used in accordance with this title. 4
1734	1734	(2) W
1735	1735	ITHDRAWALS UNDER EXPENDITURE 5
1736	1736	PLAN.— 6
1737	1737	(A) I
1738	1738	N GENERAL.—Each Pueblo may sub-7
1739	1739	mit to the Secretary a request to withdraw 8
1740	1740	funds from the Pueblo Trust Fund of the Pueb-9
1741	1741	lo pursuant to an approved expenditure plan. 10
1742	1742	(B) R
1743	1743	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 11
1744	1744	withdraw amounts under an expenditure plan 12
1745	1745	under subparagraph (A), each Pueblo shall sub-13
1746	1746	mit to the Secretary an expenditure plan for 14
1747	1747	any portion of the Pueblo Trust Fund that the 15
1748	1748	Pueblo elects to withdraw pursuant to that sub-16
1749	1749	paragraph, subject to the condition that the 17
1750	1750	amounts shall be used for the purposes de-18
1751	1751	scribed in this title. 19
1752	1752	(C) I
1753	1753	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 20
1754	1754	under this paragraph shall include a description 21
1755	1755	of the manner and purpose for which the 22
1756	1756	amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 23
1757	1757	Pueblo Trust Fund will be used by the Pueblo, 24
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1761	1761	in accordance with this subsection and sub-1
1762	1762	section (g). 2
1763	1763	(D) A
1764	1764	PPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-3
1765	1765	prove an expenditure plan submitted under sub-4
1766	1766	paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 5
1767	1767	the plan— 6
1768	1768	(i) is reasonable; and 7
1769	1769	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 8
1770	1770	for, the purposes of this title. 9
1771	1771	(E) E
1772	1772	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 10
1773	1773	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-11
1774	1774	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-12
1775	1775	essary to enforce an expenditure plan to ensure 13
1776	1776	that amounts disbursed under this paragraph 14
1777	1777	are used in accordance with this title. 15
1778	1778	(f) E
1779	1779	FFECT OFSECTION.—Nothing in this section 16
1780	1780	gives the Pueblos the right to judicial review of a deter-17
1781	1781	mination of the Secretary relating to whether to approve 18
1782	1782	a Tribal management plan under paragraph (1) of sub-19
1783	1783	section (e) or an expenditure plan under paragraph (2) 20
1784	1784	of that subsection except under subchapter II of chapter 21
1785	1785	5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly 22
1786	1786	known as the ‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 23
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1790	1790	(g) USES.—Amounts from a Pueblo Trust Fund may 1
1791	1791	only be used by the appropriate Pueblo for the following 2
1792	1792	purposes: 3
1793	1793	(1) Planning, permitting, designing, engineer-4
1794	1794	ing, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, rehabili-5
1795	1795	tating, operating, or repairing water production, 6
1796	1796	treatment, or delivery infrastructure, including for 7
1797	1797	domestic and municipal use, on-farm improvements, 8
1798	1798	or wastewater infrastructure. 9
1799	1799	(2) Watershed protection and enhancement, 10
1800	1800	support of agriculture, water-related Pueblo commu-11
1801	1801	nity welfare and economic development, and costs 12
1802	1802	related to implementation of the Agreement. 13
1803	1803	(3) Planning, permitting, designing, engineer-14
1804	1804	ing, construction, reconstructing, replacing, rehabili-15
1805	1805	tating, operating, or repairing water production of 16
1806	1806	delivery infrastructure of the Augmentation Project, 17
1807	1807	as set forth in the Agreement. 18
1808	1808	(4) Ensuring environmental compliance in the 19
1809	1809	development and construction of projects under this 20
1810	1810	title. 21
1811	1811	(5) The management and administration of the 22
1812	1812	Pueblo Water Rights. 23
1813	1813	(h) L
1814	1814	IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 24
1815	1815	the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-25
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1818	1818	•S 562 IS
1819	1819	vestment of any amounts withdrawn from a Pueblo Trust 1
1820	1820	Fund by a Pueblo under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-2
1821	1821	section (e). 3
1822	1822	(i) E
1823	1823	XPENDITUREREPORTS.—Each Pueblo shall an-4
1824	1824	nually submit to the Secretary an expenditure report de-5
1825	1825	scribing accomplishments and amounts spent from use of 6
1826	1826	withdrawals under a Tribal management plan or an ex-7
1827	1827	penditure plan under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 8
1828	1828	(e), as applicable. 9
1829	1829	(j) N
1830	1830	OPERCAPITADISTRIBUTIONS.—No portion of 10
1831	1831	a Pueblo Trust Fund shall be distributed on a per capita 11
1832	1832	basis to any member of a Pueblo. 12
1833	1833	(k) T
1834	1834	ITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 13
1835	1835	over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 14
1836	1836	from a Pueblo Trust Fund shall remain in the appropriate 15
1837	1837	Pueblo. 16
1838	1838	(l) O
1839	1839	PERATION, MAINTENANCE, ANDREPLACE-17
1840	1840	MENT.—All operation, maintenance, and replacement 18
1841	1841	costs of any project constructed using funds from a Pueblo 19
1842	1842	Trust Fund shall be the responsibility of the appropriate 20
1843	1843	Pueblo. 21
1844	1844	SEC. 206. FUNDING. 22
1845	1845	(a) M
1846	1846	ANDATORY APPROPRIATION.—Out of any 23
1847	1847	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 24
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1851	1851	Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec-1
1852	1852	retary— 2
1853	1853	(1) for deposit in the Pueblo of Jemez Settle-3
1854	1854	ment Trust Fund established under section 205(a) 4
1855	1855	$290,000,000, to remain available until expended, 5
1856	1856	withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the 6
1857	1857	Treasury; and 7
1858	1858	(2) for deposit in the Pueblo of Zia Settlement 8
1859	1859	Trust Fund established under that section 9
1860	1860	$200,000,000, to remain available until expended, 10
1861	1861	withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the 11
1862	1862	Treasury. 12
1863	1863	(b) F
1864	1864	LUCTUATION INCOSTS.— 13
1865	1865	(1) I
1866	1866	N GENERAL.—The amount appropriated 14
1867	1867	under subsection (a) shall be increased or decreased, 15
1868	1868	as appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified 16
1869	1869	by reason of ordinary fluctuations in costs, as indi-17
1870	1870	cated by the Bureau of Reclamation Construction 18
1871	1871	Cost Index–Composite Trend. 19
1872	1872	(2) C
1873	1873	ONSTRUCTION COSTS ADJUSTMENT .—The 20
1874	1874	amount appropriated under subsection (a) shall be 21
1875	1875	adjusted to address construction cost changes nec-22
1876	1876	essary to account for unforeseen market volatility 23
1877	1877	that may not otherwise be captured by engineering 24
1878	1878	cost indices, as determined by the Secretary, includ-25
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1881	1881	•S 562 IS
1882	1882	ing repricing applicable to the types of construction 1
1883	1883	and current industry standards involved. 2
1884	1884	(3) R
1885	1885	EPETITION.—The adjustment process 3
1886	1886	under this subsection shall be repeated for each sub-4
1887	1887	sequent amount appropriated until the applicable 5
1888	1888	amount, as adjusted, has been appropriated. 6
1889	1889	(4) P
1890	1890	ERIOD OF INDEXING.—The period of in-7
1891	1891	dexing adjustment under this subsection for any in-8
1892	1892	crement of funding shall start on October 1, 2021, 9
1893	1893	and end on the date on which the funds are depos-10
1894	1894	ited in the applicable Pueblo Trust Fund. 11
1895	1895	(c) S
1896	1896	TATECOSTSHARE.—The State shall con-12
1897	1897	tribute— 13
1898	1898	(1) $3,400,000, as adjusted for inflation pursu-14
1899	1899	ant to the Agreement, to the San Ysidro Community 15
1900	1900	Ditch Association for capital and operating expenses 16
1901	1901	of the mutual benefit Augmentation Project; 17
1902	1902	(2) $16,159,000, as adjusted for inflation pur-18
1903	1903	suant to the Agreement, for Jemez River Basin 19
1904	1904	Water Users Coalition acequia ditch improvements; 20
1905	1905	and 21
1906	1906	(3) $500,000, as adjusted for inflation, to miti-22
1907	1907	gate impairment to non-Pueblo domestic and live-23
1908	1908	stock groundwater rights as a result of new Pueblo 24
1909	1909	water use. 25
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1913	1913	SEC. 207. ENFORCEABILITY DATE. 1
1914	1914	The Enforceability Date shall be the date on which 2
1915	1915	the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a state-3
1916	1916	ment of findings that— 4
1917	1917	(1) to the extent that the Agreement conflicts 5
1918	1918	with this title, the Agreement has been amended to 6
1919	1919	conform with this title; 7
1920	1920	(2) the Agreement, as amended, has been exe-8
1921	1921	cuted by all parties to the Agreement, including the 9
1922	1922	United States; 10
1923	1923	(3) the United States District Court for the 11
1924	1924	District of New Mexico has approved the Agreement 12
1925	1925	and has entered a Partial Final Judgment and De-13
1926	1926	cree; 14
1927	1927	(4) all of the amounts appropriated under sec-15
1928	1928	tion 206 have been appropriated and deposited in 16
1929	1929	the designated accounts of the applicable Pueblo 17
1930	1930	Trust Fund; 18
1931	1931	(5) the State has— 19
1932	1932	(A) provided the funding under section 20
1933	1933	206(c)(2) into appropriate funding accounts; 21
1934	1934	(B) provided the funding under section 22
1935	1935	206(c)(1) or entered into a funding agreement 23
1936	1936	with the intended beneficiaries for that funding; 24
1937	1937	and 25
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1940	1940	•S 562 IS
1941	1941	(C) enacted legislation to amend State law 1
1942	1942	to provide that a Pueblo Water Right may be 2
1943	1943	leased for a term of not to exceed 99 years, in-3
1944	1944	cluding renewals; 4
1945	1945	(6) the waivers and releases under section sub-5
1946	1946	sections (a) and (b) of section 208 have been exe-6
1947	1947	cuted by the Pueblos and the Secretary; and 7
1948	1948	(7) the waivers and releases under section 208 8
1949	1949	have been executed by the Pueblos and the Sec-9
1950	1950	retary. 10
1951	1951	SEC. 208. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 11
1952	1952	(a) W
1953	1953	AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYPUEB-12
1954	1954	LOS ANDUNITEDSTATES ASTRUSTEE FORPUEBLOS.— 13
1955	1955	Subject to the reservation of rights and retention of claims 14
1956	1956	under subsection (d), as consideration for recognition of 15
1957	1957	the Pueblo Water Rights and other benefits described in 16
1958	1958	the Agreement and this title, the Pueblos and the United 17
1959	1959	States, acting as trustee for the Pueblos, shall execute a 18
1960	1960	waiver and release of all claims for— 19
1961	1961	(1) water rights within the Jemez River Stream 20
1962	1962	System that the Pueblos, or the United States act-21
1963	1963	ing as trustee for the Pueblos, asserted or could 22
1964	1964	have asserted in any proceeding, including the Adju-23
1965	1965	dication, on or before the Enforceability Date, ex-24
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1968	1968	•S 562 IS
1969	1969	cept to the extent that such a right is recognized in 1
1970	1970	the Agreement and this title; and 2
1971	1971	(2) damages, losses, or injuries to water rights 3
1972	1972	or claims of interference with, diversion of, or taking 4
1973	1973	of water rights (including claims for injury to land 5
1974	1974	resulting from such damages, losses, injuries, inter-6
1975	1975	ference, diversion, or taking of water rights) in the 7
1976	1976	Jemez River Stream System against any party to 8
1977	1977	the Agreement, including the members and 9
1978	1978	parciantes of signatory acequias, that accrued at any 10
1979	1979	time up to and including the Enforceability Date. 11
1980	1980	(b) W
1981	1981	AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYPUEB-12
1982	1982	LOSAGAINSTUNITEDSTATES.—Subject to the reserva-13
1983	1983	tion of rights and retention of claims under subsection (d), 14
1984	1984	each Pueblo shall execute a waiver and release of all claims 15
1985	1985	against the United States (including any agency or em-16
1986	1986	ployee of the United States) for water rights within the 17
1987	1987	Jemez River Stream System first arising before the En-18
1988	1988	forceability Date relating to— 19
1989	1989	(1) water rights within the Jemez River Stream 20
1990	1990	System that the United States, acting as trustee for 21
1991	1991	the Pueblos, asserted or could have asserted in any 22
1992	1992	proceeding, including the Adjudication, except to the 23
1993	1993	extent that such rights are recognized as part of the 24
1994	1994	Pueblo Water Rights under this title; 25
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1997	1997	•S 562 IS
1998	1998	(2) foregone benefits from non-Pueblo use of 1
1999	1999	water, on and off Pueblo Land (including water 2
2000	2000	from all sources and for all uses), within the Jemez 3
2001	2001	River Stream System; 4
2002	2002	(3) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 5
2003	2003	rights, land, or natural resources due to loss of 6
2004	2004	water or water rights (including damages, losses, or 7
2005	2005	injuries to hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 8
2006	2006	rights due to loss of water or water rights, claims 9
2007	2007	relating to interference with, diversion of, or taking 10
2008	2008	of water, or claims relating to a failure to protect, 11
2009	2009	acquire, replace, or develop water, water rights, or 12
2010	2010	water infrastructure) within the Jemez River Stream 13
2011	2011	System; 14
2012	2012	(4) a failure to establish or provide a municipal, 15
2013	2013	rural, or industrial water delivery system on Pueblo 16
2014	2014	Land within the Jemez River Stream System; 17
2015	2015	(5) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 18
2016	2016	rights, land, or natural resources due to construc-19
2017	2017	tion, operation, and management of irrigation 20
2018	2018	projects on Pueblo Land or Federal land (including 21
2019	2019	damages, losses, or injuries to fish habitat, wildlife, 22
2020	2020	and wildlife habitat) within the Jemez River Stream 23
2021	2021	System; 24
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2025	2025	(6) a failure to provide for operation, mainte-1
2026	2026	nance, or deferred maintenance for any irrigation 2
2027	2027	system or irrigation project within the Jemez River 3
2028	2028	Stream System; 4
2029	2029	(7) a failure to provide a dam safety improve-5
2030	2030	ment to a dam on Pueblo Land within the Jemez 6
2031	2031	River Stream System; 7
2032	2032	(8) the litigation of claims relating to any water 8
2033	2033	right of a Pueblo within the Jemez River Stream 9
2034	2034	System; and 10
2035	2035	(9) the negotiation, execution, or adoption of 11
2036	2036	the Agreement (including exhibits or appendices) 12
2037	2037	and this title. 13
2038	2038	(c) E
2039	2039	FFECTIVEDATE.—The waivers and releases de-14
2040	2040	scribed in subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the 15
2041	2041	Enforceability Date. 16
2042	2042	(d) R
2043	2043	ESERVATION OF RIGHTS ANDRETENTION OF 17
2044	2044	C
2045	2045	LAIMS.—Notwithstanding the waivers and releases under 18
2046	2046	subsections (a) and (b), the Pueblos and the United 19
2047	2047	States, acting as trustee for the Pueblos, shall retain all 20
2048	2048	claims relating to— 21
2049	2049	(1) the enforcement of, or claims accruing after 22
2050	2050	the Enforceability Date relating to, water rights rec-23
2051	2051	ognized under the Agreement, this title, or the Par-24
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2054	2054	•S 562 IS
2055	2055	tial Final Judgement and Decree entered into in the 1
2056	2056	Adjudication; 2
2057	2057	(2) activities affecting the quality of water, in-3
2058	2058	cluding claims under— 4
2059	2059	(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-5
2060	2060	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 6
2061	2061	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), including claims 7
2062	2062	for damages to natural resources; 8
2063	2063	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 9
2064	2064	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 10
2065	2065	(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 11
2066	2066	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) (commonly re-12
2067	2067	ferred to as the ‘‘Clean Water Act’’); and 13
2068	2068	(D) any regulations implementing the Acts 14
2069	2069	described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); 15
2070	2070	(3) the right to use and protect water rights ac-16
2071	2071	quired after the date of enactment of this Act; 17
2072	2072	(4) damage, loss, or injury to land or natural 18
2073	2073	resources that is not due to loss of water or water 19
2074	2074	rights, including hunting, fishing, gathering, or cul-20
2075	2075	tural rights; 21
2076	2076	(5) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 22
2077	2077	and powers not specifically waived and released pur-23
2078	2078	suant to this title or the Agreement; and 24
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2081	2081	•S 562 IS
2082	2082	(6) loss of water or water rights in locations 1
2083	2083	outside of the Jemez River Stream System. 2
2084	2084	(e) E
2085	2085	FFECT OFAGREEMENT AND TITLE.—Nothing 3
2086	2086	in the Agreement or this title— 4
2087	2087	(1) reduces or extends the sovereignty (includ-5
2088	2088	ing civil and criminal jurisdiction) of any govern-6
2089	2089	ment entity; 7
2090	2090	(2) affects the ability of the United States, as 8
2091	2091	sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized by 9
2092	2092	law, including— 10
2093	2093	(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-11
2094	2094	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 12
2095	2095	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); 13
2096	2096	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 14
2097	2097	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 15
2098	2098	(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 16
2099	2099	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) (commonly re-17
2100	2100	ferred to as the ‘‘Clean Water Act’’); 18
2101	2101	(D) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 19
2102	2102	U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); and 20
2103	2103	(E) any regulations implementing the Acts 21
2104	2104	described in subparagraphs (A) though (D); 22
2105	2105	(3) affects the ability of the United States to 23
2106	2106	act as trustee for the Pueblos (consistent with this 24
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2110	2110	title), any other pueblo or Indian Tribe, or an allot-1
2111	2111	tee of any Indian Tribe; 2
2112	2112	(4) confers jurisdiction on any State court— 3
2113	2113	(A) to interpret Federal law relating to 4
2114	2114	health, safety, or the environment; 5
2115	2115	(B) to determine the duties of the United 6
2116	2116	States or any other party under Federal law re-7
2117	2117	garding health, safety, or the environment; 8
2118	2118	(C) to conduct judicial review of any Fed-9
2119	2119	eral agency action; or 10
2120	2120	(D) to interpret Pueblo or Tribal law; or 11
2121	2121	(5) waives any claim of a member of a Pueblo 12
2122	2122	in an individual capacity that does not derive from 13
2123	2123	a right of the Pueblos. 14
2124	2124	(f) T
2125	2125	OLLING OFCLAIMS.— 15
2126	2126	(1) I
2127	2127	N GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 16
2128	2128	limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 17
2129	2129	to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 18
2130	2130	the period beginning on the date of enactment of 19
2131	2131	this Act and ending on the Enforceability Date. 20
2132	2132	(2) E
2133	2133	FFECT OF SUBSECTION .—Nothing in this 21
2134	2134	subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 22
2135	2135	limitation or time-based equitable defense that ex-23
2136	2136	pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 24
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2140	2140	(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section pre-1
2141	2141	cludes the tolling of any period of limitation or any 2
2142	2142	time-based equitable defense under any other appli-3
2143	2143	cable law. 4
2144	2144	(g) E
2145	2145	XPIRATION.— 5
2146	2146	(1) I
2147	2147	N GENERAL.—This title shall expire in any 6
2148	2148	case in which the Secretary fails to publish a state-7
2149	2149	ment of findings under section 207 by not later 8
2150	2150	than— 9
2151	2151	(A) July 1, 2030; or 10
2152	2152	(B) such alternative later date as is agreed 11
2153	2153	to by the Pueblos and the Secretary, after pro-12
2154	2154	viding reasonable notice to the State. 13
2155	2155	(2) C
2156	2156	ONSEQUENCES.—If this title expires under 14
2157	2157	paragraph (1)— 15
2158	2158	(A) the waivers and releases under sub-16
2159	2159	sections (a) and (b) shall— 17
2160	2160	(i) expire; and 18
2161	2161	(ii) have no further force or effect; 19
2162	2162	(B) the authorization, ratification, con-20
2163	2163	firmation, and execution of the Agreement 21
2164	2164	under section 203 shall no longer be effective; 22
2165	2165	(C) any action carried out by the Sec-23
2166	2166	retary, and any contract or agreement entered 24
2167	2167	into, pursuant to this title shall be void; 25
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2171	2171	(D) any unexpended Federal funds appro-1
2172	2172	priated or made available to carry out the ac-2
2173	2173	tivities authorized by this title, together with 3
2174	2174	any interest earned on those funds, and any 4
2175	2175	water rights or contracts to use water and title 5
2176	2176	to other property acquired or constructed with 6
2177	2177	Federal funds appropriated or made available 7
2178	2178	to carry out the activities authorized by this 8
2179	2179	title shall be returned to the Federal Govern-9
2180	2180	ment, unless otherwise agreed to by the Pueblos 10
2181	2181	and the United States and approved by Con-11
2182	2182	gress; and 12
2183	2183	(E) except for Federal funds used to ac-13
2184	2184	quire or construct property that is returned to 14
2185	2185	the Federal Government under subparagraph 15
2186	2186	(D), the United States shall be entitled to offset 16
2187	2187	any Federal funds made available to carry out 17
2188	2188	this title that were expended or withdrawn, or 18
2189	2189	any funds made available to carry out this title 19
2190	2190	from other Federal authorized sources, together 20
2191	2191	with any interest accrued on those funds, 21
2192	2192	against any claims against the United States— 22
2193	2193	(i) relating to— 23
2194	2194	(I) water rights in the State as-24
2195	2195	serted by— 25
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2199	2199	(aa) the Pueblos; or 1
2200	2200	(bb) any user of the Pueblo 2
2201	2201	Water Rights; or 3
2202	2202	(II) any other matter covered by 4
2203	2203	subsection (b); or 5
2204	2204	(ii) in any future settlement of water 6
2205	2205	rights of the Pueblos. 7
2206	2206	SEC. 209. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 8
2207	2207	The benefits provided under this title shall be in com-9
2208	2208	plete replacement of, complete substitution for, and full 10
2209	2209	satisfaction of any claim of the Pueblos against the United 11
2210	2210	States that are waived and released by the Pueblos pursu-12
2211	2211	ant to section 208(b). 13
2212	2212	SEC. 210. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 14
2213	2213	(a) N
2214	2214	OWAIVER OFSOVEREIGNIMMUNITY BY THE 15
2215	2215	U
2216	2216	NITEDSTATES.—Nothing in this title waives the sov-16
2217	2217	ereign immunity of the United States. 17
2218	2218	(b) O
2219	2219	THERTRIBESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 18
2220	2220	Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any land or 19
2221	2221	water right, or any claim or entitlement to land or water, 20
2222	2222	of an Indian Tribe, band, or community other than the 21
2223	2223	Pueblos. 22
2224	2224	(c) E
2225	2225	FFECT ONCURRENTLAW.—Nothing in this 23
2226	2226	title affects any provision of law (including regulations) 24
2227	2227	in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 25
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2231	2231	Act with respect to pre-enforcement review of any Federal 1
2232	2232	environmental enforcement action. 2
2233	2233	(d) C
2234	2234	ONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict between 3
2235	2235	the Agreement and this title, this title shall control. 4
2236	2236	SEC. 211. ANTIDEFICIENCY. 5
2237	2237	The United States shall not be liable for any failure 6
2238	2238	to carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this 7
2239	2239	title, including any obligation or activity under the Agree-8
2240	2240	ment, if adequate appropriations are not provided ex-9
2241	2241	pressly by Congress to carry out the purposes of this title. 10
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