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4	4	STSESSION S. 564
5	5	To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe
6	6	in the Zuni River Stream System in the State of New Mexico, to
7	7	protect the Zuni Salt Lake, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	FEBRUARY13, 2025
10	10	Mr. H
11	11	EINRICH(for himself and Mr. LUJA´N) introduced the following bill;
12	12	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the
15	15	Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System
16	16	in the State of New Mexico, to protect the Zuni Salt
17	17	Lake, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
21	21	(a) S
22	22	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
23	23	‘‘Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 5
24	24	2025’’. 6
25	25	(b) T
26	26	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
27	27	this Act is as follows: 8
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31	31	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
32	32	Sec. 2. Definitions.
33	33	TITLE I—ZUNI INDIAN TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT
34	34	Sec. 101. Purposes.
35	35	Sec. 102. Definitions.
36	36	Sec. 103. Ratification of Agreement.
37	37	Sec. 104. Tribal Water Rights.
38	38	Sec. 105. Settlement Trust Fund.
39	39	Sec. 106. Funding.
40	40	Sec. 107. Waivers and releases of claims.
41	41	Sec. 108. Satisfaction of claims.
42	42	Sec. 109. Enforceability date.
43	43	Sec. 110. Miscellaneous provisions.
44	44	Sec. 111. Relation to Allottees.
45	45	Sec. 112. Antideficiency.
46	46	TITLE II—ZUNI SALT LAKE AND SANCTUARY PROTECTION
47	47	Sec. 201. Definitions.
48	48	Sec. 202. Withdrawal of certain Federal land in New Mexico.
49	49	Sec. 203. Management of Federal land.
50	50	Sec. 204. Transfer of land into trust.
51	51	Sec. 205. Maps and legal descriptions.
52	52	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
53	53	1
54	54	In this Act: 2
55	55	(1) E
56	56	NFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘En-3
57	57	forceability Date’’ means the date described in sec-4
58	58	tion 109. 5
59	59	(2) S
60	60	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 6
61	61	the Secretary of the Interior. 7
62	62	(3) S
63	63	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 8
64	64	of New Mexico. 9
65	65	(4) T
66	66	RIBAL WATER RIGHTS.— 10
67	67	(A) I
68	68	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Tribal 11
69	69	Water Rights’’ means the water rights of the 12
70	70	Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System (as de-13
71	71	fined in section 102)— 14
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75	75	(i) as identified in the Agreement and 1
76	76	section 104; and 2
77	77	(ii) as confirmed in the Partial Final 3
78	78	Judgment and Decree (as defined in sec-4
79	79	tion 102). 5
80	80	(B) E
81	81	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Tribal 6
82	82	Water Rights’’ does not include— 7
83	83	(i) any interest that the Tribe may 8
84	84	have in an Allotment (as defined in section 9
85	85	102) that is determined by the Secretary 10
86	86	to be patented pursuant to section 1 of the 11
87	87	Act of February 8, 1887 (commonly known 12
88	88	as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) 13
89	89	(24 Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 14
90	90	331) (as in effect on the day before the 15
91	91	date of enactment of the Indian Land Con-16
92	92	solidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Pub-17
93	93	lic Law 106–462; 114 Stat. 1991)); or 18
94	94	(ii) any undivided interest that the 19
95	95	Tribe may have in an Allotment (as so de-20
96	96	fined) that is determined by the Secretary 21
97	97	to be patented pursuant to an authority 22
98	98	other than section 1 of the Act of Feb-23
99	99	ruary 8, 1887 (commonly known as the 24
100	100	‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) (24 Stat. 25
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104	104	388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331) (as in 1
105	105	effect on the day before the date of enact-2
106	106	ment of the Indian Land Consolidation Act 3
107	107	Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106– 4
108	108	462; 114 Stat. 1991)). 5
109	109	(5) T
110	110	RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Zuni 6
111	111	Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, a federally recognized 7
112	112	Indian Tribe. 8
113	113	TITLE I—ZUNI INDIAN TRIBE 9
114	114	WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT 10
115	115	SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 11
116	116	The purposes of this title are— 12
117	117	(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-13
118	118	ment of all claims to water rights in the Zuni River 14
119	119	Stream System in the State for— 15
120	120	(A) the Tribe; and 16
121	121	(B) the United States, acting as trustee 17
122	122	for the Tribe; 18
123	123	(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agree-19
124	124	ment entered into by the Tribe, the State, and var-20
125	125	ious other parties to the extent that the Agreement 21
126	126	is consistent with this title; 22
127	127	(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 23
128	128	(A) to execute the Agreement; and 24
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132	132	(B) to take any other actions necessary to 1
133	133	carry out the Agreement in accordance with 2
134	134	this title; and 3
135	135	(4) to authorize funds necessary for the imple-4
136	136	mentation of the Agreement and this title. 5
137	137	SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 6
138	138	In this title: 7
139	139	(1) A
140	140	DJUDICATION.—The term ‘‘Adjudication’’ 8
141	141	means the general adjudication of water rights enti-9
142	142	tled ‘‘United States v. A&R Production, et al.’’, Civil 10
143	143	No. 01–CV–00072, including the subproceeding Civil 11
144	144	No. 07–CV–00681, pending as of the date of enact-12
145	145	ment of this Act in the United States District Court 13
146	146	for the District of New Mexico. 14
147	147	(2) A
148	148	GREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ 15
149	149	means— 16
150	150	(A) the document entitled ‘‘Settlement 17
151	151	Agreement to Quantify and Protect the Water 18
152	152	Rights of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni 19
153	153	River Basin in New Mexico and to Protect the 20
154	154	Zuni Salt Lake’’ and dated May 1, 2023, and 21
155	155	the attachments thereto; and 22
156	156	(B) any amendment to the document re-23
157	157	ferred to in subparagraph (A) (including an 24
158	158	amendment to an attachment thereto) that is 25
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162	162	executed to ensure that the Agreement is con-1
163	163	sistent with this title. 2
164	164	(3) A
165	165	LLOTMENT.—The term ‘‘Allotment’’ 3
166	166	means— 4
167	167	(A) any of the 9 parcels on Zuni Lands 5
168	168	that are held in trust by the United States for 6
169	169	individual Indians, or an Indian Tribe holding 7
170	170	an undivided fractional beneficial interest, 8
171	171	under the patents numbered 202394, 224251, 9
172	172	224252, 224667, 234753, 236955, 254124, 10
173	173	254125, and 254126; and 11
174	174	(B) any of the 6 parcels in the State off 12
175	175	Zuni Lands that are held in trust by the United 13
176	176	States for individual Indians, or an Indian 14
177	177	Tribe holding an undivided fractional beneficial 15
178	178	interest, under the patents numbered 211719, 16
179	179	246362, 246363, 246364, 246365, and 17
180	180	247321. 18
181	181	(4) A
182	182	LLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘Allottee’’ means— 19
183	183	(A) an individual Indian holding a bene-20
184	184	ficial interest in an Allotment; or 21
185	185	(B) an Indian Tribe holding an undivided 22
186	186	fractional beneficial interest in an Allotment. 23
187	187	(5) P
188	188	ARTIAL FINAL JUDGMENT AND DECREE .— 24
189	189	The term ‘‘Partial Final Judgment and Decree’’ 25
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193	193	means a final or interlocutory partial final judgment 1
194	194	and decree entered by the United States District 2
195	195	Court for the District of New Mexico with respect 3
196	196	to the water rights of the Tribe— 4
197	197	(A) that is substantially in the form de-5
198	198	scribed in the Agreement, as amended to ensure 6
199	199	consistency with this title; and 7
200	200	(B) from which no further appeal may be 8
201	201	taken. 9
202	202	(6) T
203	203	RUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 10
204	204	means the Zuni Tribe Settlement Trust Fund estab-11
205	205	lished under section 105(a). 12
206	206	(7) Z
207	207	UNI LANDS.—The term ‘‘Zuni Lands’’ 13
208	208	means land within the State that is held in trust by 14
209	209	the United States for the Tribe, or owned by the 15
210	210	Tribe, at the time of filing of a Motion for Entry of 16
211	211	the Partial Final Judgment and Decree, including 17
212	212	the land withdrawn from sale and set apart as a res-18
213	213	ervation or in trust for the use and occupancy of the 19
214	214	Tribe by— 20
215	215	(A) Executive Order of March 16, 1877 21
216	216	(relating to Zuni Pueblo reserve), as amended 22
217	217	by Executive Order of May 1, 1883 (relating to 23
218	218	Zuni Reserve); 24
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222	222	(B) Presidential Proclamation 1412, dated 1
223	223	November 30, 1917; 2
224	224	(C) the Act of June 20, 1935 (49 Stat. 3
225	225	393, chapter 282); 4
226	226	(D) the Act of August 13, 1949 (63 Stat. 5
227	227	604, chapter 425); and 6
228	228	(E) the Warranty Deed recorded on July 7
229	229	16, 1997, in Book 6, Page 5885 of the Cibola 8
230	230	County Records. 9
231	231	(8) Z
232	232	UNI RIVER STREAM SYSTEM .—The term 10
233	233	‘‘Zuni River Stream System’’ means the Zuni River 11
234	234	surface water drainage basin identified in the order 12
235	235	of the United States District Court for the District 13
236	236	of New Mexico in the Adjudication entitled ‘‘Order 14
237	237	on Special Master’s Report re: Geographic Scope of 15
238	238	Adjudication, Docket 200’’ and dated May 21, 2003. 16
239	239	SEC. 103. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. 17
240	240	(a) R
241	241	ATIFICATION.— 18
242	242	(1) I
243	243	N GENERAL.—Except as modified by this 19
244	244	title, and to the extent that the Agreement does not 20
245	245	conflict with this title, the Agreement is authorized, 21
246	246	ratified, and confirmed. 22
247	247	(2) A
248	248	MENDMENTS.—If an amendment to the 23
249	249	Agreement, or to any attachment to the Agreement 24
250	250	requiring the signature of the Secretary, is executed 25
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254	254	in accordance with this title to make the Agreement 1
255	255	consistent with this title, the amendment is author-2
256	256	ized, ratified, and confirmed. 3
257	257	(b) E
258	258	XECUTION.— 4
259	259	(1) I
260	260	N GENERAL.—To the extent the Agreement 5
261	261	does not conflict with this title, the Secretary shall 6
262	262	execute the Agreement, including all attachments to 7
263	263	or parts of the Agreement, requiring the signature 8
264	264	of the Secretary. 9
265	265	(2) M
266	266	ODIFICATIONS.—Nothing in this title pro-10
267	267	hibits the Secretary, after execution of the Agree-11
268	268	ment, from approving any modification to the Agree-12
269	269	ment, including an attachment to the Agreement, 13
270	270	that is consistent with this title, to the extent that 14
271	271	the modification does not otherwise require congres-15
272	272	sional approval under section 2116 of the Revised 16
273	273	Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) or any other applicable 17
274	274	Federal law. 18
275	275	(c) E
276	276	NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 19
277	277	(1) I
278	278	N GENERAL.—In implementing the Agree-20
279	279	ment and this title, the Secretary shall comply 21
280	280	with— 22
281	281	(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 23
282	282	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 24
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286	286	(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 1
287	287	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 2
288	288	implementing regulations of that Act; and 3
289	289	(C) all other applicable Federal environ-4
290	290	mental laws and regulations. 5
291	291	(2) C
292	292	OMPLIANCE.— 6
293	293	(A) I
294	294	N GENERAL.—In implementing the 7
295	295	Agreement and this title, the Tribe shall pre-8
296	296	pare any necessary environmental documents, 9
297	297	consistent with— 10
298	298	(i) the Endangered Species Act of 11
299	299	1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 12
300	300	(ii) the National Environmental Policy 13
301	301	Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), in-14
302	302	cluding the implementing regulations of 15
303	303	that Act; and 16
304	304	(iii) all other applicable Federal envi-17
305	305	ronmental laws and regulations. 18
306	306	(B) A
307	307	UTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary 19
308	308	shall— 20
309	309	(i) independently evaluate the docu-21
310	310	mentation required under subparagraph 22
311	311	(A); and 23
312	312	(ii) be responsible for the accuracy, 24
313	313	scope, and contents of that documentation. 25
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317	317	(3) EFFECT OF EXECUTION .—The execution of 1
318	318	the Agreement by the Secretary under this section 2
319	319	shall not constitute a major Federal action under 3
320	320	the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 4
321	321	U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 5
322	322	(4) C
323	323	OSTS.—Any costs associated with the per-6
324	324	formance of the compliance activities under this sub-7
325	325	section shall be paid from funds deposited in the 8
326	326	Trust Fund, subject to the condition that any costs 9
327	327	associated with the performance of Federal approval 10
328	328	or other review of such compliance work or costs as-11
329	329	sociated with inherently Federal functions shall re-12
330	330	main the responsibility of the Secretary. 13
331	331	SEC. 104. TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS. 14
332	332	(a) T
333	333	RUSTSTATUS OF THE TRIBALWATER 15
334	334	R
335	335	IGHTS.—The Tribal Water Rights shall be held in trust 16
336	336	by the United States on behalf of the Tribe, in accordance 17
337	337	with the Agreement and this title. 18
338	338	(b) F
339	339	ORFEITURE ANDABANDONMENT.— 19
340	340	(1) I
341	341	N GENERAL.—The Tribal Water Rights 20
342	342	shall not be subject to loss through non-use, for-21
343	343	feiture, abandonment, or other operation of law. 22
344	344	(2) S
345	345	TATE-LAW BASED WATER RIGHTS .—State- 23
346	346	law based water rights acquired by the Tribe, or by 24
347	347	the United States on behalf of the Tribe, after the 25
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351	351	date for inclusion in the Partial Final Judgment and 1
352	352	Decree shall not be subject to forfeiture, abandon-2
353	353	ment, or permanent alienation from the time those 3
354	354	water rights are acquired. 4
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356	356	SE.—Any use of the Tribal Water Rights shall 5
357	357	be subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement 6
358	358	and this title. 7
359	359	(d) A
360	360	LLOTMENT RIGHTSNOTINCLUDED.—The 8
361	361	Tribal Water Rights do not include any water rights for 9
362	362	an Allotment. 10
363	363	(e) A
364	364	LLOTTEESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 11
365	365	Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any water 12
366	366	right, or any claim or entitlement to water, of an Allottee. 13
367	367	(f) A
368	368	CCOUNTING FOR ALLOTMENTUSES.—Any use 14
369	369	of water on an Allotment shall be accounted for out of 15
370	370	the Tribal Water Rights recognized in the Agreement, in-16
371	371	cluding recognition of— 17
372	372	(1) any water use existing on an Allotment as 18
373	373	of the date of enactment of this Act; 19
374	374	(2) reasonable domestic, stock, and irrigation 20
375	375	water uses put into use on an Allotment; and 21
376	376	(3) any water right decreed to the United 22
377	377	States in trust for an Allottee in the Adjudication 23
378	378	for use on an Allotment. 24
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382	382	(g) ALLOTTEEWATERRIGHTS.—The Tribe shall not 1
383	383	object in the Adjudication to the quantification of reason-2
384	384	able domestic, stock, and irrigation water uses on an Allot-3
385	385	ment, and shall administer any water use on Zuni Lands 4
386	386	in accordance with applicable Federal law, including rec-5
387	387	ognition of— 6
388	388	(1) any water use existing on an Allotment as 7
389	389	of the date of enactment of this Act; 8
390	390	(2) reasonable domestic, stock, and irrigation 9
391	391	water uses on an Allotment; and 10
392	392	(3) any water right decreed to the United 11
393	393	States in trust for an Allottee in the Adjudication. 12
394	394	(h) A
395	395	UTHORITY OF THETRIBE.— 13
396	396	(1) I
397	397	N GENERAL.—The Tribe shall have the au-14
398	398	thority to allocate, distribute, and lease the Tribal 15
399	399	Water Rights for use on Zuni Lands in accordance 16
400	400	with the Agreement, this title, and applicable Fed-17
401	401	eral law, including the first section of the Act of Au-18
402	402	gust 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 19
403	403	415) (commonly known as the ‘‘Long-Term Leasing 20
404	404	Act’’). 21
405	405	(2) U
406	406	SE OFF ZUNI LANDS.— 22
407	407	(A) I
408	408	N GENERAL.—The Tribe may allo-23
409	409	cate, distribute, and lease the Tribal Water 24
410	410	Rights for use off Zuni Lands in accordance 25
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414	414	with the Agreement, this title, and applicable 1
415	415	Federal law, subject to the approval of the Sec-2
416	416	retary. 3
417	417	(B) M
418	418	AXIMUM TERM .—The maximum 4
419	419	term of any lease, including all renewals, under 5
420	420	this paragraph shall not exceed 99 years. 6
421	421	(i) A
422	422	DMINISTRATION.— 7
423	423	(1) N
424	424	O ALIENATION.—The Tribe shall not per-8
425	425	manently alienate any portion of the Tribal Water 9
426	426	Rights. 10
427	427	(2) P
428	428	URCHASES OR GRANTS OF LAND FROM IN -11
429	429	DIANS.—An authorization provided by this title for 12
430	430	the allocation, distribution, leasing, or other ar-13
431	431	rangement entered into pursuant to this title shall 14
432	432	be considered to satisfy any requirement for author-15
433	433	ization of the action required by Federal law. 16
434	434	(3) P
435	435	ROHIBITION ON FORFEITURE .—The non- 17
436	436	use of all or any portion of the Tribal Water Rights 18
437	437	by any water user shall not result in the forfeiture, 19
438	438	abandonment, relinquishment, or other loss of all or 20
439	439	any portion of the Tribal Water Rights. 21
440	440	SEC. 105. SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. 22
441	441	(a) E
442	442	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 23
443	443	a trust fund, to be known as the ‘‘Zuni Tribe Settlement 24
444	444	Trust Fund’’, to be managed, invested, and distributed by 25
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448	448	the Secretary and to remain available until expended, 1
449	449	withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of the Treas-2
450	450	ury, consisting of amounts deposited in the Trust Fund 3
451	451	under subsection (c), together with any investment earn-4
452	452	ings, including interest, earned on those amounts, for the 5
453	453	purpose of carrying out this title. 6
454	454	(b) T
455	455	RUSTFUNDACCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall 7
456	456	establish in the Trust Fund the following accounts: 8
457	457	(1) The Zuni Tribe Water Rights Settlement 9
458	458	Trust Account. 10
459	459	(2) The Zuni Tribe Operation, Maintenance, & 11
460	460	Replacement Trust Account. 12
461	461	(c) D
462	462	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in the 13
463	463	Trust Fund the amounts made available under section 14
464	464	106(a). 15
465	465	(d) M
466	466	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 16
467	467	(1) M
468	468	ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 17
469	469	funds into the Trust Fund under subsection (c), the 18
470	470	Secretary shall manage, invest, and distribute all 19
471	471	amounts in the Trust Fund in a manner that is con-20
472	472	sistent with the investment authority of the Sec-21
473	473	retary under— 22
474	474	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 23
475	475	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 24
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479	479	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-1
480	480	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 2
481	481	et seq.); and 3
482	482	(C) this section. 4
483	483	(2) I
484	484	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 5
485	485	the amounts deposited under subsection (c), any in-6
486	486	vestment earnings, including interest, earned on 7
487	487	those amounts, held in the Trust Fund are author-8
488	488	ized to be used in accordance with subsections (f) 9
489	489	and (h). 10
490	490	(e) A
491	491	VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.— 11
492	492	(1) I
493	493	N GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated to, 12
494	494	and deposited in, the Trust Fund, including any in-13
495	495	vestment earnings, including interest, earned on 14
496	496	those amounts, shall be made available to the Tribe 15
497	497	by the Secretary beginning on the Enforceability 16
498	498	Date, subject to the requirements of this section, ex-17
499	499	cept for funds to be made available to the Tribe pur-18
500	500	suant to paragraph (2). 19
501	501	(2) U
502	502	SE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding para-20
503	503	graph (1), $50,000,000 of the amounts deposited in 21
504	504	the Trust Fund, including any investment earnings, 22
505	505	including interest, earned on those amounts, shall be 23
506	506	available to the Tribe for the following uses on the 24
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510	510	date on which the amounts are deposited in the 1
511	511	Trust Fund: 2
512	512	(A) Developing economic water develop-3
513	513	ment plans. 4
514	514	(B) Preparing environmental compliance 5
515	515	documents. 6
516	516	(C) Preparing water project engineering 7
517	517	designs. 8
518	518	(D) Establishing and operating a water re-9
519	519	source department. 10
520	520	(E) Installing groundwater wells on Zuni 11
521	521	Lands to meet immediate domestic, commercial, 12
522	522	municipal, industrial, livestock, or supplemental 13
523	523	irrigation water needs. 14
524	524	(F) Urgent repairs to irrigation infrastruc-15
525	525	ture. 16
526	526	(G) Acquiring land and water rights or 17
527	527	water supply. 18
528	528	(H) Developing water measurement and 19
529	529	reporting water use plans. 20
530	530	(f) W
531	531	ITHDRAWALS.— 21
532	532	(1) W
533	533	ITHDRAWALS UNDER THE AMERICAN IN -22
534	534	DIAN TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 23
535	535	1994.— 24
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539	539	(A) IN GENERAL.—The Tribe may with-1
540	540	draw any portion of the amounts in the Trust 2
541	541	Fund on approval by the Secretary of a Tribal 3
542	542	management plan submitted by the Tribe in ac-4
543	543	cordance with the American Indian Trust Fund 5
544	544	Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 6
545	545	4001 et seq.). 7
546	546	(B) R
547	547	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 8
548	548	requirements under the American Indian Trust 9
549	549	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 10
550	550	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 11
551	551	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 12
552	552	Tribe shall spend all amounts withdrawn from 13
553	553	the Trust Fund, and any investment earnings, 14
554	554	including interest, earned on those amounts, 15
555	555	through the investments under the Tribal man-16
556	556	agement plan, in accordance with this title. 17
557	557	(C) E
558	558	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 18
559	559	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-19
560	560	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-20
561	561	essary to enforce the Tribal management plan 21
562	562	under this paragraph and to ensure that 22
563	563	amounts withdrawn by the Tribe from the 23
564	564	Trust Fund under subparagraph (A) are used 24
565	565	in accordance with this title. 25
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569	569	(2) WITHDRAWALS UNDER EXPENDITURE 1
570	570	PLAN.— 2
571	571	(A) I
572	572	N GENERAL.—The Tribe may submit 3
573	573	to the Secretary a request to withdraw amounts 4
574	574	from the Trust Fund pursuant to an approved 5
575	575	expenditure plan. 6
576	576	(B) R
577	577	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 7
578	578	withdraw amounts under an expenditure plan 8
579	579	under subparagraph (A), the Tribe shall submit 9
580	580	to the Secretary an expenditure plan for any 10
581	581	portion of the Trust Fund the Tribe elects to 11
582	582	withdraw pursuant to that subparagraph, sub-12
583	583	ject to the condition that the amounts shall be 13
584	584	used for the purposes described in this title. 14
585	585	(C) I
586	586	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 15
587	587	submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include 16
588	588	a description of the manner and purpose for 17
589	589	which the amounts proposed to be withdrawn 18
590	590	from the Trust Fund will be used by the Tribe, 19
591	591	in accordance with this subsection and sub-20
592	592	section (h). 21
593	593	(D) A
594	594	PPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-22
595	595	prove an expenditure plan submitted under sub-23
596	596	paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 24
597	597	the expenditure plan— 25
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601	601	(i) is reasonable; and 1
602	602	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 2
603	603	for, the purposes of this title. 3
604	604	(E) E
605	605	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 4
606	606	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-5
607	607	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-6
608	608	essary— 7
609	609	(i) to enforce an expenditure plan; 8
610	610	and 9
611	611	(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 10
612	612	under this paragraph are used in accord-11
613	613	ance with this title. 12
614	614	(g) E
615	615	FFECT OFSECTION.—Nothing in this section 13
616	616	entitles the Tribe the right to judicial review of a deter-14
617	617	mination of the Secretary relating to whether to approve 15
618	618	the Tribal management plan under paragraph (1) of sub-16
619	619	section (f) or an expenditure plan under paragraph (2) 17
620	620	of that subsection, except under subchapter II of chapter 18
621	621	5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly 19
622	622	known as the ‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 20
623	623	(h) U
624	624	SES.— 21
625	625	(1) Z
626	626	UNI TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT 22
627	627	TRUST ACCOUNT.—The Zuni Tribe Water Rights 23
628	628	Settlement Trust Account established under sub-24
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632	632	section (b)(1) may only be used for the following 1
633	633	purposes: 2
634	634	(A) Planning, permitting, designing, engi-3
635	635	neering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, 4
636	636	rehabilitating, operating, or repairing water 5
637	637	production, treatment, or delivery infrastruc-6
638	638	ture, including for domestic and municipal sup-7
639	639	ply, or wastewater infrastructure. 8
640	640	(B) Planning, permitting, designing, engi-9
641	641	neering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, 10
642	642	rehabilitating, operating, or repairing water 11
643	643	production, treatment, or delivery infrastruc-12
644	644	ture, acquisition of water, or on-farm improve-13
645	645	ments for irrigation, livestock, and support of 14
646	646	agriculture. 15
647	647	(C) Planning, permitting, designing, engi-16
648	648	neering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing, 17
649	649	rehabilitating, operating, monitoring, or other 18
650	650	measures for watershed and endangered species 19
651	651	habitat protection and enhancement, land and 20
652	652	water rights acquisition, water-related Tribal 21
653	653	community welfare and economic development, 22
654	654	and costs relating to the implementation of the 23
655	655	Agreement. 24
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659	659	(D) Ensuring environmental compliance in 1
660	660	the development and construction of projects 2
661	661	under this title. 3
662	662	(E) Tribal water rights management and 4
663	663	administration. 5
664	664	(2) Z
665	665	UNI TRIBE OPERATION , MAINTENANCE, & 6
666	666	REPLACEMENT TRUST ACCOUNT .—The Zuni Tribe 7
667	667	Operation, Maintenance, & Replacement Trust Ac-8
668	668	count established under subsection (b)(2) may only 9
669	669	be used to pay costs for operation, maintenance, and 10
670	670	replacement of water infrastructure to serve Tribal 11
671	671	domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial, irriga-12
672	672	tion, and livestock water uses from any water 13
673	673	source. 14
674	674	(i) L
675	675	IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 15
676	676	the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-16
677	677	vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the Trust Fund 17
678	678	by the Tribe under the Tribal management plan or an ex-18
679	679	penditure plan under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 19
680	680	(f), respectively. 20
681	681	(j) E
682	682	XPENDITUREREPORTS.—The Tribe shall annu-21
683	683	ally submit to the Secretary an expenditure report describ-22
684	684	ing amounts spent from, and accomplishment from the use 23
685	685	of, withdrawals under the Tribal management plan or an 24
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689	689	expenditure plan under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 1
690	690	(f), respectively. 2
691	691	(k) N
692	692	OPERCAPITADISTRIBUTIONS.—No portion of 3
693	693	the Trust Fund shall be distributed on a per capita basis 4
694	694	to any member of the Tribe. 5
695	695	(l) T
696	696	ITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 6
697	697	over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 7
698	698	from the Trust Fund shall remain in the Tribe. 8
699	699	(m) O
700	700	PERATION, MAINTENANCE, ANDREPLACE-9
701	701	MENT.—All operation, maintenance, and replacement 10
702	702	costs of any project constructed using funds from the 11
703	703	Trust Fund shall be the responsibility of the Tribe. 12
704	704	SEC. 106. FUNDING. 13
705	705	(a) M
706	706	ANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of any 14
707	707	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the 15
708	708	Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec-16
709	709	retary— 17
710	710	(1) for deposit in the Zuni Tribe Water Rights 18
711	711	Settlement Trust Account established under section 19
712	712	105(b)(1), $655,500,000, to remain available until 20
713	713	expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 21
714	714	fund of the Treasury; and 22
715	715	(2) for deposit in the Zuni Tribe Operation, 23
716	716	Maintenance, & Replacement Trust Account estab-24
717	717	lished under section 105(b)(2), $29,500,000, to re-25
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721	721	main available until expended, withdrawn, or re-1
722	722	verted to the general fund of the Treasury. 2
723	723	(b) F
724	724	LUCTUATION INCOSTS.— 3
725	725	(1) I
726	726	N GENERAL.—The amount appropriated 4
727	727	under subsection (a) shall be increased or decreased, 5
728	728	as appropriate, by such amounts as may be justified 6
729	729	by reason of ordinary fluctuations in costs, as indi-7
730	730	cated by the Bureau of Reclamation Construction 8
731	731	Cost Index–Composite Trend. 9
732	732	(2) C
733	733	ONSTRUCTION COSTS ADJUSTMENT .—The 10
734	734	amount appropriated under subsection (a) shall be 11
735	735	adjusted to address construction cost changes nec-12
736	736	essary to account for unforeseen market volatility 13
737	737	that may not otherwise be captured by engineering 14
738	738	cost indices, as determined by the Secretary, includ-15
739	739	ing repricing applicable to the types of construction 16
740	740	and current industry standards involved. 17
741	741	(3) R
742	742	EPETITION.—The adjustment process 18
743	743	under this subsection shall be repeated for each sub-19
744	744	sequent amount appropriated until the applicable 20
745	745	amount, as adjusted, has been appropriated. 21
746	746	(4) P
747	747	ERIOD OF INDEXING.—The period of in-22
748	748	dexing adjustment under this subsection for any in-23
749	749	crement of funding shall start on January 1, 2022, 24
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753	753	and end on the date on which the funds are depos-1
754	754	ited in the Trust Fund. 2
755	755	(c) S
756	756	TATECOST-SHARE.—Pursuant to the Agree-3
757	757	ment, the State shall contribute— 4
758	758	(1) $750,000, for development and execution of 5
759	759	monitoring plans pursuant to the Agreement; and 6
760	760	(2) $500,000, to be deposited in an interest- 7
761	761	bearing account, to mitigate impairment to non-In-8
762	762	dian domestic and livestock groundwater rights as a 9
763	763	result of new Tribal water use. 10
764	764	SEC. 107. WAIVERS AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 11
765	765	(a) W
766	766	AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYZUNI 12
767	767	T
768	768	RIBE ANDUNITEDSTATES ASTRUSTEE FOR ZUNI 13
769	769	T
770	770	RIBE.—Subject to the reservation of rights and retention 14
771	771	of claims under subsection (d), as consideration for rec-15
772	772	ognition of the Tribal Water Rights and other benefits de-16
773	773	scribed in the Agreement and this title, the Tribe and the 17
774	774	United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe, shall exe-18
775	775	cute a waiver and release of all claims for— 19
776	776	(1) water rights within the Zuni River Stream 20
777	777	System that the Tribe, or the United States acting 21
778	778	as trustee for the Tribe, asserted or could have as-22
779	779	serted in any proceeding, including the Adjudication, 23
780	780	on or before the Enforceability Date, except to the 24
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784	784	extent that such rights are recognized in the Agree-1
785	785	ment and this title; and 2
786	786	(2) damages, losses, or injuries to water rights 3
787	787	or claims of interference with, diversion of, or taking 4
788	788	of water rights (including claims for injury to land 5
789	789	resulting from such damages, losses, injuries, inter-6
790	790	ference, diversion, or taking of water rights) in the 7
791	791	Zuni River Stream System against any party to the 8
792	792	Agreement that accrued at any time up to and in-9
793	793	cluding the Enforceability Date. 10
794	794	(b) W
795	795	AIVERS ANDRELEASES OFCLAIMS BYZUNI 11
796	796	T
797	797	RIBEAGAINSTUNITEDSTATES.—Subject to the res-12
798	798	ervation of rights and retention of claims under subsection 13
799	799	(d), the Tribe shall execute a waiver and release of all 14
800	800	claims against the United States (including any agency 15
801	801	or employee of the United States) for water rights within 16
802	802	the Zuni River Stream System first arising before the En-17
803	803	forceability Date relating to— 18
804	804	(1) water rights within the Zuni River Stream 19
805	805	System that the United States, acting as trustee for 20
806	806	the Tribe, asserted or could have asserted in any 21
807	807	proceeding, including the Adjudication, except to the 22
808	808	extent that such rights are recognized as part of the 23
809	809	Tribal Water Rights under this title; 24
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813	813	(2) foregone benefits from non-Indian use of 1
814	814	water, on and off Zuni Lands (including water from 2
815	815	all sources and for all uses), within the Zuni River 3
816	816	Stream System; 4
817	817	(3) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 5
818	818	rights, land, or natural resources due to loss of 6
819	819	water or water rights (including damages, losses, or 7
820	820	injuries to hunting, fishing, gathering, or cultural 8
821	821	rights due to loss of water or water rights, claims 9
822	822	relating to interference with, diversion of, or taking 10
823	823	of water, or claims relating to a failure to protect, 11
824	824	acquire, replace, or develop water, water rights, or 12
825	825	water infrastructure) within the Zuni River Stream 13
826	826	System; 14
827	827	(4) a failure to establish or provide a municipal, 15
828	828	rural, or industrial water delivery system on Zuni 16
829	829	Lands within the Zuni River Stream System; 17
830	830	(5) damage, loss, or injury to water, water 18
831	831	rights, land, or natural resources due to construc-19
832	832	tion, operation, and management of irrigation 20
833	833	projects on Zuni Lands or Federal land (including 21
834	834	damages, losses, or injuries to fish habitat, wildlife, 22
835	835	and wildlife habitat) within the Zuni River Stream 23
836	836	System; 24
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840	840	(6) a failure to provide for operation, mainte-1
841	841	nance, or deferred maintenance for any irrigation 2
842	842	system or irrigation project within the Zuni River 3
843	843	Stream System; 4
844	844	(7) a failure to provide a dam safety improve-5
845	845	ment to a dam on Zuni Lands within the Zuni River 6
846	846	Stream System; 7
847	847	(8) the litigation of claims relating to any water 8
848	848	right of the Tribe within the Zuni River Stream Sys-9
849	849	tem; and 10
850	850	(9) the negotiation, execution, or adoption of 11
851	851	the Agreement and this title. 12
852	852	(c) E
853	853	FFECTIVEDATE.—The waivers and releases de-13
854	854	scribed in subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the 14
855	855	Enforceability Date. 15
856	856	(d) R
857	857	ESERVATION OF RIGHTS ANDRETENTION OF 16
858	858	C
859	859	LAIMS.—Notwithstanding the waivers and releases under 17
860	860	subsections (a) and (b), the Tribe and the United States, 18
861	861	acting as trustee for the Tribe, shall retain all claims relat-19
862	862	ing to— 20
863	863	(1) the enforcement of, or claims accruing after 21
864	864	the Enforceability Date relating to, water rights rec-22
865	865	ognized under the Agreement, this title, or the Par-23
866	866	tial Final Judgment and Decree entered into in the 24
867	867	Adjudication; 25
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871	871	(2) activities affecting the quality of water, in-1
872	872	cluding claims under— 2
873	873	(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-3
874	874	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 4
875	875	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), including claims 5
876	876	for damages to natural resources; 6
877	877	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 7
878	878	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 8
879	879	(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 9
880	880	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and 10
881	881	(D) any regulations implementing the Acts 11
882	882	described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); 12
883	883	(3) the right to use and protect water rights ac-13
884	884	quired after the date of enactment of this Act; 14
885	885	(4) damage, loss, or injury to land or natural 15
886	886	resources that is not due to loss of water or water 16
887	887	rights, including hunting, fishing, gathering, or cul-17
888	888	tural rights; 18
889	889	(5) all rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 19
890	890	and powers not specifically waived and released pur-20
891	891	suant to this title or the Agreement; and 21
892	892	(6) loss of water or water rights in locations 22
893	893	outside of the Zuni River Stream System. 23
894	894	(e) E
895	895	FFECT OFAGREEMENT AND TITLE.—Nothing 24
896	896	in the Agreement or this title— 25
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900	900	(1) reduces or extends the sovereignty (includ-1
901	901	ing civil and criminal jurisdiction) of any govern-2
902	902	ment entity; 3
903	903	(2) affects the ability of the United States, as 4
904	904	sovereign, to carry out any activity authorized by 5
905	905	law, including— 6
906	906	(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-7
907	907	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 8
908	908	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); 9
909	909	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 10
910	910	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 11
911	911	(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 12
912	912	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 13
913	913	(D) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 14
914	914	U.S.C. 6901 et seq.); and 15
915	915	(E) any regulations implementing the Acts 16
916	916	described in subparagraphs (A) though (D); 17
917	917	(3) affects the ability of the United States to 18
918	918	act as trustee for the Tribe (consistent with this 19
919	919	title), any other Indian Tribe or Pueblo, or an allot-20
920	920	tee of any Indian Tribe or Pueblo; 21
921	921	(4) confers jurisdiction on any State court— 22
922	922	(A) to interpret Federal law relating to 23
923	923	health, safety, or the environment; 24
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927	927	(B) to determine the duties of the United 1
928	928	States or any other party under Federal law re-2
929	929	garding health, safety, or the environment; 3
930	930	(C) to conduct judicial review of any Fed-4
931	931	eral agency action; or 5
932	932	(D) to interpret Tribal law; or 6
933	933	(5) waives any claim of a member of the Tribe 7
934	934	in an individual capacity that does not derive from 8
935	935	a right of the Tribe. 9
936	936	(f) T
937	937	OLLING OFCLAIMS.— 10
938	938	(1) I
939	939	N GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 11
940	940	limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 12
941	941	to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 13
942	942	the period beginning on the date of enactment of 14
943	943	this Act and ending on the Enforceability Date. 15
944	944	(2) E
945	945	FFECT OF SUBSECTION .—Nothing in this 16
946	946	subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 17
947	947	limitation or time-based equitable defense that ex-18
948	948	pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 19
949	949	(3) L
950	950	IMITATION.—Nothing in this section pre-20
951	951	cludes the tolling of any period of limitation or any 21
952	952	time-based equitable defense under any other appli-22
953	953	cable law. 23
954	954	(g) E
955	955	XPIRATION.— 24
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959	959	(1) IN GENERAL.—This title shall expire in any 1
960	960	case in which the Secretary fails to publish a state-2
961	961	ment of findings under section 109 by not later 3
962	962	than— 4
963	963	(A) July 1, 2030; or 5
964	964	(B) such alternative later date as is agreed 6
965	965	to by the Tribe and the Secretary, after pro-7
966	966	viding reasonable notice to the State. 8
967	967	(2) C
968	968	ONSEQUENCES.—If this title expires under 9
969	969	paragraph (1)— 10
970	970	(A) the waivers and releases under sub-11
971	971	sections (a) and (b) shall— 12
972	972	(i) expire; and 13
973	973	(ii) have no further force or effect; 14
974	974	(B) the authorization, ratification, con-15
975	975	firmation, and execution of the Agreement 16
976	976	under section 103 shall no longer be effective; 17
977	977	(C) any action carried out by the Sec-18
978	978	retary, and any contract or agreement entered 19
979	979	into, pursuant to this title shall be void; 20
980	980	(D) any unexpended Federal funds appro-21
981	981	priated or made available to carry out the ac-22
982	982	tivities authorized by this title (together with 23
983	983	any interest earned on those funds), and any 24
984	984	water rights or contracts to use water, and title 25
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988	988	to any property acquired or constructed with 1
989	989	Federal funds appropriated or made available 2
990	990	to carry out the activities authorized by this 3
991	991	title shall be returned to the Federal Govern-4
992	992	ment, unless otherwise agreed to by the Tribe 5
993	993	and the United States and approved by Con-6
994	994	gress; and 7
995	995	(E) except for Federal funds used to ac-8
996	996	quire or construct property that is returned to 9
997	997	the Federal Government under subparagraph 10
998	998	(D), the United States shall be entitled to offset 11
999	999	any Federal funds made available to carry out 12
1000	1000	this title that were expended or withdrawn, or 13
1001	1001	any funds made available to carry out this title 14
1002	1002	from other Federal authorized sources, together 15
1003	1003	with any interest accrued on those funds, 16
1004	1004	against any claims against the United States— 17
1005	1005	(i) relating to— 18
1006	1006	(I) water rights in the State as-19
1007	1007	serted by— 20
1008	1008	(aa) the Tribe; or 21
1009	1009	(bb) any user of the Tribal 22
1010	1010	Water Rights; or 23
1011	1011	(II) any other matter described 24
1012	1012	in subsection (b); or 25
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1016	1016	(ii) in any future settlement of water 1
1017	1017	rights of the Tribe. 2
1018	1018	SEC. 108. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 3
1019	1019	The benefits provided under this title shall be in com-4
1020	1020	plete replacement of, complete substitution for, and full 5
1021	1021	satisfaction of any claim of the Tribe against the United 6
1022	1022	States that is waived and released by the Tribe pursuant 7
1023	1023	to section 107(b). 8
1024	1024	SEC. 109. ENFORCEABILITY DATE. 9
1025	1025	The Enforceability Date shall be the date on which 10
1026	1026	the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a state-11
1027	1027	ment of findings that— 12
1028	1028	(1) to the extent that the Agreement conflicts 13
1029	1029	with this title, the Agreement has been amended to 14
1030	1030	conform with this title; 15
1031	1031	(2) the Agreement, as amended, has been exe-16
1032	1032	cuted by all parties to the Agreement, including the 17
1033	1033	United States; 18
1034	1034	(3) the United States District Court for the 19
1035	1035	District of New Mexico has approved the Agreement 20
1036	1036	and has entered a Partial Final Judgment and De-21
1037	1037	cree; 22
1038	1038	(4) all of the amounts appropriated under sub-23
1039	1039	sections (a) and (b) of section 106 have been appro-24
1040	1040	priated and deposited in the Zuni Tribe Water 25
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1044	1044	Rights Settlement Trust Account established under 1
1045	1045	section 105(b)(1) or the Zuni Tribe Operation, 2
1046	1046	Maintenance, & Replacement Trust Account estab-3
1047	1047	lished under section 105(b)(2), as applicable; 4
1048	1048	(5) the State has— 5
1049	1049	(A) provided the funding under section 6
1050	1050	106(c); and 7
1051	1051	(B) enacted legislation to amend State law 8
1052	1052	to provide that the Tribal Water Rights may be 9
1053	1053	leased for a term of not to exceed 99 years, in-10
1054	1054	cluding renewals; and 11
1055	1055	(6) the waivers and releases under section 107 12
1056	1056	have been executed by the Tribe and the Secretary. 13
1057	1057	SEC. 110. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 14
1058	1058	(a) N
1059	1059	OWAIVER OFSOVEREIGNIMMUNITY BY THE 15
1060	1060	U
1061	1061	NITEDSTATES.—Nothing in this title waives the sov-16
1062	1062	ereign immunity of the United States. 17
1063	1063	(b) O
1064	1064	THERTRIBESNOTADVERSELYAFFECTED.— 18
1065	1065	Nothing in this title quantifies or diminishes any land or 19
1066	1066	water right, or any claim or entitlement to land or water, 20
1067	1067	of an Indian Tribe, band, Pueblo, or community other 21
1068	1068	than the Tribe. 22
1069	1069	(c) E
1070	1070	FFECT ONCURRENTLAW.—Nothing in this 23
1071	1071	title affects any provision of law (including regulations) 24
1072	1072	in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 25
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1076	1076	Act with respect to pre-enforcement review of any Federal 1
1077	1077	environmental enforcement action. 2
1078	1078	(d) C
1079	1079	ONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict between 3
1080	1080	the Agreement and this title, this title shall control. 4
1081	1081	SEC. 111. RELATION TO ALLOTTEES. 5
1082	1082	(a) N
1083	1083	OEFFECT ONCLAIMS OFALLOTTEES.—Noth-6
1084	1084	ing in this Act or the Agreement affects the rights or 7
1085	1085	claims of Allottees, or the United States, acting in its ca-8
1086	1086	pacity as trustee for or on behalf of Allottees, for water 9
1087	1087	rights or damages relating to land allotted by the United 10
1088	1088	States to Allottees. 11
1089	1089	(b) R
1090	1090	ELATIONSHIP OFDECREE TOALLOTTEES.— 12
1091	1091	(1) S
1092	1092	EPARATE ADJUDICATION .—Regardless of 13
1093	1093	whether an Allotment is patented pursuant to sec-14
1094	1094	tion 1 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (commonly 15
1095	1095	known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) (24 16
1096	1096	Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331) (as in effect 17
1097	1097	on the day before the date of enactment of the In-18
1098	1098	dian Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 19
1099	1099	(Public Law 106–462; 114 Stat. 1991)), or section 20
1100	1100	4 of that Act (24 Stat. 389, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 21
1101	1101	334), as determined by the Secretary, when adju-22
1102	1102	dicated— 23
1103	1103	(A) water rights for Allotments shall be 24
1104	1104	separate from the Tribal Water Rights; and 25
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1108	1108	(B) no water rights for Allotments shall be 1
1109	1109	included in the Partial Final Judgment and De-2
1110	1110	cree. 3
1111	1111	(2) A
1112	1112	LLOTMENT WATER RIGHTS .—Allotment 4
1113	1113	water rights adjudicated separately pursuant to 5
1114	1114	paragraph (1) shall not be subject to the restrictions 6
1115	1115	or conditions that apply to the use of the Tribal 7
1116	1116	Water Rights, subject to the condition that if an Al-8
1117	1117	lotment governed by the Act of February 8, 1887 9
1118	1118	(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment 10
1119	1119	Act’’) (24 Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331 et 11
1120	1120	seq.), becomes Zuni Lands, the water rights associ-12
1121	1121	ated with that Allotment shall be subject to the re-13
1122	1122	strictions and conditions on the Tribal Water Rights 14
1123	1123	set forth in this Act and the Agreement. 15
1124	1124	(3) A
1125	1125	LLOTTEE WATER RIGHTS TO BE ADJU -16
1126	1126	DICATED.—Allottees, or the United States, acting in 17
1127	1127	its capacity as trustee for Allottees, may make water 18
1128	1128	rights claims, and such claims may be adjudicated in 19
1129	1129	the Zuni River Stream System. 20
1130	1130	SEC. 112. ANTIDEFICIENCY. 21
1131	1131	The United States shall not be liable for any failure 22
1132	1132	to carry out any obligation or activity authorized by this 23
1133	1133	title, including any obligation or activity under the Agree-24
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1137	1137	ment, if adequate appropriations are not provided ex-1
1138	1138	pressly by Congress to carry out the purposes of this title. 2
1139	1139	TITLE II—ZUNI SALT LAKE AND 3
1140	1140	SANCTUARY PROTECTION 4
1141	1141	SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 5
1142	1142	In this title: 6
1143	1143	(1) C
1144	1144	ASUAL COLLECTING .—The term ‘‘casual 7
1145	1145	collecting’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-8
1146	1146	tion 6301 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 9
1147	1147	Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 470aaa). 10
1148	1148	(2) F
1149	1149	EDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 11
1150	1150	means— 12
1151	1151	(A) any Federal land or interest in Federal 13
1152	1152	land that is within the boundary of the Zuni 14
1153	1153	Salt Lake and Sanctuary; and 15
1154	1154	(B) any land or interest in land located 16
1155	1155	within the boundary of the Zuni Salt Lake and 17
1156	1156	Sanctuary that is acquired by the Federal Gov-18
1157	1157	ernment after the date of enactment of this 19
1158	1158	Act. 20
1159	1159	(3) M
1160	1160	AP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-21
1161	1161	titled ‘‘Legislative Map for Zuni Tribe Water Settle-22
1162	1162	ment’’ and dated June 17, 2024. 23
1163	1163	(4) Z
1164	1164	UNI SALT LAKE AND SANCTUARY .—The 24
1165	1165	term ‘‘Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary’’ means the 25
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1169	1169	approximately 217,037 acres located in the State 1
1170	1170	comprised of a mixture of private, Tribal trust, 2
1171	1171	State, and Bureau of Land Management-managed 3
1172	1172	lands, as depicted on the Map, protected by New 4
1173	1173	Mexico Office of the State Engineer Order No. 199 5
1174	1174	(July 5, 2023) due to the historical and cultural sig-6
1175	1175	nificance of those lands. 7
1176	1176	SEC. 202. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND IN 8
1177	1177	NEW MEXICO. 9
1178	1178	(a) W
1179	1179	ITHDRAWAL OF FEDERALLAND.—Subject to 10
1180	1180	valid existing rights and section 204(a)(3), effective on the 11
1181	1181	date of enactment of this Act, the Federal land described 12
1182	1182	in section 201(2)(A), comprising approximately 92,364 13
1183	1183	acres, is withdrawn from all forms of— 14
1184	1184	(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 15
1185	1185	public land laws; 16
1186	1186	(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 17
1187	1187	laws; and 18
1188	1188	(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-19
1189	1189	eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 20
1190	1190	(b) W
1191	1191	ITHDRAWAL OF LANDACQUIRED.—Subject to 21
1192	1192	valid existing rights and section 204(a)(3), effective on the 22
1193	1193	date on which the land described in section 201(2)(B) is 23
1194	1194	acquired by the Federal Government, that Federal land 24
1195	1195	is withdrawn from all forms of— 25
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1199	1199	(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 1
1200	1200	public land laws; 2
1201	1201	(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 3
1202	1202	laws; and 4
1203	1203	(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-5
1204	1204	eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 6
1205	1205	(c) R
1206	1206	ESERVATION.—The Federal land withdrawn 7
1207	1207	under this section is reserved for— 8
1208	1208	(1) the protection of the Zuni Salt Lake and 9
1209	1209	Sanctuary; 10
1210	1210	(2) the quality and quantity of water resources 11
1211	1211	that supply the Zuni Salt Lake; and 12
1212	1212	(3) any cultural resources or values within or 13
1213	1213	associated with the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary. 14
1214	1214	SEC. 203. MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL LAND. 15
1215	1215	(a) I
1216	1216	NGENERAL.—In addition to the requirements 16
1217	1217	of section 202, the Secretary, acting through the Director 17
1218	1218	of the Bureau of Land Management, shall manage the 18
1219	1219	Federal land withdrawn under that section in accordance 19
1220	1220	with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 20
1221	1221	1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), in consultation with the 21
1222	1222	Tribe, to protect the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary, the 22
1223	1223	quality and quantity of water resources that supply the 23
1224	1224	Zuni Salt Lake, and any cultural resources or values with-24
1225	1225	in or associated with the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary. 25
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1229	1229	(b) SPECIFICRESTRICTIONS.—The following restric-1
1230	1230	tions shall apply to the Federal land described in sub-2
1231	1231	section (a): 3
1232	1232	(1) Except where needed for administrative or 4
1233	1233	emergency purposes, motor vehicle use shall be lim-5
1234	1234	ited to designated routes, which shall not impact the 6
1235	1235	values of the Zuni Salt Lake and Sanctuary. 7
1236	1236	(2) No water wells or extension or expansion of 8
1237	1237	any existing water wells may be authorized after the 9
1238	1238	date of enactment of this Act, except that replace-10
1239	1239	ment water wells may be authorized in the event of 11
1240	1240	failure of an existing water well. 12
1241	1241	(3) No increase in existing permitted grazing 13
1242	1242	use may be authorized. 14
1243	1243	(4) No new rights-of-way or leases may be 15
1244	1244	issued, except for geophysical, geologic, or hydrologic 16
1245	1245	operations limited to research or monitoring to un-17
1246	1246	derstand and protect the Zuni Salt Lake or for re-18
1247	1247	gional scientific study. 19
1248	1248	(5) No sale or free use of timber may be au-20
1249	1249	thorized. 21
1250	1250	(6) Casual collecting shall not be authorized. 22
1251	1251	SEC. 204. TRANSFER OF LAND INTO TRUST. 23
1252	1252	(a) F
1253	1253	EDERALLANDTRANSFERS.— 24
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1257	1257	(1) IN GENERAL.—On the Enforceability Date, 1
1258	1258	and subject to valid existing rights and the require-2
1259	1259	ments of this section, the Secretary shall take into 3
1260	1260	trust for the benefit of the Tribe all right, title, and 4
1261	1261	interest of the United States in and to the land de-5
1262	1262	scribed as ‘‘Tribal Acquisition Area’’ on the Map. 6
1263	1263	(2) T
1264	1264	ERMS AND CONDITIONS .— 7
1265	1265	(A) E
1266	1266	XISTING AUTHORIZATIONS .— 8
1267	1267	(i) I
1268	1268	N GENERAL.—Land taken into 9
1269	1269	trust under this subsection shall be subject 10
1270	1270	to valid existing rights, contracts, leases, 11
1271	1271	permits, and rights-of-way, unless the hold-12
1272	1272	er of the right, contract, lease, permit, or 13
1273	1273	right-of-way requests an earlier termi-14
1274	1274	nation in accordance with existing law. 15
1275	1275	(ii) A
1276	1276	SSUMPTION BY BUREAU OF IN -16
1277	1277	DIAN AFFAIRS.—The Bureau of Indian Af-17
1278	1278	fairs shall— 18
1279	1279	(I) assume all benefits and obli-19
1280	1280	gations of the previous land manage-20
1281	1281	ment agency under the existing rights, 21
1282	1282	contracts, leases, permits, and rights- 22
1283	1283	of-way described in clause (i); and 23
1284	1284	(II) disburse to the Tribe any 24
1285	1285	amounts that accrue to the United 25
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1289	1289	States from those rights, contracts, 1
1290	1290	leases, permits, and rights-of-way 2
1291	1291	after the date on which the land is 3
1292	1292	taken into trust from any sale, bonus, 4
1293	1293	royalty, or rental relating to that land 5
1294	1294	in the same manner as amounts re-6
1295	1295	ceived from other land held by the 7
1296	1296	Secretary in trust for the Tribe. 8
1297	1297	(B) P
1298	1298	ERSONAL PROPERTY .— 9
1299	1299	(i) I
1300	1300	N GENERAL.—Any improvements 10
1301	1301	constituting personal property (as defined 11
1302	1302	by State law) belonging to the holder of a 12
1303	1303	right, contract, lease, permit, or right-of- 13
1304	1304	way on land taken into trust under this 14
1305	1305	subsection shall— 15
1306	1306	(I) remain the property of the 16
1307	1307	holder; and 17
1308	1308	(II) be removed from the land 18
1309	1309	not later than 90 days after the date 19
1310	1310	on which the right, contract, lease, 20
1311	1311	permit, or right-of-way expires, unless 21
1312	1312	the Tribe and the holder agree other-22
1313	1313	wise. 23
1314	1314	(ii) R
1315	1315	EMAINING PROPERTY.—Any per-24
1316	1316	sonal property described in clause (i) re-25
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1320	1320	maining beyond the 90-day period de-1
1321	1321	scribed in subclause (II) of that clause 2
1322	1322	shall— 3
1323	1323	(I) become the property of the 4
1324	1324	Tribe; and 5
1325	1325	(II) be subject to removal and 6
1326	1326	disposition at the discretion of the 7
1327	1327	Tribe. 8
1328	1328	(iii) L
1329	1329	IABILITY OF PREVIOUS HOLD -9
1330	1330	ER.—The holder of personal property de-10
1331	1331	scribed in clause (i) shall be liable to the 11
1332	1332	Tribe for costs incurred by the Tribe in re-12
1333	1333	moving and disposing of the property 13
1334	1334	under clause (ii)(II). 14
1335	1335	(3) T
1336	1336	ERMINATION OF WITHDRAWAL OF FED -15
1337	1337	ERAL LAND.—The withdrawal of Federal land pur-16
1338	1338	suant to section 202 shall terminate, as to the land 17
1339	1339	described in paragraph (1), on the date on which the 18
1340	1340	land is taken into trust under that paragraph. 19
1341	1341	(4) S
1342	1342	TATUS OF WATER RIGHTS ON TRANS -20
1343	1343	FERRED LAND.—Any water rights associated with 21
1344	1344	land taken into trust under paragraph (1)— 22
1345	1345	(A) shall be held in trust for the Tribe; but 23
1346	1346	(B) shall not be included in the Tribal 24
1347	1347	Water Rights. 25
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1351	1351	(b) FUTURETRUSTLAND.—On acquisition by the 1
1352	1352	Tribe of any land depicted as ‘‘Potential Future Acquisi-2
1353	1353	tion Areas’’ on the Map, the Secretary shall take legal title 3
1354	1354	in and to that land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, 4
1355	1355	subject to the conditions that— 5
1356	1356	(1) the land shall be free from any liens, en-6
1357	1357	cumbrances, or other infirmities; and 7
1358	1358	(2) no evidence exists of any hazardous sub-8
1359	1359	stances on, or other environmental liability with re-9
1360	1360	spect to, the land. 10
1361	1361	SEC. 205. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. 11
1362	1362	(a) P
1363	1363	REPARATION OF MAPS ANDLEGALDESCRIP-12
1364	1364	TIONS.—As soon as practicable after the date of enact-13
1365	1365	ment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 14
1366	1366	(1) prepare maps depicting— 15
1367	1367	(A) the land withdrawn under section 202; 16
1368	1368	and 17
1369	1369	(B) the land taken into trust under section 18
1370	1370	204; and 19
1371	1371	(2) publish in the Federal Register a notice 20
1372	1372	containing the legal descriptions of land described in 21
1373	1373	subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1). 22
1374	1374	(b) L
1375	1375	EGALEFFECT.—Maps and legal descriptions 23
1376	1376	prepared and published under subsection (a) shall have 24
1377	1377	the same force and effect as if the maps and legal descrip-25
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1381	1381	tions were included in this title, except that the Secretary 1
1382	1382	may correct any clerical and typographical errors in such 2
1383	1383	maps and legal descriptions. 3
1384	1384	(c) A
1385	1385	VAILABILITY.—Copies of maps and legal de-4
1386	1386	scriptions prepared and published under subsection (a) 5
1387	1387	shall be available for public inspection in the appropriate 6
1388	1388	offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 7
1389	1389	Æ
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