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4	4	STSESSION S. 953
5	5	To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Navajo
6	6	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe,
7	7	and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	MARCH11 (legislative day, MARCH10), 2025
10	10	Mr. K
11	11	ELLY(for himself and Mr. GALLEGO) 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 provide for the settlement of the water rights claims
15	15	of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San
16	16	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
20	20	(a) S
21	21	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
22	22	‘‘Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement 5
23	23	Act of 2025’’. 6
24	24	(b) T
25	25	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
26	26	this Act is as follows: 8
27	27	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
28	28	Sec. 2. Purposes.
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32	32	Sec. 3. Definitions.
33	33	Sec. 4. Ratification and execution of the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water
34	34	Rights Settlement Agreement.
35	35	Sec. 5. Water Rights.
36	36	Sec. 6. Allocation and assignment of Arizona Colorado River Water to the
37	37	Tribes; water use; storage; water delivery contracts.
38	38	Sec. 7. Colorado River Water leases and exchanges; Uses.
39	39	Sec. 8. iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline.
40	40	Sec. 9. iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund Account.
41	41	Sec. 10. Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund.
42	42	Sec. 11. Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund.
43	43	Sec. 12. San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund.
44	44	Sec. 13. Funding.
45	45	Sec. 14. Waivers, releases, and retention of claims.
46	46	Sec. 15. Satisfaction of Water Rights and other benefits.
47	47	Sec. 16. Enforceability Date.
48	48	Sec. 17. Colorado River accounting.
49	49	Sec. 18. Limited waiver of sovereign immunity.
50	50	Sec. 19. Ratification of the Treaty and creation of the San Juan Southern Pai-
51	51	ute Reservation.
52	52	Sec. 20. Authorization for use of Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project facilities.
53	53	Sec. 21. Antideficiency; savings provisions; effect.
54	54	SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
55	55	1
56	56	The purposes of this Act are— 2
57	57	(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-3
58	58	ment of all claims to rights to water in the State 4
59	59	for— 5
60	60	(A) the Navajo Nation and Navajo 6
61	61	Allottees; 7
62	62	(B) the Hopi Tribe and Hopi Allottees; 8
63	63	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe; 9
64	64	and 10
65	65	(D) the United States, acting as trustee 11
66	66	for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San 12
67	67	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, Navajo Allottees, 13
68	68	and Hopi Allottees; 14
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72	72	(2) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the North-1
73	73	eastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement 2
74	74	Agreement entered into by the Navajo Nation, the 3
75	75	Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 4
76	76	the State, and other Parties to the extent that the 5
77	77	Settlement Agreement is consistent with this Act; 6
78	78	(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary to exe-7
79	79	cute and perform the duties and obligations of the 8
80	80	Secretary under the Settlement Agreement and this 9
81	81	Act; and 10
82	82	(4) to authorize and appropriate funds nec-11
83	83	essary for the implementation of the Settlement 12
84	84	Agreement and this Act. 13
85	85	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 14
86	86	In this Act: 15
87	87	(1) 1882
88	88	RESERVATION.—The term ‘‘1882 Res-16
89	89	ervation’’ means— 17
90	90	(A) land within the exterior boundaries of 18
91	91	the ‘‘Hopi Indian Reservation’’ defined as Dis-19
92	92	trict 6 in Healing v. Jones, 210 F. Supp. 125, 20
93	93	173 (D. Ariz. 1962), aff’d, 373 U.S. 758 21
94	94	(1963), and Masayesva for and on Behalf of 22
95	95	Hopi Indian Tribe v. Hale, 118 F.3d 1371, 23
96	96	1375–76 (9th Cir. 1997); and 24
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100	100	(B) all land withdrawn by the Executive 1
101	101	order of December 16, 1882, and partitioned to 2
102	102	the Hopi Tribe in accordance with section 4 of 3
103	103	the Act of December 22, 1974 (Public Law 93– 4
104	104	531; 88 Stat. 1713), by Judgment of Partition, 5
105	105	February 10, 1977, Sekaquaptewa v. Mac-6
106	106	Donald, Case No. CIV–579–PCT–JAW (D. 7
107	107	Ariz.), aff’d, 626 F.2d 113 (9th Cir. 1980). 8
108	108	(2) AFY.—The term ‘‘AFY’’ means acre-feet 9
109	109	per year. 10
110	110	(3) A
111	111	RIZONA COLORADO RIVER WATER .— 11
112	112	(A) I
113	113	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Arizona 12
114	114	Colorado River Water’’ means the waters of the 13
115	115	Colorado River apportioned for Use within the 14
116	116	State by— 15
117	117	(i) sections 4 and 5 of the Boulder 16
118	118	Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617c, 17
119	119	617d); 18
120	120	(ii) the Upper Colorado River Basin 19
121	121	Compact of 1948; 20
122	122	(iii) the contract for delivery of water 21
123	123	between the United States and the State, 22
124	124	dated February 9, 1944; and 23
125	125	(iv) the Decree. 24
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129	129	(B) LIMITATIONS.—The term ‘‘Arizona 1
130	130	Colorado River Water’’— 2
131	131	(i) shall only be used for purposes of 3
132	132	interpreting the Settlement Agreement and 4
133	133	this Act; and 5
134	134	(ii) shall not be used for any interpre-6
135	135	tation of existing law or contract, including 7
136	136	any law or contract described in clauses (i) 8
137	137	through (iv) of subparagraph (A). 9
138	138	(4) A
139	139	RIZONA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RE -10
140	140	SOURCES.—The term ‘‘Arizona Department of 11
141	141	Water Resources’’ means the agency of the State es-12
142	142	tablished pursuant to section 45–102 of the Arizona 13
143	143	Revised Statutes, or a successor agency or entity. 14
144	144	(5) A
145	145	RIZONA LOWER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 15
146	146	WATER.—The term ‘‘Arizona Lower Basin Colorado 16
147	147	River Water’’ means the 2,800,000 AFY of con-17
148	148	sumptive use of Colorado River Water apportioned 18
149	149	to the State in article II(B)(1) of the Decree. 19
150	150	(6) A
151	151	RIZONA UPPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 20
152	152	WATER.—The term ‘‘Arizona Upper Basin Colorado 21
153	153	River Water’’ means the 50,000 AFY of consump-22
154	154	tive use of Colorado River Water apportioned to the 23
155	155	State in the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact 24
156	156	of 1948. 25
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160	160	(7) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 1
161	161	Bureau of Reclamation. 2
162	162	(8) CAP;
163	163	CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT .—The 3
164	164	terms ‘‘CAP’’ and ‘‘Central Arizona Project’’ mean 4
165	165	the Federal reclamation project authorized and con-5
166	166	structed by the United States in accordance with 6
167	167	title III of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 7
168	168	U.S.C. 1521 et seq.). 8
169	169	(9) CAP
170	170	REPAYMENT CONTRACT .—The term 9
171	171	‘‘CAP Repayment Contract’’ means— 10
172	172	(A) the contract dated December 1, 1988 11
173	173	(Contract No. 14–06–W–245, Amendment No. 12
174	174	1), between the United States and the Central 13
175	175	Arizona Water Conservation District for the de-14
176	176	livery of water and the repayment of costs of 15
177	177	the Central Arizona Project; and 16
178	178	(B) any amendment to, or revision of, that 17
179	179	contract. 18
180	180	(10) CAWCD;
181	181	CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER CON -19
182	182	SERVATION DISTRICT.—The terms ‘‘CAWCD’’ and 20
183	183	‘‘Central Arizona Water Conservation District’’ 21
184	184	mean the political subdivision of the State that is 22
185	185	the contractor under the CAP Repayment Contract. 23
186	186	(11) C
187	187	IBOLA WATER .—The term ‘‘Cibola 24
188	188	Water’’ means the entitlement of the Hopi Tribe to 25
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192	192	the diversion of up to 4,278 AFY of the Fourth Pri-1
193	193	ority Water described in the Hopi Tribe Existing 2
194	194	Cibola Contract. 3
195	195	(12) C
196	196	OLORADO RIVER COMPACT .—The term 4
197	197	‘‘Colorado River Compact’’ means the Colorado 5
198	198	River Compact of 1922, as ratified and reprinted in 6
199	199	article 2 of chapter 7 of title 45, Arizona Revised 7
200	200	Statutes. 8
201	201	(13) C
202	202	OLORADO RIVER SYSTEM .—The term 9
203	203	‘‘Colorado River System’’ has the meaning given the 10
204	204	term in article II(a) of the Colorado River Compact. 11
205	205	(14) D
206	206	ECREE.—The term ‘‘Decree’’, when used 12
207	207	without a modifier, means— 13
208	208	(A) the decree of the Supreme Court of the 14
209	209	United States in Arizona v. California, 376 15
210	210	U.S. 340 (1964) or the consolidated decree en-16
211	211	tered on March 27, 2006, in Arizona v. Cali-17
212	212	fornia, 547 U.S. 150 (2006); and 18
213	213	(B) any modification to a decree described 19
214	214	in subparagraph (A). 20
215	215	(15) D
216	216	IVERSION.—The term ‘‘diversion’’ means 21
217	217	an act to divert. 22
218	218	(16) D
219	219	IVERT.—The term ‘‘divert’’ means to re-23
220	220	ceive, withdraw, develop, produce, or capture water 24
221	221	using— 25
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225	225	(A) a ditch, canal, flume, bypass, pipeline, 1
226	226	pit, collection or infiltration gallery, conduit, 2
227	227	well, pump, turnout, dam, or any other mechan-3
228	228	ical device; or 4
229	229	(B) any other human act to capture water. 5
230	230	(17) E
231	231	FFECTIVE DATE.—The term ‘‘Effective 6
232	232	Date’’ means the date as of which the Settlement 7
233	233	Agreement has been executed by not fewer than 30 8
234	234	of the Parties, including— 9
235	235	(A) the Navajo Nation; 10
236	236	(B) the Hopi Tribe; 11
237	237	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe; 12
238	238	(D) the State; 13
239	239	(E) the Arizona State Land Department; 14
240	240	(F) the Central Arizona Water Conserva-15
241	241	tion District; 16
242	242	(G) the Salt River Project Agricultural Im-17
243	243	provement and Power District; and 18
244	244	(H) the Salt River Valley Water Users’ As-19
245	245	sociation. 20
246	246	(18) E
247	247	FFLUENT.—The term ‘‘Effluent’’ means 21
248	248	water that— 22
249	249	(A) has been used in the State for domes-23
250	250	tic, municipal, or industrial purposes, other 24
251	251	than solely for hydropower generation; and 25
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255	255	(B) is available for reuse for any purpose, 1
256	256	regardless of whether the water has been treat-2
257	257	ed to improve the quality of the water. 3
258	258	(19) E
259	259	NFORCEABILITY DATE .—The term ‘‘En-4
260	260	forceability Date’’ means the date described in sec-5
261	261	tion 16(a). 6
262	262	(20) F
263	263	IFTH PRIORITY WATER .—The term 7
264	264	‘‘Fifth Priority Water’’ has the meaning given the 8
265	265	term in the Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola Contract. 9
266	266	(21) F
267	267	OURTH PRIORITY WATER .—The term 10
268	268	‘‘Fourth Priority Water’’ means Colorado River 11
269	269	Water available for delivery within the State for sat-12
270	270	isfaction of entitlements— 13
271	271	(A) in accordance with contracts, Secre-14
272	272	tarial reservations, perfected rights, and other 15
273	273	arrangements between the United States and 16
274	274	water users in the State entered into or estab-17
275	275	lished after September 30, 1968, for Use on 18
276	276	Federal, State, or privately-owned land in the 19
277	277	State, in a total quantity not greater than 20
278	278	164,652 AFY of diversions; and 21
279	279	(B) after first providing for the delivery of 22
280	280	Colorado River Water for the CAP System, in-23
281	281	cluding for Use on Indian land, under section 24
282	282	304(e) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act 25
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286	286	(43 U.S.C. 1524(e)), in accordance with the 1
287	287	CAP Repayment Contract. 2
288	288	(22) G
289	289	ILA RIVER ADJUDICATION .—The term 3
290	290	‘‘Gila River Adjudication’’ means the action pending 4
291	291	in the Superior Court of the State, in and for the 5
292	292	County of Maricopa, In re the General Adjudication 6
293	293	of All Rights To Use Water in The Gila River Sys-7
294	294	tem and Source, W–1 (Salt), W–2 (Verde), W–3 8
295	295	(Upper Gila), W–4 (San Pedro) (Consolidated). 9
296	296	(23) G
297	297	ILA RIVER ADJUDICATION COURT .—The 10
298	298	term ‘‘Gila River Adjudication Court’’ means the 11
299	299	Superior Court of the State, in and for the County 12
300	300	of Maricopa, exercising jurisdiction over the Gila 13
301	301	River Adjudication. 14
302	302	(24) G
303	303	ILA RIVER ADJUDICATION DECREE .—The 15
304	304	term ‘‘Gila River Adjudication Decree’’ means the 16
305	305	judgment or decree entered by the Gila River Adju-17
306	306	dication Court in substantially the same form as the 18
307	307	form of judgment attached as Exhibit 3.1.47 to the 19
308	308	Settlement Agreement. 20
309	309	(25) G
310	310	ROUNDWATER.—The term ‘‘Ground-21
311	311	water’’ means all water beneath the surface of the 22
312	312	earth within the State that is not— 23
313	313	(A) Surface Water; 24
314	314	(B) Colorado River Water; or 25
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318	318	(C) Effluent. 1
319	319	(26) H
320	320	OPI ALLOTMENT.—The term ‘‘Hopi Al-2
321	321	lotment’’ means any of the 11 parcels allotted pursu-3
322	322	ant to section 4 of the Act of February 8, 1887 4
323	323	(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment 5
324	324	Act’’) (24 Stat. 389, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 334), 6
325	325	that are— 7
326	326	(A) located within the exterior boundaries 8
327	327	of the Hopi Reservation; and 9
328	328	(B) held in trust by the United States for 10
329	329	1 or more individual Indians under allotment 11
330	330	record numbers AR-39, AR-40, AR-41, AR-42, 12
331	331	AR-43, AR-44, AR-45, AR-46, AR-47, AR-48, 13
332	332	and AR-49. 14
333	333	(27) H
334	334	OPI ALLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘Hopi Allot-15
335	335	tee’’ means— 16
336	336	(A) an individual Indian holding a bene-17
337	337	ficial interest in a Hopi Allotment; or 18
338	338	(B) an Indian Tribe holding an undivided 19
339	339	fractional beneficial interest in a Hopi Allot-20
340	340	ment. 21
341	341	(28) H
342	342	OPI FEE LAND.—The term ‘‘Hopi Fee 22
343	343	Land’’ means land, other than Hopi Trust Land, 23
344	344	that— 24
345	345	(A) is located in the State; 25
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349	349	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-1
350	350	aries of the Hopi Reservation; and 2
351	351	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is owned 3
352	352	by the Hopi Tribe in its own name or through 4
353	353	an entity wholly owned or controlled by the 5
354	354	Hopi Tribe. 6
355	355	(29) H
356	356	OPI LAND.—The term ‘‘Hopi Land’’ 7
357	357	means— 8
358	358	(A) the Hopi Reservation; 9
359	359	(B) Hopi Trust Land; and 10
360	360	(C) Hopi Fee Land. 11
361	361	(30) H
362	362	OPI RESERVATION.— 12
363	363	(A) I
364	364	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Hopi Res-13
365	365	ervation’’ means— 14
366	366	(i) land within the exterior boundaries 15
367	367	of the ‘‘Hopi Indian Reservation’’ defined 16
368	368	as District 6 in Healing v. Jones, 210 F. 17
369	369	Supp. 125, 173 (D. Ariz. 1962), aff’d, 373 18
370	370	U.S. 758 (1963), and Masayesva for and 19
371	371	on Behalf of Hopi Indian Tribe v. Hale, 20
372	372	118 F.3d 1371, 1375–76 (9th Cir. 1997); 21
373	373	(ii) land withdrawn by the Executive 22
374	374	Order of December 16, 1882, and parti-23
375	375	tioned to the Hopi Tribe in accordance 24
376	376	with the Act of December 22, 1974 (Public 25
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380	380	Law 93–531; 88 Stat. 1713), by Judgment 1
381	381	of Partition, February 10, 1977, 2
382	382	Sekaquaptewa v. MacDonald, Case No. 3
383	383	CIV–579–PCT–JAW (D. Ariz.), aff’d, 626 4
384	384	F.2d 113 (9th Cir. 1980); and 5
385	385	(iii) land recognized as part of the 6
386	386	Hopi Reservation in Honyoama v. Shirley, 7
387	387	Jr., Case No. CIV 74–842–PHX–EHC (D. 8
388	388	Ariz. 2006). 9
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390	390	AP.—Subject to subparagraph (C), 10
391	391	the descriptions of the Hopi Reservation in 11
392	392	clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A) 12
393	393	are generally shown on the map attached as 13
394	394	Exhibit 3.1.56 to the Settlement Agreement. 14
395	395	(C) C
396	396	ONFLICT.—In the case of a conflict 15
397	397	between the definition in subparagraph (A) and 16
398	398	Exhibit 3.1.56 of the Settlement Agreement, 17
399	399	the definition in that subparagraph shall con-18
400	400	trol. 19
401	401	(31) H
402	402	OPI TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe’’ 20
403	403	means the Hopi Tribe, a tribe of Hopi Indians— 21
404	404	(A) organized under section 16 of the Act 22
405	405	of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘In-23
406	406	dian Reorganization Act’’) (48 Stat. 987, chap-24
407	407	ter 576; 25 U.S.C. 5123); and 25
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411	411	(B) recognized by the Secretary in the no-1
412	412	tice of the Secretary entitled ‘‘Indian Entities 2
413	413	Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services 3
414	414	From the United States Bureau of Indian Af-4
415	415	fairs’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 944 (January 8, 2024)). 5
416	416	(32) H
417	417	OPI TRIBE AGRICULTURAL CONSERVA -6
418	418	TION TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—The term ‘‘Hopi 7
419	419	Tribe Agricultural Conservation Trust Fund Ac-8
420	420	count’’ means the account— 9
421	421	(A) established under to section 11(b)(3); 10
422	422	and 11
423	423	(B) described in subparagraph 12.3.3 of 12
424	424	the Settlement Agreement. 13
425	425	(33) H
426	426	OPI TRIBE CIBOLA WATER .—The term 14
427	427	‘‘Hopi Tribe Cibola Water’’ means the Fourth Pri-15
428	428	ority Water, Fifth Priority Water, and Sixth Priority 16
429	429	Water to which the Hopi Tribe is entitled pursuant 17
430	430	to subparagraphs 5.8.2 and 5.8.3 of the Settlement 18
431	431	Agreement. 19
432	432	(34) H
433	433	OPI TRIBE EXISTING CIBOLA CON -20
434	434	TRACT.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola 21
435	435	Contract’’ means Contract No. 04–XX–30–W0432 22
436	436	between the United States and the Hopi Tribe, as 23
437	437	amended and in full force and effect as of the Effec-24
438	438	tive Date. 25
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442	442	(35) HOPI TRIBE GROUNDWATER PROJECTS .— 1
443	443	The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe Groundwater Projects’’ 2
444	444	means the projects described in— 3
445	445	(A) section 11(f)(1); and 4
446	446	(B) subparagraph 12.3.1 of the Settlement 5
447	447	Agreement. 6
448	448	(36) H
449	449	OPI TRIBE GROUNDWATER PROJECTS 7
450	450	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe 8
451	451	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account’’ means 9
452	452	the account— 10
453	453	(A) established under section 11(b)(1); and 11
454	454	(B) described in subparagraph 12.3.1 of 12
455	455	the Settlement Agreement. 13
456	456	(37) H
457	457	OPI TRIBE LOWER BASIN COLORADO 14
458	458	RIVER WATER ACQUISITION TRUST FUND AC -15
459	459	COUNT.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe Lower Basin Colo-16
460	460	rado River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Account’’ 17
461	461	means the account— 18
462	462	(A) established under section 11(b)(4); and 19
463	463	(B) described in subparagraph 12.3.4 of 20
464	464	the Settlement Agreement. 21
465	465	(38) H
466	466	OPI TRIBE OM&R TRUST FUND AC -22
467	467	COUNT.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe OM&R Trust Fund 23
468	468	Account’’ means the account— 24
469	469	(A) established under section 11(b)(2); and 25
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473	473	(B) described in subparagraph 12.3.2 of 1
474	474	the Settlement Agreement. 2
475	475	(39) H
476	476	OPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO 3
477	477	RIVER WATER.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 4
478	478	Colorado River Water’’ means the 2,300 AFY of Ar-5
479	479	izona Upper Basin Colorado River Water allocated 6
480	480	to the Hopi Tribe— 7
481	481	(A) pursuant to section 6(a)(2); and 8
482	482	(B) as provided in subparagraphs 5.7 and 9
483	483	11.1.1 of the Settlement Agreement. 10
484	484	(40) H
485	485	OPI TRIBE WATER DELIVERY CON -11
486	486	TRACT.—The term ‘‘Hopi Tribe Water Delivery 12
487	487	Contract’’ means 1 or more contracts entered into 13
488	488	by Secretary and the Hopi Tribe in accordance with 14
489	489	section 6 and pursuant to paragraph 11 of the Set-15
490	490	tlement Agreement for the delivery of Hopi Tribe 16
491	491	Upper Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi Tribe 17
492	492	Cibola Water. 18
493	493	(41) H
494	494	OPI TRUST LAND .—The term ‘‘Hopi 19
495	495	Trust Land’’ means land that— 20
496	496	(A) is located in the State; 21
497	497	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-22
498	498	aries of the Hopi Reservation; and 23
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502	502	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is held 1
503	503	in trust by the United States for the Hopi 2
504	504	Tribe. 3
505	505	(42) I
506	506	INA´BA´– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE.— 4
507	507	The term ‘‘iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline’’ means 5
508	508	the water project described in— 6
509	509	(A) section 8; and 7
510	510	(B) subparagraph 12.1 of the Settlement 8
511	511	Agreement. 9
512	512	(43) I
513	513	INA´BA´– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE IM-10
514	514	PLEMENTATION FUND ACCOUNT .—The term ‘‘iina´ 11
515	515	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund 12
516	516	Account’’ means the account— 13
517	517	(A) established under section 9(a); and 14
518	518	(B) described in subparagraph 12.1.1 of 15
519	519	the Settlement Agreement. 16
520	520	(44) I
521	521	MPOUNDMENT.—The term ‘‘impound-17
522	522	ment’’ means a human-made structure used to store 18
523	523	water. 19
524	524	(45) I
525	525	NJURY TO WATER.—The term ‘‘Injury to 20
526	526	Water’’ means injury to Water based on changes in 21
527	527	or degradation of the salinity or concentration of 22
528	528	naturally occurring chemical constituents contained 23
529	529	in Water due to a diversion or Use of Water that 24
530	530	is not— 25
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533	533	•S 953 IS
534	534	(A) inconsistent with the Settlement 1
535	535	Agreement as revised pursuant to section 2
536	536	16(a)(1); 3
537	537	(B) inconsistent with this Act; and 4
538	538	(C) in violation of State law. 5
539	539	(46) I
540	540	NJURY TO WATER RIGHTS .— 6
541	541	(A) I
542	542	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Injury to 7
543	543	Water Rights’’ means an interference with, 8
544	544	diminution of, or deprivation of Water Rights 9
545	545	under Federal, State, or other law. 10
546	546	(B) E
547	547	XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Injury to 11
548	548	Water Rights’’ does not include any injury to 12
549	549	water quality. 13
550	550	(47) I
551	551	RRIGATION.—The term ‘‘irrigation’’ 14
552	552	means the Use of water on 2 or more acres of land 15
553	553	to produce plants or parts of plants— 16
554	554	(A) for sale or human consumption; or 17
555	555	(B) as feed for livestock, range livestock, 18
556	556	or poultry. 19
557	557	(48) LCR.—The term ‘‘LCR’’ means the Little 20
558	558	Colorado River. 21
559	559	(49) LCR
560	560	ADJUDICATION.—The term ‘‘LCR 22
561	561	Adjudication’’ means the action pending in the Su-23
562	562	perior Court of the State, in and for the County of 24
563	563	Apache, In re: the General Adjudication of All 25
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566	566	•S 953 IS
567	567	Rights to Use Water in the Little Colorado River 1
568	568	System and Source, CIV No. 6417. 2
569	569	(50) LCR
570	570	ADJUDICATION COURT .—The term 3
571	571	‘‘LCR Adjudication Court’’ means the Superior 4
572	572	Court of the State, in and for the County of Apache, 5
573	573	exercising jurisdiction over the LCR Adjudication. 6
574	574	(51) LCR
575	575	DECREE.—The term ‘‘LCR Decree’’ 7
576	576	means the judgment or decree entered by the LCR 8
577	577	Adjudication Court in substantially the same form 9
578	578	as the form of judgment attached as Exhibit 3.1.82 10
579	579	to the Settlement Agreement. 11
580	580	(52) LCR
581	581	WATERSHED.—The term ‘‘LCR Wa-12
582	582	tershed’’ means land located within the Surface 13
583	583	Water drainage of the LCR and its tributaries in the 14
584	584	State, as shown on the map attached as Exhibit 15
585	585	3.1.83 to the Settlement Agreement. 16
586	586	(53) L
587	587	EASE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘Lease Pe-17
588	588	riod’’ means the period of time during which the 18
589	589	Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe are authorized to 19
590	590	execute leases of Arizona Colorado River Water allo-20
591	591	cated to the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe 21
592	592	under this Act, which shall be determined pursuant 22
593	593	to subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section 7(b)(2). 23
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596	596	•S 953 IS
597	597	(54) LOWER BASIN.—The term ‘‘Lower Basin’’ 1
598	598	has the meaning given the term in article II(g) of 2
599	599	the Colorado River Compact. 3
600	600	(55) M
601	601	EMBER.—The term ‘‘Member’’ means 4
602	602	any person duly enrolled as a member of the Navajo 5
603	603	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, or the San Juan Southern 6
604	604	Paiute Tribe. 7
605	605	(56) NAIWRSA
606	606	SYSTEM CONSERVATION PRO -8
607	607	GRAM.—The term ‘‘NAIWRSA System Conservation 9
608	608	Program’’ means the 20-year program to store 10
609	609	17,050 AFY of System Conservation Eligible Water 11
610	610	in Lake Powell by the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 12
611	611	Tribe, as described in section 6(c)(4)(C). 13
612	612	(57) N
613	613	AVAJO ALLOTMENT .—The term ‘‘Navajo 14
614	614	Allotment’’ means a parcel of land patented pursu-15
615	615	ant to section 1 of the Act of February 8, 1887 16
616	616	(commonly known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment 17
617	617	Act’’) (24 Stat. 388, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 331) 18
618	618	(as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 19
619	619	of the Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments 20
620	620	of 2000 (Public Law 106–462; 114 Stat. 1991))— 21
621	621	(A) originally allotted to an individual 22
622	622	identified in the allotting document as a Navajo 23
623	623	Indian; 24
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627	627	(B) located within the exterior boundaries 1
628	628	of the Navajo Reservation; and 2
629	629	(C) held in trust by the United States for 3
630	630	the benefit of 1 or more individual Indians. 4
631	631	(58) N
632	632	AVAJO ALLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘Navajo 5
633	633	Allottee’’ means— 6
634	634	(A) an individual Indian holding a bene-7
635	635	ficial interest in a Navajo Allotment; or 8
636	636	(B) an Indian Tribe holding an undivided 9
637	637	fractional beneficial interest in a Navajo Allot-10
638	638	ment. 11
639	639	(59) N
640	640	AVAJO FEE LAND .—The term ‘‘Navajo 12
641	641	Fee Land’’ means land, other than Navajo Trust 13
642	642	Land, that— 14
643	643	(A) is located in the State; 15
644	644	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-16
645	645	aries of the Navajo Reservation; and 17
646	646	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is owned 18
647	647	by the Navajo Nation, whether in its own name 19
648	648	or through an entity wholly owned or controlled 20
649	649	by the Navajo Nation. 21
650	650	(60) N
651	651	AVAJO-GALLUP WATER SUPPLY PROJECT ; 22
652	652	PROJECT.—The terms ‘‘Navajo-Gallup Water Supply 23
653	653	Project’’ and ‘‘Project’’ mean the project authorized, 24
654	654	constructed, and operated pursuant to part III of 25
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657	657	•S 953 IS
658	658	the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects 1
659	659	Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1379). 2
660	660	(61) N
661	661	AVAJO LAND.—The term ‘‘Navajo Land’’ 3
662	662	means— 4
663	663	(A) the Navajo Reservation; 5
664	664	(B) Navajo Trust Land; and 6
665	665	(C) Navajo Fee Land. 7
666	666	(62) N
667	667	AVAJO NATION.— 8
668	668	(A) I
669	669	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Navajo Na-9
670	670	tion’’ means the Navajo Nation, a body politic 10
671	671	and federally recognized Indian nation recog-11
672	672	nized by the Secretary in the notice of the Sec-12
673	673	retary entitled ‘‘Indian Entities Recognized by 13
674	674	and Eligible To Receive Services From the 14
675	675	United States Bureau of Indian Affairs’’ (89 15
676	676	Fed. Reg. 944 (January 8, 2024)), and also 16
677	677	known variously as the ‘‘Navajo Tribe’’, the 17
678	678	‘‘Navajo Tribe of Arizona, New Mexico & 18
679	679	Utah’’, the ‘‘Navajo Tribe of Indians’’, and 19
680	680	other similar names. 20
681	681	(B) I
682	682	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Navajo Na-21
683	683	tion’’ includes all bands of Navajo Indians and 22
684	684	chapters of the Navajo Nation. 23
685	685	(63) N
686	686	AVAJO NATION AGRICULTURAL CON -24
687	687	SERVATION TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—The term 25
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690	690	•S 953 IS
691	691	‘‘Navajo Nation Agricultural Conservation Trust 1
692	692	Fund Account’’ means the account— 2
693	693	(A) established under section 10(b)(3); and 3
694	694	(B) described in subparagraph 12.2.4 of 4
695	695	the Settlement Agreement. 5
696	696	(64) N
697	697	AVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER .—The 6
698	698	term ‘‘Navajo Nation Cibola Water’’ means the enti-7
699	699	tlement of the Navajo Nation to the diversion of up 8
700	700	to 100 AFY of Fourth Priority Water at the same 9
701	701	location and for the same Uses described in the 10
702	702	Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola Contract or the delivery 11
703	703	and consumptive use of up to 71.5 AFY of Fourth 12
704	704	Priority Water at locations and for Uses within the 13
705	705	State other than as described in the Hopi Tribe Ex-14
706	706	isting Cibola Contract, which shall have been as-15
707	707	signed and transferred by the Hopi Tribe from its 16
708	708	Cibola Water under the Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola 17
709	709	Contract to the Navajo Nation. 18
710	710	(65) N
711	711	AVAJO NATION FOURTH PRIORITY 19
712	712	WATER.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 20
713	713	Water’’ means the diversion right to 3,500 AFY of 21
714	714	Fourth Priority Water reserved for Use in a Navajo- 22
715	715	Hopi Indian water rights settlement under para-23
716	716	graph 11.3 of the Arizona Water Settlement Agree-24
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719	719	•S 953 IS
720	720	ment among the United States, the State, and the 1
721	721	Central Arizona Water Conservation District— 2
722	722	(A) as authorized by paragraphs (1) and 3
723	723	(2) of section 106(a) of the Central Arizona 4
724	724	Project Settlement Act of 2004 (Public Law 5
725	725	108–451; 118 Stat. 3492); 6
726	726	(B) as allocated to the Navajo Nation pur-7
727	727	suant to section 6; and 8
728	728	(C) as described in subparagraphs 4.9 and 9
729	729	10.1 of the Settlement Agreement. 10
730	730	(66) N
731	731	AVAJO NATION LOWER BASIN COLORADO 11
732	732	RIVER WATER ACQUISITION TRUST FUND AC -12
733	733	COUNT.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation Lower Basin 13
734	734	Colorado River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Ac-14
735	735	count’’ means the account— 15
736	736	(A) established under section 10(b)(5); and 16
737	737	(B) described in subparagraph 12.2.5 of 17
738	738	the Settlement Agreement. 18
739	739	(67) N
740	740	AVAJO NATION OM&R TRUST FUND AC -19
741	741	COUNT.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation OM&R Trust 20
742	742	Fund Account’’ means the account— 21
743	743	(A) established under section 10(b)(2); and 22
744	744	(B) described in subparagraph 12.2.2 of 23
745	745	the Settlement Agreement. 24
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748	748	•S 953 IS
749	749	(68) NAVAJO NATION RENEWABLE ENERGY 1
750	750	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation 2
751	751	Renewable Energy Trust Fund Account’’ means the 3
752	752	account— 4
753	753	(A) established under section 10(b)(4); and 5
754	754	(B) described in subparagraph 12.2.3 of 6
755	755	the Settlement Agreement. 7
756	756	(69) N
757	757	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLORADO 8
758	758	RIVER WATER.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation Upper 9
759	759	Basin Colorado River Water’’ means the 44,700 10
760	760	AFY of Arizona Upper Basin Colorado River 11
761	761	Water— 12
762	762	(A) allocated to the Navajo Nation pursu-13
763	763	ant to section 6(a)(1); and 14
764	764	(B) described in subparagraphs 4.7 and 15
765	765	10.1 of the Settlement Agreement. 16
766	766	(70) N
767	767	AVAJO NATION WATER DELIVERY CON -17
768	768	TRACT.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation Water Delivery 18
769	769	Contract’’ means 1 or more contracts entered into 19
770	770	by the Secretary and the Navajo Nation in accord-20
771	771	ance with section 6 and pursuant to paragraph 10 21
772	772	of the Settlement Agreement for the delivery of Nav-22
773	773	ajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, Nav-23
774	774	ajo Nation Cibola Water, or Navajo Nation Fourth 24
775	775	Priority Water. 25
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779	779	(71) NAVAJO NATION WATER PROJECTS .—The 1
780	780	term ‘‘Navajo Nation Water Projects’’ means the 2
781	781	projects described in— 3
782	782	(A) section 10(f)(1); and 4
783	783	(B) subparagraph 12.2.1 of the Settlement 5
784	784	Agreement. 6
785	785	(72) N
786	786	AVAJO NATION WATER PROJECTS TRUST 7
787	787	FUND ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Navajo Nation Water 8
788	788	Projects Trust Fund Account’’ means the account— 9
789	789	(A) established under section 10(b)(1); and 10
790	790	(B) described in subparagraph 12.2.1 of 11
791	791	the Settlement Agreement. 12
792	792	(73) N
793	793	AVAJO RESERVATION.— 13
794	794	(A) I
795	795	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Navajo Res-14
796	796	ervation’’ means— 15
797	797	(i) land within the exterior boundaries 16
798	798	of the ‘‘Navajo Indian Reservation’’ in the 17
799	799	State, as defined by the Act of June 14, 18
800	800	1934 (48 Stat. 960, chapter 521); 19
801	801	(ii) land withdrawn by the Executive 20
802	802	Order of December 16, 1882, and parti-21
803	803	tioned to the Navajo Nation in accordance 22
804	804	with section 8(b) of the Act of December 23
805	805	22, 1974 (Public Law 93–531; 88 Stat. 24
806	806	1715), by Judgment of Partition, Feb-25
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809	809	•S 953 IS
810	810	ruary 10, 1977, Sekaquaptewa v. Mac-1
811	811	Donald, Case No. CIV–579–PCT–JAW 2
812	812	(D. Ariz.), aff’d, 626 F.2d 113 (9th Cir. 3
813	813	1980); 4
814	814	(iii) land taken into trust as a part of 5
815	815	the Navajo Reservation before the Effec-6
816	816	tive Date pursuant to the Act of December 7
817	817	22, 1974 (Public Law 93–531; 88 Stat. 8
818	818	1712), a copy of which is attached as Ex-9
819	819	hibit 3.1.112B to the Settlement Agree-10
820	820	ment; and 11
821	821	(iv) any land taken into trust as part 12
822	822	of the Navajo Reservation after the Effec-13
823	823	tive Date pursuant to the Act of December 14
824	824	22, 1974 (Public Law 93–531; 88 Stat. 15
825	825	1712), except as provided in subpara-16
826	826	graphs 3.1.12, 3.1.13, 3.1.87, 3.1.170, 17
827	827	4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.6.1, and 8.1.1 of the Settle-18
828	828	ment Agreement. 19
829	829	(B) E
830	830	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Navajo 20
831	831	Reservation’’ does not include land within the 21
832	832	Hopi Reservation or the San Juan Southern 22
833	833	Paiute Reservation. 23
834	834	(C) M
835	835	AP.—Subject to subparagraph (D), 24
836	836	the descriptions of the Navajo Reservation in 25
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840	840	clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (A) are 1
841	841	generally shown on the map attached as Exhibit 2
842	842	3.1.112A to the Settlement Agreement. 3
843	843	(D) C
844	844	ONFLICT.—In the case of a conflict 4
845	845	between the definition in subparagraphs (A) 5
846	846	and (B) and Exhibit 3.1.112A of the Settle-6
847	847	ment Agreement, the definition in those sub-7
848	848	paragraphs shall control. 8
849	849	(74) N
850	850	AVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY .— 9
851	851	The term ‘‘Navajo Tribal Utility Authority’’ means 10
852	852	the enterprise established by the Navajo Nation pur-11
853	853	suant to chapter 1, section 21 of the Navajo Nation 12
854	854	Code, or a successor agency or entity. 13
855	855	(75) N
856	856	AVAJO TRUST LAND.—The term ‘‘Navajo 14
857	857	Trust Land’’ means land that— 15
858	858	(A) is located in the State; 16
859	859	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-17
860	860	aries of the Navajo Reservation; and 18
861	861	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is held 19
862	862	in trust by the United States for the Navajo 20
863	863	Nation. 21
864	864	(76) N
865	865	AVAJO-UTAH WATER RIGHTS SETTLE -22
866	866	MENT.—The term ‘‘Navajo-Utah Water Rights Set-23
867	867	tlement’’ means the Navajo Utah Water Rights Set-24
868	868	tlement Agreement approved, ratified, and confirmed 25
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872	872	pursuant to section 1102 of title XI of division FF 1
873	873	of Public Law 116–260 (134 Stat. 3224). 2
874	874	(77) O
875	875	FF-RESERVATION.—The term ‘‘Off-Res-3
876	876	ervation’’ means land located in the State outside 4
877	877	the exterior boundaries of— 5
878	878	(A) the Navajo Reservation; 6
879	879	(B) the Hopi Reservation; and 7
880	880	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Res-8
881	881	ervation. 9
882	882	(78) OM&R.—The term ‘‘OM&R’’ means oper-10
883	883	ation, maintenance, and replacement. 11
884	884	(79) P
885	885	ARTY.—The term ‘‘Party’’ mean a Per-12
886	886	son that is a signatory to the Settlement Agreement. 13
887	887	(80) P
888	888	ERSON.— 14
889	889	(A) I
890	890	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Person’’ 15
891	891	means— 16
892	892	(i) an individual; 17
893	893	(ii) a public or private corporation; 18
894	894	(iii) a company; 19
895	895	(iv) a partnership; 20
896	896	(v) a joint venture; 21
897	897	(vi) a firm; 22
898	898	(vii) an association; 23
899	899	(viii) a society; 24
900	900	(ix) an estate or trust; 25
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904	904	(x) any other private organization or 1
905	905	enterprise; 2
906	906	(xi) the United States; 3
907	907	(xii) an Indian Tribe; 4
908	908	(xiii) a State, territory, or country; 5
909	909	(xiv) a governmental entity; and 6
910	910	(xv) any political subdivision or mu-7
911	911	nicipal corporation organized under or sub-8
912	912	ject to the constitution and laws of the 9
913	913	State. 10
914	914	(B) I
915	915	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Person’’ in-11
916	916	cludes the officers, directors, agents, insurers, 12
917	917	representatives, employees, attorneys, assigns, 13
918	918	subsidiaries, affiliates, enterprises, legal rep-14
919	919	resentatives, predecessors, and successors in in-15
920	920	terest and their heirs, of any entity or indi-16
921	921	vidual described in subparagraph (A). 17
922	922	(81) P
923	923	UBLIC DOMAIN ALLOTMENT OUTSIDE 18
924	924	THE NAVAJO RESERVATION .—The term ‘‘Public Do-19
925	925	main Allotment outside the Navajo Reservation’’ 20
926	926	means any of the 51 parcels of land allotted to indi-21
927	927	vidual Indians from the public domain pursuant to 22
928	928	section 4 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (commonly 23
929	929	known as the ‘‘Indian General Allotment Act’’) (24 24
930	930	Stat. 389, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 334) that is— 25
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934	934	(A) held in trust by the United States for 1
935	935	the benefit of 1 or more individual Indians or 2
936	936	Indian Tribes; and 3
937	937	(B) located outside the exterior boundaries 4
938	938	of the Navajo Reservation and the Hopi Res-5
939	939	ervation, as depicted on the map attached as 6
940	940	Exhibit 3.1.132A to the Settlement Agreement. 7
941	941	(82) P
942	942	UBLIC DOMAIN ALLOTMENT WITHIN THE 8
943	943	NAVAJO RESERVATION .—The term ‘‘Public Domain 9
944	944	Allotment within the Navajo Reservation’’ means 10
945	945	any land allotted to individual Indians from the pub-11
946	946	lic domain that is— 12
947	947	(A) held in trust by the United States for 13
948	948	the benefit of 1 or more individual Indians or 14
949	949	Indian Tribes; 15
950	950	(B) located within the exterior boundaries 16
951	951	of the Navajo Reservation; and 17
952	952	(C) described in Exhibit 3.1.131 to the 18
953	953	Settlement Agreement. 19
954	954	(83) P
955	955	UBLIC DOMAIN ALLOTTEE .—The term 20
956	956	‘‘Public Domain Allottee’’ means an individual In-21
957	957	dian or Indian Tribe holding a beneficial interest 22
958	958	in— 23
959	959	(A) a Public Domain Allotment outside the 24
960	960	Navajo Reservation; or 25
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964	964	(B) a Public Domain Allotment within the 1
965	965	Navajo Reservation. 2
966	966	(84) S
967	967	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE FEE 3
968	968	LAND.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Fee 4
969	969	Land’’ means land, other than San Juan Southern 5
970	970	Paiute Trust Land, that— 6
971	971	(A) is located in the State; 7
972	972	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-8
973	973	aries of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reserva-9
974	974	tion; and 10
975	975	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is owned 11
976	976	by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, wheth-12
977	977	er in its own name or through an entity wholly 13
978	978	owned or controlled by the San Juan Southern 14
979	979	Paiute Tribe. 15
980	980	(85) S
981	981	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE GROUND -16
982	982	WATER PROJECTS.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern 17
983	983	Paiute Groundwater Projects’’ means the projects 18
984	984	described in— 19
985	985	(A) section 12(f)(1); and 20
986	986	(B) subparagraph 12.4.1 of the Settlement 21
987	987	Agreement. 22
988	988	(86) S
989	989	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE LAND .—The 23
990	990	term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Land’’ means— 24
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994	994	(A) the San Juan Southern Paiute South-1
995	995	ern Area; 2
996	996	(B) San Juan Southern Paiute Trust 3
997	997	Land; and 4
998	998	(C) San Juan Southern Paiute Fee Land. 5
999	999	(87) S
1000	1000	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE NORTHERN 6
1001	1001	AREA.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute 7
1002	1002	Northern Area’’ means the land— 8
1003	1003	(A) located in the State of Utah; and 9
1004	1004	(B) depicted on the map attached as Ex-10
1005	1005	hibit 3.1.146 to the Settlement Agreement. 11
1006	1006	(88) S
1007	1007	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE RESERVA -12
1008	1008	TION.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Res-13
1009	1009	ervation’’ means the approximately 5,400 acres of 14
1010	1010	land— 15
1011	1011	(A) located in the State and the State of 16
1012	1012	Utah; and 17
1013	1013	(B) consisting of the San Juan Southern 18
1014	1014	Paiute Northern Area and the San Juan South-19
1015	1015	ern Paiute Southern Area, as depicted in the 20
1016	1016	maps attached as Exhibits 3.1.146 and 3.1.147 21
1017	1017	to the Settlement Agreement. 22
1018	1018	(89) S
1019	1019	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE AGRI -23
1020	1020	CULTURAL CONSERVATION TRUST FUND AC -24
1021	1021	COUNT.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute 25
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1025	1025	Tribe Agricultural Conservation Trust Fund Ac-1
1026	1026	count’’ means the account— 2
1027	1027	(A) established under section 12(b)(2); and 3
1028	1028	(B) described in subparagraph 12.4.3 of 4
1029	1029	the Settlement Agreement. 5
1030	1030	(90) S
1031	1031	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE 6
1032	1032	GROUNDWATER PROJECTS TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .— 7
1033	1033	The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 8
1034	1034	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account’’ means 9
1035	1035	the account— 10
1036	1036	(A) established under section 12(b)(1); and 11
1037	1037	(B) described in subparagraph 12.4.1 of 12
1038	1038	the Settlement Agreement. 13
1039	1039	(91) S
1040	1040	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE OM&R 14
1041	1041	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—The term ‘‘San Juan 15
1042	1042	Southern Paiute Tribe OM&R Trust Fund Account’’ 16
1043	1043	means the account— 17
1044	1044	(A) established under section 12(b)(3); and 18
1045	1045	(B) described in subparagraph 12.4.2 of 19
1046	1046	the Settlement Agreement. 20
1047	1047	(92) S
1048	1048	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE SOUTHERN 21
1049	1049	AREA.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute 22
1050	1050	Southern Area’’ means the land located in the State 23
1051	1051	and depicted on the map attached as Exhibit 24
1052	1052	3.1.147 to the Settlement Agreement. 25
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1056	1056	(93) SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE .— 1
1057	1057	The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe’’ means 2
1058	1058	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, a body politic 3
1059	1059	and federally recognized Indian Tribe, as recognized 4
1060	1060	by the Secretary in the notice of the Secretary enti-5
1061	1061	tled ‘‘Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To 6
1062	1062	Receive Services From the United States Bureau of 7
1063	1063	Indian Affairs’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 944 (January 8, 8
1064	1064	2024)). 9
1065	1065	(94) S
1066	1066	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRUST 10
1067	1067	LAND.—The term ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Trust 11
1068	1068	Land’’ means land that— 12
1069	1069	(A) is located in the State; 13
1070	1070	(B) is located outside the exterior bound-14
1071	1071	aries of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reserva-15
1072	1072	tion; and 16
1073	1073	(C) as of the Enforceability Date, is held 17
1074	1074	in trust by the United States for the San Juan 18
1075	1075	Southern Paiute Tribe. 19
1076	1076	(95) S
1077	1077	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 20
1078	1078	means the Secretary of the Interior. 21
1079	1079	(96) S
1080	1080	ETTLEMENT AGREEMENT .—The term 22
1081	1081	‘‘Settlement Agreement’’ means— 23
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1085	1085	(A) the Northeastern Arizona Indian 1
1086	1086	Water Rights Settlement Agreement dated as of 2
1087	1087	May 9, 2024; and 3
1088	1088	(B) any exhibits attached to that agree-4
1089	1089	ment. 5
1090	1090	(97) S
1091	1091	IXTH PRIORITY WATER .—The term 6
1092	1092	‘‘Sixth Priority Water’’ has the meaning given the 7
1093	1093	term in the Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola Contract. 8
1094	1094	(98) S
1095	1095	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 9
1096	1096	State of Arizona. 10
1097	1097	(99) S
1098	1098	URFACE WATER.— 11
1099	1099	(A) I
1100	1100	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Surface 12
1101	1101	Water’’ means all water in the State that is ap-13
1102	1102	propriable under State law. 14
1103	1103	(B) E
1104	1104	XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Surface 15
1105	1105	Water’’ does not include Colorado River Water. 16
1106	1106	(100) S
1107	1107	YSTEM CONSERVATION .—The term 17
1108	1108	‘‘System Conservation’’ means a voluntary reduction 18
1109	1109	of consumptive use of Arizona Colorado River Water 19
1110	1110	that can be estimated or measured, including munic-20
1111	1111	ipal and industrial conservation efforts and the 21
1112	1112	fallowing of agricultural land, to create conserved 22
1113	1113	water to benefit the Colorado River System. 23
1114	1114	(101) S
1115	1115	YSTEM CONSERVATION ELIGIBLE 24
1116	1116	WATER.— 25
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1120	1120	(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘System 1
1121	1121	Conservation Eligible Water’’ means 34,100 2
1122	1122	AFY of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 3
1123	1123	River Water and Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colo-4
1124	1124	rado River Water, allocated between the Navajo 5
1125	1125	Nation and the Hopi Tribe consistent with sec-6
1126	1126	tion 6(c)(4)(C) and subclauses (I) and (II) of 7
1127	1127	section 7(b)(2)(D)(ii). 8
1128	1128	(B) P
1129	1129	ERIOD OF TIME.—For purposes of 9
1130	1130	this Act, the System Conservation Eligible 10
1131	1131	Water is— 11
1132	1132	(i) deemed to have been consumptively 12
1133	1133	used for a period of 50 years based on the 13
1134	1134	34,100 AFY of Arizona Upper Basin Colo-14
1135	1135	rado River Water that was previously con-15
1136	1136	tracted for consumptive use by the Navajo 16
1137	1137	Generating Station; and 17
1138	1138	(ii) a portion of the allocations of Ari-18
1139	1139	zona Upper Basin Colorado River Water to 19
1140	1140	the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe de-20
1141	1141	scribed in paragraphs (1)(A)(ii) and 21
1142	1142	(2)(A)(ii) of section 6(a). 22
1143	1143	(C) E
1144	1144	LIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this 23
1145	1145	Act, the System Conservation Eligible Water is 24
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1149	1149	eligible for the NAIWRSA System Conservation 1
1150	1150	Program. 2
1151	1151	(102) T
1152	1152	REATY.—The term ‘‘Treaty’’ means the 3
1153	1153	Articles of Treaty and Agreement entered into by 4
1154	1154	the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Pai-5
1155	1155	ute Tribe to settle land claims and other disputes, 6
1156	1156	as executed on March 18, 2000. 7
1157	1157	(103) T
1158	1158	REATY ADDENDUM .—The term ‘‘Treaty 8
1159	1159	Addendum’’ means the Addendum to the Treaty en-9
1160	1160	tered into by the Navajo Nation and the San Juan 10
1161	1161	Southern Paiute Tribe on May 7, 2004. 11
1162	1162	(104) T
1163	1163	RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means, indi-12
1164	1164	vidually, as applicable— 13
1165	1165	(A) the Navajo Nation; 14
1166	1166	(B) the Hopi Tribe; or 15
1167	1167	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 16
1168	1168	(105) T
1169	1169	RIBES.—The term ‘‘Tribes’’ means, col-17
1170	1170	lectively— 18
1171	1171	(A) the Navajo Nation; 19
1172	1172	(B) the Hopi Tribe; and 20
1173	1173	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 21
1174	1174	(106) U
1175	1175	NDERGROUND WATER .— 22
1176	1176	(A) I
1177	1177	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Under-23
1178	1178	ground Water’’ means all water beneath the 24
1179	1179	surface of the earth within the State, regardless 25
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1183	1183	of its legal characterization as appropriable or 1
1184	1184	non-appropriable under Federal, State, or other 2
1185	1185	law. 3
1186	1186	(B) E
1187	1187	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Under-4
1188	1188	ground Water’’ does not include Colorado River 5
1189	1189	Water or Effluent. 6
1190	1190	(107) U
1191	1191	NITED STATES.— 7
1192	1192	(A) I
1193	1193	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘United 8
1194	1194	States’’ means the United States, acting as 9
1195	1195	trustee for the Tribes, their Members, the Hopi 10
1196	1196	Allottees, and the Navajo Allottees, except as 11
1197	1197	otherwise expressly provided. 12
1198	1198	(B) C
1199	1199	LARIFICATION.—When used in ref-13
1200	1200	erence to a particular agreement or contract, 14
1201	1201	the term ‘‘United States’’ means the United 15
1202	1202	States acting in the capacity as described in 16
1203	1203	that agreement or contract. 17
1204	1204	(108) U
1205	1205	PPER BASIN.—The term ‘‘Upper 18
1206	1206	Basin’’ has the meaning given the term in article 19
1207	1207	II(f) of the Colorado River Compact. 20
1208	1208	(109) U
1209	1209	PPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 21
1210	1210	WATER.—The term ‘‘Upper Basin Colorado River 22
1211	1211	Water’’ means the waters of the Upper Basin. 23
1212	1212	(110) U
1213	1213	PPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN COMPACT 24
1214	1214	OF 1948.—The term ‘‘Upper Colorado River Basin 25
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1218	1218	Compact of 1948’’ means the Upper Colorado River 1
1219	1219	Basin Compact of 1948, as ratified and reprinted in 2
1220	1220	article 3 of chapter 7 of title 45, Arizona Revised 3
1221	1221	Statutes. 4
1222	1222	(111) U
1223	1223	PPER DIVISION STATES .—The term 5
1224	1224	‘‘Upper Division States’’ means the States of Wyo-6
1225	1225	ming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, as described 7
1226	1226	in the Colorado River Compact. 8
1227	1227	(112) U
1228	1228	SE.—The term ‘‘Use’’ means any bene-9
1229	1229	ficial use, including instream flow, recharge, storage, 10
1230	1230	recovery, or any other use recognized as beneficial 11
1231	1231	under applicable law. 12
1232	1232	(113) W
1233	1233	ATER.—The term ‘‘water’’, when used 13
1234	1234	without a modifying adjective, means Groundwater, 14
1235	1235	Surface Water, Colorado River Water, or Effluent. 15
1236	1236	(114) W
1237	1237	ATER RIGHT.—The term ‘‘Water 16
1238	1238	Right’’ means any right in or to Groundwater, Sur-17
1239	1239	face Water, Colorado River Water, or Effluent under 18
1240	1240	Federal, State, or other law. 19
1241	1241	(115) W
1242	1242	ELL.—The term ‘‘Well’’ means a 20
1243	1243	human-made opening in the earth through which 21
1244	1244	Underground Water may be withdrawn or obtained. 22
1245	1245	(116) Z
1246	1246	UNI TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Zuni Tribe’’ 23
1247	1247	means the body politic and federally recognized In-24
1248	1248	dian Tribe, as recognized by the Secretary in the no-25
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1251	1251	•S 953 IS
1252	1252	tice of the Secretary entitled ‘‘Indian Entities Rec-1
1253	1253	ognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From 2
1254	1254	the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs’’ (89 3
1255	1255	Fed. Reg. 944 (January 8, 2024)). 4
1256	1256	SEC. 4. RATIFICATION AND EXECUTION OF THE NORTH-5
1257	1257	EASTERN ARIZONA INDIAN WATER RIGHTS 6
1258	1258	SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. 7
1259	1259	(a) R
1260	1260	ATIFICATION.— 8
1261	1261	(1) I
1262	1262	N GENERAL.—Except as modified by this 9
1263	1263	Act and to the extent the Settlement Agreement 10
1264	1264	does not conflict with this Act, the Settlement 11
1265	1265	Agreement is authorized, ratified, and confirmed. 12
1266	1266	(2) A
1267	1267	MENDMENTS.—If an amendment to the 13
1268	1268	Settlement Agreement, or to any exhibit attached to 14
1269	1269	the Settlement Agreement requiring the signature of 15
1270	1270	the Secretary, is executed in accordance with this 16
1271	1271	Act to make the Settlement Agreement consistent 17
1272	1272	with this Act, the amendment is authorized, ratified, 18
1273	1273	and confirmed, to the extent the amendment is con-19
1274	1274	sistent with this Act. 20
1275	1275	(b) E
1276	1276	XECUTION OFSETTLEMENTAGREEMENT.— 21
1277	1277	(1) I
1278	1278	N GENERAL.—To the extent the Settlement 22
1279	1279	Agreement does not conflict with this Act, the Sec-23
1280	1280	retary shall execute the Settlement Agreement, in-24
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1284	1284	cluding all exhibits to the Settlement Agreement re-1
1285	1285	quiring the signature of the Secretary. 2
1286	1286	(2) M
1287	1287	ODIFICATIONS.— 3
1288	1288	(A) I
1289	1289	N GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act 4
1290	1290	prohibits the Secretary from approving any 5
1291	1291	modification to the Settlement Agreement, in-6
1292	1292	cluding any exhibit to the Settlement Agree-7
1293	1293	ment, that is consistent with this Act, to the ex-8
1294	1294	tent the modification does not otherwise require 9
1295	1295	congressional approval under section 2116 of 10
1296	1296	the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) or any 11
1297	1297	other applicable Federal law. 12
1298	1298	(B) A
1299	1299	BSTRACTS.—Prior to the execution of 13
1300	1300	the Settlement Agreement by the Secretary, the 14
1301	1301	abstracts attached as Exhibits to the Settle-15
1302	1302	ment Agreement shall be modified, as nec-16
1303	1303	essary— 17
1304	1304	(i) to correct errors or omissions to 18
1305	1305	the satisfaction of the Parties; and 19
1306	1306	(ii) to conform with applicable Federal 20
1307	1307	and State law. 21
1308	1308	(c) E
1309	1309	NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.— 22
1310	1310	(1) I
1311	1311	N GENERAL.—In implementing the Settle-23
1312	1312	ment Agreement (including all exhibits to the Settle-24
1313	1313	ment Agreement requiring the signature of the Sec-25
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1317	1317	retary) and this Act, the Secretary shall comply with 1
1318	1318	all applicable provisions of— 2
1319	1319	(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 3
1320	1320	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 4
1321	1321	(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 5
1322	1322	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 6
1323	1323	implementing regulations of that Act; and 7
1324	1324	(C) all other Federal environmental laws 8
1325	1325	and regulations. 9
1326	1326	(2) C
1327	1327	OMPLIANCE.—In implementing the Settle-10
1328	1328	ment Agreement and this Act, but excluding envi-11
1329	1329	ronmental compliance related to the iina´ba´– paa 12
1330	1330	tuwaqat’si pipeline, the applicable Tribe shall pre-13
1331	1331	pare any necessary environmental documents con-14
1332	1332	sistent with all applicable provisions of— 15
1333	1333	(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 16
1334	1334	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 17
1335	1335	(B) the National Environmental Policy Act 18
1336	1336	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the 19
1337	1337	implementing regulations of that Act; and 20
1338	1338	(C) all other Federal environmental laws 21
1339	1339	and regulations. 22
1340	1340	(d) A
1341	1341	UTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary shall— 23
1342	1342	(1) independently evaluate the documentation 24
1343	1343	submitted under subsection (c)(2); and 25
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1347	1347	(2) be responsible for the accuracy, scope, and 1
1348	1348	contents of that documentation. 2
1349	1349	(e) E
1350	1350	FFECT OFEXECUTION.—The execution of the 3
1351	1351	Settlement Agreement by the Secretary under this section 4
1352	1352	shall not constitute a major Federal action for purposes 5
1353	1353	of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 6
1354	1354	U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 7
1355	1355	(f) C
1356	1356	OSTS.— 8
1357	1357	(1) I
1358	1358	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-9
1359	1359	graph (2), any costs associated with the performance 10
1360	1360	of the compliance activities under subsection (c) 11
1361	1361	shall be paid from funds deposited in the Navajo 12
1362	1362	Nation Water Projects Trust Fund Account, the 13
1363	1363	Hopi Tribe Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Ac-14
1364	1364	count, or the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 15
1365	1365	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account, as ap-16
1366	1366	plicable, subject to the condition that any costs asso-17
1367	1367	ciated with the performance of Federal approval or 18
1368	1368	other review of that compliance work or costs associ-19
1369	1369	ated with inherently Federal functions shall remain 20
1370	1370	the responsibility of the Secretary. 21
1371	1371	(2) I
1372	1372	INA´BA´– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE.—Any 22
1373	1373	costs associated with the performance of the compli-23
1374	1374	ance activities under subsection (c) relating to the 24
1375	1375	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline shall be paid from 25
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1379	1379	funds deposited in the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-1
1380	1380	line Implementation Fund Account. 2
1381	1381	SEC. 5. WATER RIGHTS. 3
1382	1382	(a) C
1383	1383	ONFIRMATION OFWATERRIGHTS.— 4
1384	1384	(1) I
1385	1385	N GENERAL.—The Water Rights of the 5
1386	1386	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San Juan 6
1387	1387	Southern Paiute Tribe, the Navajo Allottees, and the 7
1388	1388	Hopi Allottees as described in the Settlement Agree-8
1389	1389	ment are ratified, confirmed, and declared to be 9
1390	1390	valid. 10
1391	1391	(2) U
1392	1392	SE.—Any use of water pursuant to the 11
1393	1393	Water Rights described in paragraph (1) by the 12
1394	1394	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San Juan 13
1395	1395	Southern Paiute Tribe, the Navajo Allottees, or the 14
1396	1396	Hopi Allottees shall be subject to the terms and con-15
1397	1397	ditions of the Settlement Agreement and this Act. 16
1398	1398	(3) C
1399	1399	ONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict be-17
1400	1400	tween the Settlement Agreement and this Act, this 18
1401	1401	Act shall control. 19
1402	1402	(b) I
1403	1403	NTENT OFCONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con-20
1404	1404	gress to provide to the Navajo Allottees benefits that are 21
1405	1405	equivalent to, or exceed, the benefits the Navajo Allottees 22
1406	1406	possess on the day before the date of enactment of this 23
1407	1407	Act, taking into consideration— 24
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1411	1411	(1) the potential risks, cost, and time delay as-1
1412	1412	sociated with litigation that would be resolved by the 2
1413	1413	Settlement Agreement and this Act; 3
1414	1414	(2) the availability of funding under this Act 4
1415	1415	and from other sources; 5
1416	1416	(3) the availability of water from the Water 6
1417	1417	Rights of the Navajo Nation, as described in the 7
1418	1418	Settlement Agreement; and 8
1419	1419	(4) the applicability of section 7 of the Act of 9
1420	1420	February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 10
1421	1421	U.S.C. 381), and this Act to protect the interests of 11
1422	1422	the Navajo Allottees. 12
1423	1423	(c) W
1424	1424	ATERRIGHTSTOBEHELD INTRUST FOR THE 13
1425	1425	T
1426	1426	RIBES, THENAVAJOALLOTTEES, AND THE HOPI 14
1427	1427	A
1428	1428	LLOTTEES.—The United States shall hold the following 15
1429	1429	Water Rights in trust for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi 16
1430	1430	Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the Navajo 17
1431	1431	Allottees, and the Hopi Allottees: 18
1432	1432	(1) N
1433	1433	AVAJO NATION AND THE NAVAJO 19
1434	1434	ALLOTTEES.—The United States shall hold the fol-20
1435	1435	lowing Water Rights in trust for the Navajo Nation 21
1436	1436	and Navajo Allottees: 22
1437	1437	(A) Underground Water described in sub-23
1438	1438	paragraph 4.2 of the Settlement Agreement. 24
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1442	1442	(B) Springs described in subparagraph 4.4 1
1443	1443	of the Settlement Agreement. 2
1444	1444	(C) Little Colorado River tributary water 3
1445	1445	described in subparagraph 4.5 of the Settlement 4
1446	1446	Agreement. 5
1447	1447	(D) Little Colorado River Mainstem water 6
1448	1448	described in subparagraph 4.6 of the Settlement 7
1449	1449	Agreement. 8
1450	1450	(E) Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 9
1451	1451	River Water described in subparagraph 4.7 of 10
1452	1452	the Settlement Agreement. 11
1453	1453	(F) Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water 12
1454	1454	described in subparagraph 4.9 of the Settlement 13
1455	1455	Agreement. 14
1456	1456	(G) Water Rights appurtenant to or asso-15
1457	1457	ciated with land held in trust by the United 16
1458	1458	States for the Navajo Nation, as described in 17
1459	1459	subparagraphs 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, and 4.16 of the 18
1460	1460	Settlement Agreement. 19
1461	1461	(2) H
1462	1462	OPI TRIBE.—The United States shall hold 20
1463	1463	the following Water Rights in trust for the Hopi 21
1464	1464	Tribe: 22
1465	1465	(A) Underground Water described in sub-23
1466	1466	paragraph 5.2 of the Settlement Agreement. 24
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1470	1470	(B) Surface Water described in subpara-1
1471	1471	graph 5.4 of the Settlement Agreement. 2
1472	1472	(C) Springs described in subparagraph 5.5 3
1473	1473	of the Settlement Agreement. 4
1474	1474	(D) Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado 5
1475	1475	River Water described in subparagraph 5.7 of 6
1476	1476	the Settlement Agreement. 7
1477	1477	(E) Water Rights appurtenant to or asso-8
1478	1478	ciated with land held in trust by the United 9
1479	1479	States for the Hopi Tribe, as described in sub-10
1480	1480	paragraphs 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, and 5.13 of the 11
1481	1481	Settlement Agreement. 12
1482	1482	(3) S
1483	1483	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE .—The 13
1484	1484	United States shall hold the following Water Rights 14
1485	1485	in trust for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe: 15
1486	1486	(A) Underground Water described in sub-16
1487	1487	paragraph 6.2.3 of the Settlement Agreement. 17
1488	1488	(B) Surface Water described in subpara-18
1489	1489	graph 6.2.4 of the Settlement Agreement. 19
1490	1490	(C) Springs described in subparagraph 20
1491	1491	6.2.6 of the Settlement Agreement. 21
1492	1492	(D) Water Rights appurtenant to or asso-22
1493	1493	ciated with land held in trust by the United 23
1494	1494	States for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 24
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1498	1498	as described in subparagraphs 6.5 and 6.6 of 1
1499	1499	the Settlement Agreement. 2
1500	1500	(4) H
1501	1501	OPI ALLOTTEES.—The United States shall 3
1502	1502	hold the Water Rights described in subparagraph 4
1503	1503	5.9 of the Settlement Agreement in trust for the 5
1504	1504	Hopi Allottees. 6
1505	1505	(d) P
1506	1506	LACES OFUSE.— 7
1507	1507	(1) N
1508	1508	AVAJO NATION AND NAVAJO 8
1509	1509	ALLOTTEES.— 9
1510	1510	(A) I
1511	1511	N GENERAL.—The rights of the Nav-10
1512	1512	ajo Nation, and the United States acting as 11
1513	1513	trustee for the Navajo Nation, to the water de-12
1514	1514	scribed in subparagraphs 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6 13
1515	1515	of the Settlement Agreement may be used any-14
1516	1516	where on the Navajo Reservation or on Off-Res-15
1517	1517	ervation land held in trust by the United States 16
1518	1518	for the Navajo Nation, but, except as provided 17
1519	1519	in subparagraph (F), may not be sold, leased, 18
1520	1520	transferred, or in any way used off of the Nav-19
1521	1521	ajo Reservation or off of Off-Reservation land 20
1522	1522	held in trust by the United States for the Nav-21
1523	1523	ajo Nation. 22
1524	1524	(B) O
1525	1525	THER PLACES OF USE.—The place of 23
1526	1526	Use of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 24
1527	1527	River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, and 25
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1531	1531	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water are as 1
1532	1532	described in section 6(b)(1). 2
1533	1533	(C) W
1534	1534	ATER USE ON OFF -RESERVATION 3
1535	1535	TRUST LAND.— 4
1536	1536	(i) I
1537	1537	N GENERAL.—Water Use on Off- 5
1538	1538	Reservation land held in trust by the 6
1539	1539	United States for the Navajo Nation shall 7
1540	1540	be governed by subparagraphs 4.12, 4.13, 8
1541	1541	4.15, 4.16, and 4.18.1 of the Settlement 9
1542	1542	Agreement. 10
1543	1543	(ii) U
1544	1544	SE.—Except as provided in sub-11
1545	1545	paragraph (F), the water referred to in 12
1546	1546	clause (i) may be used only on the Navajo 13
1547	1547	Reservation and on Off-Reservation land 14
1548	1548	held in trust by the United States for the 15
1549	1549	Navajo Nation. 16
1550	1550	(D) W
1551	1551	ATER USE ON FEE LAND .—Water 17
1552	1552	Use on land owned in fee by the Navajo Nation 18
1553	1553	shall be governed by subparagraphs 4.11, 4.12, 19
1554	1554	4.13, 4.14, 4.15, and 4.16 of the Settlement 20
1555	1555	Agreement. 21
1556	1556	(E) R
1557	1557	ESTRICTIONS.—The rights of a Nav-22
1558	1558	ajo Allottee, or the United States acting as 23
1559	1559	trustee for a Navajo Allottee, to use water de-24
1560	1560	scribed in subparagraph 4.10.1 of the Settle-25
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1564	1564	ment Agreement on a Navajo Allotment may 1
1565	1565	not be sold, leased, transferred, or in any way 2
1566	1566	used off of the Navajo Allotment, except for 3
1567	1567	Use on the Navajo Reservation pursuant to the 4
1568	1568	Navajo Nation Water Code. 5
1569	1569	(F) W
1570	1570	ATER FOR MUNICIPAL USE .—Not-6
1571	1571	withstanding subparagraphs (A) and (C)(ii) and 7
1572	1572	subparagraph 7.2.3.1 of the Settlement Agree-8
1573	1573	ment, the Navajo Nation or the United States 9
1574	1574	acting as trustee for the Navajo Nation may 10
1575	1575	provide water for municipal Use off of the Nav-11
1576	1576	ajo Reservation from facilities that are phys-12
1577	1577	ically connected to facilities on the Navajo Res-13
1578	1578	ervation. 14
1579	1579	(2) H
1580	1580	OPI TRIBE AND HOPI ALLOTTEES .— 15
1581	1581	(A) I
1582	1582	N GENERAL.—The rights of the Hopi 16
1583	1583	Tribe, and the United States acting as trustee 17
1584	1584	for the Hopi Tribe, to the water described in 18
1585	1585	subparagraphs 5.2, 5.4, and 5.5 of the Settle-19
1586	1586	ment Agreement may be used anywhere on the 20
1587	1587	Hopi Reservation or on Off-Reservation land 21
1588	1588	held in trust by the United States for the Hopi 22
1589	1589	Tribe, but, except as provided in subparagraph 23
1590	1590	(F), may not be sold, leased, transferred, or in 24
1591	1591	any way used off of the Hopi Reservation or off 25
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1595	1595	of Off-Reservation land held in trust by the 1
1596	1596	United States for the Hopi Tribe. 2
1597	1597	(B) O
1598	1598	THER PLACES OF USE.—The place of 3
1599	1599	Use of Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 4
1600	1600	Water and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water are as de-5
1601	1601	scribed in section 6(b)(2). 6
1602	1602	(C) W
1603	1603	ATER USE ON OFF -RESERVATION 7
1604	1604	TRUST LAND.— 8
1605	1605	(i) I
1606	1606	N GENERAL.—Water Use on Off- 9
1607	1607	Reservation land held in trust by the 10
1608	1608	United States for the Hopi Tribe shall be 11
1609	1609	governed by subparagraphs 5.10, 5.11, 12
1610	1610	5.12, 5.13, and 5.15.1 of the Settlement 13
1611	1611	Agreement. 14
1612	1612	(ii) U
1613	1613	SE.—Except as provided in sub-15
1614	1614	paragraph (F), the water referred to in 16
1615	1615	clause (i) may be used only on the Hopi 17
1616	1616	Reservation and on Off-Reservation land 18
1617	1617	held in trust by the United States for the 19
1618	1618	Hopi Tribe. 20
1619	1619	(D) W
1620	1620	ATER USE ON FEE LAND .—Water 21
1621	1621	Use on land owned in fee by the Hopi Tribe 22
1622	1622	shall be governed by subparagraphs 5.10, 5.11, 23
1623	1623	and 5.12 of the Settlement Agreement. 24
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1627	1627	(E) RESTRICTIONS.—The rights of a Hopi 1
1628	1628	Allottee, or the United States acting as trustee 2
1629	1629	for a Hopi Allottee, to use water described in 3
1630	1630	subparagraph 5.9 of the Settlement Agreement 4
1631	1631	on a Hopi Allotment may not be sold, leased, 5
1632	1632	transferred, or in any way used off of the Hopi 6
1633	1633	Allotment. 7
1634	1634	(F) W
1635	1635	ATER FOR MUNICIPAL USE .—Not-8
1636	1636	withstanding subparagraphs (A) and (C)(ii) and 9
1637	1637	subparagraph 7.2.3.1 of the Settlement Agree-10
1638	1638	ment, the Hopi Tribe or the United States act-11
1639	1639	ing as trustee for the Hopi Tribe may provide 12
1640	1640	water for municipal Use off of the Hopi Res-13
1641	1641	ervation from facilities that are physically con-14
1642	1642	nected to facilities on the Hopi Reservation. 15
1643	1643	(3) S
1644	1644	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE .— 16
1645	1645	(A) I
1646	1646	N GENERAL.—The rights of the San 17
1647	1647	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the United 18
1648	1648	States acting as trustee for the San Juan 19
1649	1649	Southern Paiute Tribe, to the water described 20
1650	1650	in subparagraphs 6.2.3, 6.2.4, and 6.2.6 of the 21
1651	1651	Settlement Agreement may be used on the San 22
1652	1652	Juan Southern Paiute Southern Area or on 23
1653	1653	Off-Reservation land held in trust by the 24
1654	1654	United States for the San Juan Southern Pai-25
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1658	1658	ute Tribe, but may not be sold, leased, trans-1
1659	1659	ferred, or in any way used off of the San Juan 2
1660	1660	Southern Paiute Southern Area or off of Off- 3
1661	1661	Reservation land held in trust by the United 4
1662	1662	States for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 5
1663	1663	(B) W
1664	1664	ATER USE ON OFF -RESERVATION 6
1665	1665	TRUST LAND.— 7
1666	1666	(i) I
1667	1667	N GENERAL.—Water Use on Off- 8
1668	1668	Reservation land held in trust by the 9
1669	1669	United States for the San Juan Southern 10
1670	1670	Paiute Tribe shall be governed by subpara-11
1671	1671	graphs 6.5, 6.6, and 6.7.1 of the Settle-12
1672	1672	ment Agreement. 13
1673	1673	(ii) U
1674	1674	SE.—Except as provided in sub-14
1675	1675	paragraph (D), the water referred to in 15
1676	1676	clause (i) may be used only on the San 16
1677	1677	Juan Southern Paiute Southern Area and 17
1678	1678	on Off-Reservation land held in trust by 18
1679	1679	the United States for the San Juan South-19
1680	1680	ern Paiute Tribe. 20
1681	1681	(C) W
1682	1682	ATER USE ON FEE LAND .—Water 21
1683	1683	Use on land owned in fee by the San Juan 22
1684	1684	Southern Paiute Tribe shall be governed by 23
1685	1685	subparagraphs 6.4, 6.5, and 6.6 of the Settle-24
1686	1686	ment Agreement. 25
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1690	1690	(D) WATER FOR MUNICIPAL USE .—Not-1
1691	1691	withstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B)(ii) 2
1692	1692	and subparagraph 7.2.3.1 of the Settlement 3
1693	1693	Agreement, and subject to subparagraph 4
1694	1694	12.5.1.3 of the Settlement Agreement, the San 5
1695	1695	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe or the United 6
1696	1696	States acting as trustee for the San Juan 7
1697	1697	Southern Paiute Tribe may provide water for 8
1698	1698	municipal Use off of the San Juan Southern 9
1699	1699	Paiute Southern Area from facilities that are 10
1700	1700	physically connected to facilities on the San 11
1701	1701	Juan Southern Paiute Southern Area. 12
1702	1702	(e) N
1703	1703	ONUSE, FORFEITURE, ANDABANDONMENT.— 13
1704	1704	(1) N
1705	1705	AVAJO NATION AND NAVAJO 14
1706	1706	ALLOTTEES.—Water Rights of the Navajo Nation 15
1707	1707	and the Navajo Allottees described in subparagraphs 16
1708	1708	4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, and 4.9 of the Settlement 17
1709	1709	Agreement and Water Rights relating to land held 18
1710	1710	in trust by the United States for the Navajo Nation, 19
1711	1711	as described in subparagraphs 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, and 20
1712	1712	4.16 of the Settlement Agreement, shall not be sub-21
1713	1713	ject to loss by non-use, forfeiture, or abandonment. 22
1714	1714	(2) H
1715	1715	OPI TRIBE.—Water Rights of the Hopi 23
1716	1716	Tribe described in subparagraphs 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, and 24
1717	1717	5.7 of the Settlement Agreement and Water Rights 25
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1721	1721	relating to land held in trust by the United States 1
1722	1722	for the Hopi Tribe, as described in subparagraphs 2
1723	1723	5.10, 5.11, 5.12, and 5.13 of the Settlement Agree-3
1724	1724	ment, shall not be subject to loss by non-use, for-4
1725	1725	feiture, or abandonment. 5
1726	1726	(3) S
1727	1727	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE .— 6
1728	1728	Water Rights of the San Juan Southern Paiute 7
1729	1729	Tribe described in subparagraphs 6.2.3, 6.2.4, and 8
1730	1730	6.2.6 of the Settlement Agreement shall not be sub-9
1731	1731	ject to loss by non-use, forfeiture, or abandonment. 10
1732	1732	(4) H
1733	1733	OPI ALLOTTEES.—Water Rights of the 11
1734	1734	Hopi Allottees described in subparagraph 5.9 of the 12
1735	1735	Settlement Agreement shall not be subject to loss by 13
1736	1736	non-use, forfeiture, or abandonment. 14
1737	1737	(f) N
1738	1738	AVAJOALLOTTEES.— 15
1739	1739	(1) A
1740	1740	PPLICABILITY OF THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 16
1741	1741	8, 1887.—Section 7 of the Act of February 8, 1887 17
1742	1742	(24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), shall 18
1743	1743	apply to the Water Rights described in subsection 19
1744	1744	(c)(1). 20
1745	1745	(2) E
1746	1746	NTITLEMENT TO WATER .—The rights of 21
1747	1747	Navajo Allottees, and the United States acting as 22
1748	1748	trustee for Navajo Allottees, to use water on Navajo 23
1749	1749	Allotments located on the Navajo Reservation shall 24
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1753	1753	be satisfied solely from the Water Rights described 1
1754	1754	in subsection (c)(1). 2
1755	1755	(3) A
1756	1756	LLOCATIONS.—A Navajo Allottee shall be 3
1757	1757	entitled to a just and equitable distribution of water 4
1758	1758	for irrigation purposes. 5
1759	1759	(4) C
1760	1760	LAIMS.— 6
1761	1761	(A) E
1762	1762	XHAUSTION OF REMEDIES .—Before 7
1763	1763	asserting any claim against the United States 8
1764	1764	under section 7 of the Act of February 8, 1887 9
1765	1765	(24 Stat. 390, chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or 10
1766	1766	any other applicable law, a Navajo Allottee shall 11
1767	1767	exhaust remedies available under the Navajo 12
1768	1768	Nation Water Code or other applicable Navajo 13
1769	1769	law. 14
1770	1770	(B) A
1771	1771	CTION FOR RELIEF.—After the ex-15
1772	1772	haustion of all remedies available under the 16
1773	1773	Navajo Nation Water Code or other applicable 17
1774	1774	Navajo law pursuant to subparagraph (A), a 18
1775	1775	Navajo Allottee may seek relief under section 7 19
1776	1776	of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. 390, 20
1777	1777	chapter 119; 25 U.S.C. 381), or other applica-21
1778	1778	ble law. 22
1779	1779	(5) A
1780	1780	UTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY .—The Sec-23
1781	1781	retary may protect the rights of Navajo Allottees in 24
1782	1782	accordance with this subsection. 25
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1786	1786	(g) NAVAJONATIONWATERCODE.— 1
1787	1787	(1) I
1788	1788	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation Water 2
1789	1789	Code shall provide— 3
1790	1790	(A) that Use of water by Navajo Allottees 4
1791	1791	shall be satisfied with water from the Water 5
1792	1792	Rights described in subsection (c)(1); 6
1793	1793	(B) a process by which a Navajo Allottee 7
1794	1794	may request that the Navajo Nation allocate 8
1795	1795	water in accordance with the Settlement Agree-9
1796	1796	ment, including the provision of water under 10
1797	1797	any Navajo Allottee lease under section 4 of the 11
1798	1798	Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 856, chapter 12
1799	1799	431; 25 U.S.C. 403); 13
1800	1800	(C) a due process system for the consider-14
1801	1801	ation and determination by the Navajo Nation 15
1802	1802	of any request of a Navajo Allottee (or a suc-16
1803	1803	cessor in interest to a Navajo Allottee) for an 17
1804	1804	allocation of water on a Navajo Allotment, in-18
1805	1805	cluding a process for— 19
1806	1806	(i) appeal and adjudication of any de-20
1807	1807	nied or disputed distribution of water; and 21
1808	1808	(ii) resolution of any contested admin-22
1809	1809	istrative decision; and 23
1810	1810	(D) a requirement that any Navajo Allot-24
1811	1811	tee asserting a claim relating to the enforce-25
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1814	1814	•S 953 IS
1815	1815	ment of rights of the Navajo Allottee under the 1
1816	1816	Navajo Nation Water Code, including to the 2
1817	1817	quantity of water allocated to land of the Nav-3
1818	1818	ajo Allottee, shall exhaust all remedies available 4
1819	1819	to the Navajo Allottee under Navajo law before 5
1820	1820	initiating an action against the United States 6
1821	1821	or petitioning the Secretary pursuant to sub-7
1822	1822	section (f)(4)(B). 8
1823	1823	(2) T
1824	1824	RIBAL CONSULTATION.— 9
1825	1825	(A) I
1826	1826	N GENERAL.—After consultation with 10
1827	1827	the Navajo Nation, the Secretary shall deter-11
1828	1828	mine whether the Navajo Nation Water Code in 12
1829	1829	effect on the date of enactment of this Act sat-13
1830	1830	isfies the requirements of paragraph (1). 14
1831	1831	(B) S
1832	1832	ATISFIES REQUIREMENTS .—If the 15
1833	1833	Secretary determines that the Navajo Nation 16
1834	1834	Water Code in effect on the date of enactment 17
1835	1835	of this Act satisfies the requirements of para-18
1836	1836	graph (1), the Secretary shall notify the Navajo 19
1837	1837	Nation of that determination in writing. 20
1838	1838	(C) D
1839	1839	OES NOT SATISFY REQUIREMENT .— 21
1840	1840	If the Secretary determines that the Navajo 22
1841	1841	Nation Water Code in effect on the date of en-23
1842	1842	actment of this Act does not satisfy the require-24
1843	1843	ments of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall no-25
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1846	1846	•S 953 IS
1847	1847	tify the Navajo Nation in writing that amend-1
1848	1848	ments are necessary to satisfy the requirements 2
1849	1849	of subsection (g)(1). 3
1850	1850	(3) N
1851	1851	AVAJO NATION ACTION.—Not later than 3 4
1852	1852	years after the date on which the Secretary notifies 5
1853	1853	the Navajo Nation pursuant to paragraph (2)(C), 6
1854	1854	the Navajo Nation shall amend the Navajo Nation 7
1855	1855	Water Code and submit to the Secretary the amend-8
1856	1856	ments to the Navajo Nation Water Code for review 9
1857	1857	and approval pursuant to subsection (h). 10
1858	1858	(h) A
1859	1859	CTION BY THESECRETARY.— 11
1860	1860	(1) I
1861	1861	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-12
1862	1862	ister, with respect to the rights of the Navajo 13
1863	1863	Allottees, the Water Rights identified under sub-14
1864	1864	section (c)(1) during the period beginning on the 15
1865	1865	date of enactment of this Act and ending on the ear-16
1866	1866	lier of— 17
1867	1867	(A) the date on which the Secretary pro-18
1868	1868	vides notice to the Navajo Nation pursuant to 19
1869	1869	paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (g) that the 20
1870	1870	Navajo Nation Water Code satisfies the re-21
1871	1871	quirements of paragraph (1) of that subsection; 22
1872	1872	and 23
1873	1873	(B) the date on which the Secretary has 24
1874	1874	approved amendments to the Navajo Nation 25
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1877	1877	•S 953 IS
1878	1878	Water Code submitted pursuant to subsection 1
1879	1879	(g)(3). 2
1880	1880	(2) A
1881	1881	PPROVAL.—The Navajo Nation Water 3
1882	1882	Code amendments described in subsection (g)(3) 4
1883	1883	shall not be valid unless— 5
1884	1884	(A) the amendments described in that sub-6
1885	1885	section have been approved by the Secretary; 7
1886	1886	and 8
1887	1887	(B) each subsequent amendment to the 9
1888	1888	Navajo Nation Water Code that affects the 10
1889	1889	rights of a Navajo Allottee is approved by the 11
1890	1890	Secretary. 12
1891	1891	(3) A
1892	1892	PPROVAL PERIOD.— 13
1893	1893	(A) A
1894	1894	PPROVAL PERIOD.—If the Secretary 14
1895	1895	requires amendments to the Navajo Nation 15
1896	1896	Water Code pursuant to paragraph (2)(C) of 16
1897	1897	subsection (g), the Secretary shall approve or 17
1898	1898	disapprove the amendments to the Navajo Na-18
1899	1899	tion Water Code described in paragraph (3) of 19
1900	1900	that subsection not later than 180 days after 20
1901	1901	the date on which the amendments are sub-21
1902	1902	mitted to the Secretary. 22
1903	1903	(B) E
1904	1904	XTENSION.—The deadline described 23
1905	1905	in subparagraph (A) may be extended by the 24
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1908	1908	•S 953 IS
1909	1909	Secretary after consultation with the Navajo 1
1910	1910	Nation. 2
1911	1911	(i) E
1912	1912	FFECT.—Except as otherwise expressly provided 3
1913	1913	in this section, nothing in this Act— 4
1914	1914	(1) authorizes any action by a Navajo Allottee 5
1915	1915	against any individual or entity, or against the Nav-6
1916	1916	ajo Nation, under Federal, State, Tribal, or local 7
1917	1917	law; or 8
1918	1918	(2) alters or affects the status of any action 9
1919	1919	brought pursuant to section 1491(a) of title 28, 10
1920	1920	United States Code. 11
1921	1921	SEC. 6. ALLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF ARIZONA COLO-12
1922	1922	RADO RIVER WATER TO THE TRIBES; WATER 13
1923	1923	USE; STORAGE; WATER DELIVERY CON-14
1924	1924	TRACTS. 15
1925	1925	(a) A
1926	1926	LLOCATION ANDASSIGNMENT TO THE NAVAJO 16
1927	1927	N
1928	1928	ATION AND THEHOPITRIBE.— 17
1929	1929	(1) A
1930	1930	LLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT TO THE 18
1931	1931	NAVAJO NATION.— 19
1932	1932	(A) N
1933	1933	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLO -20
1934	1934	RADO RIVER WATER.— 21
1935	1935	(i) S
1936	1936	TATE AGREEMENT .—Pursuant to 22
1937	1937	subparagraph 4.7.1 of the Settlement 23
1938	1938	Agreement, the State has expressly agreed 24
1939	1939	to the allocation described in clause (ii). 25
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1942	1942	•S 953 IS
1943	1943	(ii) ALLOCATION.—44,700 AFY of 1
1944	1944	Arizona Upper Basin Colorado River 2
1945	1945	Water is allocated to the Navajo Nation on 3
1946	1946	the Enforceability Date. 4
1947	1947	(B) N
1948	1948	AVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER .— 5
1949	1949	Pursuant to subparagraph 4.8.2 of the Settle-6
1950	1950	ment Agreement, the State has recommended 7
1951	1951	the assignment of Navajo Nation Cibola Water 8
1952	1952	by the Hopi Tribe to the Navajo Nation effec-9
1953	1953	tive on the Enforceability Date. 10
1954	1954	(C) N
1955	1955	AVAJO NATION FOURTH PRIORITY 11
1956	1956	WATER.— 12
1957	1957	(i) S
1958	1958	TATE RECOMMENDATION .—Pur-13
1959	1959	suant to subparagraph 4.9.1 of the Settle-14
1960	1960	ment Agreement, the State has rec-15
1961	1961	ommended the allocation described in 16
1962	1962	clause (ii). 17
1963	1963	(ii) A
1964	1964	LLOCATION.—3,500 AFY of 18
1965	1965	uncontracted Fourth Priority Water re-19
1966	1966	served for Use in a Navajo-Hopi Indian 20
1967	1967	Water Rights settlement under paragraph 21
1968	1968	11.3 of the Arizona Water Settlement 22
1969	1969	Agreement among the United States, the 23
1970	1970	State, and CAWCD, as authorized by 24
1971	1971	paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 106(a) 25
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1974	1974	•S 953 IS
1975	1975	of the Central Arizona Project Settlement 1
1976	1976	Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–451; 118 2
1977	1977	Stat. 3492), is allocated to the Navajo Na-3
1978	1978	tion on the Enforceability Date. 4
1979	1979	(2) A
1980	1980	LLOCATION TO HOPI TRIBE AND AMEND -5
1981	1981	MENT TO CIBOLA CONTRACT .— 6
1982	1982	(A) H
1983	1983	OPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO 7
1984	1984	RIVER WATER.— 8
1985	1985	(i) S
1986	1986	TATE AGREEMENT .—Pursuant to 9
1987	1987	subparagraph 5.7.1 of the Settlement 10
1988	1988	Agreement, the State has expressly agreed 11
1989	1989	to the allocation described in clause (ii). 12
1990	1990	(ii) A
1991	1991	LLOCATION.—2,300 AFY of Ari-13
1992	1992	zona Upper Basin Colorado River Water is 14
1993	1993	allocated to the Hopi Tribe on the En-15
1994	1994	forceability Date. 16
1995	1995	(B) H
1996	1996	OPI TRIBE CIBOLA WATER .—Pursu-17
1997	1997	ant to subparagraph 5.8.1 of the Settlement 18
1998	1998	Agreement, the State has recommended the 19
1999	1999	amendment of the existing Hopi Tribe Cibola 20
2000	2000	Contract to reduce the Fourth Priority Water 21
2001	2001	diversion entitlement of the Hopi Tribe to 22
2002	2002	4,178 AFY, and to provide for additional Uses 23
2003	2003	and places of Use of Hopi Tribe Cibola Water, 24
2004	2004	effective on the Enforceability Date. 25
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2007	2007	•S 953 IS
2008	2008	(b) COLORADORIVERWATERUSE BY THENAVAJO 1
2009	2009	N
2010	2010	ATION ANDHOPITRIBE.— 2
2011	2011	(1) C
2012	2012	OLORADO RIVER WATER USE BY THE NAV -3
2013	2013	AJO NATION.— 4
2014	2014	(A) N
2015	2015	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLO -5
2016	2016	RADO RIVER WATER USE .—Subject to the limi-6
2017	2017	tations of this Act, the Navajo Nation may di-7
2018	2018	vert its Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 8
2019	2019	River Water in the State, the State of New 9
2020	2020	Mexico, and the State of Utah for Use at any 10
2021	2021	location in the State. 11
2022	2022	(B) N
2023	2023	AVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER .— 12
2024	2024	Subject to the limitations of this Act, the Nav-13
2025	2025	ajo Nation may divert its Navajo Nation Cibola 14
2026	2026	Water in the State in the Upper Basin at Lake 15
2027	2027	Powell or in the Lower Basin for Use at any lo-16
2028	2028	cation within the Lower Basin. 17
2029	2029	(C) N
2030	2030	AVAJO NATION FOURTH PRIORITY 18
2031	2031	WATER.—The Navajo Nation may divert its 19
2032	2032	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water in the 20
2033	2033	State in the Upper Basin at Lake Powell or in 21
2034	2034	the Lower Basin for Use at any location within 22
2035	2035	the Lower Basin. 23
2036	2036	(D) N
2037	2037	O USE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE .— 24
2038	2038	With the exception of water storage by the Nav-25
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2041	2041	•S 953 IS
2042	2042	ajo Nation at the Navajo Reservoir and the 1
2043	2043	Frank Chee Willetto, Sr. Reservoir in the State 2
2044	2044	of New Mexico, the Navajo Nation may not use, 3
2045	2045	lease, exchange, forbear, or otherwise transfer 4
2046	2046	any of the water described in subparagraphs 5
2047	2047	(A), (B), and (C) for Use directly or indirectly 6
2048	2048	outside of the State. 7
2049	2049	(2) C
2050	2050	OLORADO RIVER WATER USE BY THE HOPI 8
2051	2051	TRIBE.— 9
2052	2052	(A) H
2053	2053	OPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO 10
2054	2054	RIVER WATER USE.—Subject to the limitations 11
2055	2055	of this Act, the Hopi Tribe may divert its Hopi 12
2056	2056	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water in the 13
2057	2057	State for Use at any location in the State. 14
2058	2058	(B) H
2059	2059	OPI TRIBE CIBOLA WATER USE .— 15
2060	2060	The Hopi Tribe may divert its Hopi Tribe 16
2061	2061	Cibola Water in the State in the Upper Basin 17
2062	2062	at Lake Powell or in the Lower Basin for Use 18
2063	2063	at any location within the Lower Basin. 19
2064	2064	(C) N
2065	2065	O USE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE .— 20
2066	2066	The Hopi Tribe may not use, lease, exchange, 21
2067	2067	forbear, or otherwise transfer any of the water 22
2068	2068	described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) for Use 23
2069	2069	directly or indirectly outside of the State. 24
2070	2070	(3) C
2071	2071	URTAILMENT.— 25
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2074	2074	•S 953 IS
2075	2075	(A) NAVAJO NATION.— 1
2076	2076	(i) N
2077	2077	AVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER 2
2078	2078	AND NAVAJO NATION FOURTH PRIORITY 3
2079	2079	WATER.—Delivery of Navajo Nation Cibola 4
2080	2080	Water and Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 5
2081	2081	Water, regardless of the point of diversion, 6
2082	2082	shall be subject to reduction in any year in 7
2083	2083	which a shortage is declared to the same 8
2084	2084	extent as other non-CAP Fourth Priority 9
2085	2085	Water. 10
2086	2086	(ii) O
2087	2087	THER ARIZONA LOWER BASIN 11
2088	2088	COLORADO RIVER WATER ACQUIRED BY 12
2089	2089	THE NAVAJO NATION .—Any other Arizona 13
2090	2090	Lower Basin Colorado River Water that 14
2091	2091	the Navajo Nation may acquire shall be 15
2092	2092	subject to reduction in any year in which 16
2093	2093	a shortage is declared in accordance with 17
2094	2094	criteria applied by the Secretary to water 18
2095	2095	of the same priority. 19
2096	2096	(B) H
2097	2097	OPI TRIBE.— 20
2098	2098	(i) F
2099	2099	OURTH PRIORITY CIBOLA 21
2100	2100	WATER.—Delivery of Hopi Tribe Cibola 22
2101	2101	Water of fourth priority, regardless of the 23
2102	2102	point of diversion, shall be subject to re-24
2103	2103	duction in any year in which a shortage is 25
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2106	2106	•S 953 IS
2107	2107	declared to the same extent as other non- 1
2108	2108	CAP Fourth Priority Water. 2
2109	2109	(ii) F
2110	2110	IFTH PRIORITY.—Delivery of 3
2111	2111	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water of fifth priority, 4
2112	2112	regardless of the point of diversion, shall 5
2113	2113	be subject to reduction in any year in 6
2114	2114	which a shortage is declared to the same 7
2115	2115	extent as other Fifth Priority Water. 8
2116	2116	(iii) O
2117	2117	THER ARIZONA LOWER BASIN 9
2118	2118	COLORADO RIVER WATER ACQUIRED BY 10
2119	2119	THE HOPI TRIBE .—Any other Arizona 11
2120	2120	Lower Basin Colorado River Water that 12
2121	2121	the Hopi Tribe may acquire shall be sub-13
2122	2122	ject to reduction in any year in which a 14
2123	2123	shortage is declared in accordance with cri-15
2124	2124	teria applied by the Secretary to water of 16
2125	2125	the same priority. 17
2126	2126	(c) C
2127	2127	OLORADORIVERWATERSTORAGE.— 18
2128	2128	(1) S
2129	2129	TORAGE IN ARIZONA.— 19
2130	2130	(A) A
2131	2131	RIZONA UPPER BASIN COLORADO 20
2132	2132	RIVER WATER.—Navajo Nation Upper Basin 21
2133	2133	Colorado River Water and Hopi Tribe Upper 22
2134	2134	Basin Colorado River Water may be stored at 23
2135	2135	underground storage facilities or Groundwater 24
2136	2136	savings facilities located— 25
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2139	2139	•S 953 IS
2140	2140	(i) within the Navajo Reservation in 1
2141	2141	accordance with Navajo law, or State law 2
2142	2142	if mutually agreed to by the Navajo Nation 3
2143	2143	and the State; 4
2144	2144	(ii) within the Hopi Reservation in ac-5
2145	2145	cordance with Hopi law, or State law if 6
2146	2146	mutually agreed to by the Hopi Tribe and 7
2147	2147	the State; 8
2148	2148	(iii) on any other Indian reservation 9
2149	2149	located in the State in accordance with ap-10
2150	2150	plicable law; and 11
2151	2151	(iv) within the State and outside of 12
2152	2152	any Indian reservation in accordance with 13
2153	2153	State law. 14
2154	2154	(B) A
2155	2155	RIZONA LOWER BASIN COLORADO 15
2156	2156	RIVER WATER.—Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 16
2157	2157	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, and 17
2158	2158	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water may be stored at un-18
2159	2159	derground storage facilities or Groundwater 19
2160	2160	savings facilities located— 20
2161	2161	(i) within the Navajo Reservation in 21
2162	2162	accordance with Navajo law, or State law 22
2163	2163	if mutually agreed to by the Navajo Nation 23
2164	2164	and the State; 24
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2168	2168	(ii) within the Hopi Reservation in ac-1
2169	2169	cordance with Hopi law, or State law if 2
2170	2170	mutually agreed to by the Hopi Tribe and 3
2171	2171	the State; 4
2172	2172	(iii) on any other Indian reservation 5
2173	2173	located in the State that falls within the 6
2174	2174	Lower Basin in accordance with applicable 7
2175	2175	law; and 8
2176	2176	(iv) within any portion of the State 9
2177	2177	that falls within the Lower Basin and out-10
2178	2178	side of any Indian reservation in accord-11
2179	2179	ance with State law. 12
2180	2180	(2) S
2181	2181	TORAGE CREDITS.— 13
2182	2182	(A) I
2183	2183	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation and 14
2184	2184	the Hopi Tribe may assign any long-term stor-15
2185	2185	age credits accrued as a result of storage under 16
2186	2186	subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) in 17
2187	2187	accordance with applicable law. 18
2188	2188	(B) S
2189	2189	TORAGE PURSUANT TO TRIBAL 19
2190	2190	LAW.—Any water stored pursuant to Tribal law 20
2191	2191	may only be recovered on the Indian reservation 21
2192	2192	where the water was stored. 22
2193	2193	(3) S
2194	2194	TORAGE IN NEW MEXICO .—The Navajo 23
2195	2195	Nation may store in, divert, and convey its Navajo 24
2196	2196	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water from the 25
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2199	2199	•S 953 IS
2200	2200	Navajo Reservoir and the Frank Chee Willetto, Sr. 1
2201	2201	Reservoir in New Mexico, subject to the require-2
2202	2202	ments of subsection (g), including that the water 3
2203	2203	stored at the Navajo Reservoir or the Frank Chee 4
2204	2204	Willetto, Sr. Reservoir is subject to agreements with 5
2205	2205	and permits from the State of New Mexico and is 6
2206	2206	accounted for as provided in that subsection and sec-7
2207	2207	tion 17(a)(3). 8
2208	2208	(4) S
2209	2209	TORAGE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS .— 9
2210	2210	(A) I
2211	2211	N GENERAL.—All contracts to store 10
2212	2212	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River 11
2213	2213	Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo 12
2214	2214	Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe 13
2215	2215	Upper Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi 14
2216	2216	Tribe Cibola Water shall identify— 15
2217	2217	(i) the place of storage of the water; 16
2218	2218	(ii) the mechanisms for delivery of the 17
2219	2219	water; and 18
2220	2220	(iii) each point of diversion under the 19
2221	2221	applicable contract. 20
2222	2222	(B) C
2223	2223	ONFLICTS.—A contract to store Nav-21
2224	2224	ajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, 22
2225	2225	Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation 23
2226	2226	Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper 24
2227	2227	Basin Colorado River Water, or Hopi Tribe 25
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2231	2231	Cibola Water shall not conflict with the Settle-1
2232	2232	ment Agreement or this Act. 2
2233	2233	(C) S
2234	2234	YSTEM CONSERVATION .— 3
2235	2235	(i) S
2236	2236	YSTEM CONSERVATION IN LAKE 4
2237	2237	POWELL.— 5
2238	2238	(I) I
2239	2239	N GENERAL.—Subject to 6
2240	2240	subclauses (IV) through (VII), the 7
2241	2241	Secretary is authorized and directed 8
2242	2242	to enter into NAIWRSA System Con-9
2243	2243	servation Program agreements with 10
2244	2244	the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 11
2245	2245	Tribe to provide for the storage of 12
2246	2246	17,050 AFY of the System Conserva-13
2247	2247	tion Eligible Water each year for a 14
2248	2248	period of 20 years to be retained in 15
2249	2249	Lake Powell until the end of the 20- 16
2250	2250	year period for the benefit of the Col-17
2251	2251	orado River System. 18
2252	2252	(II) N
2253	2253	AVAJO NATION AND HOPI 19
2254	2254	TRIBE AGREEMENTS.— 20
2255	2255	(aa) N
2256	2256	AVAJO NATION.—Pur-21
2257	2257	suant to subclause (I), the Nav-22
2258	2258	ajo Nation shall enter into 20- 23
2259	2259	year NAIWRSA System Con-24
2260	2260	servation Program agreement to 25
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2264	2264	deliver 16,214.55 AFY of the 1
2265	2265	System Conservation Eligible 2
2266	2266	Water to the Secretary to be re-3
2267	2267	tained in Lake Powell and ac-4
2268	2268	counted for separately during the 5
2269	2269	20-year period for the benefit of 6
2270	2270	the Colorado River System. 7
2271	2271	(bb) H
2272	2272	OPI TRIBE.—Pursu-8
2273	2273	ant to subclause (I), the Hopi 9
2274	2274	Tribe shall enter into a 20-year 10
2275	2275	NAIWRSA System Conservation 11
2276	2276	Program agreement to deliver 12
2277	2277	835.45 AFY of the System Con-13
2278	2278	servation Eligible Water to the 14
2279	2279	Secretary to be retained in Lake 15
2280	2280	Powell and accounted for sepa-16
2281	2281	rately during the 20-year period 17
2282	2282	for the benefit of the Colorado 18
2283	2283	River System. 19
2284	2284	(III) N
2285	2285	OTIFICATION.—Notwith-20
2286	2286	standing subclause (II), during the 21
2287	2287	20-year period in which the Navajo 22
2288	2288	Nation and the Hopi Tribe are deliv-23
2289	2289	ering water to the NAIWRSA System 24
2290	2290	Conservation Program, if the Hopi 25
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2294	2294	Tribe intends to deliver more than 1
2295	2295	1,464.55 AFY of Hopi Tribe Upper 2
2296	2296	Basin Colorado River Water to the 3
2297	2297	Hopi Reservation in any calendar 4
2298	2298	year— 5
2299	2299	(aa) the Hopi Tribe shall 6
2300	2300	notify the Navajo Nation prior to 7
2301	2301	the start of that calendar year of 8
2302	2302	the amount of Hopi Tribe Upper 9
2303	2303	Basin Colorado River Water in 10
2304	2304	excess of 1,464.55 AFY that the 11
2305	2305	Hopi Tribe intends to deliver to 12
2306	2306	the Hopi Reservation during the 13
2307	2307	subsequent calendar year; and 14
2308	2308	(bb) the Navajo Nation shall 15
2309	2309	deliver sufficient additional Sys-16
2310	2310	tem Conservation Eligible Water 17
2311	2311	to ensure that 17,050 AFY is de-18
2312	2312	livered to the Secretary each cal-19
2313	2313	endar year to be retained in Lake 20
2314	2314	Powell pursuant to the 21
2315	2315	NAIWRSA System Conservation 22
2316	2316	Program. 23
2317	2317	(IV) E
2318	2318	VAPORATION LOSSES .— 24
2319	2319	The System Conservation Eligible 25
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2323	2323	Water stored in Lake Powell shall be 1
2324	2324	subject to evaporation losses. 2
2325	2325	(V) R
2326	2326	ELEASE.—Notwithstanding 3
2327	2327	the intention to retain the System 4
2328	2328	Conservation Eligible Water stored in 5
2329	2329	Lake Powell for 20 years, as described 6
2330	2330	in subclauses (I) and (II), the System 7
2331	2331	Conservation Eligible Water may be 8
2332	2332	released— 9
2333	2333	(aa) pursuant to an agree-10
2334	2334	ment signed by the Governors’ 11
2335	2335	representatives of the Colorado 12
2336	2336	River Basin States and the Bu-13
2337	2337	reau; or 14
2338	2338	(bb) by the Bureau con-15
2339	2339	sistent with operating criteria or 16
2340	2340	guidelines. 17
2341	2341	(VI) N
2342	2342	O CONSIDERATION IN AN -18
2343	2343	NUAL RELEASE.—The System Con-19
2344	2344	servation Eligible Water stored at 20
2345	2345	Lake Powell shall not be considered 21
2346	2346	when determining the annual release 22
2347	2347	of Lake Powell under the operational 23
2348	2348	criteria or guidelines in place for any 24
2349	2349	year in the 20-year period in which 25
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2353	2353	the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 1
2354	2354	Tribe are delivering water to the 2
2355	2355	NAIWRSA System Conservation Pro-3
2356	2356	gram and any subsequent year. 4
2357	2357	(VII) A
2358	2358	CCOUNTING AS UPPER 5
2359	2359	BASIN.—Any System Conservation El-6
2360	2360	igible Water released from storage 7
2361	2361	shall be accounted for as Upper Basin 8
2362	2362	releases under article III of the Colo-9
2363	2363	rado River Compact. 10
2364	2364	(ii) P
2365	2365	ARTICIPATION IN SYSTEM CON -11
2366	2366	SERVATION PROGRAMS .—In addition to the 12
2367	2367	NAIWRSA System Conservation Program 13
2368	2368	to store System Conservation Eligible 14
2369	2369	Water in Lake Powell for 20 years as de-15
2370	2370	scribed in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause 16
2371	2371	(i), the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe 17
2372	2372	are authorized to participate in System 18
2373	2373	Conservation programs in the Upper Basin 19
2374	2374	for Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 20
2375	2375	River Water and Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 21
2376	2376	Colorado River Water and in the Lower 22
2377	2377	Basin for Navajo Nation Cibola Water and 23
2378	2378	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water and 24
2379	2379	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water to the extent that 25
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2383	2383	the water meets the applicable require-1
2384	2384	ments of those System Conservation pro-2
2385	2385	grams. 3
2386	2386	(d) T
2387	2387	RANSPORTATION OF WATERTHROUGH THE 4
2388	2388	CAP S
2389	2389	YSTEM.—Subject to the accounting provisions of 5
2390	2390	section 17, the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe may 6
2391	2391	transport Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River 7
2392	2392	Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation 8
2393	2393	Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado 9
2394	2394	River Water, and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water through the 10
2395	2395	CAP system for storage or Use in accordance with all laws 11
2396	2396	of the United States and the agreements between the 12
2397	2397	United States and CAWCD governing the Use of the CAP 13
2398	2398	system to transport water other than CAP Water, includ-14
2399	2399	ing payment of applicable charges. 15
2400	2400	(e) W
2401	2401	ATERDELIVERYCONTRACTS.—The Secretary 16
2402	2402	shall enter into the following water delivery contracts, 17
2403	2403	which shall be without limit as to term: 18
2404	2404	(1) N
2405	2405	AVAJO NATION WATER DELIVERY CON -19
2406	2406	TRACTS FOR NAVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLO -20
2407	2407	RADO RIVER WATER.— 21
2408	2408	(A) I
2409	2409	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 22
2410	2410	enter into a water delivery contract with the 23
2411	2411	Navajo Nation for Navajo Nation Upper Basin 24
2412	2412	Colorado River Water in accordance with the 25
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2416	2416	Settlement Agreement, which shall provide for, 1
2417	2417	among other things— 2
2418	2418	(i) the delivery of up to 44,700 AFY 3
2419	2419	of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 4
2420	2420	River Water; 5
2421	2421	(ii) 1 or more points of diversion in 6
2422	2422	the State, New Mexico, and Utah; 7
2423	2423	(iii) 1 or more storage locations at 8
2424	2424	any place within the State and in the Nav-9
2425	2425	ajo Reservoir and the Frank Chee Willetto, 10
2426	2426	Sr. Reservoir in New Mexico; 11
2427	2427	(iv) subject to the limitations of this 12
2428	2428	Act, Use at any location within the State; 13
2429	2429	and 14
2430	2430	(v) delivery of Navajo Nation Upper 15
2431	2431	Basin Colorado River Water to the Navajo 16
2432	2432	Nation’s lessees and exchange partners in 17
2433	2433	the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin 18
2434	2434	within the State. 19
2435	2435	(B) E
2436	2436	XISTING WATER SERVICE CON -20
2437	2437	TRACT.— 21
2438	2438	(i) I
2439	2439	N GENERAL.—Water Service Con-22
2440	2440	tract No. 09–WC–40–318 between the 23
2441	2441	United States and the Navajo Nation 24
2442	2442	dated December 23, 2009, for the delivery 25
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2446	2446	of up to 950 AFY of water from Lake 1
2447	2447	Powell to the Navajo Nation for municipal 2
2448	2448	and industrial Use within the Community 3
2449	2449	of LeChee shall be replaced with a Navajo 4
2450	2450	Nation Water Delivery Contract for the de-5
2451	2451	livery of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-6
2452	2452	rado River Water that complies with sub-7
2453	2453	paragraph (A). 8
2454	2454	(ii) T
2455	2455	ERMINATION.—As provided in 9
2456	2456	the Settlement Agreement, on the Enforce-10
2457	2457	ability Date, the water service contract de-11
2458	2458	scribed in clause (i) shall terminate. 12
2459	2459	(2) N
2460	2460	AVAJO NATION WATER DELIVERY CON -13
2461	2461	TRACT FOR NAVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER .—The 14
2462	2462	Secretary shall enter into a water delivery contract 15
2463	2463	with the Navajo Nation for the Navajo Nation 16
2464	2464	Cibola Water in accordance with the Settlement 17
2465	2465	Agreement, which shall provide for, among other 18
2466	2466	things— 19
2467	2467	(A)(i) the diversion of up to 100 AFY at 20
2468	2468	the location and for the same Uses described in 21
2469	2469	the Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola Contract; or 22
2470	2470	(ii) delivery and consumptive use of up to 23
2471	2471	71.5 AFY at locations and for Uses within the 24
2472	2472	State within the Lower Basin other than as de-25
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2476	2476	scribed in the Hopi Tribe Existing Cibola Con-1
2477	2477	tract; 2
2478	2478	(B) 1 or more points of diversion in the 3
2479	2479	State within the Lower Basin or at Lake Pow-4
2480	2480	ell; 5
2481	2481	(C) storage in any location within the 6
2482	2482	State within the Lower Basin Reservoir in New 7
2483	2483	Mexico; 8
2484	2484	(D) Use at any location within the State 9
2485	2485	within the Lower Basin; 10
2486	2486	(E) delivery of Navajo Nation Cibola 11
2487	2487	Water to the Navajo Nation’s lessees and ex-12
2488	2488	change partners in the State within the Lower 13
2489	2489	Basin; and 14
2490	2490	(F) curtailment as provided in subsection 15
2491	2491	(b)(3)(A). 16
2492	2492	(3) N
2493	2493	AVAJO NATION WATER DELIVERY CON -17
2494	2494	TRACT FOR NAVAJO NATION FOURTH PRIORITY 18
2495	2495	WATER.—The Secretary shall enter into a water de-19
2496	2496	livery contract with the Navajo Nation for Navajo 20
2497	2497	Nation Fourth Priority Water in accordance with 21
2498	2498	the Settlement Agreement, which shall provide for, 22
2499	2499	among other things— 23
2500	2500	(A) delivery of up to 3,500 AFY of Navajo 24
2501	2501	Nation Fourth Priority Water; 25
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2505	2505	(B) 1 or more points of diversion in the 1
2506	2506	State within the Lower Basin or at Lake Pow-2
2507	2507	ell; 3
2508	2508	(C) storage in any location within the 4
2509	2509	State within the Lower Basin; 5
2510	2510	(D) Use at any location within the State 6
2511	2511	within the Lower Basin; 7
2512	2512	(E) delivery of Navajo Nation Fourth Pri-8
2513	2513	ority Water to the Navajo Nation’s lessees and 9
2514	2514	exchange partners in the State within the 10
2515	2515	Lower Basin; and 11
2516	2516	(F) curtailment as provided in subsection 12
2517	2517	(b)(3)(A). 13
2518	2518	(4) H
2519	2519	OPI TRIBE DELIVERY CONTRACTS FOR 14
2520	2520	HOPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 15
2521	2521	WATER.—The Secretary shall enter into a water de-16
2522	2522	livery contract with the Hopi Tribe for Hopi Tribe 17
2523	2523	Upper Basin Colorado River Water in accordance 18
2524	2524	with the Settlement Agreement, which shall provide 19
2525	2525	for, among other things— 20
2526	2526	(A) the delivery of up to 2,300 AFY of 21
2527	2527	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water; 22
2528	2528	(B) 1 or more points of diversion in the 23
2529	2529	State, including Lake Powell; 24
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2533	2533	(C) 1 or more storage locations at any 1
2534	2534	place within the State; 2
2535	2535	(D) subject to the limitations of this Act, 3
2536	2536	Use at any location within the State; and 4
2537	2537	(E) delivery of Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 5
2538	2538	Colorado River Water to the Hopi Tribe’s les-6
2539	2539	sees and exchange partners in the Upper Basin 7
2540	2540	and the Lower Basin within the State. 8
2541	2541	(5) H
2542	2542	OPI TRIBE WATER DELIVERY CONTRACT 9
2543	2543	FOR HOPI TRIBE CIBOLA WATER .—The Secretary 10
2544	2544	shall enter into a water delivery contact with the 11
2545	2545	Hopi Tribe for Hopi Tribe Cibola Water in accord-12
2546	2546	ance with the Settlement Agreement, which shall 13
2547	2547	provide for, among other things— 14
2548	2548	(A) the delivery of up to 4,178 AFY of 15
2549	2549	Fourth Priority Water, 750 AFY of Fifth Pri-16
2550	2550	ority Water, and 1,000 AFY of Sixth Priority 17
2551	2551	Water; 18
2552	2552	(B) 1 or more points of diversion in the 19
2553	2553	State within the Lower Basin or at Lake Pow-20
2554	2554	ell; 21
2555	2555	(C) storage in any location within the 22
2556	2556	State within the Lower Basin; 23
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2560	2560	(D) Use at any location within the State 1
2561	2561	within the Lower Basin, consistent with sub-2
2562	2562	paragraph 5.8.3 of the Settlement Agreement; 3
2563	2563	(E) delivery of Hopi Tribe Cibola Water to 4
2564	2564	the Hopi Tribe’s lessees and exchange partners 5
2565	2565	in the State within the Lower Basin; and 6
2566	2566	(F) curtailment as provided in subsection 7
2567	2567	(b)(3)(B). 8
2568	2568	(f) R
2569	2569	EQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONSAPPLICABLE 9
2570	2570	TOWATERDELIVERYCONTRACTS.—The Navajo Nation 10
2571	2571	Water Delivery Contracts and Hopi Tribe Water Delivery 11
2572	2572	Contracts shall be subject to the following requirements 12
2573	2573	and limitations: 13
2574	2574	(1) Except for storage by the Navajo Nation at 14
2575	2575	the Navajo Reservoir and the Frank Chee Willetto, 15
2576	2576	Sr. Reservoir in New Mexico, and in accordance with 16
2577	2577	subsection (g), a water delivery contract shall not 17
2578	2578	permit the Use of the water outside of the State. 18
2579	2579	(2) A water delivery contract shall not, either 19
2580	2580	temporarily or permanently, alter or reduce the an-20
2581	2581	nual Lower Basin apportionment of the State pursu-21
2582	2582	ant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 22
2583	2583	617 et seq.) and the Decree, or annual Upper Basin 23
2584	2584	apportionment pursuant to the Upper Colorado 24
2585	2585	River Basin Compact of 1948. 25
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2589	2589	(3) Nothing in a water delivery contract shall 1
2590	2590	alter or impair the rights, authorities, and interests 2
2591	2591	of California, Nevada, or the State under the Boul-3
2592	2592	der Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.), the 4
2593	2593	contract between the United States and the State 5
2594	2594	dated February 9, 1944, the Upper Colorado River 6
2595	2595	Basin Compact of 1948 or the Decree. 7
2596	2596	(4) A water delivery contract shall not limit the 8
2597	2597	ability of California, Nevada, or the State to seek or 9
2598	2598	advocate changes in the operating rules, criteria, or 10
2599	2599	guidelines of the Colorado River System as those 11
2600	2600	rules, criteria, or guidelines apply to the apportion-12
2601	2601	ments of the State from the Upper Basin and the 13
2602	2602	Lower Basin of the Colorado River. 14
2603	2603	(5) In the event that a water delivery contract 15
2604	2604	will result in the delivery of Arizona Upper Basin 16
2605	2605	Colorado River Water to the Lower Basin, the Sec-17
2606	2606	retary shall confer with the State and with the Gov-18
2607	2607	ernors’ representatives of the Colorado River Basin 19
2608	2608	States prior to executing that water delivery contract 20
2609	2609	with respect to— 21
2610	2610	(A) the impact of the water deliveries on 22
2611	2611	the availability of Upper Basin Colorado River 23
2612	2612	Water or Arizona Lower Basin Colorado River 24
2613	2613	Water within the State; 25
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2617	2617	(B) the annual accounting conducted by 1
2618	2618	the Bureau for the Colorado River apportion-2
2619	2619	ments of the State in the Upper Basin and 3
2620	2620	Lower Basin; 4
2621	2621	(C) how diversions of Arizona Upper Basin 5
2622	2622	Colorado River Water in the Lower Basin will 6
2623	2623	be administered consistently with the Decree; 7
2624	2624	and 8
2625	2625	(D) as appropriate, the impact of the 9
2626	2626	water deliveries on the operations of the Central 10
2627	2627	Arizona Project. 11
2628	2628	(6) A water delivery contract shall identify— 12
2629	2629	(A) the place of Use of the water; 13
2630	2630	(B) the purpose of the Use of the water 14
2631	2631	during the term of the contract; 15
2632	2632	(C) the mechanism for delivery of the 16
2633	2633	water; and 17
2634	2634	(D) each point of diversion under the con-18
2635	2635	tract. 19
2636	2636	(7) A water delivery contract shall not prejudice 20
2637	2637	the interests of California, Nevada, or the State, or 21
2638	2638	serve as precedent against California, Nevada, or the 22
2639	2639	State, in any litigation relating to the apportion-23
2640	2640	ment, diversion, storage, or Use of water from the 24
2641	2641	Colorado River System. 25
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2644	2644	•S 953 IS
2645	2645	(8) In the case of a conflict between a water de-1
2646	2646	livery contract and this Act or the Settlement Agree-2
2647	2647	ment, this Act or the Settlement Agreement shall 3
2648	2648	control. 4
2649	2649	(9) Any material amendment or modification of 5
2650	2650	a water delivery contract shall comply with, and be 6
2651	2651	subject to, all requirements and limitations for the 7
2652	2652	water delivery contract, as described in the Settle-8
2653	2653	ment Agreement and this Act. 9
2654	2654	(10) A water delivery contract shall become ef-10
2655	2655	fective on the Enforceability Date and, once effec-11
2656	2656	tive, shall be permanent and without limit as to 12
2657	2657	term. 13
2658	2658	(11) The United States shall waive Colorado 14
2659	2659	River Storage Project standby charges and delivery 15
2660	2660	charges and annual administration fees for water de-16
2661	2661	livered pursuant to a water delivery contract. 17
2662	2662	(g) C
2663	2663	ONDITIONS FOR STORAGE, DIVERSION, AND 18
2664	2664	C
2665	2665	ONVEYANCE INNEWMEXICO.— 19
2666	2666	(1) R
2667	2667	EQUIREMENTS FOR WATER DIVERTED IN 20
2668	2668	NEW MEXICO FOR USE BY THE NAVAJO NATION IN 21
2669	2669	ARIZONA.— 22
2670	2670	(A) I
2671	2671	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 23
2672	2672	other provision of this Act, water shall not be 24
2673	2673	stored in, diverted in, or conveyed from New 25
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2676	2676	•S 953 IS
2677	2677	Mexico for Use by the Navajo Nation in the 1
2678	2678	State except in compliance with this subsection 2
2679	2679	or subparagraph 7(g) of the Partial Final De-3
2680	2680	cree (as defined in section 10302 of the North-4
2681	2681	western New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 5
2682	2682	(43 U.S.C. 407 note; Public Law 111–11)). 6
2683	2683	(B) W
2684	2684	ATER PROVIDED UNDER PUBLIC LAW 7
2685	2685	111–11.—6,411 AFY of Navajo Nation Upper 8
2686	2686	Basin Colorado River Water may be stored in, 9
2687	2687	diverted in, and conveyed from New Mexico for 10
2688	2688	Use in the State— 11
2689	2689	(i) consistent with the terms and re-12
2690	2690	quirements of the Northwestern New Mex-13
2691	2691	ico Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 14
2692	2692	111–11; 123 Stat. 1367) and the Partial 15
2693	2693	Final Decree (as defined in section 10302 16
2694	2694	of that Act (43 U.S.C. 407 note; Public 17
2695	2695	Law 111–11)); and 18
2696	2696	(ii) in accordance with an appropriate 19
2697	2697	permit issued under New Mexico law with 20
2698	2698	a place of use consistent with subpara-21
2699	2699	graph (D). 22
2700	2700	(C) A
2701	2701	DDITIONAL WATER UNDER THIS 23
2702	2702	ACT.—In addition to the 6,411 AFY pursuant 24
2703	2703	to subparagraph (B), 12,000 AFY of Navajo 25
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2706	2706	•S 953 IS
2707	2707	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water may 1
2708	2708	be stored in, diverted in, and conveyed from the 2
2709	2709	San Juan River in New Mexico for Use in the 3
2710	2710	State, subject to the following conditions: 4
2711	2711	(i) An agreement is executed between 5
2712	2712	the Navajo Nation and the State of New 6
2713	2713	Mexico, acting through its Interstate 7
2714	2714	Stream Commission, enabling the storage 8
2715	2715	in, diversion in, and conveyance from New 9
2716	2716	Mexico of not to exceed 12,000 AFY of 10
2717	2717	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 11
2718	2718	River Water for Use by the Navajo Nation 12
2719	2719	in the State when the Upper Basin Colo-13
2720	2720	rado River Water is available for diversion 14
2721	2721	in compliance with the Endangered Species 15
2722	2722	Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 16
2723	2723	without resulting in forbearance of Use in 17
2724	2724	New Mexico or a shortage to any water 18
2725	2725	uses as provided in the Navajo Reservoir 19
2726	2726	Operations guidelines pursuant to the 20
2727	2727	2006 environmental impact statement pre-21
2728	2728	pared by the Bureau, or any updated 22
2729	2729	guidelines or requirements for Navajo Res-23
2730	2730	ervoir Operations as may become effective 24
2731	2731	in the future. 25
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2734	2734	•S 953 IS
2735	2735	(ii) If the Navajo Nation and the 1
2736	2736	State of New Mexico, acting through its 2
2737	2737	Interstate Stream Commission, are able to 3
2738	2738	agree on terms, an agreement is executed 4
2739	2739	covering periods of time when the Navajo 5
2740	2740	Nation is not able to divert all or a portion 6
2741	2741	of the 12,000 AFY of Navajo Nation 7
2742	2742	Upper Basin Colorado River Water under 8
2743	2743	clause (i), subject to the requirements 9
2744	2744	that— 10
2745	2745	(I) the agreement provides for 11
2746	2746	limited forbearance of Navajo Nation 12
2747	2747	water in New Mexico or other mutu-13
2748	2748	ally acceptable mechanisms for mak-14
2749	2749	ing all or a portion of the 12,000 15
2750	2750	AFY of Navajo Nation Upper Basin 16
2751	2751	Colorado River Water available to the 17
2752	2752	Navajo Nation in the State; and 18
2753	2753	(II) the United States and the 19
2754	2754	Governors’ representatives of the Col-20
2755	2755	orado River Basin States have agreed 21
2756	2756	on an appropriate measure or ac-22
2757	2757	counting method for such forbearance 23
2758	2758	or mechanisms to ensure that the 24
2759	2759	ability of New Mexico to utilize its ap-25
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2762	2762	•S 953 IS
2763	2763	portionment under the Upper Colo-1
2764	2764	rado River Basin Compact of 1948 is 2
2765	2765	preserved. 3
2766	2766	(D) P
2767	2767	ERMITS AS A CONDITION FOR DELIV -4
2768	2768	ERY.—No water under subparagraph (B) or (C) 5
2769	2769	may be delivered unless the New Mexico State 6
2770	2770	Engineer has issued an appropriate permit for 7
2771	2771	any diversion from the San Juan River system 8
2772	2772	or underground basin in New Mexico and stor-9
2773	2773	age and release of water from the Navajo Res-10
2774	2774	ervoir or the Frank Chee Willetto, Sr. Reservoir 11
2775	2775	to supply Use on Navajo Land within the State 12
2776	2776	and for municipal Use adjoining the Navajo 13
2777	2777	Reservation from water distribution facilities 14
2778	2778	that are physically connected or planned for 15
2779	2779	connection, as of the date of enactment of this 16
2780	2780	Act, to water distribution facilities on the Nav-17
2781	2781	ajo Reservation in the State. 18
2782	2782	(E) W
2783	2783	ATER DELIVERY CONTRACTS .—No 19
2784	2784	water under subparagraph (B) or (C) may be 20
2785	2785	delivered until the Navajo Nation and the Sec-21
2786	2786	retary have entered into the appropriate water 22
2787	2787	delivery contract described in subsection (e) for 23
2788	2788	the amount of water to be delivered, which shall 24
2789	2789	be consistent with the agreements described in 25
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2792	2792	•S 953 IS
2793	2793	subparagraph (C) and permits described in sub-1
2794	2794	paragraph (D). 2
2795	2795	(F) P
2796	2796	ROHIBITION ON LEASING AND EX -3
2797	2797	CHANGES.—No water diverted in or conveyed 4
2798	2798	from New Mexico under this subsection shall be 5
2799	2799	leased or exchanged in the State. 6
2800	2800	(2) A
2801	2801	CCOUNTING OF WATER DIVERTED IN NEW 7
2802	2802	MEXICO FOR USE IN ARIZONA .— 8
2803	2803	(A) I
2804	2804	N GENERAL.—Depletion of water that 9
2805	2805	results from the diversion of water from the 10
2806	2806	San Juan River system or underground basin 11
2807	2807	in New Mexico for Use within the State (includ-12
2808	2808	ing depletion incidental to the storage in, diver-13
2809	2809	sion in, or conveyance from New Mexico for 14
2810	2810	Use in the State) shall be— 15
2811	2811	(i) accounted as consumptive Use of 16
2812	2812	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 17
2813	2813	River Water; and 18
2814	2814	(ii) charged against Arizona Upper 19
2815	2815	Basin Colorado River Water. 20
2816	2816	(B) E
2817	2817	XCEPTION UNDER LATER AGREE -21
2818	2818	MENT.—If an agreement is reached pursuant to 22
2819	2819	paragraph (1)(C)(ii) providing for forbearance 23
2820	2820	or other mechanism to make water available, 24
2821	2821	the measure or accounting mechanism provided 25
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2824	2824	•S 953 IS
2825	2825	for in accordance with subclause (II) of that 1
2826	2826	paragraph shall apply. 2
2827	2827	(3) R
2828	2828	EQUIREMENTS AND ACCOUNTING FOR 3
2829	2829	WATER SUBJECT TO THE NAVAJO -UTAH WATER 4
2830	2830	RIGHTS SETTLEMENT DIVERTED IN NEW MEXICO 5
2831	2831	FOR USE IN UTAH.— 6
2832	2832	(A) I
2833	2833	N GENERAL.—Any storage in, diver-7
2834	2834	sion in, and conveyance of water from New 8
2835	2835	Mexico for use in Utah authorized under the 9
2836	2836	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water 10
2837	2837	Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 11
2838	2838	1367) shall be— 12
2839	2839	(i) subject to the same requirements 13
2840	2840	for accounting as provided in paragraph 14
2841	2841	(2), but applicable to Utah; and 15
2842	2842	(ii) charged against the Upper Basin 16
2843	2843	apportionment of the State of Utah under 17
2844	2844	the Colorado River Compact and the 18
2845	2845	Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 19
2846	2846	1948. 20
2847	2847	(B) O
2848	2848	THER REQUIREMENTS .—In addition 21
2849	2849	to the requirements under subparagraph (A), 22
2850	2850	the storage, diversion, and conveyance of up to 23
2851	2851	2,000 AFY shall require— 24
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2854	2854	•S 953 IS
2855	2855	(i) an appropriate permit from the 1
2856	2856	New Mexico State Engineer; 2
2857	2857	(ii) coordination with the Utah State 3
2858	2858	Engineer as required by the Utah-Navajo 4
2859	2859	Water Rights Settlement and the North-5
2860	2860	western New Mexico Rural Water Projects 6
2861	2861	Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1367); 7
2862	2862	(iii) an agreement between the Navajo 8
2863	2863	Nation and the State of New Mexico, act-9
2864	2864	ing through its Interstate Stream Commis-10
2865	2865	sion; and 11
2866	2866	(iv) an agreement between the State 12
2867	2867	of New Mexico, acting through its Inter-13
2868	2868	state Stream Commission, and the State of 14
2869	2869	Utah, to ensure that the apportionments of 15
2870	2870	the States of New Mexico and Utah and 16
2871	2871	rights under the Upper Colorado River 17
2872	2872	Basin Compact of 1948 are preserved. 18
2873	2873	(4) N
2874	2874	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLORADO 19
2875	2875	RIVER WATER DIVERTED IN NEW MEXICO .—The 20
2876	2876	Navajo Nation may not use, lease, contract, ex-21
2877	2877	change, forbear, or otherwise transfer any water 22
2878	2878	from the San Juan River system within the State of 23
2879	2879	New Mexico for Use directly or indirectly outside of 24
2880	2880	New Mexico except— 25
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2883	2883	•S 953 IS
2884	2884	(A) by agreement of the State of New 1
2885	2885	Mexico, acting through its Interstate Stream 2
2886	2886	Commission, based, in whole or in part, on its 3
2887	2887	determination that the rights and entitlements 4
2888	2888	of the State of New Mexico under the Colorado 5
2889	2889	River Compact and the Upper Colorado River 6
2890	2890	Basin Compact of 1948 are not adversely af-7
2891	2891	fected and water uses within New Mexico are 8
2892	2892	adequately protected; 9
2893	2893	(B) by issuance of appropriate permits by 10
2894	2894	the New Mexico State Engineer; and 11
2895	2895	(C) to allow the Navajo Nation to forbear 12
2896	2896	pursuant to section 10603(d) of the North-13
2897	2897	western New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 14
2898	2898	(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1386)— 15
2899	2899	(i) to enable delivery to the State of 16
2900	2900	the 6,411 AFY described in paragraph 17
2901	2901	(1)(B); and 18
2902	2902	(ii) to enable delivery to Utah of up to 19
2903	2903	2,000 AFY described in paragraph (3). 20
2904	2904	(5) P
2905	2905	ROTECTION OF USES IN NEW MEXICO .—As 21
2906	2906	determined by the State of New Mexico, acting 22
2907	2907	through its Interstate Stream Commission and its 23
2908	2908	State Engineer, pursuant to this subsection, storage, 24
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2911	2911	•S 953 IS
2912	2912	diversion, or conveyance of water in New Mexico for 1
2913	2913	Use in the State or Utah shall not adversely affect— 2
2914	2914	(A) Water Rights or Uses in New Mexico; 3
2915	2915	or 4
2916	2916	(B) delivery of water under contracts en-5
2917	2917	tered into under— 6
2918	2918	(i) the Act of June 13, 1962 (Public 7
2919	2919	Law 87–483; 76 Stat. 96); and 8
2920	2920	(ii) New Mexico State Engineer File 9
2921	2921	Nos. 2847, 2848, 2849, 2883, and 2917. 10
2922	2922	(h) C
2923	2923	ONDITIONS FORDIVERSION OFNAVAJONATION 11
2924	2924	U
2925	2925	PPERBASINCOLORADORIVERWATER INUTAH.— 12
2926	2926	(1) R
2927	2927	EQUIREMENTS FOR WATER DIVERTED IN 13
2928	2928	UTAH FOR USE IN ARIZONA .— 14
2929	2929	(A) I
2930	2930	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 15
2931	2931	other provision of this Act, water shall not be 16
2932	2932	stored in, diverted in, and conveyed from Utah 17
2933	2933	for Use by the Navajo Nation in the State ex-18
2934	2934	cept in compliance with this subsection. 19
2935	2935	(B) W
2936	2936	ATER PROVIDED UNDER CONTRACT 20
2937	2937	WITH THE UNITED STATES .—If the Navajo Na-21
2938	2938	tion requests to divert a portion of its Navajo 22
2939	2939	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water in 23
2940	2940	Utah for Use in the State pursuant to a water 24
2941	2941	delivery contract with the United States, the 25
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2944	2944	•S 953 IS
2945	2945	Secretary shall confer with Utah prior to exe-1
2946	2946	cuting that water delivery contract to ensure 2
2947	2947	compliance with the rights and entitlements of 3
2948	2948	Utah under the Upper Colorado River Basin 4
2949	2949	Compact of 1948 and Utah State law. 5
2950	2950	(C) W
2951	2951	ATER DIVERTED ON THE NAVAJO 6
2952	2952	RESERVATION.—Water may be diverted on the 7
2953	2953	Navajo Reservation in Utah for delivery to the 8
2954	2954	Navajo Reservation in the State once the Nav-9
2955	2955	ajo Nation has obtained approval by the Utah 10
2956	2956	State Engineer through a diversion permit that 11
2957	2957	requires compliance with applicable Utah State 12
2958	2958	law, including the requirement to appropriately 13
2959	2959	measure diversions of water from the San Juan 14
2960	2960	River system or underground basins in Utah to 15
2961	2961	ensure that diversion of Navajo Nation Upper 16
2962	2962	Basin Colorado River Water in Utah for use in 17
2963	2963	the State shall not adversely affect Water 18
2964	2964	Rights, Uses, or delivery of water in Utah. 19
2965	2965	(D) W
2966	2966	ATER DIVERTED IN UTAH OFF THE 20
2967	2967	NAVAJO RESERVATION .—Navajo Nation Upper 21
2968	2968	Basin Colorado River Water may be diverted 22
2969	2969	from a source off the Navajo Reservation only 23
2970	2970	in accordance with Utah State law. 24
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2974	2974	(E) PROHIBITION ON LEASING AND EX -1
2975	2975	CHANGES.—No water diverted in or conveyed 2
2976	2976	from Utah from the San Juan River under this 3
2977	2977	paragraph shall be leased or exchanged in Ari-4
2978	2978	zona. 5
2979	2979	(2) A
2980	2980	CCOUNTING OF USES IN ARIZONA .—Deple-6
2981	2981	tion of water that results from the diversion of Nav-7
2982	2982	ajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water in 8
2983	2983	Utah for Uses in the State (including depletion inci-9
2984	2984	dental to storage, diversion, or conveyance of water) 10
2985	2985	shall be— 11
2986	2986	(A) accounted as consumptive Use of Nav-12
2987	2987	ajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water; 13
2988	2988	and 14
2989	2989	(B) charged against Arizona Upper Basin 15
2990	2990	Colorado River Water. 16
2991	2991	(i) W
2992	2992	ATERUSES INUTAH BY THENAVAJONATION 17
2993	2993	AND THESANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE.— 18
2994	2994	(1) W
2995	2995	ATER APPORTIONED TO UTAH .—The Nav-19
2996	2996	ajo Nation or the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 20
2997	2997	may not use, lease, contract, exchange, forbear, or 21
2998	2998	otherwise transfer any water apportioned to the 22
2999	2999	State of Utah by the Colorado River Compact or the 23
3000	3000	Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 for 24
3001	3001	Use directly or indirectly outside of the State of 25
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3004	3004	•S 953 IS
3005	3005	Utah, except as provided for in the Navajo-Utah 1
3006	3006	Water Rights Settlement and subject to subsection 2
3007	3007	(g)(3). 3
3008	3008	(2) C
3009	3009	ONTINUED APPLICABILITY OF THE NAV -4
3010	3010	AJO-UTAH WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT .—Except as 5
3011	3011	provided in subsection (g)(3), nothing in this Act 6
3012	3012	modifies or is exempt from the terms of the Navajo- 7
3013	3013	Utah Water Rights Settlement. 8
3014	3014	(3) A
3015	3015	PPLICABILITY OF THE TREATY .—Pursuant 9
3016	3016	to section XV of the Treaty, Water Rights for the 10
3017	3017	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe in the San Juan 11
3018	3018	Southern Paiute Northern Area shall be quit 12
3019	3019	claimed to the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe by 13
3020	3020	the Navajo Nation on publication in the Federal 14
3021	3021	Register under section 19(g)(1)(A). 15
3022	3022	(j) U
3023	3023	SE OF THECOLORADORIVERMAINSTREAM AND 16
3024	3024	S
3025	3025	ANJUANRIVER.— 17
3026	3026	(1) I
3027	3027	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may use— 18
3028	3028	(A) the Colorado River mainstream and 19
3029	3029	dams and works on the mainstream controlled 20
3030	3030	or operated by the United States, which regu-21
3031	3031	late the flow of water in the mainstream or the 22
3032	3032	diversion of water from the mainstream in the 23
3033	3033	Upper Basin or the Lower Basin to transport 24
3034	3034	and deliver Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-25
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3037	3037	•S 953 IS
3038	3038	rado River Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Col-1
3039	3039	orado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola 2
3040	3040	Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, 3
3041	3041	and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water; and 4
3042	3042	(B) the San Juan River and the dams and 5
3043	3043	works described in subparagraphs 4.7.5, 4.8.4, 6
3044	3044	and 4.9.4 of the Settlement Agreement to 7
3045	3045	transport, store, and deliver Navajo Nation 8
3046	3046	Upper Basin Colorado River Water. 9
3047	3047	(2) N
3048	3048	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLORADO 10
3049	3049	RIVER WATER; HOPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO 11
3050	3050	RIVER WATER.—Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-12
3051	3051	rado River Water or Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colo-13
3052	3052	rado River Water that enters the Lower Basin at 14
3053	3053	Lee Ferry shall— 15
3054	3054	(A) retain its character as Navajo Nation 16
3055	3055	Upper Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi 17
3056	3056	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water; and 18
3057	3057	(B) be accounted for separately by the Sec-19
3058	3058	retary in a manner such that the Navajo Na-20
3059	3059	tion Upper Basin Colorado River Water or the 21
3060	3060	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water 22
3061	3061	is not subject to paragraphs II(A) and II(B) of 23
3062	3062	the Decree. 24
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3066	3066	(3) SAN JUAN RIVER.—Navajo Nation Upper 1
3067	3067	Basin Colorado River Water that enters the San 2
3068	3068	Juan River and the dams and works described in 3
3069	3069	subparagraphs 4.7.5, 4.8.4, and 4.9.4 of the Settle-4
3070	3070	ment Agreement shall retain its character as Navajo 5
3071	3071	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, but if 6
3072	3072	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water 7
3073	3073	spills from dams on the San Juan River described 8
3074	3074	in subparagraphs 4.7.5, 4.8.4, and 4.9.4 of the Set-9
3075	3075	tlement Agreement, that water shall become part of 10
3076	3076	the San Juan River system. 11
3077	3077	(k) A
3078	3078	CQUISITIONS OFENERGY.—Power needed to de-12
3079	3079	liver water to the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, or the 13
3080	3080	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe for projects constructed 14
3081	3081	by the Tribes pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and 15
3082	3082	this Act shall be acquired by the Tribes. 16
3083	3083	(l) R
3084	3084	EPORTING BY NAVAJONATION AND HOPI 17
3085	3085	T
3086	3086	RIBE.— 18
3087	3087	(1) N
3088	3088	AVAJO NATION.— 19
3089	3089	(A) I
3090	3090	N GENERAL.—Beginning on March 1 20
3091	3091	of the first year following the year in which the 21
3092	3092	Enforceability Date occurs, and on March 1 of 22
3093	3093	each year thereafter, the Navajo Nation shall 23
3094	3094	submit to the Arizona Department of Water 24
3095	3095	Resources a report describing— 25
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3099	3099	(i) the annual diversion amount, 1
3100	3100	points of diversion, and places of Use of 2
3101	3101	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 3
3102	3102	River Water; 4
3103	3103	(ii) the annual diversion amount, 5
3104	3104	points of diversion, and places of Use of 6
3105	3105	Navajo Nation Cibola Water; 7
3106	3106	(iii) the annual diversion amount, 8
3107	3107	point of diversion, and places of Use of 9
3108	3108	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water; 10
3109	3109	(iv) the location and annual amount 11
3110	3110	of any Off-Reservation storage of Navajo 12
3111	3111	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River 13
3112	3112	Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, and 14
3113	3113	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water; 15
3114	3114	(v) the amount of any Off-Reservation 16
3115	3115	exchange involving Navajo Nation Upper 17
3116	3116	Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo Na-18
3117	3117	tion Cibola Water, and Navajo Nation 19
3118	3118	Fourth Priority Water; and 20
3119	3119	(vi) the location and annual amount 21
3120	3120	of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 22
3121	3121	River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 23
3122	3122	and Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water 24
3123	3123	leased Off-Reservation. 25
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3127	3127	(B) MEASUREMENT OF DIVERTED 1
3128	3128	WATER.— 2
3129	3129	(i) I
3130	3130	N GENERAL.—In order to accu-3
3131	3131	rately measure the flow of water diverted 4
3132	3132	in the Upper Basin for Use by the Navajo 5
3133	3133	Nation in the State, the Navajo Nation 6
3134	3134	shall install suitable measuring devices at 7
3135	3135	or near each point of diversion of Navajo 8
3136	3136	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River 9
3137	3137	Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, and 10
3138	3138	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water from 11
3139	3139	the Colorado River’s mainstem in the 12
3140	3140	Upper Basin and the San Juan River in 13
3141	3141	the Upper Basin. 14
3142	3142	(ii) N
3143	3143	OTIFICATION.—The Navajo Na-15
3144	3144	tion shall notify the Arizona Department 16
3145	3145	of Water Resources, in writing, of any an-17
3146	3146	nual reporting conflicts between the Bu-18
3147	3147	reau, the Navajo Nation, or the Upper Col-19
3148	3148	orado River Commission prior to the com-20
3149	3149	pletion by the Bureau of the annual ‘‘Colo-21
3150	3150	rado River Accounting and Water Use Re-22
3151	3151	port for the Lower Basin’’. 23
3152	3152	(2) H
3153	3153	OPI TRIBE.— 24
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3157	3157	(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on March 1 1
3158	3158	of the first year following the year in which the 2
3159	3159	Enforceability Date occurs, and on March 1 of 3
3160	3160	each year thereafter, the Hopi Tribe shall sub-4
3161	3161	mit to the Arizona Department of Water Re-5
3162	3162	sources a report describing— 6
3163	3163	(i) the annual diversion amount, 7
3164	3164	points of diversion, and places of Use of 8
3165	3165	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 9
3166	3166	Water; 10
3167	3167	(ii) the annual diversion amount, 11
3168	3168	points of diversion, and places of Use of 12
3169	3169	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water; 13
3170	3170	(iii) the location and annual amount 14
3171	3171	of any Off-Reservation storage of Hopi 15
3172	3172	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water 16
3173	3173	and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water; 17
3174	3174	(iv) the amount of any Off-Reserva-18
3175	3175	tion exchange involving Hopi Tribe Upper 19
3176	3176	Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi Tribe 20
3177	3177	Cibola Water; and 21
3178	3178	(v) the location and annual amount of 22
3179	3179	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 23
3180	3180	Water and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water leased 24
3181	3181	Off-Reservation. 25
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3185	3185	(B) MEASUREMENT OF DIVERTED 1
3186	3186	WATER.— 2
3187	3187	(i) I
3188	3188	N GENERAL.—In order to accu-3
3189	3189	rately measure the flow of water diverted 4
3190	3190	in the Upper Basin for Use by the Hopi 5
3191	3191	Tribe in the State, the Hopi Tribe shall in-6
3192	3192	stall suitable measuring devices at or near 7
3193	3193	each point of diversion of Hopi Tribe 8
3194	3194	Upper Basin Colorado River Water and 9
3195	3195	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water from the Colo-10
3196	3196	rado River’s mainstem in the Upper Basin. 11
3197	3197	(ii) N
3198	3198	OTIFICATION.—The Hopi Tribe 12
3199	3199	shall notify the Arizona Department of 13
3200	3200	Water Resources, in writing, of any annual 14
3201	3201	reporting conflicts between the Bureau, the 15
3202	3202	Hopi Tribe, or the Upper Colorado River 16
3203	3203	Commission prior to the completion by the 17
3204	3204	Bureau of the annual ‘‘Colorado River Ac-18
3205	3205	counting and Water Use Report for the 19
3206	3206	Lower Basin’’. 20
3207	3207	(m) U
3208	3208	PPERBASINPROTECTIONS; CONSULTA-21
3209	3209	TIONS.—In any formal consultation carried out pursuant 22
3210	3210	to section 7(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 23
3211	3211	(16 U.S.C. 1536(a)) on or after the date of enactment 24
3212	3212	of this Act with respect to water development in the San 25
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3216	3216	Juan River Basin, the provisions of section 5 of the docu-1
3217	3217	ment entitled ‘‘Principles for Conducting Endangered 2
3218	3218	Species Act Formal Section 7 Consultations on Water De-3
3219	3219	velopment and Water Management Projects Affecting En-4
3220	3220	dangered Fish Species in the San Juan River Basin’’, in-5
3221	3221	cluding revisions to that document approved by the Co-6
3222	3222	ordination Committee, San Juan River Basin Recovery 7
3223	3223	Implementation Program, and dated August 2022 shall 8
3224	3224	apply. 9
3225	3225	SEC. 7. COLORADO RIVER WATER LEASES AND EX-10
3226	3226	CHANGES; USES. 11
3227	3227	(a) I
3228	3228	NGENERAL.—Subject to approval by the Sec-12
3229	3229	retary— 13
3230	3230	(1) except as prohibited in subsections 14
3231	3231	(g)(1)(F) and (h)(1)(E) of section 6, the Navajo Na-15
3232	3232	tion may enter into leases, or options to lease, or ex-16
3233	3233	changes, or options to exchange, Navajo Nation 17
3234	3234	Upper Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo Nation 18
3235	3235	Cibola Water, and Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 19
3236	3236	Water, for Use and storage in the State, in accord-20
3237	3237	ance with the Settlement Agreement and all applica-21
3238	3238	ble Federal and State laws governing the transfer of 22
3239	3239	Colorado River Water entitlements within the State; 23
3240	3240	and 24
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3244	3244	(2) the Hopi Tribe may enter into leases, or op-1
3245	3245	tions to lease, or exchanges, or options to exchange, 2
3246	3246	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water and 3
3247	3247	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water for Use and storage in the 4
3248	3248	State, in accordance with the Settlement Agreement 5
3249	3249	and all applicable Federal and State laws governing 6
3250	3250	the transfer of Colorado River Water entitlements 7
3251	3251	within the State. 8
3252	3252	(b) T
3253	3253	ERMS OFLEASES ANDEXCHANGES.— 9
3254	3254	(1) O
3255	3255	N-RESERVATION LEASING.— 10
3256	3256	(A) I
3257	3257	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation 11
3258	3258	may lease the Navajo Nation Upper Basin Col-12
3259	3259	orado River Water, the Navajo Nation Cibola 13
3260	3260	Water, and the Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 14
3261	3261	Water for Use or storage on the Navajo Res-15
3262	3262	ervation and the Hopi Tribe may lease Hopi 16
3263	3263	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water and 17
3264	3264	Hopi Tribe Cibola Water for Use or storage on 18
3265	3265	the Hopi Reservation. 19
3266	3266	(B) R
3267	3267	EQUIREMENTS.—A lease or option to 20
3268	3268	lease under subparagraph (A) shall be subject 21
3269	3269	to— 22
3270	3270	(i) the leasing regulations of the Nav-23
3271	3271	ajo Nation or Hopi Tribe, as applicable; 24
3272	3272	and 25
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3276	3276	(ii) subsections (a) and (e) of the first 1
3277	3277	section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 2
3278	3278	Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 415) 3
3279	3279	(commonly known as the ‘‘Long-Term 4
3280	3280	Leasing Act’’). 5
3281	3281	(2) E
3282	3282	XCHANGES AND OFF -RESERVATION LEAS-6
3283	3283	ING.— 7
3284	3284	(A) N
3285	3285	AVAJO NATION LEASING.— 8
3286	3286	(i) I
3287	3287	N GENERAL.—Subject to approval 9
3288	3288	by the Secretary for an Off-Reservation 10
3289	3289	lease, the Navajo Nation may lease— 11
3290	3290	(I) Navajo Nation Cibola Water 12
3291	3291	and Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 13
3292	3292	Water for Use or storage off of the 14
3293	3293	Navajo Reservation anywhere within 15
3294	3294	the Lower Basin within the State; and 16
3295	3295	(II) except as provided in sub-17
3296	3296	sections (g)(1)(F) and (h)(1)(E) of 18
3297	3297	section 6 and the NAIWRSA System 19
3298	3298	Conservation Program agreements de-20
3299	3299	scribed in subsection (c)(4)(C)(i)(II) 21
3300	3300	of that section, Navajo Nation Upper 22
3301	3301	Basin Colorado River Water anywhere 23
3302	3302	in the State in accordance with the 24
3303	3303	Settlement Agreement and all applica-25
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3306	3306	•S 953 IS
3307	3307	ble Federal and State laws governing 1
3308	3308	the transfer of Navajo Nation Upper 2
3309	3309	Basin Colorado River Water within 3
3310	3310	the State. 4
3311	3311	(ii) L
3312	3312	IMITATION.—No action by the 5
3313	3313	Navajo Nation under clause (i)(II) relating 6
3314	3314	to NAIWRSA System Conservation Pro-7
3315	3315	grams or leasing shall modify the obliga-8
3316	3316	tions of the Navajo Nation to deliver up to 9
3317	3317	350 AFY to the San Juan Southern Pai-10
3318	3318	ute Tribe pursuant to paragraph 6.3.1 of 11
3319	3319	the Settlement Agreement. 12
3320	3320	(B) H
3321	3321	OPI TRIBE LEASING.—Subject to ap-13
3322	3322	proval by the Secretary for an Off-Reservation 14
3323	3323	lease, the Hopi Tribe may lease— 15
3324	3324	(i) Hopi Tribe Cibola Water for Use 16
3325	3325	or storage off of the Hopi Reservation any-17
3326	3326	where within the Lower Basin within the 18
3327	3327	State; and 19
3328	3328	(ii) except as provided in the 20
3329	3329	NAIWRSA System Conservation Program 21
3330	3330	agreement described in section 22
3331	3331	6(c)(4)(C)(i)(II), Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 23
3332	3332	Colorado River Water for Use or storage 24
3333	3333	off of the Hopi Reservation anywhere in 25
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3337	3337	the State in accordance with the Settle-1
3338	3338	ment Agreement and all applicable Federal 2
3339	3339	and State laws governing the transfer of 3
3340	3340	Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 4
3341	3341	Water within the State. 5
3342	3342	(C) T
3343	3343	ERM OF LEASES AND EXCHANGES .— 6
3344	3344	(i) L
3345	3345	EASES.— 7
3346	3346	(I) 100-
3347	3347	YEAR TERM.—A contract 8
3348	3348	to lease and an option to lease off of 9
3349	3349	the Reservation under subparagraph 10
3350	3350	(A)(i)(I) or (B)(i), as applicable, shall 11
3351	3351	be for a term not to exceed 100 years. 12
3352	3352	(II) 40-
3353	3353	YEAR TERM.—A contract 13
3354	3354	to lease and an option to lease off of 14
3355	3355	the Reservation under subparagraph 15
3356	3356	(A)(i)(II) or (B)(ii), as applicable, 16
3357	3357	shall be for a term not to exceed 40 17
3358	3358	years. 18
3359	3359	(ii) E
3360	3360	XCHANGES.—An exchange or op-19
3361	3361	tion to exchange shall be for the term pro-20
3362	3362	vided for in the exchange or option, as ap-21
3363	3363	plicable. 22
3364	3364	(D) L
3365	3365	EASE PERIOD.— 23
3366	3366	(i) N
3367	3367	O LIMITATIONS.—There shall be 24
3368	3368	no limitations on the Lease Period for— 25
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3372	3372	(I) Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 1
3373	3373	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, 2
3374	3374	and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water that is 3
3375	3375	diverted from the Colorado River 4
3376	3376	downstream of Lee Ferry; and 5
3377	3377	(II) Navajo Nation Upper Basin 6
3378	3378	Colorado River Water and Hopi Tribe 7
3379	3379	Upper Basin Colorado River Water 8
3380	3380	leased for Use on the Navajo Reserva-9
3381	3381	tion and Hopi Reservation, as applica-10
3382	3382	ble. 11
3383	3383	(ii) O
3384	3384	THER LEASE PERIODS .—The 12
3385	3385	Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe are au-13
3386	3386	thorized to lease Navajo Nation Upper 14
3387	3387	Basin Colorado River Water and Hopi 15
3388	3388	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water 16
3389	3389	in the Lower Basin in the State in accord-17
3390	3390	ance with the following: 18
3391	3391	(I) During the first 20 years 19
3392	3392	after the Enforceability Date, the 20
3393	3393	Navajo Nation may lease up to 21
3394	3394	16,214.55 AFY and the Hopi Tribe 22
3395	3395	may lease up to 835.45 AFY for an 23
3396	3396	annual cumulative total of 17,050 24
3397	3397	AFY in the Lower Basin. 25
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3401	3401	(II) Notwithstanding subclause 1
3402	3402	(I), retaining the annual cumulative 2
3403	3403	total of 17,050 AFY leased in the 3
3404	3404	Lower Basin, the ability of the Navajo 4
3405	3405	Nation to lease Navajo Nation Upper 5
3406	3406	Basin Colorado River Water shall be 6
3407	3407	increased by, and the ability of the 7
3408	3408	Hopi Tribe to lease Hopi Tribe Upper 8
3409	3409	Basin Colorado River Water shall be 9
3410	3410	reduced by, an amount equal to the 10
3411	3411	additional System Eligible Conserva-11
3412	3412	tion Water that the Navajo Nation de-12
3413	3413	livers to the Secretary in accordance 13
3414	3414	with section 6(c)(4)(C)(i)(III)(bb). 14
3415	3415	(III) Beginning 20 years after 15
3416	3416	the Enforceability Date, the Navajo 16
3417	3417	Nation and the Hopi Tribe may lease 17
3418	3418	its available Navajo Nation Upper 18
3419	3419	Basin Colorado River Water and Hopi 19
3420	3420	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 20
3421	3421	Water until such time as the iina´ba´ 21
3422	3422	– pa tuwaqat’si pipeline has been 22
3423	3423	completed and all the projects de-23
3424	3424	scribed in the Navajo Nation Water 24
3425	3425	Projects Trust Fund and the Hopi 25
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3429	3429	Tribe Groundwater Projects Trust 1
3430	3430	Fund, as the projects are further de-2
3431	3431	scribed in paragraphs 12.2.1 and 3
3432	3432	12.3.1 of the Settlement Agreement, 4
3433	3433	have been completed, as determined 5
3434	3434	by the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 6
3435	3435	Tribe. 7
3436	3436	(IV) Once all the projects de-8
3437	3437	scribed in subclause (III) have been 9
3438	3438	completed for their respective projects, 10
3439	3439	as determined by the Navajo Nation 11
3440	3440	and the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Na-12
3441	3441	tion and the Hopi Tribe shall deter-13
3442	3442	mine whether revenues from leasing 14
3443	3443	are necessary to meet the OM&R 15
3444	3444	costs of— 16
3445	3445	(aa) the projects described 17
3446	3446	in paragraphs 12.2.1 and 12.3.1 18
3447	3447	of the Settlement Agreement; 19
3448	3448	and 20
3449	3449	(bb) the iina´ba´– pa 21
3450	3450	tuwaqat’si pipeline. 22
3451	3451	(V) If the Navajo Nation and the 23
3452	3452	Hopi Tribe continue to require reve-24
3453	3453	nues from leasing to meet the OM&R 25
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3457	3457	expenses described in subclause (IV), 1
3458	3458	the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 2
3459	3459	Tribe may continue to lease the Nav-3
3460	3460	ajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 4
3461	3461	River Water and Hopi Tribe Upper 5
3462	3462	Basin Colorado River Water to meet 6
3463	3463	those OM&R expenses. 7
3464	3464	(iii) S
3465	3465	AVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in 8
3466	3466	this subparagraph requires the early termi-9
3467	3467	nation of any lease entered into during the 10
3468	3468	Lease Period and authorized by this Act at 11
3469	3469	the time the lease was executed. 12
3470	3470	(3) R
3471	3471	EQUIREMENTS FOR ALL CONTRACTS TO 13
3472	3472	LEASE AND CONTRACTS TO EXCHANGE .—All con-14
3473	3473	tracts to lease or exchange Navajo Nation Upper 15
3474	3474	Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola 16
3475	3475	Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi 17
3476	3476	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water, and Hopi 18
3477	3477	Tribe Cibola Water shall— 19
3478	3478	(A) identify the places of Use of the water, 20
3479	3479	the purpose of the Uses of the water during the 21
3480	3480	term of the contract, the mechanisms for deliv-22
3481	3481	ery of the water, and each point of diversion 23
3482	3482	under the contract; and 24
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3486	3486	(B) provide that the water received from 1
3487	3487	the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe, as appli-2
3488	3488	cable, shall be used in accordance with applica-3
3489	3489	ble law. 4
3490	3490	(4) N
3491	3491	O CONFLICT WITH SETTLEMENT AGREE -5
3492	3492	MENT OR THIS ACT .—A contract to lease or ex-6
3493	3493	change Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River 7
3494	3494	Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation 8
3495	3495	Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 9
3496	3496	Colorado River Water, or Hopi Tribe Cibola Water 10
3497	3497	shall not conflict with the Settlement Agreement or 11
3498	3498	this Act. 12
3499	3499	(c) P
3500	3500	ROHIBITION ONPERMANENTALIENATION.—No 13
3501	3501	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, Nav-14
3502	3502	ajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 15
3503	3503	Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water, 16
3504	3504	or Hopi Tribe Cibola Water may be permanently alien-17
3505	3505	ated. 18
3506	3506	(d) E
3507	3507	NTITLEMENTTOLEASE ANDEXCHANGEMON-19
3508	3508	IES.— 20
3509	3509	(1) E
3510	3510	NTITLEMENT.—The Navajo Nation or the 21
3511	3511	Hopi Tribe, as applicable, shall be entitled to all 22
3512	3512	consideration due to the Navajo Nation or Hopi 23
3513	3513	Tribe under any lease, option to lease, exchange, or 24
3514	3514	option to exchange Navajo Nation Upper Basin Col-25
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3518	3518	orado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 1
3519	3519	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe 2
3520	3520	Upper Basin Colorado River Water, or Hopi Tribe 3
3521	3521	Cibola Water entered into by the Navajo Nation or 4
3522	3522	the Hopi Tribe. 5
3523	3523	(2) E
3524	3524	XCLUSION.—The United States shall not, 6
3525	3525	in any capacity, be entitled to the consideration de-7
3526	3526	scribed in paragraph (1). 8
3527	3527	(3) O
3528	3528	BLIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES .—The 9
3529	3529	United States shall not, in any capacity, have any 10
3530	3530	trust or other obligation to monitor, administer, or 11
3531	3531	account for, in any manner, any funds received by 12
3532	3532	the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe as consider-13
3533	3533	ation under any lease, option to lease, exchange, or 14
3534	3534	option to exchange Navajo Nation Upper Basin Col-15
3535	3535	orado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 16
3536	3536	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe 17
3537	3537	Upper Basin Colorado River Water, and Hopi Tribe 18
3538	3538	Cibola Water entered into by the Navajo Nation or 19
3539	3539	the Hopi Tribe. 20
3540	3540	(e) D
3541	3541	ELIVERY OFCOLORADORIVERWATER TOLES-21
3542	3542	SEES.—All lessees of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-22
3543	3543	rado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo 23
3544	3544	Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 24
3545	3545	Colorado River Water, and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water shall 25
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3548	3548	•S 953 IS
3549	3549	pay all OM&R charges, all energy charges, and all other 1
3550	3550	applicable charges associated with the delivery of the 2
3551	3551	leased water. 3
3552	3552	(f) D
3553	3553	ELIVERY OF COLORADO RIVERWATER 4
3554	3554	T
3555	3555	HROUGH THECAP SYSTEM.— 5
3556	3556	(1) CAWCD
3557	3557	APPROVAL.—The Navajo Nation, 6
3558	3558	the Hopi Tribe, or any person who leases Navajo 7
3559	3559	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo 8
3560	3560	Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 9
3561	3561	Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 10
3562	3562	Water, and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water under sub-11
3563	3563	section (a) may transport that Navajo Nation Upper 12
3564	3564	Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola 13
3565	3565	Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi 14
3566	3566	Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River Water, or Hopi 15
3567	3567	Tribe Cibola Water, as applicable, through the CAP 16
3568	3568	system in accordance with all laws of the United 17
3569	3569	States and the agreements between the United 18
3570	3570	States and CAWCD governing the use of the CAP 19
3571	3571	system to transport water other than CAP water, in-20
3572	3572	cluding payment of applicable charges. 21
3573	3573	(2) L
3574	3574	ESSEE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHARGES .— 22
3575	3575	Any lease or option to lease providing for the tem-23
3576	3576	porary delivery of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-24
3577	3577	rado River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 25
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3581	3581	Navajo Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe 1
3582	3582	Upper Basin Colorado River Water, and Hopi Tribe 2
3583	3583	Cibola Water through the CAP system shall require 3
3584	3584	the lessee to pay the CAP operating agency all CAP 4
3585	3585	fixed OM&R charges and all CAP pumping energy 5
3586	3586	charges associated with the delivery of the leased 6
3587	3587	water, and other applicable charges. 7
3588	3588	(3) N
3589	3589	O RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT .—The 8
3590	3590	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the United 9
3591	3591	States acting in any capacity shall not be responsible 10
3592	3592	for the payment of any charges associated with the 11
3593	3593	delivery of Colorado River Water leased to others. 12
3594	3594	(4) P
3595	3595	AYMENT IN ADVANCE .—No leased Navajo 13
3596	3596	Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, Navajo 14
3597	3597	Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation Fourth Priority 15
3598	3598	Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado River 16
3599	3599	Water, or Hopi Tribe Cibola Water shall be deliv-17
3600	3600	ered through the CAP system unless the CAP fixed 18
3601	3601	OM&R charges, the CAP pumping energy charges, 19
3602	3602	and other applicable charges associated with the de-20
3603	3603	livery of that Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado 21
3604	3604	River Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo 22
3605	3605	Nation Fourth Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper 23
3606	3606	Basin Colorado River Water, or Hopi Tribe Cibola 24
3607	3607	Water, as applicable, have been paid in advance. 25
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3611	3611	(5) CALCULATION.—The charges for delivery of 1
3612	3612	Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colorado River Water, 2
3613	3613	Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo Nation Fourth 3
3614	3614	Priority Water, Hopi Tribe Upper Basin Colorado 4
3615	3615	River Water, and Hopi Tribe Cibola Water delivered 5
3616	3616	through the CAP system pursuant to a lease shall 6
3617	3617	be calculated in accordance with the agreements be-7
3618	3618	tween the United States and CAWCD governing the 8
3619	3619	use of the CAP system to transport water other 9
3620	3620	than CAP water. 10
3621	3621	SEC. 8. IINA
3622	3622	´
3623	3623	BA
3624	3624	´
3625	3625	– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE. 11
3626	3626	(a) I
3627	3627	INA´BA´– PAATUWAQAT’SIPIPELINE.— 12
3628	3628	(1) P
3629	3629	LANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF 13
3630	3630	THE IINA´BA´– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE.— 14
3631	3631	(A) I
3632	3632	N GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 15
3633	3633	through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall 16
3634	3634	plan, design, and construct the iina´ba´– paa 17
3635	3635	tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with subpara-18
3636	3636	graph (C), including all necessary power trans-19
3637	3637	mission facilities, power substations, power dis-20
3638	3638	tribution systems, and associated wheeling serv-21
3639	3639	ices to connect the facilities of the iina´ba´– paa 22
3640	3640	tuwaqat’si pipeline to new or existing high-volt-23
3641	3641	age transmission facilities and deliver power. 24
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3645	3645	(B) PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COM -1
3646	3646	MITTEE.— 2
3647	3647	(i) I
3648	3648	N GENERAL.—Prior to the start 3
3649	3649	of the feasibility study required under sub-4
3650	3650	paragraph (C)(ii), the Secretary shall form 5
3651	3651	a Project Construction Committee (re-6
3652	3652	ferred to in this subparagraph as the 7
3653	3653	‘‘Committee’’). 8
3654	3654	(ii) M
3655	3655	EMBERS.—The Committee shall 9
3656	3656	consist of representatives from the Bureau 10
3657	3657	and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 11
3658	3658	members selected by each of the Navajo 12
3659	3659	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan 13
3660	3660	Southern Paiute Tribe for purposes of as-14
3661	3661	sisting the Secretary with planning, design-15
3662	3662	ing, and constructing the iina´ba´– paa 16
3663	3663	tuwaqat’si pipeline, including— 17
3664	3664	(I) to review cost factors and 18
3665	3665	budgets for construction and oper-19
3666	3666	ation and maintenance activities; 20
3667	3667	(II) to improve construction man-21
3668	3668	agement through enhanced commu-22
3669	3669	nication; and 23
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3673	3673	(III) to seek additional ways to 1
3674	3674	reduce overall iina´ba´– paa 2
3675	3675	tuwaqat’si pipeline costs. 3
3676	3676	(iii) D
3677	3677	ESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 4
3678	3678	CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-5
3679	3679	sult with the Committee during each 6
3680	3680	phase— 7
3681	3681	(I) of design described in sub-8
3682	3682	paragraph (C); and 9
3683	3683	(II) of construction of the iina´ba´ 10
3684	3684	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline. 11
3685	3685	(iv) R
3686	3686	ECOMMENDATIONS .— 12
3687	3687	(I) I
3688	3688	N GENERAL.—At the sole 13
3689	3689	discretion of the Secretary, the Sec-14
3690	3690	retary may rely on recommendations 15
3691	3691	made by the Committee, subject to 16
3692	3692	the condition that the recommenda-17
3693	3693	tions are consistent with the design as 18
3694	3694	described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 19
3695	3695	subparagraph (C). 20
3696	3696	(II) H
3697	3697	OPI TRIBE.—To the extent 21
3698	3698	the Committee recommendations in-22
3699	3699	volve a portion of the iina´ba´– paa 23
3700	3700	tuwaqat’si pipeline to which the Hopi 24
3701	3701	Tribe will hold title after title transfer 25
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3705	3705	as described in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), 1
3706	3706	the Secretary shall give greater weight 2
3707	3707	to the recommendations of the rep-3
3708	3708	resentatives of the Hopi Tribe on the 4
3709	3709	Committee. 5
3710	3710	(III) N
3711	3711	AVAJO NATION.—To the 6
3712	3712	extent the Committee recommenda-7
3713	3713	tions involve a portion of the iina´ba´ 8
3714	3714	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline to which the 9
3715	3715	Navajo Nation will hold title after 10
3716	3716	title transfer as described in para-11
3717	3717	graph (3)(B)(i), the Secretary shall 12
3718	3718	give greater weight to the rec-13
3719	3719	ommendations of the representatives 14
3720	3720	of the Navajo Nation on the Com-15
3721	3721	mittee. 16
3722	3722	(C) D
3723	3723	ESIGN.— 17
3724	3724	(i) I
3725	3725	N GENERAL.—Unless modified 18
3726	3726	pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv), the iina´ 19
3727	3727	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline shall be sub-20
3728	3728	stantially configured as Alternative 5, Op-21
3729	3729	tion B-100 described in the report of the 22
3730	3730	Bureau entitled ‘‘Navajo-Hopi Value Plan-23
3731	3731	ning Study—Arizona’’ and dated October 24
3732	3732	2020. 25
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3736	3736	(ii) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—After the 1
3737	3737	date of enactment of this Act, the Bureau 2
3738	3738	shall complete a feasibility study of the 3
3739	3739	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline substan-4
3740	3740	tially configured as Alternative 5, Option 5
3741	3741	B-100 described in the report of the Bu-6
3742	3742	reau entitled ‘‘Navajo-Hopi Value Planning 7
3743	3743	Study—Arizona’’ and dated October 2020, 8
3744	3744	which shall include feasibility-level design 9
3745	3745	and cost estimates and a construction 10
3746	3746	phasing plan. 11
3747	3747	(iii) V
3748	3748	ALUE PLANNING.— 12
3749	3749	(I) I
3750	3750	N GENERAL.—On completion 13
3751	3751	of the feasibility study described in 14
3752	3752	clause (ii), the Secretary shall consult 15
3753	3753	with the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 16
3754	3754	Tribe to determine whether to com-17
3755	3755	plete a value planning study of the 18
3756	3756	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline to 19
3757	3757	identify and analyze potential lower- 20
3758	3758	cost modifications to substantially 21
3759	3759	meet the existing Alternative 5, Op-22
3760	3760	tion B-100 configuration described in 23
3761	3761	that clause. 24
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3765	3765	(II) VALUE PLANNING TEAM .—If 1
3766	3766	a value planning study is initiated 2
3767	3767	under subclause (I), a value planning 3
3768	3768	team shall include the Project Con-4
3769	3769	struction Committee formed pursuant 5
3770	3770	to subparagraph (B). 6
3771	3771	(III) C
3772	3772	ONSENSUS.— 7
3773	3773	(aa) I
3774	3774	N GENERAL.—To the 8
3775	3775	extent practicable, the Navajo 9
3776	3776	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San 10
3777	3777	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and 11
3778	3778	the Secretary shall strive for con-12
3779	3779	sensus on selection of a preferred 13
3780	3780	alternative for the Bureau to ini-14
3781	3781	tiate the final design process of 15
3782	3782	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-16
3783	3783	line. 17
3784	3784	(bb) D
3785	3785	ECISION BY SEC -18
3786	3786	RETARY.—If consensus cannot be 19
3787	3787	reached on a preferred alter-20
3788	3788	native under item (aa), the deci-21
3789	3789	sion for the preferred alternative 22
3790	3790	shall be made by the Secretary. 23
3791	3791	(iv) V
3792	3792	ALUE ENGINEERING AND DE -24
3793	3793	SIGN MODIFICATIONS.— 25
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3797	3797	(I) VALUE ENGINEERING.— 1
3798	3798	(aa) I
3799	3799	N GENERAL.—A value 2
3800	3800	engineering study based on 3
3801	3801	achieving the essential functions 4
3802	3802	at the lowest life cycle cost con-5
3803	3803	sistent with required perform-6
3804	3804	ance, reliability, quality, and 7
3805	3805	safety shall be completed in ac-8
3806	3806	cordance with Bureau Manual 9
3807	3807	Policy, Performing Designs and 10
3808	3808	Construction Activities (FAC 11
3809	3809	P03) for each phase of the iina´ 12
3810	3810	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 13
3811	3811	project at the 30 percent design 14
3812	3812	stage. 15
3813	3813	(bb) V
3814	3814	ALUE ENGINEERING 16
3815	3815	TEAM.—A value engineering 17
3816	3816	team shall include the Project 18
3817	3817	Construction Committee formed 19
3818	3818	pursuant to subparagraph (B). 20
3819	3819	(II) P
3820	3820	RIOR TO 60 PERCENT DE -21
3821	3821	SIGN.— 22
3822	3822	(aa) I
3823	3823	N GENERAL.—At any 23
3824	3824	time prior to completion of 60 24
3825	3825	percent design for each phase of 25
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3829	3829	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-1
3830	3830	line project, the Navajo Nation 2
3831	3831	and the Hopi Tribe may request 3
3832	3832	modifications of the design de-4
3833	3833	scribed in this subparagraph, 5
3834	3834	subject to the condition that the 6
3835	3835	proposed design modifications are 7
3836	3836	approved by the Bureau. 8
3837	3837	(bb) D
3838	3838	EVIATION.—If a re-9
3839	3839	quested modification described in 10
3840	3840	item (aa) deviates from the de-11
3841	3841	sign criteria of the Bureau, the 12
3842	3842	modification shall be considered 13
3843	3843	in accordance with the provisions 14
3844	3844	of Bureau Manual Policy, Per-15
3845	3845	forming Designs and Construc-16
3846	3846	tion Activities (FAC P03). 17
3847	3847	(III) A
3848	3848	FTER COMPLETION OF 60 18
3849	3849	PERCENT DESIGN .—The design for 19
3850	3850	each phase of the iina´ba´– paa 20
3851	3851	tuwaqat’si pipeline project shall not be 21
3852	3852	modified further after review of the 22
3853	3853	60 percent design plan unless the 23
3854	3854	modification is made by the Secretary. 24
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3858	3858	(D) EXISTING COMPONENTS .—The iina´ba´ 1
3859	3859	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline may include, at the 2
3860	3860	sole discretion of the Secretary after consulta-3
3861	3861	tion with the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe, 4
3862	3862	components that have already been built or ac-5
3863	3863	quired by the Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe 6
3864	3864	as a contribution by the Navajo Nation or the 7
3865	3865	Hopi Tribe towards the cost of planning, de-8
3866	3866	signing, and constructing the iina´ba´– paa 9
3867	3867	tuwaqat’si pipeline. 10
3868	3868	(E) U
3869	3869	SE OF PIPELINE.—The iina´ba´– paa 11
3870	3870	tuwaqat’si pipeline shall deliver potable water 12
3871	3871	for domestic, commercial, municipal, and indus-13
3872	3872	trial Uses and be capable of delivering from 14
3873	3873	Lake Powell— 15
3874	3874	(i) up to 7,100 AFY of potable Colo-16
3875	3875	rado River Water to the Navajo Nation for 17
3876	3876	Use in delivering up to 6,750 AFY to serve 18
3877	3877	Navajo communities and up to 350 AFY 19
3878	3878	to serve the San Juan Southern Paiute 20
3879	3879	Southern Area; and 21
3880	3880	(ii) up to 3,076 AFY of potable Colo-22
3881	3881	rado River Water to the Hopi Tribe for 23
3882	3882	Use in delivering up to 3,076 AFY to serve 24
3883	3883	Hopi communities. 25
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3887	3887	(F) COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUC -1
3888	3888	TION.—The Secretary shall not begin construc-2
3889	3889	tion of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 3
3890	3890	until— 4
3891	3891	(i) the design studies described in 5
3892	3892	subparagraph (C) and final design for the 6
3893	3893	first phase of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 7
3894	3894	pipeline project are complete; 8
3895	3895	(ii) the Secretary, the Navajo Nation, 9
3896	3896	and the Hopi Tribe execute a Cost-Sharing 10
3897	3897	and System Integration Agreement that— 11
3898	3898	(I) based on the final design in 12
3899	3899	accordance with subparagraph (C), 13
3900	3900	describes the design, location, capac-14
3901	3901	ity, and management of operations of 15
3902	3902	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, 16
3903	3903	including distribution of water to cus-17
3904	3904	tomers; 18
3905	3905	(II) describes the process for ac-19
3906	3906	quisition of rights-of-way for the iina´ 20
3907	3907	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline described 21
3908	3908	in subsection (b); 22
3909	3909	(III) allocates the costs of the 23
3910	3910	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, tak-24
3911	3911	ing into consideration— 25
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3915	3915	(aa) cost of planning, de-1
3916	3916	sign, and construction; 2
3917	3917	(bb) cost of the operation, 3
3918	3918	maintenance, and repair of the 4
3919	3919	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 5
3920	3920	before title transfer to the Nav-6
3921	3921	ajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe 7
3922	3922	pursuant to paragraph (3); and 8
3923	3923	(cc) how existing compo-9
3924	3924	nents will be considered as con-10
3925	3925	tributions by the Navajo Nation 11
3926	3926	or Hopi Tribe as described in 12
3927	3927	subparagraph (D); and 13
3928	3928	(IV) describes construction phas-14
3929	3929	ing, including transfer of operations 15
3930	3930	and maintenance for such phasing, as 16
3931	3931	agreed to by the Secretary, the Nav-17
3932	3932	ajo Nation, and the Hopi Tribe, with 18
3933	3933	the Secretary deciding on phasing if 19
3934	3934	an agreement is not reached; and 20
3935	3935	(iii) environmental compliance as de-21
3936	3936	scribed in section 4(c) is complete for the 22
3937	3937	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline. 23
3938	3938	(2) P
3939	3939	HASED TRANSFER OF OPERATIONS & 24
3940	3940	MAINTENANCE.— 25
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3943	3943	•S 953 IS
3944	3944	(A) IN GENERAL.— 1
3945	3945	(i) I
3946	3946	N GENERAL.—On completion of 2
3947	3947	construction of a phase of the iina´ba´– 3
3948	3948	paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, as described in the 4
3949	3949	Cost-Sharing and System Integration 5
3950	3950	Agreement described in paragraph 6
3951	3951	(1)(F)(ii) and on a finding of substantial 7
3952	3952	completion of the phase, the Secretary may 8
3953	3953	transfer operations and maintenance re-9
3954	3954	sponsibility for the phase to the appro-10
3955	3955	priate entity. 11
3956	3956	(ii) C
3957	3957	ONTRACT.—The Secretary shall 12
3958	3958	enter into an operations and maintenance 13
3959	3959	contract consistent with this Act and Bu-14
3960	3960	reau policy for the purposes of compliance 15
3961	3961	with clause (i). 16
3962	3962	(iii) T
3963	3963	ITLE TRANSFER.—Title to a 17
3964	3964	phase of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-18
3965	3965	line shall not transfer until substantial 19
3966	3966	completion of the entire iina´ba´– paa 20
3967	3967	tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with 21
3968	3968	paragraph (3)(B). 22
3969	3969	(B) P
3970	3970	HASED FINDINGS OF SUBSTANTIAL 23
3971	3971	COMPLETION.—For purposes of this paragraph, 24
3972	3972	substantial completion of each phase of the iina´ 25
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3975	3975	•S 953 IS
3976	3976	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline shall be determined 1
3977	3977	in accordance with Bureau Manual Policy, Per-2
3978	3978	forming Designs and Construction Activities 3
3979	3979	(FAC P03). 4
3980	3980	(3) O
3981	3981	WNERSHIP.— 5
3982	3982	(A) I
3983	3983	N GENERAL.—The iina´ba´– paa 6
3984	3984	tuwaqat’si pipeline shall be owned by the 7
3985	3985	United States during construction of the iina´ba´ 8
3986	3986	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline. 9
3987	3987	(B) T
3988	3988	RANSFER OF OWNERSHIP .—On sub-10
3989	3989	stantial completion of the iina´ba´– paa 11
3990	3990	tuwaqat’si pipeline, in accordance with para-12
3991	3991	graph (4), the Secretary shall— 13
3992	3992	(i) transfer title to the applicable sec-14
3993	3993	tion of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-15
3994	3994	line on the Navajo Reservation, except that 16
3995	3995	section that lies on the Navajo Reservation 17
3996	3996	between Moenkopi and the boundary of the 18
3997	3997	1882 Reservation, to the Navajo Nation; 19
3998	3998	and 20
3999	3999	(ii) transfer title to the applicable sec-21
4000	4000	tion of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-22
4001	4001	line on the Hopi Reservation, and the sec-23
4002	4002	tion of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-24
4003	4003	line that lies on the Navajo Reservation be-25
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4006	4006	•S 953 IS
4007	4007	tween Moenkopi and the boundary of the 1
4008	4008	1882 Reservation and the right-of-way for 2
4009	4009	that section of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 3
4010	4010	pipeline, to the Hopi Tribe. 4
4011	4011	(4) S
4012	4012	UBSTANTIAL COMPLETION .— 5
4013	4013	(A) I
4014	4014	N GENERAL.—For purposes of para-6
4015	4015	graph (3)(B), the Secretary shall determine 7
4016	4016	that the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline is 8
4017	4017	substantially complete if— 9
4018	4018	(i) the infrastructure constructed is 10
4019	4019	capable of storing, diverting, treating, 11
4020	4020	transmitting, and distributing a supply of 12
4021	4021	water to the Navajo Nation, the Hopi 13
4022	4022	Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute 14
4023	4023	Southern Area as described in the iina´ba´ 15
4024	4024	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline design described 16
4025	4025	in paragraph (1)(C); or 17
4026	4026	(ii) the Secretary— 18
4027	4027	(I) diligently proceeds to com-19
4028	4028	plete the final design and construct 20
4029	4029	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-21
4030	4030	line— 22
4031	4031	(aa) by the deadline de-23
4032	4032	scribed in subparagraph (B); or 24
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4035	4035	•S 953 IS
4036	4036	(bb) if the deadline de-1
4037	4037	scribed in subparagraph (B) is 2
4038	4038	extended pursuant to subpara-3
4039	4039	graph (C), by the extended dead-4
4040	4040	line; 5
4041	4041	(II) expends all of the available 6
4042	4042	funding provided to construct the iina´ 7
4043	4043	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline under 8
4044	4044	section 13(a) and any funding pro-9
4045	4045	vided by the Navajo Nation or Hopi 10
4046	4046	Tribe pursuant to sections 10(j) and 11
4047	4047	11(j); and 12
4048	4048	(III) despite diligent efforts can-13
4049	4049	not complete construction of the iina´ 14
4050	4050	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline in ac-15
4051	4051	cordance with paragraph (1)(C) due 16
4052	4052	solely to the lack of authorized fund-17
4053	4053	ing. 18
4054	4054	(B) D
4055	4055	EADLINE.—Not later than December 19
4056	4056	31, 2040, the construction of the iina´ba´– paa 20
4057	4057	tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with para-21
4058	4058	graph (1)(C) shall be substantially completed, 22
4059	4059	in accordance with subparagraph (A). 23
4060	4060	(C) E
4061	4061	XTENSION.—The deadline described 24
4062	4062	in subparagraph (B) may be extended through 25
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4065	4065	•S 953 IS
4066	4066	written agreement if the Navajo Nation, Hopi 1
4067	4067	Tribe, and the Secretary agree than an exten-2
4068	4068	sion is reasonably necessary. 3
4069	4069	(5) L
4070	4070	IABILITY.— 4
4071	4071	(A) I
4072	4072	N GENERAL.—Effective on the date of 5
4073	4073	the transfer of ownership of the iina´ba´– paa 6
4074	4074	tuwaqat’si pipeline pursuant to paragraph 7
4075	4075	(3)(B), the United States shall not be held lia-8
4076	4076	ble by any court for damages of any kind aris-9
4077	4077	ing out of any act, omission, or occurrence re-10
4078	4078	lating to the land, buildings, or facilities con-11
4079	4079	veyed under this subsection, other than dam-12
4080	4080	ages caused by acts of negligence committed by 13
4081	4081	the United States, or by employees or agents of 14
4082	4082	the United States, prior to the date of convey-15
4083	4083	ance. 16
4084	4084	(B) S
4085	4085	AVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this 17
4086	4086	section increases the liability of the United 18
4087	4087	States beyond the liability provided in chapter 19
4088	4088	171 of title 28, United States Code (commonly 20
4089	4089	known as the ‘‘Federal Tort Claims Act’’). 21
4090	4090	(6) O
4091	4091	PERATION.— 22
4092	4092	(A) P
4093	4093	ROJECT OPERATIONS GENERALLY .— 23
4094	4094	(i) N
4095	4095	AVAJO NATION OPERATION .—The 24
4096	4096	Navajo Nation shall operate the section of 25
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4099	4099	•S 953 IS
4100	4100	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline that 1
4101	4101	delivers water to the Navajo communities, 2
4102	4102	other than Coal Mine Mesa, and that may 3
4103	4103	deliver water through the iina´ba´– paa 4
4104	4104	tuwaqat’si pipeline to the San Juan South-5
4105	4105	ern Paiute Tribe. 6
4106	4106	(ii) H
4107	4107	OPI TRIBE OPERATION .—The 7
4108	4108	Hopi Tribe shall operate the section of the 8
4109	4109	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline that de-9
4110	4110	livers water to Moenkopi, the 1882 Res-10
4111	4111	ervation, and the Navajo community of 11
4112	4112	Coal Mine Mesa. 12
4113	4113	(B) P
4114	4114	ROJECT OPERATION COMMITTEE .— 13
4115	4115	Prior to the start of the first construction phase 14
4116	4116	of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, the 15
4117	4117	Secretary shall form a Project Operation Com-16
4118	4118	mittee consisting of members selected by each 17
4119	4119	of the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe to de-18
4120	4120	velop a project operations agreement to be exe-19
4121	4121	cuted by the Navajo Nation and the Hopi 20
4122	4122	Tribe, after review by the Secretary, prior to 21
4123	4123	the transfer of operations and maintenance of 22
4124	4124	any phase of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-23
4125	4125	line in accordance with paragraph (2). 24
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4128	4128	•S 953 IS
4129	4129	(C) PROJECT OPERATIONS AGREEMENT .— 1
4130	4130	The project operations agreement referred to in 2
4131	4131	subparagraph (B) shall describe all terms and 3
4132	4132	conditions necessary for long-term operations of 4
4133	4133	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, consistent 5
4134	4134	with subparagraph (A), including— 6
4135	4135	(i) distribution of water; 7
4136	4136	(ii) responsibility for maintenance of 8
4137	4137	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline or 9
4138	4138	section of the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 10
4139	4139	pipeline; 11
4140	4140	(iii) the allocation and payment of an-12
4141	4141	nual OM&R costs of the iina´ba´– paa 13
4142	4142	tuwaqat’si pipeline or section of the iina´ba´ 14
4143	4143	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline based on the pro-15
4144	4144	portionate uses and ownership of the iina´ 16
4145	4145	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline; 17
4146	4146	(iv) the process for transfer of oper-18
4147	4147	ations and maintenance of a phase of the 19
4148	4148	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline in accord-20
4149	4149	ance with paragraph (2); and 21
4150	4150	(v) a right to sue in a district court 22
4151	4151	of the United States to enforce the project 23
4152	4152	operations agreement. 24
4153	4153	(b) T
4154	4154	RIBALEASEMENTS ANDRIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 25
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4157	4157	•S 953 IS
4158	4158	(1) RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 1
4159	4159	(A) I
4160	4160	N GENERAL.—In partial consideration 2
4161	4161	for the funding provided under section 13, the 3
4162	4162	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San 4
4163	4163	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe shall each timely 5
4164	4164	consent to the grant of rights-of-way as de-6
4165	4165	scribed in, and in accordance with, subpara-7
4166	4166	graphs 12.5.1, 12.5.2, and 12.5.3 of the Settle-8
4167	4167	ment Agreement. 9
4168	4168	(B) N
4169	4169	O COST TO THE UNITED STATES .— 10
4170	4170	Rights-of-way described in subparagraph (A) 11
4171	4171	shall be at no cost to the United States. 12
4172	4172	(2) L
4173	4173	EGAL DEVICES.—With the consent of each 13
4174	4174	affected Tribe, the Secretary may enter into legal 14
4175	4175	devices, other than rights-of-way, such as construc-15
4176	4176	tion corridors agreements, without cost to the 16
4177	4177	United States, when operating within the jurisdic-17
4178	4178	tion of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan 18
4179	4179	Southern Paiute Tribe in furtherance of the plan-19
4180	4180	ning, design, and construction of the iina´ba´– paa 20
4181	4181	tuwaqat’si pipeline. 21
4182	4182	(3) A
4183	4183	UTHORIZATION AND GRANTING OF 22
4184	4184	RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The Secretary shall grant the 23
4185	4185	rights-of-way consented to by the Tribes under para-24
4186	4186	graph (1). 25
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4189	4189	•S 953 IS
4190	4190	(c) APPLICABILITY OF THE INDIANSELF-DETER-1
4191	4191	MINATION ANDEDUCATIONASSISTANCEACT.—The In-2
4192	4192	dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 3
4193	4193	(25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) shall not apply to the design, 4
4194	4194	construction, operation, maintenance, or replacement of 5
4195	4195	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline. 6
4196	4196	SEC. 9. IINA
4197	4197	´
4198	4198	BA
4199	4199	´
4200	4200	– PAA TUWAQAT’SI PIPELINE IMPLEMENTA-7
4201	4201	TION FUND ACCOUNT. 8
4202	4202	(a) E
4203	4203	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 9
4204	4204	a non-trust, interest-bearing account, to be known as the 10
4205	4205	‘‘iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund 11
4206	4206	Account’’, to be managed and distributed by the Sec-12
4207	4207	retary, for use by the Secretary in carrying out this Act. 13
4208	4208	(b) D
4209	4209	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit in the 14
4210	4210	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund 15
4211	4211	Account the amounts made available pursuant to section 16
4212	4212	13(a)(1). 17
4213	4213	(c) U
4214	4214	SES.—The iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Im-18
4215	4215	plementation Fund Account shall be used by the Secretary 19
4216	4216	to carry out section 8, including the acquisition of power. 20
4217	4217	(d) I
4218	4218	NTEREST.—In addition the amounts deposited in 21
4219	4219	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation 22
4220	4220	Fund Account under subsection (b), any investment earn-23
4221	4221	ings, including interest credited to amounts unexpended 24
4222	4222	in the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation 25
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4225	4225	•S 953 IS
4226	4226	Fund Account, are authorized to be appropriated to be 1
4227	4227	used in accordance with the uses described in subsection 2
4228	4228	(c). 3
4229	4229	SEC. 10. NAVAJO NATION WATER SETTLEMENT TRUST 4
4230	4230	FUND. 5
4231	4231	(a) E
4232	4232	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 6
4233	4233	a trust fund for the Navajo Nation, to be known as the 7
4234	4234	‘‘Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund,’’ to be 8
4235	4235	managed, invested, and distributed by the Secretary and 9
4236	4236	to remain available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted 10
4237	4237	to the general fund of the Treasury, consisting of the 11
4238	4238	amounts deposited in the Navajo Nation Water Settlement 12
4239	4239	Trust Fund under subsection (c), together with any in-13
4240	4240	vestment earnings, including interest, earned on those 14
4241	4241	amounts, for the purpose of carrying out this Act. 15
4242	4242	(b) A
4243	4243	CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 16
4244	4244	Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund the fol-17
4245	4245	lowing accounts: 18
4246	4246	(1) The Navajo Nation Water Projects Trust 19
4247	4247	Fund Account. 20
4248	4248	(2) The Navajo Nation OM&R Trust Fund Ac-21
4249	4249	count. 22
4250	4250	(3) The Navajo Nation Agricultural Conserva-23
4251	4251	tion Trust Fund Account. 24
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4254	4254	•S 953 IS
4255	4255	(4) The Navajo Nation Renewable Energy 1
4256	4256	Trust Fund Account. 2
4257	4257	(5) The Navajo Nation Lower Basin Colorado 3
4258	4258	River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Account. 4
4259	4259	(6) The Navajo Nation System Conservation 5
4260	4260	Trust Fund Account. 6
4261	4261	(c) D
4262	4262	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 7
4263	4263	(1) in the Navajo Nation Water Projects Trust 8
4264	4264	Fund Account, the amounts made available pursuant 9
4265	4265	to subparagraph (A)(i) of section 13(b)(3); 10
4266	4266	(2) in the Navajo Nation OM&R Trust Fund 11
4267	4267	Account, the amounts made available pursuant to 12
4268	4268	subparagraph (A)(ii) of that section; 13
4269	4269	(3) in the Navajo Nation Agricultural Con-14
4270	4270	servation Trust Fund Account, the amounts made 15
4271	4271	available pursuant to subparagraph (A)(iii) of that 16
4272	4272	section; 17
4273	4273	(4) in the Navajo Nation Renewable Energy 18
4274	4274	Trust Fund Account, the amounts made available 19
4275	4275	pursuant to subparagraph (A)(iv) of that section; 20
4276	4276	(5) in the Navajo Nation Lower Basin Colorado 21
4277	4277	River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Account, the 22
4278	4278	amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph 23
4279	4279	(A)(v) of that section; and 24
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4282	4282	•S 953 IS
4283	4283	(6) in the Navajo Nation System Conservation 1
4284	4284	Trust Fund Account, the amounts made available 2
4285	4285	pursuant to subparagraph (A)(vi) of that section. 3
4286	4286	(d) M
4287	4287	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 4
4288	4288	(1) M
4289	4289	ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 5
4290	4290	the funds into the accounts in the Navajo Nation 6
4291	4291	Water Settlement Trust Fund Accounts pursuant to 7
4292	4292	subsection (c), the Secretary shall manage, invest, 8
4293	4293	and distribute all amounts in the Navajo Nation 9
4294	4294	Water Settlement Trust Fund in a manner that is 10
4295	4295	consistent with the investment authority of the Sec-11
4296	4296	retary under— 12
4297	4297	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 13
4298	4298	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 14
4299	4299	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-15
4300	4300	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 16
4301	4301	et seq.); and 17
4302	4302	(C) this subsection. 18
4303	4303	(2) I
4304	4304	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 19
4305	4305	the deposits made to the Navajo Nation Water Set-20
4306	4306	tlement Trust Fund under subsection (c), any in-21
4307	4307	vestment earnings, including interest, credited to 22
4308	4308	amounts held in the Navajo Nation Water Settle-23
4309	4309	ment Trust Fund are authorized to be appropriated 24
4310	4310	to be used in accordance with subsection (f). 25
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4313	4313	•S 953 IS
4314	4314	(e) WITHDRAWALS.— 1
4315	4315	(1) A
4316	4316	MERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGE -2
4317	4317	MENT REFORM ACT OF 1994 .— 3
4318	4318	(A) I
4319	4319	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation 4
4320	4320	may withdraw any portion of the amounts in 5
4321	4321	the Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust 6
4322	4322	Fund on approval by the Secretary of a Tribal 7
4323	4323	management plan submitted by the Navajo Na-8
4324	4324	tion in accordance with the American Indian 9
4325	4325	Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 10
4326	4326	(25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 11
4327	4327	(B) R
4328	4328	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 12
4329	4329	requirements under the American Indian Trust 13
4330	4330	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 14
4331	4331	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 15
4332	4332	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 16
4333	4333	Navajo Nation spend all amounts withdrawn 17
4334	4334	from the Navajo Nation Water Settlement 18
4335	4335	Trust Fund, and any investment earnings ac-19
4336	4336	crued through the investments under the Tribal 20
4337	4337	management plan, in accordance with this Act. 21
4338	4338	(C) E
4339	4339	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 22
4340	4340	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-23
4341	4341	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-24
4342	4342	essary— 25
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4345	4345	•S 953 IS
4346	4346	(i) to enforce a Tribal management 1
4347	4347	plan; and 2
4348	4348	(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 3
4349	4349	from the Navajo Nation Water Settlement 4
4350	4350	Trust Fund by the Navajo Nation under 5
4351	4351	this paragraph are used in accordance with 6
4352	4352	this Act. 7
4353	4353	(2) E
4354	4354	XPENDITURE PLAN.— 8
4355	4355	(A) I
4356	4356	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation 9
4357	4357	may submit to the Secretary a request to with-10
4358	4358	draw funds from the Navajo Nation Water Set-11
4359	4359	tlement Trust Fund pursuant to an approved 12
4360	4360	expenditure plan. 13
4361	4361	(B) R
4362	4362	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 14
4363	4363	withdraw funds under an expenditure plan 15
4364	4364	under this paragraph, the Navajo Nation shall 16
4365	4365	submit to the Secretary for approval an expend-17
4366	4366	iture plan for any portion of the Navajo Nation 18
4367	4367	Water Settlement Trust Fund that the Navajo 19
4368	4368	Nation elects to withdraw pursuant to this 20
4369	4369	paragraph, subject to the condition that the 21
4370	4370	funds shall be used for the purposes described 22
4371	4371	in this Act. 23
4372	4372	(C) I
4373	4373	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 24
4374	4374	under this paragraph shall include a description 25
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4377	4377	•S 953 IS
4378	4378	of the manner and purpose for which the 1
4379	4379	amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 2
4380	4380	Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund 3
4381	4381	Accounts will be used by the Navajo Nation in 4
4382	4382	accordance with subsection (f). 5
4383	4383	(D) A
4384	4384	PPROVAL.—On receipt of an expendi-6
4385	4385	ture plan under this paragraph, the Secretary 7
4386	4386	shall approve the expenditure plan if the Sec-8
4387	4387	retary determines that the expenditure plan— 9
4388	4388	(i) is reasonable; and 10
4389	4389	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 11
4390	4390	for, the purposes of this Act. 12
4391	4391	(E) E
4392	4392	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 13
4393	4393	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-14
4394	4394	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-15
4395	4395	essary to enforce an expenditure plan under 16
4396	4396	this paragraph to ensure that amounts dis-17
4397	4397	bursed under this paragraph are used in ac-18
4398	4398	cordance with this Act. 19
4399	4399	(f) U
4400	4400	SES.—Amounts from the Navajo Nation Water 20
4401	4401	Settlement Trust Fund shall be used by the Navajo Na-21
4402	4402	tion for the following purposes: 22
4403	4403	(1) N
4404	4404	AVAJO NATION WATER PROJECTS TRUST 23
4405	4405	FUND ACCOUNT.—Amounts in the Navajo Nation 24
4406	4406	Water Projects Trust Fund Account may only be 25
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4409	4409	•S 953 IS
4410	4410	used for the purpose of environmental compliance, 1
4411	4411	planning, engineering activities, and construction of 2
4412	4412	projects designed to deliver potable water to commu-3
4413	4413	nities, such as Leupp, Dilkon, Ganado, Black Mesa, 4
4414	4414	Sweetwater, Chinle, Lupton/Nahata Dziil Area, 5
4415	4415	Kayenta, and Oljato. 6
4416	4416	(2) N
4417	4417	AVAJO NATION OM&R TRUST FUND AC -7
4418	4418	COUNT.—Amounts in the Navajo Nation OM&R 8
4419	4419	Trust Fund Account may only be used to pay 9
4420	4420	OM&R costs of the Navajo Water projects described 10
4421	4421	in paragraph (1) and the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 11
4422	4422	pipeline project. 12
4423	4423	(3) N
4424	4424	AVAJO NATION AGRICULTURAL CONSERVA -13
4425	4425	TION TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .— 14
4426	4426	(A) I
4427	4427	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-15
4428	4428	graph (B), amounts in the Navajo Nation Agri-16
4429	4429	cultural Conservation Trust Fund Account may 17
4430	4430	only be used to pay the costs of improvements 18
4431	4431	to reduce water shortages on the historically ir-19
4432	4432	rigated land of the Navajo Nation, including 20
4433	4433	sprinklers, drip or other efficient irrigation sys-21
4434	4434	tems, land leveling, wells, pipelines, pumps and 22
4435	4435	storage, stream bank stabilization and restora-23
4436	4436	tion, pasture seeding and management, fencing, 24
4437	4437	wind breaks, and alluvial wells. 25
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4440	4440	•S 953 IS
4441	4441	(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than half of 1
4442	4442	the amounts in the Navajo Nation Agricultural 2
4443	4443	Conservation Trust Fund Account may be used 3
4444	4444	for replacement and development of livestock 4
4445	4445	wells and impoundments on the Navajo Res-5
4446	4446	ervation and Navajo Trust Land. 6
4447	4447	(4) N
4448	4448	AVAJO NATION RENEWABLE ENERGY 7
4449	4449	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Navajo 8
4450	4450	Nation Renewable Energy Trust Fund Account may 9
4451	4451	only be used to pay the cost of planning, designing, 10
4452	4452	and constructing renewable energy facilities to sup-11
4453	4453	port the costs of operating the Navajo Nation Water 12
4454	4454	projects and the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline. 13
4455	4455	(5) N
4456	4456	AVAJO NATION LOWER BASIN COLORADO 14
4457	4457	RIVER WATER ACQUISITION TRUST FUND AC -15
4458	4458	COUNT.—Amounts in the Navajo Nation Lower 16
4459	4459	Basin Colorado River Water Acquisition Trust Fund 17
4460	4460	Account may only be used to purchase land within 18
4461	4461	the State and associated Arizona Lower Basin Colo-19
4462	4462	rado River Water Rights. 20
4463	4463	(6) N
4464	4464	AVAJO NATION SYSTEM CONSERVATION 21
4465	4465	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Navajo 22
4466	4466	Nation System Conservation Trust Fund Account 23
4467	4467	may only be used to compensate the Navajo Nation 24
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4470	4470	•S 953 IS
4471	4471	for the storage of System Conservation Eligible 1
4472	4472	Water at Lake Powell. 2
4473	4473	(g) L
4474	4474	IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 3
4475	4475	the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-4
4476	4476	vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the Navajo Na-5
4477	4477	tion Water Settlement Trust Fund by the Navajo Nation 6
4478	4478	pursuant to subsection (e). 7
4479	4479	(h) T
4480	4480	ITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 8
4481	4481	over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 9
4482	4482	from the Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund 10
4483	4483	shall remain in the Navajo Nation. 11
4484	4484	(i) A
4485	4485	CCOUNTTRANSFERS.—If the activities described 12
4486	4486	in any of paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (f) are 13
4487	4487	complete and amounts remain in the applicable Trust 14
4488	4488	Fund Account described in those paragraphs, the Sec-15
4489	4489	retary, at the request of the Navajo Nation, shall transfer 16
4490	4490	the remaining amounts to one of the other accounts within 17
4491	4491	the Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund. 18
4492	4492	(j) C
4493	4493	ONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IINA´BA´– P AA 19
4494	4494	T
4495	4495	UWAQAT’SIPIPELINE.— 20
4496	4496	(1) I
4497	4497	N GENERAL.—On written notification from 21
4498	4498	the Secretary that the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si Im-22
4499	4499	plementation Fund Account is insufficient and addi-23
4500	4500	tional funds are necessary to complete the iina´ba´– 24
4501	4501	paa tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with section 8, 25
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4504	4504	•S 953 IS
4505	4505	the Navajo Nation shall submit to the Secretary an 1
4506	4506	expenditure plan for the transfer of funds from Nav-2
4507	4507	ajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund to the iina´ 3
4508	4508	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund 4
4509	4509	Account. 5
4510	4510	(2) P
4511	4511	ROPORTIONATE SHARE .—The cost share 6
4512	4512	of the Navajo Nation for supplemental funding shall 7
4513	4513	be based on the allocation of the iina´ba´– paa 8
4514	4514	tuwaqat’si pipeline costs agreed on in the Cost-Shar-9
4515	4515	ing and System Integration Agreement for the iina´ 10
4516	4516	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline described in section 11
4517	4517	8(a)(1)(F)(ii). 12
4518	4518	(k) A
4519	4519	NNUALREPORT.—The Navajo Nation shall sub-13
4520	4520	mit to the Secretary an annual expenditure report describ-14
4521	4521	ing accomplishments and amounts spent from use of with-15
4522	4522	drawals under a Tribal management plan approved under 16
4523	4523	paragraph (1) of subsection (e) or an expenditure plan ap-17
4524	4524	proved under paragraph (2) of that subsection. 18
4525	4525	(l) N
4526	4526	OPERCAPITAPAYMENTS.—No principal or in-19
4527	4527	terest amount in any account established by this section 20
4528	4528	shall be distributed to any Member of the Navajo Nation 21
4529	4529	on a per capita basis. 22
4530	4530	(m) E
4531	4531	FFECT.—Nothing in this section entitles the 23
4532	4532	Navajo Nation to judicial review of a determination of the 24
4533	4533	Secretary relating to whether to approve a Tribal manage-25
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4536	4536	•S 953 IS
4537	4537	ment plan under paragraph (1) of subsection (e) or an 1
4538	4538	expenditure plan under paragraph (2) of that subsection, 2
4539	4539	or to take enforcement actions under paragraph (1)(C) or 3
4540	4540	(2)(E) of that subsection, except as provided under sub-4
4541	4541	chapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United 5
4542	4542	States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Administrative 6
4543	4543	Procedure Act’’). 7
4544	4544	SEC. 11. HOPI TRIBE WATER SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. 8
4545	4545	(a) E
4546	4546	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 9
4547	4547	a trust fund for the Hopi Tribe, to be known as the ‘‘Hopi 10
4548	4548	Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund’’, to be managed, in-11
4549	4549	vested, and distributed by the Secretary and to remain 12
4550	4550	available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the 13
4551	4551	general fund of the Treasury, consisting of the amounts 14
4552	4552	deposited in the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund 15
4553	4553	under subsection (c), together with any investment earn-16
4554	4554	ings, including interest, earned on those amounts, for the 17
4555	4555	purpose of carrying out this Act. 18
4556	4556	(b) A
4557	4557	CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 19
4558	4558	Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund the following 20
4559	4559	accounts: 21
4560	4560	(1) The Hopi Tribe Groundwater Projects 22
4561	4561	Trust Fund Account. 23
4562	4562	(2) The Hopi Tribe OM&R Trust Fund Ac-24
4563	4563	count. 25
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4566	4566	•S 953 IS
4567	4567	(3) The Hopi Tribe Agricultural Conservation 1
4568	4568	Trust Fund Account. 2
4569	4569	(4) The Hopi Tribe Lower Basin Colorado 3
4570	4570	River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Account. 4
4571	4571	(5) The Hopi Tribe System Conservation Trust 5
4572	4572	Fund Account. 6
4573	4573	(c) D
4574	4574	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 7
4575	4575	(1) in the Hopi Tribe Groundwater Projects 8
4576	4576	Trust Fund Account, the amounts made available 9
4577	4577	pursuant to subparagraph (B)(i) of section 13(b)(3); 10
4578	4578	(2) in the Hopi Tribe OM&R Trust Fund Ac-11
4579	4579	count, the amounts made available pursuant to sub-12
4580	4580	paragraph (B)(ii) of that section; 13
4581	4581	(3) in the Hopi Tribe Agricultural Conservation 14
4582	4582	Trust Fund Account, the amounts made available 15
4583	4583	pursuant to subparagraph (B)(iii) of that section; 16
4584	4584	(4) in the Hopi Tribe Lower Basin Colorado 17
4585	4585	River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Account, the 18
4586	4586	amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph 19
4587	4587	(B)(iv) of that section; and 20
4588	4588	(5) in the Hopi Tribe System Conservation 21
4589	4589	Trust Fund Account, the amounts made available 22
4590	4590	pursuant to subparagraph (B)(v) of that section. 23
4591	4591	(d) M
4592	4592	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 24
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4595	4595	•S 953 IS
4596	4596	(1) MANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 1
4597	4597	the funds into the accounts in the Hopi Tribe Water 2
4598	4598	Settlement Trust Fund Accounts pursuant to sub-3
4599	4599	section (c), the Secretary shall manage, invest, and 4
4600	4600	distribute all amounts in the Hopi Tribe Water Set-5
4601	4601	tlement Trust Fund in a manner that is consistent 6
4602	4602	with the investment authority of the Secretary 7
4603	4603	under— 8
4604	4604	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 9
4605	4605	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 10
4606	4606	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-11
4607	4607	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 12
4608	4608	et seq.); and 13
4609	4609	(C) this subsection. 14
4610	4610	(2) I
4611	4611	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 15
4612	4612	the deposits made to the Hopi Tribe Water Settle-16
4613	4613	ment Trust Fund under subsection (c), any invest-17
4614	4614	ment earnings, including interest, credited to 18
4615	4615	amounts held in the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement 19
4616	4616	Trust Fund are authorized to be appropriated to be 20
4617	4617	used in accordance with subsection (f). 21
4618	4618	(e) W
4619	4619	ITHDRAWALS.— 22
4620	4620	(1) A
4621	4621	MERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGE -23
4622	4622	MENT REFORM ACT OF 1994 .— 24
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4625	4625	•S 953 IS
4626	4626	(A) IN GENERAL.—The Hopi Tribe may 1
4627	4627	withdraw any portion of the amounts in the 2
4628	4628	Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund on 3
4629	4629	approval by the Secretary of a Tribal manage-4
4630	4630	ment plan submitted by the Hopi Tribe in ac-5
4631	4631	cordance with the American Indian Trust Fund 6
4632	4632	Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 7
4633	4633	4001 et seq.). 8
4634	4634	(B) R
4635	4635	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 9
4636	4636	requirements under the American Indian Trust 10
4637	4637	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 11
4638	4638	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 12
4639	4639	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 13
4640	4640	Hopi Tribe spend all amounts withdrawn from 14
4641	4641	the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund, 15
4642	4642	and any investment earnings accrued through 16
4643	4643	the investments under the Tribal management 17
4644	4644	plan, in accordance with this Act. 18
4645	4645	(C) E
4646	4646	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 19
4647	4647	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-20
4648	4648	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-21
4649	4649	essary— 22
4650	4650	(i) to enforce a Tribal management 23
4651	4651	plan; and 24
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4654	4654	•S 953 IS
4655	4655	(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 1
4656	4656	from the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement 2
4657	4657	Trust Fund by the Hopi Tribe under this 3
4658	4658	paragraph are used in accordance with this 4
4659	4659	Act. 5
4660	4660	(2) E
4661	4661	XPENDITURE PLAN.— 6
4662	4662	(A) I
4663	4663	N GENERAL.—The Hopi Tribe may 7
4664	4664	submit to the Secretary a request to withdraw 8
4665	4665	funds from the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement 9
4666	4666	Trust Fund pursuant to an approved expendi-10
4667	4667	ture plan. 11
4668	4668	(B) R
4669	4669	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 12
4670	4670	withdraw funds under an expenditure plan 13
4671	4671	under this paragraph, the Hopi Tribe shall sub-14
4672	4672	mit to the Secretary for approval an expendi-15
4673	4673	ture plan for any portion of the Hopi Tribe 16
4674	4674	Water Settlement Trust Fund that the Hopi 17
4675	4675	Tribe elects to withdraw pursuant to this para-18
4676	4676	graph, subject to the condition that the funds 19
4677	4677	shall be used for the purposes described in this 20
4678	4678	Act. 21
4679	4679	(C) I
4680	4680	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 22
4681	4681	under this paragraph shall include a description 23
4682	4682	of the manner and purpose for which the 24
4683	4683	amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 25
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4686	4686	•S 953 IS
4687	4687	Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund Ac-1
4688	4688	counts will be used by the Hopi Tribe in ac-2
4689	4689	cordance with subsection (f). 3
4690	4690	(D) A
4691	4691	PPROVAL.—On receipt of an expendi-4
4692	4692	ture plan under this paragraph, the Secretary 5
4693	4693	shall approve the expenditure plan if the Sec-6
4694	4694	retary determines that the expenditure plan— 7
4695	4695	(i) is reasonable; and 8
4696	4696	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 9
4697	4697	for, the purposes of this Act. 10
4698	4698	(E) E
4699	4699	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 11
4700	4700	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-12
4701	4701	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-13
4702	4702	essary to enforce an expenditure plan under 14
4703	4703	this paragraph to ensure that amounts dis-15
4704	4704	bursed under this paragraph are used in ac-16
4705	4705	cordance with this Act. 17
4706	4706	(f) U
4707	4707	SES.—Amounts from the Hopi Tribe Water Set-18
4708	4708	tlement Trust Fund shall be used by the Hopi Tribe for 19
4709	4709	the following purposes: 20
4710	4710	(1) T
4711	4711	HE HOPI TRIBE GROUNDWATER PROJECTS 21
4712	4712	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Hopi 22
4713	4713	Tribe Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account 23
4714	4714	may only be used for the purpose of environmental 24
4715	4715	compliance, planning, engineering and design activi-25
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4718	4718	•S 953 IS
4719	4719	ties, and construction designed to deliver potable 1
4720	4720	water to Hopi communities. 2
4721	4721	(2) T
4722	4722	HE HOPI TRIBE OM&R TRUST FUND AC -3
4723	4723	COUNT.—Amounts in the Hopi Tribe OM&R Trust 4
4724	4724	Fund Account may only be used to pay the OM&R 5
4725	4725	costs of the Hopi Groundwater projects described in 6
4726	4726	paragraph (1) and the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipe-7
4727	4727	line project. 8
4728	4728	(3) T
4729	4729	HE HOPI TRIBE AGRICULTURAL CON -9
4730	4730	SERVATION TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in 10
4731	4731	the Hopi Tribe Agricultural Conservation Trust 11
4732	4732	Fund Account may only be used to pay the costs of 12
4733	4733	improvements to reduce water shortages on the his-13
4734	4734	torically irrigated land and grazing land of the Hopi 14
4735	4735	Tribe, including sprinklers, drip or other efficient ir-15
4736	4736	rigation systems, land leveling, wells, impoundments, 16
4737	4737	pipelines, pumps and storage, stream bank stabiliza-17
4738	4738	tion and restoration, pasture seeding and manage-18
4739	4739	ment, fencing, and wind breaks, and alluvial wells, 19
4740	4740	and spring restoration, repair, replacement, and re-20
4741	4741	location of low technology structures to support 21
4742	4742	Akchin farming, flood-water farming, and other tra-22
4743	4743	ditional farming practices. 23
4744	4744	(4) T
4745	4745	HE HOPI TRIBE LOWER BASIN COLORADO 24
4746	4746	RIVER WATER ACQUISITION TRUST FUND AC -25
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4749	4749	•S 953 IS
4750	4750	COUNT.—Amounts in the Hopi Tribe Lower Basin 1
4751	4751	Colorado River Water Acquisition Trust Fund Ac-2
4752	4752	count may only be used to purchase land within the 3
4753	4753	State and associated Arizona Lower Basin Colorado 4
4754	4754	River Water Rights. 5
4755	4755	(5) T
4756	4756	HE HOPI TRIBE SYSTEM CONSERVATION 6
4757	4757	TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the Hopi 7
4758	4758	Tribe System Conservation Trust Fund Account 8
4759	4759	may only be used to compensate the Hopi Tribe or 9
4760	4760	the Navajo Nation for the storage of System Con-10
4761	4761	servation Eligible Water at Lake Powell consistent 11
4762	4762	with section 6(c)(4)(C)(i)(III). 12
4763	4763	(g) L
4764	4764	IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 13
4765	4765	the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-14
4766	4766	vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the Hopi Tribe 15
4767	4767	Water Settlement Trust Fund by the Hopi Tribe pursuant 16
4768	4768	to subsection (e). 17
4769	4769	(h) T
4770	4770	ITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 18
4771	4771	over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 19
4772	4772	from the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund shall 20
4773	4773	remain in the Hopi Tribe. 21
4774	4774	(i) A
4775	4775	CCOUNTTRANSFERS.—If the activities described 22
4776	4776	in any of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (f) are 23
4777	4777	complete and amounts remain in the applicable Trust 24
4778	4778	Fund Account described in those paragraphs, the Sec-25
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4781	4781	•S 953 IS
4782	4782	retary, at the request of the Hopi Tribe, shall transfer 1
4783	4783	the remaining amounts to one of the other accounts within 2
4784	4784	the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund. 3
4785	4785	(j) C
4786	4786	ONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IINA´BA´– P AA 4
4787	4787	T
4788	4788	UWAQAT’SIPIPELINE.— 5
4789	4789	(1) I
4790	4790	N GENERAL.—On written notification from 6
4791	4791	the Secretary that the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si Im-7
4792	4792	plementation Fund Account is insufficient and addi-8
4793	4793	tional funds are necessary to complete the iina´ba´– 9
4794	4794	paa tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with section 8, 10
4795	4795	the Hopi Tribe shall submit to the Secretary an ex-11
4796	4796	penditure plan for the transfer of funds from the 12
4797	4797	Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund to the iina´ 13
4798	4798	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund 14
4799	4799	Account. 15
4800	4800	(2) P
4801	4801	ROPORTIONATE SHARE .—The cost share 16
4802	4802	of the Hopi Tribe for supplemental funding shall be 17
4803	4803	based on the allocation of the iina´ba´– paa 18
4804	4804	tuwaqat’si pipeline costs agreed on in the Cost-Shar-19
4805	4805	ing and System Integration Agreement for the iina´ 20
4806	4806	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline described in section 21
4807	4807	8(a)(1)(F)(ii). 22
4808	4808	(k) A
4809	4809	NNUALREPORT.—The Hopi Tribe shall submit 23
4810	4810	to the Secretary an annual expenditure report describing 24
4811	4811	accomplishments and amounts spent from use of with-25
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4814	4814	•S 953 IS
4815	4815	drawals under a Tribal management plan under para-1
4816	4816	graph (1) of subsection (e) or an expenditure plan under 2
4817	4817	paragraph (2) of that subsection. 3
4818	4818	(l) N
4819	4819	OPERCAPITAPAYMENTS.—No principal or in-4
4820	4820	terest amount in any account established by this section 5
4821	4821	shall be distributed to any Member of the Hopi Tribe on 6
4822	4822	a per capita basis. 7
4823	4823	(m) E
4824	4824	FFECT.—Nothing in this section entitles the 8
4825	4825	Hopi Tribe to judicial review of a determination of the 9
4826	4826	Secretary relating to whether to approve a Tribal manage-10
4827	4827	ment plan under paragraph (1) of subsection (e) or an 11
4828	4828	expenditure plan under paragraph (2) of that subsection, 12
4829	4829	or to take enforcement actions under paragraph (1)(C) or 13
4830	4830	(2)(E) of that subsection, except as provided under sub-14
4831	4831	chapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United 15
4832	4832	States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Administrative 16
4833	4833	Procedure Act’’). 17
4834	4834	SEC. 12. SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE WATER SET-18
4835	4835	TLEMENT TRUST FUND. 19
4836	4836	(a) E
4837	4837	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 20
4838	4838	a trust fund for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, to 21
4839	4839	be known as the ‘‘San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water 22
4840	4840	Settlement Trust Fund’’, to be managed, invested, and 23
4841	4841	distributed by the Secretary and to remain available until 24
4842	4842	expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general fund of 25
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4845	4845	•S 953 IS
4846	4846	the Treasury, consisting of the amounts deposited in the 1
4847	4847	Trust Fund Accounts under subsection (c), together with 2
4848	4848	any investment earnings, including interest, earned on 3
4849	4849	those amounts, for the purpose of carrying out this Act. 4
4850	4850	(b) A
4851	4851	CCOUNTS.—The Secretary shall establish in the 5
4852	4852	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust 6
4853	4853	Fund the following accounts: 7
4854	4854	(1) The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 8
4855	4855	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account. 9
4856	4856	(2) The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Agri-10
4857	4857	cultural Conservation Trust Fund Account. 11
4858	4858	(3) The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 12
4859	4859	OM&R Trust Fund Account. 13
4860	4860	(c) D
4861	4861	EPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit— 14
4862	4862	(1) in the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 15
4863	4863	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account, the 16
4864	4864	amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph 17
4865	4865	(C)(i) of section 13(b)(3); 18
4866	4866	(2) in the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Ag-19
4867	4867	ricultural Conservation Trust Fund Account, the 20
4868	4868	amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph 21
4869	4869	(C)(iii) of that section; and 22
4870	4870	(3) in the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 23
4871	4871	OM&R Trust Fund Account, the amounts made 24
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4874	4874	•S 953 IS
4875	4875	available pursuant to subparagraph (C)(ii) of that 1
4876	4876	section. 2
4877	4877	(d) M
4878	4878	ANAGEMENT AND INTEREST.— 3
4879	4879	(1) M
4880	4880	ANAGEMENT.—On receipt and deposit of 4
4881	4881	the funds into the accounts in the San Juan South-5
4882	4882	ern Paiute Water Settlement Trust Fund Accounts 6
4883	4883	pursuant to subsection (c), the Secretary shall man-7
4884	4884	age, invest, and distribute all amounts in the San 8
4885	4885	Juan Southern Paiute Water Settlement Trust 9
4886	4886	Fund Accounts in a manner that is consistent with 10
4887	4887	the investment authority of the Secretary under— 11
4888	4888	(A) the first section of the Act of June 24, 12
4889	4889	1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); 13
4890	4890	(B) the American Indian Trust Fund Man-14
4891	4891	agement Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 15
4892	4892	et seq.); and 16
4893	4893	(C) this subsection. 17
4894	4894	(2) I
4895	4895	NVESTMENT EARNINGS .—In addition to 18
4896	4896	the deposits made to the San Juan Southern Paiute 19
4897	4897	Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund under sub-20
4898	4898	section (c), any investment earnings, including inter-21
4899	4899	est, credited to amounts held in accounts of the San 22
4900	4900	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust 23
4901	4901	Fund are authorized to be appropriated to be used 24
4902	4902	in accordance with subsection (f). 25
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4905	4905	•S 953 IS
4906	4906	(e) WITHDRAWALS.— 1
4907	4907	(1) A
4908	4908	MERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND MANAGE -2
4909	4909	MENT REFORM ACT OF 1994 .— 3
4910	4910	(A) I
4911	4911	N GENERAL.—The San Juan South-4
4912	4912	ern Paiute Tribe may withdraw any portion of 5
4913	4913	the amounts in the San Juan Southern Paiute 6
4914	4914	Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund on ap-7
4915	4915	proval by the Secretary of a Tribal management 8
4916	4916	plan submitted by the San Juan Southern Pai-9
4917	4917	ute Tribe in accordance with the American In-10
4918	4918	dian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 11
4919	4919	1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 12
4920	4920	(B) R
4921	4921	EQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the 13
4922	4922	requirements under the American Indian Trust 14
4923	4923	Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 15
4924	4924	U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Tribal management 16
4925	4925	plan under this paragraph shall require that the 17
4926	4926	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe spend all 18
4927	4927	amounts withdrawn from the San Juan South-19
4928	4928	ern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund, 20
4929	4929	and any investment earnings accrued through 21
4930	4930	the investments under the Tribal management 22
4931	4931	plan, in accordance with this Act. 23
4932	4932	(C) E
4933	4933	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 24
4934	4934	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-25
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4937	4937	•S 953 IS
4938	4938	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-1
4939	4939	essary— 2
4940	4940	(i) to enforce a Tribal management 3
4941	4941	plan; and 4
4942	4942	(ii) to ensure that amounts withdrawn 5
4943	4943	from the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 6
4944	4944	Water Settlement Trust Fund by the San 7
4945	4945	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe under this 8
4946	4946	paragraph are used in accordance with this 9
4947	4947	Act. 10
4948	4948	(2) E
4949	4949	XPENDITURE PLAN.— 11
4950	4950	(A) I
4951	4951	N GENERAL.—The San Juan South-12
4952	4952	ern Paiute Tribe may submit to the Secretary 13
4953	4953	a request to withdraw funds from the San Juan 14
4954	4954	Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust 15
4955	4955	Fund pursuant to an approved expenditure 16
4956	4956	plan. 17
4957	4957	(B) R
4958	4958	EQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 18
4959	4959	withdraw funds under an expenditure plan 19
4960	4960	under this paragraph, the San Juan Southern 20
4961	4961	Paiute Tribe shall submit to the Secretary for 21
4962	4962	approval an expenditure plan for any portion of 22
4963	4963	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water 23
4964	4964	Settlement Trust Fund that the San Juan 24
4965	4965	Southern Paiute Tribe elects to withdraw pur-25
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4968	4968	•S 953 IS
4969	4969	suant to this paragraph, subject to the condi-1
4970	4970	tion that the funds shall be used for the pur-2
4971	4971	poses described in this Act. 3
4972	4972	(C) I
4973	4973	NCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan 4
4974	4974	under this paragraph shall include a description 5
4975	4975	of the manner and purpose for which the 6
4976	4976	amounts proposed to be withdrawn from the 7
4977	4977	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settle-8
4978	4978	ment Trust Fund Accounts will be used by the 9
4979	4979	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe in accordance 10
4980	4980	with subsection (f). 11
4981	4981	(D) A
4982	4982	PPROVAL.—On receipt of an expendi-12
4983	4983	ture plan under this paragraph, the Secretary 13
4984	4984	shall approve the expenditure plan if the Sec-14
4985	4985	retary determines that the expenditure plan— 15
4986	4986	(i) is reasonable; and 16
4987	4987	(ii) is consistent with, and will be used 17
4988	4988	for, the purposes of this Act. 18
4989	4989	(E) E
4990	4990	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may 19
4991	4991	carry out such judicial and administrative ac-20
4992	4992	tions as the Secretary determines to be nec-21
4993	4993	essary to enforce an expenditure plan under 22
4994	4994	this paragraph to ensure that amounts dis-23
4995	4995	bursed under this paragraph are used in ac-24
4996	4996	cordance with this Act. 25
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4999	4999	•S 953 IS
5000	5000	(f) USES.—Amounts from the San Juan Southern 1
5001	5001	Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund shall be used 2
5002	5002	by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe for the following 3
5003	5003	purposes: 4
5004	5004	(1) T
5005	5005	HE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE 5
5006	5006	GROUNDWATER PROJECTS TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .— 6
5007	5007	Amounts in the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 7
5008	5008	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Account may only 8
5009	5009	be used to pay the cost of designing and con-9
5010	5010	structing water projects, including Water treatment 10
5011	5011	facilities, pipelines, storage tanks, pumping stations, 11
5012	5012	pressure reducing valves, electrical transmission fa-12
5013	5013	cilities, and the other appurtenant items, including 13
5014	5014	real property and easements necessary to deliver 14
5015	5015	water to the areas served. 15
5016	5016	(2) T
5017	5017	HE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE 16
5018	5018	AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION TRUST FUND AC -17
5019	5019	COUNT.— 18
5020	5020	(A) I
5021	5021	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-19
5022	5022	graph (B), amounts in the San Juan Southern 20
5023	5023	Paiute Tribe Agricultural Conservation Trust 21
5024	5024	Fund Account may only be used to pay the 22
5025	5025	costs of improvements to reduce water short-23
5026	5026	ages on the historically irrigated land of the 24
5027	5027	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, including 25
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5030	5030	•S 953 IS
5031	5031	sprinklers, drip or other efficient irrigation sys-1
5032	5032	tems, land leveling, wells, pipelines, pumps and 2
5033	5033	storage, stream bank stabilization and restora-3
5034	5034	tion, pasture seeding and management, fencing, 4
5035	5035	wind breaks, and alluvial wells. 5
5036	5036	(B) L
5037	5037	IMITATION.—Not more than half of 6
5038	5038	the amounts in the San Juan Southern Paiute 7
5039	5039	Tribe Agricultural Conservation Trust Fund 8
5040	5040	Account may be used for replacement and de-9
5041	5041	velopment of livestock wells and impoundments 10
5042	5042	on San Juan Southern Paiute Land. 11
5043	5043	(3) T
5044	5044	HE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE 12
5045	5045	OM&R TRUST FUND ACCOUNT .—Amounts in the San 13
5046	5046	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe OM&R Trust Fund Ac-14
5047	5047	count may only be used to pay the OM&R costs of 15
5048	5048	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water projects 16
5049	5049	described in paragraph (1) and for the imputed 17
5050	5050	costs for delivery of water from the iina´ba´– paa 18
5051	5051	tuwaqat’si pipeline. 19
5052	5052	(g) L
5053	5053	IABILITY.—The Secretary and the Secretary of 20
5054	5054	the Treasury shall not be liable for the expenditure or in-21
5055	5055	vestment of any amounts withdrawn from the San Juan 22
5056	5056	Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund Ac-23
5057	5057	counts by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe pursuant 24
5058	5058	to subsection (e). 25
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5061	5061	•S 953 IS
5062	5062	(h) TITLE TOINFRASTRUCTURE.—Title to, control 1
5063	5063	over, and operation of any project constructed using funds 2
5064	5064	from the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settle-3
5065	5065	ment Trust Fund shall remain in the San Juan Southern 4
5066	5066	Paiute Tribe. 5
5067	5067	(i) A
5068	5068	CCOUNTTRANSFERS.—If the activities described 6
5069	5069	in any of paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (f) are 7
5070	5070	complete and amounts remain in the applicable Trust 8
5071	5071	Fund Account described in those paragraphs, the Sec-9
5072	5072	retary, at the request of the San Juan Southern Paiute 10
5073	5073	Tribe, shall transfer the remaining amounts to one of the 11
5074	5074	other accounts within the San Juan Southern Paiute 12
5075	5075	Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund. 13
5076	5076	(j) C
5077	5077	ONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IINA´BA´– P AA 14
5078	5078	T
5079	5079	UWAQAT’SIPIPELINE.—In its sole discretion, the San 15
5080	5080	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe may use amounts in the San 16
5081	5081	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust 17
5082	5082	Fund to supplement funds in the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 18
5083	5083	pipeline Implementation Fund Account. 19
5084	5084	(k) A
5085	5085	NNUALREPORT.—The San Juan Southern Pai-20
5086	5086	ute Tribe shall submit to the Secretary an annual expendi-21
5087	5087	ture report describing accomplishments and amounts 22
5088	5088	spent from use of withdrawals under a Tribal management 23
5089	5089	plan submitted under paragraph (1) of subsection (e) or 24
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5092	5092	•S 953 IS
5093	5093	an expenditure plan under paragraph (2) of that sub-1
5094	5094	section. 2
5095	5095	(l) N
5096	5096	OPERCAPITAPAYMENTS.—No principal or in-3
5097	5097	terest amount in any account established by this section 4
5098	5098	shall be distributed to any Member of the San Juan 5
5099	5099	Southern Paiute Tribe on a per capita basis. 6
5100	5100	(m) E
5101	5101	FFECT.—Nothing in this section entitles the 7
5102	5102	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe to judicial review of a 8
5103	5103	determination of the Secretary relating to whether to ap-9
5104	5104	prove a Tribal management plan under paragraph (1) of 10
5105	5105	subsection (e) or an expenditure plan under paragraph (2) 11
5106	5106	of that subsection, or to take enforcement actions under 12
5107	5107	paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(E) of that subsection, except as 13
5108	5108	provided under subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 14
5109	5109	7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 15
5110	5110	‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 16
5111	5111	SEC. 13. FUNDING. 17
5112	5112	(a) I
5113	5113	INA´BA´– PAATUWAQAT’SIPIPELINEIMPLE-18
5114	5114	MENTATIONFUNDACCOUNT.— 19
5115	5115	(1) M
5116	5116	ANDATORY APPROPRIATION .—Out of any 20
5117	5117	funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 21
5118	5118	the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 22
5119	5119	Secretary $1,715,000,000 for deposit in the iina´ba´ 23
5120	5120	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation Fund Ac-24
5121	5121	count, to carry out the planning, engineering, de-25
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5124	5124	•S 953 IS
5125	5125	sign, environmental compliance, and construction of 1
5126	5126	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, to remain 2
5127	5127	available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to 3
5128	5128	the general fund of the Treasury. 4
5129	5129	(2) A
5130	5130	VAILABILITY.— 5
5131	5131	(A) I
5132	5132	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 6
5133	5133	subparagraph (B), amounts appropriated to 7
5134	5134	and deposited in the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si 8
5135	5135	pipeline Implementation Fund Account under 9
5136	5136	paragraph (1) shall not be available for expend-10
5137	5137	iture until the Enforceability Date. 11
5138	5138	(B) E
5139	5139	XCEPTION.—Of the amounts made 12
5140	5140	available under paragraph (1), $250,000,000 13
5141	5141	shall be made available before the Enforce-14
5142	5142	ability Date for the Bureau to carry out envi-15
5143	5143	ronmental compliance and preliminary design of 16
5144	5144	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, subject to 17
5145	5145	the following: 18
5146	5146	(i) The revision of the Settlement 19
5147	5147	Agreement and exhibits to conform to this 20
5148	5148	Act. 21
5149	5149	(ii) Execution by all of the required 22
5150	5150	settlement parties, including the United 23
5151	5151	States, to the conformed Settlement Agree-24
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5154	5154	•S 953 IS
5155	5155	ment and exhibits, including the waivers 1
5156	5156	and releases of claims under section 14. 2
5157	5157	(3) S
5158	5158	ETTLEMENT FUNDING SOURCES .—If the 3
5159	5159	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementation 4
5160	5160	Fund Account is insufficient to complete the iina´ba´ 5
5161	5161	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline in accordance with section 6
5162	5162	8, the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe shall provide 7
5163	5163	necessary supplemental funding from the Water Set-8
5164	5164	tlement Trust Fund of the Tribe as described in sec-9
5165	5165	tions 10(j) and 11(j). 10
5166	5166	(b) N
5167	5167	AVAJONATIONWATERSETTLEMENTTRUST 11
5168	5168	F
5169	5169	UND, THEHOPITRIBEWATERSETTLEMENTTRUST 12
5170	5170	F
5171	5171	UND AND THE SANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTESETTLE-13
5172	5172	MENTTRUSTFUND.— 14
5173	5173	(1) M
5174	5174	ANDATORY APPROPRIATION .—Out of any 15
5175	5175	funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 16
5176	5176	the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 17
5177	5177	Secretary $3,421,400,000, for deposit in the Navajo 18
5178	5178	Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund, the Hopi 19
5179	5179	Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund, and the San 20
5180	5180	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust 21
5181	5181	Fund, in accordance with paragraph (3), to remain 22
5182	5182	available until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to 23
5183	5183	the general fund of the Treasury. 24
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5186	5186	•S 953 IS
5187	5187	(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated to 1
5188	5188	and deposited in the Navajo Nation Water Settle-2
5189	5189	ment Trust Fund, the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement 3
5190	5190	Trust Fund, and the San Juan Southern Paiute 4
5191	5191	Water Settlement Trust Fund under paragraph (1) 5
5192	5192	shall not be available for expenditure until the En-6
5193	5193	forceability Date. 7
5194	5194	(3) A
5195	5195	LLOCATION.—The Secretary shall dis-8
5196	5196	tribute and deposit the amounts made available 9
5197	5197	under paragraph (1) in accordance with the fol-10
5198	5198	lowing: 11
5199	5199	(A) T
5200	5200	HE NAVAJO NATION WATER SETTLE -12
5201	5201	MENT TRUST FUND .—The Secretary shall de-13
5202	5202	posit in the Navajo Nation Water Settlement 14
5203	5203	Trust Fund $2,876,416,400 to remain available 15
5204	5204	until expended, withdrawn, or reverted to the 16
5205	5205	general fund of the Treasury and to be allo-17
5206	5206	cated to the accounts of the Navajo Nation 18
5207	5207	Water Settlement Trust Fund in accordance 19
5208	5208	with the following: 20
5209	5209	(i) The Navajo Nation Water Projects 21
5210	5210	Trust Fund Account, $2,369,200,000. 22
5211	5211	(ii) The Navajo Nation OM&R Trust 23
5212	5212	Fund Account, $229,500,000. 24
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5216	5216	(iii) The Navajo Nation Agricultural 1
5217	5217	Conservation Trust Fund Account, 2
5218	5218	$80,000,000. 3
5219	5219	(iv) The Navajo Nation Renewable 4
5220	5220	Energy Trust Fund Account, $40,000,000. 5
5221	5221	(v) The Navajo Nation Lower Basin 6
5222	5222	Colorado River Water Acquisition Trust 7
5223	5223	Fund Account, $28,000,000. 8
5224	5224	(vi) The Navajo Nation System Con-9
5225	5225	servation Trust Fund Account, 10
5226	5226	$129,716,400. 11
5227	5227	(B) T
5228	5228	HE HOPI TRIBE WATER SETTLEMENT 12
5229	5229	TRUST FUND.—The Secretary shall deposit in 13
5230	5230	the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund 14
5231	5231	$515,183,600, to remain available until ex-15
5232	5232	pended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 16
5233	5233	fund of the Treasury and to be allocated to the 17
5234	5234	accounts of the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement 18
5235	5235	Trust Fund in accordance with the following: 19
5236	5236	(i) The Hopi Tribe Groundwater 20
5237	5237	Projects Trust Fund Account, 21
5238	5238	$390,000,000. 22
5239	5239	(ii) The Hopi Tribe OM&R Trust 23
5240	5240	Fund Account, $87,000,000. 24
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5243	5243	•S 953 IS
5244	5244	(iii) The Hopi Tribe Agricultural Con-1
5245	5245	servation Trust Fund Account, 2
5246	5246	$30,000,000. 3
5247	5247	(iv) The Hopi Tribe Lower Basin Col-4
5248	5248	orado River Water Acquisition Trust Fund 5
5249	5249	Account, $1,500,000. 6
5250	5250	(v) The Hopi Tribe System Conserva-7
5251	5251	tion Trust Fund Account, $6,683,600. 8
5252	5252	(C) T
5253	5253	HE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE 9
5254	5254	TRIBE WATER SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND .— 10
5255	5255	The Secretary shall deposit in the San Juan 11
5256	5256	Southern Paiute Water Settlement Trust Fund 12
5257	5257	$29,800,000, to remain available until ex-13
5258	5258	pended, withdrawn, or reverted to the general 14
5259	5259	fund of the Treasury and to be allocated to the 15
5260	5260	accounts of the San Juan Southern Paiute 16
5261	5261	Water Settlement Trust Fund in accordance 17
5262	5262	with the following: 18
5263	5263	(i) The San Juan Southern Paiute 19
5264	5264	Groundwater Projects Trust Fund Ac-20
5265	5265	count, $28,000,000. 21
5266	5266	(ii) The San Juan Southern Paiute 22
5267	5267	OM&R Trust Fund Account, $1,500,000. 23
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5270	5270	•S 953 IS
5271	5271	(iii) The San Juan Southern Paiute 1
5272	5272	Agricultural Conservation Trust Fund Ac-2
5273	5273	count, $300,000. 3
5274	5274	(c) S
5275	5275	UPPLEMENTAL IINA´BA´– PAATUWAQAT’SI 4
5276	5276	P
5277	5277	IPELINEIMPLEMENTATION FUNDACCOUNT RE-5
5278	5278	SERVE.— 6
5279	5279	(1) I
5280	5280	N GENERAL.—In order to address the pre-7
5281	5281	liminary estimate level of the value planning study 8
5282	5282	described in section 8(a)(1)(C)(iii), and the risk that 9
5283	5283	the amount in the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 10
5284	5284	Implementation Fund Account may be insufficient 11
5285	5285	to complete construction of the iina´ba´– paa 12
5286	5286	tuwaqat’si pipeline, until the Secretary completes a 13
5287	5287	feasibility-level design and estimate for the iina´ba´ 14
5288	5288	– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline, 50 percent of the Navajo 15
5289	5289	Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund and 50 per-16
5290	5290	cent of the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust 17
5291	5291	Fund— 18
5292	5292	(A) shall not be available for withdrawal, 19
5293	5293	except pursuant to sections 10(j)(1) and 20
5294	5294	11(j)(1); and 21
5295	5295	(B) shall remain available to supplement 22
5296	5296	the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implemen-23
5297	5297	tation Fund Account. 24
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5300	5300	•S 953 IS
5301	5301	(2) ON COMPLETION OF FEASIBILITY STUDY .— 1
5302	5302	On completion of the feasibility-level estimate, value 2
5303	5303	planning, and final design approved by the Navajo 3
5304	5304	Nation, Hopi Tribe, and the Secretary, a percentage 4
5305	5305	of the Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund 5
5306	5306	and the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund to 6
5307	5307	be determined by the Secretary— 7
5308	5308	(A) shall not be available for withdrawal, 8
5309	5309	except pursuant to sections 10(j)(1) and 9
5310	5310	11(j)(1); and 10
5311	5311	(B) shall remain available to supplement 11
5312	5312	iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline Implementa-12
5313	5313	tion Fund Account until the Secretary notifies 13
5314	5314	the Tribes in writing that supplemental funding 14
5315	5315	is no longer needed. 15
5316	5316	(d) C
5317	5317	REDITS TOACCOUNTS.— 16
5318	5318	(1) I
5319	5319	N GENERAL.—The interest on, and the 17
5320	5320	proceeds from, the sale or redemption of, any obliga-18
5321	5321	tions held in the Navajo Nation Water Settlement 19
5322	5322	Trust Fund, the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust 20
5323	5323	Fund, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Water 21
5324	5324	Settlement Trust Fund shall be credited to and form 22
5325	5325	a part of the applicable Trust Fund. 23
5326	5326	(2) U
5327	5327	SE OF TRUST FUNDS .—Amounts appro-24
5328	5328	priated to and deposited in the Navajo Nation Water 25
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5331	5331	•S 953 IS
5332	5332	Settlement Trust Fund, the Hopi Tribe Water Set-1
5333	5333	tlement Trust Fund, and the San Juan Southern 2
5334	5334	Paiute Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund may be 3
5335	5335	used as described in sections 10, 11, and 12 and 4
5336	5336	paragraph 12 of the Settlement Agreement. 5
5337	5337	(e) F
5338	5338	LUCTUATION INCOSTS.— 6
5339	5339	(1) I
5340	5340	MPLEMENTATION FUND ACCOUNT .—The 7
5341	5341	amounts appropriated and authorized to be appro-8
5342	5342	priated under subsection (a) shall be— 9
5343	5343	(A) increased or decreased, as appropriate, 10
5344	5344	by such amounts as may be justified by reason 11
5345	5345	of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring after 12
5346	5346	January 1, 2024, as indicated by the Bureau 13
5347	5347	Construction Cost Trends Index applicable to 14
5348	5348	the types of construction involved; and 15
5349	5349	(B) adjusted to address construction cost 16
5350	5350	changes necessary to account for unforeseen 17
5351	5351	market volatility that may not otherwise be cap-18
5352	5352	tured by engineering cost indices as determined 19
5353	5353	by the Secretary, including repricing applicable 20
5354	5354	to the types of construction and current indus-21
5355	5355	try standards involved. 22
5356	5356	(2) T
5357	5357	RUST FUNDS.—The amounts appropriated 23
5358	5358	and authorized to be appropriated under subsection 24
5359	5359	(b) shall be— 25
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5362	5362	•S 953 IS
5363	5363	(A) increased or decreased, as appropriate, 1
5364	5364	by such amounts as may be justified by reason 2
5365	5365	of ordinary fluctuations in costs occurring after 3
5366	5366	January 1, 2024, as indicated by the Bureau 4
5367	5367	Construction Cost Index—Composite Trend, ex-5
5368	5368	cept for the OM&R trust funds which shall be 6
5369	5369	adjusted based on the Bureau OM&R Cost 7
5370	5370	Index; and 8
5371	5371	(B) adjusted to address construction cost 9
5372	5372	changes necessary to account for unforeseen 10
5373	5373	market volatility that may not otherwise be cap-11
5374	5374	tured by engineering cost indices as determined 12
5375	5375	by the Secretary, including repricing applicable 13
5376	5376	to the types of construction and current indus-14
5377	5377	try standards involved. 15
5378	5378	(3) R
5379	5379	EPETITION.—The adjustment process 16
5380	5380	under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be repeated for 17
5381	5381	each subsequent amount appropriated until the 18
5382	5382	amount appropriated and authorized to be appro-19
5383	5383	priated, as applicable, under subsections (a) and (b), 20
5384	5384	as adjusted, has been appropriated. 21
5385	5385	(4) P
5386	5386	ERIOD OF INDEXING.— 22
5387	5387	(A) I
5388	5388	MPLEMENTATION FUND .—With re-23
5389	5389	spect to the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 24
5390	5390	Implementation Fund Account, the period of 25
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5393	5393	•S 953 IS
5394	5394	adjustment under paragraph (1) for any incre-1
5395	5395	ment of funding shall be annually until the iina´ 2
5396	5396	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline project is com-3
5397	5397	pleted. 4
5398	5398	(B) T
5399	5399	RUST FUNDS.—With respect to the 5
5400	5400	Navajo Nation Water Settlement Trust Fund, 6
5401	5401	the Hopi Tribe Water Settlement Trust Fund, 7
5402	5402	and the San Juan Southern Paiute Water Set-8
5403	5403	tlement Trust Fund, the period of indexing ad-9
5404	5404	justment under paragraph (2) for any incre-10
5405	5405	ment of funding shall end on the date on which 11
5406	5406	the funds are deposited into the Trust Funds. 12
5407	5407	SEC. 14. WAIVERS, RELEASES, AND RETENTION OF CLAIMS. 13
5408	5408	(a) W
5409	5409	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 14
5410	5410	C
5411	5411	LAIMS FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, 15
5412	5412	ANDINJURY TOWATER BY THENAVAJONATION, ONBE-16
5413	5413	HALF OF THE NAVAJONATION AND THE MEMBERS OF 17
5414	5414	THENAVAJONATION(BUTNOTMEMBERS IN THE CA-18
5415	5415	PACITY OF THEMEMBERS ASNAVAJOALLOTTEES), AND 19
5416	5416	THEUNITEDSTATES, ACTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THE 20
5417	5417	N
5418	5418	AVAJONATION AND THE MEMBERS OF THE NAVAJO 21
5419	5419	N
5420	5420	ATION(BUTNOTMEMBERS IN THECAPACITY OF THE 22
5421	5421	M
5422	5422	EMBERS ASNAVAJOALLOTTEES) AGAINST THESTATE 23
5423	5423	ANDOTHERS.— 24
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5426	5426	•S 953 IS
5427	5427	(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1
5428	5428	graph (3), the Navajo Nation, on behalf of the Nav-2
5429	5429	ajo Nation and the Members of the Navajo Nation 3
5430	5430	(but not Members in the capacity of the Members as 4
5431	5431	Navajo Allottees), and the United States, acting as 5
5432	5432	trustee for the Navajo Nation and the Members of 6
5433	5433	the Navajo Nation (but not Members in the capacity 7
5434	5434	of the Members as Navajo Allottees), as part of the 8
5435	5435	performance of the respective obligations of the Nav-9
5436	5436	ajo Nation and the United States under the Settle-10
5437	5437	ment Agreement and this Act, are authorized to exe-11
5438	5438	cute a waiver and release of all claims against the 12
5439	5439	State (or any agency or political subdivision of the 13
5440	5440	State), the Hopi Tribe, the Hopi Allottees, the San 14
5441	5441	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and any other indi-15
5442	5442	vidual, entity, corporation, or municipal corporation 16
5443	5443	under Federal, State, or other law for all of the fol-17
5444	5444	lowing: 18
5445	5445	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 19
5446	5446	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 20
5447	5447	River Water, for Navajo Land, arising from 21
5448	5448	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 22
5449	5449	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 23
5450	5450	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 24
5451	5451	River Water, arising from time immemorial 25
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5454	5454	•S 953 IS
5455	5455	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 1
5456	5456	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 2
5457	5457	by the Navajo Nation, the predecessors of the 3
5458	5458	Navajo Nation, the Members of the Navajo Na-4
5459	5459	tion, or predecessors of the Members of the 5
5460	5460	Navajo Nation. 6
5461	5461	(C) Past and present claims for Injury to 7
5462	5462	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-8
5463	5463	orado River Water, for Navajo Land, arising 9
5464	5464	from time immemorial through the Enforce-10
5465	5465	ability Date. 11
5466	5466	(D) Past, present, and future claims for 12
5467	5467	Injury to Water for Navajo Land, arising from 13
5468	5468	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 14
5469	5469	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 15
5470	5470	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 16
5471	5471	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 17
5472	5472	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 18
5473	5473	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 19
5474	5474	within the State by the Navajo Nation, the 20
5475	5475	predecessors of the Navajo Nation, the Mem-21
5476	5476	bers of the Navajo Nation, or predecessors of 22
5477	5477	the Members of the Navajo Nation. 23
5478	5478	(F) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-24
5479	5479	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 25
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5482	5482	•S 953 IS
5483	5483	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, 1
5484	5484	for Navajo Land, resulting from the diversion 2
5485	5485	or Use of water outside of Navajo Land in a 3
5486	5486	manner not in violation of the Settlement 4
5487	5487	Agreement or State law. 5
5488	5488	(G) Past, present, and future claims aris-6
5489	5489	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-7
5490	5490	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-8
5491	5491	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-9
5492	5492	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-10
5493	5493	ment, or this Act. 11
5494	5494	(2) F
5495	5495	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 12
5496	5496	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 13
5497	5497	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 14
5498	5498	13.1 to the Settlement Agreement; and 15
5499	5499	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 16
5500	5500	(3) R
5501	5501	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 17
5502	5502	the waiver and release of claims described in para-18
5503	5503	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.1 to the Settlement Agree-19
5504	5504	ment, the Navajo Nation, acting on behalf of the 20
5505	5505	Navajo Nation and the Members of the Navajo Na-21
5506	5506	tion (but not Members in the capacity of the Mem-22
5507	5507	bers as Navajo Allottees), and the United States, 23
5508	5508	acting as trustee for the Navajo Nation and the 24
5509	5509	Members of the Navajo Nation (but not Members in 25
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5512	5512	•S 953 IS
5513	5513	the capacity of the Members as Navajo Allottees), 1
5514	5514	shall retain any right— 2
5515	5515	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 3
5516	5516	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 4
5517	5517	Nation under the Settlement Agreement, wheth-5
5518	5518	er those rights are generally stated or specifi-6
5519	5519	cally described, or this Act, in any Federal or 7
5520	5520	State court of competent jurisdiction; 8
5521	5521	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 9
5522	5522	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 10
5523	5523	Nation under the LCR Decree and the Gila 11
5524	5524	River Adjudication Decree; 12
5525	5525	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights, for 13
5526	5526	land owned or acquired by the Navajo Nation 14
5527	5527	in fee, or held in trust by the United States for 15
5528	5528	the Navajo Nation, in the LCR Watershed pur-16
5529	5529	suant to subparagraphs 4.11 and 4.12, of the 17
5530	5530	Settlement Agreement, or in the Gila River 18
5531	5531	Basin pursuant to subparagraphs 4.14 and 19
5532	5532	4.15 of the Settlement Agreement; 20
5533	5533	(D) to object to any claims for Water 21
5534	5534	Rights by or for— 22
5535	5535	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 23
5536	5536	Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 24
5537	5537	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 25
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5540	5540	•S 953 IS
5541	5541	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 1
5542	5542	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 2
5543	5543	Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 3
5544	5544	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; and 4
5545	5545	(E) to assert past, present, or future 5
5546	5546	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 6
5547	5547	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 7
5548	5548	Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 8
5549	5549	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 9
5550	5550	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 10
5551	5551	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 11
5552	5552	Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 12
5553	5553	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe. 13
5554	5554	(b) W
5555	5555	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 14
5556	5556	C
5557	5557	LAIMS FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, 15
5558	5558	ANDINJURY TOWATER BY THEUNITEDSTATES, ACTING 16
5559	5559	ASTRUSTEE FOR THENAVAJOALLOTTEESAGAINST THE 17
5560	5560	S
5561	5561	TATE ANDOTHERS.— 18
5562	5562	(1) I
5563	5563	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-19
5564	5564	graph (3), the United States, acting as trustee for 20
5565	5565	the Navajo Allottees, as part of the performance of 21
5566	5566	the obligations of the United States under the Set-22
5567	5567	tlement Agreement and this Act, is authorized to 23
5568	5568	execute a waiver and release of all claims against the 24
5569	5569	State (or any agency or political subdivision of the 25
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5572	5572	•S 953 IS
5573	5573	State), the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the Hopi 1
5574	5574	Allottees, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 2
5575	5575	and any other individual, entity, corporation, or mu-3
5576	5576	nicipal corporation under Federal, State, or other 4
5577	5577	law, for all of the following: 5
5578	5578	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 6
5579	5579	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 7
5580	5580	River Water, for Navajo Allotments, arising 8
5581	5581	from time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 9
5582	5582	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 10
5583	5583	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 11
5584	5584	River Water, arising from time immemorial 12
5585	5585	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 13
5586	5586	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 14
5587	5587	by the Navajo Allottees or predecessors of the 15
5588	5588	Navajo Allottees. 16
5589	5589	(C) Past and present claims for Injury to 17
5590	5590	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-18
5591	5591	orado River Water, for Navajo Allotments, aris-19
5592	5592	ing from time immemorial through the Enforce-20
5593	5593	ability Date. 21
5594	5594	(D) Past, present, and future claims for 22
5595	5595	Injury to Water for Navajo Allotments, arising 23
5596	5596	from time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 24
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5599	5599	•S 953 IS
5600	5600	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 1
5601	5601	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 2
5602	5602	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 3
5603	5603	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 4
5604	5604	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 5
5605	5605	within the State by Navajo Allottees or prede-6
5606	5606	cessors of the Navajo Allottees. 7
5607	5607	(F) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-8
5608	5608	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 9
5609	5609	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, 10
5610	5610	for the Navajo Allotments, resulting from the 11
5611	5611	diversion or Use of water outside of Navajo Al-12
5612	5612	lotments in a manner not in violation of the 13
5613	5613	Settlement Agreement or State law. 14
5614	5614	(G) Past, present, and future claims aris-15
5615	5615	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-16
5616	5616	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-17
5617	5617	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-18
5618	5618	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-19
5619	5619	ment, or this Act. 20
5620	5620	(2) F
5621	5621	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 21
5622	5622	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 22
5623	5623	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 23
5624	5624	13.2 to the Settlement Agreement; and 24
5625	5625	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 25
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5628	5628	•S 953 IS
5629	5629	(3) RETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 1
5630	5630	the waiver and release of claims described in para-2
5631	5631	graph (1), the United States, acting as trustee for 3
5632	5632	the Navajo Allottees, shall retain any right— 4
5633	5633	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 5
5634	5634	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 6
5635	5635	Allottees under the Settlement Agreement, 7
5636	5636	whether those rights are generally stated or 8
5637	5637	specifically described, or this Act, in any Fed-9
5638	5638	eral or State court of competent jurisdiction; 10
5639	5639	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 11
5640	5640	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 12
5641	5641	Allottees under the LCR Decree; 13
5642	5642	(C) to object to any claims for Water 14
5643	5643	Rights by or for— 15
5644	5644	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 16
5645	5645	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San 17
5646	5646	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 18
5647	5647	Tribe; or 19
5648	5648	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 20
5649	5649	of any Indian Tribe other than the Navajo 21
5650	5650	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San Juan 22
5651	5651	Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 23
5652	5652	Tribe; and 24
5653	5653	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00184 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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5655	5655	•S 953 IS
5656	5656	(D) to assert past, present, or future 1
5657	5657	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 2
5658	5658	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 3
5659	5659	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San 4
5660	5660	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 5
5661	5661	Tribe; or 6
5662	5662	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 7
5663	5663	of any Indian Tribe other than the Navajo 8
5664	5664	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the San Juan 9
5665	5665	Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 10
5666	5666	Tribe. 11
5667	5667	(c) W
5668	5668	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 12
5669	5669	C
5670	5670	LAIMS FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, 13
5671	5671	ANDINJURY TOWATER BY THENAVAJONATION, ONBE-14
5672	5672	HALF OF THE NAVAJONATION AND THE MEMBERS OF 15
5673	5673	THENAVAJONATION(BUTNOTMEMBERS IN THE CA-16
5674	5674	PACITY OF THE MEMBERS AS NAVAJOALLOTTEES), 17
5675	5675	A
5676	5676	GAINST THEUNITEDSTATES.— 18
5677	5677	(1) I
5678	5678	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-19
5679	5679	graph (3), the Navajo Nation, acting on behalf of 20
5680	5680	the Navajo Nation and the Members of the Navajo 21
5681	5681	Nation (but not Members in the capacity of the 22
5682	5682	Members as Navajo Allottees), as part of the per-23
5683	5683	formance of the obligations of the Navajo Nation 24
5684	5684	under the Settlement Agreement and this Act, is au-25
5685	5685	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00185 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
5686	5686	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 186
5687	5687	•S 953 IS
5688	5688	thorized to execute a waiver and release of all claims 1
5689	5689	against the United States, including agencies, offi-2
5690	5690	cials, and employees of the United States, under 3
5691	5691	Federal, State, or other law for all of the following: 4
5692	5692	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 5
5693	5693	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 6
5694	5694	River Water, for Navajo Land arising from 7
5695	5695	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 8
5696	5696	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 9
5697	5697	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 10
5698	5698	River Water, arising from time immemorial 11
5699	5699	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 12
5700	5700	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 13
5701	5701	by the Navajo Nation, the predecessors of the 14
5702	5702	Navajo Nation, the Members of the Navajo Na-15
5703	5703	tion, or predecessors of the Members of the 16
5704	5704	Navajo Nation. 17
5705	5705	(C) Claims for Water Rights within the 18
5706	5706	State that the United States, acting as trustee 19
5707	5707	for the Navajo Nation and Navajo Allottees, as-20
5708	5708	serted or could have asserted in any proceeding, 21
5709	5709	except to the extent that such rights are recog-22
5710	5710	nized as part of the Navajo Nation’s Water 23
5711	5711	Rights under this Act. 24
5712	5712	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00186 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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5714	5714	•S 953 IS
5715	5715	(D) Past and present claims for Injury to 1
5716	5716	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-2
5717	5717	orado River Water, for Navajo Land, arising 3
5718	5718	from time immemorial through the Enforce-4
5719	5719	ability Date. 5
5720	5720	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 6
5721	5721	Injury to Water for Navajo Land, arising from 7
5722	5722	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 8
5723	5723	(F) Past, present, and future claims for 9
5724	5724	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 10
5725	5725	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 11
5726	5726	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 12
5727	5727	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 13
5728	5728	within the State by the Navajo Nation, the 14
5729	5729	predecessors of the Navajo Nation, the Mem-15
5730	5730	bers of the Navajo Nation, or predecessors of 16
5731	5731	the Members of the Navajo Nation. 17
5732	5732	(G) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-18
5733	5733	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 19
5734	5734	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date for 20
5735	5735	Navajo Land, resulting from the diversion or 21
5736	5736	Use of water outside of Navajo Land in a man-22
5737	5737	ner not in violation of the Settlement Agree-23
5738	5738	ment or State law. 24
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5741	5741	•S 953 IS
5742	5742	(H) Past, present, and future claims aris-1
5743	5743	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-2
5744	5744	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-3
5745	5745	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-4
5746	5746	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-5
5747	5747	ment, or this Act. 6
5748	5748	(I) Past, present, and future claims arising 7
5749	5749	out of, or relating in any manner to, United 8
5750	5750	States Geological Survey monitoring and re-9
5751	5751	porting activities described in paragraph 7.0 of 10
5752	5752	the Settlement Agreement. 11
5753	5753	(J) Past, present, and future claims aris-12
5754	5754	ing from time immemorial and, thereafter, for-13
5755	5755	ever, relating in any manner to Injury to Water 14
5756	5756	or Injury to Water Rights based on the provi-15
5757	5757	sions of paragraphs 8.0 and 9.0 of the Settle-16
5758	5758	ment Agreement. 17
5759	5759	(K) Past and present claims for foregone 18
5760	5760	benefits from non-Navajo Use of water, on and 19
5761	5761	off Navajo Land (including water from all 20
5762	5762	sources and for all Uses), within the State aris-21
5763	5763	ing before the Enforceability Date. 22
5764	5764	(L) Past and present claims for damage, 23
5765	5765	loss, or injury to land or natural resources due 24
5766	5766	to loss of water or Water Rights, including 25
5767	5767	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00188 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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5769	5769	•S 953 IS
5770	5770	damages, losses, or injuries to hunting, fishing, 1
5771	5771	gathering, or cultural rights due to loss of 2
5772	5772	water or Water Rights, claims relating to inter-3
5773	5773	ference with, diversion of, or taking of water, or 4
5774	5774	claims relating to a failure to protect, acquire, 5
5775	5775	replace, or develop water, Water Rights, or 6
5776	5776	water infrastructure, within the State, arising 7
5777	5777	before the Enforceability Date. 8
5778	5778	(M) Past and present claims arising before 9
5779	5779	the Enforceability Date from a failure to pro-10
5780	5780	vide for operation, maintenance, or deferred 11
5781	5781	maintenance for any irrigation system or irriga-12
5782	5782	tion project on Navajo Land. 13
5783	5783	(N) Past and present claims arising before 14
5784	5784	the Enforceability Date from a failure to estab-15
5785	5785	lish or provide a municipal, rural, or industrial 16
5786	5786	water delivery system on Navajo Land. 17
5787	5787	(O) Past and present claims for damage, 18
5788	5788	loss, or injury to land or natural resources due 19
5789	5789	to construction, operation, and management of 20
5790	5790	irrigation projects on Navajo Land, including 21
5791	5791	damages, losses, or injuries to fish habitat, 22
5792	5792	wildlife, and wildlife habitat, within the State 23
5793	5793	arising before the Enforceability Date. 24
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5796	5796	•S 953 IS
5797	5797	(P) Past and present claims arising before 1
5798	5798	the Enforceability Date from a failure to pro-2
5799	5799	vide a dam safety improvement to a dam on 3
5800	5800	Navajo Land within the State. 4
5801	5801	(2) F
5802	5802	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 5
5803	5803	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 6
5804	5804	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 7
5805	5805	13.3 to the Settlement Agreement; and 8
5806	5806	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 9
5807	5807	(3) R
5808	5808	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 10
5809	5809	the waiver and release of claims described in para-11
5810	5810	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.3 to the Settlement Agree-12
5811	5811	ment, the Navajo Nation and the Members of the 13
5812	5812	Navajo Nation (but not Members in the capacity of 14
5813	5813	the Members as Allottees) shall retain any right— 15
5814	5814	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 16
5815	5815	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 17
5816	5816	Nation under the Settlement Agreement, wheth-18
5817	5817	er those rights are generally stated or specifi-19
5818	5818	cally described, or this Act, in any Federal or 20
5819	5819	State court of competent jurisdiction; 21
5820	5820	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 22
5821	5821	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Navajo 23
5822	5822	Nation under the LCR Decree and the Gila 24
5823	5823	River Adjudication Decree; 25
5824	5824	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00190 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
5825	5825	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 191
5826	5826	•S 953 IS
5827	5827	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights for 1
5828	5828	land owned or acquired by the Navajo Nation 2
5829	5829	in fees in the LCR Watershed pursuant to sub-3
5830	5830	paragraphs 4.11 and 4.12 of the Settlement 4
5831	5831	Agreement, or in the Gila River Basin pursuant 5
5832	5832	to subparagraphs 4.14 and 4.15 of the Settle-6
5833	5833	ment Agreement; 7
5834	5834	(D) to object to any claims for Water 8
5835	5835	Rights by or for— 9
5836	5836	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 10
5837	5837	Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 11
5838	5838	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 12
5839	5839	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 13
5840	5840	of any Indian Tribe other than the Hopi 14
5841	5841	Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 15
5842	5842	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; and 16
5843	5843	(E) to assert past, present, or future 17
5844	5844	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 18
5845	5845	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 19
5846	5846	Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 20
5847	5847	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 21
5848	5848	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 22
5849	5849	of any Indian Tribe other than the Hopi 23
5850	5850	Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 24
5851	5851	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe. 25
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5854	5854	•S 953 IS
5855	5855	(d) WAIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 1
5856	5856	C
5857	5857	LAIMS BY THE UNITEDSTATES INALLCAPACITIES 2
5858	5858	(E
5859	5859	XCEPT ASTRUSTEE FOR AN INDIANTRIBEOTHER 3
5860	5860	T
5861	5861	HAN THENAVAJONATION, THEHOPITRIBE, AND THE 4
5862	5862	S
5863	5863	ANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE) AGAINST THE 5
5864	5864	N
5865	5865	AVAJONATION AND THE MEMBERS OF THE NAVAJO 6
5866	5866	N
5867	5867	ATION.— 7
5868	5868	(1) I
5869	5869	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-8
5870	5870	graph (3), the United States, in all capacities (ex-9
5871	5871	cept as trustee for an Indian Tribe other than the 10
5872	5872	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan 11
5873	5873	Southern Paiute Tribe), as part of the performance 12
5874	5874	of the obligations of the United States under the 13
5875	5875	Settlement Agreement and this Act, is authorized to 14
5876	5876	execute a waiver and release of all claims against the 15
5877	5877	Navajo Nation, the Members of the Navajo Nation, 16
5878	5878	or any agency, official, or employee of the Navajo 17
5879	5879	Nation, under Federal, State, or any other law for 18
5880	5880	all of the following: 19
5881	5881	(A) Past and present claims for Injury to 20
5882	5882	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-21
5883	5883	orado River Water, resulting from the diversion 22
5884	5884	or Use of water on Navajo Land, arising from 23
5885	5885	time immemorial through the Enforceability 24
5886	5886	Date. 25
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5889	5889	•S 953 IS
5890	5890	(B) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-1
5891	5891	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 2
5892	5892	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, re-3
5893	5893	sulting from the diversion or Use of water on 4
5894	5894	Navajo Land in a manner that is not in viola-5
5895	5895	tion of this Agreement or State law. 6
5896	5896	(C) Past, present, and future claims aris-7
5897	5897	ing out of, or related in any manner to, the ne-8
5898	5898	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-9
5899	5899	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-10
5900	5900	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-11
5901	5901	ment, or this Act. 12
5902	5902	(2) F
5903	5903	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 13
5904	5904	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 14
5905	5905	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 15
5906	5906	13.4 to the Settlement Agreement; and 16
5907	5907	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 17
5908	5908	(3) R
5909	5909	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 18
5910	5910	the waiver and release of claims described in para-19
5911	5911	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.4 to the Settlement Agree-20
5912	5912	ment, the United States shall retain any right to as-21
5913	5913	sert any claim not expressly waived in accordance 22
5914	5914	with that paragraph and that Exhibit, in any Fed-23
5915	5915	eral or State court of competent jurisdiction. 24
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5918	5918	•S 953 IS
5919	5919	(e) WAIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 1
5920	5920	C
5921	5921	LAIMS FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, 2
5922	5922	ANDINJURY TOWATER BY THEHOPITRIBE, ONBEHALF 3
5923	5923	OF THEHOPITRIBE AND THEMEMBERS OF THE HOPI 4
5924	5924	T
5925	5925	RIBE(BUTNOTMEMBERS IN THE CAPACITY OF THE 5
5926	5926	M
5927	5927	EMBERS AS HOPIALLOTTEES), AND THE UNITED 6
5928	5928	S
5929	5929	TATES, ACTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THEHOPITRIBE AND 7
5930	5930	THEMEMBERS OF THEHOPITRIBE(BUTNOTMEMBERS 8
5931	5931	IN THE CAPACITY OF THE MEMBERS AS HOPI 9
5932	5932	A
5933	5933	LLOTTEES) AGAINST THESTATE ANDOTHERS.— 10
5934	5934	(1) I
5935	5935	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-11
5936	5936	graph (3), the Hopi Tribe, on behalf of the Hopi 12
5937	5937	Tribe and the Members of the Hopi Tribe (but not 13
5938	5938	Members in the capacity of the Members as Hopi 14
5939	5939	Allottees), and the United States, acting as trustee 15
5940	5940	for the Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi 16
5941	5941	Tribe (but not Members in the capacity of the Mem-17
5942	5942	bers as Hopi Allottees), as part of the performance 18
5943	5943	of the respective obligations of the Hopi Tribe and 19
5944	5944	the United States under the Settlement Agreement 20
5945	5945	and this Act, are authorized to execute a waiver and 21
5946	5946	release of all claims against the State (or any agency 22
5947	5947	or political subdivision of the State), the Navajo Na-23
5948	5948	tion, the Navajo Allottees, the San Juan Southern 24
5949	5949	Paiute Tribe, and any other individual, entity, cor-25
5950	5950	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00194 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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5952	5952	•S 953 IS
5953	5953	poration, or municipal corporation under Federal, 1
5954	5954	State, or other law for all of the following: 2
5955	5955	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 3
5956	5956	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 4
5957	5957	River Water, for Hopi Land, arising from time 5
5958	5958	immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 6
5959	5959	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 7
5960	5960	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 8
5961	5961	River Water, arising from time immemorial 9
5962	5962	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 10
5963	5963	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 11
5964	5964	by the Hopi Tribe, the predecessors of the Hopi 12
5965	5965	Tribe, the Members of the Hopi Tribe, or pred-13
5966	5966	ecessors of the Members of the Hopi Tribe. 14
5967	5967	(C) Past and present claims for Injury to 15
5968	5968	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-16
5969	5969	orado River Water, for Hopi Land, arising from 17
5970	5970	time immemorial through the Enforceability 18
5971	5971	Date. 19
5972	5972	(D) Past, present, and future claims for 20
5973	5973	Injury to Water for Hopi Land, arising from 21
5974	5974	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 22
5975	5975	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 23
5976	5976	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 24
5977	5977	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 25
5978	5978	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00195 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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5980	5980	•S 953 IS
5981	5981	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 1
5982	5982	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 2
5983	5983	within the State by the Hopi Tribe, the prede-3
5984	5984	cessors of the Hopi Tribe, the Members of the 4
5985	5985	Hopi Tribe, or predecessors of the Members of 5
5986	5986	the Hopi Tribe. 6
5987	5987	(F) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-7
5988	5988	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 8
5989	5989	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, 9
5990	5990	for Hopi Land, resulting from the diversion or 10
5991	5991	Use of water outside of Hopi Land in a manner 11
5992	5992	not in violation of the Settlement Agreement or 12
5993	5993	State law. 13
5994	5994	(G) Past, present, and future claims aris-14
5995	5995	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-15
5996	5996	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-16
5997	5997	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-17
5998	5998	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-18
5999	5999	ment, or this Act. 19
6000	6000	(2) F
6001	6001	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 20
6002	6002	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 21
6003	6003	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 22
6004	6004	13.6 to the Settlement Agreement; and 23
6005	6005	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 24
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6008	6008	•S 953 IS
6009	6009	(3) RETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 1
6010	6010	the waiver and release of claims described in para-2
6011	6011	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.6 to the Settlement Agree-3
6012	6012	ment, the Hopi Tribe, acting on behalf of the Hopi 4
6013	6013	Tribe and the Members of the Hopi Tribe (but not 5
6014	6014	Members in the capacity of the Members as Hopi 6
6015	6015	Allottees), and the United States, acting as trustee 7
6016	6016	for the Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi 8
6017	6017	Tribe (but not Members in the capacity of the Mem-9
6018	6018	bers as Hopi Allottees), shall retain any right— 10
6019	6019	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 11
6020	6020	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 12
6021	6021	Tribe under the Settlement Agreement, whether 13
6022	6022	those rights are generally stated or specifically 14
6023	6023	described, or this Act, in any Federal or State 15
6024	6024	court of competent jurisdiction; 16
6025	6025	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 17
6026	6026	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 18
6027	6027	Tribe under the LCR Decree; 19
6028	6028	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights for 20
6029	6029	land owned or acquired by the Hopi Tribe in 21
6030	6030	fees, or held in trust by the United States for 22
6031	6031	the Hopi Tribe, in the LCR Watershed pursu-23
6032	6032	ant to subparagraphs 5.10 and 5.11 of the Set-24
6033	6033	tlement Agreement; 25
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6036	6036	•S 953 IS
6037	6037	(D) to object to any claims for Water 1
6038	6038	Rights by or for— 2
6039	6039	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 3
6040	6040	Navajo Nation, the San Juan Southern 4
6041	6041	Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 5
6042	6042	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 6
6043	6043	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Navajo 7
6044	6044	Nation, the San Juan Southern Paiute 8
6045	6045	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; and 9
6046	6046	(E) to assert past, present, or future 10
6047	6047	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 11
6048	6048	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 12
6049	6049	Navajo Nation, the San Juan Southern 13
6050	6050	Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 14
6051	6051	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 15
6052	6052	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Navajo 16
6053	6053	Nation, the San Juan Southern Paiute 17
6054	6054	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe. 18
6055	6055	(f) W
6056	6056	AIVERS, RELEASES ANDRETENTION OFCLAIMS 19
6057	6057	FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, AND 20
6058	6058	I
6059	6059	NJURY TOWATER BY THEUNITEDSTATES, ACTING AS 21
6060	6060	T
6061	6061	RUSTEE FOR THE HOPIALLOTTEESAGAINST THE 22
6062	6062	S
6063	6063	TATE ANDOTHERS.— 23
6064	6064	(1) I
6065	6065	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-24
6066	6066	graph (3), the United States, acting as trustee for 25
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6069	6069	•S 953 IS
6070	6070	the Hopi Allottees, as part of the performance of the 1
6071	6071	obligations of the United States under the Settle-2
6072	6072	ment Agreement and this Act, is authorized to exe-3
6073	6073	cute a waiver and release of all claims against the 4
6074	6074	State (or any agency or political subdivision of the 5
6075	6075	State), the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Nav-6
6076	6076	ajo Allottees, and the San Juan Southern Paiute 7
6077	6077	Tribe, and any other individual, entity, corporation, 8
6078	6078	or municipal corporation under Federal, State, or 9
6079	6079	other law, for all of the following: 10
6080	6080	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 11
6081	6081	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 12
6082	6082	River Water, for Hopi Allotments, arising from 13
6083	6083	time immemorial, and, thereafter, forever. 14
6084	6084	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 15
6085	6085	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 16
6086	6086	River Water, arising from time immemorial 17
6087	6087	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 18
6088	6088	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 19
6089	6089	by the Hopi Allottees or predecessors of the 20
6090	6090	Hopi Allottees. 21
6091	6091	(C) Past and present claims for Injury to 22
6092	6092	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-23
6093	6093	orado River Water, for Hopi Allotments, arising 24
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6096	6096	•S 953 IS
6097	6097	from time immemorial through the Enforce-1
6098	6098	ability Date. 2
6099	6099	(D) Past, present, and future claims for 3
6100	6100	Injury to Water for Hopi Allotments, arising 4
6101	6101	from time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 5
6102	6102	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 6
6103	6103	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 7
6104	6104	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 8
6105	6105	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 9
6106	6106	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 10
6107	6107	within the State by Hopi Allottees or prede-11
6108	6108	cessors of the Hopi Allottees. 12
6109	6109	(F) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-13
6110	6110	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 14
6111	6111	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, 15
6112	6112	for the Hopi Allotments, resulting from the di-16
6113	6113	version or Use of water outside of the Hopi Al-17
6114	6114	lotments in a manner not in violation of the 18
6115	6115	Settlement Agreement or State law. 19
6116	6116	(G) Past, present, and future claims aris-20
6117	6117	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-21
6118	6118	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-22
6119	6119	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-23
6120	6120	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-24
6121	6121	ment, or this Act. 25
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6124	6124	•S 953 IS
6125	6125	(2) FORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 1
6126	6126	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 2
6127	6127	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 3
6128	6128	13.7 of the Settlement Agreement; and 4
6129	6129	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 5
6130	6130	(3) R
6131	6131	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 6
6132	6132	the waiver and release of claims described in para-7
6133	6133	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.7 of the Settlement Agree-8
6134	6134	ment, the United States acting as trustee for the 9
6135	6135	Hopi Allottees, shall retain any right— 10
6136	6136	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 11
6137	6137	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 12
6138	6138	Allottees under the Settlement Agreement, 13
6139	6139	whether those rights are generally stated or 14
6140	6140	specifically described, or this Act, in any Fed-15
6141	6141	eral or State court of competent jurisdiction; 16
6142	6142	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 17
6143	6143	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 18
6144	6144	Allottees under the LCR Decree; 19
6145	6145	(C) to object to any claims for Water 20
6146	6146	Rights by or for— 21
6147	6147	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 22
6148	6148	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San 23
6149	6149	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 24
6150	6150	Tribe; or 25
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6153	6153	•S 953 IS
6154	6154	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 1
6155	6155	of any Indian Tribe other than the Hopi 2
6156	6156	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San Juan 3
6157	6157	Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 4
6158	6158	Tribe; and 5
6159	6159	(D) to assert past, present, or future 6
6160	6160	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 7
6161	6161	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 8
6162	6162	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San 9
6163	6163	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 10
6164	6164	Tribe; or 11
6165	6165	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 12
6166	6166	of any Indian Tribe other than the Hopi 13
6167	6167	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the San Juan 14
6168	6168	Southern Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni 15
6169	6169	Tribe. 16
6170	6170	(g) W
6171	6171	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 17
6172	6172	C
6173	6173	LAIMS FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, 18
6174	6174	ANDINJURY TOWATER BY THEHOPITRIBE, ONBEHALF 19
6175	6175	OF THEHOPITRIBE AND THEMEMBERS OF THE HOPI 20
6176	6176	T
6177	6177	RIBE(BUTNOTMEMBERS IN THE CAPACITY OF THE 21
6178	6178	M
6179	6179	EMBERS ASHOPIALLOTTEES), AGAINST THEUNITED 22
6180	6180	S
6181	6181	TATES.— 23
6182	6182	(1) I
6183	6183	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-24
6184	6184	graph (3), the Hopi Tribe, acting on behalf of the 25
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6187	6187	•S 953 IS
6188	6188	Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi Tribe (but 1
6189	6189	not Members in the capacity of the Members as 2
6190	6190	Hopi Allottees), as part of the performance of the 3
6191	6191	obligations of the Hopi Tribe under the Settlement 4
6192	6192	Agreement and this Act, is authorized to execute a 5
6193	6193	waiver and release of all claims against the United 6
6194	6194	States, including agencies, officials, and employees 7
6195	6195	of the United States, under Federal, State, or other 8
6196	6196	law for all of the following: 9
6197	6197	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 10
6198	6198	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 11
6199	6199	River Water, for Hopi Land, arising from time 12
6200	6200	immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 13
6201	6201	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 14
6202	6202	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 15
6203	6203	River Water, arising from time immemorial 16
6204	6204	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 17
6205	6205	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 18
6206	6206	by the Hopi Tribe, the predecessors of the Hopi 19
6207	6207	Tribe, the Members of the Hopi Tribe, or pred-20
6208	6208	ecessors of the Members of the Hopi Tribe. 21
6209	6209	(C) Claims for Water Rights within the 22
6210	6210	State that the United States, acting as trustee 23
6211	6211	for the Hopi Tribe and Hopi Allottees, asserted 24
6212	6212	or could have asserted in any proceeding, except 25
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6215	6215	•S 953 IS
6216	6216	to the extent that such rights are recognized as 1
6217	6217	part of the Hopi Tribe’s Water Rights under 2
6218	6218	this Act. 3
6219	6219	(D) Past and present claims for Injury to 4
6220	6220	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-5
6221	6221	orado River Water, for Hopi Land, arising from 6
6222	6222	time immemorial through the Enforceability 7
6223	6223	Date. 8
6224	6224	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 9
6225	6225	Injury to Water for Hopi Land, arising from 10
6226	6226	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever. 11
6227	6227	(F) Past, present, and future claims for 12
6228	6228	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 13
6229	6229	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 14
6230	6230	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 15
6231	6231	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 16
6232	6232	within the State by the Hopi Tribe, the prede-17
6233	6233	cessors of the Hopi Tribe, the Members of the 18
6234	6234	Hopi Tribe, or predecessors of the Members of 19
6235	6235	the Hopi Tribe. 20
6236	6236	(G) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-21
6237	6237	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 22
6238	6238	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date for 23
6239	6239	Hopi Land, resulting from the diversion or Use 24
6240	6240	of water outside of Hopi Land in a manner not 25
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6243	6243	•S 953 IS
6244	6244	in violation of the Settlement Agreement or 1
6245	6245	State law. 2
6246	6246	(H) Past, present, and future claims aris-3
6247	6247	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-4
6248	6248	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-5
6249	6249	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-6
6250	6250	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-7
6251	6251	ment, or this Act. 8
6252	6252	(I) Past, present, and future claims arising 9
6253	6253	out of, or relating in any manner to, United 10
6254	6254	States Geological Survey monitoring and re-11
6255	6255	porting activities described in paragraph 7.0 of 12
6256	6256	the Settlement Agreement. 13
6257	6257	(J) Past, present, and future claims aris-14
6258	6258	ing from time immemorial and, thereafter, for-15
6259	6259	ever, relating in any manner to Injury to Water 16
6260	6260	or Injury to Water Rights based on the provi-17
6261	6261	sions of paragraphs 8.0 and 9.0 of the Settle-18
6262	6262	ment Agreement. 19
6263	6263	(K) Past and present claims for foregone 20
6264	6264	benefits from non-Hopi Use of water, on and 21
6265	6265	off Hopi Land (including water from all sources 22
6266	6266	and for all Uses), within the State arising be-23
6267	6267	fore the Enforceability Date. 24
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6270	6270	•S 953 IS
6271	6271	(L) Past and present claims for damage, 1
6272	6272	loss, or injury to land, or natural resources due 2
6273	6273	to loss of water or Water Rights, including 3
6274	6274	damages, losses, or injuries to hunting, fishing, 4
6275	6275	gathering, or cultural rights due to loss of 5
6276	6276	water or Water Rights, claims relating to inter-6
6277	6277	ference with, diversion of, or taking of water, or 7
6278	6278	claims relating to a failure to protect, acquire, 8
6279	6279	replace, or develop water, Water Rights, or 9
6280	6280	water infrastructure, within the State, arising 10
6281	6281	before the Enforceability Date. 11
6282	6282	(M) Past and present claims arising before 12
6283	6283	the Enforceability Date from a failure to pro-13
6284	6284	vide for operation, maintenance, or deferred 14
6285	6285	maintenance for any irrigation system or irriga-15
6286	6286	tion project on Hopi Land. 16
6287	6287	(N) Past and present claims arising before 17
6288	6288	the Enforceability Date from a failure to estab-18
6289	6289	lish or provide a municipal, rural, or industrial 19
6290	6290	water delivery system on Hopi Land. 20
6291	6291	(O) Past and present claims for damage, 21
6292	6292	loss, or injury to land or natural resources due 22
6293	6293	to construction, operation, and management of 23
6294	6294	irrigation projects on Hopi Land, including 24
6295	6295	damages, losses, or injuries to fish habitat, 25
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6298	6298	•S 953 IS
6299	6299	wildlife, and wildlife habitat, within the State 1
6300	6300	arising before the Enforceability Date. 2
6301	6301	(2) F
6302	6302	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 3
6303	6303	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 4
6304	6304	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 5
6305	6305	13.8 to the Settlement Agreement; and 6
6306	6306	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 7
6307	6307	(3) R
6308	6308	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 8
6309	6309	the waiver and release of claims described in para-9
6310	6310	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.8 to the Settlement Agree-10
6311	6311	ment, the Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi 11
6312	6312	Tribe (but not Members in the capacity of the Mem-12
6313	6313	bers as Hopi Allottees) shall retain any right— 13
6314	6314	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 14
6315	6315	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 15
6316	6316	Tribe under the Settlement Agreement, whether 16
6317	6317	those rights are generally stated or specifically 17
6318	6318	described, or this Act, in any Federal or State 18
6319	6319	court of competent jurisdiction; 19
6320	6320	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 20
6321	6321	seek enforcement of, the rights of the Hopi 21
6322	6322	Tribe under the LCR Decree; 22
6323	6323	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights for 23
6324	6324	land owned or acquired by the Hopi Tribe in 24
6325	6325	fees in the LCR Watershed pursuant to sub-25
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6327	6327	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 208
6328	6328	•S 953 IS
6329	6329	paragraphs 5.10 and 5.11 of the Settlement 1
6330	6330	Agreement; 2
6331	6331	(D) to object to any claims for Water 3
6332	6332	Rights by or for— 4
6333	6333	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 5
6334	6334	Navajo Nation, the San Juan Southern 6
6335	6335	Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 7
6336	6336	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 8
6337	6337	of any Indian Tribe other than the Navajo 9
6338	6338	Nation, the San Juan Southern Paiute 10
6339	6339	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; and 11
6340	6340	(E) to assert past, present, or future 12
6341	6341	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 13
6342	6342	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 14
6343	6343	Navajo Nation, the San Juan Southern 15
6344	6344	Paiute Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe; or 16
6345	6345	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 17
6346	6346	of any Indian Tribe other than the Navajo 18
6347	6347	Nation, the San Juan Southern Paiute 19
6348	6348	Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe. 20
6349	6349	(h) W
6350	6350	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 21
6351	6351	C
6352	6352	LAIMS BY THE UNITEDSTATES INALLCAPACITIES 22
6353	6353	(E
6354	6354	XCEPT ASTRUSTEE FOR AN INDIANTRIBEOTHER 23
6355	6355	T
6356	6356	HAN THENAVAJONATION, THEHOPITRIBE, AND THE 24
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6359	6359	•S 953 IS
6360	6360	SANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE) AGAINST THE 1
6361	6361	H
6362	6362	OPITRIBE AND THEMEMBERS OF THEHOPITRIBE.— 2
6363	6363	(1) I
6364	6364	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-3
6365	6365	graph (3), the United States, in all capacities (ex-4
6366	6366	cept as trustee for an Indian Tribe other than the 5
6367	6367	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan 6
6368	6368	Southern Paiute Tribe), as part of the performance 7
6369	6369	of the obligations of the United States under the 8
6370	6370	Settlement Agreement and this Act, is authorized to 9
6371	6371	execute a waiver and release of all claims against the 10
6372	6372	Hopi Tribe, the Members of the Hopi Tribe, or any 11
6373	6373	agency, official, or employee of the Hopi Tribe, 12
6374	6374	under Federal, State, or any other law for all of the 13
6375	6375	following: 14
6376	6376	(A) Past and present claims for Injury to 15
6377	6377	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-16
6378	6378	orado River Water, resulting from the diversion 17
6379	6379	or Use of water on Hopi Land arising from 18
6380	6380	time immemorial through the Enforceability 19
6381	6381	Date. 20
6382	6382	(B) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-21
6383	6383	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 22
6384	6384	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, re-23
6385	6385	sulting from the diversion or Use of water on 24
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6387	6387	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 210
6388	6388	•S 953 IS
6389	6389	Hopi Land in a manner that is not in violation 1
6390	6390	of the Settlement Agreement or State law. 2
6391	6391	(C) Past, present, and future claims aris-3
6392	6392	ing out of, or related in any manner to, the ne-4
6393	6393	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-5
6394	6394	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-6
6395	6395	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-7
6396	6396	ment, or this Act. 8
6397	6397	(2) F
6398	6398	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 9
6399	6399	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 10
6400	6400	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 11
6401	6401	13.9 to the Settlement Agreement; and 12
6402	6402	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 13
6403	6403	(3) R
6404	6404	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 14
6405	6405	the waiver and release of claims described in para-15
6406	6406	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.9 to the Settlement Agree-16
6407	6407	ment, the United States shall retain any right to as-17
6408	6408	sert any claim not expressly waived in accordance 18
6409	6409	with that paragraph and that Exhibit, in any Fed-19
6410	6410	eral or State court of competent jurisdiction. 20
6411	6411	(i) W
6412	6412	AIVERS, RELEASES ANDRETENTION OFCLAIMS 21
6413	6413	FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, AND 22
6414	6414	I
6415	6415	NJURY TOWATER BY THESANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTE 23
6416	6416	T
6417	6417	RIBE, ONBEHALF OF THE SANJUANSOUTHERNPAI-24
6418	6418	UTETRIBE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SANJUAN 25
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6421	6421	•S 953 IS
6422	6422	SOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE, AND THEUNITEDSTATES, 1
6423	6423	A
6424	6424	CTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THESANJUANSOUTHERNPAI-2
6425	6425	UTETRIBE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SANJUAN 3
6426	6426	S
6427	6427	OUTHERNPAIUTETRIBEAGAINST THESTATE AND 4
6428	6428	O
6429	6429	THERS.— 5
6430	6430	(1) I
6431	6431	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-6
6432	6432	graph (3), the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, on 7
6433	6433	behalf of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and 8
6434	6434	the Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute 9
6435	6435	Tribe, and the United States, acting as trustee for 10
6436	6436	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the Mem-11
6437	6437	bers of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, as part 12
6438	6438	of the performance of the respective obligations of 13
6439	6439	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the United 14
6440	6440	States under the Settlement Agreement and this 15
6441	6441	Act, is authorized to execute a waiver and release of 16
6442	6442	all claims against the State (or any agency or polit-17
6443	6443	ical subdivision of the State), the Hopi Tribe, the 18
6444	6444	Hopi Allottees, the Navajo Nation, the Navajo 19
6445	6445	Allottees, and any other individual, entity, corpora-20
6446	6446	tion, or municipal corporation under Federal, State, 21
6447	6447	or other law for all of the following: 22
6448	6448	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 23
6449	6449	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 24
6450	6450	River Water, for San Juan Southern Paiute 25
6451	6451	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00211 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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6453	6453	•S 953 IS
6454	6454	Land, arising from time immemorial and, there-1
6455	6455	after, forever. 2
6456	6456	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 3
6457	6457	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 4
6458	6458	River Water, arising from time immemorial 5
6459	6459	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 6
6460	6460	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 7
6461	6461	by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the 8
6462	6462	predecessors of the San Juan Southern Paiute 9
6463	6463	Tribe, the Members of the San Juan Southern 10
6464	6464	Paiute Tribe, or predecessors of the Members of 11
6465	6465	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 12
6466	6466	(C) Past and present claims for Injury to 13
6467	6467	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-14
6468	6468	orado River Water, for San Juan Southern Pai-15
6469	6469	ute Land, arising from time immemorial 16
6470	6470	through the Enforceability Date. 17
6471	6471	(D) Past, present, and future claims for 18
6472	6472	Injury to Water for San Juan Southern Paiute 19
6473	6473	Land, arising from time immemorial and, there-20
6474	6474	after, forever. 21
6475	6475	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 22
6476	6476	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 23
6477	6477	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 24
6478	6478	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 25
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6481	6481	•S 953 IS
6482	6482	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 1
6483	6483	within the State by the San Juan Southern Pai-2
6484	6484	ute Tribe, the predecessors of the San Juan 3
6485	6485	Southern Paiute Tribe, the Members of the San 4
6486	6486	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, or predecessors of 5
6487	6487	the Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute 6
6488	6488	Tribe. 7
6489	6489	(F) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-8
6490	6490	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 9
6491	6491	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, 10
6492	6492	for San Juan Southern Paiute Land, resulting 11
6493	6493	from the diversion or Use of water outside of 12
6494	6494	San Juan Southern Paiute Land in a manner 13
6495	6495	not in violation of the Settlement Agreement or 14
6496	6496	State law. 15
6497	6497	(G) Past, present, and future claims aris-16
6498	6498	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-17
6499	6499	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-18
6500	6500	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-19
6501	6501	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-20
6502	6502	ment, or this Act. 21
6503	6503	(2) F
6504	6504	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 22
6505	6505	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 23
6506	6506	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 24
6507	6507	13.11 to the Settlement Agreement; and 25
6508	6508	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00213 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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6510	6510	•S 953 IS
6511	6511	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 1
6512	6512	(3) R
6513	6513	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 2
6514	6514	the waiver and release of claims described in para-3
6515	6515	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.11 to the Settlement 4
6516	6516	Agreement, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 5
6517	6517	acting on behalf of the San Juan Southern Paiute 6
6518	6518	Tribe and the Members of the San Juan Southern 7
6519	6519	Paiute Tribe, and the United States, acting as trust-8
6520	6520	ee for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the 9
6521	6521	Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 10
6522	6522	shall retain any right— 11
6523	6523	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 12
6524	6524	seek enforcement of, the rights of the San Juan 13
6525	6525	Southern Paiute Tribe under the Settlement 14
6526	6526	Agreement, whether those rights are generally 15
6527	6527	stated or specifically described, or this Act, in 16
6528	6528	any Federal or State court of competent juris-17
6529	6529	diction; 18
6530	6530	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 19
6531	6531	seek enforcement of, the rights of the San Juan 20
6532	6532	Southern Paiute Tribe under the LCR Decree; 21
6533	6533	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights for 22
6534	6534	land owned or acquired by the San Juan South-23
6535	6535	ern Paiute Tribe in fees or held in trust by the 24
6536	6536	United States for the San Juan Southern Pai-25
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6539	6539	•S 953 IS
6540	6540	ute Tribe in the LCR Watershed pursuant to 1
6541	6541	subparagraphs 6.4 and 6.5 of the Settlement 2
6542	6542	Agreement; 3
6543	6543	(D) to object to any claims for Water 4
6544	6544	Rights by or for— 5
6545	6545	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 6
6546	6546	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the 7
6547	6547	Zuni Tribe; or 8
6548	6548	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 9
6549	6549	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 10
6550	6550	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the Zuni 11
6551	6551	Tribe; and 12
6552	6552	(E) to assert past, present, or future 13
6553	6553	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 14
6554	6554	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 15
6555	6555	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the 16
6556	6556	Zuni Tribe; or 17
6557	6557	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 18
6558	6558	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 19
6559	6559	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the Zuni 20
6560	6560	Tribe. 21
6561	6561	(j) W
6562	6562	AIVERS, RELEASES ANDRETENTION OFCLAIMS 22
6563	6563	FORWATERRIGHTS, INJURY TOWATERRIGHTS, AND 23
6564	6564	I
6565	6565	NJURY TOWATER BY THESANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTE 24
6566	6566	T
6567	6567	RIBE, ONBEHALF OF THE SANJUANSOUTHERNPAI-25
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6570	6570	•S 953 IS
6571	6571	UTETRIBE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SANJUAN 1
6572	6572	S
6573	6573	OUTHERN PAIUTETRIBE, AGAINST THE UNITED 2
6574	6574	S
6575	6575	TATES.— 3
6576	6576	(1) I
6577	6577	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-4
6578	6578	graph (3), the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, act-5
6579	6579	ing on behalf of the San Juan Southern Paiute 6
6580	6580	Tribe and the Members of the San Juan Southern 7
6581	6581	Paiute Tribe, as part of the performance of the obli-8
6582	6582	gations of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 9
6583	6583	under the Settlement Agreement and this Act, is au-10
6584	6584	thorized to execute a waiver and release of all claims 11
6585	6585	against the United States, including agencies, offi-12
6586	6586	cials, and employees of the United States, under 13
6587	6587	Federal, State, or other law for all of the following: 14
6588	6588	(A) Past, present, and future claims for 15
6589	6589	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 16
6590	6590	River Water, for San Juan Southern Paiute 17
6591	6591	Land, arising from time immemorial and, there-18
6592	6592	after, forever. 19
6593	6593	(B) Past, present, and future claims for 20
6594	6594	Water Rights, including rights to Colorado 21
6595	6595	River Water, arising from time immemorial 22
6596	6596	and, thereafter, forever, that are based on the 23
6597	6597	aboriginal occupancy of land within the State 24
6598	6598	by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the 25
6599	6599	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00216 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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6601	6601	•S 953 IS
6602	6602	predecessors of the San Juan Southern Paiute 1
6603	6603	Tribe, the Members of the San Juan Southern 2
6604	6604	Paiute Tribe, or predecessors of the Members of 3
6605	6605	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 4
6606	6606	(C) Claims for Water Rights within the 5
6607	6607	State that the United States, acting as trustee 6
6608	6608	for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, as-7
6609	6609	serted or could have asserted in any proceeding, 8
6610	6610	except to the extent that such rights are recog-9
6611	6611	nized as part of the San Juan Southern Paiute 10
6612	6612	Tribe’s Water Rights under this Act. 11
6613	6613	(D) Past and present claims for Injury to 12
6614	6614	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-13
6615	6615	orado River Water, for San Juan Southern Pai-14
6616	6616	ute Land, arising from time immemorial 15
6617	6617	through the Enforceability Date. 16
6618	6618	(E) Past, present, and future claims for 17
6619	6619	Injury to Water for San Juan Southern Paiute 18
6620	6620	Land, arising from time immemorial and, there-19
6621	6621	after, forever. 20
6622	6622	(F) Past, present, and future claims for 21
6623	6623	Injury to Water Rights, including injury to 22
6624	6624	rights to Colorado River Water, arising from 23
6625	6625	time immemorial and, thereafter, forever, that 24
6626	6626	are based on the aboriginal occupancy of land 25
6627	6627	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00217 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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6629	6629	•S 953 IS
6630	6630	within the State by the San Juan Southern Pai-1
6631	6631	ute Tribe, the predecessors of the San Juan 2
6632	6632	Southern Paiute Tribe, the Members of the San 3
6633	6633	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, or predecessors of 4
6634	6634	the Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute 5
6635	6635	Tribe. 6
6636	6636	(G) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-7
6637	6637	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 8
6638	6638	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date for 9
6639	6639	San Juan Southern Paiute Land, resulting 10
6640	6640	from the diversion or Use of water outside of 11
6641	6641	San Juan Southern Paiute Land in a manner 12
6642	6642	not in violation of this Agreement or State law. 13
6643	6643	(H) Past, present, and future claims aris-14
6644	6644	ing out of, or relating in any manner to, the ne-15
6645	6645	gotiation, execution, or adoption of this Agree-16
6646	6646	ment, any judgment or decree approving or in-17
6647	6647	corporating this Agreement, or this Act. 18
6648	6648	(I) Past, present, and future claims arising 19
6649	6649	out of, or relating in any manner to, United 20
6650	6650	States Geological Survey monitoring and re-21
6651	6651	porting activities described in paragraph 7.0 of 22
6652	6652	the Settlement Agreement. 23
6653	6653	(J) Past, present, and future claims aris-24
6654	6654	ing from time immemorial and, thereafter, for-25
6655	6655	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00218 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
6656	6656	ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 219
6657	6657	•S 953 IS
6658	6658	ever, relating in any manner to Injury to Water 1
6659	6659	or Injury to Water Rights based on the provi-2
6660	6660	sions of paragraphs 8.0 and 9.0 of the Settle-3
6661	6661	ment Agreement. 4
6662	6662	(K) Past and present claims for foregone 5
6663	6663	benefits from non-San Juan Southern Paiute 6
6664	6664	Tribe Use of water, on and off San Juan 7
6665	6665	Southern Paiute Land (including water from all 8
6666	6666	sources and for all Uses), within the State aris-9
6667	6667	ing before the Enforceability Date. 10
6668	6668	(L) Past and present claims for damage, 11
6669	6669	loss, or injury to land, or natural resources due 12
6670	6670	to loss of water or Water Rights, including 13
6671	6671	damages, losses, or injuries to hunting, fishing, 14
6672	6672	gathering, or cultural rights due to loss of 15
6673	6673	water or Water Rights, claims relating to inter-16
6674	6674	ference with, diversion of, or taking of water, or 17
6675	6675	claims relating to a failure to protect, acquire, 18
6676	6676	replace, or develop water, Water Rights, or 19
6677	6677	water infrastructure, within the State, arising 20
6678	6678	before the Enforceability Date. 21
6679	6679	(M) Past and present claims arising before 22
6680	6680	the Enforceability Date from a failure to pro-23
6681	6681	vide for operation, maintenance, or deferred 24
6682	6682	maintenance for any irrigation system or irriga-25
6683	6683	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00219 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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6685	6685	•S 953 IS
6686	6686	tion project on San Juan Southern Paiute 1
6687	6687	Land. 2
6688	6688	(N) Past and present claims arising before 3
6689	6689	the Enforceability Date from a failure to estab-4
6690	6690	lish or provide a municipal, rural, or industrial 5
6691	6691	water delivery system on San Juan Southern 6
6692	6692	Paiute Land. 7
6693	6693	(O) Past and present claims for damage, 8
6694	6694	loss, or injury to land or natural resources due 9
6695	6695	to construction, operation, and management of 10
6696	6696	irrigation projects on San Juan Southern Pai-11
6697	6697	ute Land, including damages, losses, or injuries 12
6698	6698	to fish habitat, wildlife, and wildlife habitat, 13
6699	6699	within the State arising before the Enforce-14
6700	6700	ability Date. 15
6701	6701	(2) F
6702	6702	ORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 16
6703	6703	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall 17
6704	6704	be— 18
6705	6705	(A) in the form described in Exhibit 13.12 19
6706	6706	to the Settlement Agreement; and 20
6707	6707	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 21
6708	6708	(3) R
6709	6709	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 22
6710	6710	the waiver and release of claims described in para-23
6711	6711	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.12 to the Settlement 24
6712	6712	Agreement, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, 25
6713	6713	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00220 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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6715	6715	•S 953 IS
6716	6716	acting on behalf of the San Juan Southern Paiute 1
6717	6717	Tribe and the Members of the San Juan Southern 2
6718	6718	Paiute Tribe shall retain any right— 3
6719	6719	(A) to assert claims for injuries to, and 4
6720	6720	seek enforcement of, the rights of the San Juan 5
6721	6721	Southern Paiute Tribe under the Settlement 6
6722	6722	Agreement, whether those rights are generally 7
6723	6723	stated or specifically described, or this Act, in 8
6724	6724	any Federal or State court of competent juris-9
6725	6725	diction; 10
6726	6726	(B) to assert claims for injuries to, and 11
6727	6727	seek enforcement of, the rights of the San Juan 12
6728	6728	Southern Paiute Tribe under the LCR Decree; 13
6729	6729	(C) to assert claims for Water Rights for 14
6730	6730	land owned or acquired by the San Juan South-15
6731	6731	ern Paiute Tribe in fees in the LCR Watershed 16
6732	6732	pursuant to subparagraphs 6.4 and 6.5 of the 17
6733	6733	Settlement Agreement; 18
6734	6734	(D) to object to any claims for Water 19
6735	6735	Rights by or for— 20
6736	6736	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 21
6737	6737	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the 22
6738	6738	Zuni Tribe; or 23
6739	6739	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 24
6740	6740	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 25
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6743	6743	•S 953 IS
6744	6744	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the Zuni 1
6745	6745	Tribe; and 2
6746	6746	(E) to assert past, present, or future 3
6747	6747	claims for Injury to Water Rights against— 4
6748	6748	(i) any Indian Tribe other than the 5
6749	6749	Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the 6
6750	6750	Zuni Tribe; or 7
6751	6751	(ii) the United States acting on behalf 8
6752	6752	of any Indian Tribe, other than the Hopi 9
6753	6753	Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the Zuni 10
6754	6754	Tribe. 11
6755	6755	(k) W
6756	6756	AIVERS, RELEASES AND RETENTION OF 12
6757	6757	C
6758	6758	LAIMS BY THEUNITEDSTATES INALLCAPACITIES(EX-13
6759	6759	CEPT ASTRUSTEE FOR AN INDIANTRIBEOTHERTHAN 14
6760	6760	THENAVAJONATION, THEHOPITRIBE, AND THESAN 15
6761	6761	J
6762	6762	UANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE) AGAINST THE SAN 16
6763	6763	J
6764	6764	UANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE AND THEMEMBERS OF 17
6765	6765	THESANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE.— 18
6766	6766	(1) I
6767	6767	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-19
6768	6768	graph (3), the United States, in all capacities (ex-20
6769	6769	cept as trustee for an Indian Tribe other than the 21
6770	6770	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan 22
6771	6771	Southern Paiute Tribe), as part of the performance 23
6772	6772	of the obligations of the United States under the 24
6773	6773	Settlement Agreement and this Act, is authorized to 25
6774	6774	VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:09 Mar 20, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00222 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S953.IS S953
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6776	6776	•S 953 IS
6777	6777	execute a waiver and release of all claims against the 1
6778	6778	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the Members of 2
6779	6779	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, or any agency, 3
6780	6780	official, or employee of the San Juan Southern Pai-4
6781	6781	ute Tribe, under Federal, State, or any other law for 5
6782	6782	all: 6
6783	6783	(A) Past and present claims for Injury to 7
6784	6784	Water Rights, including injury to rights to Col-8
6785	6785	orado River Water, resulting from the diversion 9
6786	6786	or Use of water on San Juan Southern Paiute 10
6787	6787	Land arising from time immemorial through 11
6788	6788	the Enforceability Date. 12
6789	6789	(B) Claims for Injury to Water Rights, in-13
6790	6790	cluding injury to rights to Colorado River 14
6791	6791	Water, arising after the Enforceability Date, re-15
6792	6792	sulting from the diversion or Use of water on 16
6793	6793	San Juan Southern Paiute Land in a manner 17
6794	6794	that is not in violation of the Settlement Agree-18
6795	6795	ment or State law. 19
6796	6796	(C) Past, present, and future claims aris-20
6797	6797	ing out of, or related in any manner to, the ne-21
6798	6798	gotiation, execution, or adoption of the Settle-22
6799	6799	ment Agreement, any judgment or decree ap-23
6800	6800	proving or incorporating the Settlement Agree-24
6801	6801	ment, or this Act. 25
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6804	6804	•S 953 IS
6805	6805	(2) FORM; EFFECTIVE DATE.—The waiver and 1
6806	6806	release of claims described in paragraph (1) shall— 2
6807	6807	(A) be in the form described in Exhibit 3
6808	6808	13.13 to the Settlement Agreement; and 4
6809	6809	(B) take effect on the Enforceability Date. 5
6810	6810	(3) R
6811	6811	ETENTION OF CLAIMS .—Notwithstanding 6
6812	6812	the waiver and release of claims described in para-7
6813	6813	graph (1) and Exhibit 13.13 to the Settlement 8
6814	6814	Agreement, the United States shall retain any right 9
6815	6815	to assert any claim not expressly waived in accord-10
6816	6816	ance with that paragraph and that Exhibit, in any 11
6817	6817	Federal or State court of competent jurisdiction. 12
6818	6818	SEC. 15. SATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS AND OTHER 13
6819	6819	BENEFITS. 14
6820	6820	(a) N
6821	6821	AVAJONATION AND THE MEMBERS OF THE 15
6822	6822	N
6823	6823	AVAJONATION; NAVAJOALLOTTEES AND THE UNITED 16
6824	6824	S
6825	6825	TATES, ACTING AS TRUSTEE FOR THE NAVAJO 17
6826	6826	A
6827	6827	LLOTTEES.— 18
6828	6828	(1) N
6829	6829	AVAJO NATION AND THE MEMBERS OF 19
6830	6830	THE NAVAJO NATION.— 20
6831	6831	(A) I
6832	6832	N GENERAL.—The benefits provided 21
6833	6833	under the Settlement Agreement shall be in 22
6834	6834	complete replacement of, complete substitution 23
6835	6835	for, and full satisfaction of any claim of the 24
6836	6836	Navajo Nation and the Members of the Navajo 25
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6839	6839	•S 953 IS
6840	6840	Nation against the Parties, including the 1
6841	6841	United States, that is waived and released by 2
6842	6842	the Navajo Nation acting on behalf of the Nav-3
6843	6843	ajo Nation and the Members of the Navajo Na-4
6844	6844	tion under Exhibits 13.1 and 13.3 to the Settle-5
6845	6845	ment Agreement. 6
6846	6846	(B) S
6847	6847	ATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS .— 7
6848	6848	Any entitlement to water of the Navajo Nation 8
6849	6849	and the Members of the Navajo Nation (but not 9
6850	6850	Members in the capacity of the Members as 10
6851	6851	Navajo Allottees) or the United States acting as 11
6852	6852	trustee for the Navajo Nation and the Members 12
6853	6853	of the Navajo Nation (but not Members in the 13
6854	6854	capacity of the Members as Navajo Allottees), 14
6855	6855	for Navajo Land shall be satisfied out of the 15
6856	6856	water resources and other benefits granted, 16
6857	6857	confirmed, quantified, or recognized by the Set-17
6858	6858	tlement Agreement and this Act, to or for the 18
6859	6859	Navajo Nation, the Members of the Navajo Na-19
6860	6860	tion (but not Members in the capacity of the 20
6861	6861	Members as Navajo Allottees), and the United 21
6862	6862	States, acting as trustee for the Navajo Nation 22
6863	6863	and the Members of the Navajo Nation (but not 23
6864	6864	Members in the capacity of the Members as 24
6865	6865	Navajo Allottees). 25
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6868	6868	•S 953 IS
6869	6869	(2) NAVAJO ALLOTTEES AND THE UNITED 1
6870	6870	STATES, ACTING AS TRUSTEE FOR THE NAVAJO 2
6871	6871	ALLOTTEES.— 3
6872	6872	(A) I
6873	6873	N GENERAL.—The benefits realized 4
6874	6874	by the Navajo Allottees under the Settlement 5
6875	6875	Agreement and this Act shall be in complete re-6
6876	6876	placement of, complete substitution for, and full 7
6877	6877	satisfaction of— 8
6878	6878	(i) all claims waived and released by 9
6879	6879	the United States (acting as trustee for 10
6880	6880	the Navajo Allottees) under Exhibit 13.2 11
6881	6881	to the Settlement Agreement; and 12
6882	6882	(ii) any claims of the Navajo Allottees 13
6883	6883	against the United States similar to the 14
6884	6884	claims described in Exhibit 13.2 to the 15
6885	6885	Settlement Agreement that the Navajo 16
6886	6886	Allottees asserted or could have asserted. 17
6887	6887	(B) S
6888	6888	ATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS .— 18
6889	6889	Any entitlement to water of the Navajo 19
6890	6890	Allottees or the United States acting as trustee 20
6891	6891	for the Navajo Allottees, for Navajo Allotments 21
6892	6892	shall be satisfied out of the water resources and 22
6893	6893	other benefits granted, confirmed, or recognized 23
6894	6894	by the Settlement Agreement and this Act, to 24
6895	6895	or for the Navajo Allottees and the United 25
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6898	6898	•S 953 IS
6899	6899	States, acting as trustee for the Navajo 1
6900	6900	Allottees. 2
6901	6901	(3) N
6902	6902	O RIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Notwithstanding 3
6903	6903	paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in the Settlement 4
6904	6904	Agreement or this Act recognizes or establishes any 5
6905	6905	right of a Member of the Navajo Nation (but not 6
6906	6906	Members in the capacity of the Members as Navajo 7
6907	6907	Allottees) to water on Navajo Land. 8
6908	6908	(b) H
6909	6909	OPITRIBE AND THEMEMBERS OF THE HOPI 9
6910	6910	T
6911	6911	RIBE; HOPIALLOTTEES AND THE UNITEDSTATES, 10
6912	6912	A
6913	6913	CTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THEHOPIALLOTTEES.— 11
6914	6914	(1) H
6915	6915	OPI TRIBE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE 12
6916	6916	HOPI TRIBE.— 13
6917	6917	(A) I
6918	6918	N GENERAL.—The benefits provided 14
6919	6919	under the Settlement Agreement shall be in 15
6920	6920	complete replacement of, complete substitution 16
6921	6921	for, and full satisfaction of any claim of the 17
6922	6922	Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi Tribe 18
6923	6923	against the Parties, including the United 19
6924	6924	States, that is waived and released by the Hopi 20
6925	6925	Tribe acting on behalf of the Hopi Tribe and 21
6926	6926	the Members of the Hopi Tribe under Exhibits 22
6927	6927	13.6 and 13.8 to the Settlement Agreement. 23
6928	6928	(B) S
6929	6929	ATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS .— 24
6930	6930	Any entitlement to water of the Hopi Tribe and 25
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6933	6933	•S 953 IS
6934	6934	the Members of the Hopi Tribe (but not Mem-1
6935	6935	bers in the capacity of the Members as Hopi 2
6936	6936	Allottees) or the United States acting as trustee 3
6937	6937	for the Hopi Tribe and the Members of the 4
6938	6938	Hopi Tribe (but not Members in the capacity of 5
6939	6939	the Members as Hopi Allottees), for Hopi Land 6
6940	6940	shall be satisfied out of the water resources and 7
6941	6941	other benefits granted, confirmed, quantified, or 8
6942	6942	recognized by the Settlement Agreement and 9
6943	6943	this Act, to or for the Hopi Tribe, the Members 10
6944	6944	of the Hopi Tribe (but not Members in the ca-11
6945	6945	pacity of the Members as Hopi Allottees), and 12
6946	6946	the United States, acting as trustee for the 13
6947	6947	Hopi Tribe and the Members of the Hopi Tribe 14
6948	6948	(but not Members in the capacity of the Mem-15
6949	6949	bers as Hopi Allottees). 16
6950	6950	(2) H
6951	6951	OPI ALLOTTEES AND THE UNITED 17
6952	6952	STATES, ACTING AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOPI 18
6953	6953	ALLOTTEES.— 19
6954	6954	(A) I
6955	6955	N GENERAL.—The benefits realized 20
6956	6956	by the Hopi Allottees under the Settlement 21
6957	6957	Agreement shall be in complete replacement of, 22
6958	6958	complete substitution for, and full satisfaction 23
6959	6959	of— 24
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6962	6962	•S 953 IS
6963	6963	(i) all claims waived and released by 1
6964	6964	the United States (acting as trustee for 2
6965	6965	the Hopi Allottees) under Exhibit 13.7 to 3
6966	6966	the Settlement Agreement; and 4
6967	6967	(ii) any claims of the Hopi Allottees 5
6968	6968	against the United States similar to the 6
6969	6969	claims described in Exhibit 13.7 to the 7
6970	6970	Settlement Agreement that the Hopi 8
6971	6971	Allottees asserted or could have asserted. 9
6972	6972	(B) S
6973	6973	ATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS .— 10
6974	6974	Any entitlement to water of the Hopi Allottees 11
6975	6975	or the United States acting trustee for the Hopi 12
6976	6976	Allottees, for Hopi Allotments shall be satisfied 13
6977	6977	out of the water resources and other benefits 14
6978	6978	granted, confirmed, or recognized by the Settle-15
6979	6979	ment Agreement and this Act, to or for the 16
6980	6980	Hopi Allottees and the United States, acting as 17
6981	6981	trustee for the Hopi Allottees. 18
6982	6982	(3) N
6983	6983	O RIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Notwithstanding 19
6984	6984	paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in the Settlement 20
6985	6985	Agreement or this Act recognizes or establishes any 21
6986	6986	right of a Member of the Hopi Tribe (but not Mem-22
6987	6987	bers in the capacity of the Members as Hopi 23
6988	6988	Allottees) to water on Hopi Land. 24
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6991	6991	•S 953 IS
6992	6992	(c) SANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE AND THE 1
6993	6993	M
6994	6994	EMBERS OF THE SANJUANSOUTHERN PAIUTE 2
6995	6995	T
6996	6996	RIBE.— 3
6997	6997	(1) I
6998	6998	N GENERAL.—The benefits provided under 4
6999	6999	the Settlement Agreement shall be in complete re-5
7000	7000	placement of, complete substitution for, and full sat-6
7001	7001	isfaction of any claim of the San Juan Southern 7
7002	7002	Paiute Tribe and the Members of the San Juan 8
7003	7003	Southern Paiute Tribe against the Parties, including 9
7004	7004	the United States, that is waived and released by the 10
7005	7005	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe acting on behalf of 11
7006	7006	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the Mem-12
7007	7007	bers of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe under 13
7008	7008	Exhibits 13.11 and 13.12 to the Settlement Agree-14
7009	7009	ment. 15
7010	7010	(2) S
7011	7011	ATISFACTION OF WATER RIGHTS .—Any 16
7012	7012	entitlement to water of the San Juan Southern Pai-17
7013	7013	ute Tribe and the Members of the San Juan South-18
7014	7014	ern Paiute Tribe or the United States, acting as 19
7015	7015	trustee for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and 20
7016	7016	the Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute 21
7017	7017	Tribe, for San Juan Southern Paiute Land shall be 22
7018	7018	satisfied out of the water resources and other bene-23
7019	7019	fits granted, confirmed, quantified, or recognized by 24
7020	7020	the Settlement Agreement and this Act, to or for the 25
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7023	7023	•S 953 IS
7024	7024	San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the Members 1
7025	7025	of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the 2
7026	7026	United States, acting as trustee for the San Juan 3
7027	7027	Southern Paiute Tribe and the Members of the San 4
7028	7028	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 5
7029	7029	(3) N
7030	7030	O RIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Notwithstanding 6
7031	7031	paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in the Settlement 7
7032	7032	Agreement or this Act recognizes or establishes any 8
7033	7033	right of a Member of the San Juan Southern Paiute 9
7034	7034	Tribe to water on the San Juan Southern Paiute 10
7035	7035	Southern Area. 11
7036	7036	SEC. 16. ENFORCEABILITY DATE. 12
7037	7037	(a) I
7038	7038	NGENERAL.—The Settlement Agreement, in-13
7039	7039	cluding the waivers and releases of claims described in 14
7040	7040	paragraph 13 of the Settlement Agreement and section 15
7041	7041	14, shall take effect and be fully enforceable on the date 16
7042	7042	on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register 17
7043	7043	a statement of findings in accordance with the following: 18
7044	7044	(1) The Settlement Agreement has been re-19
7045	7045	vised, through an amendment and restatement— 20
7046	7046	(A) to eliminate any conflict between the 21
7047	7047	Settlement Agreement and this Act; and 22
7048	7048	(B) to include the executed Water Delivery 23
7049	7049	Contracts required by section 6(e) and subpara-24
7050	7050	graphs 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 11.1.1, and 25
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7053	7053	•S 953 IS
7054	7054	11.1.2 as Exhibits to the Settlement Agree-1
7055	7055	ment. 2
7056	7056	(2) The Settlement Agreement, as revised 3
7057	7057	through an amendment and restatement pursuant to 4
7058	7058	paragraph (1), has been signed by the United 5
7059	7059	States, acting through the Secretary, and not fewer 6
7060	7060	than 30 of the Parties who executed the Settlement 7
7061	7061	Agreement, making the Settlement Agreement effec-8
7062	7062	tive, including— 9
7063	7063	(A) the Navajo Nation; 10
7064	7064	(B) the Hopi Tribe; 11
7065	7065	(C) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe; 12
7066	7066	(D) the State; 13
7067	7067	(E) the Arizona State Land Department; 14
7068	7068	(F) the Central Arizona Water Conserva-15
7069	7069	tion District; 16
7070	7070	(G) the Salt River Project Agricultural Im-17
7071	7071	provement and Power District; and 18
7072	7072	(H) the Salt River Valley Water Users’ As-19
7073	7073	sociation. 20
7074	7074	(3) Any Exhibit to the Settlement Agreement 21
7075	7075	requiring execution by any Party has been executed 22
7076	7076	by the required Party. 23
7077	7077	(4) The waivers and releases of claims de-24
7078	7078	scribed in paragraph 13 of the Settlement Agree-25
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7081	7081	•S 953 IS
7082	7082	ment and section 14 have been executed by the 1
7083	7083	United States, Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, San 2
7084	7084	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the State, and the 3
7085	7085	other Parties. 4
7086	7086	(5) $5,136,400,000 has been authorized, appro-5
7087	7087	priated, and deposited in the designated accounts 6
7088	7088	pursuant to section 13. 7
7089	7089	(6) The LCR Decree has been approved by the 8
7090	7090	LCR Adjudication Court substantially in the form of 9
7091	7091	the judgment and decree attached as Exhibit 3.1.82 10
7092	7092	to the Settlement Agreement, as amended to ensure 11
7093	7093	consistency with this Act. 12
7094	7094	(7) The Gila River Adjudication Decree has 13
7095	7095	been approved by the Gila River Adjudication Court 14
7096	7096	substantially in the form of the judgment and decree 15
7097	7097	attached as Exhibit 3.1.47 to the Settlement Agree-16
7098	7098	ment, as amended to ensure consistency with this 17
7099	7099	Act. 18
7100	7100	(8) The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and 19
7101	7101	the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority have executed a 20
7102	7102	water services agreement to deliver municipal water 21
7103	7103	to the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and its 22
7104	7104	members. 23
7105	7105	(9) Each of the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, 24
7106	7106	and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe have exe-25
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7109	7109	•S 953 IS
7110	7110	cuted the tribal resolution described in subsections 1
7111	7111	(a)(2), (b)(2), and (c)(2) of section 18, respectively, 2
7112	7112	consenting to the limited waiver of sovereign immu-3
7113	7113	nity from suit in the circumstances described in that 4
7114	7114	section. 5
7115	7115	(b) F
7116	7116	AILURETOSATISFYCONDITIONS.— 6
7117	7117	(1) I
7118	7118	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-7
7119	7119	graph (2), if the Secretary fails to publish in the 8
7120	7120	Federal Register a statement of findings under sub-9
7121	7121	section (a) by June 30, 2035, or such alternative 10
7122	7122	later date as may be agreed to by the Navajo Na-11
7123	7123	tion, the Hopi Tribe, the San Juan Southern Paiute 12
7124	7124	Tribe, the Secretary, and the State— 13
7125	7125	(A) this Act is repealed; 14
7126	7126	(B) any action taken by the Secretary and 15
7127	7127	any contract or agreement entered into pursu-16
7128	7128	ant to this Act shall be void; 17
7129	7129	(C) the United States shall be entitled to 18
7130	7130	offset any Federal amounts made available 19
7131	7131	under section 13(a)(2)(B) that were used under 20
7132	7132	that section against any claims asserted by the 21
7133	7133	Tribes against the United States; and 22
7134	7134	(D) any amounts appropriated under sec-23
7135	7135	tion 13, together with any investment earnings 24
7136	7136	on those amounts, less any amounts expended 25
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7139	7139	•S 953 IS
7140	7140	under section 9, shall revert immediately to the 1
7141	7141	general fund of the Treasury. 2
7142	7142	(2) C
7143	7143	ONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THE SAN JUAN 3
7144	7144	SOUTHERN PAIUTE RESERVATION .— 4
7145	7145	(A) I
7146	7146	N GENERAL.—Section 19 becomes ef-5
7147	7147	fective on the date of enactment of this Act. 6
7148	7148	(B) C
7149	7149	ONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS .—Not-7
7150	7150	withstanding paragraph (1), if the Secretary 8
7151	7151	fails to publish in the Federal Register a state-9
7152	7152	ment of findings under that paragraph by June 10
7153	7153	30, 2035, or such alternative later date as may 11
7154	7154	be agreed to by the Tribes, the Secretary and 12
7155	7155	the State, section 19 shall remain in effect. 13
7156	7156	SEC. 17. COLORADO RIVER ACCOUNTING. 14
7157	7157	(a) A
7158	7158	CCOUNTING FOR THE TYPE OFWATERDELIV-15
7159	7159	ERED.— 16
7160	7160	(1) N
7161	7161	AVAJO NATION CIBOLA WATER ; NAVAJO 17
7162	7162	NATION FOURTH PRIORITY WATER .—All deliveries of 18
7163	7163	Navajo Nation Cibola Water and Navajo Nation 19
7164	7164	Fourth Priority Water effected by the diversion of 20
7165	7165	water from the Colorado River above Lee Ferry 21
7166	7166	within the State shall be accounted for as deliveries 22
7167	7167	of Arizona Lower Basin Colorado River Water and 23
7168	7168	credited as water passing Lee Ferry for purposes of 24
7169	7169	article III(d) of the Colorado River Compact. 25
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7172	7172	•S 953 IS
7173	7173	(2) HOPI TRIBE CIBOLA WATER .—All deliveries 1
7174	7174	of Hopi Tribe Cibola Water effected by the diversion 2
7175	7175	of water from the Colorado River above Lee Ferry 3
7176	7176	within the State shall be accounted for as deliveries 4
7177	7177	of Arizona Lower Basin Colorado River Water and 5
7178	7178	credited as water passing Lee Ferry for purposes of 6
7179	7179	article III(d) of the Colorado River Compact. 7
7180	7180	(3) N
7181	7181	AVAJO NATION UPPER BASIN COLORADO 8
7182	7182	RIVER WATER.—Subject to subsections (g) and (h) 9
7183	7183	of section 6, all deliveries of Navajo Nation Upper 10
7184	7184	Basin Colorado River Water effected by diversion of 11
7185	7185	water from the Upper Basin in the State, New Mex-12
7186	7186	ico, or Utah for Use on the Navajo Reservation shall 13
7187	7187	be— 14
7188	7188	(A) used within the boundaries of the Nav-15
7189	7189	ajo Reservation or outside of the Navajo Res-16
7190	7190	ervation if conveyed from facilities that are 17
7191	7191	physically connected to facilities on the Navajo 18
7192	7192	Reservation, as described in paragraph 4.18.6 19
7193	7193	of the Settlement Agreement; and 20
7194	7194	(B) accounted for as deliveries of Arizona 21
7195	7195	Upper Basin Colorado River Water. 22
7196	7196	(4) H
7197	7197	OPI TRIBE UPPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 23
7198	7198	WATER.—All deliveries of Hopi Tribe Upper Basin 24
7199	7199	Colorado River Water effected by diversion of water 25
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7202	7202	•S 953 IS
7203	7203	from the Upper Basin in the State for Use on the 1
7204	7204	Hopi Reservation shall be— 2
7205	7205	(A) used within the boundaries of the Hopi 3
7206	7206	Reservation or outside of the Hopi Reservation 4
7207	7207	if conveyed from facilities that are physically 5
7208	7208	connected to facilities on the Hopi Reservation, 6
7209	7209	as described in paragraph 5.15.6 of the Settle-7
7210	7210	ment Agreement; and 8
7211	7211	(B) accounted for as deliveries of Arizona 9
7212	7212	Upper Basin Colorado River Water. 10
7213	7213	(5) A
7214	7214	RIZONA UPPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 11
7215	7215	WATER.—All deliveries of Arizona Upper Basin Col-12
7216	7216	orado River Water apportioned to and leased by the 13
7217	7217	Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe, whether effected 14
7218	7218	by a diversion of water from the Upper Basin or the 15
7219	7219	Lower Basin, shall be accounted for as deliveries of 16
7220	7220	Arizona Upper Basin Colorado River Water, subject 17
7221	7221	to the conditions that if the point of diversion is 18
7222	7222	from the Colorado River below Lee Ferry— 19
7223	7223	(A) the amount of water to be delivered at 20
7224	7224	Lee Ferry under such a lease or exchange shall 21
7225	7225	not exceed the amount of Navajo Nation Upper 22
7226	7226	Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi Tribe 23
7227	7227	Upper Basin Colorado River Water leased or 24
7228	7228	exchanged; 25
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7231	7231	•S 953 IS
7232	7232	(B) the associated amount of Upper Basin 1
7233	7233	Colorado River Water delivery actually made 2
7234	7234	from the Upper Basin at Lee Ferry to satisfy 3
7235	7235	the lease or exchange shall not be credited as 4
7236	7236	water passing Lee Ferry for purposes of article 5
7237	7237	III(d) of the Colorado River Compact; and 6
7238	7238	(C) the water shall be accounted for as de-7
7239	7239	liveries of Arizona Upper Basin Colorado River 8
7240	7240	Water. 9
7241	7241	(6) A
7242	7242	RIZONA LOWER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 10
7243	7243	WATER.—All deliveries of Arizona Lower Basin Col-11
7244	7244	orado River Water apportioned to and leased by the 12
7245	7245	Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe, whether effected 13
7246	7246	by a diversion of water from the Upper Basin or the 14
7247	7247	Lower Basin, shall be accounted for as deliveries of 15
7248	7248	Arizona Lower Basin Colorado River Water to the 16
7249	7249	Navajo Nation or the Hopi Tribe, subject to the con-17
7250	7250	dition that if the point of diversion is from the Colo-18
7251	7251	rado River above Lee Ferry within the State the 19
7252	7252	amount of water diverted by a lessee or exchange 20
7253	7253	partner shall be credited as water passing Lee Ferry 21
7254	7254	for purposes of article III(d) of the Colorado River 22
7255	7255	Compact. 23
7256	7256	(b) S
7257	7257	PECIALACCOUNTINGRULES FORLOWERBASIN 24
7258	7258	C
7259	7259	OLORADORIVERWATER ASLOWERBASINUSE INARI-25
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7262	7262	•S 953 IS
7263	7263	ZONA, REGARDLESS OFPOINT OFDIVERSION.—Notwith-1
7264	7264	standing section 10603(c)(2)(A) of the Northwestern New 2
7265	7265	Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 3
7266	7266	123 Stat. 1384), all Navajo Nation Cibola Water, Navajo 4
7267	7267	Nation Fourth Priority Water, and Hopi Tribe Cibola 5
7268	7268	Water delivered to and consumptively used by the Navajo 6
7269	7269	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, or their lessees or exchange part-7
7270	7270	ners pursuant to the Settlement Agreement shall be— 8
7271	7271	(1) credited as water reaching Lee Ferry pursu-9
7272	7272	ant to article III(d) of the Colorado River Compact; 10
7273	7273	(2) charged against the consumptive use appor-11
7274	7274	tionment made to the Lower Basin by article III(a) 12
7275	7275	of the Colorado River Compact; and 13
7276	7276	(3) accounted for as part of and charged 14
7277	7277	against the 2,800,000 acre-feet of Colorado River 15
7278	7278	Water apportioned to the State in paragraph 16
7279	7279	II(B)(1) of the Decree. 17
7280	7280	(c) A
7281	7281	DDITIONALCONDITIONS FOR USE OFCOLO-18
7282	7282	RADORIVERWATER.— 19
7283	7283	(1) I
7284	7284	N GENERAL.—No Navajo Nation Upper 20
7285	7285	Basin Colorado River Water or Hopi Tribe Upper 21
7286	7286	Basin Colorado River Water may be delivered in the 22
7287	7287	Lower Basin in the State and no Navajo Nation 23
7288	7288	Fourth Priority Water, Navajo Nation Cibola Water, 24
7289	7289	or Hopi Tribe Cibola Water may be diverted in the 25
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7292	7292	•S 953 IS
7293	7293	Upper Basin until such time as the Secretary has 1
7294	7294	developed and, as necessary and appropriate, modi-2
7295	7295	fied, in consultation with the State and the Upper 3
7296	7296	Colorado River Commission and the Governors’ rep-4
7297	7297	resentatives of the Colorado River Basin States, all 5
7298	7298	operational and decisional criteria, policies, con-6
7299	7299	tracts, guidelines, or other documents that control 7
7300	7300	the operations of the Colorado River System res-8
7301	7301	ervoirs and diversion works, so as to adjust, provide 9
7302	7302	for, account for, and offset the diversion of Arizona 10
7303	7303	Colorado River Water, subject to the conditions 11
7304	7304	that— 12
7305	7305	(A) all such actions shall be consistent 13
7306	7306	with the provisions of section 10603(c) of the 14
7307	7307	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water 15
7308	7308	Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 16
7309	7309	1384) and this Act; and 17
7310	7310	(B) the development of or modifications to 18
7311	7311	criteria, policies, contracts, guidelines, or other 19
7312	7312	documents made pursuant to this subsection 20
7313	7313	shall be applicable only for the duration of any 21
7314	7314	such diversion or delivery pursuant to the 22
7315	7315	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water 23
7316	7316	Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 24
7317	7317	1367) or this Act. 25
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7320	7320	•S 953 IS
7321	7321	(2) REQUIRED PROVISIONS.—The following are 1
7322	7322	required provisions to be included in any criteria, 2
7323	7323	policy, contract, guideline, or other document de-3
7324	7324	scribed in paragraph (1): 4
7325	7325	(A) A
7326	7326	RIZONA UPPER BASIN COLORADO 5
7327	7327	RIVER WATER.—Arizona Upper Basin Colorado 6
7328	7328	River Water released at Glen Canyon Dam for 7
7329	7329	water delivery from the Colorado River main-8
7330	7330	stream below Glen Canyon Dam— 9
7331	7331	(i) shall only be used within the State; 10
7332	7332	(ii) shall be subject to all actual con-11
7333	7333	veyance, evaporation, and other losses be-12
7334	7334	tween Glen Canyon Dam and the point of 13
7335	7335	diversion; 14
7336	7336	(iii) shall be fully delivered prior to 15
7337	7337	the end of the year in which it is ordered; 16
7338	7338	(iv) shall not be greater than the Ari-17
7339	7339	zona Upper Basin Colorado River Water 18
7340	7340	minus all other consumptive uses of Ari-19
7341	7341	zona Upper Basin Colorado River Water 20
7342	7342	using the average annual consumptive uses 21
7343	7343	based on the previous 5 years; 22
7344	7344	(v) for the first 20 years after the En-23
7345	7345	forceability Date, shall not exceed 17,050 24
7346	7346	AFY; 25
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7349	7349	•S 953 IS
7350	7350	(vi) after the first 20 years after the 1
7351	7351	Enforceability Date, shall not exceed 2
7352	7352	47,000 AFY, minus any Navajo Nation 3
7353	7353	Upper Basin Colorado River Water di-4
7354	7354	verted from the San Juan River upstream 5
7355	7355	from Lake Powell and all other consump-6
7356	7356	tive uses of Navajo Nation Upper Basin 7
7357	7357	Colorado River Water and Hopi Tribe 8
7358	7358	Upper Basin Colorado River Water using 9
7359	7359	the average annual consumptive uses based 10
7360	7360	on the previous 5 years; 11
7361	7361	(vii) shall be released from Lake Pow-12
7362	7362	ell in addition to the releases of water that 13
7363	7363	would have otherwise occurred under any 14
7364	7364	operating criteria or guidelines governing 15
7365	7365	releases from Lake Powell; and 16
7366	7366	(viii) for purposes of meeting the re-17
7367	7367	quirements of article III(d) of the Colorado 18
7368	7368	River Compact, shall not be counted as 19
7369	7369	water flowing by Lee Ferry. 20
7370	7370	(B) A
7371	7371	RIZONA LOWER BASIN COLORADO 21
7372	7372	RIVER WATER.—Arizona Lower Basin Colorado 22
7373	7373	River Water diverted in the Upper Basin in the 23
7374	7374	State— 24
7375	7375	(i) shall only be used within the State; 25
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7378	7378	•S 953 IS
7379	7379	(ii) shall be fully delivered prior to the 1
7380	7380	end of the year for which it is ordered; 2
7381	7381	(iii) shall not be stored in Lake Powell 3
7382	7382	or otherwise carried over from one water 4
7383	7383	year to any subsequent water year; 5
7384	7384	(iv) shall be subject to reduction in 6
7385	7385	any year in which a shortage is declared to 7
7386	7386	the same extent as other Arizona Lower 8
7387	7387	Basin Colorado River Water of the same 9
7388	7388	priority; and 10
7389	7389	(v) shall reduce the amount of Ari-11
7390	7390	zona Lower Basin Colorado River Water 12
7391	7391	that would otherwise be released from 13
7392	7392	Lake Powell under any operating criteria 14
7393	7393	or guidelines. 15
7394	7394	SEC. 18. LIMITED WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. 16
7395	7395	(a) L
7396	7396	IMITEDWAIVER BY THENAVAJONATION AND 17
7397	7397	THEUNITEDSTATESACTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THENAV-18
7398	7398	AJONATION ANDNAVAJOALLOTTEES.— 19
7399	7399	(1) I
7400	7400	N GENERAL.—The Navajo Nation, and the 20
7401	7401	United States acting as trustee for the Navajo Na-21
7402	7402	tion and Navajo Allottees, may be joined in any ac-22
7403	7403	tion brought in any circumstance described in para-23
7404	7404	graph (3), and any claim by the Navajo Nation and 24
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7407	7407	•S 953 IS
7408	7408	the United States to sovereign immunity from any 1
7409	7409	such action is waived. 2
7410	7410	(2) N
7411	7411	AVAJO NATION CONSENT .—By resolution 3
7412	7412	No. CMY–26–24 and dated May 24, 2024, the Nav-4
7413	7413	ajo Nation Council has affirmatively consented to 5
7414	7414	the limited waiver of sovereign immunity from suit 6
7415	7415	in any circumstance described in paragraph (3), not-7
7416	7416	withstanding any provision of the Navajo Nation 8
7417	7417	Code or any other Navajo Nation law. 9
7418	7418	(3) C
7419	7419	IRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED .—A cir-10
7420	7420	cumstance referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is 11
7421	7421	any of the following: 12
7422	7422	(A) Any party to the Settlement Agree-13
7423	7423	ment— 14
7424	7424	(i) brings an action in any court of 15
7425	7425	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-16
7426	7426	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 17
7427	7427	of— 18
7428	7428	(I) this Act; or 19
7429	7429	(II) the Settlement Agreement; 20
7430	7430	(ii) names the Navajo Nation, or the 21
7431	7431	United States acting as trustee for the 22
7432	7432	Navajo Nation or Navajo Allottees, as a 23
7433	7433	party in that action; and 24
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7436	7436	•S 953 IS
7437	7437	(iii) does not include any request for 1
7438	7438	award against the Navajo Nation, or the 2
7439	7439	United States acting as trustee for the 3
7440	7440	Navajo Nation or Navajo Allottees, for 4
7441	7441	money damages, court costs, or attorney 5
7442	7442	fees. 6
7443	7443	(B) Any landowner or water user in the 7
7444	7444	LCR Watershed or the Gila River Watershed— 8
7445	7445	(i) brings an action in any court of 9
7446	7446	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-10
7447	7447	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 11
7448	7448	of— 12
7449	7449	(I) paragraph 13 of the Settle-13
7450	7450	ment Agreement; 14
7451	7451	(II) the LCR Decree or the Gila 15
7452	7452	River Adjudication Decree; or 16
7453	7453	(III) section 14; 17
7454	7454	(ii) names the Navajo Nation, or the 18
7455	7455	United States acting as trustee for the 19
7456	7456	Navajo Nation or Navajo Allottees, as a 20
7457	7457	party in that action; and 21
7458	7458	(iii) does not include any request for 22
7459	7459	award against the Navajo Nation, or the 23
7460	7460	United States acting as trustee for the 24
7461	7461	Navajo Nation or Navajo Allottees, for 25
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7464	7464	•S 953 IS
7465	7465	money damages, court costs or attorney 1
7466	7466	fees. 2
7467	7467	(b) L
7468	7468	IMITEDWAIVER BY THEHOPITRIBE AND THE 3
7469	7469	U
7470	7470	NITEDSTATESACTING ASTRUSTEE FOR THE HOPI 4
7471	7471	T
7472	7472	RIBE ANDHOPIALLOTEES.— 5
7473	7473	(1) I
7474	7474	N GENERAL.—The Hopi Tribe, and the 6
7475	7475	United States acting as trustee for the Hopi Tribe 7
7476	7476	and Hopi Allottees, may be joined in any action 8
7477	7477	brought in any circumstance described in paragraph 9
7478	7478	(3), and any claim by the Hopi Tribe and the 10
7479	7479	United States to sovereign immunity from any such 11
7480	7480	action is waived. 12
7481	7481	(2) H
7482	7482	OPI TRIBE CONSENT.—By resolution No. 13
7483	7483	H–035–2024 and dated May 20, 2024, the Hopi 14
7484	7484	Tribal Council has affirmatively consented to the 15
7485	7485	limited waiver of sovereign immunity from suit in 16
7486	7486	any circumstance described in paragraph (3), not-17
7487	7487	withstanding any provision of the Hopi Tribal Code 18
7488	7488	or any other Hopi Tribe law. 19
7489	7489	(3) C
7490	7490	IRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED .—A cir-20
7491	7491	cumstance referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is 21
7492	7492	any of the following: 22
7493	7493	(A) Any party to the Settlement Agree-23
7494	7494	ment— 24
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7497	7497	•S 953 IS
7498	7498	(i) brings an action in any court of 1
7499	7499	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-2
7500	7500	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 3
7501	7501	of— 4
7502	7502	(I) this Act; or 5
7503	7503	(II) the Settlement Agreement; 6
7504	7504	(ii) names the Hopi Tribe or the 7
7505	7505	United States, acting as trustee for the 8
7506	7506	Hopi Tribe or Hopi Allottees, as a party in 9
7507	7507	that action; and 10
7508	7508	(iii) does not include any request for 11
7509	7509	award against the Hopi Tribe, or the 12
7510	7510	United States acting as trustee for the 13
7511	7511	Hopi Tribe or Hopi Allottees, for money 14
7512	7512	damages, court costs, or attorney fees. 15
7513	7513	(B) Any landowner or water user in the 16
7514	7514	LCR Watershed— 17
7515	7515	(i) brings an action in any court of 18
7516	7516	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-19
7517	7517	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 20
7518	7518	of— 21
7519	7519	(I) paragraph 13 of the Settle-22
7520	7520	ment Agreement; 23
7521	7521	(II) the LCR Decree; or 24
7522	7522	(III) section 14; 25
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7525	7525	•S 953 IS
7526	7526	(ii) names the Hopi Tribe, or the 1
7527	7527	United States acting as trustee for the 2
7528	7528	Hopi Tribe or Hopi Allottees, as a party in 3
7529	7529	that action; and 4
7530	7530	(iii) does not include any request for 5
7531	7531	award against the Hopi Tribe, or the 6
7532	7532	United States acting as trustee for the 7
7533	7533	Hopi Tribe or Hopi Allottees, for money 8
7534	7534	damages, court costs, or attorney fees. 9
7535	7535	(c) L
7536	7536	IMITEDWAIVER BY THESANJUANSOUTHERN 10
7537	7537	P
7538	7538	AIUTETRIBE AND THE UNITEDSTATESACTING AS 11
7539	7539	T
7540	7540	RUSTEE FOR THE SANJUANSOUTHERN PAIUTE 12
7541	7541	T
7542	7542	RIBE.— 13
7543	7543	(1) I
7544	7544	N GENERAL.—The San Juan Southern 14
7545	7545	Paiute Tribe and the United States acting as trustee 15
7546	7546	for the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe may be 16
7547	7547	joined in any action brought in any circumstance de-17
7548	7548	scribed in paragraph (3), and any claim by the San 18
7549	7549	Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the United States 19
7550	7550	to sovereign immunity from any such action is 20
7551	7551	waived. 21
7552	7552	(2) S
7553	7553	AN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE TRIBE CON -22
7554	7554	SENT.—By resolution No. 2024–040, dated May 23, 23
7555	7555	2024, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal Council 24
7556	7556	has affirmatively consented to the limited waiver of 25
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7559	7559	•S 953 IS
7560	7560	sovereign immunity from suit in any circumstance 1
7561	7561	described in paragraph (3), notwithstanding any 2
7562	7562	provision of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal 3
7563	7563	Code or any other San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal 4
7564	7564	law. 5
7565	7565	(3) C
7566	7566	IRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED .—A cir-6
7567	7567	cumstance referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is 7
7568	7568	any of the following: 8
7569	7569	(A) Any party to the Settlement Agree-9
7570	7570	ment— 10
7571	7571	(i) brings an action in any court of 11
7572	7572	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-12
7573	7573	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 13
7574	7574	of— 14
7575	7575	(I) this Act; or 15
7576	7576	(II) the Settlement Agreement; 16
7577	7577	(ii) names the San Juan Southern 17
7578	7578	Paiute Tribe or the United States acting 18
7579	7579	as trustee for the San Juan Southern Pai-19
7580	7580	ute Tribe as a party in that action; and 20
7581	7581	(iii) does not include any request for 21
7582	7582	award against the San Juan Southern Pai-22
7583	7583	ute Tribe, or the United States acting as 23
7584	7584	trustee for the San Juan Southern Paiute 24
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7587	7587	•S 953 IS
7588	7588	Tribe, for money damages, court costs, or 1
7589	7589	attorney fees. 2
7590	7590	(B) Any landowner or water user in the 3
7591	7591	LCR Watershed— 4
7592	7592	(i) brings an action in any court of 5
7593	7593	competent jurisdiction relating only and di-6
7594	7594	rectly to the interpretation or enforcement 7
7595	7595	of— 8
7596	7596	(I) paragraph 13 of the Settle-9
7597	7597	ment Agreement; 10
7598	7598	(II) the LCR Decree; or 11
7599	7599	(III) section 14; 12
7600	7600	(ii) names the San Juan Southern 13
7601	7601	Paiute Tribe or the United States acting 14
7602	7602	as trustee for the San Juan Southern Pai-15
7603	7603	ute Tribe as a party in that action; and 16
7604	7604	(iii) does not include any request for 17
7605	7605	award against the San Juan Southern Pai-18
7606	7606	ute Tribe, or the United States acting as 19
7607	7607	trustee for the San Juan Southern Paiute 20
7608	7608	Tribe, for money damages, court costs, or 21
7609	7609	attorney fees. 22
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7612	7612	•S 953 IS
7613	7613	SEC. 19. RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY AND CREATION OF 1
7614	7614	THE SAN JUAN SOUTHERN PAIUTE RESERVA-2
7615	7615	TION. 3
7616	7616	(a) R
7617	7617	ATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF THE TREA-4
7618	7618	TY.—The Treaty and the Treaty Addendum are hereby 5
7619	7619	approved, ratified, and confirmed. 6
7620	7620	(b) A
7621	7621	PPROVAL OF THESECRETARY.— 7
7622	7622	(1) I
7623	7623	N GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 8
7624	7624	and directed— 9
7625	7625	(A) to approve and execute the Treaty and 10
7626	7626	the Treaty Addendum, except that the specific 11
7627	7627	findings stated under the heading ‘‘AP-12
7628	7628	PROVAL’’ shall not be binding on the Sec-13
7629	7629	retary; and 14
7630	7630	(B) to take all steps necessary to imple-15
7631	7631	ment the Treaty and this Act. 16
7632	7632	(2) A
7633	7633	PPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF AMEND -17
7634	7634	MENTS.—The Secretary is delegated the authority, 18
7635	7635	without a further Act of Congress, to approve and 19
7636	7636	execute amendments to the Treaty agreed to by the 20
7637	7637	Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute 21
7638	7638	Tribe. 22
7639	7639	(c) L
7640	7640	ANDSPROCLAIMED ARESERVATION FOR THE 23
7641	7641	S
7642	7642	ANJUANSOUTHERNPAIUTETRIBE.— 24
7643	7643	(1) I
7644	7644	N GENERAL.—All right, title, and interest, 25
7645	7645	including Water Rights, to the approximately 5,400 26
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7648	7648	•S 953 IS
7649	7649	acres of land within the Navajo Indian Reservation 1
7650	7650	that are described in the Treaty as the San Juan 2
7651	7651	Southern Paiute Northern Area and the San Juan 3
7652	7652	Southern Paiute Southern Area are hereby pro-4
7653	7653	claimed as the San Juan Southern Paiute Reserva-5
7654	7654	tion and such land shall be held by the United 6
7655	7655	States in trust as a reservation for the exclusive ben-7
7656	7656	efit of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, subject 8
7657	7657	to the rights of access under subsection (d). 9
7658	7658	(2) N
7659	7659	O APPRAISAL OR VALUATION .—Notwith-10
7660	7660	standing any other provision law, no appraisal or 11
7661	7661	other valuation shall be required to carry out this 12
7662	7662	subsection. 13
7663	7663	(3) D
7664	7664	ISCLAIMER OF RESERVED WATER 14
7665	7665	RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act constitutes an express 15
7666	7666	or implied reservation of water or water rights for 16
7667	7667	the San Juan Southern Paiute Northern Area in the 17
7668	7668	State of Utah. 18
7669	7669	(d) R
7670	7670	IGHTS OFACCESS ANDEASEMENTS.—The Nav-19
7671	7671	ajo Reservation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Res-20
7672	7672	ervation shall be subject to the rights of access and ease-21
7673	7673	ments as identified in the Treaty. 22
7674	7674	(e) S
7675	7675	URVEYING ANDFENCING OFLAND.— 23
7676	7676	(1) R
7677	7677	EQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall— 24
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7680	7680	•S 953 IS
7681	7681	(A) as soon as practicable after the date of 1
7682	7682	enactment of this Act, complete a survey and 2
7683	7683	legal description of the boundary lines to estab-3
7684	7684	lish the boundaries of the San Juan Southern 4
7685	7685	Paiute Reservation; 5
7686	7686	(B) officially file the survey plat in the ap-6
7687	7687	propriate office of the Department of the Inte-7
7688	7688	rior; 8
7689	7689	(C) mark and fence the lands as described 9
7690	7690	in article V of the Treaty, where feasible; and 10
7691	7691	(D) study the feasibility of an access road 11
7692	7692	to the San Juan Southern Paiute Southern 12
7693	7693	Area from U.S. Route 89, as described in arti-13
7694	7694	cle XI of the Treaty. 14
7695	7695	(2) L
7696	7696	EGAL DESCRIPTION.— 15
7697	7697	(A) I
7698	7698	N GENERAL.—The legal descriptions 16
7699	7699	published in accordance with subparagraph (B) 17
7700	7700	shall— 18
7701	7701	(i) be considered the official legal de-19
7702	7702	scription of the San Juan Southern Paiute 20
7703	7703	Reservation; and 21
7704	7704	(ii) have the same force and effect as 22
7705	7705	if included in this Act. 23
7706	7706	(B) P
7707	7707	UBLICATION.—On completion of the 24
7708	7708	surveys under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary 25
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7711	7711	•S 953 IS
7712	7712	shall publish in the Federal Register a legal de-1
7713	7713	scription of the land comprising the San Juan 2
7714	7714	Southern Paiute Reservation. 3
7715	7715	(C) C
7716	7716	ORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may 4
7717	7717	make minor corrections to correct technical and 5
7718	7718	clerical errors in the legal descriptions. 6
7719	7719	(f) R
7720	7720	EPEAL OF PAIUTEALLOTMENT PROCE-7
7721	7721	DURES.—Section 9 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716) 8
7722	7722	is repealed. 9
7723	7723	(g) P
7724	7724	UBLICATION; JURISDICTION.— 10
7725	7725	(1) P
7726	7726	UBLICATION.—In accordance with article 11
7727	7727	VI of the Treaty, the Secretary shall publish in the 12
7728	7728	Federal Register separate notices of completion or 13
7729	7729	boundary marking of— 14
7730	7730	(A) the San Juan Paiute Northern Area; 15
7731	7731	and 16
7732	7732	(B) the San Juan Paiute Southern Area. 17
7733	7733	(2) J
7734	7734	URISDICTION.—On publication in the Fed-18
7735	7735	eral Register under subparagraph (A) or (B) of 19
7736	7736	paragraph (1)— 20
7737	7737	(A) the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 21
7738	7738	shall have full jurisdiction over all matters with-22
7739	7739	in that area of the San Juan Southern Paiute 23
7740	7740	Reservation to the fullest extent permitted by 24
7741	7741	Federal law; and 25
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7744	7744	•S 953 IS
7745	7745	(B) the Navajo Nation shall not have juris-1
7746	7746	diction over matters occurring within that area 2
7747	7747	of the San Juan Southern Paiute Reservation 3
7748	7748	except as agreed to by the Navajo Nation and 4
7749	7749	the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe. 5
7750	7750	SEC. 20. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF NAVAJO-GALLUP 6
7751	7751	WATER SUPPLY PROJECT FACILITIES. 7
7752	7752	(a) N
7753	7753	AVAJONATIONUPPERBASINCOLORADO 8
7754	7754	R
7755	7755	IVERWATER FORUSE IN THESTATE.— 9
7756	7756	(1) I
7757	7757	N GENERAL.—In addition to the 6,411 10
7758	7758	AFY of Project water described in section 11
7759	7759	6(g)(1)(B), the Secretary is authorized to treat, 12
7760	7760	store, and convey up to 12,000 AFY of Navajo Na-13
7761	7761	tion Upper Basin Colorado River Water as non- 14
7762	7762	Project water, subject to section 10602(h)(1) of the 15
7763	7763	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 16
7764	7764	(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1382) and section 17
7765	7765	6(g) for Use in the areas of the State described in 18
7766	7766	section 6(g)(1)(D), utilizing Navajo-Gallup Water 19
7767	7767	Supply Project facilities described in section 20
7768	7768	10602(b) of the Northwestern New Mexico Rural 21
7769	7769	Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 22
7770	7770	1379) (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Project fa-23
7771	7771	cilities’’). 24
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7775	7775	(2) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section au-1
7776	7776	thorizes the Secretary to extend the Navajo-Gallup 2
7777	7777	Water Supply Project within the State, except as au-3
7778	7778	thorized by the Northwestern New Mexico Rural 4
7779	7779	Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 5
7780	7780	1367), subject to the condition that non-Project fa-6
7781	7781	cilities may be constructed, in whole or in part, by 7
7782	7782	the Navajo Nation using amounts in the Navajo Na-8
7783	7783	tion Water Projects Trust Fund Account. 9
7784	7784	(b) I
7785	7785	NCREASE INCAPACITYAUTHORIZED.— 10
7786	7786	(1) I
7787	7787	N GENERAL.—The authorized capacity of 11
7788	7788	the Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project described 12
7789	7789	in section 10603(b) of the Northwestern New Mex-13
7790	7790	ico Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 14
7791	7791	123 Stat. 1383) may be increased by up to 12,000 15
7792	7792	AFY to allow for Use of Navajo Nation Upper Basin 16
7793	7793	Colorado River Water in accordance with subsection 17
7794	7794	(a)(1). 18
7795	7795	(2) C
7796	7796	OST OF INCREASED CAPACITY .—Any costs 19
7797	7797	associated with constructing and operating the in-20
7798	7798	creased capacity authorized by paragraph (1) shall 21
7799	7799	be solely borne by the Navajo Nation. 22
7800	7800	(c) C
7801	7801	ONVEYANCE OFNAVAJONATIONUPPERBASIN 23
7802	7802	C
7803	7803	OLORADORIVERWATER TO THE STATE.—Treatment, 24
7804	7804	storage, and conveyance of the water described in sub-25
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7808	7808	section (a)(1) shall be subject to the following require-1
7809	7809	ments and limitations: 2
7810	7810	(1) I
7811	7811	MPACTS TO NAVAJO -GALLUP WATER SUP -3
7812	7812	PLY PROJECT.— 4
7813	7813	(A) D
7814	7814	EADLINE.—Any extension to the 5
7815	7815	deadline for completion of the Navajo-Gallup 6
7816	7816	Water Supply Project, as described in section 7
7817	7817	10701(e)(1)(A)(ix) of the Northwestern New 8
7818	7818	Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 9
7819	7819	111–11; 123 Stat. 1400), required due to ef-10
7820	7820	forts associated with delivering Navajo Nation 11
7821	7821	Upper Basin Colorado River Water to the State 12
7822	7822	in accordance with subsection (a)(1) shall re-13
7823	7823	quire agreement of the Nation, State of New 14
7824	7824	Mexico, and the Secretary as described in sec-15
7825	7825	tion 10701(e)(1)(B) of that Act (Public Law 16
7826	7826	111–11; 123 Stat. 1400). 17
7827	7827	(B) P
7828	7828	ROTECTIONS FOR PROJECT PARTICI -18
7829	7829	PANTS.—The Use of Project facilities for non- 19
7830	7830	Project water as provided under this section 20
7831	7831	shall comply with the requirements of section 21
7832	7832	10602(h)(1) of the Northwestern New Mexico 22
7833	7833	Rural Water Projects Act (Public Law 111–11; 23
7834	7834	123 Stat. 1382) and this section. 24
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7838	7838	(2) APPROVAL OF FINAL DESIGN TO INCREASE 1
7839	7839	CAPACITY.—As long as the Bureau retains title to 2
7840	7840	the Project facilities that will supply water to areas 3
7841	7841	in the State under this Act, the Navajo Nation 4
7842	7842	shall— 5
7843	7843	(A) obtain approval in writing from the 6
7844	7844	Commissioner of Reclamation for the final de-7
7845	7845	sign of the connection and related facilities 8
7846	7846	needed to connect the extension from the San 9
7847	7847	Juan Lateral, including sublaterals and turn-10
7848	7848	outs; and 11
7849	7849	(B) coordinate construction of the connec-12
7850	7850	tion and related facilities with the Commis-13
7851	7851	sioner of Reclamation. 14
7852	7852	(3) F
7853	7853	UNDING.—The funding described in the 15
7854	7854	Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act 16
7855	7855	(Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1367) for the Nav-17
7856	7856	ajo-Gallup Water Supply Project shall not be used to 18
7857	7857	design, plan, construct, operate, maintain, or repair 19
7858	7858	any Project infrastructure in the State of New Mex-20
7859	7859	ico or the State to treat, store, and convey the 21
7860	7860	12,000 AFY of Navajo Nation Upper Basin Colo-22
7861	7861	rado River Water to the State in accordance with 23
7862	7862	subsection (a)(1). 24
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7866	7866	SEC. 21. ANTIDEFICIENCY; SAVINGS PROVISIONS; EFFECT. 1
7867	7867	(a) N
7868	7868	OQUANTIFICATION OREFFECT ONRIGHTS OF 2
7869	7869	O
7870	7870	THERINDIANTRIBES OR THE UNITEDSTATES ON 3
7871	7871	T
7872	7872	HEIRBEHALF.—Except as provided in paragraph 8.3 of 4
7873	7873	the Settlement Agreement, nothing in this Act— 5
7874	7874	(1) quantifies or otherwise affects the Water 6
7875	7875	Rights, or claims or entitlements to water of any In-7
7876	7876	dian Tribe, band, or community, other than the 8
7877	7877	Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, or the San Juan 9
7878	7878	Southern Paiute Tribe; or 10
7879	7879	(2) affects the ability of the United States to 11
7880	7880	take action on behalf of any Indian Tribe, nation, 12
7881	7881	band, community, or allottee, other than the Navajo 13
7882	7882	Nation, the Hopi Tribe and the San Juan Southern 14
7883	7883	Paiute Tribe, their Members, Navajo Allottees, Hopi 15
7884	7884	Allottees, and Public Domain Allottees. 16
7885	7885	(b) N
7886	7886	OQUANTIFICATION OF WATERRIGHTS OF 17
7887	7887	P
7888	7888	UBLICDOMAINALLOTTEES.—Nothing in this Act— 18
7889	7889	(1) quantifies or adjudicates any Water Right 19
7890	7890	or any claim or entitlement to water of a Public Do-20
7891	7891	main Allottee, or precludes the United States, acting 21
7892	7892	as trustee for Public Domain Allottees, from making 22
7893	7893	claims for Water Rights in the State that are con-23
7894	7894	sistent with the claims described in Exhibit 24
7895	7895	3.1.132B to the Settlement Agreement; or 25
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7899	7899	(2) except as provided in subparagraphs 8.2.3, 1
7900	7900	8.4.7, and 15.2.3.4 of the Settlement Agreement, af-2
7901	7901	fects the ability of the United States to take action 3
7902	7902	on behalf of Public Domain Allottees. 4
7903	7903	(c) A
7904	7904	NTIDEFICIENCY.—Notwithstanding any author-5
7905	7905	ization of appropriations to carry out this Act, the United 6
7906	7906	States shall not be liable for any failure of the United 7
7907	7907	States to carry out any obligation or activity authorized 8
7908	7908	by this Act, including all agreements or exhibits ratified 9
7909	7909	or confirmed by this Act, if adequate appropriations are 10
7910	7910	not provided expressly by Congress to carry out the pur-11
7911	7911	poses of this Act. 12
7912	7912	(d) N
7913	7913	OMODIFICATION ORPREEMPTION OF OTHER 13
7914	7914	L
7915	7915	AWS.—Unless expressly provided in this Act, nothing in 14
7916	7916	this Act modifies, conflicts with, preempts, or otherwise 15
7917	7917	affects— 16
7918	7918	(1) the Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 17
7919	7919	617 et seq.); 18
7920	7920	(2) the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act 19
7921	7921	(54 Stat. 774, chapter 643); 20
7922	7922	(3) the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known 21
7923	7923	as the ‘‘Colorado River Storage Project Act’’) (43 22
7924	7924	U.S.C. 620 et seq.); 23
7925	7925	(4) the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 24
7926	7926	U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); 25
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7930	7930	(5) the Treaty between the United States of 1
7931	7931	America and Mexico, done at Washington on Feb-2
7932	7932	ruary 3, 1944 (59 Stat. 1219); 3
7933	7933	(6) the Colorado River Compact; 4
7934	7934	(7) the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 5
7935	7935	1948; 6
7936	7936	(8) the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 7
7937	7937	of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 991); 8
7938	7938	(9) case law relating to Water Rights in the 9
7939	7939	Colorado River System other than any case to en-10
7940	7940	force the Settlement Agreement or this Act; or 11
7941	7941	(10) the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement 12
7942	7942	Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–301; 110 Stat. 3649). 13
7943	7943	(e) N
7944	7944	OPRECEDENT.— 14
7945	7945	(1) C
7946	7946	OLORADO RIVER SYSTEM WATER .—Noth-15
7947	7947	ing in this Act establishes a precedent for any type 16
7948	7948	of transfer of Colorado River System water between 17
7949	7949	the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin, including the 18
7950	7950	leasing of Upper Basin water in the Lower Basin. 19
7951	7951	(2) F
7952	7952	EDERAL RESERVED WATER RIGHTS OR IN -20
7953	7953	DIAN WATER CLAIMS .—Nothing in the Settlement 21
7954	7954	Agreement or this Act (including paragraph 13 of 22
7955	7955	the Settlement Agreement and section 14) estab-23
7956	7956	lishes any standard or precedent for the quantifica-24
7957	7957	tion, litigation, or settlement of Federal reserved 25
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7961	7961	water rights or any Indian water claims of any In-1
7962	7962	dian Tribes other than the Tribes in any judicial or 2
7963	7963	administrative proceeding. 3
7964	7964	(f) U
7965	7965	NIQUESITUATION.— 4
7966	7966	(1) I
7967	7967	N GENERAL.—Diversions through the iina´ 5
7968	7968	ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline and the Navajo-Gallup 6
7969	7969	Water Supply Project facilities consistent with this 7
7970	7970	Act address critical Tribal and non-Indian water 8
7971	7971	supply needs under unique circumstances, which in-9
7972	7972	clude, among other things— 10
7973	7973	(A) the intent to benefit a number of In-11
7974	7974	dian Tribes; 12
7975	7975	(B) the Navajo Nation’s location in the 13
7976	7976	Upper Basin and the Lower Basin; 14
7977	7977	(C) the intent to address critical Indian 15
7978	7978	and non-Indian water needs in the State; 16
7979	7979	(D) the lack of other reasonable alter-17
7980	7980	natives available for developing a firm, sustain-18
7981	7981	able supply of municipal water for the Navajo 19
7982	7982	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan 20
7983	7983	Southern Paiute Tribe in the State; 21
7984	7984	(E) the unique geological and hydrological 22
7985	7985	features of the relevant watersheds, including 23
7986	7986	aquifers; and 24
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7990	7990	(F) the limited volume of water to be di-1
7991	7991	verted by the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline 2
7992	7992	and Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project to 3
7993	7993	supply municipal Uses in the State. 4
7994	7994	(2) A
7995	7995	RIZONA UPPER BASIN COLORADO RIVER 5
7996	7996	WATER.—The Use of Arizona Upper Basin Colorado 6
7997	7997	River Water in the Lower Basin in the State is con-7
7998	7998	sistent with this Act and is authorized under unique 8
7999	7999	circumstances, which include, among other things— 9
8000	8000	(A) that the Uses are included in a con-10
8001	8001	gressionally approved Indian water rights settle-11
8002	8002	ment; 12
8003	8003	(B) that the Navajo Nation is located in 13
8004	8004	both the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin; 14
8005	8005	(C) the unavailability and unreliability of 15
8006	8006	Central Arizona Project Non-Indian Agricul-16
8007	8007	tural water available for the Tribes to lease due 17
8008	8008	to shortages in the Lower Basin of the Colo-18
8009	8009	rado River; and 19
8010	8010	(D) the intent of Congress to supplement 20
8011	8011	the Federal funds available to the Tribes with 21
8012	8012	the revenue generated by leasing as authorized 22
8013	8013	under section 7. 23
8014	8014	(g) E
8015	8015	FFICIENTUSE.—The diversions and Uses au-24
8016	8016	thorized for the iina´ba´– paa tuwaqat’si pipeline under 25
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8020	8020	this Act represent unique and efficient Uses of Colorado 1
8021	8021	River apportionments in a manner that Congress has de-2
8022	8022	termined would be consistent with the obligations of the 3
8023	8023	United States to the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe. 4
8024	8024	(h) P
8025	8025	RESERVATION OFEXISTINGRIGHTS.— 5
8026	8026	(1) I
8027	8027	N GENERAL.—Rights to the consumptive 6
8028	8028	use of water apportioned to the Upper Division 7
8029	8029	States and the State from the Colorado River Sys-8
8030	8030	tem under the Colorado River Compact and the 9
8031	8031	Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948, and 10
8032	8032	rights to the consumptive use of water available for 11
8033	8033	use in the Lower Basin under the Colorado River 12
8034	8034	Compact and the Decree, shall not be changed or 13
8035	8035	prejudiced by any use of water pursuant to this Act. 14
8036	8036	(2) S
8037	8037	AVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this 15
8038	8038	Act— 16
8039	8039	(A) adversely affects full development and 17
8040	8040	utilization by the State or any State of the 18
8041	8041	Upper Division of the Colorado River Basin of 19
8042	8042	its respective apportionment under the Colorado 20
8043	8043	River Compact or the Upper Colorado River 21
8044	8044	Basin Compact of 1948; 22
8045	8045	(B) impairs, conflicts with, or otherwise 23
8046	8046	changes the duties and powers of the Upper 24
8047	8047	Colorado River Commission; or 25
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8050	8050	•S 953 IS
8051	8051	(C) waives, impairs, or otherwise modifies 1
8052	8052	the rights of California and Nevada under the 2
8053	8053	Colorado River Compact, the Boulder Canyon 3
8054	8054	Project Act, or the Decree. 4
8055	8055	(i) C
8056	8056	ONSENSUS.—Congress notes the consensus of 5
8057	8057	the Governors’ Representatives of the Colorado River 6
8058	8058	Basin States relating to the diversions, accounting, and 7
8059	8059	leasing authorized under this Act. 8
8060	8060	(j) N
8061	8061	OEFFECT ONENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRON-9
8062	8062	MENTALLAWS.—Nothing in this Act precludes the United 10
8063	8063	States acting as sovereign, the Navajo Nation, the Hopi 11
8064	8064	Tribe, or the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe from en-12
8065	8065	forcing the requirements of— 13
8066	8066	(1) Federal environmental laws, including— 14
8067	8067	(A) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-15
8068	8068	sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 16
8069	8069	1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) (including claims 17
8070	8070	for damages to natural resources); 18
8071	8071	(B) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 19
8072	8072	U.S.C. 300f et seq.); 20
8073	8073	(C) the Federal Water Pollution Control 21
8074	8074	Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 22
8075	8075	(D) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 23
8076	8076	U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) (commonly known as the 24
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8079	8079	•S 953 IS
8080	8080	‘‘Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1
8081	8081	1976’’); and 2
8082	8082	(E) the implementing regulations of those 3
8083	8083	Acts; or 4
8084	8084	(2) the environmental laws of the Tribes, and 5
8085	8085	the regulations implementing those laws, on the 6
8086	8086	Navajo Reservation, the Hopi Reservation, the San 7
8087	8087	Juan Southern Paiute Reservation, Navajo Allot-8
8088	8088	ments, Hopi Allotments, and Off-Reservation lands 9
8089	8089	held in trust by the United States for the Navajo 10
8090	8090	Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern 11
8091	8091	Paiute Tribe. 12
8092	8092	Æ
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