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        S.2464

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and six


                                 An Act



  To revise a provision relating to a repayment obligation of the Fort 
 McDowell Yavapai Nation under the Fort McDowell Indian Community Water 
         Rights Settlement Act of 1990, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fort McDowell Indian Community Water 
Rights Settlement Revision Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
        (1) Fort mcdowell water rights settlement act.--The term ``Fort 
    McDowell Water Rights Settlement Act'' means the Fort McDowell 
    Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 (Public Law 
    101-628; 104 Stat. 4480).
        (2) Nation.--The term ``Nation'' means the Fort McDowell 
    Yavapai Nation, formerly known as the ``Fort McDowell Indian 
    Community''.
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.

SEC. 3. CANCELLATION OF REPAYMENT OBLIGATION.

    (a) Cancellation of Obligation.--The obligation of the Nation to 
repay the loan made under section 408(e) of the Fort McDowell Water 
Rights Settlement Act (104 Stat. 4489) is cancelled.
    (b) Effect of Act.--
        (1) Rights of nation under fort mcdowell water rights 
    settlement act.--
            (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
        nothing in this Act alters or affects any right of the Nation 
        under the Fort McDowell Water Rights Settlement Act.
            (B) Exception.--The cancellation of the repayment 
        obligation under subsection (a) shall be considered--
                (i) to fulfill all conditions required to achieve the 
            full and final implementation of the Fort McDowell Water 
            Rights Settlement Act; and
                (ii) to relieve the Secretary of any responsibility or 
            obligation to obtain mitigation property or develop 
            additional farm acreage under section 410 the Fort McDowell 
            Water Rights Settlement Act (104 Stat. 4490).
        (2) Eligibility for services and benefits.--Nothing in this Act 
    alters or affects the eligibility of the Nation or any member of 
    the Nation for any service or benefit provided by the Federal 
    Government to federally recognized Indian tribes or members of such 
    Indian tribes.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.