1.The table of
contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Table of
contents.
TITLE I—Aamodt litigation settlement Act
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Subtitle A—Pojoaque basin regional water system
Sec. 111. Authorization of Regional Water System.
Sec. 112. Operating Agreement.
Sec. 113. Acquisition of Pueblo water supply for the Regional
Water System.
Sec. 114. Delivery and allocation of Regional Water System
capacity and water.
Sec. 115. Aamodt Settlement Pueblos’ Fund.
Sec. 116. Environmental compliance.
Sec. 117. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—Pojoaque basin indian water rights
settlement
Sec. 121. Settlement Agreement and contract
approval.
Sec. 122. Environmental compliance.
Sec. 123. Conditions precedent and enforcement
date.
Sec. 124. Waivers and releases.
Sec. 125. Effect.
TITLE II—Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement
Act
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Purpose.
Sec. 203. Definitions.
Sec. 204. Pueblo rights.
Sec. 205. Pueblo water infrastructure and watershed
enhancement.
Sec. 206. Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund.
Sec. 207. Marketing.
Sec. 208. Mutual-benefit projects.
Sec. 209. San Juan-Chama Project contracts.
Sec. 210. Authorizations, ratifications, confirmations, and
conditions precedent.
Sec. 211. Waivers and releases.
Sec. 212. Interpretation and enforcement.
Sec. 213. Disclaimer.
<enum>I</enum><header>Aamodt litigation
settlement Act</header>
<section id="id7C81D56D87224A618C4F23618A7729B2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Aamodt Litigation Settlement
Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID96416b34f8ee4bfabf9361eb396af763"><enum>102.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="ID557036fd3f204520ba133a3aecb26bc0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Acre-feet</header><text>The
term <term>acre-feet</term> means acre-feet of water per year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbcabb4ed35ed4f71a2e42b51b096833a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aamodt
case</header><text>The term <term>Aamodt Case</term> means the civil action
entitled State of New Mexico, ex rel. State Engineer and United States of
America, Pueblo de Nambe, Pueblo de Pojoaque, Pueblo de San Ildefonso, and
Pueblo de Tesuque v. R. Lee Aamodt, et al., No. 66 CV 6639 MV/LCS
(D.N.M.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0aea01aaf3b94de6847ccdd2bee4528a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
term <term>Authority</term> means the Pojoaque Basin Regional Water Authority
described in section 9.5 of the Settlement Agreement or an alternate entity
acceptable to the Pueblos and the County to operate and maintain the diversion
and treatment facilities, certain transmission pipelines, and other facilities
of the Regional Water System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID234a8cd4c9d64fd592c56a0916f220fc"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Bishop’s lodge
extension</header><text>The term <term>Bishop’s Lodge Extension</term> has the
meaning given the term in the Engineering Report.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID85a59be1ca074baab17524bc4b316dc4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>City</header><text>The
term <term>City</term> means the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6359338c417a49c5b49d5fa4e1b065de"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Cost-sharing
and system integration agreement</header><text>The term <term>Cost-Sharing and
System Integration Agreement</term> means the agreement executed by the United
States, the State, the Pueblos, the County, and the City that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd3bb5811a3c14e17bfb4645693a8d2e2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes the
location, capacity, and management (including the distribution of water to
customers) of the Regional Water System; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5bc8feb67f0544cc91a5c33973b98e9a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allocates the
costs of the Regional Water System with respect to—</text>
<clause id="ID4bc8b33416484c4097795e5cb0129f70"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Regional Water
System;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8627043908114405b4aacd4a7914a24e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>rights-of-way
for the Regional Water System; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID226ecda340f145c0a9b28a08dec6d4f7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the acquisition
of water rights.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID95ba6374d98645e196bb7bebe6c9a6ef"><enum>(7)</enum><header>County</header><text>The
term <term>County</term> means Santa Fe County, New Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID468f0fc5be0d48f1a7efb4a380cb9fbd"><enum>(8)</enum><header>County
distribution system</header><text>The term <term>County Distribution
System</term> means the portion of the Regional Water System that serves water
customers on non-Pueblo land in the Pojoaque Basin.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID34a92c51e6374a7a882b66ef8e503762"><enum>(9)</enum><header>County water
utility</header><text>The term <term>County Water Utility</term> means the
water utility organized by the County to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf18a46dfd5d7454fa6a9bc68e155cf47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receive water
distributed by the Authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf1c7dce15855407baa1d06215da741f6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide the water
received under subparagraph (A) to customers on non-Pueblo land in the Pojoaque
Basin.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc604cc7bed3b4435a7d02a5c93a9fdc9"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Engineering
report</header><text>The term <term>Engineering Report</term> means the report
entitled <quote>Pojoaque Regional Water System Engineering Report</quote> and
dated April 2007 and any amendments thereto.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDada250b9e1e340d2810e41029caf28d7"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>The
term <term>Fund</term> means the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos’ Fund established by
section 115(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID20eca6216b514ef78f802fbfc283e0b4"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Operating
agreement</header><text>The term <term>Operating Agreement</term> means the
agreement between the Pueblos and the County executed under section
112(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa5b98f78fe1942e38dc8871ed6f973e2"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Operations,
maintenance, and replacement costs</header>
<subparagraph id="ID16361948ebeb40a4ae9fa0b40589aee2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>operations, maintenance, and replacement
costs</term> means all costs for the operation of the Regional Water System
that are necessary for the safe, efficient, and continued functioning of the
Regional Water System to produce the benefits described in the Settlement
Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7a2bd3967fe849d1b7daee900be424b0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The
term <term>operations, maintenance, and replacement costs</term> does not
include construction costs or costs related to construction design and
planning.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID27a198dadef54e7bbd368cdbbf478965"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Pojoaque
basin</header>
<subparagraph id="ID8078350b461d45a488a7c69815fe5bf6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>Pojoaque Basin</term> means the geographic
area limited by a surface water divide (which can be drawn on a topographic
map), within which area rainfall and runoff flow into arroyos, drainages, and
named tributaries that eventually drain to—</text>
<clause id="IDe34d816ede694774964f5fd997ef345c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Rio Pojoaque; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDddb360105fcc4b6ca794245168d52787"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the 2 unnamed
arroyos immediately south; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID68ac2f7061074fa190fd4409a6f6b1ac"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>2
arroyos (including the Arroyo Alamo) that are north of the confluence of the
Rio Pojoaque and the Rio Grande.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2b7a89dc8c9b4833939413dacee872e4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The
term <term>Pojoaque Basin</term> includes the San Ildefonso Eastern Reservation
recognized by section 8 of Public Law 87–231 (75 Stat. 505).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID04d9b87768044d18b245dd673328dfd6"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Pueblo</header><text>The
term <term>Pueblo</term> means each of the pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San
Ildefonso, or Tesuque.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe926184e14ec413eade5d395cdbe0be1"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Pueblos</header><text>The
term <term>Pueblos</term> means collectively the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque,
San Ildefonso, and Tesuque.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID502658ecf916492fb311432724cf5606"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Pueblo
land</header><text>The term <term>Pueblo land</term> means any real property
that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5a0cd4c9952147e4bcfeeb33993c276e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>held by the
United States in trust for a Pueblo within the Pojoaque Basin;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID27197d730a19410ebd9b3fa046c85c0a"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCF6E822D68364AB49E16BE1677FCFEB0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>owned by a Pueblo
within the Pojoaque Basin before the date on which a court approves the
Settlement Agreement; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id7BDD74DBCDB94E10B6F426942ABC2316" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>acquired by a Pueblo on or after
the date on which a court approves the Settlement Agreement, if the real
property is located—</text>
<subclause id="idC46350189C80419F8B3B5AFA4E894C1F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>within the exterior boundaries of the
Pueblo, as recognized and conformed by a patent issued under the Act of
December 22, 1858 (11 Stat. 374, chapter V); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id5D0E230F809141D6A95B149E32456D0D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>within the exterior boundaries of any
territory set aside for the Pueblo by law, executive order, or court
decree;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfb3c0edef260489fb63f9095e64b62c5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>owned by a Pueblo
or held by the United States in trust for the benefit of a Pueblo outside the
Pojoaque Basin that is located within the exterior boundaries of the Pueblo as
recognized and confirmed by a patent issued under the Act of December 22, 1858
(11 Stat. 374, chapter V); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID22efdd460d0e46fd9fe2931cc8d0435f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>within the
exterior boundaries of any real property located outside the Pojoaque Basin set
aside for a Pueblo by law, executive order, or court decree, if the land is
within or contiguous to land held by the United States in trust for the Pueblo
as of January 1, 2005.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd4e69a91349e41c08a9235bdadb9ab6d"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Pueblo water
facility</header>
<subparagraph id="ID78a45cb74148468fb4e62911a4082541"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>Pueblo Water Facility</term> means—</text>
<clause id="IDe497a3b0f1d140d79c887a69c1ddf6e3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
portion of the Regional Water System that serves only water customers on Pueblo
land; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID42d5924b9326499a88c5f59e524cc361"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>portions of a
Pueblo water system in existence on the date of enactment of this Act that
serve water customers on non-Pueblo land, also in existence on the date of
enactment of this Act, or their successors, that are—</text>
<subclause id="id4C7BF7036D1C4AC0A90C4D5BB61C2274"><enum>(I)</enum><text>depicted in the
final project design, as modified by the drawings reflecting the completed
Regional Water System; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idD466F6F940C94D3CAFE6049EAAB6E8A2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>described in the
Operating Agreement.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2ffc9aa72a0d4de48f8181461e187ae0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
term <term>Pueblo Water Facility</term> includes—</text>
<clause id="IDddeb2d6ee09441ce86b672cfebb92a17"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
barrier dam and infiltration project on the Rio Pojoaque described in the
Engineering Report; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID21fc3cd5683b42c9884113bdf4dcf5d6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Tesuque
Pueblo infiltration pond described in the Engineering Report.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9b03069cbf8145d6ac0cb0856e828ea6"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Regional water
system</header>
<subparagraph id="IDca5d133ab6a640a1903e5efae3e3ed73"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>Regional Water System</term> means the
Regional Water System described in section 111(a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa5eb07ca4522482ba67b4607adb609b2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The
term <term>Regional Water System</term> does not include the County or Pueblo
water supply delivered through the Regional Water System.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID630cdb2e6b0b49c6b6176d6a4b3c2e7e"><enum>(20)</enum><header>San juan-chama
project</header><text>The term <term>San Juan-Chama Project</term> means the
Project authorized by section 8 of the Act of June 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 96, 97),
and the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6484428c7df245ec9e2fa51a9f9c4f90"><enum>(21)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcbd1479a199b4e32b6663f3b3fa68725"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Settlement
agreement</header><text>The term <term>Settlement Agreement</term> means the
stipulated and binding agreement among the State, the Pueblos, the United
States, the County, and the City dated January 19, 2006, and signed by all of
the government parties to the Settlement Agreement (other than the United
States) on May 3, 2006, and as amended in conformity with this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf6e6738422c34cd1bf8d033b101d2e46"><enum>(23)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means the State of New Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></section><subtitle id="id2672723C5AF24038BFA86A537D501F07"><enum>A</enum><header>Pojoaque basin
regional water system</header>
<section id="ID070b0aea52b3480ab02c27cdb9b19cbc"><enum>111.</enum><header>Authorization
of Regional Water System</header>
<subsection id="IDb170c99b1059480d9b769c97a4fb279b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of
Reclamation, shall plan, design, and construct a regional water system in
accordance with the Settlement Agreement, to be known as the <quote>Regional
Water System</quote>—</text>
<paragraph id="ID32f3c0839ed24b2ca9514db76757228a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to divert and
distribute water to the Pueblos and to the County Water Utility, in accordance
with the Engineering Report; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8f5cae8be92b4e9185279139af951b19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that consists
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDecd067f0a9f5458a8b8d1b173a64c951"><enum>(A)</enum><text>surface water
diversion facilities at San Ildefonso Pueblo on the Rio Grande; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5e35a14ba82c4efe9f891d7c014360a9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any treatment,
transmission, storage and distribution facilities and wellfields for the County
Distribution System and Pueblo Water Facilities that are necessary to supply a
minimum of 4,000 acre-feet of water within the Pojoaque Basin, in accordance
with the Engineering Report.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3583bb0df0ba45ef80670cd7801cf6e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final project
design</header><text>The Secretary shall issue a final project design within 90
days of completion of the environmental compliance described in section 116 for
the Regional Water System that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe605ec1eda744d8797f8d8deb09bf04e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is consistent
with the Engineering Report; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7debe09a8c934ab6af4296fbf9057b83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes a
description of any Pueblo Water Facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID36352ec895ab46868d7943e1a0216f29"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acquisition of
land; water rights</header>
<paragraph id="ID3bfe7f71d4ae4f05b8653d277f025680"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Acquisition of
land</header><text>Upon request, and in exchange for the funding which shall be
provided in section 117(c), the Pueblos shall consent to the grant of such
easements and rights-of-way as may be necessary for the construction of the
Regional Water System at no cost to the Secretary. To the extent that the State
or County own easements or rights-of-way that may be used for construction of
the Regional Water System, the State or County shall provide that land or
interest in land as necessary for construction at no cost to the Secretary. The
Secretary shall acquire any other land or interest in land that is necessary
for the construction of the Regional Water System with the exception of the
Bishop’s Lodge Extension.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd317ac34d0ee467b893aa2f8477ed913"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Water
rights</header><text>The Secretary shall not condemn water rights for purposes
of the Regional Water System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6a8391766b874586a9f98dfb6715544f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions for
construction</header>
<paragraph id="ID4bd94b2b41904f7d8b5db0ddc1b9b51f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall not begin construction of the
Regional Water System facilities until the date on which—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2b0144f42ecf4a35a5fe64f3a60484c2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary
executes—</text>
<clause id="ID0c49e15013e94acaa28b6fa9546b231a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Settlement Agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6f3623d8d55445289fdaf79839b381e7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Cost-Sharing
and System Integration Agreement; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0ba4ea87a4eb4da79a000582d3b0b7d4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the State and the
County have entered into an agreement with the Secretary to contribute the
non-Federal share of the costs of the construction in accordance with the
Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8b5992009c1749778ec669bd32ca97a7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) shall not apply to the design and construction of the
Regional Water System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc86f2cc1ea2e41c099cc7b9fddb39d1f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Construction
costs</header>
<paragraph id="ID0c5c274430a84a658f5292d490237591"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pueblo water
facilities</header><text>The costs of constructing the Pueblo Water Facilities,
as determined by the final project design and the Engineering Report—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID58e6d61e8d21479cbb8afe67d73c855b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be at full
Federal expense subject to the amount authorized in section 117(a)(1);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7aff57f1619c4c178616c7b49ae72525"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be
nonreimbursable to the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa66ba39172be46dc9d574c6d631db993"><enum>(2)</enum><header>County
distribution system</header><text>The costs of constructing the County
Distribution System shall be at State and local expense.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb31e37e6a22544e18950147176fa291e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>State and local
capital obligations</header><text>The State and local capital obligations for
the Regional Water System described in the Cost-Sharing and System Integration
Agreement shall be satisfied on the payment of the State and local capital
obligations described in the Cost-Sharing and System Integration
Agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID230bc6bab15b45f1a4809e627d9b8c89"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conveyance of
regional water system facilities</header>
<paragraph id="ID3cb212fea8ca4cd7998196c099052e21"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), on completion of the
construction of the Regional Water System (other than the Bishop’s Lodge
Extension if construction of the Bishop’s Lodge Extension is deferred pursuant
to the Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement), the Secretary, in
accordance with the Operating Agreement, shall convey to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7b9e2d5d95004c2b9be35b23ef069af3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each Pueblo the
portion of any Pueblo Water Facility that is located within the boundaries of
the Pueblo, including any land or interest in land located within the
boundaries of the Pueblo that is acquired by the United States for the
construction of the Pueblo Water Facility;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID76f492d181c54b10bba57b72ae557541"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the County the
County Distribution System, including any land or interest in land acquired by
the United States for the construction of the County Distribution System;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbc24b426102a42618c61b46599d3cb4f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Authority any
portions of the Regional Water System that remain after making the conveyances
under subparagraphs (A) and (B), including any land or interest in land
acquired by the United States for the construction of the portions of the
Regional Water System.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc2019e5ba46c4ce8a3f31615ca95fb7d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions for
conveyance</header><text>The Secretary shall not convey any portion of the
Regional Water System facilities under paragraph (1) until the date on
which—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDdad40497ba9e4ffe853850c928324663"><enum>(A)</enum><text>construction of
the Regional Water System (other than the Bishop’s Lodge Extension if
construction of the Bishop’s Lodge Extension is deferred pursuant to the
Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement) is complete; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfd4c7f32d0e84a44be53631a30f9d366"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Operating
Agreement is executed in accordance with section 112.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c20e92d433448c894a6d2295dce23aa"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subsequent
conveyance</header><text>On conveyance by the Secretary under paragraph (1),
the Pueblos, the County, and the Authority shall not reconvey any portion of
the Regional Water System conveyed to the Pueblos, the County, and the
Authority, respectively, unless the reconveyance is authorized by an Act of
Congress enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7fbf5856098642139985ffb29f710855"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Interest of the
United States</header><text>On conveyance of a portion of the Regional Water
System under paragraph (1), the United States shall have no further right,
title, or interest in and to the portion of the Regional Water System
conveyed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID54881adc3f9d4910a520debd6c15fa5c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Additional
construction</header><text>On conveyance of a portion of the Regional Water
System under paragraph (1), the Pueblos, County, or the Authority, as
applicable, may, at the expense of the Pueblos, County, or the Authority,
construct any additional infrastructure that is necessary to fully use the
water delivered by the Regional Water System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID96454379e8444fcc8ce27b5200d2ee70"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Liability</header>
<subparagraph id="idEB6284B23527447CAE6B5E13B7119A05"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Effective on the date of conveyance of any land or
facility under this section, the United States shall not be held liable by any
court for damages of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence
relating to the land and facilities conveyed, other than damages caused by acts
of negligence by the United States, or by employees or agents of the United
States, prior to the date of conveyance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID25d00466ebab4696950db5b0ee03bf49"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tort
claims</header><text>Nothing in this section increases the liability of the
United States beyond the liability provided in chapter 171 of title 28, United
States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Federal Tort Claims
Act</quote>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4FD89F888F394E52934D2A735EA0C693"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing
in any transfer of ownership provided or any conveyance thereto as provided in
this section shall extinguish the right of any Pueblo, the County, or the
Regional Water Authority to the continuous use and benefit of each easement or
right of way for the use, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of
Pueblo Water Facilities, the County Distribution System or the Regional Water
System or for wastewater purposes as provided in the Cost-Sharing and System
Integration Agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID159c0c52b54c4e36aa033ac17939f596"><enum>112.</enum><header>Operating
Agreement</header>
<subsection id="IDb215ea7af91d42ad862ec1f6c5b3d6d3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Pueblos and the County shall submit to the Secretary
an executed Operating Agreement for the Regional Water System that is
consistent with this Act, the Settlement Agreement, and the Cost-Sharing and
System Integration Agreement not later than 180 days after the later of—</text>
<paragraph id="ID08df1be291714e1ca4cc0fd39696e283"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date of
completion of environmental compliance and permitting; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID631ba3ffaabd40cfb105959ff24e79c6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the date of
issuance of a final project design for the Regional Water System under section
111(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3f565839a8274d16aae406807c74a266"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after receipt of the operating agreement described in
subsection (a), the Secretary shall approve the Operating Agreement upon
determination that the Operating Agreement is consistent with this Act, the
Settlement Agreement, and the Cost-Sharing and System Integration
Agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6cd941275b1a4514be9fceab2297ee43"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
Operating Agreement shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="ID73fddad2b92a4909bb7ccf2d773323b0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provisions
consistent with the Settlement Agreement and the Cost-Sharing and System
Integration Agreement and necessary to implement the intended benefits of the
Regional Water System described in those documents;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe0808969a1e0451699d73f7899a12d2f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provisions
for—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf840a24f3d9246ccb329990d0d96df4e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the distribution
of water conveyed through the Regional Water System, including a delineation
of—</text>
<clause id="ID80203ec3ab9c4023bcfd8236ac5a8c5d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>distribution
lines for the County Distribution System;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5f60031811d8447fa6163961867db3ac"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>distribution
lines for the Pueblo Water Facilities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID15167cef863f4cae8c0ded555dbe36b2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>distribution
lines that serve both—</text>
<subclause id="ID97d934c82db0492d9a30f8308e8b72fa"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the County
Distribution System; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID00eb7ced1c2a43ee926ee23d716c94de"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Pueblo Water
Facilities;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5387a4a55ede4236b86d782fed830858"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the allocation of
the Regional Water System capacity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8b57772537624e77bf43e30422b96d31"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the terms of use
of unused water capacity in the Regional Water System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5765c72ff5854f058f91a0e54ffd901c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the construction
of additional infrastructure and the acquisition of associated rights-of-way or
easements necessary to enable any of the Pueblos or the County to fully use
water allocated to the Pueblos or the County from the Regional Water System,
including provisions addressing when the construction of such additional
infrastructure requires approval by the Authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID013f1faea4b84cdab2fbd14731435d05"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the allocation
and payment of annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs for the
Regional Water System, including the portions of the Regional Water System that
are used to treat, transmit, and distribute water to both the Pueblo Water
Facilities and the County Water Utility;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe48255ee2e214b6f83a4f266b0b1af6e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the operation of
wellfields located on Pueblo land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9373ff406a954d09b59fff60bfe2a2c7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the transfer of
any water rights necessary to provide the Pueblo water supply described in
section 113(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID61e5b6fa27c640619c6281be1b1de93d"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the operation of
the Regional Water System with respect to the water supply, including the
allocation of the water supply in accordance with section 3.1.8.4.2 of the
Settlement Agreement so that, in the event of a shortage of supply to the
Regional Water System, the supply to each of the Pueblos’ and to the County’s
distribution system shall be reduced on a prorata basis, in proportion to each
distribution system’s most current annual use; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfbe32b38edf643e4bf4e304b56be70f2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>dispute
resolution; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbe104117826f429abceb875179a36740"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provisions for
operating and maintaining the Regional Water System facilities before and after
conveyance under section 111(h), including provisions to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID91645a24173d45ca9f3926a1b7405f2f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure
that—</text>
<clause id="IDcf765cfc38a64bc4b0bdf6df9cee1123"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
operation of, and the diversion and conveyance of water by, the Regional Water
System is in accordance with the Settlement Agreement;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6916ae034905438689d8cead078be2e4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the wells in the
Regional Water System are used in conjunction with the surface water supply of
the Regional Water System to ensure a reliable firm supply of water to all
users of the Regional Water System, consistent with the intent of the
Settlement Agreement that surface supplies will be used to the maximum extent
feasible;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID84c43c91d65244568d2705184d335aeb"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the respective
obligations regarding delivery, payment, operation, and management are
enforceable; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6d8b86752f0e4a90865d10cbcdcdaef6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the County has
the right to serve any new water users located on non-Pueblo land in the
Pojoaque Basin; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID86710d8951754568ae4f9ca11f1faab8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allow for any
aquifer storage and recovery projects that are approved by the Office of the
New Mexico State Engineer.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc42afbcfc8664039a1e44d633b5d9b1d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing
in this title precludes the Operating Agreement from authorizing phased or
interim operations if the Regional Water System is constructed in
phases.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID54e31478c5bf42f584ff7b46da28cf54"><enum>113.</enum><header>Acquisition of
Pueblo water supply for the Regional Water System</header>
<subsection id="IDbb30623aa7c348719c13050116227072"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For the purpose of providing a reliable firm supply of
water from the Regional Water System for the Pueblos in accordance with the
Settlement Agreement, the Secretary, on behalf of the Pueblos, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID257d034e91c84c2da823c04e3dc0f3d1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>acquire water
rights to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3d8e58f0795a4db8b0bc5274cdc4d4e5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>302 acre-feet of
Nambe reserved water described in section 2.6.2 of the Settlement Agreement
pursuant to section 117(c)(1)(C); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa3b6ba6fe4e24556be27d3a645af2c35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1141 acre-feet
from water acquired by the County for water rights commonly referred to as
<quote>Top of the World</quote> rights in the Aamodt case;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1a4a6d93304d404f814838ef5e7cb2ad"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make available
1079 acre-feet to the Pueblos pursuant to a contract entered into among the
Pueblos and the Secretary in accordance with section 11 of the Act of June 13,
1962 (76 Stat. 96, 97) (San Juan-Chama Project Act), under water rights held by
the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3ac6a29b00e04675b98f1a51b7e1ab41"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by application to
the State Engineer, obtain approval to divert the water acquired and made
available under paragraphs (1) and (2) at the points of diversion for the
Regional Water System, consistent with the Settlement Agreement and the
Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9dd84108b5264cac937df3630caa7f39"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forfeiture</header><text>The
nonuse of the water supply secured by the Secretary for the Pueblos under
subsection (a) shall in no event result in forfeiture, abandonment,
relinquishment, or other loss thereof.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID05d0c0dd857448b79bfbdacf87a62129"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Trust</header><text>The
Pueblo water supply secured under subsection (a) shall be held by the United
States in trust for the Pueblos.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDeb92c79e6f544134a98e819c0396d8db"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Contract for
San Juan-Chama Project water supply</header><text>With respect to the contract
for the water supply required by subsection (a)(2), such San Juan-Chama Project
contract shall be pursuant to the following terms:</text>
<paragraph id="ID7f1fdccccc8b45babbcd04394707cd76"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Waivers</header><text>Notwithstanding
the provisions of the Act of June 13, 1962 (76 Stat, 96, 97), or any other
provision of law—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID968dfc5ac24d4b92ac2cd090e9f1273f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall waive the entirety of the Pueblos’ share of the construction costs for
the San Juan-Chama Project, and pursuant to that waiver, the Pueblos’ share of
all construction costs for the San Juan-Chama Project, inclusive of both
principal and interest, due from 1972 to the execution of the contract required
by subsection (a)(2), shall be nonreimbursable;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID40d2a768e8024d5b844e44a21dfdd5fc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary’s
waiver of each Pueblo’s share of the construction costs for the San Juan-Chama
Project will not result in an increase in the pro rata shares of other San
Juan-Chama Project water contractors, but such costs shall be absorbed by the
United States Treasury or otherwise appropriated to the Department of the
Interior; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0946f1fbda474fff980944580c68ef59"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the costs
associated with any water made available from the San Juan-Chama Project which
were determined nonreimbursable and nonreturnable pursuant to Public Law No.
88–293, 78 Stat. 171 (March 26, 1964) shall remain nonreimbursable and
nonreturnable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID867f5c5012a744a2be697ea338277758"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
contract shall provide that it shall terminate only upon the following
conditions—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID740f25f361c14d56a1c1bc25aa8ca875"><enum>(A)</enum><text>failure of the
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico to enter a final
decree for the Aamodt case by December 15, 2012, or within the time period of
any extension of that deadline granted by the court; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5e731e550b1a4c57baa9c1c72da73834"><enum>(B)</enum><text>entry of an order
by the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico voiding the
final decree and Settlement Agreement for the Aamodt case pursuant to section
10.3 of the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID046d56f48d224456919f918dd4c8376c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
Secretary shall use the water supply secured under subsection (a) only for the
purposes described in the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9684095397da42e4950fd3930081b4a3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Fulfillment of
water supply acquisition obligations</header><text>Compliance with subsections
(a) through (e) shall satisfy any and all obligations of the Secretary to
acquire or secure a water supply for the Pueblos pursuant to the Settlement
Agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID27ab9f9705b9487f8536b9a7dc45fde7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rights of
pueblos in settlement agreement unaffected</header><text>Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections (a) through (f), the Pueblos, the County or the
Regional Water Authority may acquire any additional water rights to ensure all
parties to the Settlement Agreement receive the full allocation of water
provided by the Settlement Agreement and nothing in this Act amends or modifies
the quantities of water allocated to the Pueblos thereunder.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID67837951bae244958b1028acab982c3b"><enum>114.</enum><header>Delivery and
allocation of Regional Water System capacity and water</header>
<subsection id="IDba51a09c78f5447da14b20f55dee95e1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allocation of
regional water system capacity</header>
<paragraph id="ID0c16db24e07841eb8ee91a1dbb2b5582"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Regional Water System shall have the capacity to
divert from the Rio Grande a quantity of water sufficient to provide—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDba73638a39b244f1bf2a4a362e178658"><enum>(A)</enum><text>4,000 acre-feet
of consumptive use of water; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbc71afdc1c9a453a86ca124a1fb21b93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the requisite
peaking capacity described in—</text>
<clause id="ID390da28f1c7345c5acc43aaf5d776bc0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Engineering Report; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbcae0e807ec940b98410fb32769d521a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the final
project design.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDac6ba636f49f48dab29ebedac05d7102"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation to
the pueblos and county water utility</header><text>Of the capacity described in
paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf52df5aff0a543aca56a26c4582ab3c4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>there shall be
allocated to the Pueblos—</text>
<clause id="IDba60637eb1eb4ccfa4fb9885caddb8b3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sufficient
capacity for the conveyance of 2,500 acre-feet consumptive use; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID17874f11eba74f2d9af1c4c038fe235e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the requisite
peaking capacity for the quantity of water described in clause (i); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf2821a3d7fcd460cb7dd342efdfbd275"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there shall be
allocated to the County Water Utility—</text>
<clause id="ID9e6332f3aaf3458caa1009753eac5f91"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sufficient
capacity for the conveyance of 1,500 acre-feet consumptive use; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID100bb90ba9aa4157b6b2ab7565176f9f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the requisite
peaking capacity for the quantity of water described in clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID97fa667db2144c95ace06c6c3905491d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>Water shall be allocated to the Pueblos and the County Water
Utility under this subsection in accordance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID040287e5e6fe4597847cb738a0d73907"><enum>(A)</enum><text>this
title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID215d5f07bc4e4b089d2adb54e86eafdc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Settlement
Agreement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID21f86de38346450c87e2fbb6957dd2b4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Operating
Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfc55a364e6534214bbc25a3e5dc1e451"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Delivery of
regional water system water</header><text>The Authority shall deliver water
from the Regional Water System—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa6a1dd2551ab4ef5b0c050b331d64330"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the Pueblos
water in a quantity sufficient to allow full consumptive use of up to 2,500
acre-feet rights by the Pueblos in accordance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDfbd993fb35d8403198a79bf4be5345fe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Settlement
Agreement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd4904d3c39df4fecbe61ea788788fb95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Operating
Agreement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9896234874a6413c972555a42c737e4c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>this Title;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID66126fdbd67748dcbd70c688b5bb0f30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the County
water in a quantity sufficient to allow full consumptive use of up to 1,500
acre-feet per year of water rights by the County Water Utility in accordance
with—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID179010345a604304a1dd2b519012a26e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Settlement
Agreement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID086f6011bd1240f6a08b6538a2c7f007"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Operating
Agreement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa22105710bde451a8d29addf2941eaab"><enum>(C)</enum><text>this
title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2301ba0f9a62480980726bc5b739871d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional use
of allocation quantity and unused capacity</header><text>The Regional Water
System may be used to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID06932ae12e0849c5bde6a79662138773"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for use
of return flow credits to allow for full consumptive use of the water allocated
in the Settlement Agreement to each of the Pueblos and to the County;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b2ddb6bd6fc4bdcaca37cb1527d3445"><enum>(2)</enum><text>convey water
allocated to one of the Pueblos or the County Water Utility for the benefit of
another Pueblo or the County Water Utility or allow use of unused capacity by
each other through the Regional Water System in accordance with an
intergovernmental agreement between the Pueblos, or between a Pueblo and County
Water Utility, as applicable, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFB59B63BD2A644B29A58E21AC437DC40"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such
intergovernmental agreements are consistent with the Operating Agreement, the
Settlement Agreement and this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID153e2f1287a94d648a9e8551568dc087"><enum>(B)</enum><text>capacity is
available without reducing water delivery to any Pueblo or the County Water
Utility in accordance with the Settlement Agreement, unless the County Water
Utility or Pueblo contracts for a reduction in water delivery or Regional Water
System capacity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7639a005155c4d909eda5edf0a75a7e5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Pueblo or
County Water Utility contracting for use of the unused capacity or water has
the right to use the water under applicable law; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDba2a8976c07845da844fcd6d1052bd0e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any agreement for
the use of unused capacity or water provides for payment of the operation,
maintenance, and replacement costs associated with the use of capacity or
water.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDefb7fdb6afb34f05867485d2e7c17a08"><enum>115.</enum><header>Aamodt
Settlement Pueblos’ Fund</header>
<subsection id="IDa074bfed3eac4505a2ea3c92ef51c410"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of the aamodt settlement pueblos’ fund</header><text>There is established in
the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the <quote>Aamodt
Settlement Pueblos’ Fund,</quote> consisting of—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9753505e28e14e80945c4518d942f1e5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such amounts as
are made available to the Fund under section 117(c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcda6c88508d04844b9034604c7f77372"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any interest
earned from investment of amounts in the Fund under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5adb59ea20634052b23a025f4a6a65b4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management of
the fund</header><text>The Secretary shall manage the Fund, invest amounts in
the Fund, and make amounts available from the Fund for distribution to the
Pueblos in accordance with—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa562d711d3c645b0afe6f25c1833b013"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the American
Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID10198776a2354b259d7f3a6eb3cebd74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>this
title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID34609fde7258419297337ce386d024fd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Investment of
the fund</header><text>The Secretary shall invest amounts in the Fund in
accordance with—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2f218fef2f2f402aa437e1445db07534"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Act of April
1, 1880 (25 U.S.C. 161);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3fca0314add1453e9d5bd0a019aa90c3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the first section
of the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8668f0c55caa4c248bc3cd41acfa7332"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the American
Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1ac27a9046d4495a8249779bda32b23a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Tribal
management plan</header>
<paragraph id="ID7e3faf5d9ad04ec88a9cee480578ec69"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A Pueblo may withdraw all or part of the Pueblo’s portion
of the Fund on approval by the Secretary of a tribal management plan as
described in the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID06b481701bf44afa83e57a4e55591817"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In
addition to the requirements under the American Indian Trust Fund Management
Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the tribal management plan shall
require that a Pueblo spend any amounts withdrawn from the Fund in accordance
with the purposes described in section 117(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID26716c0d6e064e69945c2237b3888971"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>The
Secretary may take judicial or administrative action to enforce the provisions
of any tribal management plan to ensure that any amounts withdrawn from the
Fund under an approved tribal management plan are used in accordance with this
title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd31ddd6f83324e0fbe99949a5ebf172c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Liability</header><text>If
a Pueblo or the Pueblos exercise the right to withdraw amounts from the Fund,
neither the Secretary nor the Secretary of the Treasury shall retain any
liability for the expenditure or investment of the amounts withdrawn.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7eba66a770fc47598c780e6d8592f0f2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Expenditure
plan</header>
<subparagraph id="IDd2937efc2fe14f67a85cdbcf98d9770a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Pueblos shall submit to the Secretary for approval an
expenditure plan for any portion of the amounts in the Fund that the Pueblos do
not withdraw under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc43afaeee6e447f0a719355e02062112"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description</header><text>The
expenditure plan shall describe the manner in which, and the purposes for
which, amounts remaining in the Fund will be used.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdfb2a8fb61aa4067969addc67df7be51"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>On
receipt of an expenditure plan under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
approve the plan if the Secretary determines that the plan is reasonable and
consistent with this title, the Settlement Agreement, and the Cost-Sharing and
System Integration Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID31cc5c6742b641a1a23e04e22dc25695"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>The Pueblos shall submit to the Secretary an annual report
that describes all expenditures from the Fund during the year covered by the
report.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1a66017262e64706a6176e40007cb456"><enum>(6)</enum><header>No per capita
payments</header><text>No part of the principal of the Fund, or the interest or
income accruing on the principal shall be distributed to any member of a Pueblo
on a per capita basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf0f29cc1243b47aaaa45f1788758656e"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Availability of
amounts from the fund</header>
<subparagraph id="ID847d4fe3dc0849f09ecc6daeea38f6a4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Approval of
settlement agreement</header><text>Amounts made available under subparagraphs
(A) and (C) of section 117(c)(1) shall be available for expenditure or
withdrawal only after the date on which the United States District Court for
the District of New Mexico issues an order approving the Settlement
Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe9ef56ba03fd48d2820becb5afb0cb2d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Completion of
certain portions of regional water system</header><text>Amounts made available
under section 117(c)(1)(B) shall be available for expenditure or withdrawal
only after those portions of the Regional Water System described in section
1.5.24 of the Settlement Agreement have been declared substantially complete by
the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8f46c5a41ce44b7aa1c0cff8e417e243"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Failure to
fulfill conditions precedent</header><text>If the conditions precedent in
section 123 have not been fulfilled by June 30, 2016, the United States shall
be entitled to set off any funds expended or withdrawn from the amounts
appropriated pursuant to section 117(c), together with any interest accrued,
against any claims asserted by the Pueblos against the United States relating
to the water rights in the Pojoaque Basin.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDff1a67e767c3424bbdb2209208e2d8e1"><enum>116.</enum><header>Environmental
compliance</header>
<subsection id="ID827a80fef62b4f0b82ab4f1f0dc793bc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary shall comply
with each law of the Federal Government relating to the protection of the
environment, including—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd39ed77321c04fc8b23e56c0542c0209"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID66da9cb5cee84feb94b0f2e0e9478252"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb8f2529515354f809ad63a2fd0fa74bb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National
environmental policy Act</header><text>Nothing in this title affects the
outcome of any analysis conducted by the Secretary or any other Federal
official under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID656a70668398432baa896c433e19d670"><enum>117.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID2327e04a076141948c38bd0259cde621"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regional water
system</header>
<paragraph id="ID1099096d20a04276aec0a138b060b4d2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (4), there is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary for the planning, design, and construction of the
Regional Water System and the conduct of environmental compliance activities
under section 116 a total of $106,400,000 between fiscal years 2009 and
2021.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe0d9acc66e274c89988ac57cca0a8e60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority of
funding</header><text>Of the amounts authorized under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall give priority to funding—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID15407d1263c249a4883fbc264b06d5e9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the construction
of the San Ildefonso portion of the Regional Water System, consisting
of—</text>
<clause id="IDcc0f2facce1942b0b2449f67118f2e65"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
surface water diversion, treatment, and transmission facilities at San
Ildefonso Pueblo; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf73795de12704f5e824f35cce51fa881"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the San
Ildefonso Pueblo portion of the Pueblo Water Facilities; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID876cc7635fae4efab639195541a55f5c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that part of the
Regional Water System providing 475 acre-feet to Pojoaque Pueblo pursuant to
section 2.2 of the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1a1a9743f1614f02a57f35392752deb2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>The
amount authorized under paragraph (1) shall be adjusted annually to account for
increases in construction costs since October 1, 2006, as determined using
applicable engineering cost indices.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa77de482971843cabd8a720ddc3bae86"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subparagraph id="ID704f1a1bc9cd4df88a512997442d77f8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No amounts shall be made available under paragraph (1)
for the construction of the Regional Water System until the date on which the
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico issues an order
approving the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc4c0fa0b823347bdb122e614b4da01bf"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Record of
decision</header><text>No amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall be
expended unless the record of decision issued by the Secretary after completion
of an environmental impact statement provides for a preferred alternative that
is in substantial compliance with the proposed Regional Water System, as
defined in the Engineering Report.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3053093c66174d3a8c5c9674f82478ae"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acquisition of
water rights</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary funds for the acquisition of the water rights under section
113(a)(1)(B)—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3d13626a45aa4decb889b3939d7becb7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the amount of
$5,400,000.00 if such acquisition is completed by December 31, 2009; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcfd397b027e742d4af01bace9101fa83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount
authorized under paragraph (b)(1) shall be adjusted according to the CPI Urban
Index commencing January 1, 2010.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5743a4438e3b481baca24ed1c79ff790"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Aamodt
settlement pueblos’ fund</header>
<paragraph id="ID270ba533f3a941f6b97fd152b0bf6c84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund the
following amounts for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2021:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb3762608754b49b7963a71e1dc7aee7a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,000,000, which
shall be allocated to the Pueblos, in accordance with section 2.7.1 of the
Settlement Agreement, for the rehabilitation, improvement, operation,
maintenance, and replacement of the agricultural delivery facilities, waste
water systems, and other water-related infrastructure of the applicable Pueblo.
The amount authorized herein shall be adjusted according to the CPI Urban Index
commencing October 1, 2006.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc9d45d84deb04858b9ebede6286d67bb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$37,500,000,
which shall be allocated to an account, to be established not later than
January 1, 2016, to assist the Pueblos in paying the Pueblos’ share of the cost
of operating, maintaining, and replacing the Pueblo Water Facilities and the
Regional Water System.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8165738e7a1c4b878dd22888e0b37684"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$5,000,000 and
any interest thereon, which shall be allocated to the Pueblo of Nambé for the
acquisition of the Nambé reserved water rights in accordance with section
113(a)(1)(A). The amount authorized herein shall be adjusted according to the
CPI Urban Index commencing January 1, 2011. The funds provided under this
section may be used by the Pueblo of Nambé only for the acquisition of land,
other real property interests, or economic development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5d6d123d782c4e4583a48ceb6ec65f7c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Operation,
maintenance, and replacement costs</header>
<subparagraph id="id78F2532528E445F3990A7D86226A79FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Prior to conveyance of the Regional Water System pursuant
to section 111, the Secretary shall pay any operation, maintenance or
replacement costs associated with the Pueblo Water Facilities or the Regional
Water System up to an amount that does not exceed $5,000,000, which is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE0E7A912D5134DC6ABF4C0E48E37CCDC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Obligation of
the Federal Government after completion</header><text>Except as provided in
section 113(a)(4)(B), after construction of the Regional Water System is
completed and the amounts required to be deposited in the account have been
deposited under this section the Federal Government shall have no obligation to
pay for the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the Regional Water
System.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idBDBE85C35CF74A1693EEAB48321A88FA"><enum>B</enum><header>Pojoaque basin
indian water rights settlement</header>
<section id="ID1b71d9514522475ab6fb3a2a4b8c542f"><enum>121.</enum><header>Settlement
Agreement and contract approval</header>
<subsection id="IDa84b3b9d65a94a1e9f8180324d269156"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>To
the extent the Settlement Agreement and the Cost-Sharing and System Integration
Agreement do not conflict with this title, the Settlement Agreement and the
Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement (including any amendments to the
Settlement Agreement and the Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement that
are executed to make the Settlement Agreement or the Cost-Sharing and System
Integration Agreement consistent with this title) are authorized, ratified, and
confirmed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDbbcdb00bfbac42778725524a81dadd27"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Execution</header><text>To
the extent the Settlement Agreement and the Cost-Sharing and System Integration
Agreement do not conflict with this title, the Secretary shall execute the
Settlement Agreement and the Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement
(including any amendments that are necessary to make the Settlement Agreement
or the Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement consistent with this
title).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID135e53d1b168467fa810a574ddb16438"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorities of
the pueblos</header>
<paragraph id="ID3064218eb12541c6a07b384da2dda650"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each of the Pueblos may enter into contracts to lease or
exchange water rights or to forbear undertaking new or expanded water uses for
water rights recognized in section 2.1 of the Settlement Agreement for use
within the Pojoaque Basin in accordance with the other limitations of section
2.1.5 of the Settlement Agreement provided that section 2.1.5 is amended
accordingly.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0AD979A5725E4143AA323E9AAF2422E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Execution</header><text>The
Secretary shall not execute the Settlement Agreement until such amendment is
accomplished under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc5c3debf23924d47a10fc647389cf4df"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Approval by
Secretary</header><text>Consistent with the Settlement Agreement as amended
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall approve or disapprove a lease entered
into under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf8249658be6648878b410c41fe21f4b3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibition on
permanent alienation</header><text>No lease or contract under paragraph (1)
shall be for a term exceeding 99 years, nor shall any such lease or contract
provide for permanent alienation of any portion of the water rights made
available to the Pueblos under the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id245FCCB960ED43068995EEF0EE5A0D1A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>Section 2116 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) shall
not apply to any lease or contract entered into under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb8e86d8e48554d999c809c9e1a51b8ad"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Leasing or
marketing of water supply</header><text>The water supply provided on behalf of
the Pueblos pursuant to section 113(a)(1) may only be leased or marketed by any
of the Pueblos pursuant to the intergovernmental agreements described in
section 114(c)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4eaaee104dbf4158b8108f3d5edcc06a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendments to
contracts</header><text>The Secretary shall amend the contracts relating to the
Nambe Falls Dam and Reservoir that are necessary to use water supplied from the
Nambe Falls Dam and Reservoir in accordance with the Settlement
Agreement.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID9cc4f7a0db694c5b8f11135750dbff39"><enum>122.</enum><header>Environmental
compliance</header>
<subsection id="IDf6f392135a124c8095bc37c097f88a2f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Effect of
execution of settlement agreement</header><text>The execution of the Settlement
Agreement under section 121(b) shall not constitute a major Federal action
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4a9c7bc03e8c4769bb1de9db388583ae"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance with
environmental laws</header><text>In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary
shall comply with each law of the Federal Government relating to the protection
of the environment, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4efa7328fa3a4a98929772dd134192d2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID49d1a544115246f8b6479824ef3bee40"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDba0d0e7afffa407aa4ff6e0aedd0a6d1"><enum>123.</enum><header>Conditions
precedent and enforcement date</header>
<subsection id="ID29ec47082bc04fa5b8926e4c0eeb26ce"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conditions
precedent</header>
<paragraph id="id3B6E53B8E4F84627A47CDAF270B2BA7E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon the fulfillment of the conditions precedent
described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register
a statement of finding that the conditions have been fulfilled.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD6108804BDCA46D6B036E78A20F2C531"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
conditions precedents referred to in paragraph (1) are the conditions
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID77d3ed49c46c4171b06c42fb6a22de86"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the extent
that the Settlement Agreement conflicts with this title, the Settlement
Agreement has been revised to conform with this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe8e8a1a635204286ad870874e3fc0461"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Settlement
Agreement, so revised, including waivers and releases pursuant to section 124,
has been executed by the appropriate parties and the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID270a259c069c44bc898ada6ec2be5435"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Congress has
fully appropriated, or the Secretary has provided from other authorized
sources, all funds authorized by section 117, with the exception of subsection
(a)(1) of that section, by June 30, 2016;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe034a5be4334489180df4a370d3908b3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the State of New
Mexico has enacted any necessary legislation and provided any funding that may
be required under the Settlement Agreement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID357f35a3682c4b91825392b7e90ec459"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a partial final
decree that sets forth the water rights and other rights to water to which the
Pueblos are entitled under the Settlement Agreement and this title and that
substantially conforms to the Settlement Agreement has been approved by the
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8e462f4bccbc40ada63ba46e29e30513"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a final decree
that sets forth the water rights for all parties to the Aamodt Case and that
substantially conforms to the Settlement Agreement has been approved by the
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico by December 15,
2012, or within the time period of any extension of that deadline granted by
that court.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID84042704aa6c4fc4adb6f8971ccaa295"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement
date</header><text>The Settlement Agreement shall become enforceable as of the
date that the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
enters a partial final decree pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(E) and an Interim
Administrative Order consistent with the Settlement Agreement. The waivers and
releases executed pursuant to section 124 shall become effective as of the date
that the conditions precedent described in subsection (a)(2) have been
fulfilled.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID84f9511618a344b4b77a289e643cf506"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>If
the parties to the Settlement Agreement entitled to provide notice regarding
the lack of substantial completion of the Regional Water System provide such
notice in accordance with section 10.3 of the Settlement Agreement, the
Settlement Agreement shall no longer be effective, the waivers and releases
executed pursuant to section 124 shall no longer be effective, and any
unexpended Federal funds, together with any income earned thereon, and title to
any property acquired or constructed with expended Federal funds, shall be
returned to the Federal Government unless otherwise agreed to by the
appropriate parties in writing and approved by Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDf47342bdad314bef96ab2247322ec76f"><enum>124.</enum><header>Waivers and
releases</header>
<subsection id="ID1779b6cdcb2b44f5927321586581854f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Claims by the
pueblo and the United States</header><text>The Pueblos, on behalf of themselves
and their members, and the United States, acting in its capacity as trustee for
the Pueblos, as part of their obligations under the Settlement Agreement, shall
each execute a waiver and release of—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1142fcae44a547b4bcb3c0e5247bba9e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all past,
present, and future claims to surface and groundwater rights that the Pueblos,
or the United States on behalf of the Pueblos, asserted or could have asserted
in the Aamodt Case;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9c309f2e13094357a1ad64ac27be55e4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all past,
present, and future claims for damages, losses or injuries to water rights or
claims of interference, diversion or taking of water for lands within the
Pojoaque Basin that accrued at any time up to and including the enforcement
date identified in section 123(b), that the Pueblos or their members, or the
United States on behalf of the Pueblos, asserted or could have asserted against
the parties to the Aamodt Case;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID174d3f27c1954be7a7aaf0dda8477d30"><enum>(3)</enum><text>their defenses in
the Aamodt Case to the claims previously asserted therein by the other
Settlement Parties; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID92142e38f30e4cd689083b8f1eb2bb22"><enum>(4)</enum><text>all pending inter
se challenges against other parties to the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdd6ac36b59274f79bf5fd13ccb876e1f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Claims by the
pueblos</header><text>The Pueblos, on behalf of themselves and their members,
as part of their obligations under the Settlement Agreement, shall execute a
waiver and release of—</text>
<paragraph id="ID554cba0e6e394736b925198a9e83831b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all causes of
action against the United States, its agencies, or employees, arising out of
all past, present, and future claims for water rights that were asserted, or
could have been asserted, by the United States as trustee for the Pueblos and
on behalf of the Pueblos in the Aamodt case;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID99a7636d45944f1895cf1f6a028171c3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all claims for
damages, losses or injuries to water rights or claims of interference,
diversion or taking of water for lands within the Pojoaque Basin that accrued
at any time up to and including the enforcement date identified in section
123(b), that the Pueblos or their members may have against the United States,
its agencies, or employees; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe54d1a387d1647ca87b3340b35515ce7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all claims
arising out of or resulting from the negotiation or the adoption of the
Settlement Agreement, exhibits thereto, the Final Decree, or this title, that
the Pueblos of their members may have against the United States, its agencies,
agents or employees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID497917c49a0a4fe19ab1fa57091937b0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reservation of
rights and retention of claims</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (a)
and (b), and except as otherwise provided in the Settlement Agreement, the
Pueblos and the United States shall retain—</text>
<paragraph id="ID9f37bc86623c42ac8aad60fd66694b9c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all claims for
water rights or injuries to water rights arising out of activities occurring
outside the Pojoaque Basin except insofar as such claims are specifically
addressed in the Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID63fc2850dbf04948b9d0b5e5fad672a2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all claims for
enforcement of the Settlement Agreement, the Final Decree, or this title,
through such legal and equitable remedies as may be available in any court of
competent jurisdiction;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdb4d76c9edb54ff3a52bafafdd3c74d1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all rights to use
and protect water rights acquired pursuant to state law to the extent not
inconsistent with the Final Decree and the Settlement Agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf8375e22a56b4e4abd48fca8a9387fb0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>all claims
relating to activities affecting the quality of water; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa8e91d976681412788289e1626c9ce1c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>all rights,
remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and claims not specifically waived
and released pursuant to the Settlement Agreement or this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc23e4393638f4255a0a53a6806f4420a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Tolling of
claims</header>
<paragraph id="ID6d8cb30a04924ecdb70200e734578dab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each applicable period of limitation and time-based
equitable defense relating to a claim described in this section shall be tolled
for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the
Enforcement Date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa0683377f22e4cab83f3a84821291db7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No revival of
claims</header><text>Nothing in this subsection revives any claim or tolls any
period of limitation or time-based equitable defense that expired before the
date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDadcca3032e164c66bcb64f85440ff82f"><enum>125.</enum><header>Effect</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title or the Settlement
Agreement affects the land and water rights, claims, or entitlements to water
of any Indian tribe, pueblo, or community other than the Pueblos.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Taos Pueblo
Indian Water Rights Settlement Act</header>
<section id="IDfd347601526d430086ce9f2244037995"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights
Settlement Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDbea06dafa1c84862a77831a8278d5c99"><enum>202.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are—</text>
<paragraph id="ID70a872199dc4496fa0d2056662c8819e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to approve,
ratify, and confirm the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement
Agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID048df80b12a742f59d0c45320a50a484"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to authorize and
direct the Secretary to execute the Settlement Agreement and to perform all
obligations of the Secretary under the Settlement Agreement and this title;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID45f36252233c40588cf7b207f16706bd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to authorize all
actions and appropriations necessary for the United States to meet its
obligations under the Settlement Agreement and this title.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDd5bb9109798e4984bf81cb60c28d8e53"><enum>203.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1639d8abc65746dcb38ea54627973dab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
non-Pueblo entities</header><text>The term <term>Eligible Non-Pueblo
Entities</term> means the Town of Taos, EPWSD, and the New Mexico Department of
Finance and Administration Local Government Division on behalf of the Acequia
Madre del Rio Lucero y del Arroyo Seco, the Acequia Madre del Prado, the
Acequia del Monte, the Acequia Madre del Rio Chiquito, the Upper Ranchitos
Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association, the Upper Arroyo Hondo Mutual
Domestic Water Consumers Association, and the Llano Quemado Mutual Domestic
Water Consumers Association.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID77d1717108954d50a11faa94918a1e4e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement
date</header><text>The term <term>Enforcement Date</term> means the date upon
which all conditions precedent set forth in section 210(f)(2) have been
fulfilled.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf64bf21f43be457aaf7107801d7b2e6f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Mutual-benefit
projects</header><text>The term <term>Mutual-Benefit Projects</term> means the
projects described and identified in Articles 6 and 10.1 of the Settlement
Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2277abce45744175b04ac838d601a17c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Partial final
decree</header><text>The term <term>Partial Final Decree</term> means the
Decree entered in New Mexico v. Abeyta and New Mexico v. Arellano, Civil Nos.
7896–BB (U.S. D.N.M.) and 7939–BB (U.S. D.N.M) (consolidated), for the
resolution of the Pueblo's water right claims and which is substantially in the
form agreed to by the Parties and attached to the Settlement Agreement as
Attachment 5.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7538970727514f528585cbd35cffbbde"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Parties</header><text>The
term <term>Parties</term> means the Parties to the Settlement Agreement, as
identified in Article 1 of the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6f6de5001bf5424ab746c51430c09e1f"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Pueblo</header><text>The
term <term>Pueblo</term> means the Taos Pueblo, a sovereign Indian Tribe duly
recognized by the United States of America.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID996f50f98e9647ccbe9ca2516293e55d"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Pueblo
lands</header><text>The term <term>Pueblo lands</term> means those lands
located within the Taos Valley to which the Pueblo, or the United States in its
capacity as trustee for the Pueblo, holds title subject to Federal law
limitations on alienation. Such lands include Tracts A, B, and C, the Pueblo’s
land grant, the Blue Lake Wilderness Area, and the Tenorio and Karavas Tracts
and are generally depicted in Attachment 2 to the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdc4d6e1397c049f2bbe3ebbd40591152"><enum>(8)</enum><header>San Juan-Chama
Project</header><text>The term <term>San Juan-Chama Project</term> means the
Project authorized by section 8 of the Act of June 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 96, 97),
and the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID52d72eb4012a421ab84d666c2c4561fe"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe821c4298ffc4a1eae706124dd70a392"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Settlement
agreement</header><text>The term <term>Settlement Agreement</term> means the
contract dated March 31, 2006, between and among—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE76217B55445445AA758C73AE4139D54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the United
States, acting solely in its capacity as trustee for Taos Pueblo;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA40B428F1CA24ABF809F0C73551883FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Taos Pueblo,
on its own behalf;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53BEDBFD31C24C7D98F6B02AEE7A741E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the State of New
Mexico;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D77743C04C84577AA47B152A39E73F1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Taos Valley
Acequia Association and its 55 member ditches (<quote>TVAA</quote>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B12C29D82BC4FF19F6B6C1A23E86FB1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Town of
Taos;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id965A4E6B53E243ED92EB83367C4EFE4B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>El Prado Water
and Sanitation District (<quote>EPWSD</quote>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEAB85122C6B54FD18DA3F6E650BC62FD"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the 12 Taos area
Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Associations (<quote>MDWCAs</quote>),</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">as amended
to conform with this title.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbf832d5d12c7415eb3cb0a6d32f2ace6"><enum>(11)</enum><header>State
Engineer</header><text>The term <term>State Engineer</term> means the New
Mexico State Engineer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0c33daaf14c445d9ae1fe4b78d4777f6"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Taos
Valley</header><text>The term <term>Taos Valley</term> means the geographic
area depicted in Attachment 4 of the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID1d5ef6e589944b08a4452fc6cea30311"><enum>204.</enum><header>Pueblo
rights</header>
<subsection id="id835237A931BE49DE9FE716DCA8B3F62B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Those rights to which
the Pueblo is entitled under the Partial Final Decree shall be held in trust by
the United States on behalf of the Pueblo and shall not be subject to
forfeiture, abandonment or permanent alienation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idBC3D5155FBB24F68AB1F1D5414C03CA4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent act
of congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Pueblo shall
not be denied all or any part of its rights held in trust absent its consent
unless such rights are explicitly abrogated by an Act of Congress hereafter
enacted.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID7a70779575c442e0b456ae7816e6adf4"><enum>205.</enum><header>Pueblo water
infrastructure and watershed enhancement</header>
<subsection id="ID94ae21fb800440dc9bfc33477f8547ff"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of
Reclamation, shall provide grants and technical assistance to the Pueblo on a
nonreimbursable basis to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd6b30ef733964156a4bfd9605c72a7a0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>plan, permit,
design, engineer, construct, reconstruct, replace, or rehabilitate water
production, treatment, and delivery infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb6fa5ef455a34c2bb611460f07f0d708"><enum>(2)</enum><text>restore,
preserve, and protect the environment associated with the Buffalo Pasture area;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID08d7fe351af340599dcca0d739bbcc9c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>protect and
enhance watershed conditions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0351238a30ad49dfa6f95d07596b5cc3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
grants</header><text>Upon the Enforcement Date, all amounts appropriated
pursuant to section 210(c)(1) shall be available in grants to the Pueblo after
the requirements of subsection (c) have been met.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID703490284f7f44e4a2a877038f5cc45f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>The
Secretary shall provide financial assistance pursuant to subsection (a) upon
the Pueblo’s submittal of a plan that identifies the projects to be implemented
consistent with the purposes of this section and describes how such projects
are consistent with the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc2bbf496875b4fc9affdd4894507703a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Early
funds</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b), $10,000,000 of the monies
authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 210(c)(1)—</text>
<paragraph id="IDcb11dbc3bf7e4c958e0cc2261978777f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be made
available in grants to the Pueblo by the Secretary upon appropriation or
availability of the funds from other authorized sources; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID674328d733784151abe8a4af71291882"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be
distributed by the Secretary to the Pueblo on receipt by the Secretary from the
Pueblo of a written notice, a Tribal Council resolution that describes the
purposes under subsection (a) for which the monies will be used, and a plan
under subsection (c) for this portion of the funding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID7d864554bd2f4e43bc4df1b280911caa"><enum>206.</enum><header>Taos Pueblo
Water Development Fund</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="ID0faac6658062498290eea70dc110805e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the
<quote>Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund</quote> (hereinafter, “Fund”) to be
used to pay or reimburse costs incurred by the Pueblo for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id573A3A56FBFD43D3B2F533E2EFD69F48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>acquiring water
rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idB3659AF2EA894712A10B626504EC873D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>planning,
permitting, designing, engineering, constructing, reconstructing, replacing,
rehabilitating, operating, or repairing water production, treatment or delivery
infrastructure, on-farm improvements, or wastewater infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5E8728AE06EE4308A95B09792A528B17"><enum>(3)</enum><text>restoring,
preserving and protecting the Buffalo Pasture, including planning, permitting,
designing, engineering, constructing, operating, managing and replacing the
Buffalo Pasture Recharge Project;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7F6A6D89EB5547049C632AB90219D918"><enum>(4)</enum><text>administering the
Pueblo’s water rights acquisition program and water management and
administration system; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id208E12F8765544DE8E7B5B0C1CA02377"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for watershed
protection and enhancement, support of agriculture, water-related Pueblo
community welfare and economic development, and costs related to the
negotiation, authorization, and implementation of the Settlement
Agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5a365621602c4ce4987fddc87ef1d34b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management of
the Fund</header><text>The Secretary shall manage the Fund, invest amounts in
the Fund, and make monies available from the Fund for distribution to the
Pueblo consistent with the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of
1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001, et seq.) (hereinafter, <quote>Trust Fund Reform
Act</quote>), this title, and the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDae2d4c751cc84926a35b91151a5ec39f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Investment of
the Fund</header><text>The Secretary shall invest amounts in the Fund in
accordance with—</text>
<paragraph id="ID474f21531ed54f7cbb35dbcd87a74340"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Act of April
1, 1880 (21 Stat. 70, ch. 41, 25 U.S.C. 161);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID67167bd7236441138cfbca38d832bb32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the first section
of the Act of June 24, 1938 (52 Stat. 1037, ch. 648, 25 U.S.C. 162a);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID669d14e8c428445aaf78de1cf5ee2d08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the American
Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID767cd0848bf84ffd88544aeb56269215"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Availability of
amounts from the fund</header><text>Upon the Enforcement Date, all monies
deposited in the Fund pursuant to section 210(c)(2) shall be available to the
Pueblo for expenditure or withdrawal after the requirements of subsection (e)
have been met.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID42fbd4ae5b6843efa22878541b5b0de5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Expenditures
and withdrawal</header>
<paragraph id="ID877b771a5c434726844a500855c0a30a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tribal
management plan</header>
<subparagraph id="ID199e6697d3134850af42cf5e663120e2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Pueblo may withdraw all or part of the Fund on
approval by the Secretary of a tribal management plan as described in the Trust
Fund Reform Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDded70f7451cc4430953616e471c2ec8b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In
addition to the requirements under the Trust Fund Reform Act, the tribal
management plan shall require that the Pueblo spend any funds in accordance
with the purposes described in subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfdfbe95c4ff3446685ed4f6450a97209"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>The
Secretary may take judicial or administrative action to enforce the requirement
that monies withdrawn from the Fund are used for the purposes specified in
subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe034a072a625455fbe8d43f7c74be638"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Liability</header><text>If
the Pueblo exercises the right to withdraw monies from the Fund, neither the
Secretary nor the Secretary of the Treasury shall retain any liability for the
expenditure or investment of the monies withdrawn.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5d680f9f5ce6492393cb25a76470147b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Expenditure
plan</header>
<subparagraph id="IDda011a2f10b344a1961a3c867534b687"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Pueblo shall submit to the Secretary for approval an
expenditure plan for any portions of the funds made available under this title
that the Pueblo does not withdraw under paragraph (1)(A) .</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID161fcd05467e411dab72be30349597b5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description</header><text>The
expenditure plan shall describe the manner in which, and the purposes for
which, amounts remaining in the Fund will be used.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1c1b2b28e7ae4e459b65cf48e64b4ce3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>On
receipt of an expenditure plan under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
approve the plan if the Secretary determines that the plan is reasonable and
consistent with this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID82c79ba56ae44394b1316f6bdb0d1b26"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>The Pueblo shall submit to the Secretary an annual report
that describes all expenditures from the Fund during the year covered by the
report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID84a660885be94864bb4f5954d74d61e0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funds available
upon appropriation</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (d), $15,000,000 of
the monies authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 210(c)(2)—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc671b2449b0a46d1b76abf97a2d61fe5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be
available upon appropriation for the Pueblo’s acquisition of water rights in
fulfillment of the Settlement Agreement, the Buffalo Pasture Recharge Project,
implementation of the Pueblo’s water rights acquisition program and water
management and administration system, the design, planning, and permitting of
water or wastewater infrastructure eligible for funding under sections 205 or
206, or costs related to the negotiation, authorization, and implementation of
the Settlement Agreement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf4b5eff486a241e0a46365cdd72295b7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be
distributed by the Secretary to the Pueblo on receipt by the Secretary from the
Pueblo of a written notice and a Tribal Council resolution that describes the
purposes under paragraph (1) for which the monies will be used.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbd02fbb6e8144f25ba1fce3f02fef530"><enum>(g)</enum><header>No per capita
distributions</header><text>No part of the Fund shall be distributed on a per
capita basis to members of the Pueblo.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID3abfc04ae6da4525948111b2d4d35962"><enum>207.</enum><header>Marketing</header>
<subsection id="ID854fa3d73b3d42c4a6df3d7d4c33e01d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pueblo water
rights</header><text>Subject to the approval of the Secretary in accordance
with subsection (e), the Pueblo may market water rights secured to it under the
Settlement Agreement and Partial Final Decree, provided that such marketing is
in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDda366424e6494fffa552a025f56b7cbd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pueblo contract
rights to San Juan-Chama Project water</header><text>Subject to the approval of
the Secretary in accordance with subsection (e), the Pueblo may subcontract
water made available to the Pueblo under the contract authorized under section
209(b)(1)(A) to third parties to supply water for use within or without the
Taos Valley, provided that the delivery obligations under such subcontract are
not inconsistent with the Secretary’s existing San Juan-Chama Project
obligations and such subcontract is in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8405543b82514f60b66b7549e63df182"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<paragraph id="id9B8597A1D2AD4CEBB625D186EC582DA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Diversion or use of water off Pueblo Lands pursuant to
Pueblo water rights or Pueblo contract rights to San Juan-Chama Project water
shall be subject to and not inconsistent with the same requirements and
conditions of State law, any applicable Federal law, and any applicable
interstate compact as apply to the exercise of water rights or contract rights
to San Juan-Chama Project water held by non-Federal, non-Indian entities,
including all applicable State Engineer permitting and reporting
requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id84EE985D9FD64E389812E312639D1539"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect on water
rights</header><text>Such diversion or use off Pueblo Lands under paragraph (1)
shall not impair water rights or increase surface water depletions within the
Taos Valley.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd4316d8250a6462586da89f0cf1f0b1e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Maximum
term</header>
<paragraph id="id90B88AEF99394DC78E992CE94D41A424"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The maximum term of any water use lease or subcontract,
including all renewals, shall not exceed 99 years in duration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEDBC1498A2D8441BAC271270D162A1B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alienation of
rights</header><text>The Pueblo shall not permanently alienate any rights it
has under the Settlement Agreement, the Partial Final Decree, and this
title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID03e38eade41646e58de4d92f016d7fc7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Approval of
Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall approve or disapprove any lease or
subcontract submitted by the Pueblo for approval not later than—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5191e222612d4ee1aebf88eb0ddd9bae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>180 days after
submission; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID24a781da95884acab98c492a726a81ee"><enum>(2)</enum><text>60 days after
compliance, if required, with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), or any other requirement of Federal law, whichever is
later, provided that no Secretarial approval shall be required for any water
use lease or subcontract with a term of less than 7 years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDebbf443dff9845e8a6c879331cd5e11d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>No forfeiture
or abandonment</header><text>The nonuse by a lessee or subcontractor of the
Pueblo of any right to which the Pueblo is entitled under the Partial Final
Decree shall in no event result in a forfeiture, abandonment, relinquishment,
or other loss of all or any part of those rights.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1ee7fcb8c04e459f8b917c88f5a1ce20"><enum>(g)</enum><header>No
preemption</header>
<paragraph id="id853E70CD28BD427DA6AD9DEA4C900F6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The approval authority of the Secretary provided under
subsection (e) shall not amend, construe, supersede, or preempt any State or
Federal law, interstate compact, or international treaty that pertains to the
Colorado River, the Rio Grande, or any of their tributaries, including the
appropriation, use, development, storage, regulation, allocation, conservation,
exportation, or quantity of those waters.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id526CDC3E70E142A8AD138EEF901E72D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>The provisions of section 2116 of the Revised Statutes (25
U.S.C. 177) shall not apply to any water made available under the Settlement
Agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf2099227704340a18276178ce28fe976"><enum>(h)</enum><header>No
prejudice</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed to establish,
address, prejudice, or prevent any party from litigating whether or to what
extent any applicable State law, Federal law or interstate compact does or does
not permit, govern, or apply to the use of the Pueblo's water outside of New
Mexico.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID51f28352b87e46ada758864f7f7ddaee"><enum>208.</enum><header>Mutual-benefit
projects</header>
<subsection id="ID895b9b2264b54b57a5fdaf73208e229f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon the Enforcement Date, the Secretary, acting through
the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall provide financial assistance in the form
of grants on a nonreimbursable basis to Eligible Non-Pueblo Entities to plan,
permit, design, engineer, and construct the Mutual Benefits Projects in
accordance with the Settlement Agreement—</text>
<paragraph id="idD84B43B04EB54E9EB043DC039AC95727"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to minimize
adverse impacts on the Pueblo's water resources by moving future non-Indian
ground water pumping away from the Pueblo’s Buffalo Pasture; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id82800DCDCC914D89957283D20A74E12F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to implement the
resolution of a dispute over the allocation of certain surface water flows
between the Pueblo and non-Indian irrigation water right owners in the
community of Arroyo Seco Arriba.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID94b5bf1cd11a4ed898830b91256601ef"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header>
<paragraph id="ID2ebdcdcd436546af8d7c2c121cf8e432"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of the total cost of planning, designing,
and constructing the Mutual Benefit Projects authorized in subsection (a) shall
be 75 percent and shall be nonreimbursable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7b20d4fb758143b8ba749d24c80d2334"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-Federal
share</header><text>The non-Federal share of the total cost of planning,
designing, and constructing the Mutual Benefit Projects shall be 25 percent and
may be in the form of in-kind contributions, including the contribution of any
valuable asset or service that the Secretary determines would substantially
contribute to completing the Mutual Benefit Projects.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID77f9c5fce57a4c0388cbed8cbaf6908e"><enum>209.</enum><header>San Juan-Chama
Project contracts</header>
<subsection id="ID3eac2d4606374839a8597de33c700970"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Contracts issued under this section shall be in
accordance with this title and the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID73c0ae041d3a4e43838621897c9ed09b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contracts for
San Juan-Chama Project water</header>
<paragraph id="ID64cb5beca6184cea93a9ce18d58a051a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into 3 repayment contracts by
December 31, 2009, for the delivery of San Juan-Chama Project water in the
following amounts:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDaa813a9655384907ba77baef91438077"><enum>(A)</enum><text>2,215
acre-feet/annum to the Pueblo.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4383b4b5b68645abb56403b5e57beba7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>366
acre-feet/annum to the Town of Taos.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID596192d5585c4cb5a09d8b47faf44a8a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>40
acre-feet/annum to EPWSD.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9f363c2fe01243ce889a00bbc3c18386"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each
such contract shall provide that if the conditions precedent set forth in
section 210(f)(2) have not been fulfilled by December 31, 2015, the contract
shall expire on that date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe17960f97aeb4f908fdbb6760ff6d1b6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>With
respect to the contracts authorized and required by subsection (b)(1) and
notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 87–483 (76 Stat. 96) or any other
provision of law—</text>
<paragraph id="ID01655af7f56143efa872b8fcf28dfd92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall waive the entirety of the Pueblo’s share of the construction costs, both
principal and the interest, for the San Juan-Chama Project and pursuant to that
waiver, the Pueblo’s share of all construction costs for the San Juan-Chama
Project, inclusive of both principal and interest shall be nonreimbursable;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID438280d4a60643a19a890a24d9a7b194"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary’s
waiver of the Pueblo’s share of the construction costs for the San Juan-Chama
Project will not result in an increase in the pro rata shares of other San
Juan-Chama Project water contractors, but such costs shall be absorbed by the
United States Treasury or otherwise appropriated to the Department of the
Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDf394cf3fc6004cb192ebf3fb7026ff89"><enum>210.</enum><header>Authorizations,
ratifications, confirmations, and conditions precedent</header>
<subsection id="ID9fe3308c7de4423890002627e014dd67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ratification</header>
<paragraph id="idE1C84D4467594E728B0F9B4C6F700FD8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except to the extent that any provision of the Settlement
Agreement conflicts with any provision of this title, the Settlement Agreement
is authorized, ratified, and confirmed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC135316E4E344BBE9FD2675EAC626FEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>To
the extent amendments are executed to make the Settlement Agreement consistent
with this title, such amendments are also authorized, ratified, and
confirmed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2db248f19fa94f208d89fa20b0e2eb40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Execution of
settlement agreement</header><text>To the extent that the Settlement Agreement
does not conflict with this title, the Secretary shall execute the Settlement
Agreement, including all exhibits to the Settlement Agreement requiring the
signature of the Secretary and any amendments necessary to make the Settlement
Agreement consistent with this title, after the Pueblo has executed the
Settlement Agreement and any such amendments.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6c25046f86da4e85b55bb8cda590bd2d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="IDe46c2d0e4be64ab884c038e2082fe60d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Taos Pueblo
Infrastructure and Watershed Fund</header><text>There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to provide grants pursuant to section 205,
$30,000,000, as adjusted under paragraph (4), for the period of fiscal years
2009 through 2015.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc1f89531eea44c8caaf748f465c92f9a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Taos Pueblo
Water Development Fund</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to
the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund, established at section 206(a),
$50,000,000, as adjusted under paragraph (4), for the period of fiscal years
2009 through 2015.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5499b6c6c1b5455a943855461f9ee071"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Mutual-benefit
projects funding</header><text>There is further authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary to provide grants pursuant to section 208, a total of
$33,000,000, as adjusted under paragraph (4), for the period of fiscal years
2009 through 2015.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID739dd246ce32418dbbe1ebb565dfd1d1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Adjustments to
amounts authorized</header><text>The amounts authorized to be appropriated
under paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be adjusted by such amounts as may be
required by reason of changes since April 1, 2007, in construction costs, as
indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the types of construction
or rehabilitation involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1375d08e2b46436da98eeb659653def6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Deposit in
fund</header><text>Except for the funds to be provided to the Pueblo pursuant
to section 205(d), the Secretary shall deposit the funds made available
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) into a Taos Settlement Fund to be
established within the Treasury of the United States so that such funds may be
made available to the Pueblo and the Eligible Non-Pueblo Entities upon the
Enforcement Date as set forth in sections 205(b) and 208(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf965fd4a17dd4caaafe0be093882cf30"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authority of
the Secretary</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to enter into such
agreements and to take such measures as the Secretary may deem necessary or
appropriate to fulfill the intent of the Settlement Agreement and this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID58029f93584345f88ef99b85b4d5fb9b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Environmental
compliance</header>
<paragraph id="idDC25D147DC5F403BBDF75BD0540DA815"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effect of
execution of settlement agreement</header><text>The Secretary’s execution of
the Settlement Agreement shall not constitute a major Federal action under the
<act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4994096E7C224FD9A9521ABCDAD1F8BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance with
environmental laws</header><text>In carrying out this title, the Secretary
shall comply with each law of the Federal Government relating to the protection
of the environment, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0492A56BC7944D33B3246A7C7F1EEF25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
<act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD9FB505EB9AC4AA1BAF1D056DDFF893B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID36245fd215314a8f88b8daf36cb890bb"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conditions
precedent and secretarial finding</header>
<paragraph id="id6A2C0F0F5D0A4AA092FDBB87594448CB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon the fulfillment of the conditions precedent
described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register
a statement of finding that the conditions have been fulfilled.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD5D27E9181DA4AE28CF7AD3FECE5342C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The
conditions precedent referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa46493abda0745e49d633743719d414b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The President has
signed into law the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID69b103389fe24b42932339d7603d158a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To the extent
that the Settlement Agreement conflicts with this title, the Settlement
Agreement has been revised to conform with this title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc8ad516f80db45429643c7353aac4a5a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Settlement
Agreement, so revised, including waivers and releases pursuant to section 211,
has been executed by the Parties and the Secretary prior to the Parties’ motion
for entry of the Partial Final Decree.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb4e79099174a4c8bb344b55a2407a816"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Congress has
fully appropriated or the Secretary has provided from other authorized sources
all funds authorized by paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (c) so that
the entire amounts so authorized have been previously provided to the Pueblo
pursuant to sections 205 and 206, or placed in the Taos Pueblo Water
Development Fund or the Taos Settlement Fund as directed in subsection
(c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA468466332349868B9527DD842E1302"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Legislature
of the State of New Mexico has fully appropriated the funds for the State
contributions as specified in the Settlement Agreement, and those funds have
been deposited in appropriate accounts.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb8eef3e746bd4b9a8de3e2a50090aa0a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The State of New
Mexico has enacted legislation that amends NMSA 1978, section 72–6–3 to state
that a water use due under a water right secured to the Pueblo under the
Settlement Agreement or the Partial Final Decree may be leased for a term,
including all renewals, not to exceed 99 years, provided that this condition
shall not be construed to require that said amendment state that any State law
based water rights acquired by the Pueblo or by the United States on behalf of
the Pueblo may be leased for said term.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID76f622801cba4dbdb1bb27c00e8437f4"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A Partial Final
Decree that sets forth the water rights and contract rights to water to which
the Pueblo is entitled under the Settlement Agreement and this title and that
substantially conforms to the Settlement Agreement and Attachment 5 thereto has
been approved by the Court and has become final and nonappealable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6e8f0da381f546558982893e99d5c19d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Enforcement
date</header><text>The Settlement Agreement shall become enforceable, and the
waivers and releases executed pursuant to section 211 and the limited waiver of
sovereign immunity set forth in section 212(a) shall become effective, as of
the date that the conditions precedent described in subsection (f)(2) have been
fulfilled.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb6bd15c147da47dd8f2380b0ae4d1313"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Expiration
date</header>
<paragraph id="id1C70FEC236934584BCE49BBA0A866578"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If all of the conditions precedent described in section
(f)(2) have not been fulfilled by December 31, 2015, the Settlement Agreement
shall be null and void, the waivers and releases executed pursuant to section
211 shall not become effective, and any unexpended Federal funds, together with
any income earned thereon, and title to any property acquired or constructed
with expended Federal funds, shall be returned to the Federal Government,
unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties in writing and approved by
Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDabbea924fd974260aea51f29218ab56e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding
subsection (h)(1) or any other provision of law, any unexpended Federal funds,
together with any income earned thereon, made available under sections 205(d)
and 206(f) and title to any property acquired or constructed with expended
Federal funds made available under sections 205(d) and 206(f) shall be retained
by the Pueblo.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf30d0096be164bd4a7eb2bb9715aa424"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Right to
set-off</header><text>In the event the conditions precedent set forth in
subsection (f)(2) have not been fulfilled by December 31, 2015, the United
States shall be entitled to set off any funds expended or withdrawn from the
amount appropriated pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c) or
made available from other authorized sources, together with any interest
accrued, against any claims asserted by the Pueblo against the United States
relating to water rights in the Taos Valley.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDa34903a1918e4c798886d0e1df41a93e"><enum>211.</enum><header>Waivers and
releases</header>
<subsection id="IDf6cf00fe3594493db894fa74ae83e7d6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Claims by the
pueblo and the United States</header><text>The Pueblo, on behalf of itself and
its members, and the United States, acting through the Secretary in its
capacity as trustee for the Pueblo, as part of their obligations under the
Settlement Agreement, shall each execute a waiver and release of claims against
all Parties to the Settlement Agreement, including individual members of
signatory Acequias, from—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0a91e3b6655e40d7a433152af782b232"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all past,
present, and future claims to surface and groundwater rights that the Pueblo,
or the United States on behalf of the Pueblo, asserted or could have asserted
in New Mexico v. Abeyta and New Mexico v. Arellano, Civil Nos. 7896–BB (U.S.
D.N.M.) and 7939–BB (U.S. D.N.M.) (consolidated);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdececf8d74d743059fde1e42a0cf2dbb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all past,
present, and future claims for damages, losses or injuries to water rights or
claims of interference, diversion or taking of water for lands within the Taos
Valley that accrued from time immemorial through the Enforcement Date that the
Pueblo, or the United States on behalf of the Pueblo, asserted or could have
asserted;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDac992128d0b04790a4c114922866b8a5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all past,
present, and future claims to surface and groundwater rights to the use of Rio
Grande mainstream or tributary water, whether presently known or unknown,
whether for consumptive or nonconsumptive use, that the Pueblo, or the United
States on behalf of the Pueblo, could assert in any present or future water
rights adjudication proceeding that are not based on ownership of land or that
are based on Pueblo or United States ownership of lands or water rights at any
time prior to the Enforcement Date, except that nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Pueblo or the United States from fully
participating in the inter se phase of any such present or future water rights
adjudication proceeding;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID483b487ec4b14e90a72b4258b15f7d33"><enum>(4)</enum><text>all past,
present, and future claims for damages, losses or injuries to water rights or
claims of interference, diversion or taking of Rio Grande mainstream or
tributary water that accrued from time immemorial through the Enforcement Date
that the Pueblo, or the United States on behalf of the Pueblo, asserted or
could have asserted; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb8f1373f1b1c4cceb71dda2513ab9742"><enum>(5)</enum><text>all past,
present, and future claims arising out of or resulting from the negotiation or
the adoption of the Settlement Agreement, attachments thereto, or any specific
terms and provisions thereof, against the State of New Mexico, its agencies,
agents or employees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5383f192d90841f1be079bb81e6cbbcc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Claims by the
Pueblo</header><text>The Pueblo, on behalf of itself and its members, as part
of its obligations under the Settlement Agreement, shall execute a waiver and
release of claims against the United States, its agencies, and its employees
from—</text>
<paragraph id="ID88b48bef78904878a82b539e8e46ec62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all past,
present, and future claims for water rights that were asserted, or could have
been asserted, by the United States as trustee for the Pueblo and on behalf of
the Pueblo in New Mexico v. Abeyta and New Mexico v. Arellano, Civil Nos.
7896–BB (U.S. D.N.M.) and 7939–BB (U.S. D.N.M) (consolidated);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc161b1770aa44f5f825e18159b1aff11"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all past,
present, and future claims for damages, losses or injuries to water rights or
all past, present, and future claims for failure to intervene or act on the
Pueblo’s behalf in the protection of its water rights, or all past, present,
and future claims for failure to acquire and/or develop the water rights and
resources of the Pueblo, that accrued from time immemorial through the
Enforcement Date; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9f8a0ab6eacf4111948ab78cc52fcaa0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all past,
present, and future claims arising out of or resulting from the negotiation or
the adoption of the Settlement Agreement, attachments thereto, or negotiation
and enactment of this title or any specific terms and provisions thereof,
against the United States, its agencies, agents or employees.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdfec1ba6ccb34f5198ee608abdd0d462"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reservation of
rights and retention of claims</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (a)
and (b), the Pueblo and its members, and the United States, as trustee for the
Pueblo and its members, shall retain the following rights and claims:</text>
<paragraph id="IDaaa9849763344bd38374d94f619bf775"><enum>(1)</enum><text>All claims
against persons other than the Parties to the Settlement Agreement for injuries
to water rights arising out of activities occurring outside the Taos Valley or
the Taos Valley Stream System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5f5f47ce40e4455f9d3972fc2fbbc6a0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>All claims for
enforcement of the Settlement Agreement, the San Juan-Chama Project contract
between the Pueblo and the United States, the Partial Final Decree, or this
title, through such legal and equitable remedies as may be available in any
court of competent jurisdiction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID040a3a98b9d242d9ab8c5ddd474cfa69"><enum>(3)</enum><text>All rights to use
and protect water rights acquired pursuant to state law, to the extent not
inconsistent with the Partial Final Decree and the Settlement Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86bc8e8636594397a5a33fb43a256b69"><enum>(4)</enum><text>All claims
relating to activities affecting the quality of water.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID85aa5c2a15534385bb2e06bc25379cce"><enum>(5)</enum><text>All rights,
remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and claims not specifically waived
and released pursuant to the Settlement Agreement or this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4a537ea5cb014f90a798f639cba1b40d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Tolling of
claims</header>
<paragraph id="IDabb476e79d30409fbf09a6362f19e86f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each applicable period of limitation and time-based
equitable defense relating to a claim described in this section shall be tolled
for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the
Enforcement Date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd5e19f317c9a40bab281bb397536b033"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No revival of
claims</header><text>Nothing in this subsection revives any claim or tolls any
period of limitation or time-based equitable defense that expired before the
date of enactment of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDca7094a6b7f54b06bea37c0a85ae0a59"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing
in this section precludes the tolling of any period of limitations or any
time-based equitable defense under any other applicable law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID297d34a3a7ec42aeb6671ecebb5004b3"><enum>212.</enum><header>Interpretation
and enforcement</header>
<subsection id="ID6fdda6993c3041a7ad53dac44f84a1d4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limited waiver
of sovereign immunity</header><text>Upon and after the Enforcement Date, if any
Party to the Settlement Agreement brings an action in any court of competent
jurisdiction over the subject matter relating only and directly to the
interpretation or enforcement of the Settlement Agreement or this title, and
names the United States or the Pueblo as a party, then the United States, the
Pueblo, or both may be added as a party to any such action, and any claim by
the United States or the Pueblo to sovereign immunity from the action is
waived, but only for the limited and sole purpose of such interpretation or
enforcement, and no waiver of sovereign immunity is made for any action against
the United States or the Pueblo that seeks money damages.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDeb736d5395bc433ab9ef9d786b798214"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subject matter
jurisdiction not affected</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be deemed
as conferring, restricting, enlarging, or determining the subject matter
jurisdiction of any court, including the jurisdiction of the court that enters
the Partial Final Decree adjudicating the Pueblo’s water rights.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDaaa3f54b53004391bf5c528da2fbe150"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulatory
authority not affected</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be deemed to
determine or limit any authority of the State or the Pueblo to regulate or
administer waters or water rights now or in the future.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID076c68b072424ef5a956b78f83af0a36"><enum>213.</enum><header>Disclaimer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in the Settlement Agreement or this
title shall be construed in any way to quantify or otherwise adversely affect
the land and water rights, claims, or entitlements to water of any other Indian
tribe.</text>
</section>