1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Northwestern New Mexico Rural
Water Projects Act
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Compliance with environmental laws.
Sec. 4. No reallocation of costs.
Sec. 5. Interest rate.
Title I—Amendments to the Colorado River Storage Project Act and
Public Law 87–483
Sec. 101. Amendments to the Colorado River Storage Project
Act.
Sec. 102. Amendments to Public Law 87–483.
Sec. 103. Effect on Federal water law.
Title II—Reclamation Water Settlements Fund
Sec. 201. Reclamation Water Settlements Fund.
Title III—Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project
Sec. 301. Purposes.
Sec. 302. Authorization of Navajo-Gallup Water Supply
Project.
Sec. 303. Delivery and use of Navajo-Gallup Water Supply
Project water.
Sec. 304. Project contracts.
Sec. 305. Navajo Nation
Municipal Pipeline.
Sec. 306. Authorization of conjunctive use wells.
Sec. 307. San Juan River Navajo Irrigation
Projects.
Sec. 308. Other irrigation projects.
Sec. 309. Authorization of appropriations.
Title IV—Navajo Nation water rights
Sec. 401. Agreement.
Sec. 402. Trust Fund.
Sec. 403. Waivers and releases.
Sec. 404. Water rights held in trust.
2.In this Act:
(1)The term Aamodt adjudication means the
general stream adjudication that is the subject of 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.).
(2)The term Abeyta adjudication means the
general stream adjudication that is the subject of the civil actions entitled
State of New Mexico v. Abeyta and State of New Mexico v.
Arrellano
, Civil Nos. 7896–BB (D.N.M.) and 7939–BB (D.N.M.)
(consolidated).
(3)The
term acre-feet means acre-feet per year.
(4)The
term Agreement means the agreement among the State of New Mexico,
the Nation, and the United States setting forth a stipulated and binding
agreement signed by the State of New Mexico and the Nation on April 19,
2005.
(5)The
allottee means a person that holds a beneficial real property
interest in a Navajo allotment that—
(A)is located within
the Navajo Reservation or the State of New Mexico;
(B)is held in trust
by the United States; and
(C)was originally
granted to an individual member of the Nation by public land order or
otherwise.
(6)The term Animas-La Plata Project has
the meaning given the term in section 3 of Public Law 100–585 (102 Stat. 2973),
including Ridges Basin Dam, Lake Nighthorse, the Navajo Nation Municipal
Pipeline, and any other features or modifications made pursuant to the Colorado
Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat.
2763A–258).
(7)The
term City means the city of Gallup, New Mexico, or a designee of
the City, with authority to provide water to the Gallup, New Mexico service
area.
(8)The
term Compact means the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact as
consented to by the Act of April 6, 1949 (63 Stat. 31, chapter 48).
(9)The
term Contract means the contract between the United States and the
Nation setting forth certain commitments, rights, and obligations of the United
States and the Nation, as described in paragraph 6.0 of the Agreement.
(10)The
term depletion means the depletion of the flow of the San Juan
River stream system in the State of New Mexico by a particular use of water
(including any depletion incident to the use) and represents the diversion from
the stream system by the use, less return flows to the stream system from the
use.
(11)The term Draft Impact Statement
means the draft environmental impact statement prepared by the Bureau of
Reclamation for the Project dated March 2007.
(12)The
term Fund means the Reclamation Waters Settlements Fund
established by section 201(a).
(13)The term hydrologic determination
means the hydrologic determination entitled Water Availability from
Navajo Reservoir and the Upper Colorado River Basin for Use in New
Mexico
, prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation pursuant to section 11 of
the Act of June 13, 1962 (Public Law 87–483; 76 Stat. 99), and dated May 23,
2007.
(14)The
term Nation means the Navajo Nation, a body politic and federally
recognized Indian nation as provided for in section 101(2) of the Federally
Recognized Indian Tribe List of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 497a(2)), also known variously
as the Navajo Tribe
, the Navajo Tribe of Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah
, and the Navajo Tribe of Indians
and
other similar names, and includes all bands of Navajo Indians and chapters of
the Navajo Nation.
(15)Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project;
ProjectThe term
Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project or Project means
the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project authorized under section 302(a), as
described as the preferred alternative in the Draft Impact Statement.
(16)Navajo
Indian Irrigation ProjectThe term Navajo Indian Irrigation
Project means the Navajo Indian irrigation project authorized by section
2 of Public Law 87–483 (76 Stat. 96).
(17)The term Navajo Reservoir means the
reservoir created by the impoundment of the San Juan River at Navajo Dam, as
authorized by the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the Colorado
River Storage Project Act
) (43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.).
(18)Navajo
Nation Municipal Pipeline; PipelineThe term Navajo Nation
Municipal Pipeline or Pipeline means the pipeline used to
convey the water of the Animas-La Plata Project of the Navajo Nation from the
City of Farmington, New Mexico, to communities of the Navajo Nation located in
close proximity to the San Juan River Valley in the State of New Mexico
(including the City of Shiprock), as authorized by section 15(b) of the
Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–585;
102 Stat. 2973; 114 Stat. 2763A–263).
(19)Non-Navajo
Irrigation DistrictsThe term Non-Navajo Irrigation
Districts means—
(A)the Hammond
Conservancy District;
(B)the
Bloomfield Irrigation District; and
(C)any other
community ditch organization in the San Juan River basin in the State of New
Mexico.
(20)The term Partial Final Decree means a final
and binding judgement and decree entered by a court in the stream adjudication,
setting forth the rights of the Nation to use and administer waters of the San
Juan River Basin in New Mexico, as set forth in appendix 1 of the
Agreement.
(21)The term Project Participants means the
City, the Nation, and the Jicarilla Apache Nation.
(22)San Juan
River Basin Recovery Implementation ProgramThe term San
Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program means the
intergovernmental program established pursuant to the cooperative agreement
dated October 21, 1992 (including any amendments to the program).
(23)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Commissioner of Reclamation or any other designee.
(24)The term stream adjudication means the
general stream adjudication that is the subject of New Mexico v. United States,
et al., No. 75–185 (11th Jud. Dist., San Juan County, New Mexico) (involving
claims to waters of the San Juan River and the tributaries of that
river).
(25)Supplemental
Partial Final DecreeThe term Supplemental Partial Final
Decree means a final and binding judgement and decree entered by a court
in the stream adjudication, setting forth certain water rights of the Nation,
as set forth in appendix 2 of the Agreement.
(26)The term Trust Fund means the Navajo Nation
Water Resources Development Trust Fund established by section 402(a).
3.Compliance
with environmental laws
(a)Effect of
execution of agreementThe execution of the Agreement under
section 401(a)(2) shall not constitute a major Federal action under the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
(b)Compliance
with environmental lawsIn carrying out this Act, the Secretary
shall comply with each law of the Federal Government relating to the protection
of the environment, including—
(1)the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
(2)the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
4.
(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
shall not reallocate or reassign any costs of projects that have been
authorized under the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the
Colorado River Storage Project Act
) (43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.), as
of the date of enactment of this Act because of—
(1)the authorization
of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project under this Act; or
(2)the changes in
the uses of the water diverted by the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project or the
waters stored in the Navajo Reservoir authorized under this Act.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no power
revenues under the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the Colorado
River Storage Project Act
) (43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.), shall be used to
pay or reimburse any costs of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project or
Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project.
5.Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the interest rate applicable to any repayment contract
entered into under section 304 shall be equal to the discount rate for Federal
water resources planning, as determined by the Secretary.
<enum>I</enum><header>Amendments to
the Colorado River Storage Project Act and Public Law 87–483</header>
<section id="id8bde7613-87f6-4023-8748-fdb664dd990e"><enum>101.</enum><header>Amendments
to the Colorado River Storage Project Act</header>
<subsection id="ida854f374-7f88-48fb-aaae-7758e5b413b7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Participating
projects</header><text>Paragraph (2) of the first section of the Act of April
11, 1956 (commonly known as the <quote>Colorado River Storage Project
Act</quote>) (43 U.S.C. 620(2)) is amended by inserting <quote>the
Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project,</quote> after <quote>Fruitland
Mesa,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2ac9f4ce-488d-4860-8d76-b84bfbb3678c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Navajo
Reservoir water bank</header><text>The Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as
the <quote>Colorado River Storage Project Act</quote>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7c1a9451-b2ce-4ca6-a14b-34a0f33e0c7b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
redesignating section 16 (43 U.S.C. 620o) as section 17; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2169a96c-a129-4bf9-8fab-73ba3d1cf2ce"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after section 15 (43 U.S.C. 620n) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id757e0efd-ce7b-4ab8-a0cf-f5bab5100b8d" style="traditional">
<section id="id0e1fe0ef-de96-4c55-bda8-5b0207729820"><enum>16.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5623a4fb-f4c8-488a-b164-be76b760ee6a"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior may create
and operate within the available capacity of Navajo Reservoir a top water
bank.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id51954417-bb34-45ca-88de-291926612a44"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Water made
available for the top water bank in accordance with subsections (c) and (d)
shall not be subject to section 11 of Public Law 87–483 (76 Stat. 99).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id440fcb87-3756-459f-b6bd-b771b5a86475"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The top water
bank authorized under subsection (a) shall be operated in a manner that—</text>
<paragraph id="idfd00dfc3-615b-4601-b3a4-3281d14e082c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is consistent
with applicable law, except that, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
water for purposes other than irrigation may be stored in the Navajo Reservoir
pursuant to the rules governing the top water bank established under this
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4d846fdd-05b7-4ae9-847a-17e1b20649d5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not
impair the ability of the Secretary of the Interior to deliver water under
contracts entered into under—</text>
<subparagraph id="id92bf8fa0-a338-458d-b023-5a030bb963b8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Public Law
87–483 (76 Stat. 96); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59c53ee7-f546-427d-8fa8-d4007d5df268"><enum>(B)</enum><text>New Mexico
State Engineer File Nos. 2847, 2848, 2849, and 2917.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1562de23-c464-45fb-8057-61d04900ffcf"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5bd10f68-8401-4a59-8b0b-6edffc83a229"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of
the Interior, in cooperation with the State of New Mexico (acting through the
Interstate Stream Commission), shall develop any terms and procedures for the
storage, accounting, and release of water in the top water bank that are
necessary to comply with subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7e1a5eff-bedb-48ab-84d4-f328e46d5f28" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The terms and procedures developed
under paragraph (1) shall include provisions requiring that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id603c1df0-674f-48f4-8747-d2d8ab4a34d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the storage of banked water shall be
subject to approval under State law by the New Mexico State Engineer to ensure
that impairment of any existing water right does not occur, including storage
of water under New Mexico State Engineer File No. 2849;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2ca9311-e58c-4c3b-8823-fc64184060ab"><enum>(B)</enum><text>water in the top water bank be subject
to evaporation and other losses during storage;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1be0a90-60e6-4918-8d22-849037790e03"><enum>(C)</enum><text>water in the top water bank be
released for delivery to the owner or assigns of the banked water on request of
the owner, subject to reasonable scheduling requirements for making the
release;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide27ffbe3-4af0-4f0a-a189-ac6d7011e62a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>water in the top water bank be the
first water spilled or released for flood control purposes in anticipation of a
spill, on the condition that top water bank water shall not be released or
included for purposes of calculating whether a release should occur for
purposes of satisfying the flow recommendations of the San Juan River Basin
Recovery Implementation Program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa093430fd10d497982339521add63a81"><enum>(E)</enum><text>water eligible for banking in the top
water bank shall be water that otherwise would have been diverted and
beneficially used in New Mexico that year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0d50cafa-bc06-4186-8877-833f64fc472d"><enum>(e)</enum><text>The Secretary
of the Interior may charge fees to water users that use the top water bank in
amounts sufficient to cover the costs incurred by the United States in
administering the water
bank.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idb99c06e8-0904-4699-bf50-b6c4bdf5adf5"><enum>102.</enum><header>Amendments
to Public Law 87–483</header>
<subsection id="ide3218ba9-bdc5-4c4b-b89b-4cc29cbb674f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Navajo
Indian Irrigation Project</header><text>Public Law 87–483 (76 Stat. 96) is
amended by striking section 2 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7f514d9-4868-4a52-9a7e-1240aa21debf" style="traditional">
<section id="id9806671b-3881-40e9-965b-6250f8e72133"><enum>2.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idbe8d97a0-4e93-44c5-8f7d-e8ba5781cac0"><enum>(a)</enum><text>In accordance with
the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the <quote>Colorado River Storage
Project Act</quote>) (43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.), the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Navajo Indian Irrigation
Project to provide irrigation water to a service area of not more than 110,630
acres of land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idd771fb46-1e2a-4725-8cd4-2c5a93207a36"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id27f2dcd5-ba9b-4c53-8242-b1071c09679f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to
paragraph (2), the average annual diversion by the Navajo Indian Irrigation
Project from the Navajo Reservoir over any consecutive 10-year period shall be
the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd7993409-1ce2-4db4-ba24-11fa6e022367" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>508,000 acre-feet per year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb7e96c98-5996-4d68-9c6b-0168986c4873" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantity of water necessary to
supply an average depletion of 270,000 acre-feet per year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id344efb39-7cd2-4f80-85ce-c027b0ebb256" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The quantity of water diverted for
any 1 year shall not exceed the average annual diversion determined under
paragraph (1) by more than 15 percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6eee1986-0ef7-457c-acc6-2c98b7842cce"><enum>(c)</enum><text>In addition
to being used for irrigation, the water diverted by the Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project under subsection (b) may be used within the area served by
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project facilities for the following purposes:</text>
<paragraph id="id1651b14e-bcad-4c82-b060-06cbb19ef42d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Aquaculture
purposes, including the rearing of fish in support of the San Juan River Basin
Recovery Implementation Program authorized by Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat.
1602).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id217ce0d2-044f-4f34-a548-b7fac38648be"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Domestic,
industrial, or commercial purposes relating to agricultural production and
processing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id80524eed-d3b1-4a8a-89ad-8abc61a5ef8c"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3428B19F7F3443CBA81D859973020F18"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The generation of
hydroelectric power as an incident to the diversion of water by the Navajo
Indian Irrigation Project for authorized purposes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB85DCABF25BA4E1DB90F75809F1EDF2F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of
law—</text>
<clause id="id8B327CEDBA09439786B4769773D05957"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any hydroelectric power generated
under this paragraph shall be used or marketed by the Navajo Nation;</text>
</clause><clause id="idFA22801C7E954C518193AE52991CF6D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Navajo Nation shall retain any
revenues from the sale of the hydroelectric power; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7F157BC63FD44C74B5B5C35FD4BD86A3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the United States shall have no
trust obligation to monitor, administer, or account for the revenues received
by the Navajo Nation, or the expenditure of the revenues.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0cc253c4-b603-4805-b1d3-0a6b1aa9d478"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The
implementation of the alternate water source provisions described in
subparagraph 9.2 of the agreement executed under section 401(a)(2) of the
<short-title>Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects
Act</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id40278990-9d69-4637-b801-ac0ea988adc6"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The Navajo
Indian Irrigation Project water diverted under subsection (b) may be
transferred to areas located within or outside the area served by Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project facilities, and within or outside the boundaries of the
Navajo Nation, for any beneficial use in accordance with—</text>
<paragraph id="id370c4465-561d-46f1-8269-d5c901157bd5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the agreement
executed under section 401(a)(2) of the <short-title>Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects
Act</short-title>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2ea2c83e-bb7d-44ab-b8b3-b2c1fa09fec7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the contract
executed under section 304(a)(2)(B) of that Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id99eb443d-6cdb-4f27-b155-95d155a04409"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other
applicable law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2dd436af-30fc-4128-94e0-53811d58f6e1"><enum>(e)</enum><text>The Secretary
may use the capacity of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project works to convey
water supplies for—</text>
<paragraph id="id0d734022-fe2a-44ce-a4d9-5055b3a4a434"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project under section 302 of the
<short-title>Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects
Act</short-title>; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1d5a95c5-fcce-467d-b767-f87db27d505f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>other
nonirrigation purposes authorized under subsection (c) or (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf6f61b0c4c4b4e8793478d78f33906c7"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id444DB57AF9004274A285E8C9F0290184"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Repayment of the costs
of construction of the project (as authorized in subsection (a)) shall be in
accordance with the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the
<quote>Colorado River Storage Project Act</quote>) (43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.),
including section 4(d) of that Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8395c12a-1340-428a-8fd6-3b713475b194" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall not reallocate,
or require repayment of, construction costs of the Navajo Indian Irrigation
Project because of the conveyance of water supplies for nonirrigation purposes
under subsection
(e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id52fbcaa9-bb0d-4fa5-a996-752d97bde481"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Runoff
Above Navajo Dam</header><text>Section 11 of Public Law 87–483 (76 Stat. 100)
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide82c202d-dc6c-4533-bfaf-02e2d075715d" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idd3115678-7ebb-48dc-a442-ee0662e3d279"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idb66731b8-13f3-4023-bf78-6fbace465422"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For purposes of
implementing in a year of prospective shortage the water allocation procedures
established by subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall determine
the quantity of any shortages and the appropriate apportionment of water using
the normal diversion requirements on the flow of the San Juan River originating
above Navajo Dam based on the following criteria:</text>
<subparagraph id="ide0586c27-b135-42e3-8f03-354387b3e74a" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The quantity of diversion or water
delivery for the current year anticipated to be necessary to irrigate land in
accordance with cropping plans prepared by contractors.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb1ca0e39-2401-4c7d-96b7-438f7c03edb2" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The annual diversion or water delivery
demands for the current year anticipated for non-irrigation uses under water
delivery contracts, including contracts authorized by the
<short-title>Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects
Act</short-title>, but excluding any current demand for surface water for
placement into aquifer storage for future recovery and use.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide73526bc-fe09-4712-8f6e-6a75187df820" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An annual normal diversion demand of
135,000 acre-feet for the initial stage of the San Juan-Chama Project
authorized by section 8.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id52ab076e-d10b-4d1b-8514-8fe49600d4fd" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall not include in
the normal diversion requirements—</text>
<subparagraph id="id15574a78-263b-42ad-912f-b32510ba7e24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quantity of water that reliably
can be anticipated to be diverted or delivered under a contract from inflows to
the San Juan River arising below Navajo Dam under New Mexico State Engineer
File No. 3215; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8f80b2ae-2c88-4324-bdeb-44768e40dff0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantity of water anticipated to
be supplied through reuse.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id57634fb3-c51a-4320-9ea7-c8b614f69a86"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idd01c19d9-0409-4789-9c76-efd8931c1038"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If the Secretary
determines that there is a shortage of water under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall respond to the shortage in the Navajo Reservoir water supply by
curtailing releases and deliveries in the following order:</text>
<subparagraph id="idf531d148-7d01-4ad3-8d00-b2e10461a273" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The demand for delivery for uses in
the State of Arizona under the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project authorized by
section 303 of the <short-title>Northwestern New Mexico
Rural Water Projects Act</short-title>, excluding the quantity of water
anticipated to be diverted for the uses from inflows to the San Juan River that
arise below Navajo Dam in accordance with New Mexico State Engineer File No.
3215.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6707acfd-7891-43de-96e4-f1a6511dcb9f" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The demand for delivery for uses
allocated under paragraph 8.2 of the agreement executed under section 401(a)(2)
of the <short-title>Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water
Projects Act</short-title>, excluding the quantity of water anticipated to be
diverted for such uses under State Engineer File No. 3215.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54c94377-2838-4e0c-a313-cf19c931219f" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The uses in the State of New Mexico
that are determined under subsection (d), in accordance with the procedure for
apportioning the water supply under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida6d7ebf9-5b9d-40b0-915a-eebda54ab56b" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For any year for which the Secretary
determines and responds to a shortage in the Navajo Reservoir water supply, the
Secretary shall not deliver, and contractors of the water supply shall not
divert, any of the water supply for placement into aquifer storage for future
recovery and use.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id13299fce-d418-45df-8ae2-f2584eaa16ef" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To determine the occurrence and
amount of any shortage to contracts entered into under this section, the
Secretary shall not include as available storage any water stored in a top
water bank in Navajo Reservoir established under section 16(a) of the Act of
April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the <quote>Colorado River Storage Project
Act</quote>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb8273316-1a52-4f2a-81de-00105a7044ad"><enum>(f)</enum><text>The Secretary
of the Interior shall apportion water under subsections (a), (d), and (e) on an
annual volume basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id99896370-3877-4a91-b576-595ba2f9d8e8"><enum>(g)</enum><text>The Secretary
of the Interior may revise a determination of shortages, apportionments, or
allocations of water under subsections (a), (d), and (e) on the basis of
information relating to water supply conditions that was not available at the
time at which the determination was made.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id80e2d818-87e9-42e9-89a6-6f15b52acae5"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Nothing in
this section prohibits the distribution of water in accordance with cooperative
water agreements between water users providing for a sharing of water
supplies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5e247883-914f-4330-8233-69ef6386782e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Diversions
under New Mexico State Engineer File No. 3215 shall be distributed, to the
maximum extent water is available, in proportionate amounts to the diversion
demands of contractors and subcontractors of the Navajo Reservoir water supply
that are diverting water below Navajo
Dam.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id80f5690c-f35f-422f-b22d-0740a8f1c5b5"><enum>103.</enum><header>Effect on
Federal water law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless
expressly provided in this Act, nothing in this Act modifies, conflicts with,
preempts, or otherwise affects—</text>
<paragraph id="id9239bc0a-dade-4377-b2fe-5ade2e97c634"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Boulder
Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida5362a8b-3959-41fc-a579-798a327af384"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Boulder
Canyon Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774, chapter 643);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd31163c8-6a8a-4d22-b0ba-39ac1bde0c6d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Act of
April 11, 1956 (commonly known as the <quote>Colorado River Storage Project
Act</quote>) (43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id91b360f7-a7a7-4850-babf-222d015b9212"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Act of
September 30, 1968 (commonly known as the <quote>Colorado River Basin Project
Act</quote>) (82 Stat. 885);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id76ce0e82-ba5d-426f-938c-8d138761dc75"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Public Law
87–483 (76 Stat. 96);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6e696651-97a6-4acb-8620-777d09e076e8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Treaty
between the United States of America and Mexico representing utilization of
waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed at
Washington February 3, 1944 (59 Stat. 1219);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf08c2287-08d2-4591-af0b-9cf4dd1d96e9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Colorado
River Compact of 1922, as approved by the Presidential Proclamation of June 25,
1929 (46 Stat. 3000);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddf980174-053f-40a6-b025-682dc79a8dca"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the
Compact;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide400f19b-5a45-4a9c-b328-b53703088e59"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Act of
April 6, 1949 (63 Stat. 31, chapter 48);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4eae4d50-58dc-43c6-b228-239b1ab2465f"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the
Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act (106 Stat. 2237); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id17ddf7b1-91fd-43e1-a753-b5a0623a1039"><enum>(11)</enum><text>section 205
of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2005 (118 Stat.
2949).</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Reclamation
Water Settlements Fund </header>
<section id="iddff3955d-0b98-49fd-bb34-45577c4405dd"><enum>201.</enum><header>Reclamation
Water Settlements Fund</header>
<subsection id="id0dd943db-c69b-4ca0-a552-e27aa9bc18c6"><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>Reclamation Water Settlements Fund</quote>, consisting of—</text>
<paragraph id="id06e9f1cf-4ef3-46f5-84e4-c28625a83f55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such amounts
as are deposited to the Fund under subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1a483b33-2f41-4207-a3a8-a7bfb568ee01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any interest
earned on investment of amounts in the Fund under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id962dbaab-c26a-44ae-9c37-c4de60b18280"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposits to
Fund</header>
<paragraph id="id173855cd-c9b5-4ac8-aa31-3024f05c53d9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2009 through 2023, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall deposit in the Fund, if available, $120,000,000 of the
revenues that would otherwise be deposited for the fiscal year in the fund
established by the first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388,
chapter 1093).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6a929027-a96c-4302-bc8c-8f8dfb950d9f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability
of amounts</header><text>Amounts deposited in the Fund under paragraph (1)
shall be made available pursuant to this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="ide001f09d-1900-4485-afeb-36debc385435"><enum>(A)</enum><text>without
further appropriation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7c73a34d-6e87-4d4d-b41c-a2096582b351"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in addition
to amounts appropriated pursuant to any authorization contained in any other
provision of law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3ec2849e-0df7-4f7b-92b1-3a4030522825"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenditures
from Fund</header>
<paragraph id="ide2c85844-d04f-486e-b87d-be678312d7fb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="idA3DAB753B0FB41168149F56B08B73CB0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Expenditures</header><text>Subject
to subparagraph (B), for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2028, the Secretary
may expend from the Fund an amount not to exceed $120,000,000, plus the
interest accrued in the Fund, for the fiscal year in which expenditures are
made pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7C6B9875BF274927809D0BDBAC98FBD3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
expenditures</header><text>The Secretary may expend more than $120,000,000 for
any fiscal year if such amounts are available in the Fund due to expenditures
not reaching $120,000,000 for prior fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f572fcd-83ab-4d73-89b7-79bda1aec279"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Secretary may expend money from the Fund to implement a settlement agreement
approved by Congress that resolves, in whole or in part, litigation involving
the United States, if the settlement agreement or implementing legislation
requires the Bureau of Reclamation to provide financial assistance for, or
plan, design, and construct—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8cb49a25-b7a2-4552-9c52-c8bbce2b8ee7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>water supply
infrastructure; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a2105dc-aab0-4a11-8d0d-c26edc413330"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a
project—</text>
<clause id="ida7a70aca-7e0e-490b-9d99-086877c2037c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
rehabilitate a water delivery system to conserve water; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idac60fedd-4847-4cdf-9742-b57164cb83d7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to restore
fish and wildlife habitat or otherwise improve environmental conditions
associated with or affected by, or located within the same river basin as, a
Federal reclamation project that is in existence on the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5c6306a1-2701-49d4-95c3-587ddc85c90b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use for
completion of project and other settlements</header>
<subparagraph id="id2c50c0e9-ac4f-4fce-8d06-732916c57744"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Priorities</header>
<clause id="idbb3e7d2c-b7c7-4d1a-bf42-9247b35f3fa8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>First
priority</header>
<subclause id="id677D687C449542E88FE61A937C631E9D"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The first priority for expenditure of amounts in the Fund
during the entire period in which the Fund is in existence shall be for the
purposes described in, and in the order of, clauses (i) through (iv) of
subparagraph (B).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id40AA19CF353C4398A39EED4A1532B761"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Reserved
amounts</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve amounts deposited into the
Fund in accordance with subclause (I).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id94df6cf7-a351-4a97-9d93-cd41564c4e8c"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Other
purposes</header><text>Any amounts in the Fund that are not needed for the
purposes described in subparagraph (B) may be used for other purposes
authorized in paragraph (2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8c50ec8955414d59813ccd4ccc768600"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Completion of
project</header>
<clause id="id56E90E03059E43E18C66C66DE571C358"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Navajo-Gallup
Water Supply Project</header>
<subclause id="idE1F5A0D25869465C881F1372856629A9"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subclause (II), effective beginning January 1,
2009, if, in the judgment of the Secretary on an annual basis the deadline
described in section 401(f)(1)(A)(ix) is unlikely to be met because a
sufficient amount of funding is not otherwise available through appropriations
made available pursuant to section 309(a), the Secretary shall expend from the
Fund such amounts on an annual basis consistent with paragraphs (1) and (2), as
are necessary to pay the Federal share of the costs, and substantially complete
as expeditiously as practicable, the construction of the water supply
infrastructure authorized as part of the Project.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idBA810254F28749288EC308FBF7852B26"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header>
<item id="id08C94C0EFB224836A6897BD763EEF0FF"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided under item (bb), the amount expended
under subclause (I) shall not exceed $500,000,000 for the period of fiscal
years 2009 through 2018.</text>
</item><item id="idDC33C70C571443C4BB1D250B286FFA95"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
limitation on the expenditure amount under item (aa) may be exceeded during the
entire period in which the Fund is in existence.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="IDa65cf1ba57b44dd38083c431e7a41bcb"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Other New
Mexico settlements</header>
<subclause id="id473AB6D0D90D4FE5A213CA8C160B1E1B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subclause (II), effective beginning January 1,
2009, in addition to the funding made available under clause (i), if in the
judgment of the Secretary on an annual basis a sufficient amount of funding is
not otherwise available through annual appropriations, the Secretary shall
expend from the Fund such amounts on an annual basis consistent with paragraphs
(1) and (2), as are necessary to pay the Federal share of the costs of
implementing the Indian water rights settlement agreements entered into by the
State of New Mexico in the Aamodt adjudication and the Abeyta adjudication, if
such settlements are subsequently approved and authorized by an Act of
Congress.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id1EC0661051404692BDD60AC730F357A8"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header><text>The amount expended under subclause (I) shall not exceed
$250,000,000.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID7ece8d85fdc244c384080cd13165ec81"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Montana
settlements</header>
<subclause id="id354FE383EA01479984970D4D9688D8F7"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subclause (II), effective beginning January 1,
2009, in addition to funding made available pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii),
if in the judgment of the Secretary on an annual basis a sufficient amount of
funding is not otherwise available through annual appropriations, the Secretary
shall expend from the Fund such amounts on an annual basis consistent with
paragraphs (1) and (2), as are necessary to pay the Federal share of the costs
of implementing Indian water rights settlement agreements entered into by the
State of Montana with the Blackfeet Tribe, the Crow Tribe, or the Gros Ventre
and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in the judicial
proceeding entitled <quote>In re the General Adjudication of All the Rights to
Use Surface and Groundwater in the State of Montana</quote>, if a settlement or
settlements are subsequently approved and authorized by an Act of
Congress.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF1F364B808064DED978EC17390B4E978"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header>
<item id="idEA864033F4BD4B209D9F05A72F534138"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided under item (bb), the amount expended
under subclause (I) shall not exceed $350,000,000 for the period of fiscal
years 2009 through 2018.</text>
</item><item id="id5454EE44E05B40EF9587E2C5CB618EDC"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
limitation on the expenditure amount under item (aa) may be exceeded during the
entire period in which the Fund is in existence.</text>
</item><item id="idEAF3D87DDB6D4AE1AAD593DAD9713E26"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Other
funding</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that any such funding shall be
provided in a manner that does not limit the funding available pursuant to
clauses (i) and (ii).</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="IDb6f8b4a73c8f478686a9c04337e9fd97"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Arizona
settlement</header>
<subclause id="id6F08B34AD7814A928436A55812237FD0"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subclause (II), effective beginning January 1,
2009, in addition to funding made available pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), and
(iii), if in the judgment of the Secretary on an annual basis a sufficient
amount of funding is not otherwise available through annual appropriations, the
Secretary shall expend from the Fund such amounts on an annual basis consistent
with paragraphs (1) and (2), as are necessary to pay the Federal share of the
costs of implementing an Indian water rights settlement agreement entered into
by the State of Arizona with the Navajo Nation to resolve the water rights
claims of the Nation in the Lower Colorado River basin in Arizona, if a
settlement is subsequently approved and authorized by an Act of
Congress.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF930C5F1A47D454BAC8D6F8C4815F41E"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header>
<item id="idC9EC5AFD3FC94FD198F6FE040230C5F8"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided under item (bb), the amount expended
under subclause (I) shall not exceed $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal
years 2009 through 2018.</text>
</item><item id="id9D80A01FF6D84EA78345D7E5AEFF6866"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
limitation on the expenditure amount under item (aa) may be exceeded during the
entire period in which the Fund is in existence.</text>
</item><item id="id1FF1B2130D174102804C19B697A639AA"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Other
funding</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that any such funding shall be
provided in a manner that does not limit the funding available pursuant to
clauses (i) and (ii).</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID004e3b52f8e54a77a8861ab60581996d"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If
the settlements described in clauses (ii) through (iv) of subparagraph (B) have
not been approved and authorized by an Act of Congress by December 31, 2014,
the amounts reserved for the settlements shall no longer be reserved by the
Secretary pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) and shall revert to the Fund for any
authorized use, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc185fb0b-4341-491e-9eed-d3ff4fab36c5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Investment
of amounts</header>
<paragraph id="ide674a369-70a0-48f6-98ca-6e31ea815010"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall invest such portion of the Fund as is
not, in the judgment of the Secretary, required to meet current
withdrawals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6239defd-11c3-49b2-93c9-166ef35c95ba"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credits to
Fund</header><text>The interest on, and the proceeds from the sale or
redemption of, any obligations held in the Fund shall be credited to, and form
a part of, the Fund.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0a69b993-536d-4dd4-ab16-347af3eb18eb"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transfers
of amounts</header>
<paragraph id="idf9386c56-fa11-4a56-a6c8-2c9c0e809f94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amounts required to be transferred to the Fund under
this section shall be transferred at least monthly from the general fund of the
Treasury to the Fund on the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the
Treasury.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id39a07c43-9d80-484e-a2d6-90b5193b4e10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>Proper
adjustment shall be made in amounts subsequently transferred to the extent
prior estimates were in excess of or less than the amounts required to be
transferred.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id8d7a234c-126f-4f0d-bcfb-b3524a18c5ad"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>On
September 30, 2028—</text>
<paragraph id="id47ba716b-ee42-4a7c-b278-9237923e9bcc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Fund
shall terminate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb95aa4e9-a930-4aeb-911e-09b1dda181ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the
unexpended and unobligated balance of the Fund shall be transferred to the
appropriate fund of the Treasury.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Navajo-Gallup
Water Supply Project</header>
<section id="id8bb02632-141a-449e-bde3-d7347aeefd4a"><enum>301.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this subtitle are—</text>
<paragraph id="idc8bd4160-7241-47e2-9969-e61d5fccebdc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to authorize
the Secretary to construct, operate, and maintain the Navajo-Gallup Water
Supply Project;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id75a33758-7074-413b-a17e-9611098fa3f7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to allocate
the capacity of the Project among the Nation, the City, and the Jicarilla
Apache Nation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida0cff2ce-3a3a-4cb6-8c51-313faf64582b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to authorize
the Secretary to enter into Project repayment contracts with the City and the
Jicarilla Apache Nation.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id054dfa95-1087-409c-9a73-9c9385510cf3"><enum>302.</enum><header>Authorization
of Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project</header>
<subsection id="id76a13b61-7fa3-4124-9705-d13a8ff6c3a8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of
Reclamation, is authorized to design, construct, operate, and maintain the
Project in substantial accordance with the preferred alternative in the Draft
Impact Statement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id87c49b8c-1efa-418a-a79c-b3d3b1e83de6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project
facilities</header><text>To provide for the delivery of San Juan River water to
Project Participants, the Secretary may construct, operate, and maintain the
Project facilities described in the preferred alternative in the Draft Impact
Statement, including:</text>
<paragraph id="id3171e998-98f6-44ce-874a-c7e9cb2ce2ac"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A pumping
plant on the San Juan River in the vicinity of Kirtland, New Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id73a24072-d8a5-40df-b538-39875b486aed"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id72ffd6a8-6c2e-4032-a564-e694a8fc67d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A main pipeline
from the San Juan River near Kirtland, New Mexico, to Shiprock, New Mexico, and
Gallup, New Mexico, which follows United States Highway 491.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id631e953b-a5d4-4131-842a-2de771181bd2" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any pumping plants associated with the
pipeline authorized under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3281f4ac-722c-412a-9e8f-f87b62d3626c"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5ac0d5df-a35b-48e3-8c1f-a5edba7efc88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A main pipeline
from Cutter Reservoir to Ojo Encino, New Mexico, which follows United States
Highway 550.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a2fe20b-03af-46ab-a538-a36308f1f60c" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any pumping plants associated with the
pipeline authorized under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id56937bbd-1c96-4c98-b517-dcfaebfbb6af"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3f90cefd-4e6e-48cb-b224-be6b32fe988e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Lateral pipelines
from the main pipelines to Nation communities in the States of New Mexico and
Arizona.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb5f6b86-b3c5-490a-bae0-5b4208a3cc7d" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any pumping plants associated with the
pipelines authorized under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id842fef5b-4499-40d9-800a-00a8da1a737f"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Any water
regulation, storage or treatment facility, service connection to an existing
public water supply system, power substation, power distribution works, or
other appurtenant works (including a building or access road) that is related
to the Project facilities authorized by paragraphs (1) through (4), including
power transmission facilities and associated wheeling services to connect
Project facilities to existing high-voltage transmission facilities and deliver
power to the Project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idaf0810a2-7716-4f18-b7e2-0c78d807956f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acquisition
of land</header>
<paragraph id="id8fcdbd48-a48b-49d2-96df-4febb6f711e0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to acquire any land or
interest in land that is necessary to construct, operate, and maintain the
Project facilities authorized under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID984773c433bc42bb85d7a79c67b1743a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Land of the
project participants</header><text>As a condition of construction of the
facilities authorized under this title, the Project Participants shall provide
all land or interest in land, as appropriate, that the Secretary identifies as
necessary for acquisition under this subsection at no cost to the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb23813a4-300b-4212-a4b5-5af93cbee576"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
Secretary may not condemn water rights for purposes of the Project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb94f9ad6-f42c-4c86-a916-ef4a953a40e2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions</header>
<paragraph id="id437235a1-6068-498b-958b-445139e2c878"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall
not commence construction of the facilities authorized under subsection (b)
until such time as—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6a993048-c081-48af-b273-cd17cd5cad93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary
executes the Agreement and the Contract;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3cfb4e7f-ca43-4318-8d00-5fd849be3407"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the contracts
authorized under section 304 are executed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id96b44e4d-d594-4c30-9982-becc64981a6d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the
Secretary—</text>
<clause id="id2ffab727-8027-4d78-9f19-4bd758caa15a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>completes an
environmental impact statement for the Project; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id97dac307-78ee-41c3-a440-b0fff593b24b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has issued a
record of decision that provides for a preferred alternative; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7059f0b8-8c06-46fb-9d59-d1811c5dce19"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Secretary
has entered into an agreement with the State of New Mexico under which the
State of New Mexico will provide a share of the construction costs of the
Project of not less than $50,000,000, except that the State of New Mexico shall
receive credit for funds the State has contributed to construct water
conveyance facilities to the Project Participants to the extent that the
facilities reduce the cost of the Project as estimated in the Draft Impact
Statement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe0a3ad77dcf34b8fb09215d0519f885a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
the Jicarilla Apache Nation elects not to enter into a contract pursuant to
section 304, the Secretary, after consulting with the Nation, the City, and the
State of New Mexico acting through the Interstate Stream Commission, may make
appropriate modifications to the scope of the Project and proceed with Project
construction if all other conditions for construction have been
satisfied.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb731d4e48b794dc595a29755369d8f14"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect of
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act</header><text>The Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) shall
not apply to the design, construction, operation, maintenance, or replacement
of the Project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2b5d0299-1ce0-4731-b39f-0fd174de047d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Power</header><text>The
Secretary shall reserve, from existing reservations of Colorado River Storage
Project power for Bureau of Reclamation projects, up to 26 megawatts of power
for use by the Project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id194e8168-734e-4c95-ba5d-d3295af6a43c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conveyance
of title to project facilities</header>
<paragraph id="ID0ca04bba83a44f6fa8d59786b75443d3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to enter into separate
agreements with the City and the Nation and, on entering into the agreements,
shall convey title to each Project facility or section of a Project facility
authorized under subsection (b) (including any appropriate interests in land)
to the City and the Nation after—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDccfbac780d054c52a793f319703f4221"><enum>(A)</enum><text>completion of
construction of a Project facility or a section of a Project facility that is
operating and delivering water; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideef88030-429e-4209-9d8e-1d7a8e62bc91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>execution of
a Project operations agreement approved by the Secretary and the Project
Participants that sets forth—</text>
<clause id="id6c101bef-4335-4850-8e18-b650bc802705"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any terms and
conditions that the Secretary determines are necessary—</text>
<subclause id="idac8a4c99-151b-4b93-b537-b9f33a9cf605"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to ensure the
continuation of the intended benefits of the Project; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id743739f8-3f6a-4f93-b934-a99f7f0e3252"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to fulfill
the purposes of this subtitle;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id2e61933c-5bb1-483b-b4ff-e11fa166d7cd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>requirements
acceptable to the Secretary and the Project Participants for—</text>
<subclause id="id9a6cf849-2e10-447e-a282-a9b709bdae32"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the
distribution of water under the Project or section of a Project facility;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ide5444ffe-c17a-49e6-a039-f59584af16a7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the
allocation and payment of annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs
of the Project or section of a Project facility based on the proportionate uses
of Project facilities; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id06c7782f-c811-40d2-a387-d606766f1e6b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>conditions
and requirements acceptable to the Secretary and the Project Participants for
operating and maintaining each Project facility on completion of the conveyance
of title, including the requirement that the City and the Nation shall—</text>
<subclause id="id1473c06f-2aee-47c1-9781-741010535dcf"><enum>(I)</enum><text>comply
with—</text>
<item id="id72ef419c-4dab-4dd4-8ff2-d7a3ecffe7c0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the Compact;
and</text>
</item><item id="id2ea3318f-1e58-4aa1-9d5b-4c9c8462b629"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>other
applicable law; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ide25032e1-03f5-4b6c-b6d9-795fd6f792f6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be
responsible for—</text>
<item id="id13d6de7d-bee4-4112-a97f-293b853d5484"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the
operation, maintenance, and replacement of each Project facility; and</text>
</item><item id="id99b978f3-04b1-4f7e-8838-dbd392d9b080"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the
accounting and management of water conveyance and Project finances, as
necessary to administer and fulfill the conditions of the Contract executed
under section 304(a)(2)(B).</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc30fbb3c-7cdb-4e3a-a30a-f317dfedc697"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of
conveyance</header><text>The conveyance of title to each Project facility shall
not affect the application of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) relating to the use of the water associated with the
Project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb41d2d864d7c4cb79981153b41e3680e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Liability</header>
<subparagraph id="id950CE106D0FC452CB9F3C66AC80D9621"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Effective on the date of the conveyance authorized by
this subsection, 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, buildings, or facilities conveyed under this subsection, other than
damages caused by acts of negligence committed by the United States, or by
employees or agents of the United States, prior to the date of
conveyance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22D26779506C47AB937B6D2E1F9C86A5"><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="id986dfd55-4b9c-4e56-96d0-46dab8b82837"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notice of
proposed conveyance</header><text>Not later than 45 days before the date of a
proposed conveyance of title to any Project facility, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate notice of the
conveyance of each Project facility.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8b63eed9-afdd-437d-b5c4-aaa02bbe5b88"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Colorado
river storage project power</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conveyance of Project facilities under
subsection (f) shall not affect the availability of Colorado River Storage
Project power to the Project under subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8d196753-c1bf-4b99-b55c-d67087e23ef4"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Regional
use of project facilities</header>
<paragraph id="id7b2b487d-dc04-408d-96be-1214f7b9e42b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), Project facilities constructed
under subsection (b) may be used to treat and convey non-Project water or water
that is not allocated by subsection 303(b) if—</text>
<subparagraph id="id00286458-32af-455d-926b-7208fb563546"><enum>(A)</enum><text>capacity is
available without impairing any water delivery to a Project Participant;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id716e374d-b50d-4235-8182-e896e5d26e53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the
unallocated or non-Project water beneficiary—</text>
<clause id="id5ee7df49-5caa-4b7b-b05d-740cc5d8c1e1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has the right
to use the water;</text>
</clause><clause id="idb57e8974-7d91-4224-b065-1d0c78420b19"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>agrees to
pay the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs assignable to the
beneficiary for the use of the Project facilities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8b2a2042-84dd-4051-9c9c-e7a89c257042"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>agrees to
pay an appropriate fee that may be established by the Secretary to assist in
the recovery of any capital cost allocable to that use.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfef9190c-de23-4af0-8ba2-ae36a45e9a27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of
payments</header><text>Any payments to the United States or the Nation for the
use of unused capacity under this subsection or for water under any subcontract
with the Nation or the Jicarilla Apache Nation shall not alter the construction
repayment requirements or the operation, maintenance, and replacement payment
requirements of the Project Participants.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id36e29597-b359-4f4b-860b-71e4391766e3"><enum>303.</enum><header>Delivery
and use of Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project water</header>
<subsection id="id6888a5b6-486c-4072-9b51-0e5a936bea9a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of
project water</header>
<paragraph id="id222a084d-dd82-4974-a02c-390ce9851125"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In accordance with this Act and other applicable law,
water supply from the Project shall be used for municipal, industrial,
commercial, domestic, and stock watering purposes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2124842d-1b3b-429d-9688-55ff5ca57ff7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use on
certain land</header>
<subparagraph id="idf12de85e-eddd-4957-876c-ab0fd013bb78"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Nation may use Project
water allocations on—</text>
<clause id="idb80bb08b-01c4-4cec-bac3-6eb0f1d3ec78"><enum>(i)</enum><text>land held by
the United States in trust for the Nation and members of the Nation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id41bfcb0a-e0fc-4097-9823-22db032cad6a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>land held in
fee by the Nation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ee12595-6599-4c79-bb32-7d1b9cb77504"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>The
Nation may transfer the purposes and places of use of the allocated water in
accordance with the Agreement and applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID90ff8b2c8d4a4ea4a63d07fc8baa0d76"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hydroelectric
power</header>
<subparagraph id="id7B4FD9D1C46741A58D2DFA27CA1F653F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Hydroelectric power may be generated as an incident to
the delivery of Project water for authorized purposes under paragraph
(1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD541CFC0A94C41D99C9D33F8A694906E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law—</text>
<clause id="id36FF437C309042E49C2A1358CAE23F40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any
hydroelectric power generated under this paragraph shall be used or marketed by
the Nation;</text>
</clause><clause id="id5DA4603E78B44805B4CF5CC2CE6DA3F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Nation shall
retain any revenues from the sale of the hydroelectric power; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB5993CA7A28A4E7886B016CAED995595"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the United
States shall have no trust obligation or other obligation to monitor,
administer, or account for the revenues received by the Nation, or the
expenditure of the revenues.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2bb42b0a-3813-44cc-be00-62e7a5a6d134"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Storage</header>
<subparagraph id="id71c74e84-6267-4935-901f-653ed36565a1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), any water contracted for
delivery under paragraph (1) that is not needed for current water demands or
uses may be delivered by the Project for placement in underground storage in
the State of New Mexico for future recovery and use.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id83a35789-1eef-4cbf-ab71-0270ef252fcf"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State
approval</header><text>Delivery of water under subparagraph (A) is subject
to—</text>
<clause id="id968cdac4-a9f4-4be6-82b8-5289e5ab0406"><enum>(i)</enum><text>approval by
the State of New Mexico under applicable provisions of State law relating to
aquifer storage and recovery; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1064d466-b248-4462-bbcb-9fc91086096b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
provisions of the Agreement and this Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd04c4238-e663-4006-859f-b5aca5be81fd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project
water and capacity allocations</header>
<paragraph id="id9b878f00-6add-4220-91b7-2d33f5b6cd25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Diversion</header><text>Subject
to availability and consistent with Federal and State law, the Project may
divert from the Navajo Reservoir and the San Juan River a quantity of water to
be allocated and used consistent with the Agreement and this Act, that does not
exceed in any 1 year, the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2d5c336f-5819-4df4-b70f-46c280a30296"><enum>(A)</enum><text>37,760
acre-feet of water; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8b8b7c64-6e2e-406f-a782-8027919354c7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantity
of water necessary to supply a depletion from the San Juan River of 35,890
acre-feet.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID93b7a2ad38974b7eabc8e9b496cc1826"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project
delivery capacity allocations</header>
<subparagraph id="ID2f63a468189d4fe09d69bda2f38f2e62"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The capacity of the Project shall be allocated to the
Project Participants in accordance with subparagraphs (B) through (E), other
provisions of this Act, and other applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDabfdd54b6071483bb91b6e64ce4c2fd8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Delivery
capacity allocation to the City</header><text>The Project may deliver at the
point of diversion from the San Juan River not more than 7,500 acre-feet of
water in any 1 year for which the City has secured rights for the use of the
City.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd3e58b8c70e948c484b18c3da6a77ce7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Delivery
capacity allocation to Navajo Nation communities in New
Mexico</header><text>For use by the Nation in the State of New Mexico, the
Project may deliver water out of the water rights held by the Secretary for the
Nation and confirmed under this Act, at the points of diversion from the San
Juan River or at Navajo Reservoir in any 1 year, the lesser of—</text>
<clause id="id408d3173-7fa0-4674-b65c-ac2014e17e6e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>22,650
acre-feet of water; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idc58cfb13-85ba-46f0-b8ed-e6907714f3dc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the quantity
of water necessary to supply a depletion from the San Juan River of 20,780
acre-feet of water.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID56d1173cf7c04de987d406ee5118d0a0"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Delivery
capacity allocation to Navajo Nation communities in
Arizona</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), the Project may deliver at the
point of diversion from the San Juan River not more than 6,411 acre-feet of
water in any 1 year for use by the Nation in the State of Arizona.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1ffe84e13c424c20ae0c4f662e31e3f2"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Delivery
capacity allocation to Jicarilla Apache Nation</header><text>The Project may
deliver at Navajo Reservoir not more than 1,200 acre-feet of water in any 1
year of the water rights of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, held by the Secretary
and confirmed by the Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act (Public
Law 102–441; 106 Stat. 2237), for use by the Jicarilla Apache Nation in the
southern portion of the Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation in the State of New
Mexico.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5a5d8f42691f44889429c90c67613d28"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use in excess
of delivery capacity allocation quantity</header><text>Notwithstanding each
delivery capacity allocation quantity limit described in subparagraphs (B),
(C), and (E) of paragraph (2), the Secretary may authorize a Project
Participant to exceed the delivery capacity allocation quantity limit of that
Project Participant if—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2d49efecb502494e8dfeb27befd39baf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>delivery capacity
is available without impairing any water delivery to any other Project
Participant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5d8492c8957743968649635d55d44eb3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Project
Participant benefitting from the increased allocation of delivery
capacity—</text>
<clause id="ID21a0d87e9a3b498090d627bb9a77d9da"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has
the right under applicable law to use the additional water;</text>
</clause><clause id="idbfd28bce-09ab-4b6a-bab2-93f6d1462120"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>agrees to
pay the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs relating to the
additional use of any Project facility; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1310d918-a712-4688-8e21-63296f96ab02"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>agrees, if
the Project title is held by the Secretary, to pay a fee established by the
Secretary to assist in recovering capital costs relating to that additional
use.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id79eba0f7-4853-43b5-995a-858910e54159"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditions
for use in Arizona</header>
<paragraph id="ID7ef7a194449f49eca07101157f198fb8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Project
water shall not be delivered for use by any community of the Nation located in
the State of Arizona under subsection (b)(2)(D) until—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDbf6a2ab7f9b04377b98af3a054bb9776"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Nation and
the State of Arizona have entered into a water rights settlement agreement
approved by an Act of Congress that specifies the allocation of Colorado River
System water to which the use in Arizona will be charged; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf81b2fd873394943aa35738eefff79d6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary has
determined by hydrologic investigation that sufficient water is reasonably
likely to be available to supply the use in the State of Arizona from water of
the Colorado River system allocated to the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idade96574-8cb6-4c0d-83d4-6bdca3226c7f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Accounting
of uses in Arizona</header><text>Pursuant to paragraph (1), any depletion of
water from the San Juan River stream system in the State of New Mexico that
results from the diversion of water by the Project for uses within the State of
Arizona (including depletion incidental to the diversion, impounding, or
conveyance of water in the State of New Mexico for uses in the State of
Arizona)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida1d43e6f-c399-40eb-ae7e-fa2d0bb53dc6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be
accounted for as a part of the Colorado River System apportionments to the
State of Arizona; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideebc6a3d-266b-4167-9656-a9e20a90cc8a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not
increase the total quantity of water to which the State of Arizona is entitled
to use under any compact, statute, or court decree.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8689df2d-c6c1-497e-84f7-b000264fd903"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Forbearance</header>
<paragraph id="idf2133c73-5d07-4837-abf3-baa37d50b792"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), during any year in
which a shortage to the normal diversion requirement for any use relating to
the Project within the State of Arizona occurs (as determined under section 11
of Public Law 87–483 (76 Stat. 99)), the Nation may temporarily forbear the
delivery of the water supply of the Navajo Reservoir for uses in the State of
New Mexico under the apportionments of water to the Navajo Indian Irrigation
Project and the normal diversion requirements of the Project to allow an
equivalent quantity of water to be delivered from the Navajo Reservoir water
supply for municipal and domestic uses of the Nation in the State of Arizona
under the Project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id491db8aa-c1a7-43ca-8ef9-7e506b76d415"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation
of forbearance</header><text>The Nation may forebear the delivery of water
under paragraph (1) of a quantity not exceeding the quantity of the shortage to
the normal diversion requirement for any use relating to the Project within the
State of Arizona.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id44b48815-6e9c-4f71-a095-7457df79254a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>The
forbearance of the delivery of water under paragraph (1) shall be subject to
the requirements in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfbc8951e-b951-4353-8115-cb70eff5d20e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing
in this Act—</text>
<paragraph id="id8eb931a6-a47d-4eb5-a8e7-e1068856a6e7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorizes
the marketing, leasing, or transfer of the water supplies made available to the
Nation under the Contract to non-Navajo water users in States other than the
State of New Mexico; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaa2d8e77-56e9-41cf-a446-c49604265efd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>authorizes
the forbearance of water uses in the State of New Mexico to allow uses of water
in other States other than as authorized under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID31d0b04f66f44e139067eb14cb0a4f1d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Colorado River
Compacts</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law—</text>
<paragraph id="ID844bf032e4ed4e3587307c68c74d9fb2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>water may be
diverted by the Project from the San Juan River in the State of New Mexico for
use within New Mexico in the lower basin, as that term is used in the Colorado
River Compact;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd96dedc24a0d411b9140702c1edf4262"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any water
diverted under paragraph (1) shall be a part of, and charged against, the
consumptive use apportionment made to the State of New Mexico by article III(a)
of the Compact and to the upper basin by article III(a) of the Colorado River
Compact; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7b302eb8479545cc8c69f05e96210317"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any water so
diverted by the Project into the lower basin within the State of New Mexico
shall not be credited as water reaching Lee Ferry pursuant to articles III(c)
and III(d) of the Colorado River Compact.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1d5b31b8a36f417784e1744f77c81c15"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Payment of
operation, maintenance, and replacement costs</header>
<paragraph id="idC747F4CF4BB1491AABEBF6B8DF1BEEBF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to pay the operation,
maintenance, and replacement costs of the Project allocable to the Project
Participants under section 304 until the date on which the Secretary declares
any section of the Project to be substantially complete and delivery of water
generated by, and through, that section of the Project can be made to a Project
participant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB8B615C6CD8C4A429CA9431726625984"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project
Participant payments</header><text>Beginning on the date described in paragraph
(1), each Project Participant shall pay all allocated operation, maintenance,
and replacement costs for that substantially completed section of the Project,
in accordance with contracts entered into pursuant to section 304, except as
provided in section 304(f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3dd33974-4eee-4579-83a5-ed7544953470"><enum>304.</enum><header>Project
contracts</header>
<subsection id="idc425669a-044a-4b1e-83d4-a4f666bf2b32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Navajo
Nation contract</header>
<paragraph id="id6e94cece-51ce-4f7a-a8f4-a429b2936b4c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hydrologic
determination</header><text>Congress recognizes that the Hydrologic
Determination necessary to support approval of the Contract has been
completed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id825e1a35-449f-4056-9ae6-2218f4ae57c3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract
approval</header>
<subparagraph id="id9714eb16-86e8-450a-972e-3ba8552ac20c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Approval</header>
<clause id="id8ce37c3f-d38b-43b8-b1e9-2d9fa36c1c78"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except to the extent that any provision of the Contract
conflicts with this Act, Congress approves, ratifies, and confirms the
Contract.</text>
</clause><clause id="idcfd0f785-ec80-4a80-9fd8-b7a8b0283874"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>To
the extent any amendment is executed to make the Contract consistent with this
Act, that amendment is authorized, ratified, and confirmed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd780a2c8-d806-4461-9f18-23d2d22b4f30"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Execution
of contract</header><text>The Secretary, acting on behalf of the United States,
shall enter into the Contract to the extent that the Contract does not conflict
with this Act (including any amendment that is required to make the Contract
consistent with this Act).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID921657d5be854979a14bcc2c967b79b0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nonreimbursability
of allocated costs</header><text>The following costs shall be nonreimbursable
and not subject to repayment by the Nation or any other Project
beneficiary:</text>
<subparagraph id="ide8cf2727-0266-4db0-ae6b-a9e7647cc42e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any share of
the construction costs of the Nation relating to the Project authorized by
section 302(a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcc31eb51-190f-4bd6-915e-2707222dd3d3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any costs
relating to the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project that may
otherwise be allocable to the Nation for use of any facility of the Navajo
Indian Irrigation Project to convey water to each Navajo community under the
Project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID06b44777b93b4dbeb4857fda16a76df3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any costs
relating to the construction of Navajo Dam that may otherwise be allocable to
the Nation for water deliveries under the Contract.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5bc14dfa-edf4-42cb-84f9-4e82d2195492"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Operation,
maintenance, and replacement obligation</header><text>Subject to subsection
(f), the Contract shall include provisions under which the Nation shall pay any
costs relating to the operation, maintenance, and replacement of each facility
of the Project that are allocable to the Nation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idefd6bb4b-71ad-47f1-b558-9a0d37ad1c10"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation,
cancellation, termination, and rescission</header><text>The Contract may be
limited by a term of years, canceled, terminated, or rescinded only by an Act
of Congress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4eb1b7b2-ef29-4273-bbee-51e94ffdc142"><enum>(b)</enum><header>City of
Gallup contract</header>
<paragraph id="id213a6b33-fb0b-4c21-8dc1-1969e8bf9c03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contract
authorization</header><text>Consistent with this Act, the Secretary is
authorized to enter into a repayment contract with the City that requires the
City—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8365b4996a4f4b1d9134f29b74cd3333"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to repay, within
a 50-year period, the share of the construction costs of the City relating to
the Project, with interest as provided under section 5; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8e64505b7ec14b6cb8bb6885d5f307a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consistent with
section 303(g), to pay the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the
Project that are allocable to the City.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa5ac9d8fe3e7442ebf628d4d3bafcb37"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract
prepayment</header>
<subparagraph id="ID7ee3db3f8c7e478e94971aeb35d3ef70"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The contract authorized under paragraph (1) may allow the
City to satisfy the repayment obligation of the City for construction costs of
the Project on the payment of the share of the City prior to the initiation of
construction.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id500D6D4FFCEA4C7CA43BFB1AAE54E10B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The
amount of the share of the City described in subparagraph (A) shall be
determined by agreement between the Secretary and the City.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb0199349be3740deb69a433d4c0bd0bb"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Repayment
obligation</header><text>Any repayment obligation established by the Secretary
and the City pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be subject to a final cost
allocation by the Secretary on project completion and to the limitations set
forth in paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb65f58a942684c18a95183c7e0b5ee8c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Share of
construction costs</header>
<subparagraph id="ID408190d5921941fab9bf4b12618621eb"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall
determine the share of the construction costs of the Project allocable to the
City and establish the percentage of the allocated construction costs that the
City shall be required to repay pursuant to the contract entered into under
paragraph (1), based on the ability of the City to pay.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd57a8fcff7e144879766a8254a5c3c56"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
percentage</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the repayment
obligation of the City shall be at least 25 percent of the construction costs
of the Project that are allocable to the City, but shall in no event exceed 35
percent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7c055ca522d147ee9b784e5c68c968a6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Excess
construction costs</header><text>Any construction costs of the Project
allocable to the City in excess of the repayment obligation of the City, as
determined under paragraph (3), shall be nonreimbursable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf0f65cb908454bbe8a8c31b2ea96a3b8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Grant
funds</header><text>A grant from any other Federal source shall not be credited
toward the amount required to be repaid by the City under a repayment
contract.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID17302b25a5f644a984302a16cf8fc564"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Title
transfer</header><text>If title is transferred to the City prior to repayment
under section 302(f), the City shall be required to provide assurances
satisfactory to the Secretary of fulfillment of the remaining repayment
obligation of the City.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc31e4c1e582d445ebbbc731940a787ab"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Water delivery
subcontract</header><text>The Secretary shall not enter into a contract under
paragraph (1) with the City until the City has secured a water supply for the
City's portion of the Project described in section 303(b)(2)(B), by entering
into, as approved by the Secretary, a water delivery subcontract for a period
of not less than 40 years beginning on the date on which the construction of
any facility of the Project serving the City is completed, with—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDdf3178f5a63542669670664521bfd961"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Nation, as
authorized by the Contract;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa476fc697e2b4ba39c642d365a0952af"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Jicarilla
Apache Nation, as authorized by the settlement contract between the United
States and the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, authorized by the Jicarilla Apache Tribe
Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 102–441; 106 Stat. 2237); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf6bab3c584b0467ab9d3cd2708dbc40b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an acquired
alternate source of water, subject to approval of the Secretary and the State
of New Mexico, acting through the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and
the New Mexico State Engineer.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2b3a7068-bc8c-4191-9720-94836ff73059"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Jicarilla
Apache Nation contract</header>
<paragraph id="id48be54c8-0cb2-4c30-a6f5-48c5678f9bb5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contract
authorization</header><text>Consistent with this Act, the Secretary is
authorized to enter into a repayment contract with the Jicarilla Apache Nation
that requires the Jicarilla Apache Nation—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9fb0dbec82f742c4ba9cb5e9d6af5d2d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to repay, within
a 50-year period, the share of any construction cost of the Jicarilla Apache
Nation relating to the Project, with interest as provided under section 5;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd62ea3a0355c49168bfd4221db28972b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consistent with
section 303(g), to pay the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the
Project that are allocable to the Jicarilla Apache Nation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID173a915a6f164d68abab64d124981d68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract
prepayment</header>
<subparagraph id="ID905daba8102d42b3b79c7e68fed6ab51"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The contract authorized under paragraph (1) may allow the
Jicarilla Apache Nation to satisfy the repayment obligation of the Jicarilla
Apache Nation for construction costs of the Project on the payment of the share
of the Jicarilla Apache Nation prior to the initiation of construction.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5DA9F84FEE924399BA163AF395C227B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The
amount of the share of Jicarilla Apache Nation described in subparagraph (A)
shall be determined by agreement between the Secretary and the Jicarilla Apache
Nation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd5e3eb48e24147a8b56b933f072d68d3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Repayment
obligation</header><text>Any repayment obligation established by the Secretary
and the Jicarilla Apache Nation pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be subject
to a final cost allocation by the Secretary on project completion and to the
limitations set forth in paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6040b87b98894613be8ea66a52c60584"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Share of
construction costs</header>
<subparagraph id="ID0d84dd84d37e4dee82cddbd8553e4f7a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall
determine the share of the construction costs of the Project allocable to the
Jicarilla Apache Nation and establish the percentage of the allocated
construction costs of the Jicarilla Apache Nation that the Jicarilla Apache
Nation shall be required to repay based on the ability of the Jicarilla Apache
Nation to pay.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1290496c2b1846cab0feb480ed0d7806"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
percentage</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the repayment
obligation of the Jicarilla Apache Nation shall be at least 25 percent of the
construction costs of the Project that are allocable to the Jicarilla Apache
Nation, but shall in no event exceed 35 percent.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID441b6df430de47148ae91baa5bd4a428"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Excess
construction costs</header><text>Any construction costs of the Project
allocable to the Jicarilla Apache Nation in excess of the repayment obligation
of the Jicarilla Apache Nation as determined under paragraph (3), shall be
nonreimbursable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1fbfa5abcbab46fcb1dd2d21cd4eb8db"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Grant
funds</header><text>A grant from any other Federal source shall not be credited
toward the share of the Jicarilla Apache Nation of construction costs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5a49f851741349c2bb5c17bfabd1c280"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project costs</header><text>The Jicarilla Apache Nation shall have
no obligation to repay any Navajo Indian Irrigation Project construction costs
that might otherwise be allocable to the Jicarilla Apache Nation for use of the
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project facilities to convey water to the Jicarilla
Apache Nation, and any such costs shall be nonreimbursable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID924b3a0e9d774e75911287d7a6435acc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Capital cost
allocations</header>
<paragraph id="id5D9768EE74044B54A0CDC9BCAFE26D8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of estimating the capital repayment
requirements of the Project Participants under this section, the Secretary
shall review and, as appropriate, update the Draft Impact Statement allocating
capital construction costs for the Project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id221A49E93ED14AC69D98211BC6F14B49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final cost
allocation</header><text>The repayment contracts entered into with Project
Participants under this section shall require that the Secretary perform a
final cost allocation when construction of the Project is determined to be
substantially complete.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id30CE4364FD374632B393D44C6A20F827"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Repayment
obligation</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the repayment obligation
of the Project Participants based on the final cost allocation identifying
reimbursable and nonreimbursable capital costs of the Project consistent with
this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDce1221b872a4477c909ee5868778dde2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Operation,
maintenance, and replacement cost allocations</header><text>For purposes of
determining the operation, maintenance, and replacement obligations of the
Project Participants under this section, the Secretary shall review and, as
appropriate, update the Draft Impact Statement that allocates operation,
maintenance, and replacement costs for the Project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDdc3a542f3fb6461b895bc189e60e119f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Temporary
waivers of payments</header>
<paragraph id="IDb1d9f20f3df041d28b0ccd3356392bbe"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On the date on which the Secretary declares a section of
the Project to be substantially complete and delivery of water generated by and
through that section of the Project can be made to the Nation, the Secretary
may waive, for a period of not more than 10 years, the operation, maintenance,
and replacement costs allocable to the Nation for that section of the Project
that the Secretary determines are in excess of the ability of the Nation to
pay.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4B7EC5B5CEB84A2D8653E0C6F3E18795"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent
payment by Nation</header><text>After a waiver under paragraph (1), the Nation
shall pay all allocated operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of that
section of the Project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfdbad926d2114eaaa1fc1210c76d151b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment by
United States</header><text>Any operation, maintenance, or replacement costs
waived by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be paid by the United States
and shall be nonreimbursable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa7df2f0f8c79412daa427cc4fba24c12"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect on
contracts</header><text>Failure of the Secretary to waive costs under paragraph
(1) because of a lack of availability of Federal funding to pay the costs under
paragraph (3) shall not alter the obligations of the Nation or the United
States under a repayment contract.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7f387f0900b945ab8acb5773de8f0034"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Termination of
authority</header><text>The authority of the Secretary to waive costs under
paragraph (1) with respect to a Project facility transferred to the Nation
under section 302(f) shall terminate on the date on which the Project facility
is transferred.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID240efaec5fc842c5ab4a7633f9347ef7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Project
construction committee</header><text>The Secretary shall facilitate the
formation of a project construction committee with the Project Participants and
the State of New Mexico—</text>
<paragraph id="id4E7F7E428D7340A8BA756486B9A0A69E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to review cost
factors and budgets for construction and operation and maintenance
activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC6D32F72BDF1478CA58ED142FDEAA27C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to improve
construction management through enhanced communication; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE2EC0C05BDCB4A1C9EBF9ECF81879785"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to seek
additional ways to reduce overall Project costs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID96a435629cac4d0997672b197429fd6a"><enum>305.</enum><header> Navajo Nation
Municipal Pipeline</header>
<subsection id="IDd6a4d70ede4a4720b0b1122ee9068710"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of navajo
nation pipeline</header><text>In addition to use of the Navajo Nation Municipal
Pipeline to convey the Animas-La Plata Project water of the Nation, the Nation
may use the Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline to convey non-Animas La Plata
Project water for municipal and industrial purposes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9df4ea42ba2b4234970b38c122706fa3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conveyance of
title to pipeline</header>
<paragraph id="IDb63a6f7597344ec48a6d30fddef3d007"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On completion of the Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline,
the Secretary may enter into separate agreements with the City of Farmington,
New Mexico and the Nation to convey title to each portion of the Navajo Nation
Municipal Pipeline facility or section of the Pipeline to the City of
Farmington and the Nation after execution of a Project operations agreement
approved by the Secretary, the Nation, and the City of Farmington that sets
forth any terms and conditions that the Secretary determines are
necessary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8a5e4521e1e04843915bab15fc190acd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conveyance to
the City of Farmington or Navajo Nation</header><text>In conveying title to the
Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline under this subsection, the Secretary shall
convey—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID61b7b8fbce4049b48ea5897b94b26fc8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the City of
Farmington, the facilities and any land or interest in land acquired by the
United States for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Pipeline
that are located within the corporate boundaries of the City; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9be19689f8f446b68db0fde3a503c0e2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the Nation,
the facilities and any land or interests in land acquired by the United States
for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Pipeline that are
located outside the corporate boundaries of the City of Farmington.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2274c4fba0864939bc8fe5f77e233079"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect of
conveyance</header><text>The conveyance of title to the Pipeline shall not
affect the application of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) relating to the use of water associated with the Animas-La Plata
Project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID507afa8842c2491389c5f8da60edb74d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Liability</header>
<subparagraph id="id569C33193320472BA19E5144A0B6813B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Effective on the date of the conveyance authorized by
this subsection, 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, buildings, or facilities conveyed under this subsection, other than
damages caused by acts of negligence committed by the United States or by
employees or agents of the United States prior to the date of
conveyance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9D3EAA298EE2432995D88FA924613C3F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tort
claims</header><text>Nothing in this subsection increases the liability of the
United States beyond the liability provided under chapter 171 of title 28,
United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Federal Tort Claims
Act</quote>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID925538870d934548bc69c1375f715d3b"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Notice of
proposed conveyance</header><text>Not later than 45 days before the date of a
proposed conveyance of title to the Pipeline, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, notice of the
conveyance of the Pipeline.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idde3db99d-b149-4463-8c48-6a06c9a78e7a"><enum>306.</enum><header>Authorization
of conjunctive use wells</header>
<subsection id="id5a050597-f1e8-465a-a1ba-43bd9f1c55e7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conjunctive
groundwater development plan</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Nation, in consultation with the Secretary, shall
complete a conjunctive groundwater development plan for the wells described in
subsections (b) and (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id07d8ed55-751e-4f96-baeb-8d6d367834a9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Wells in
the San Juan River Basin</header><text>In accordance with the conjunctive
groundwater development plan, the Secretary may construct or rehabilitate wells
and related pipeline facilities to provide capacity for the diversion and
distribution of not more than 1,670 acre-feet of groundwater in the San Juan
River Basin in the State of New Mexico for municipal and domestic uses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idbd08f1e3-cf2d-4765-9c0c-97359d6ebce7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Wells in
the little Colorado and rio grande basins</header>
<paragraph id="ide89c7ddb-1001-4522-bc2c-494c7127300c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In accordance with the Project and conjunctive
groundwater development plan for the Nation, the Secretary may construct or
rehabilitate wells and related pipeline facilities to provide capacity for the
diversion and distribution of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida2250f96-69c4-49d7-8ef2-10f9a06f3d27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not more than
680 acre-feet of groundwater in the Little Colorado River Basin in the State of
New Mexico;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62313a56-cb61-43ef-b49c-0f14b2b60664"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not more than
80 acre-feet of groundwater in the Rio Grande Basin in the State of New Mexico;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0bf4f14f-0f2c-4033-a382-5e06e5a39489"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not more than
770 acre-feet of groundwater in the Little Colorado River Basin in the State of
Arizona.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id287ebb0a-9a08-4644-8cd9-3c3358ea8700"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Groundwater
diverted and distributed under paragraph (1) shall be used for municipal and
domestic uses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id49322a54-75bb-4668-83e4-c394e4852a5b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acquisition
of land</header>
<paragraph id="id39fc057b-52fb-4632-ac66-f5764a3f25f7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may
acquire any land or interest in land that is necessary for the construction,
operation, and maintenance of the wells and related pipeline facilities
authorized under subsections (b) and (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide7aa9427-5d96-4957-9bc6-45527c625a48"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing
in this subsection authorizes the Secretary to condemn water rights for the
purposes described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf9ed1ce4-a555-401a-9c51-d0aff92a2359"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Condition</header><text>The
Secretary shall not commence any construction activity relating to the wells
described in subsections (b) and (c) until the Secretary executes the
Agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idbca1a275-4db0-47a2-b182-2e77124e871d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conveyance
of wells</header>
<paragraph id="id0022ca75-aad7-47fd-91b7-d4a04088bd53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On the determination of the Secretary that the wells and
related facilities are substantially complete and delivery of water generated
by the wells can be made to the Nation, an agreement with the Nation shall be
entered into, to convey to the Nation title to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id298299dc-54b8-4fbd-8a38-121d841052e6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any well or
related pipeline facility constructed or rehabilitated under subsections (a)
and (b) after the wells and related facilities have been completed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida2d15a93-c143-4b34-8321-5380dba7acbf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any land or
interest in land acquired by the United States for the construction, operation,
and maintenance of the well or related pipeline facility.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDca86b4b5b40d476ba9c25461a1606544"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Operation,
maintenance, and replacement</header>
<subparagraph id="id18E0FCD5869547ADB48456D4C56CDB34"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to pay operation and
maintenance costs for the wells and related pipeline facilities authorized
under this subsection until title to the facilities is conveyed to the
Nation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF114164F46624A02B3F95E28BA75F8B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subsequent
assumption by Nation</header><text>On completion of a conveyance of title under
paragraph (1), the Nation shall assume all responsibility for the operation and
maintenance of the well or related pipeline facility conveyed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2136a1d2-1b21-47e4-90c5-cab327e23657"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect of
conveyance</header><text>The conveyance of title to the Nation of the
conjunctive use wells under paragraph (1) shall not affect the application of
the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd7c9156c-e04d-4256-aec9-829b5bd26c0e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Use of
project facilities</header><text>The capacities of the treatment facilities,
main pipelines, and lateral pipelines of the Project authorized by section
302(b) may be used to treat and convey groundwater to Nation communities if the
Nation provides for payment of the operation, maintenance, and replacement
costs associated with the use of the facilities or pipelines.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="iddf35013c-6ff4-43e7-9aea-300d8e64eef5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The
diversion and use of groundwater by wells constructed or rehabilitated under
this section shall be made in a manner consistent with applicable Federal and
State law.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idf4b0d067-1ed3-457d-86ef-c94f461c04eb"><enum>307.</enum><header>San Juan
River Navajo Irrigation Projects</header>
<subsection id="ide5c15b64-47fe-4dba-8ebe-db7ae2bc9aba"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rehabilitation</header><text>Subject
to subsection (b), the Secretary shall rehabilitate—</text>
<paragraph id="id404a7441-b460-4f6a-8aae-35e738d82215"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
Fruitland-Cambridge Irrigation Project to serve not more than 3,335 acres of
land, which shall be considered to be the total serviceable area of the
project; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id097131f8-8638-4ef1-bb28-ed8b8661ac52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the
Hogback-Cudei Irrigation Project to serve not more than 8,830 acres of land,
which shall be considered to be the total serviceable area of the
project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide73ef280-6f0b-4d89-be30-09f56830b3c8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Condition</header><text>The
Secretary shall not commence any construction activity relating to the
rehabilitation of the Fruitland-Cambridge Irrigation Project or the
Hogback-Cudei Irrigation Project under subsection (a) until the Secretary
executes the Agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5e491fe1-7ca7-4a99-bf9d-609dd841b476"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Operation,
maintenance, and replacement obligation</header><text>The Nation shall continue
to be responsible for the operation, maintenance, and replacement of each
facility rehabilitated under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ide1a16197-78c8-48c2-901d-662f9e65a857"><enum>308.</enum><header>Other
irrigation projects</header>
<subsection id="id84f829da-c0a7-466a-9e7a-0cd33662e401"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the State of New Mexico (acting
through the Interstate Stream Commission) and the Non-Navajo Irrigation
Districts that elect to participate, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id2d20ce62-e4fb-439e-8672-144da668a173"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a
study of Non-Navajo Irrigation District diversion and ditch facilities;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida66fc242-3001-4a16-9c46-9e3109fd9126"><enum>(2)</enum><text>based on the
study, identify and prioritize a list of projects, with associated cost
estimates, that are recommended to be implemented to repair, rehabilitate, or
reconstruct irrigation diversion and ditch facilities to improve water use
efficiency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id89cc365c-6bd5-4f3d-a644-cd12957a05b3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The
Secretary may provide grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with,
the Non-Navajo Irrigation Districts to plan, design, or otherwise implement the
projects identified under subsection (a)(2).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ida7a1aa1e-b3f4-4b15-9a70-f6d7af2aa4fb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header>
<paragraph id="id5ebfcbc9-ddcf-4067-87a8-4844a699c6e5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of the total cost of carrying out a
project under subsection (b) shall be not more than 50 percent, and shall be
nonreimbursable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id358e43e0-3168-421e-a983-5a8addaff53e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The
non-Federal share required under paragraph (1) 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 a project carried
out under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id57973849-6728-4c4d-9a13-98edf0380f60"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State
contribution</header><text>The Secretary may accept from the State of New
Mexico a partial or total contribution toward the non-Federal share for a
project carried out under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id07e7892a-a117-4a09-94eb-c745b7fa5494"><enum>309.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ida24772dd-32d5-4cc4-87cd-5c092ae31551"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project</header>
<paragraph id="IDb1dd402ad95d4a7c83c950f267dfa051"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
to plan, design, and construct the Project $870,000,000 for the period of
fiscal years 2009 through 2024, to remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8ec67965-2863-4977-b918-b26fa535dedc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>The
amount under paragraph (1) shall be adjusted by such amounts as may be required
by reason of changes since 2007 in construction costs, as indicated by
engineering cost indices applicable to the types of construction
involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id78d73646-04cf-45db-a305-539c6adc5acf"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use</header><text>In
addition to the uses authorized under paragraph (1), amounts made available
under that paragraph may be used for the conduct of related activities to
comply with Federal environmental laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID264aa21eda264db9ad842e2d29ccf918"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Operation and
maintenance</header>
<subparagraph id="ID9455b7f9d15446f997d45cd8ad4c9255"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary to operate and maintain the Project consistent with this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID672f22eb23574b1ebfb43669fd89353f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>The
authorization under subparagraph (A) shall expire 10 years after the year the
Secretary declares the Project to be substantially complete.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9aab6f9e-adad-4f61-a69d-31a97ee8c1e2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appropriations
for conjunctive use wells</header>
<paragraph id="idc8a49f5a-ff3a-47bc-8bf5-0784437c2956"><enum>(1)</enum><header>San Juan
wells</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for
the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive
use wells under section 306(b) $30,000,000, as adjusted under paragraph (3),
for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id263e4b0b-a89e-4066-99e2-ecebbc1bf91a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Wells in
the little Colorado and rio grande basins</header><text>There are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary for the construction or rehabilitation and
operation and maintenance of conjunctive use wells under section 306(c) such
sums as are necessary for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2024.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide66a95c3-dccc-4ba6-9e0f-70d60095d674"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>The
amount under paragraph (1) shall be adjusted by such amounts as may be required
by reason of changes since 2008 in construction costs, as indicated by
engineering cost indices applicable to the types of construction or
rehabilitation involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idccbe2cec-2550-487c-87d7-5b6edb29eb2c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Nonreimbursable
expenditures</header><text>Amounts made available under paragraphs (1) and (2)
shall be nonreimbursable to the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd938bee5-a350-4e34-b5bc-800df216fb53"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Use</header><text>In
addition to the uses authorized under paragraphs (1) and (2), amounts made
available under that paragraph may be used for the conduct of related
activities to comply with Federal environmental laws.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbda4cdb6c89b434986a03ce2563ca770"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Appropriations
authorized under paragraph (1) shall not be used for operation or maintenance
of any conjunctive use wells at a time in excess of 3 years after the well is
declared substantially complete.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbe057365-458b-4039-87ca-60665f7185d4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>San Juan
River Irrigation Projects</header>
<paragraph id="id95fd2eac-da85-48b8-985b-fa99ee12d55e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="id13c6a0d5-0b87-4391-b758-e5be19c6d028"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to carry out
section 307(a)(1), not more than $7,700,000, as adjusted under paragraph (2),
for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2015, to remain available until
expended; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05e05d55-78c1-4517-9222-0bbafa5a16da"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to carry out
section 307(a)(2), not more than $15,400,000, as adjusted under paragraph (2),
for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2018, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida8f41a43-fa9e-47ba-a3e3-556f915ac109"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>The
amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall be adjusted by such amounts as
may be required by reason of changes since January 1, 2004, in construction
costs, as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the types of
construction involved in the rehabilitation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idee7c6a58-8f85-4752-a8fb-5a44a3cb308b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nonreimbursable
expenditures</header><text>Amounts made available under this subsection shall
be nonreimbursable to the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id393b35b6-8cec-458c-a095-986d3b3aee6f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other
irrigation projects</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary to carry out section 308 $11,000,000 for the period of fiscal
years 2009 through 2018.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7026a92e-6cc4-435f-a231-9f114f4c06f6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cultural
resources</header>
<paragraph id="id84e06fef-09ac-440f-9915-6a4996f4d513"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may use not more than 2 percent of amounts
made available under subsections (a), (b), and (c) for the survey, recovery,
protection, preservation, and display of archaeological resources in the area
of a Project facility or conjunctive use well.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida80382df-e1f5-4a03-a15b-41165a15367c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonreimbursable
expenditures</header><text>Any amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall
be nonreimbursable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id256e3ba6-0445-4ce0-b618-2c1d1c4fa931"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Fish and
wildlife facilities</header>
<paragraph id="id46e950f1-b030-49c8-8898-f82652a182b2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In association with the development of the Project, the
Secretary may use not more than 4 percent of amounts made available under
subsections (a), (b), and (c) to purchase land and construct and maintain
facilities to mitigate the loss of, and improve conditions for the propagation
of, fish and wildlife if any such purchase, construction, or maintenance will
not affect the operation of any water project or use of water.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0920138d-76b1-4576-83f6-d2487188e407"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonreimbursable
expenditures</header><text>Any amounts expended under paragraph (1) shall be
nonreimbursable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Navajo
Nation water rights</header>
<section id="id1eba904e-3a67-4783-b047-65b03a3e8af9"><enum>401.</enum><header>Agreement</header>
<subsection id="id04648518-9e49-4b84-92b0-7d07b9b97966"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agreement
approval</header>
<paragraph id="id87db238c-a710-4da1-abaf-33b5ee3a0a32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Approval by
congress</header><text>Except to the extent that any provision of the Agreement
conflicts with this Act, Congress approves, ratifies, and confirms the
Agreement (including any amendments to the Agreement that are executed to make
the Agreement consistent with this Act).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4863bc75-1fc7-4f2c-a635-3c996f382784"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Execution
by secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into the Agreement to the
extent that the Agreement does not conflict with this Act, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idaafaffcc-4e55-4336-81cd-b2f1b4725faa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any exhibits
to the Agreement requiring the signature of the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9822140a-4832-4aa6-aa23-6e160a23fed3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any
amendments to the Agreement necessary to make the Agreement consistent with
this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id77c29741-50e7-4c25-a4b0-2aade723ba5c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority
of secretary</header><text>The Secretary may carry out any action that the
Secretary determines is necessary or appropriate to implement the Agreement,
the Contract, and this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5d37e22b-ad8b-402d-a0ca-3ef9dc9c10ec"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administration
of navajo reservoir releases</header><text>The State of New Mexico may
administer water that has been released from storage in Navajo Reservoir in
accordance with subparagraph 9.1 of the Agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd8268836-51c1-4eb9-964e-cd9bd8cf77d6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Water
available under contract</header>
<paragraph id="idc1682586-1793-48e0-9236-7f1af9b447cc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Quantities
of water available</header>
<subparagraph id="id5fc2c896-5791-4d06-b3e8-63f6de39363a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Water shall be made available annually under the Contract
for projects in the State of New Mexico supplied from the Navajo Reservoir and
the San Juan River (including tributaries of the River) under New Mexico State
Engineer File Numbers 2849, 2883, and 3215 in the quantities described in
subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbbe8c3b5-038f-4aa2-9dc8-43f7a8b23697"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Water
quantities</header><text>The quantities of water referred to in subparagraph
(A) are as follows:</text>
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<thead>
<row><entry align="center" colname="col1" rowsep="1"></entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" rowsep="1">Diversion
(acre-feet/year)</entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" rowsep="1">Depletion (acre-feet/year)</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project</entry><entry align="right" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">508,000</entry><entry align="right" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">270,000</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Navajo-Gallup Water
Supply Project</entry><entry align="right" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">22,650</entry><entry align="right" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">20,780</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Animas-La Plata
Project</entry><entry align="right" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">4,680</entry><entry align="right" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">2,340</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Total</entry><entry align="right" colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">535,330</entry><entry align="right" colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">293,120</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0299c825-93dd-45a6-9324-cf94534c69ce"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Maximum
quantity</header><text>A diversion of water to the Nation under the Contract
for a project described in subparagraph (B) shall not exceed the quantity of
water necessary to supply the amount of depletion for the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id83828d77-efb8-4d28-b5ee-3780fde45143"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Terms,
conditions, and limitations</header><text>The diversion and use of water under
the Contract shall be subject to and consistent with the terms, conditions, and
limitations of the Agreement, this Act, and any other applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id32231737-d50b-4332-b897-8e46bc502641"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendments
to contract</header><text>The Secretary, with the consent of the Nation, may
amend the Contract if the Secretary determines that the amendment is—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida39bd72d-86aa-44ae-93ec-d69bf44806ec"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consistent
with the Agreement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba655ad5-7ec8-45a8-9a13-50fc2a3fd6fb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the
interest of conserving water or facilitating beneficial use by the Nation or a
subcontractor of the Nation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4d9cb309-98b6-4adc-adfc-795a2de9a7ee"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rights of
the Nation</header><text>The Nation may, under the Contract—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb9e06949-0a69-4e93-8d17-9b21e81bf63f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use tail
water, wastewater, and return flows attributable to a use of the water by the
Nation or a subcontractor of the Nation if—</text>
<clause id="id8155ee32-f5b6-47f0-bacd-f43fe935c446"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the depletion
of water does not exceed the quantities described in paragraph (1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7fae93ff-2af5-4a2f-9676-0000e24e1cc5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of
tail water, wastewater, or return flows is consistent with the terms,
conditions, and limitations of the Agreement, and any other applicable law;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7c25541a-5554-46ff-9bb7-aee57010307e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>change a
point of diversion, change a purpose or place of use, and transfer a right for
depletion under this Act (except for a point of diversion, purpose or place of
use, or right for depletion for use in the State of Arizona under section
303(b)(2)(D)), to another use, purpose, place, or depletion in the State of New
Mexico to meet a water resource or economic need of the Nation if—</text>
<clause id="idaf6f0f8d-8c6d-44da-8fcf-2b63292d756e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the change or
transfer is subject to and consistent with the terms of the Agreement, the
Partial Final Decree described in paragraph 3.0 of the Agreement, the Contract,
and any other applicable law; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id38827f3d-0840-48bc-8f7e-1e2c90b30e87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a change or
transfer of water use by the Nation does not alter any obligation of the United
States, the Nation, or another party to pay or repay project construction,
operation, maintenance, or replacement costs under this Act and the
Contract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc5e4d202-1522-4fbb-850b-7bc6e890fb75"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Subcontracts</header>
<paragraph id="id7e302462-e1f1-4149-bd6a-605ffff15ca8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="ida8b603bc-f344-457c-b5d4-fa7edec29212"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Subcontracts
between nation and third parties</header><text>The Nation may enter into
subcontracts for the delivery of Project water under the Contract to third
parties for any beneficial use in the State of New Mexico (on or off land held
by the United States in trust for the Nation or a member of the Nation or land
held in fee by the Nation).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3171cbd-71dd-44bf-a192-a434094afa3b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval
required</header><text>A subcontract entered into under subparagraph (A) shall
not be effective until approved by the Secretary in accordance with this
subsection and the Contract.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbfda7ff0-f2a2-40aa-abeb-3006196f7b75"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Submittal</header><text>The
Nation shall submit to the Secretary for approval or disapproval any
subcontract entered into under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9d04000f-1932-49f7-b84f-5be31a67feb4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
Secretary shall approve or disapprove a subcontract submitted to the Secretary
under subparagraph (C) not later than the later of—</text>
<clause id="id61752e8e-3221-43eb-a17b-3f3ba56054b3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the date that
is 180 days after the date on which the subcontract is submitted to the
Secretary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id68b0b391-0562-4e4f-8dbc-b07804bf1bd8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date
that is 60 days after the date on which a subcontractor complies with—</text>
<subclause id="id8a8afb26-d6ec-4cc8-ac37-51bd94d8393d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C)); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id2c9f3112-f65c-45bc-b88b-6bc401216c38"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any other
requirement of Federal law.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3f8f0074-251e-4731-af8a-0cb7c6e9a895"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>A
party to a subcontract may enforce the deadline described in subparagraph (D)
under section 1361 of title 28, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf34fe04f-7ffa-41a0-a159-7fb4f02b17ac"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Compliance
with other law</header><text>A subcontract described in subparagraph (A) shall
comply with the Agreement, the Partial Final Decree described in paragraph 3.0
of the Agreement, and any other applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID57b30139358342d688bfdd2fd111cd0e"><enum>(G)</enum><header>No
liability</header><text>The Secretary shall not be liable to any party,
including the Nation, for any term of, or any loss or other detriment resulting
from, a lease, contract, or other agreement entered into pursuant to this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6efce054-c6d2-4842-9660-198992ac148f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alienation</header>
<subparagraph id="id921ee732-8b3d-47c8-854a-4a0290dfe519"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Permanent
alienation</header><text>The Nation shall not permanently alienate any right
granted to the Nation under the Contract.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide184a8e3-b554-4c5c-af61-2a37ecf16eaf"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maximum
term</header><text>The term of any water use subcontract (including a renewal)
under this subsection shall be not more than 99 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6778260c-a483-4069-bdd4-f03834cf1402"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nonintercourse
Act compliance</header><text>This subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="idab3ea5f9-c6f7-4deb-923f-7aa86b6f9b02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides
congressional authorization for the subcontracting rights of the Nation;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6b9f05d7-1ef1-4e52-8382-0ba33a5e75bc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is deemed to
fulfill any requirement that may be imposed by section 2116 of the Revised
Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1eb7cf00-6ed1-4bd1-acce-28d690895be5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Forfeiture</header><text>The
nonuse of the water supply secured by a subcontractor of the Nation under this
subsection shall not result in forfeiture, abandonment, relinquishment, or
other loss of any part of a right decreed to the Nation under the Contract or
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9af3fcf3-a6a9-412d-9bcf-bac6447dddd8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>No per
capita payments</header><text>No part of the revenue from a water use
subcontract under this subsection shall be distributed to any member of the
Nation on a per capita basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida6862935-259d-40fb-826c-f4c2e8ff24dd"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Water
leases not requiring subcontracts</header>
<paragraph id="id5b45af4d-693e-4d10-9e08-f4fd3f543d88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority
of nation</header>
<subparagraph id="ida8faef54-dc73-41b6-960b-fb78ab98a827"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Nation may lease, contract, or otherwise transfer to
another party or to another purpose or place of use in the State of New Mexico
(on or off land that is held by the United States in trust for the Nation or a
member of the Nation or held in fee by the Nation) a water right that—</text>
<clause id="id1e336cc8-d153-45f4-9782-cdde3b6f845e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is decreed to
the Nation under the Agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idc6ee0534-fded-4ebc-9f74-741d018da3d6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is not
subject to the Contract.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88b1199f-a41c-418b-84fe-964c7be7f919"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Compliance
with other law</header><text>In carrying out an action under this subsection,
the Nation shall comply with the Agreement, the Partial Final Decree described
in paragraph 3.0 of the Agreement, the Supplemental Partial Final Decree
described in paragraph 4.0 of the Agreement, and any other applicable
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id68d321ce-9166-4c8a-8e08-ed32a6398361"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Alienation;
maximum term</header>
<subparagraph id="idd50bab53-c832-4eb9-8083-11daa23b63fe"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Alienation</header><text>The
Nation shall not permanently alienate any right granted to the Nation under the
Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59540e16-2e6d-45c0-8f7e-956f452fdb90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maximum
term</header><text>The term of any water use lease, contract, or other
arrangement (including a renewal) under this subsection shall be not more than
99 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb944d26da045476ebd1210c83f63c6f1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No
liability</header><text>The Secretary shall not be liable to any party,
including the Nation, for any term of, or any loss or other detriment resulting
from, a lease, contract, or other agreement entered into pursuant to this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ideca80b34-0fb0-4836-a2a0-6c0d5295aedb"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Nonintercourse
act compliance</header><text>This subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6222a530-c2ef-499b-92e3-946c1175f57e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides
congressional authorization for the lease, contracting, and transfer of any
water right described in paragraph (1)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id68c5689f-c19e-4307-b758-8354447ce766"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is deemed to
fulfill any requirement that may be imposed by the provisions of section 2116
of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id06ec758c-5f43-4214-b67f-5d820796f299"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Forfeiture</header><text>The
nonuse of a water right of the Nation by a lessee or contractor to the Nation
under this subsection shall not result in forfeiture, abandonment,
relinquishment, or other loss of any part of a right decreed to the Nation
under the Contract or this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida7ad64f4-85d3-4c9d-a3ef-adfec0cd7227"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Nullification</header>
<paragraph id="idf359c535-d760-4dc3-bd27-99d28d6a11f5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadlines</header>
<subparagraph id="ide987a095-3c0a-4015-bb45-67c54352b39f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In carrying out this section, the following deadlines
apply with respect to implementation of the Agreement:</text>
<clause id="id791c8123-7003-4775-99f7-b4df2a0c98b5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>Not
later than December 31, 2009, the Secretary shall execute the Agreement.</text>
</clause><clause id="id7dd983f5-481d-4ddb-98be-f2d67a13c074"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contract</header><text>Not
later than December 31, 2009, the Secretary and the Nation shall execute the
Contract.</text>
</clause><clause id="id338b9246-629e-4d42-9c9f-336b9fc89c1c"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Partial
final decree</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2012, the court in the
stream adjudication shall have entered the Partial Final Decree described in
paragraph 3.0 of the Agreement.</text>
</clause><clause id="idf569a382-1d41-440a-9506-ad5d7eae83ec"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Fruitland-Cambridge
irrigation project</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2015, the
rehabilitation construction of the Fruitland-Cambridge Irrigation Project
authorized under section 307(a)(1) shall be completed.</text>
</clause><clause id="id7c4108bc-3826-4f93-85fa-cc51107f14fc"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Supplemental
partial final decree</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2015, the court
in the stream adjudication shall enter the Supplemental Partial Final Decree
described in subparagraph 4.0 of the Agreement.</text>
</clause><clause id="id342cd409-fd89-42ea-bc0b-a7730f9a5611"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Hogback-Cudei
Irrigation Project</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2018, the
rehabilitation construction of the Hogback-Cudei Irrigation Project authorized
under section 307(a)(2) shall be completed.</text>
</clause><clause id="id119b5317-665e-452a-a5c1-f016a485c6a2"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Trust
fund</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2019, the United States shall
make all deposits into the Trust Fund under section 402.</text>
</clause><clause id="ide4695e22-d5f7-41fc-9074-2f05b1735286"><enum>(viii)</enum><header>Conjunctive
wells</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2019, the funds authorized to
be appropriated under section 309(b)(1) for the conjunctive use wells
authorized under section 306(b) should be appropriated.</text>
</clause><clause id="id6711b9a4-7ad5-491e-a00f-1377906a5afa"><enum>(ix)</enum><header>Navajo-Gallup
Water Supply Project</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2024, the
construction of all Project facilities shall be completed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide49ebef3-0eed-480c-808d-db1863996b61"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>A
deadline described in subparagraph (A) may be extended if the Nation, the
United States (acting through the Secretary), and the State of New Mexico
(acting through the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission) agree that an
extension is reasonably necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id19ec33d5-a5dd-4208-aa40-b05f1ba7c3e4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revocability
of agreement, contract and authorizations</header>
<subparagraph id="idfac6d041-8d5c-4688-bc54-d10e7f73e0a3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Petition</header><text>If
the Nation determines that a deadline described in paragraph (1)(A) is not
substantially met, the Nation may submit to the court in the stream
adjudication a petition to enter an order terminating the Agreement and
Contract.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0677397d-15a5-4a45-9c05-0d37046367ab"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>On
issuance of an order to terminate the Agreement and Contract under subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="id2b8239a0-c393-405e-91dd-9d5f577aecaa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Trust
Fund shall be terminated;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6f3bc737-bcbb-4ecd-ab2b-a47974d2cdf7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the balance
of the Trust Fund shall be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury;</text>
</clause><clause id="idabd1b8a3-4db1-4249-9e71-1e78e7a9a07f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the
authorizations for construction and rehabilitation of water projects under this
Act shall be revoked and any Federal activity related to that construction and
rehabilitation shall be suspended; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id0b8f7d2f-6878-4e3a-97fb-cc615152c769"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>this title
and titles I and III shall be null and void.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id45c9a16b-bef0-4b4c-8781-0e74a54c4603"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conditions
not causing nullification of settlement</header>
<subparagraph id="idac5c7dd3-38db-4f82-9aa9-773b1b795fc6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a condition described in subparagraph (B) occurs, the
Agreement and Contract shall not be nullified or terminated.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87d6d880-8061-4dcf-96e8-af480dc5de46"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The
conditions referred to in subparagraph (A) are as follows:</text>
<clause id="idfee013e5-ecb8-4326-9653-490ac69b825d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A lack of
right to divert at the capacities of conjunctive use wells constructed or
rehabilitated under section 306.</text>
</clause><clause id="id2a3f712b-dfc0-451b-819c-292447e18c41"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A
failure—</text>
<subclause id="id871ab848-6bb3-449e-a383-5c8d147e6018"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to determine
or resolve an accounting of the use of water under this Act in the State of
Arizona;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id29a2acbd-0e15-4ee6-a8c3-67ca36156985"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to obtain a
necessary water right for the consumptive use of water in Arizona;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id9c4f59c0-eac0-49fc-b287-e8c803183ffe"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to contract
for the delivery of water for use in Arizona; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0bccaae4-8e02-4aab-b039-c030b4c9dc34"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to construct
and operate a lateral facility to deliver water to a community of the Nation in
Arizona, under the Project.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2d6a9dc1-5c9c-4f1a-bf7b-b7a3e8e04cfa"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effect on
rights of Indian tribes</header>
<paragraph id="id20cf9f8c-ffd7-48ab-80f3-a4c6d68116b1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), nothing in the
Agreement, the Contract, or this section quantifies or adversely affects the
land and water rights, or claims or entitlements to water, of any Indian tribe
or community other than the rights, claims, or entitlements of the Nation in,
to, and from the San Juan River Basin in the State of New Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5ca33f58-64d0-4dd8-95c1-3c9178a34f4c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
right of the Nation to use water under water rights the Nation has in other
river basins in the State of New Mexico shall be forborne to the extent that
the Nation supplies the uses for which the water rights exist by diversions of
water from the San Juan River Basin under the Project consistent with
subparagraph 9.13 of the Agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id146bb8ff-52f0-4323-a783-46e99ca961b8"><enum>402.</enum><header>Trust
Fund</header>
<subsection id="id8f49a57a-fcf3-46df-b152-3b47e7eafc3e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Treasury a fund to be known as the <quote>Navajo Nation
Water Resources Development Trust Fund</quote>, consisting of—</text>
<paragraph id="idfd7794da-269a-4036-87ec-d7bbee36aa17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such amounts
as are appropriated to the Trust Fund under subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c414745-e3a1-4238-87ca-facec440161f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any interest
earned on investment of amounts in the Trust Fund under subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida8f370ca-66bc-43db-a620-0334f029b887"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The Nation may use amounts in the Trust Fund—</text>
<paragraph id="id9a2e9686-a886-4206-83a4-975c45af13df"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to
investigate, construct, operate, maintain, or replace water project facilities,
including facilities conveyed to the Nation under this Act and facilities owned
by the United States for which the Nation is responsible for operation,
maintenance, and replacement costs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7e409e1b-f445-4aa4-bb3c-588e4aff8898"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to
investigate, implement, or improve a water conservation measure (including a
metering or monitoring activity) necessary for the Nation to make use of a
water right of the Nation under the Agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4756eaf9-e47a-47ca-a12a-56b91670bad2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Management</header><text>The
Secretary shall manage the Trust Fund, invest amounts in the Trust Fund, and
make amounts available from the Trust Fund for distribution to the Nation in
accordance with the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994
(25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id68d4c6e7-950c-483c-bd01-b3a78ab90497"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Investment
of the Trust Fund</header><text>The Secretary shall invest amounts in the Trust
Fund in accordance with—</text>
<paragraph id="id8b8c763f-07f2-47e9-848e-ab0c1036c6d2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Act of
April 1, 1880 (25 U.S.C. 161);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4cd71721-f9b1-4822-aa67-fbaa2157e03f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the first
section of the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0c597954-1534-4627-b7df-922f685f6517"><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="id694928b0-37d1-4f35-a755-e56e47380483"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conditions
for expenditures and withdrawals</header>
<paragraph id="id2912e2bb-3232-4392-b57c-d38b2c4e1c99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tribal
management plan</header>
<subparagraph id="ide873dfbd-3727-43e8-8e44-f0bb6da51e71"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (7), on approval by the Secretary of
a tribal management plan in accordance with the American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Nation may withdraw
all or a portion of the amounts in the Trust Fund.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id15041cc6-a771-420c-8691-6c61c239092e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In
addition to any 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 the Nation only use amounts in the Trust Fund for the purposes
described in subsection (b), including the identification of water conservation
measures to be implemented in association with the agricultural water use of
the Nation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd2340c4-925a-45a4-ba84-edac0546c287"><enum>(2)</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
Trust Fund are used in accordance with this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9da08a18-9adc-4246-9287-299aa855913a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No
liability</header><text>Neither the Secretary nor the Secretary of the Treasury
shall be liable for the expenditure or investment of any amounts withdrawn from
the Trust Fund by the Nation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id83ae3aaa-b1dd-4d01-85ab-d2d21d710359"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Expenditure
plan</header>
<subparagraph id="id569ef7b8-863a-4b0e-b1b6-2402e1f8100e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Nation shall submit to the Secretary for approval an
expenditure plan for any portion of the amounts in the Trust Fund made
available under this section that the Nation does not withdraw under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf8d4cd7e-e3ee-4e4a-b364-892b63a5eeab"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description</header><text>The
expenditure plan shall describe the manner in which, and the purposes for
which, funds of the Nation remaining in the Trust Fund will be used.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a8ca29a-24bf-4b66-8c46-d0bd5ed10af1"><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 Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id528d9e87-1333-4518-af22-1bcbbc1aaa09"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>The Nation shall submit to the Secretary an annual report
that describes any expenditures from the Trust Fund during the year covered by
the report.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb0d8daca-e31c-4355-b74a-c2b1f58a749b"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No
portion of the amounts in the Trust Fund shall be distributed to any Nation
member on a per capita basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd473c375-4edd-4242-995b-7f423935d105"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>Any
amount authorized to be appropriated to the Trust Fund under subsection (f)
shall not be available for expenditure or withdrawal—</text>
<subparagraph id="id687ba583-a688-4205-b554-8a790b666b4d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>before
December 31, 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ad466f2-c518-4ad6-a413-3167448ff103"><enum>(B)</enum><text>until the
date on which the court in the stream adjudication has entered—</text>
<clause id="id6891599e-dccb-42c3-b72d-aaeba710e8dc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Partial
Final Decree; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7e94543d-42af-4365-987b-baab2cda0df2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
Supplemental Partial Final Decree.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0c14a542-382a-43c4-b00f-0d2db65bbc21"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for
deposit in the Trust Fund—</text>
<paragraph id="id93e15761-5467-4a76-80b5-518e2bca58a6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$6,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida590673c-7732-4717-9b82-d1a4f8cb4bb3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$4,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id930c0a43-8298-4fdb-9cfa-d1838fe89c2c"><enum>403.</enum><header>Waivers
and releases</header>
<subsection id="IDb30100e3afbd41d584a61273f5294588"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Claims by the
Nation and the United States</header><text>The Nation, on behalf of itself and
members of the Nation (other than members in the capacity of the members as
allottees), and the United States, acting through the Secretary and in the
capacity of the United States as trustee for the Nation, shall each execute a
waiver and release of—</text>
<paragraph id="ID836904b558c640c2954ffd28cb90dd20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all claims for
water rights in, or for waters of, the San Juan River Basin in the State of New
Mexico that the Nation, or the United States as trustee for the Nation,
asserted, or could have asserted, in the San Juan River adjudication or in any
other court proceeding;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53ecc8e0f32c48bb877eeb34c953ea9b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all claims that
the Nation, or the United States as trustee for the Nation, has asserted or
could assert for any damage, loss, or injury to water rights or claims of
interference, diversion, or taking of water in the San Juan Basin in the State
of New Mexico that, regardless of whether the damage, loss, or injury is
unanticipated, unexpected, or unknown—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa276e706c2f34863b91d716558c435fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>accrued at any
time before or on the effective date of the waiver and release under subsection
(d); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4129c713e9974a9ea06b17359642aa08"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may or may not be
more numerous or more serious than is understood or expected; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0858f66cf7814789ae04c4cfacec456e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all claims of any
damage, loss, or injury or for injunctive or other relief because of the
condition of or changes in water quality related to, or arising out of, the
exercise of water rights.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID87aca63362414bcc95e4293253fbdbe3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Claims by the
Nation against the United States</header><text>The Nation, on behalf of itself
and its members (other than members in the capacity of the members as
allottees), shall execute a waiver and release of—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf9097c41b3964885806fd713ad70c31e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all causes of
action that the Nation or the members of the Nation (other than members in the
capacity of the members as allottees) may have against the United States or any
agencies or employees of the United States, arising out of claims for water
rights in, or waters of, the San Juan River Basin in the State of New Mexico
that the United States asserted, or could have asserted, in the stream
adjudication or other court proceeding;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID02d54c9a7fde467fa3f27a5b9444bb4a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all claims for
any damage, loss, or injury to water rights, claims of interference, diversion
or taking of water, or failure to protect, acquire, or develop water or water
rights for land within the San Juan Basin in the State of New Mexico that,
regardless whether the damage, loss, or injury is unanticipated, unexpected, or
unknown—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDf85f5d8e3d09419097260f339ef852ab"><enum>(A)</enum><text>accrued at any
time before or on the effective date of the waiver and release under subsection
(d); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5138d97f9da94dae969f0f87b540abd0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may or may not be
more numerous or more serious than is understood or expected; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID864a83444514456b920ba593a34b21b4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all claims
arising out of, resulting from, or relating in any manner to the negotiation,
execution or adoption of the Agreement, the Contract, or this Act (including
any specific terms and provisions of the Agreement, the Contract, or this Act)
that the Nation may have against the United States or any agencies or employees
of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID20990d1d4c42497ebae7dc17f452c889"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reservation of
claims</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Nation and
the members of the Nation (including members in the capacity of the members as
allottees) and the United States, as trustee for the Nation and allottees,
shall retain—</text>
<paragraph id="ID753b9666a78248068e57eb0e81c56b13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all claims for
water rights or injuries to water rights arising out of activities occurring
outside the San Juan River Basin in the State of New Mexico, subject to
paragraphs 8.0, 9.3, 9.12, 9.13, and 13.9 of the Agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeec2fb8a9ce64052a0c3fb9f72153514"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all claims for
enforcement of the Agreement, the Contract, the Partial Final Decree, the
Supplemental Partial Final Decree, or this Act, through any legal and equitable
remedies available in any court of competent jurisdiction;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb0f0526096d643818859bd702e12a481"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all rights to use
and protect water rights acquired pursuant to State law after the effective
date of the waivers and releases described in subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5b28019bb4514d1596e90f0576c6a0be"><enum>(4)</enum><text>all claims
relating to activities affecting the quality of water not related to the
exercise of water rights; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd3bb8e090ec541dc80042fe777b00441"><enum>(5)</enum><text>all rights,
remedies, privileges, immunities, and powers not specifically waived and
released under the terms of the Agreement or this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id94a438a9-29e5-4c2c-8c0e-098a5fe9f01b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<paragraph id="id6dc082af-e26b-4bd2-aabd-b679147708c8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The waivers and releases described in subsection (a)
shall be effective on the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal
Register a statement of findings documenting that each of the deadlines
described in section 401(e)(1) have been met.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id560df3ce-07ff-4095-8a04-8007d71e3f1c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>If
the deadlines in section 401(e)(1)(A) have not been met by the later of March
1, 2025, or the date of any extension under section 401(e)(1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79802627-8dd0-4ece-828b-493f229d818d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the waivers
and releases described in subsection (a) shall be of no effect; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43be66e1-ea4a-44e0-a055-3a464554430a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section
401(e)(2)(B) shall apply.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDa6f98ca665d84b2494fdcc20017ecba5"><enum>404.</enum><header>Water rights
held in trust</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A tribal water
right adjudicated and described in paragraph 3.0 of the Partial Final Decree
and in paragraph 3.0 of the Supplemental Partial Final Decree shall be held in
trust by the United States on behalf of the Nation.</text>
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