[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 189 (Tuesday, December 11, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H15229-H15230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               ARIZONA WATER SETTLEMENTS ACT MODIFICATION

  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass 
the bill (H.R. 3739) to amend the Arizona Water Settlements Act to 
modify the requirements for the statement of findings.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 3739

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

     SECTION 1. MODIFICATION TO REQUIREMENTS FOR STATEMENT OF 
                   FINDINGS.

       Section 302 of the Arizona Water Settlements Act (Public 
     Law 108-451; 118 Stat. 3571) is amended as follows:
       (1) In subsection (b)(5), by striking ``proceedings,'' and 
     all that follows through the end of the paragraph and 
     inserting ``proceedings;''.
       (2) In subsection (c), by striking ``subsection (a)'' and 
     inserting ``subsection (b)''.


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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
California (Mrs. Napolitano) and the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California.


                             General Leave

  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks 
and include extraneous material on this bill under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  H.R. 3739, as introduced by our friend and colleague, Congressman 
Raul Grijalva of Arizona, our colleague on the Natural Resources 
Committee and chairman of the subcommittee on National Parks, Forests 
and Public Lands, amends the 2004 Arizona Water Settlements Act to 
modify one technical, enforceability condition necessary to implement 
the water settlement for the Tohono O'odham Nation.
  Mr. Speaker, we support this bill. It was passed through our 
committee on a bipartisan basis, and we look forward to working with 
other tribes who have similar concerns in the future; and I urge my 
colleagues to support the bill.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. My colleague from the majority has adequately 
described this technical correction bill. We have no objection. We urge 
its passage.
  I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, having no further speakers, I will only 
mention that it was a pleasure working with my ranking member, Cathy 
McMorris Rodgers, and some of my colleagues on the other side to get 
this very important piece of legislation for the tribe.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Napolitano) that the House suspend 
the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3739.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the 
rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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