[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 79 (Monday, May 8, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S2814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 AMENDING THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE WATER RIGHTS QUANTIFICATION 
                              ACT OF 2010

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 20, S. 140.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 140) to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe 
     Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of 
     amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 
read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 140) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 140

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

     SECTION 1. USE OF FUNDS IN WMAT SETTLEMENT FUND FOR WMAT 
                   RURAL WATER SYSTEM.

       (a) Authorization of WMAT Rural Water System.--Section 
     307(a) of the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights 
     Quantification Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-291; 124 Stat. 
     3080) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
     inserting ``, (b)(2),'' after ``subsections (a)''.
       (b) Funding.--Section 312(b)(2)(C)(i)(III) of the White 
     Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 
     (Public Law 111-291; 124 Stat. 3093) is amended by striking 
     the period at the end and inserting the following: ``, 
     including the planning, design, and construction of the WMAT 
     rural water system, in accordance with section 307(a).''.

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