[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5074]
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. ROUNDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 416, S. 2850.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 2850) 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. ROUNDS. I ask unanimous consent that the Flake amendment at the
desk be agreed to, that the bill, as amended, be considered read a
third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered
made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 3398) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to,
as follows:
(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SEC. ___. 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).''.
SEC. ___. EXPANSION OF PUEBLO OF SANTA CLARA LAND ELIGIBLE
FOR 99-YEAR LEASE.
Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9,
1955 (commonly known as the ``Long-Term Leasing Act'') (25
U.S.C. 415(a)), is amended--
(1) by striking ``Indians,,'' and inserting ``Indians,'';
(2) by inserting ``Ohkay Owingeh pueblo,'' after
``Cochiti,'';
(3) by inserting ``the pueblo of Santa Clara,'' after
``Pojoaque,'';
(4) by striking ``the the lands'' and inserting ``the
land'';
(5) by striking ``lands held in trust for the Pueblo of
Santa Clara,''; and
(6) by striking ``lands held in trust for Ohkay Owingeh
Pueblo''.
The bill (S. 2850), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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