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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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110TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 110-484
AMENDING THE ARIZONA WATER SETTLEMENTS ACT TO
MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATEMENT OF
FINDINGS
DECEMBER 11, 2007.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. RAHALL, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3739]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3739) to amend the Arizona Water Settlements Act to
modify the requirements for the statement of findings, having con-
sidered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and
recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 3739 is to amend the Arizona Water Settle-
ments Act to modify the requirements for the statement of findings
in section 302(b)(5).
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Arizona Water Settlements Act (P.L. 108-451) resolves im-
portant water rights claims for the Gila River Indian Community
(GRIC). The Act also includes in Title III the Southern Arizona
Water Rights Settlement, which resolves important water rights
claims for the Tohono O'odham Nation (Nation). The Secretary of
the Interior must publish a notice in the Federal Register by De-
cember 31, 2007 that the conditions in sections 207(c) and 302(b)(5)
of the Arizona Water Settlements Act respectively have been satis-
fied in order for the settlements to become enforceable.
H.R. 3739 would amend the conditions set forth in section
302(b)(5) of the Arizona Water Settlements Act by striking the last
ten words of the section, including the phrase, final and non-
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