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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-441
TO AMEND THE WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE WATER RIGHTS QUAN-
TIFICATION ACT OF 2010 TO CLARIFY THE USE OF AMOUNTS IN THE
WMAT SETTLEMENT FUND
DECEMBER 6, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 140]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
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, having considered the same, report
favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of S. 140 is to amend the White Mountain Apache
Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of
amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Act, Public Law 111-291) in-
cluded four Indian water rights settlements. Title III of the Act re-
solved the White Mountain Apache Tribe's (Tribe) water related
claims against the United States, the State of Arizona, and a num-
ber of other State and non-federal parties. In consideration for the
Tribe waiving its water-related claims against the United States
and other parties, the Act authorized funding for the construction
of the White Mountain Apache Rural Water System (Rural Water
System) to bring safe and reliable drinking water to the Tribe and
its members. Specifically, the Rural Water System will consist of
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