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                                                        Calendar No. 651
                   114TH CONGRESS                                    REPORT
                     2d Session               SENATE                 114-363




                  A BILL TO AMEND THE WHITE MOUNTAIN  APACHE  TRIBE WATER RIGHTS
                    QUANTIFICATION ACT OF 2010 TO CLARIFY THE USE OF AMOUNTS  IN
                    THE WMAT  SETTLEMENT FUND


                                 SEPTEMBER 27, 2016.-Ordered to be printed


                         Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
                                      submitted the following


                                         REPORT

                                         [To accompany S. 2959]
                    The  Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
                    (S. 2959) 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, reports fa-
                  vorably thereon, with amendments, and recommends  that the bill,
                  as amended, do pass.
                                             PURPOSE
                    The purpose of the bill is to clarify the authorized purposes of the
                  WMAT Settlement   Fund  authorized in Title III of the Claims Reso-
                  lution Act, Public Law 111-291 (the Act).
                                           BACKGROUND
                    Title III of the Act resolved the White Mountain Apache Tribe's
                    (the Tribe) water related claims against the United States, the
                    State of Arizona, and certain state parties. In consideration for the
                  Tribe waiving its water related claims against the federal govern-
                  ment  and  state parties, the Act authorized funding for the con-
                  struction of the White Mountain Apache Rural Water System  (the
                  Rural Water System), which will bring desperately needed drink-
                  ing water to the Tribe and its members. Sec. 307(a). The Act also
                  establishes the creation of the WMAT Settlement Fund that can be
                  used, for among other things, water-related economic development
                  projects. Sec. 312(b)(2)(C)(i)(III)
                    In order to complete the Rural Water  System, it may be nec-
                  essary for the Tribe to use the existing authorization provided for
                  in Section 312(b) for water-related economic development projects.
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