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S. Rept. 114-381 1 (2016-11-17)

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                                                        Calendar No. 685
                   114TH CONGRESS                                    REPORT
                     2d Session               SENATE                 114-381



                  A BILL TO IMPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SETTLEMENT  AGREE-
                    MENT  REACHED BETWEEN  THE  PUEBLO DE COCHITI OF NEW MEXICO
                    AND THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES


                                 NOVEMBER 17, 2016.-Ordered to be printed


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

                                         REPORT

                                         [To accompany S. 2643]
                    The  Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
                    (S. 2643) to improve the implementation of the settlement agree-
                  ment  reached between the Pueblo de  Cochiti of New Mexico and
                  the Corps of Engineers, and for other purposes, having considered
                  the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment  and rec-
                  ommends   that the bill, as amended, do pass.
                                             PURPOSE
                    The  purpose of S. 2643 is to amend Public Law  No. 102-358,
                  which  authorized a Settlement Agreement between the Pueblo de
                  Cochiti, the United States Department  of the Interior, and the
                  United  States Army  Corps of Engineers. The bill would, among
                  other purposes, authorize the transfer of responsibility for the
                  Cochiti Dam  drainage system to the Pueblo de Cochiti and release
                  the United States from liability associated with that drainage sys-
                  tem.
                                       NEED FOR LEGISLATION
                    This legislation is needed to amend the negotiated settlement en-
                  tered into between the Pueblo and the United States for damages
                  to the Pueblo's agricultural lands caused by seepage from the con-
                  struction of the Cochiti Dam. The settlement agreement, which re-
                  sulted in the construction of a drainage system by  the United
                  States on behalf of the Pueblo, is being amended to transfer re-
                  sponsibility for the operation and maintenance of the Cochiti Dam
                  Drainage  System to the Pueblo and to release the United States
                  from  liability associated with the drainage system. Other provi-
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