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<br />001663 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />t:"/:.,,,:;',' ,,'^",:: '::":'\"; <br />i:;:.::, ',,'< <br />:?":)i.:,~" :;:..,':','; :, ".{;::f, <br />;; :;'" "'';':;,' "i'~~;:,~':;; ",r <br />,< :,:', ~?:';i :,,": <br />':';):;,:; ,.::;,:;,~'i <br />'::;''':;;~:..{~::::;':;;/':'''' ',: <br />::;: ::-':,":', ,,< <br />.,,:':""Lf;?:,'11 <br />":i~i.;!::: ' ;':""if:,; <br />ii: ;1~~\:' !f\ :i .;i <br />\'.~Jj:~ c' <br />" <br /> <br />Mr. Weicker*, <br />Mr. DomeIiici <br />Mr. Wallop <br />Mr. Murkowski <br />Mr. Nickles <br />Mr. Evans <br />,. Indicates VO~ by proxy. <br /> <br />COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS <br /> <br />The explanation of the amendments adopted by the Select Com- <br />mittee on Indian Affairs follows: <br />Committee Amendment No. 1. The Select Committee on Indian <br />Affairs inserted a new Section 4 which authorizes, the Secretary of <br />the Interior to use the Animas-LaPlata and Dolores' Projects to <br />supply reserved water to the Tribes and provides that reserved <br />water from the Dolores and Animas-LaPlata Projects will be treat- <br />ed the same as the Tribes' other reserve waters. <br />Committee Amendment No. 2. The following report language was <br />proposed in the Committee by Senator DeConcini and was adopted <br />by the Committee: <br /> <br />Section 5 of the bill as introduced has been amended 1;Jy <br />the Committee to eliminate any reference to the sale, ex- <br />change, lease or other disposition of water contemplated in <br />the Agreement. This was a very contentious issue through- <br />out the Committee deliberations on the implementation of <br />the Settlement Agreement, The elimination of these refer- <br />ences insures that this legislation does not, expressly or by <br />implication, permit the sale, exchange, lease or other dis- <br />position of water outside the State of Colorado, ascontem- <br />plated in the Agreement. Likewise, by waiving the Non- <br />Intercourse Act, the Committee does not intend, expressly <br />or by implication, to permit the sale, exchange; .lease or <br />other disposition of water outside the State of Colorado, <br />Nor is it intended that this legislation, affects any existing <br />laws insofar as they pertain to, and only to, the sale, ex- <br />change, lease or other disposition of water from one State <br />to another in the Colorado River Basin, <br /> <br />The following discussion of the issue addressed by Senator <br />DeConcini's Report language has been included in the Committee's <br />Report to reflect the understanding of the members of the Commit- <br />tee in adopting Senator, DeConcini's report language: <br /> <br />The question of whether Indian tribes have the author- <br />ity to sell or otherwise dispose of reserved water rights has <br />not yet been resolved by the courts, Section 5 of S, 1415 as <br />introduced decided this question, in the affirmative by pro- <br />viding authority for the Tribe to enter into water ilse con- <br />tracts to sell, exchange, lease, or otherwise dispose of ' <br />water for periods of time not to exceed 50yeaIl&,The Com...., <br />mittee substitute,deleted this provision. InsteoortheCorn;o <br />mittee amendment pro.vides simply that the Indian Inter' <br />course Act will not, apply to tribal reserved', waters butthat <br />any and alL other' laws pertaining to,th~ Colorado:. Rivel'" <br /> <br />, ' , <br /> <br />;;,: <br />i',' ":; <br /> <br />Y:,;';f;;;~':i.;:,~:~,,,i:~,:~~f; <br /> <br />';:',' ..\,/,.<;,"';' <br /> <br /> <br />~;:::: fi,:tl,:_ ," <br />..';';:. :",' <br />;' <br /> <br />,":~, ::;1 <br />,,' <br />..'" ;~:~ <br />/:} <br />, .:::,. ~ <br />~~:&j ~n ',:~(: <br />',;,,, """, <br />:..Fe,',.;:;, :".$:'-' <br /> <br />;':::;;~!f~1;;: ~t;:!;; <br />:;;f~~j:~i:;;:: l~;it,<\~iE~~~ <br /> <br />/:,,:;''':} .','~ 10'\" <br /> <br />''':';, :,:,' Jjrf;:~1] <br /> <br />';~)li:,<,<<,t; i~' i:,: <br /> <br />"",,,;: .', ''Y'};': <br />L::: k:?" { '\t' <br />;,!:f ,,"'/, ~<< ;Y;jiA~.' <br />:}';( ;'''{':''<:')Y <br />':';)':': '/";'':';;::':':, <br />,o,;;:;c,.':" :' <br />",', '." "':'i:':,,:i; "", ,: <br />",'., '., }. <br />,,:;, ,< <br />'} ,:', <br /> <br />",:': ),.,':,,: ,"'::,,;,':;,},::',,:: <br />.',;/;;:, ",' <br /> <br />;,:,,{,<' /;;:::~;~, ' <br />~~;.; (;;;:;:'~',~''''~':'';'::,:i';;;;''',t' <br />V;" :,,,,,"..:': <br />:<;",.::N:,,>' <br />"';";f,., ,.,{'f ;'.,,""'-':;\;/: <br />,;",\",{:..::::::,~;:;:;, ' <br /> <br />'",:.:' <br /> <br />? <br />~..~,i5~'~'; <br />