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<br />001756 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHANGES, WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION'S SUPPORT OF THIS <br />LEGISLATION. <br /> <br />I WISH TO EMPHASIZE THAT S, 1415 IS NOT A LEGISLATIVE <br />SETTLEMENT OF THE TRIBES' RESERVED WATER RIGHTS CLAIMS. UNLIKE <br />OTHER INDIAN WATER RIGHTS LEGISLATION WHICH HAS BEEN ENACTED BY <br />CONGRESS, THIS BILL DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR A LEGISLATIVE <br />QUANTIFICATION OF THE TRIBES' RESERVED WATER RIGHTS OR A <br />LEGISLATIVE DEFINITION OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE TRIBES' <br />RESERVED WATER RIGHTS. RATHER, IT IS THE COLORADO DISTRICT <br />COURT FOR WATER DIVISION NO. 7 WHICH HAS JURISDICTION, PURSUANT <br />TO THE McCARRAN AMENDMENT, TO DECREE AND VEST IN THE TRIBES THE <br />INDIAN RESERVED WATER RIGHTS TO WHICH THE PARTIES HAVE AGREED. <br />THUS, THE BILL BEFORE YOU IS A MUCH NARROWER EXPRESSION OF <br />CONGRESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT THAN HAS BEEN THE CASE IN PREVIOUS <br />SETTLEMENTS WHICH WERE ENTIRELY THE CREATURE OF AN ACT OF <br />CONGRESS. <br /> <br />RATHER THAN BELABOR THE PROVISIONS OF S. 1415 SECTION BY <br />SECTION, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THE BILL. THESE <br />ARE AS, NOTED IN MY WRITTEN STATEMENT, UNAFFECTED BY THE <br />PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL. <br /> <br />(1) PER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, THE TRIBES ARE TO <br />RECEIVE WATER RIGHTS TO WATER SUPPLIED FROM THE <br />ANIMAS-LA PLATA AND DOLORES PROJECTS. To EFFECT THIS <br />PART OF THE AGREEMENT, THE BILL: <br /> <br />-8- <br /> <br />.L~ <br />