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<br />(1) "Agreement" is defined as the agreement entered into on
<br />December 10, 1986, by the two Indian tribes, the State of Colo-
<br />rado, the United States,and other participating parties.
<br />(2) "Animas-La Plata Project" and "Dolores Project" are de-
<br />fined as participating reclamation projects authorized by the
<br />Colorado River Storage Project Act and the Colorado River
<br />Basin Project Act. " "
<br />(3) "fmal consent decree" is defined as the anticipated order
<br />of the state district court in the pending water litigation imple-
<br />menting provisions of the Agreement.
<br />(4) "Secretary" is defined as the Secretary of the Interior
<br />and "Tribe" or "Tribes" is defined as the Ute Mountain Ute or
<br />Southern Ute Tribes or both.
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<br />SECTION 4-TRIBAL RE$ERVED WATERS
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<br />Subsection (a) ,provides that the Secretary is authorized to use
<br />the Animas-La Plata and Dolores Projects to supply water to the
<br />tribes in accordance with the Agreement. '
<br />Subsection (b) provides that, except as otherwise provided in the
<br />Agreement, such water shall be treated as the tribes' other re-
<br />served waters.
<br />The settlement agreement, which this legislation proposes to
<br />ratify, provides for the settlement of the Winters Doctrine water
<br />rights of the two Ute tribes being asserted in the pending litigation
<br />in the state district court. The Agreement provides that part of the
<br />water rights of the tribes determined by the Agreement shall be
<br />provided 'through either the Dolores or Animas-La Plata Projects.
<br />Subsection (b) of this section is intended to make clear that the
<br />provision of water to the tribes from either of the two projects is
<br />not to be deemed a provision of project water in lieu of Winters
<br />Doctrine water, but a provision of project water in satisfaction of
<br />the Winters Doctrine right. Except as provided in the Agreement,
<br />the, water provided is to be treated no differently than any other
<br />reserved right of the tribes.
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<br />SECTION 5-NONAPPLICABILITY OF INDIAN INTERCOURSE ACT
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<br />Section 5 provides that the Indian Intercourse Act (25 U.S.C. 177)
<br />shall not apply to water rights confirmed in the Agreement and
<br />the final consent decree. It further provides that nothing in this
<br />section is intended to affect, in any way, the various State, Federal,
<br />or international laws affecting the Colorado River or its tributaries.
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<br />SECTION 6-:-REPAYMENT OF PROJECT COSTS
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<br />Subsection (a), paragraph (1), provides that the Secretary shall
<br />defer, without interest, the repayment of the construction costs al-
<br />locable 'to each tribe's municipal and industrial allocation from the
<br />Animas-La Plata and Dolores Projects until the water is first used,
<br />either directly by the, tribe or under a water use contract. Until
<br />such time, the Secretary is to bear such costs and the cost is not to
<br />be reimbursable by the Tribe.
<br />Paragraph (2) provides that, as increments of water are first used
<br />by a tribe as ~rovided paragraph (1), the tribe shall begin paying
<br />the increment s pro rata share of the construction cost and the in-
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