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be delivered to the City of Phoenix as lessee of the Project Water Lease herein authorized.

(d) The Community and the Secretary shall lease to the City of Phoenix, for a term commencing on January 1, 2001, and ending December 2099, for consideration in an amount agreed to by the Community and the City to be paid by the City to the Community, upon those reflected in the Project Water Lease set forth in exhibit "20.2.2" to the Agreement, the four thousand three hundred acrefeet of CAP water to which the Community is entitled under the Community CAP Delivery Contract. The Project Water Lease shall specifically provide that—

(1) the City of Phoenix, in accordance with its obligations under the Project Water Leases, shall pay all operation, maintenance and replacement costs of such water to the United States, or, if directed by the Secretary, to the CAWCD: Provided, That such payments shall not be commenced earlier than October 1, 1999;

(2) except as otherwise provided in the Project Water Lease, the City of Phoenix shall not be obligated to pay water service capital charges or municipal and industrial subcontract charges or any other charges or payment for such CAP water other than the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs and lease payments as set forth in this subsection.

(e) For the purpose of determining the allocation and repayment of costs of the CAP as provided in Article 9.3 of Contract Numbered 14-06-W-245 shall be United States of America and the CAWCD dated December 15, 1972, and any amendment or revision thereof, the costs associated with the delivery of CAP water pursuant to the Project Water Lease referred to in subsection (d) shall be nonreimbursable, and such costs shall be excluded from CAWCD's repayment obligation.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision statutory of or common law, the Community may, with the approval of the Secretary, lease water provided to the Community under section 406 of this Act for its fair market value for a term not to exceed 100 years as provided in the Agreement but in no event for use outside Pima, Pinal or Maricopa Counties, State of Arizona. If some or all of the water provided to the Community under section 406 of this Act is CAP water, the provisions of subsections of (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section 407 shall apply to any lease of such water.

(g) Except as authorized by this section, no water made available to the Community or its members pursuant to the Agreement may be sold, leased, transferred, or in any way used off the Community's reservation.

(h) If water is acquired from the Salt and Verde watershed pursuant to section (406)(a)(3), no such water may be sold, leased, transferred, or in any way be used off of the Community's reservation.

SEC. 408. FORT MCDOWELL INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND; LOAN.

(a) As soon as practicable, the Community shall establish the Fort McDowell Indian Community Development Fund into which shall be deposited

(1) by the Secretary, the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; and

(2) by the State of Arizona, $2,000,000 required by paragraph 21.4 of the Agreement.

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(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, together with Appropriation interest accruing from one year after the date of enactment of this Act at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury taking into account the average market yield on outstanding Federal obligations of comparable maturity, $23,000,000 which the Secretary shall deposit into the Community Development Fund for the Community to use in the design and construction of facilities to put to beneficial use the Community's water entitlement and for other economic and community development on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation.

(c) As of the date the authorizations contained in section 409(b) of this Act become effective, the Community, in its discretion, may use the Development Fund, principal and income, to fulfill the purposes of the Agreement and this title: Provided, That no amount of the Federal or State appropriations deposited into the Development Fund may be used to make per capita payments to members of the Community.

(d) As of the date the authorizations contained in section 409(b) of this Act become effective

(1) the Secretary shall have no further duties or responsibilities with respect to the administration of, or expenditures from, the Development Fund, and

(2) the United States shall not be liable for any claim or cause of action arising from the Community's use and expenditure of moneys from the Development Fund.

(e) The Secretary is authorized and directed to provide to the Community a loan pursuant to the Small Reclamation Projects Act (Ch. 972, 70 Stat. 1044, 43 U.S.C. 422a, as amended), in the amount of $13,000,000, to be repaid over a term of fifty years without interest, for the purpose of constructing facilities for the conveyance and delivery of water on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation: Provided, That any requirements for qualifying for the loan are hereby waived, including, but not limited to, the provisions of section 3, 4(b)(2), 5(a) and 5(c) of the Small Reclamation Projects Act.

(1) The Community shall establish an account into which the Community shall deposit $1,000,000. The principal and all accrued income shall be retained in such fund until such time as the Community's obligation to repay the loan under subsection (e) is fulfilled.

(2) No appropriations for the construction of the CAP made after the date of enactment of this Act shall be used to plan, design, construct, or operate any facilities on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation.

SEC. 409. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS.

(a) The benefits realized by the Community's members under this Act shall constitute full and complete satisfaction of all members' claims for water rights or injuries to water rights under Federal and State laws (including claims for water rights in ground water, surface water, and effluent) from time immemorial to the effective date of this Act, and for any and all future claims of water rights (including claims for water rights in ground water, surface water, and effluent) from and after the effective date of this Act.

(b) The Community and the Secretary on behalf of the United States are authorized, as part of the performance of the obligations

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under the Agreement, to execute a waiver and release of all present and future claims of water rights or injuries to water rights (including water rights in ground water, surface water, and effluent), from time immemorial to the effective date of this Act, and any and all future claims of water rights (including water rights in ground water, surface water, and effluent), from and after the effective date of this Act, which the Community and its members may have, against the United States, the State of Arizona or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other person, corporation, or municipal corporation, arising under the laws of the United States or the State of Arizona.

(c) Except as provided in paragraphs 19.2 and 19.5 of the Agreement, the United States shall not assert any claim against the State of Arizona or any political subdivision thereof, or any other person, corporation, or municipal corporation, arising under the laws of the United States or the State of Arizona in its own right or on behalf of the Community based upon

(1) water rights or injuries to water rights of the Community and its members; or

(2) water rights or injuries to water rights held by the United States on behalf of the Community and its members.

(d) In the event the authorizations contained in subsection (b) of this section do not become effective pursuant to section 412(a), the Community shall retain the right to assert past and future water rights claims as to all reservation lands.

SEC. 410. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.

(a) Execution of the settlement Agreement by the Secretary as provided for in section 411(d) shall not constitute major Federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The Secretary is directed to carry out all necessary environmental compliance, except as specifically directed otherwise herein, during the implementation phase of this settlement.

(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out all necessary environmental compliance associated with this settlement, including mitigation measures adopted by the Secretary.

(c) With respect to this settlement, the Bureau of Reclamation shall be designated as the lead agency in regard to environmental compliance, and shall coordinate and cooperate with the other affected Federal agencies as required under applicable environmental laws.

(d) Except as specifically set forth herein, the Secretary shall comply with all aspects of NEPA and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and other applicable environmental acts and regulations in proceeding through the implementation phase of this settlement: Provided, however, That in regard to NEPA compliance, the Secretary is precluded from studying or considering alternatives to the Community's on-reservation agriculture development plans which will be facilitated by the settlement, or performed under the Small Reclamation Projects loan made pursuant to section 408(e).

SEC. 411. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

(a) In the event any party to the Agreement should file a lawsuit in Federal District Court relating only and directly to the

interpretation or enforcement of this title or the Agreement, naming the United States of America or the Community as parties, authorization is hereby granted to join the United States of America and/or the Community in any such litigation, and any claim by the United States of America or the Community to sovereign immunity from such suit is hereby waived.

(b) The United States of America shall make no claims for reimbursement of costs arising out of the implementation of this title or the Agreement against any lands within the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, and no assessment shall be made with regard to such costs against such lands.

(c) Water received by entities other than the Community pursuant to the Agreement shall not affect any future allocation or reallocation of the CAP supply.

(d) To the extent the Agreement does not conflict with the provisions of this title, such Agreement is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed. The Secretary is authorized and directed to execute and perform such Agreement. The Secretary is further authorized to execute any amendments to the Agreement and perform any action required by any amendments to the Agreement which may be mutually agreed upon by the parties.

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(e) As of the date the authorizations contained in section 409(b) of 43 USC 1522 this Act become effective, section 302(a) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 1522(a)) shall no longer apply to the Community.

(f) An easement for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Community's water diversion system on and within the lands identified in the Community's special permit extension application dated July 12, 1990, filed with the United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, is hereby granted in perpetuity.

(g) As of the date the authorizations contained in section 409(b) of Effective date. this Act and in section 10(b) of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act (102 Stat. 2549) become effective, subsection 404(a) of this Act shall become effective as to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the United States.

(h) Section 7(a) of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Water Rights Act (102 Stat. 2549) is hereby amended by striking 102 Stat. 2553. the date "1990" and inserting in lieu thereof "1991."

SEC. 412. EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) The authorizations contained in section 409(b) of this Act shall become effective as of the date the Secretary causes to be published in the Federal Register a statement of findings that:

(1) the Secretary has signed a contract with the SRP for the storage and reregulation of the Community's Kent Decree water pursuant to section 404;

(2) the RWCD subcontract for agricultural water service from CAP has been revised and executed as provided in section 405(b);

(3) the Secretary has acquired water pursuant to section 406 and made it available for delivery for the benefit of the Community;

(4) the funds authorized by section 408(b) have been appropriated and deposited into the Community Development Fund; (5) the loan authorized by section 408(e) has been provided to the Community;

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(6) the State of Arizona has appropriated and deposited into the Community Development Fund the $2,000,000 required by paragraph 21.4 of the Agreement;

(7) the stipulation which is attached to the Agreement as exhibit "19.5" has been approved; and

(8) the Agreement has been modified to the extent it is in conflict with this title and has been executed by the Secretary. (b) If the actions described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of subsection (a) of this section have not occurred by December 31, 1993, sections 4, 5(a), and 5(b), if they have not theretofore become effective pursuant to the provisions of the Act of October 20, 1988 (Public Law 100-512), and sections 407, 408(a), 408(b), 408(e), 409(b), 409(c), 411(a), 411(b), 411(c), 411(d), 411(e) and 411(f) of this Act and any contracts entered into pursuant to those provisions shall not thereafter be effective, and any funds appropriated pursuant to section 408(b) of this Act shall revert to the Treasury, and any funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph 21.4 of the Agreement shall revert to the State of Arizona.

SEC. 413. OTHER CLAIMS.

Nothing in the Agreement or this title shall be construed in any way to quantify or otherwise adversely affect the land and water rights, claims or entitlements to water of any Arizona Indian tribe, band or community, other than the Community.

TITLE V-NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNITS IN TEXAS

SEC. 501. EXPANSION OF SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS NATIONAL HISTORICAL
PARK.

(a) EXPANSION.-Section 201(a) of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972; to provide for the establishment of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park; and other purposes" (16 U.S.C. 410ee(a)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: "The park shall also consist of the lands and interests therein within the area bounded by the line depicted as 'Proposed Boundary Extension' on the maps entitled 'San Antonio Missions National Historical Park', numbered 472-80,075, 472-80,076, 472-80,077, 472-80,078, 472-80,079, 472-80,080, and 472-80,081 and dated June 7, 1990, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the same manner as is such drawing.".

(b) DEVELOPMENT OF ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITIES.-Section 201(f)(2) of such Act is amended by striking "not more than $500,000." and inserting "not more than $15,000,000.".

SEC. 502. LAKE MEREDITH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-In order to provide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of the lands and waters associated with Lake Meredith in the State of Texas, and to protect the scenic, scientific, cultural, and other values contributing to the public enjoyment of such lands and waters, there is hereby established the Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "recreation area").

(b) AREA INCLUDED.-The recreation area shall consist of the lands, waters, and interests therein within the area generally depicted on the map entitled "Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Boundary Map, 'Fee-Take Line", numbered SWRO-80,023-A,

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