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 102 STAT. 2974

PUBLIC LAW 100-585—NOV. 3, 1988 Project Act") and the Colorado River Basin Project Act (82 Stat. 885; 43 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). (3) The term "Dolores Project" means the Dolores Project, Colorado, a participating project under the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105; 43 U.S.C. 620; commonly referred to as the "Colorado River Storage Project Act"), the Colorado River Basin Project Act (82 Stat. 885; 43 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), and as further authorized by the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (98 Stat. 2933; 43 U.S.C. 1591). (4) The term "final consent decree" means the consent decree contemplated to be entered after the date of enactment of this Act in the District Court, Water Division No. 7, State of Colorado, which will implement certain provisions of the Agreement. (5) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (6) The terms "Tribe" and "Tribes" mean the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, or both Tribes, as the context may require. (7) The term "water year means a year commencing on October 1 each year and running through the following September 30.

SEC. 4. PROVISION OF WATER TO TRIBES. (a) WATER FROM THE ANIMAS-LA PLATA AND DOLORES PROJECTS.—

The Secretary is authorized to supply water to the Tribes from the Animas-La Plata and Dolores Projects in accordance with the Agreement: Provided, That nothing in this subsection or in the authorized purposes of the projects may be construed to permit or prohibit the sale, exchange, lease, use, or other disposal of such water by the Tribes. Any such sale, exchange, lease, use, or other disposal of water from these projects shall be governed solely by the other provisions of this Act and the Agreement as modified pursuant to section 11 of this Act. (b) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL RECLAMATION LAWS.—Except as provided in section 5 of this Act, the water supplied to the Tribes from the Animas-La Plata Project and the Dolores Project shall be subject to Federal reclamation laws only to the extent needed to effectuate the terms and conditions contained in Article III, section A, subsections 1 and 2 and Article III, section B of subsection 1 of the Agreement. SEC. 5. DISPOSAL OF WATER.

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(a) INDIAN INTERCOURSE ACT.—The provisions of section 2116 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) shall not apply to any water rights confirmed in the Agreement and the final consent decree: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall be considered to amend, construe, supersede, or preempt any State law, Federal law, interstate compact, or international treaty that pertains to the Colorado River or its tributaries, including the appropriation, use, development, storage, regulation, allocation, conservation, exportation, or quality of those waters. Qo) RESTRICTION ON DISPOSAL OF WATERS INTO LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN.—None of the waters from the Animas-La Plata or Dolores Projects may be sold, exchanged, leased, used, or otherwise disposed of into or in the Lower Colorado River Basin unless water within the Colorado River Basin held by non-Federal, non-Indian holders of that water pursuant to any water rights could be so sold.

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