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 PUBLIC LAW 101-602—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3059 Public Law 101-602 101st Congress An Act To approve the Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Settlement, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990". SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Act, and for no other purposes— (1) The term "Agreement" means the "1990 Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Agreement" between the State of Idaho, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, the United States, and other participating parties. (2) The term "Committee of Nine" means the advisory committee of water district 01, which is the instrumentality created by the Director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources pursuant to Idaho Code 42-604. (3) The term "Final Decree" means the partial decree confirming the Tribal water rights described and quantified in Article 7 of the Agreement to be entered after the date of enactment of this Act and following submission of the Agreement as provided for in Article 10 of the Agreement in Civil Case No. 39576 filed in the Fifth Judicial District Court of the State of Idaho in and for Twin Falls County on June 17, 1987, entitled In Re the General Adjudication of Rights to the Use of Water from the Snake River Basin Water System. (4) The term "Fort Hall Indian Irrigation Project" means the Federal project constructed to provide water for the irrigation of Reservation lands and certain ceded lands. (5) The term "Idaho Water Resource Board" means the Idaho State Water Resource Agency constituted in accordance with Idaho Constitution article XV, section 7, or any successor agency. (6) The term "Indian" means any person who is a member of a tribe recognized as eligible for special programs and services provided by the United States because of the person's status as an Indian; is recognized as an Indian under tribal law; or holds or is recognized by the Secretary as eligible to hold restricted trust property on the Reservation. (7) The term "Indian lands" means (A) all lands within the exterior boundaries of the Reservation that are held in trust or owned for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes or an Indian, and (B) those lands outside the exterior boundaries of the Reservation held in trust for or owned by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes or held in trust for or owned subject to a restriction on alienation by a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. Nov. 16, 1990 [H.R. 5308] Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990. Idaho.

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