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 PUBLIC LAW 101-618—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3291 Reservation under subsection (A) of this section, whether used on the Reservation or transferred and used off the Reservation pursuant to applicable law, shall not exceed the sum of: (a) 10,587.5 acre feet of water per year, which is the quantum of water rights served by the Newlands Reclamation Project appurtenant to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Reservation lands that are currently served by irrigation facilities; and (b) the quantum of active Newlands Reclamation Project water rights currently located outside of the Reservation that may be added to the Reservation or water rights which are acquired by the Secretary and exercised to benefit Reservation wetlands. (2) The requirements of section 103(C)(1) shall not take effect until the Tribes agree to the limitations on annual use of water rights set forth in subsection (1) of this section. (D) The Secretary is authorized and directed to reimburse non- Federal entities for reasonable and customary costs for delivery of Newlands Reclamation Project water to serve water rights added to the Reservation under subsection (A) of this section, and to enter into renewable contracts for the payment of such costs, for a term not exceeding forty years. (E) Subject to the limitation on the quantum of use set forth in subsection (C) of this section, and applicable state law, all water rights appurtenant to the Reservation that are served by the Newlands Reclamation Project, including Newlands Reclamation Project water rights added to the Reservation under subsection (A) of this section, may be used for irrigation, fish and wildlife, municipal and industrial, recreation, or water quality purposes, or for any other beneficial use subject to applicable laws of the State of Nevada. Nothing in this subsection is intended to affect the jurisdiction of the Tribes or the State of Nevada, if any, over the use and transfer of water rights within the Reservation or off the Reservation, or to create any express or implied Federal reserved water right. (F)(1) The Tribes are authorized to acquire by purchase, by exchange of lands or water rights, or interests therein, including those held in trust for the Tribes, or by gift, any lands or water rights, or interests therein, including those held in trust, located within the Reservation, for any of the following purposes: (a) Consolidating Reservation landholdings or water rights, including those held in trust; (b) Eliminating fractionated heirship interests in Reservation lands or water rights, including those held in trust; (c) Providing land or water rights for any tribal program; (d) Improving the economy of the Tribes and the economic status of tribal members through the development of industry, recreational facilities, housing projects, or other means; and (e) General rehabilitation and enhancement of the total resource potential of the Reservation: Provided, That any water rights shall be transferred in compliance with applicable state law. (2) Title to any lands or water rights, or interests therein, acquired by the Tribes within the counties of Churchill and Lyon in the State of Nevada under the authority of this subsection shall be held by the United States in trust for the Tribes.

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