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 104 STAT. 3294 PUBLIC LAW 101-618—NOV. 16, 1990 (E) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of the Interior; (F) the term "tribal members" means the enrolled members of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes; and (G) the term "Tribe" means the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. Truckee-Carson- Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act. California. Fish. Wildlife. Business and industry. Irrigation. Recreation and recreation a reas. TITLE II—TRUCKEE-CARSON-PYRAMID LAKE WATER SETTLEMENT SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act". SEC. 202. PURPOSES. The purposes of this title shall be to— (a) provide for the equitable apportionment of the waters of the Truckee River, Carson River, and Lake Tahoe between the State of California and the State of Nevada; (b) authorize modifications to the purposes and operation of certain Federal Reclamation project facilities to provide benefits to fish and wildlife, municipal, industrial, and irrigation users, and recreation; (c) authorize acquisition of water rights for fish and wildlife; (d) encourage settlement of litigation and claims; (e) fulfill Federal trust obligations toward Indian tribes; (f) fulfill the goals of the Endangered Species Act by promoting the enhancement and recovery of the Pyramid Lake fishery; and (g) protect significant wetlands from further degradation and enhance the habitat of many species of wildlife which depend on those wetlands, and for other purposes. SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this title: (a) the term "Alpine court" means the court having continuing jurisdiction over the Alpine decree; (b) the term "Alpine decree" means the final decree of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in United States of America v. Alpine Land and Reservoir Company, Civ. No. D-183, entered December 18, 1980, and any supplements thereto; (c) the term "Carson River basin" means the area which naturally drains into the Carson River and its tributaries and into the Carson River Sink, but excluding the Humboldt River drainage area; (d) the term "Fallon Tribe" means the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe; (e) the term "Lahontan Valley wetlands" means wetland areas associated with the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, Stillwater Wildlife Management Area, Carson Lake and Pasture, and the Fallon Indian Reservation; (f) the term "Lake Tahoe basin" means the drainage area naturally tributary to Lake Tahoe, including the lake, and including the Truckee River upstream of the intersection between the Truckee River and the western boundary of Section

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