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 106 STAT. 1186 PUBLIC LAW 102-374—SEPT. 30, 1992 Public Law 102-374

102d Congress An Act Sept. 30, 1992 To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Northern Cheyenne [S. 1607] Tribe, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Northern ffie United States of America in Congress assembled, Cheyenne Indian SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. K6S6I*V6d Water Rights This Act may be cited as the "Northern Cheyenne Indian Settlement Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992". Act of 1992. " Montana. SEC. 2. PURPOSES OF ACT. (a) PURPOSES. —The purposes of this Act are: (1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of all claims to Federal reserved water rights in the State of Montana of— (A) the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and its members and allottees; and (B) the United States on behalf of the Northern Chey- enne Tribe and its members and allottees; (2) to approve, ratify and confirm the Water Rights Compact entered into by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and the State of Montana on June 11, 1991; (3) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with the State of Montana for the planning, environmental compliance, design, and construction of the Tongue River Dam Project in order to— (A) implement the Compact's settlement of the Tribe's reserved water rights claims in the Tongue River Basin; (B) protect existing tribal contract water rights in the Tongue River Basin; (C) provide 20,000 acre-feet per year of additional storage water for allocation to the Tribe and to allow the State to implement its responsibilities to correct identified Tongue River Dam safety inadequacies; and (D) provide for the conservation and development of fish and wildlife resources in the Tongue River Basin; (4) to provide for the enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat in the Tongue River Basin; (5) to authorize certain modifications to the purposes and operation of the Big Horn Reservoir in order to implement the Compact's settlement of the Tribe's reserved water rights claims; and (6) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take such other actions as are necessary to implement the Compact.

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