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 106 STAT. 4744 PUBLIC LAW 102-575—OCT. 30, 1992 on the Gila River in Arizona as is not being used by the Secretary to meet the obligations of SCIP for irrigation storage, except that any water stored by the Tribe shall be the first water to spill ("spill water") from Coolidge Dam. The water stored by the Tribe shall be, at the Tribe's designation, the water provided to the Tribe pursuant to subsections (a), (c) and (d) of this section, its entitlement of twelve thousand and seven hundred acre-feet of water under its Tribal CAP Delivery Contract dated December 11, 1981; the water referred to in section 3710(f), or any combination thereof. A pro rata share of evaporation and seepage losses shall be deducted daily from the Tribe's stored water balance as provided in the Agreement. The Tribe shall pay an equitable share of the operation and maintenance costs for the water stored for the benefit of the Tribe, subject to the Act of July 1, 1932 (47 Stat. 564, 25 U.S.C. 386 et seq.). The water stored by the Tribe pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to apportionments pursuant to Article VIII (2) of the Globe Equity Decree. Not later than January 31 of each year, the Secretary shall notify the United States District Court for the District of Arizona of the Tribe's stored water balance as of January 1 of that year. The Secretary shall notify said Court of the Tribe's stored water balance at least once per calendar month and at such more frequent intervals as conditions, in the Secretary judgment, may require. (f) EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT. —The Secretary shall execute the Agreement which establishes, as between and among the parties to Agreement, the Tribe's permanent right, except as provided in paragraphs 13.0, 14.0 and 15.0 of the Agreement, to the onreservation diversion and use of all ground water beneath the Tribe's Reservation, subject to the management plan referred to in section 3710(d) of this title, and all surface water in all tributaries within the Tribe's Reservation to the mainstreams of: The Black River, the Salt River below its confluence with the Black River, the San Pedro River and the Gila River, including the right, except as provided in paragraphs 14.0 and 15.0 of the Agreement, to fully regulate and store such water on the tributaries. The Tribe's rights to the mainstream of Black River, San Pedro River and the Gila River shall be as provided in the Agreement and the Globe Equity Decree. With respect to parties not subject to the waiver authorized by subsection 3708(b) of this title, the claims of the Tribe and the United States, as trustee for the Tribe, are preserved. (g) GILA RIVER EXCHANGES. — Any exchange pvirsuant to this legislation of Gila River water for water supplied by the CAP shall not amend, alter or conflict with the exchanges authorized by section 304(f) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 1524(0). SEC. 3705. RATIFICATION AND CONFUtMATION OF CONTRACTS. (a) RATIFICATION OF CONTRACT.— Except as provided in section 3710(i), the contract between the SRP and RWCD District dated October 24, 1924, together with all amendments thereto and any extension thereto entered into pursuant to the Agreement, is ratified, confirmed, and declared to be valid. (b) SUBCONTRACT.—The Secretary shall revise the subcontract of the Roosevelt Water Conservation District for agricultural water service from the CAP to include an addendum substantially in the form of exhibit "A" to the 'Agreement and to execute the sub-

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