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 123STA T . 1 406PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 —M A R .30, 200 9(2)quantify in gr ig h t s t ow at e ran d de v e l o pm ent of fa c ilities needed to use tri b al water supplies is essential to the develop - ment of viable I ndian reservation economies and the establish- ment of a permanent reservation homeland ( 3 ) uncertainty concerning the e x tent of the S hoshone- P aiute T ribes ’ water rights has resulted in limited access to water and inadequate financial resources necessary to achieve self-determination and self-sufficiency; ( 4 )in2 0 0 6, the Tribes, the State of Idaho, the affected individual water users, and the U nited States resolved all tribal claims to water rights in the Sna k e R iver B asin A d j udica- tion through a consent decree entered by the D istrict C ourt of the F ifth J udicial District of the State of Idaho, requiring no further Federal action to quantify the Tribes’ water rights in the State of Idaho; ( 5 ) as of the date of enactment of this Act, proceedings to determine the extent and nature of the water rights of the Tribes in the E ast Fork of the O wyhee River in N evada are pending before the Nevada State Engineer; (6) final resolution of the Tribes’ water claims in the East Fork of the Owyhee River adjudication will — (A) take many years; (B) entail great expense; (C) continue to limit the access of the Tribes to water, with economic and social consequences; (D) prolong uncertainty relating to the availability of water supplies; and (E) seriously impair long-term economic planning and development for all parties to the litigation; ( 7 ) after many years of negotiation, the Tribes, the State, and the upstream water users have entered into a settlement agreement to resolve permanently all water rights of the Tribes in the State; and ( 8 ) the Tribes also seek to resolve certain water-related claims for damages against the United States .SEC.108 0 2 . PUR P O SES. The purposes of this subtitle are— ( 1 ) to resolve outstanding issues with respect to the East Fork of the Owyhee River in the State in such a manner as to provide important benefits to— (A) the United States; (B) the State; (C) the Tribes; and (D) the upstream water users; (2) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of all claims of the Tribes, members of the Tribes, and the United States on behalf of the Tribes and members of Tribes to the waters of the East Fork of the Owyhee River in the State; (3) to ratify and provide for the enforcement of the Agree- ment among the parties to the litigation; (4) to resolve the Tribes’ water-related claims for damages against the United States; (5) to require the Secretary to perform all obligations of the Secretary under the Agreement and this subtitle; and