108 STAT. 4526 PUBLIC LAW 103-434—OCT. 31, 1994 Public Law 103-434 103d Congress An Act Oct. 31, 1994 To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Yavapai-Prescott [S. 1146] Indian Tribe in Yavapai County, Arizona, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, p?e3tindian TITLE I—YAVAPAI-PRESCOTT INDIAN Tribe Water TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT Settlement Act of 1994. gj,(, jQj SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994". SEC. 102. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS. (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress finds that— (1) it is the poHcy of the United States, in fulfillment of its trust responsibility to the Indian tribes, to promote Indian self-determination and economic self-sufficiency, and to settle, wherever possible, the water rights claims of Indian tribes without lengthy and costly litigation; (2) meaningful Indian self-determination and economic self- sufficiency depend on the development of viable Indian reservation economies; (3) quantification of rights to water and development of facilities needed to utilize tribal water supplies effectively is essential to the development of viable Indian reservation economies, particularly in arid western States; (4) on June 7, 1935, and by actions subsequent thereto, the United States established a reservation for the Yavapai- Prescott Indian Tribe in Arizona adjacent to the city of Prescott; (5) proceedings to determine the full extent of Yavapai- Prescott Tribe's water rights are currently pending before the Superior Court of the State of Arizona in and for Maricopa County, as part of the general adjudication of the Gila River system and source; (6) recognizing that final resolution of the general adjudication will take many years and entail great expense to all parties, prolong uncertainty as to the full extent of the Yavapai- Prescott Tribe s entitlement to water and the availability of water supplies to fulfill that entitlement, and impair orderly planning and development by the Tribe and the city of Prescott; the Tribe, the city of Prescott, the Chino Valley Irrigation
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