114 STAT. 2763A-266 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D "SEC. 17. COLORADO UTE SETTLEMENT FUND. "(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND. — There is hereby established within the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the 'Colorado Ute Settlement Fund'. "(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated to the Colorado Ute Settlement Fund such funds as are necessary to complete the construction of the facilities described in sections 6(a)(1)(A) and 15(b) within 7 years of the date of enactment of this section. Such funds are authorized to be appropriated for each of the first 5 fiscal years beginning with the first full fiscal year following the date of enactment of this section. "SEC. 18. FINAL SETTLEMENT. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The construction of the facilities described in section 6(a)(1)(A), the allocation of the water supply from those facilities to the Tribes as described in that section, and the provision of funds to the Tribes in accordance with section 16 and the issuance of an amended final consent decree as contemplated in subsection (c) shall constitute final settlement of the tribal claims to water rights on the Animas and La Plata Rivers in the State of Colorado. "(b) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. —Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the right of the Tribes to water rights on the streams and rivers described in the Agreement, other than the Animas and La Plata Rivers, to receive the amounts of water dedicated to tribal use under the Agreement, or to acquire water rights under the laws of the State of Colorado. "(c) ACTION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. — The Attorney General shall file with the District Court, Water Division Number 7, of the State of Colorado, such instruments as may be necessary to request the court to amend the final consent decree to provide for the amendments made to this Act under the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act Amendments of 2000. The amended final consent decree shall specify terms and conditions to provide for an extension of the current January 1, 2005, deadline for the Tribes to commence litigation of their reserved rights claims on the Animas and La Plata Rivers. "SEC. 19. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS. "(a) IN GENERAL. — Nothing in the amendments made by the Colorado Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 shall be construed to affect the applicability of any provision of this Act. "(b) TREATMENT OF UNCOMMITTED PORTION OF COST-SHARING OBLIGATION. —The uncommitted portion of the cost-sharing obligation of the State of Colorado referred to in section 6(a)(3) shall be made available, upon the request of the State of Colorado, to the State of Colorado after the date on which payment is made of the amount specified in that section.". TITLE IV SEC. 401. DESIGNATION OF AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ENERGY. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Museum— (1) is designated as the "American Museum of Science and Energy"; and
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