Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 4.djvu/441

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PUBLIC LAW 107-331—DEC. 13, 2002 116 STAT. 2869 costs shall be 76 percent. The Authority's portion of the costs shall be 24 percent. (b) ON-RESERVATION WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS.— The Tribe shall use $10,000,000 of the $15,000,000 appropriated pursuant to the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-163), plus accrued interest, in the purchase, construction, expansion or rehabilitation of the on-reservation water distribution systems. (c) CHIPPEWA CREE WATER SYSTEM OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPLACEMENT TRUST FUND.— For the Federal contribution to the Fund, established in section 913, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Bureau of Indian Affairs the sum of $7,500,000 each year for fiscal year 2005 and 2006. (d) NONCORE SYSTEM. —There is authorized to be appropriated $73,600,000 to the Bureau of Reclamation for the planning, design, and construction of the noncore system. (e) COST INDEXING. —The sums authorized to be appropriated under this section may be increased or decreased by such amounts as are justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in development costs incurred after the date of enactment of this title, as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable for the type of construction involved. TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS SEC. 1001. SANTEE SIOUX TRIBE, NEBRASKA, WATER SYSTEM STUDY. (a) STUDY. — Pursuant to reclamation laws, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary"), through the Bureau of Reclamation and in consultation with the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Tribe"), shall conduct a feasibility study to determine the most feasible method of developing a safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water treatment and distribution system for the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska that could serve the tribal community and adjacent communities and incorporate population growth and economic development activities for a period of 40 years. (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—At the request of the Tribe, the Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Tribe for activities necessary to conduct the study required by subsection (a) regarding which the Tribe has unique expertise or knowledge. (c) REPORT.— Not later than 1 year after funds are made avail- Deadline, able to carry out this section, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report containing the results of the study required by subsection (a). (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $500,000 to carry out this section. SEC. 1002. YUROK TRIBE AND HOPLAND BAND INCLUDED IN LONG- TERM LEASING. (a) IN GENERAL.— The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other