Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 124.djvu/3115

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124 STAT. 3089 PUBLIC LAW 111–291—DEC. 8, 2010 (B) any amounts made available under section 312 shall immediately revert to the general fund of the Treasury; (C) any other amounts deposited in the White Moun- tain Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Subaccount (including any amounts paid by the State in accordance with the Agreement), together with any interest accrued on those amounts, shall immediately be returned to the respective sources of those funds; and (D) the Tribe and its members, and the United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe and its members, shall retain the right to assert past, present, and future water rights claims and claims for injury to water rights for the reservation and off-reservation trust land. (3) NO ADDITIONAL RIGHTS TO WATER.—Beginning on the enforceability date, all land held by the United States in trust for the Tribe and its members shall have no rights to water other than those specifically quantified for the Tribe and the United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe and its members, for the reservation and off-reservation trust land pursuant to paragraph 4.0 of the Agreement. (e) UNITED STATES ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this title or the Agreement affects any right of the United States to take any action, including environmental actions, under any laws (including regulations and the common law) relating to human health, safety, or the environment. (f) NO EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS.—Except as provided in para- graphs (1)(A)(ii), (1)(B)(ii), (3)(A)(ii), and (3)(B)(ii) of subsection (a), nothing in this title affects any rights to water of the Tribe, its members, or the United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe and its members, for land outside the boundaries of the reservation or the off-reservation trust land. (g) ENTITLEMENTS.—Any entitlement to water of the Tribe, its members, or the United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe and its members, relating to the reservation or off-reservation trust land shall be satisfied from the water resources granted, quantified, confirmed, or recognized with respect to the Tribe, its members, and the United States by the Agreement and this title. (h) OBJECTION PROHIBITED.—Except as provided in paragraphs (1)(A)(ix) and (2)(F) of subsection (b), the Tribe and the United States, acting as trustee for the Tribe shall not— (1) object to the use of any well located outside the bound- aries of the reservation or the off-reservation trust land in existence on the enforceability date; or (2) object to, dispute, or challenge after the enforceability date the drilling of any well or the withdrawal and use of water from any well in the Little Colorado River adjudication proceedings, the Gila River adjudication proceedings, or any other judicial or administrative proceeding. SEC. 310. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLE- MENT SUBACCOUNT. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Lower Colo- rado River Basin Development Fund a subaccount to be known as the ‘‘White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Subaccount’’, consisting of—