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Calendar No. 531 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3501 

[Report No. 109–291] 

To amend the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Water 

Rights Settlement Act to establish an acquisition fund for the water 

rights and habitat acquisition program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 13, 2006 

Mr. MCCAIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

JULY 24, 2006 

Reported by Mr. MCCAIN, without amendment 

A BILL 

To amend the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe 

of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act to establish an 

acquisition fund for the water rights and habitat acquisition program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. ACQUISITION FUND. 

2 Section 10 of the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian 

3 Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 

4 106–263; 114 Stat. 743) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (f), by striking the second sen6 tence; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(g) ACQUISITION FUND.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

10 the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 

11 known as the ‘Santa Clara Water Rights and Habi12 tat Acquisition Fund’ (referred to in this section as 

13 the ‘Acquisition Fund’), consisting of— 

14 ‘‘(A) such amounts as are appropriated to 

15 the Acquisition Fund under paragraph (2); and 

16 ‘‘(B) any income earned on investment of 

17 amounts in the Acquisition Fund under para18 graph (4). 

19 ‘‘(2) TRANSFERS TO ACQUISITION FUND.— 

20 There are appropriated to the Acquisition Fund 

21 amounts equivalent to amounts made available 

22 under subsection (f). 

23 ‘‘(3) EXPENDITURES FROM ACQUISITION

24 FUND.—On request by the Secretary, the Secretary 

25 of the Treasury shall transfer from the Acquisition 

26 Fund to the Secretary such amounts as the SecVerDate Aug 31 2005 22:33 Jul 24, 2006 Jkt 049196 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3501.RS S3501

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1 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this 

2 section. 

3 ‘‘(4) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On request by the 

5 Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

6 invest such portion of the Acquisition Fund as 

7 is not, in the judgment of the Secretary, re8 quired to meet current withdrawals. 

9 ‘‘(B) OBLIGATIONS.—Investments may be 

10 made only in public debt securities with matu11 rities suitable to the needs of the Acquisition 

12 Fund, as determined by the Secretary, that 

13 bear interest at a rate determined by the Sec14 retary of the Treasury, taking into consider15 ation current market yields on outstanding 

16 marketable obligations of the United States of 

17 comparable maturity. 

18 ‘‘(C) ACQUISITION OF OBLIGATIONS.—For 

19 the purpose of investments under subparagraph 

20 (A), obligations may be acquired— 

21 ‘‘(i) on original issue at the issue 

22 price; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) by purchase of outstanding obli24 gations at the market price. 


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1 ‘‘(D) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obliga2 tion acquired by the Acquisition Fund may be 

3 sold by the Secretary of the Treasury at the 

4 market price. 

5 ‘‘(E) CREDITS TO ACQUISITION FUND.— 

6 The income on, and the proceeds from the sale 

7 or redemption of, any obligations held in the 

8 Acquisition Fund shall be credited to, and form 

9 a part of, the Acquisition Fund. 

10 ‘‘(5) TRANSFERS OF AMOUNTS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts required 

12 to be transferred to the Acquisition Fund under 

13 this subsection shall be transferred at least 

14 monthly from the general fund of the Treasury 

15 to the Acquisition Fund on the basis of esti16 mates made by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

17 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENTS.—Proper adjustment 

18 shall be made in amounts subsequently trans19 ferred to the extent prior estimates were in ex20 cess of or less than the amounts required to be 

21 transferred. 

22 ‘‘(6) MANAGEMENT.—The Acquisition Fund 

23 (including the principal of the Acquisition Fund and 

24 any interest generated on that principal) shall be 

25 managed in accordance with this section.’’. 


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Calendar No. 531 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3501 

[Report No. 109

–291] 

A BILL 

To amend the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian 

and habitat acquisition program. establish an acquisition fund for the water rights Tribe of Utah Water Rights Settlement Act to 

JULY 24, 2006 

Reported without amendment 


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