(7) OPERATION RULES.—The term ‘‘Operation 
Rules’’ means the rules of operation for the Phase 
I Reservoir, as established in accordance with the 
2007 Agreement and this Act. 
(8) PARTIES.—The term ‘‘Parties’’ means the 
signatories to the 2007 Agreement, including the 
Secretary. 
(9) PHASE I RESERVOIR.—The term ‘‘Phase I 
Reservoir’’ means the reservoir described in either 
section 3.4.B.(1) or section 3.4.B.(2) of the 2007 
Agreement. 
(10) RESERVATION; TULE
RIVER
RESERVA-
TION.—The terms ‘‘Reservation’’ and ‘‘Tule River 
Reservation’’ mean the reservation of lands set aside 
for the Tribe by the Executive Orders of January 9, 
1873, October 3, 1873, and August 3, 1878, includ-
ing lands added to the Reservation pursuant to sec-
tion 8. 
(11) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior. 
(12) SOUTH TULE INDEPENDENT DITCH COM-
PANY.—The term ‘‘South Tule Independent Ditch 
Company’’ means the nonprofit mutual water com-
pany incorporated in 1895 that has claims to owner-
ship of water rights dating back to 1854, which pro-
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vides water diverted from the South Fork of the 
Tule River to its shareholders on lands downstream 
from the Tule River Reservation. 
(13) TRIBAL WATER RIGHT.—The term ‘‘Tribal 
Water Right’’ means the water rights ratified, con-
firmed, and declared to be valid for the benefit of 
the Tribe as set forth and described in the 2007 
Agreement and this Act. 
(14) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reserva-
tion, California, a federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
(15) TRUST FUND.—The term ‘‘Trust Fund’’ 
means the Tule River Indian Tribe Settlement Trust 
Fund established under section 6(a). 
(16) TULE RIVER ASSOCIATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Tule River 
Association’’ means the association formed by 
agreement in 1965, the members of which are 
representatives of all pre-1914 appropriative 
and certain riparian water right holders of the 
Tule River at and below the Richard L. Schafer 
Dam and Reservoir. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Tule River 
Association’’ includes the Pioneer Water Com-
pany, the Vandalia Irrigation District, the 
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Porterville Irrigation District, and the Lower 
Tule River Irrigation District. 
(17) WATER
DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT.—The 
term ‘‘Water Development Project’’ means a project 
for domestic, commercial, municipal, and industrial 
water supply, including but not limited to water 
treatment, storage, and distribution infrastructure, 
to be constructed, in whole or in part, using monies 
from the Trust Fund. 
(b) DEFINITIONS
OF OTHER TERMS.—Any other 
term used in this Act but not defined in subsection (a)— 
(1) has the meaning given the term in the 2007 
Agreement; or 
(2) if no definition for the term is provided in 
the 2007 Agreement, shall be used in a manner con-
sistent with its use in the 2007 Agreement. 
SEC. 4. RATIFICATION OF 2007 AGREEMENT. 
(a) RATIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as modified by this 
Act and to the extent that the 2007 Agreement does 
not conflict with this Act, the 2007 Agreement is au-
thorized, ratified, and confirmed. 
(2) AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) 
GENERAL
AMENDMENTS.—If 
an 
amendment to the 2007 Agreement, or to any 
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exhibit attached to the 2007 Agreement requir-
ing the signature of the Secretary, is executed 
in accordance with this Act to make the 2007 
Agreement consistent with this Act, the amend-
ment is authorized, ratified, and confirmed. 
(B) SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS.— 
(i) SUBSTITUTE
SITES.—If a sub-
stitute site for the Phase I Reservoir is 
identified by the Tribe pursuant to section 
3.4.B.(2)(a) of the 2007 Agreement, then 
amendments related to the Operation 
Rules are authorized, ratified, and con-
firmed, to the extent that such Amend-
ments are consistent with the 2007 Agree-
ment and this Act. 
(ii) PRIORITY
DATE.—Amendments 
agreed to by the Parties to establish that 
the priority date for the Tribal Water 
Right is no later than January 9, 1873, is 
authorized, ratified, and confirmed. 
(iii) 
SENIOR
WATER
RIGHTS.— 
Amendments agreed to by the Parties to 
accommodate senior water rights of those 
Downstream Water Users described in sec-
tion 3(a)(4)(C) are authorized, ratified, 
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and confirmed, to the extent that the 
Court finds any such Downstream Water 
Users possess senior water rights that can 
be accommodated only by amendment of 
the 2007 Agreement. 
(iv) 
OTHER
AMENDMENTS.—Other 
amendments agreed to by the Parties to 
facilitate implementation and approval of 
the 2007 Agreement are authorized, rati-
fied, and confirmed, to the extent that 
such amendments are otherwise consistent 
with this Act and with other applicable 
law. 
(b) EXECUTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—To the extent the 2007 
Agreement does not conflict with this Act, the Sec-
retary shall execute the 2007 Agreement, in accord-
ance with paragraph (2), including all exhibits to, or 
parts of, the 2007 Agreement requiring the signa-
ture of the Secretary. 
(2) TIMING.—The Secretary shall not execute 
the 2007 Agreement until— 
(A) the Parties agree on amendments re-
lated to the priority date for the Tribal Water 
Right; and 
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