Subtitle A—Pojoaque Basin Regional Water System 
Sec. 111. Authorization of Regional Water System. 
Sec. 112. Operating Agreement. 
Sec. 113. Acquisition of Pueblo water supply for the Regional Water System. 
Sec. 114. Delivery and allocation of Regional Water System capacity and water. 
Sec. 115. Aamodt Settlement Pueblos’ Fund. 
Sec. 116. Environmental compliance. 
Sec. 117. Authorization of appropriations. 
Subtitle B—Pojoaque Basin Indian Water Rights Settlement 
Sec. 121. Settlement Agreement and contract approval. 
Sec. 122. Environmental compliance. 
Sec. 123. Conditions precedent and enforcement date. 
Sec. 124. Waivers and releases. 
Sec. 125. Effect. 
TITLE II—TAOS PUEBLO INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT 
ACT 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Purpose. 
Sec. 203. Definitions. 
Sec. 204. Pueblo rights. 
Sec. 205. Pueblo water infrastructure and watershed enhancement. 
Sec. 206. Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund. 
Sec. 207. Marketing. 
Sec. 208. Mutual-benefit projects. 
Sec. 209. San Juan-Chama Project contracts. 
Sec. 210. Authorizations, ratifications, confirmations, and conditions precedent. 
Sec. 211. Waivers and releases. 
Sec. 212. Interpretation and enforcement. 
Sec. 213. Disclaimer. 
TITLE I—AAMODT LITIGATION 
SETTLEMENT ACT 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Aamodt Litigation 
Settlement Act’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ACRE-FEET.—The term ‘‘acre-feet’’ means 
acre-feet of water per year. 
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(2) AAMODT CASE.—The term ‘‘Aamodt Case’’ 
means the civil action entitled State of New Mexico, 
ex rel. State Engineer and United States of Amer-
ica, Pueblo de Nambe, Pueblo de Pojoaque, Pueblo 
de San Ildefonso, and Pueblo de Tesuque v. R. Lee 
Aamodt, et al., No. 66 CV 6639 MV/LCS (D.N.M.). 
(3) AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘Authority’’ means 
the Pojoaque Basin Regional Water Authority de-
scribed in section 9.5 of the Settlement Agreement 
or an alternate entity acceptable to the Pueblos and 
the County to operate and maintain the diversion 
and treatment facilities, certain transmission pipe-
lines, and other facilities of the Regional Water Sys-
tem. 
(4) BISHOP’S
LODGE
EXTENSION.—The term 
‘‘Bishop’s Lodge Extension’’ has the meaning given 
the term in the Engineering Report. 
(5) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 
Santa Fe, New Mexico. 
(6) COST-SHARING AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION 
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Cost-Sharing and System 
Integration Agreement’’ means the agreement exe-
cuted by the United States, the State, the Pueblos, 
the County, and the City that— 
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(A) describes the location, capacity, and 
management (including the distribution of 
water to customers) of the Regional Water Sys-
tem; and 
(B) allocates the costs of the Regional 
Water System with respect to— 
(i) the construction, operation, main-
tenance, and repair of the Regional Water 
System; 
(ii) rights-of-way for the Regional 
Water System; and 
(iii) the acquisition of water rights. 
(7) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 
Santa Fe County, New Mexico. 
(8) COUNTY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘County Distribution System’’ means the portion of 
the Regional Water System that serves water cus-
tomers on non-Pueblo land in the Pojoaque Basin. 
(9) 
COUNTY
WATER
UTILITY.—The 
term 
‘‘County Water Utility’’ means the water utility or-
ganized by the County to— 
(A) receive water distributed by the Au-
thority; and 
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(B) provide the water received under sub-
paragraph (A) to customers on non-Pueblo land 
in the Pojoaque Basin. 
(10) ENGINEERING REPORT.—The term ‘‘Engi-
neering 
Report’’ 
means 
the 
report 
entitled 
‘‘Pojoaque Regional Water System Engineering Re-
port’’ and dated April 2007 and any amendments 
thereto. 
(11) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the 
Aamodt Settlement Pueblos’ Fund established by 
section 115(a). 
(12) OPERATING AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Op-
erating Agreement’’ means the agreement between 
the Pueblos and the County executed under section 
112(a). 
(13) OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND
RE-
PLACEMENT COSTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘operations, 
maintenance, and replacement costs’’ means all 
costs for the operation of the Regional Water 
System that are necessary for the safe, effi-
cient, and continued functioning of the Regional 
Water System to produce the benefits described 
in the Settlement Agreement. 
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(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘operations, 
maintenance, and replacement costs’’ does not 
include construction costs or costs related to 
construction design and planning. 
(14) POJOAQUE BASIN.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Pojoaque 
Basin’’ means the geographic area limited by a 
surface water divide (which can be drawn on a 
topographic map), within which area rainfall 
and runoff flow into arroyos, drainages, and 
named tributaries that eventually drain to— 
(i) the Rio Pojoaque; or 
(ii) the 2 unnamed arroyos imme-
diately south; and 
(iii) 2 arroyos (including the Arroyo 
Alamo) that are north of the confluence of 
the Rio Pojoaque and the Rio Grande. 
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Pojoaque 
Basin’’ includes the San Ildefonso Eastern Res-
ervation recognized by section 8 of Public Law 
87–231 (75 Stat. 505). 
(15) PUEBLO.—The term ‘‘Pueblo’’ means each 
of the pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, 
or Tesuque. 
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(16) PUEBLOS.—The term ‘‘Pueblos’’ means 
collectively the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San 
Ildefonso, and Tesuque. 
(17) PUEBLO LAND.—The term ‘‘Pueblo land’’ 
means any real property that is— 
(A) held by the United States in trust for 
a Pueblo within the Pojoaque Basin; 
(B)(i) owned by a Pueblo within the 
Pojoaque Basin before the date on which a 
court approves the Settlement Agreement; or 
(ii) acquired by a Pueblo on or after the 
date on which a court approves the Settlement 
Agreement, if the real property is located— 
(I) within the exterior boundaries of 
the Pueblo, as recognized and conformed 
by a patent issued under the Act of De-
cember 22, 1858 (11 Stat. 374, chapter 
V); or 
(II) within the exterior boundaries of 
any territory set aside for the Pueblo by 
law, executive order, or court decree; 
(C) owned by a Pueblo or held by the 
United States in trust for the benefit of a 
Pueblo outside the Pojoaque Basin that is lo-
cated within the exterior boundaries of the 
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