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vide financial assistance for, or plan, design, and 
construct— 
(A) water supply infrastructure; or 
(B) a project— 
(i) to rehabilitate a water delivery sys-
tem to conserve water; or 
(ii) to restore fish and wildlife habitat 
or otherwise improve environmental condi-
tions associated with or affected by, or lo-
cated within the same river basin as, a Fed-
eral reclamation project that is in existence 
on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) USE
FOR
COMPLETION
OF
PROJECT
AND 
OTHER SETTLEMENTS.— 
(A) PRIORITIES.— 
(i) FIRST PRIORITY.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—The first pri-
ority for expenditure of amounts in the 
Fund during the entire period in 
which the Fund is in existence shall be 
for the purposes described in, and in 
the order of, clauses (i) through (iv) of 
subparagraph (B). 
(II) RESERVED
AMOUNTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
reserve 
and 
use
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amounts deposited into the Fund in 
accordance with subclause (I). 
(ii) OTHER PURPOSES.—Any amounts 
in the Fund that are not needed for the pur-
poses described in subparagraph (B) may be 
used for other purposes authorized in para-
graph (2). 
(B) COMPLETION OF PROJECT.— 
(i) NAVAJO-GALLUP
WATER
SUPPLY 
PROJECT.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to sub-
clause (II), effective beginning January 
1, 2020, if, in the judgment of the Sec-
retary on an annual basis the deadline 
described in section 10701(e)(1)(A)(ix) 
is unlikely to be met because a suffi-
cient amount of funding is not other-
wise available through appropriations 
made available pursuant to section 
10609(a), the Secretary shall expend 
from the Fund such amounts on an 
annual basis consistent with para-
graphs (1) and (2), as are necessary to 
pay the Federal share of the costs, and 
substantially complete as expeditiously
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as practicable, the construction of the 
water supply infrastructure authorized 
as part of the Project. 
(II) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— 
(aa) IN
GENERAL.—Except 
as provided under item (bb), the 
amount expended under subclause 
(I) shall not exceed $500,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2020 
through 2029. 
(bb) EXCEPTION.—The limi-
tation on the expenditure amount 
under item (aa) may be exceeded 
during the entire period in which 
the Fund is in existence if such 
additional funds can be expended 
without limiting the amounts 
identified in clauses (ii) through 
(iv). 
(ii) OTHER
NEW
MEXICO
SETTLE-
MENTS.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to sub-
clause (II), effective beginning January 
1, 2020, in addition to the funding 
made available under clause (i), if in
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the judgment of the Secretary on an 
annual basis a sufficient amount of 
funding is not otherwise available 
through annual appropriations, the 
Secretary shall expend from the Fund 
such amounts on an annual basis con-
sistent with paragraphs (1) and (2), as 
are necessary to pay the Federal share 
of the remaining costs of implementing 
the Indian water rights settlement 
agreements entered into by the State of 
New Mexico in the Aamodt adjudica-
tion and the Abeyta adjudication, if 
such settlements are subsequently ap-
proved and authorized by an Act of 
Congress and the implementation pe-
riod has not already expired. 
(II) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The 
amount expended under subclause (I) 
shall not exceed $250,000,000. 
(iii) MONTANA SETTLEMENTS.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to sub-
clause (II), effective beginning January 
1, 2020, in addition to funding made 
available pursuant to clauses (i) and
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(ii), if in the judgment of the Secretary 
on an annual basis a sufficient 
amount of funding is not otherwise 
available through annual appropria-
tions, the Secretary shall expend from 
the Fund such amounts on an annual 
basis consistent with paragraphs (1) 
and (2), as are necessary to pay the 
Federal share of the remaining costs of 
implementing Indian water rights set-
tlement agreements entered into by the 
State of Montana with the Blackfeet 
Tribe, the Crow Tribe, or the Gros 
Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the 
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in 
the judicial proceeding entitled ‘‘In re 
the General Adjudication of All the 
Rights to Use Surface and Ground-
water in the State of Montana’’, if a 
settlement or settlements are subse-
quently approved and authorized by an 
Act of Congress and the implementa-
tion period has not already expired. 
(II) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—
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building or access road) that is related to the Project 
facilities authorized by paragraphs (1) through (4), 
including power transmission facilities and associated 
wheeling services to connect Project facilities to exist-
ing high-voltage transmission facilities and deliver 
power to the Project. 
(c) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
acquire any land or interest in land that is necessary 
to construct, operate, and maintain the Project facili-
ties authorized under subsection (b). 
(2) LAND OF THE PROJECT PARTICIPANTS.—As a 
condition of construction of the facilities authorized 
under this part, the Project Participants shall provide 
all land or interest in land, as appropriate, that the 
Secretary identifies as necessary for acquisition under 
this subsection at no cost to the Secretary. 
(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not con-
demn water rights for purposes of the Project. 
(d) CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall not commence construc-
tion of the facilities authorized under subsection (b) 
until such time as—