SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe - Fish Springs Ranch Settle-
ment Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Ratification of agreement. 
Sec. 4. Waiver and releases of claims. 
Sec. 5. Satisfaction of claims. 
Sec. 6. Beneficiaries to agreement. 
Sec. 7. Jurisdiction. 
Sec. 8. Environmental compliance. 
Sec. 9. Miscellaneous provisions. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Origi-
nal Agreement’’ means the ‘‘Pyramid Lake Paiute 
Tribe Fish Springs Ranch Settlement Agreement’’ 
dated May 30, 2007, entered into by the Tribe and 
Fish Springs (including all exhibits to that agree-
ment). 
(2) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’ 
means the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe-Fish Springs 
Ranch 2013 Supplement to the 2007 Settlement 
Agreement dated November 20, 2013, entered into 
by the Tribe and Fish Springs, and all exhibits to 
that Agreement.
(3) ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
STATEMENT.— 
The term ‘‘environmental impact statement’’ means 
the final environmental impact statement for the 
North Valleys Rights-of-Way Projects prepared by 
the Bureau of Land Management (70 Fed. Reg. 
68473). 
(4) FINAL PAYMENT DATE.—The term ‘‘final 
payment date’’ means 30 days after the date on 
which the Tribe executes the waivers, as authorized 
in section 4, on or before which Fish Springs shall 
pay to the Tribe the $3,600,000 and accumulated 
interest pursuant to subparagraph 4.2 of the Agree-
ment. 
(5) FISH SPRINGS.—The term ‘‘Fish Springs’’ 
means the Fish Springs Ranch, LLC, a Nevada lim-
ited liability company (or a successor in interest). 
(6) FISH SPRINGS WATER RIGHTS.—The term 
‘‘Fish Springs water rights’’ means the 14,108 acre 
feet of water available to Fish Springs pursuant to 
certificates of water rights issued to Fish Springs or 
its predecessors in interest by the State Engineer for 
the State of Nevada, copies of which are attached as 
Exhibit ‘‘G’’ to the Original Agreement. 
(7) 
ADDITIONAL
FISH
SPRINGS
WATER 
RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘additional Fish Springs water
rights’’ means the rights to pump and transfer up 
to 5,000 acre feet per year of Fish Springs water 
rights in excess of 8,000 acre feet per year, up to 
a total of 13,000 acre feet per year, pursuant to 
Ruling No. 3787 signed by the State Engineer for 
the State of Nevada on March 1, 1991, and Supple-
mental Ruling on Remand No. 3787A signed by the 
State Engineer for the State of Nevada on October 
9, 1992. 
(8) HONEY
LAKE
VALLEY
BASIN.—The term 
‘‘Honey Lake Valley Basin’’ means the Honey Lake 
Valley Hydrographic Basin described as Nevada Hy-
drographic Water Basin 97. 
(9) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Project’’ means the 
project for pumping within Honey Lake Valley 
Basin and transfer outside of the basin by Fish 
Springs of not more than 13,000 acre feet per year 
of Fish Springs water rights, including— 
(A) not more than 8,000 acre feet as de-
scribed in the environmental impact statement 
(but not the Intermountain Water Supply, Ltd., 
Project described in the environmental impact 
statement) and the record of decision; 
(B) up to the 5,000 acre feet of additional 
Fish Springs water rights; and
(C) the rights and approvals for Fish 
Springs to pump and transfer up to said 
13,000 acre feet of groundwater per year. 
(10) RECORD OF DECISION.—The term ‘‘record 
of decision’’ means the public record of the decision 
of the District Manager of the United States Bureau 
of Land Management’s Carson City District in the 
State of Nevada issued on May 31, 2006, regarding 
the environmental impact statement and the Project. 
(11) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the Interior (or a designee 
of the Secretary). 
(12) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians organized 
under section 16 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’; 
25 U.S.C. 476). 
(13) TRUCKEE
RIVER
OPERATING
AGREE-
MENT.—The term ‘‘Truckee River Operating Agree-
ment’’ means— 
(A) the September 6, 2008, Truckee River 
Operating Agreement negotiated for the pur-
pose of carrying out the terms of the Truckee- 
Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement 
Act (Public Law 101–618); and
(B) any final, signed version of the Truck-
ee River Operating Agreement that becomes ef-
fective under the terms of the Truckee-Carson- 
Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act. 
SEC. 3. RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except to the extent that a provi-
sion of the Agreement conflicts with this Act, the Agree-
ment is authorized and ratified. 
(b) WAIVER AND RETENTION OF CLAIMS.—Notwith-
standing any provision of the Agreement, any waiver or 
retention of a claim by the Tribe relating to the Agreement 
shall be carried out in accordance with section 4. 
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW.—This sec-
tion, the Original Agreement, and the Agreement satisfy 
all applicable requirements of section 2116 of the Revised 
Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177). 
SEC. 4. WAIVER AND RELEASES OF CLAIMS. 
(a) WAIVER AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS BY TRIBE 
AGAINST FISH SPRINGS.—In return for benefits to the 
Tribe as set forth in the Original Agreement, the Agree-
ment, and this Act, the Tribe, on behalf of itself and the 
members of the Tribe, is authorized to execute a waiver 
and release against Fish Springs of the following: 
(1) All rights under Federal, State, and other 
law to challenge the validity, characteristics, or exer-