Pueblo and on behalf of the Pueblo in New Mexico 
v. Abeyta and New Mexico v. Arellano, Civil Nos. 
7896–BB (U.S. D.N.M.) and 7939–BB (U.S. 
D.N.M) (consolidated); 
(2) all past, present, and future claims for dam-
ages, losses or injuries to water rights or all past, 
present, and future claims for failure to intervene or 
act on the Pueblo’s behalf in the protection of its 
water rights, or all past, present, and future claims 
for failure to acquire and/or develop the water rights 
and resources of the Pueblo, that accrued from time 
immemorial through the Enforcement Date; and 
(3) all past, present, and future claims arising 
out of or resulting from the negotiation or the adop-
tion of the Settlement Agreement, attachments 
thereto, or negotiation and enactment of this title or 
any specific terms and provisions thereof, against 
the United States, its agencies, agents or employees. 
(c) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND RETENTION OF 
CLAIMS.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the 
Pueblo and its members, and the United States, as trustee 
for the Pueblo and its members, shall retain the following 
rights and claims: 
(1) All claims against persons other than the 
Parties to the Settlement Agreement for injuries to 
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water rights arising out of activities occurring out-
side the Taos Valley or the Taos Valley Stream Sys-
tem. 
(2) All claims for enforcement of the Settlement 
Agreement, the San Juan-Chama Project contract 
between the Pueblo and the United States, the Par-
tial Final Decree, or this title, through such legal 
and equitable remedies as may be available in any 
court of competent jurisdiction. 
(3) All rights to use and protect water rights 
acquired pursuant to state law, to the extent not in-
consistent with the Partial Final Decree and the 
Settlement Agreement. 
(4) All claims relating to activities affecting the 
quality of water. 
(5) All rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 
powers, and claims not specifically waived and re-
leased pursuant to the Settlement Agreement or this 
title. 
(d) TOLLING OF CLAIMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 
limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 
to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 
the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act and ending on the Enforcement Date. 
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(2) NO REVIVAL OF CLAIMS.—Nothing in this 
subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 
limitation or time-based equitable defense that ex-
pired before the date of enactment of this title. 
(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section pre-
cludes the tolling of any period of limitations or any 
time-based equitable defense under any other appli-
cable law. 
SEC. 212. INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) LIMITED WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.— 
Upon and after the Enforcement Date, if any Party to 
the Settlement Agreement brings an action in any court 
of competent jurisdiction over the subject matter relating 
only and directly to the interpretation or enforcement of 
the Settlement Agreement or this title, and names the 
United States or the Pueblo as a party, then the United 
States, the Pueblo, or both may be added as a party to 
any such action, and any claim by the United States or 
the Pueblo to sovereign immunity from the action is 
waived, but only for the limited and sole purpose of such 
interpretation or enforcement, and no waiver of sovereign 
immunity is made for any action against the United States 
or the Pueblo that seeks money damages. 
(b) SUBJECT
MATTER
JURISDICTION
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—Nothing in this title shall be deemed as confer-
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ring, restricting, enlarging, or determining the subject 
matter jurisdiction of any court, including the jurisdiction 
of the court that enters the Partial Final Decree adjudi-
cating the Pueblo’s water rights. 
(c) REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.— 
Nothing in this title shall be deemed to determine or limit 
any authority of the State or the Pueblo to regulate or 
administer waters or water rights now or in the future. 
SEC. 213. DISCLAIMER. 
Nothing in the Settlement Agreement or this title 
shall be construed in any way to quantify or otherwise ad-
versely affect the land and water rights, claims, or entitle-
ments to water of any other Indian tribe. 
Æ 
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