SEC. 6. SATISFACTION AND SUBSTITUTION OF CLAIMS. 
(a) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the intent of Con-
gress to provide to the Community, its members, and 
allottees benefits that are equivalent to or exceed the claims 
the Community, its members, and allottees may possess as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act, taking into consid-
eration— 
(1) the potential risks, cost, and time delay asso-
ciated with litigation; 
(2) the cultural and historic significance of the 
Lower Sonoran Lands to the Community, its mem-
bers, and allottees; 
(3) the benefit to the Community, its members, 
and allottees associated with having a fixed northern 
boundary of the Reservation; 
(4) the benefits that will accrue to the Commu-
nity, its members, and allottees resulting from the 
legal confirmation of Federal electrical, irrigation, 
and road rights-of-way as provided under this Act; 
and 
(5) the availability of appropriations under this 
Act. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The benefits realized by the Com-
munity, its members, and allottees under this Act shall be 
in complete replacement of and substitution for, and full 
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satisfaction of all claims that the Community, its members, 
and allottees may have had against the United States— 
(1) relating to the United States alleged failure 
to legally establish and document Federal rights-of- 
way on the Reservation through the date of enactment 
of this Act; and 
(2) for the United States alleged failure to estab-
lish, maintain and defend the Community’s northern 
boundary of the Reservation through the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall become effec-
tive on the later of the date on which the Secretary— 
(1) publishes in the Federal Register the notice 
required under section 4(e); 
(2) publishes in the Federal Register the notice 
required under section 5(e); and 
(3) completes the surveys for the Federal rights- 
of-way required under this Act. 
SEC. 7. FEDERAL RIGHTS-OF-WAY. 
(a) ESTABLISHED, RATIFIED, AND CONFIRMED.—All 
of the rights-of-way depicted in the ROW, Easements, and 
Federal and Tribal Facilities Map accompanying this Act 
are hereby established, ratified, and confirmed. The specific 
position and dimensions of such rights-of-way are to be de-
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termined following a survey conducted in accordance with 
section 8. 
(b) RECORDATION.—All of the rights-of-way estab-
lished, ratified, and confirmed in subsection (a) shall be re-
corded with the Land Titles and Records Office following 
each survey conducted in accordance with section 8. 
(c) GRANTEE OR APPLICANT.—The Federal Govern-
ment shall be considered the grantee or applicant for any 
and all rights-of-way established pursuant to this Act. 
(d) CANCELLATION.—Any rights-of-way established by 
this Act may be cancelled pursuant to sections 404–409 of 
title 25, Federal Code of Regulations, or upon written re-
quest by the Community to the Secretary to remove the 
rights-of-way from the ROW, Easements, and Federal and 
Tribal Facilities Map subject to otherwise applicable law 
regarding rights-of-way on the Reservation. Any request for 
cancellation action by the Community shall be formally 
documented by tribal resolution. 
(e) OTHER INTERESTS
IN LAND.—Notwithstanding 
any law, the granting of any rights-of-way or easement 
other than those depicted in the ROW, Easements, and Fed-
eral and Tribal Facilities Map accompanying this Act, or 
any future additions, expansions or modifications of any 
of the rights-of-way or easement established, ratified, and 
confirmed in subsection (a), may only be done in accord-
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ance with all applicable laws and regulations. All other 
rights-of-ways or easements on the Reservation shall be 
valid only to the extent that they have been established in 
accordance with applicable Federal statute and regulation 
specifically governing rights-of-ways or easements on In-
dian lands. 
SEC. 8. SURVEY. 
(a) COMPLETION AND PUBLICATION.—Not later than 
6 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs shall undertake and complete a sur-
vey of each of the Federal rights-of-way established under 
this Act. A retroactive grant of easement shall be required 
upon completion of each survey of each of the Federal 
rights-of-way established under this Act. The Bureau of In-
dian Affairs shall cause the surveys undertaken pursuant 
to this Act to be published in the Federal Register. 
(b) CONTRACT.—The Bureau of Indian Affairs is au-
thorized, subject to appropriations, to contract for the sur-
vey of all Federal rights-of-way established pursuant to this 
Act to the Community or a third party. 
(c) DELETIONS.—Upon completion of the surveys au-
thorized and undertaken pursuant to subsection (a), the 
Community and the Bureau of Indian Affairs may deter-
mine that anomalies exist with respect to certain Federal 
rights-of-way such that deletion of such Federal right-of- 
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way from the ROW, Easements, and Federal and Tribal 
Facilities Map is appropriate and such Federal right-of- 
way may be removed from the ROW, Easements, and Fed-
eral Tribal Facilities Map. 
SEC. 9. HUNT HIGHWAY. 
Nothing in this Act shall establish, terminate, or other-
wise impact any right-of-way or easement associated with 
Hunt Highway in Pinal County, Arizona, including the 
portion of Hunt Highway that traverses the Reservation. 
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