I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3564 
To make technical corrections to certain Native American water rights 
settlements in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2013 
Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To make technical corrections to certain Native American 
water rights settlements in the State of New Mexico, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Mexico Native 
American Water Settlements Technical Corrections Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TAOS PUEBLO INDIAN WATER RIGHTS. 
(a) TAOS PUEBLO WATER DEVELOPMENT FUND.— 
Section 505(f)(1) of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights 
Settlement Act (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3125) is 
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amended by inserting ‘‘, including reconstruction, replace-
ment, rehabilitation, or repair,’’ after ‘‘construction’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATIONS, RATIFICATIONS, CONFIRMA-
TIONS, AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.—Section 509(c) of 
the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act 
(Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3128) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), strike ‘‘, for the period 
of fiscal years 2011 through 2016,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), strike ‘‘for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2011 through 2016’’. 
SEC. 3. AAMODT LITIGATION SETTLEMENT. 
(a) AAMODT SETTLEMENT PUEBLOS’ FUND.—Sec-
tion 615(c)(7) of the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act 
(Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3146) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘section 
617(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 617(c)(1)(A)’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 
617(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 617(c)(1)(B)’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 617 of the Aamodt Litigation 
Settlement Act (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3146) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘for the 
period of fiscal years 2011 through 2016,’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘for the 
period of fiscal years 2011 through 2015’’. 
SEC. 4. NAVAJO WATER SETTLEMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 10302 of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 407 
note; Public Law 111–11) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Arrellano’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Arellano’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (27), by striking ‘‘75–185’’ 
and inserting ‘‘75–184’’. 
(b) DELIVERY AND USE OF NAVAJO-GALLUP WATER 
SUPPLY PROJECT WATER.—Section 10603(c)(2)(A) of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub-
lic Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1385) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Article III(c)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Articles III(c)’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘Article III(c)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Articles III(c)’’. 
(c) PROJECT CONTRACTS.—Section 10604(f)(1) of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub-
lic Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1391) is amended by inserting 
‘‘Project’’ before ‘‘water’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
10609 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1395) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), 
by striking ‘‘construction or rehabilitation’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘planning, design, 
construction, rehabilitation,’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘4 percent’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘4 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 percent’’. 
(e) AGREEMENT.—Section 10701(e) of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 
11; 123 Stat. 1400) is amended in paragraphs (2)(A), 
(2)(B), and (3)(A) by striking ‘‘and Contract’’ each place 
it appears. 
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