Paragraph 4 of the Agreement for damages, losses or inju-
ries that are related to— 
(1) the Project, Fish Springs water rights (in-
cluding additional Fish Springs water rights), and 
the implementation, operation, or approval of the 
Project, including claims related to— 
(A) loss of water, water rights, land, or 
natural resources due to loss of water or water 
rights (including damages, losses, or injuries to 
hunting, fishing, and gathering rights due to 
loss of water, water rights or subordination of 
water rights) resulting from the Project or Fish 
Springs water rights (including additional Fish 
Springs water rights); 
(B) interference with, diversion, or taking 
of water resulting from the Project; or 
(C) failure to protect, acquire, replace, or 
develop water, water rights, or water infrastruc-
ture as a result of the Project or Fish Springs 
water rights (including additional Fish Springs 
water rights); 
(2) the record of decision, the environmental 
impact statement, the Agreement or the Original 
Agreement;
(3) claims the United States, acting as trustee 
for the Tribe or otherwise, asserted, or could have 
asserted in any past proceeding related to the 
Project; 
(4) the negotiation, execution, or adoption of 
the Agreement, the Original Agreement, or this Act; 
(5) the Tribe’s use and expenditure of funds 
paid to the Tribe under the Agreement or the Origi-
nal Agreement; 
(6) the Tribe’s acquisition and use of land 
under the Original Agreement; and 
(7) the extinguishment of claims, if any, and 
satisfaction of the obligations of the United States 
on behalf of the Tribe as set forth in subsection (e). 
(d) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND RETENTION OF 
CLAIMS BY TRIBE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.—Not-
withstanding the waivers and releases authorized in this 
Act, the Tribe, on behalf of itself and the members of the 
Tribe, shall retain against the United States the following: 
(1) All claims for enforcement of this Act 
through such legal and equitable remedies as are 
available in the U.S. District Court for the District 
of Nevada. 
(2) The right to seek to have enforced the 
terms of any permit or right-of-way across Federal
lands issued to Fish Springs for the Project and 
Project water. 
(3) Subject to the right of Fish Springs to 
carry out the Project, all other rights, remedies, 
privileges, immunities, powers, and claims not spe-
cifically waived and released pursuant to this Act 
and the Agreement. 
(e) EXTINGUISHMENT OF WAIVED AND RELEASED 
CLAIMS.—Upon execution of the waiver and releases by 
the Tribe pursuant to subsections (a) and (c) and upon 
final payment by Fish Springs pursuant to the terms of 
the Agreement, the United States acting on behalf of the 
Tribe shall have no right or obligation to bring or assert 
any claims waived and released by the Tribe as set forth 
in subsection (a). Upon the effective date of the waivers 
and releases of claims authorized, the waived and released 
claims as set forth in subsection (a) are extinguished. 
(f) NO UNITED STATES LIABILITY
FOR WAIVED 
CLAIMS.—The United States shall bear no liability for 
claims waived and released by the Tribe pursuant to this 
Act. 
(g) UNITED STATES RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.— 
Nothing in this Act shall affect any rights, remedies, privi-
leges, immunities, or powers of the United States, includ-
ing the right to enforce the terms of the right-of-way
across Federal lands for the Project granted by the Sec-
retary to Fish Springs pursuant to the Federal Lands Pol-
icy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.), with the exception that the United States may not 
assert any claim on the Tribe’s behalf that is extinguished 
pursuant to subsection (e). 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE OF WAIVERS AND RELEASES 
OF CLAIMS.—The waivers and releases authorized under 
subsections (a) and (c) shall take effect on the day Fish 
Springs makes the payment to the Tribe as provided in 
subparagraph 4.2 of the Agreement. 
SEC. 5. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The benefits provided to the Tribe 
under the Agreement, the Original Agreement, and this 
Act shall be considered to be full satisfaction of all claims 
of the Tribe waived and released pursuant to section 4 
and pursuant to the Original Agreement and any claims 
the United States might make on behalf of the Tribe that 
are extinguished pursuant to section 4. 
(b) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO EXECUTE WAIVERS 
AND RELEASES.—If the Tribe fails to execute the waivers 
and releases as authorized by this Act within 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, this Act and the 
Agreement shall be null and void.
SEC. 6. BENEFICIARIES TO AGREEMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The beneficiaries to the Agree-
ment shall be limited to— 
(1) the parties to the Agreement; 
(2) any municipal water purveyor that provides 
Project water for wholesale or retail water service to 
the area serviced by the Project; 
(3) any water purveyor that obtains the right to 
use Project water for purposes other than serving 
retail or wholesale customers; and 
(4) any assignee of Water Rights Credits for 
Project water pursuant to the terms of the February 
28, 2006, Water Banking Trust Agreement between 
Washoe County and Fish Springs. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(a), nothing in the Agreement or this Act provides to any 
individual or entity third-party beneficiary status relating 
to the Agreement. 
SEC. 7. JURISDICTION. 
Jurisdiction over any civil action relating to the en-
forcement of the Agreement, the Original Agreement, or 
this Act shall be vested in the United States District Court 
for the District of Nevada.
SEC. 8. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. 
Nothing in this Act precludes the United States or 
the Tribe, when delegated regulatory authority, from en-
forcing Federal environmental laws, including— 
(1) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) including claims for damages 
for harm to natural resources; 
(2) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300f et seq.); 
(3) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); 
(4) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
6901 et seq.); and 
(5) any regulation implementing one or more of 
the Acts listed in paragraphs (1) through (4). 
SEC. 9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
(a) NO ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARD.—Nothing in 
this Act establishes a standard for the quantification of 
a Federal reserved water right or any other claim of an 
Indian tribe other than the Tribe in any other judicial or 
administrative proceeding. 
(b) OTHER CLAIMS.—Nothing in the Agreement, the 
Original Agreement, or this Act quantifies or otherwise 
adversely affects any water right, claim, or entitlement to
water, or any other right of any Indian tribe, band, or 
community other than the Tribe. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3716 
AN ACT 
To ratify a water settlement agreement affecting 
the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and for other 
purposes.