(1) IN GENERAL.—In managing available flows 
below McPhee Dam to conserve, protect, and en-
hance the resources described in sections 101(b) and 
201(b) of the Dolores River within the covered land, 
including native fish and whitewater boating re-
sources, the Secretary shall seek to provide regular 
and meaningful consultation and collaboration with 
interested stakeholders, including the Native Fish 
Monitoring and Recommendation Team, which in-
cludes water management entities, affected counties, 
conservation interests, whitewater boating interests, 
Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and the Ute Mountain 
Ute Tribe, during the process of decision making. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Beginning on the date 
that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act 
and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Rec-
lamation shall prepare and make publically available 
a report that describes any progress with respect to 
the conservation, protection, and enhancement of na-
tive fish in the Dolores River. 
(c) WATER RESOURCE PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights and paragraph (2), after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary or any other officer, 
employee, or agent of the United States may not as-
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sist by loan, grant, license, or otherwise in the con-
struction or modification of any water resource 
project— 
(A) located on the covered land that 
would— 
(i) affect the free-flowing character of 
any stream within the covered land; or 
(ii) unreasonably diminish the re-
source values described in sections 101(b) 
and 201(b) of the Dolores River within the 
covered land; or 
(B) located outside the covered land that 
would unreasonably diminish the resource val-
ues described in sections 101(b) and 201(b) of 
the Dolores River within the covered land. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Subject to the requirements 
of this section, nothing in paragraph (1)— 
(A) prevents, outside the covered land— 
(i) the construction of small diversion 
dams or stock ponds; 
(ii) new minor water developments in 
accordance with existing decreed water 
rights; or 
(iii) minor modifications to structures; 
or 
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(B) affects access to, or operation, mainte-
nance, relicensing, repair, or replacement of, ex-
isting water resource projects. 
(d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act— 
(1) affects— 
(A) any water right that is— 
(i) decreed under the laws of the 
State; and 
(ii) in existence on the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(B) the use, allocation, ownership, or con-
trol, in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act, of any water or water right; 
(C) any vested absolute or decreed condi-
tional water right in existence on the date of 
enactment of this Act, including any water 
right held by the United States; 
(D) any interstate water compact in exist-
ence on the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(E) State jurisdiction over any water law, 
water right, or adjudication or administration 
relating to any water resource; 
(2) imposes— 
(A) any mandatory streamflow require-
ment within the covered land; or 
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(B) any Federal water quality standard 
within, or upstream of, the covered land that is 
more restrictive than would be applicable if the 
covered land had not been designated as the 
Conservation Area or Special Management Area 
under this Act; or 
(3) constitutes an express or implied reservation 
by the United States of any reserved or appropria-
tive water right within the covered land. 
SEC. 403. EFFECT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND REGU-
LATORY AUTHORITY. 
(a) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act— 
(1) affects valid existing rights; 
(2) requires any owner of private property to 
bear any costs associated with the implementation of 
the management plan under this Act; 
(3) affects the jurisdiction or responsibility of 
the State with respect to fish and wildlife in the 
State; 
(4) requires a change in or affects local zoning 
laws of the State or a political subdivision of the 
State; or 
(5) affects— 
(A) the jurisdiction over, use, or mainte-
nance of county roads in the covered land; or 
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(B) the administration of the portion of 
the road that is not a county road and that is 
commonly known as the ‘‘Dolores River Road’’ 
within the Conservation Area, subject to the 
condition that the Secretary shall not improve 
the road beyond the existing primitive condition 
of the road. 
(b) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) NO
BUFFER
ZONES.—The designation of 
the Conservation Area and the Special Management 
Area by this Act shall not create any protective pe-
rimeter or buffer zone around the Conservation Area 
or Special Management Area, as applicable. 
(2) PRIVATE LAND.—Nothing in this Act re-
quires the prohibition of any activity on private land 
outside the boundaries of the Conservation Area or 
the Special Management Area that can be seen or 
heard from within such a boundary. 
SEC. 404. TRIBAL RIGHTS AND TRADITIONAL USES. 
(a) TREATY RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act affects the 
treaty rights of any Indian Tribe, including rights under 
the Agreement of September 13, 1873, ratified by the Act 
of April 29, 1874 (18 Stat. 36, chapter 136). 
(b) TRADITIONAL TRIBAL USES.—Subject to any 
terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be 
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necessary and in accordance with applicable law, the Sec-
retary shall allow for the continued use of the covered land 
by members of Indian Tribes— 
(1) for traditional ceremonies; and 
(2) as a source of traditional plants and other 
materials. 
Æ 
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