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shall any contract be issued under the Boulder 
Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.) for 
the use of the water, until a final Indian water 
rights settlement for the Hopi Tribe and the 
Navajo Nation has been approved by Congress, 
resolving the claims of the Hopi Tribe and the 
Navajo Nation to Lower Colorado River water 
within the State. 
(B) 
ADJUDICATION
OF
HOPI
TRIBE 
CLAIMS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in paragraph (1) and subparagraph (C), if 
the claims of the Hopi Tribe to the Lower 
Colorado River are fully and finally adju-
dicated through litigation without a settle-
ment of those claims, the 1,000 afy of 
CAP NIA priority water referred to in sub-
section (a)(2) and the 1,500 afy of fourth 
priority Colorado River water referred to 
in subsection (b)(2)— 
(I) shall no longer be retained as 
provided in those subsections; but 
(II) shall be used to satisfy, in 
whole or in part, any rights of the 
Hopi Tribe to Lower Colorado River 
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water determined through that litiga-
tion. 
(ii) MANNER
AND
EXTENT
OF
DIS-
TRIBUTION OF WATER.— 
(I) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwith-
standing the last sentence of section 
104(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Arizona Water 
Settlements Act (Public Law 108– 
451; 118 Stat. 3487), the manner and 
extent to which the water described in 
clause (i) shall be used to satisfy any 
rights of the Hopi Tribe shall be de-
termined by the court in the litigation. 
(II) 
CAP 
NIA
PRIORITY 
WATER.—To the extent that any of 
the CAP NIA priority water is not 
needed to satisfy any rights of the 
Hopi Tribe described in clause (i), 
that water shall be available to the 
Secretary 
under 
section 
104(A)(1)(B)(i) of the Arizona Water 
Settlements Act (Public Law 108– 
451; 118 Stat. 3487). 
(III) FOURTH
PRIORITY
COLO-
RADO RIVER WATER.—To the extent 
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that any of the fourth priority Colo-
rado River water is not needed to sat-
isfy any rights of the Hopi Tribe de-
scribed in clause (i), that water shall 
be retained by the Secretary for uses 
relating to Indian water right settle-
ments in the State. 
(C) TERMINATION OF RETENTION OF CAP 
WATER.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Hopi Tribe 
files an action against the United States 
regarding the claims of the Hopi Tribe to 
Lower Colorado River water or the oper-
ation of the Lower Colorado River before 
January 1, 2031, the Secretary may, prior 
to any judicial determination of those 
claims, terminate the retention of the 
1,000 afy of CAP NIA priority water de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2). 
(ii) REQUIREMENTS FOLLOWING TER-
MINATION.—If the Secretary terminates 
the retention of the 1,000 afy of CAP NIA 
priority water under this subparagraph, 
the Secretary shall— 
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(I) promptly give written notice 
of that action to the Hopi Tribe and 
the Arizona Department of Water Re-
sources; and 
(II) use the 1,000 afy of CAP 
NIA priority water as provided in sec-
tion 104(A)(1)(B)(i) of the Arizona 
Water Settlements Act (Public Law 
108–451; 118 Stat. 3487). 
(5) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion determines, confirms, or limits the validity or 
extent of the claims of the Navajo Nation and the 
Hopi Tribe to Lower Colorado River water. 
SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FEA-
SIBILITY STUDY. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to complete 
the feasibility investigations of the Western Navajo Pipe-
line component of the North Central Arizona Water Sup-
ply Study $3,300,000. 
Æ 
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