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Union Calendar No. 478 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4924 
[Report No. 113–638] 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the Big Sandy River- 
Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the Hualapai 
Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, to provide 
for the lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on the Bill 
Williams River in the State of Arizona to benefit the Lower Colorado 
River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and to provide for the settle-
ment of specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams River watershed 
in the State of Arizona. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2014 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. BARBER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Ms. SINEMA, 
and Mr. PASTOR of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 1, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 20, 2014] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the 
Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement 
Agreement and the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River 
Water Rights Settlement Agreement, to provide for the 
lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on 
the Bill Williams River in the State of Arizona to benefit 
the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation 
Program, and to provide for the settlement of specific 
water rights claims in the Bill Williams River watershed 
in the State of Arizona. 
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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 ‘‘Bill Williams River 
Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-
ment of certain claims among certain parties to water 
rights in the Bill Williams River watershed in the 
State of Arizona for— 
(A) the Hualapai Tribe (acting on behalf of 
the Tribe and members of the Tribe); and 
(B) the Department of the Interior, acting 
on behalf of the Department and, as specified, 
the United States as trustee for the Hualapai 
Tribe, the members of the Tribe, and the 
allottees; 
(2) to approve, ratify, and confirm— 
(A) the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch 
Water Rights Settlement Agreement entered into 
among the Hualapai Tribe, the United States as 
trustee for the Tribe, the members of the Tribe 
and allottees, the Secretary of the Interior, the 
Arizona department of water resources, Freeport 
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Minerals Corporation, and the Arizona Game 
and Fish Commission, to the extent the Big 
Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement is con-
sistent with this Act; and 
(B) the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River 
Water Rights Settlement Agreement entered into 
among the Tribe, the United States as trustee for 
the Tribe, members of the Tribe, the allottees, 
and the Freeport Minerals Corporation, to the 
extent the Hualapai Tribe Agreement is con-
sistent with this Act; 
(3) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 
(A) to execute the duties and obligations of 
the Secretary under the Big Sandy River-Planet 
Ranch Agreement, the Hualapai Tribe Agree-
ment, and this Act; 
(B)(i) to remove objections to the applica-
tions for the severance and transfer of certain 
water rights, in partial consideration of the 
agreement of the parties to impose certain limits 
on the extent of the use and transferability of the 
severed and transferred water right and other 
water rights; and 
(ii) to provide confirmation of those water 
rights; and 
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(C) to carry out any other activity nec-
essary to implement the Big Sandy River-Planet 
Ranch Agreement and the Hualapai Tribe 
Agreement in accordance with this Act; 
(4) to advance the purposes of the Lower Colo-
rado River Multi-Species Conservation Program; 
(5) to secure a long-term lease for a portion of 
Planet Ranch, along with appurtenant water rights 
primarily along the Bill Williams River corridor, for 
use in the Conservation Program; 
(6) to bring the leased portion of Planet Ranch 
into public ownership for the long-term benefit of the 
Conservation Program; and 
(7) to secure from the Freeport Minerals Cor-
poration non-Federal contributions— 
(A) to support a tribal water supply study 
necessary for the advancement of a settlement of 
the claims of the Tribe for rights to Colorado 
River water; and 
(B) to enable the Tribe to secure Colorado 
River water rights and appurtenant land, in-
crease security of the water rights of the Tribe, 
and facilitate a settlement of the claims of the 
Tribe for rights to Colorado River water. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADWR.—The term ‘‘ADWR’’ means the Ari-
zona department of water resources, established pur-
suant to title 45 of the Arizona Revised Statutes (or 
a successor agency or entity). 
(2) ALLOTMENT.—The term ‘‘allotment’’ means 
the 4 off-reservation parcels held in trust by the 
United States for individual Indians in the Big 
Sandy River basin in Mohave County, Arizona, 
under the patents numbered 1039995, 1039996, 
1039997, and 1019494. 
(3) ALLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘allottee’’ means any 
Indian owner of an allotment under a patent num-
bered 1039995, 1039996, 1039997, or 1019494. 
(4) ARIZONA GAME AND FISH COMMISSION.—The 
term ‘‘Arizona Game and Fish Commission’’ means 
the entity established pursuant to title 17 of the Ari-
zona Revised Statutes to control the Arizona game 
and fish department (or a successor agency or entity). 
(5) BAGDAD MINE COMPLEX AND BAGDAD TOWN-
SITE.—The term ‘‘Bagdad Mine Complex and Bagdad 
Townsite’’ means the geographical area depicted on 
the map attached as exhibit 2.9 to the Big Sandy 
River-Planet Ranch Agreement. 
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(6) BIG
SANDY
RIVER-PLANET
RANCH
AGREE-
MENT.—The term ‘‘Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch 
Agreement’’ means the Big Sandy River-Planet 
Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement dated July 
2, 2014, and any amendment or exhibit (including 
exhibit amendments) to that Agreement that is— 
(A) made in accordance with this Act; or 
(B) otherwise approved by the Secretary 
and the parties to the Big Sandy River-Planet 
Ranch Agreement. 
(7) BILL
WILLIAMS
RIVER
WATERSHED.—The 
term ‘‘Bill Williams River watershed’’ means the wa-
tershed drained by the Bill Williams River and the 
tributaries of that river, including the Big Sandy and 
Santa Maria Rivers. 
(8) CONSERVATION PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Con-
servation Program’’ has the meaning given the term 
‘‘Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation 
Program’’ in section 9401 of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 
123 Stat. 1327). 
(9) CORPORATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’ 
means the Freeport Minerals Corporation, incor-
porated in the State of Delaware. 
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(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’ 
includes all subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, 
and assigns of the Freeport Minerals Corpora-
tion (such as Byner Cattle Company, incor-
porated in the State of Nevada). 
(10) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of the Interior and all con-
stituent bureaus of that Department. 
(11) ENFORCEABILITY
DATE.—The term ‘‘en-
forceability date’’ means the date described in section 
9. 
(12) FREEPORT GROUNDWATER WELLS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Freeport 
Groundwater Wells’’ means the 5 wells identified 
by ADWR well registration numbers— 
(i) 55–592824; 
(ii) 55–595808; 
(iii) 55–595810; 
(iv) 55–200964; and 
(v) 55–908273. 
(B) 
INCLUSIONS.—The 
term 
‘‘Freeport 
Groundwater Wells’’ includes any replacement of 
a well referred to in subparagraph (A) drilled by 
or for the Corporation to supply water to the 
Bagdad Mine Complex and Bagdad Townsite. 
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(C) 
EXCLUSIONS.—The 
term 
‘‘Freeport 
Groundwater Wells’’ does not include any other 
well owned by the Corporation at any other loca-
tion. 
(13) HUALAPAI TRIBE AGREEMENT.—The term 
‘‘Hualapai Tribe Agreement’’ means the Hualapai 
Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement 
Agreement dated July 2, 2014, including any amend-
ment or exhibit (including exhibit amendments) to 
that Agreement that is— 
(A) made in accordance with this Act; or 
(B) otherwise approved by the Secretary 
and the parties to the Agreement. 
(14) HUALAPAI TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SETTLE-
MENT
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Hualapai Tribe 
Water Rights Settlement Agreement’’ means the com-
prehensive settlement agreement in the process of ne-
gotiation as of the date of enactment of this Act to re-
solve the claims of the Tribe for rights to Colorado 
River water and Verde River water with finality. 
(15) INJURY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘injury’’, with 
respect to a water right, means any interference 
with, diminution of, or deprivation of the water 
right under Federal, State, or other law. 
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(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘injury’’ does 
not include any injury to water quality. 
(16) LINCOLN
RANCH.—The term ‘‘Lincoln 
Ranch’’ means the property owned by the Corporation 
described in the special warranty deed recorded on 
December 4, 1995, at Book 1995 and Page 05874 in 
the official records of La Paz County, Arizona. 
(17) PARCEL 1.—The term ‘‘Parcel 1’’ means the 
parcel of land that— 
(A) is depicted as 3 contiguous allotments 
identified as 1A, 1B, and 1C on the map at-
tached to the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch 
Agreement as exhibit 2.10; and 
(B) is held in trust for certain allottees. 
(18) PARCEL 2.—The term ‘‘Parcel 2’’ means the 
parcel of land that— 
(A) is depicted on the map attached to the 
Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement as ex-
hibit 2.10; and 
(B) is held in trust for certain allottees. 
(19) PARCEL 3.—The term ‘‘Parcel 3’’ means the 
parcel of land that— 
(A) is depicted on the map attached to the 
Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement as ex-
hibit 2.10; 
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(B) is held in trust for the Tribe; and 
(C) is part of the Hualapai Reservation 
pursuant to Executive Order 1368 of June 2, 
1911. 
(20) PARTY.—The term ‘‘party’’ means an indi-
vidual or entity that is a signatory to— 
(A) the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch 
Agreement; or 
(B) the Hualapai Tribe Agreement. 
(21) PLANET RANCH.—The term ‘‘Planet Ranch’’ 
means the property owned by the Corporation de-
scribed— 
(A) in the special warranty deed recorded 
on December 14, 2011, at Book 2011 and Page 
05267 in the official records of La Paz County, 
Arizona; and 
(B) as Instrument No. 2011–062804 in the 
official records of Mohave County, Arizona. 
(22) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(23) SEVER AND TRANSFER APPLICATIONS.—The 
term ‘‘sever and transfer applications’’ means the ap-
plications filed or amended by the Corporation and 
pending on the date of enactment of this Act to sever 
and transfer certain water rights— 
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(A) from Lincoln Ranch and from Planet 
Ranch to the Wikieup Wellfield for use at the 
Bagdad Mine Complex and Bagdad Townsite; 
and 
(B) from portions of Planet Ranch (as de-
termined on the date on which the applications 
were filed or amended) to new locations within 
Planet Ranch. 
(24) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Hualapai Tribe, organized under section 16 of the Act 
of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 476) (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’), and recognized 
by the Secretary. 
(25) WATER
RIGHT.—The term ‘‘water right’’ 
means— 
(A) any right in or to groundwater, surface 
water, or effluent under Federal, State, or other 
law; and 
(B) for purposes of subsections (d) and (e) 
of section 5, any right to Colorado River water. 
(26) WIKIEUP WELLFIELD.—The term ‘‘Wikieup 
Wellfield’’ means the geographical area depicted on 
the map attached as exhibit 2.10 to the Big Sandy 
River-Planet Ranch Agreement. 
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SEC. 4. BIG SANDY RIVER-PLANET RANCH AGREEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except to the extent that any provi-
sion of, or amendment to, the Big Sandy River-Planet 
Ranch Agreement conflicts with this Act— 
(1) the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agree-
ment is authorized, ratified, and confirmed; and 
(2) any amendment to the Big Sandy River- 
Planet Ranch Agreement executed to make the Big 
Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement consistent with 
this Act is authorized, ratified, and confirmed. 
(b) EXECUTION.—To the extent that the Big Sandy 
River-Planet Ranch Agreement does not conflict with this 
Act, and in support of the purposes of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall execute— 
(1) the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agree-
ment (including all exhibits to the Big Sandy River- 
Planet Ranch Agreement requiring the signature of 
the Secretary); 
(2) any amendment to the Big Sandy River- 
Planet Ranch Agreement (including any amendment 
to an exhibit of the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch 
Agreement requiring the signature of the Secretary) 
that is necessary to make the Big Sandy River-Planet 
Ranch Agreement consistent with this Act; and 
(3) a conditional withdrawal of each objection 
filed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of 
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Land Management, and the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service to the sever and transfer applications 
in the form set forth in exhibit 4.2.1(ii)(b) to the Big 
Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement. 
(c) MODIFICATIONS
AND CORRECTIONS.—The Sec-
retary may execute any other amendment to the Big Sandy 
River Planet-Ranch Agreement (including any amendment 
to an exhibit to the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agree-
ment requiring the signature of the Secretary) that is not 
inconsistent with this Act, if the amendment— 
(1) is approved by the Secretary and the parties 
to the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement; and 
(2) does not require approval by Congress. 
(d) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary shall not file an ob-
jection to any amendment to the sever and transfer applica-
tions or any new sever or transfer application filed by the 
Corporation to accomplish the sever and transfer of 10,055 
acre-feet per year of water rights from Planet Ranch and 
Lincoln Ranch to the Wikieup Wellfield, subject to the con-
dition that the form of such an amendment or new applica-
tion shall be substantially similar to a form attached to 
the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agreement as exhibit 
4.2.1(ii)(a)(1) or 4.2.1(ii)(a)(2). 
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SEC. 5. HUALAPAI TRIBE AGREEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except to the extent that any provi-
sion of, or amendment to, the Hualapai Tribe Agreement 
conflicts with this Act— 
(1) the Hualapai Tribe Agreement is authorized, 
ratified, and confirmed; and 
(2) any amendment to the Hualapai Tribe 
Agreement executed to make the Hualapai Tribe 
Agreement consistent with this Act is authorized, rati-
fied, and confirmed. 
(b) EXECUTION.—To the extent that the Hualapai 
Tribe Agreement does not conflict with this Act, and in sup-
port of the purposes of this Act, the Secretary shall exe-
cute— 
(1) the Hualapai Tribe Agreement (including all 
exhibits to the Hualapai Tribe Agreement requiring 
the signature of the Secretary); and 
(2) any amendment to the Hualapai Tribe 
Agreement (including any amendment to an exhibit 
of the Hualapai Tribe Agreement requiring the signa-
ture of the Secretary) that is necessary to make the 
Hualapai Tribe Agreement consistent with this Act. 
(c) MODIFICATIONS
AND CORRECTIONS.—The Sec-
retary may execute any other amendment to the Hualapai 
Tribe Agreement (including any amendment to an exhibit 
to the Hualapai Tribe Agreement requiring the signature 
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of the Secretary) that is not inconsistent with this Act, if 
the amendment— 
(1) is approved by the Secretary and the parties 
to the Hualapai Tribe Agreement; and 
(2) does not require approval by Congress. 
(d) CONTRIBUTION OF CORPORATION TO ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The contribution of the Cor-
poration to the economic development fund of the 
Tribe, as provided in section 8.1 of the Hualapai 
Tribe Agreement— 
(A) may be used by the Tribe for the limited 
purpose of facilitating settlement of the claims of 
the Tribe for rights to Colorado River water by 
enabling the Tribe— 
(i) to acquire Colorado River water 
rights with the intent to increase the secu-
rity of the water rights of the Tribe; and 
(ii) to otherwise facilitate the use of 
water on the Hualapai Reservation; 
(B) shall be considered to be a non-Federal 
contribution that counts toward any non-Federal 
contribution associated with a settlement of the 
claims of the Tribe for rights to Colorado River 
water; and 
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(C) shall not be— 
(i) considered to be trust funds; or 
(ii) subject to responsibility or man-
agement by the United States as trustee for 
the Tribe, members of the Tribe, and the 
allottees. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
TRANSFER
OF
WATER 
RIGHTS.—The Colorado River water rights acquired 
by the Tribe may be used off the Hualapai Reserva-
tion only for irrigation of acquired appurtenant land, 
or for storage in accordance with Federal and State 
law in a permitted recharge facility in the State of 
Arizona, subject to the conditions that— 
(A) the Tribe shall not seek to transfer or 
sell accumulated long-term storage credits gen-
erated from the storage of the acquired Colorado 
River water rights; and 
(B) the Tribe shall not seek approval to 
change the place of use of the acquired Colorado 
River water rights, except for the purposes of 
storing the water in accordance with this para-
graph. 
(3) 
EXPIRATION.—The 
limitation 
provided 
under paragraph (2) expires on the earlier of— 
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(A) the date on which the Hualapai Tribe 
Water Rights Settlement Agreement becomes en-
forceable; and 
(B) December 31, 2039. 
(4) COLORADO RIVER WATER RIGHTS COUNTED 
AGAINST CLAIMS OF TRIBE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Hualapai Tribe 
Water Rights Settlement Agreement does not be-
come enforceable by December 31, 2039, any Col-
orado River water rights acquired by the Tribe 
with the contribution of the Corporation to the 
economic development fund of the Tribe shall be 
counted, on an acre-foot per acre-foot basis, to-
ward the claims of the Tribe for rights to Colo-
rado River water in any subsequent settlement 
or adjudication of those claims. 
(B) EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.—Nothing in 
this paragraph restricts any claim for rights of 
the Tribe to Colorado River water in any subse-
quent settlement or adjudication. 
(e) FUTURE LIMITATIONS
ON LAND TAKEN INTO 
TRUST.—As provided in section 10.11 of the Hualapai 
Tribe Agreement, the parties to the Hualapai Tribe Agree-
ment shall negotiate in good faith with other parties the 
terms under which any land within the State of Arizona 
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held or acquired in fee by the Tribe may be taken into trust 
by the United States for the benefit of the Tribe, with any 
applicable terms to be incorporated into the Hualapai Tribe 
Water Rights Settlement Agreement, subject to approval by 
Congress. 
SEC. 6. WAIVERS, RELEASES, AND RETENTION OF CLAIMS. 
(a) CLAIMS
BY DEPARTMENT UNDER BIG SANDY 
RIVER-PLANET RANCH AGREEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the Secretary is authorized to execute a 
waiver and release of all claims of the Department, 
acting in its own capacity, against the Corporation 
under Federal, State, or any other law for— 
(A) all past and present claims for injury 
to water rights resulting from the diversion of 
water by the Corporation from the Wikieup 
Wellfield or the Freeport Groundwater Wells 
arising prior to the enforceability date; 
(B) all claims for injury to water rights 
arising after the enforceability date resulting 
from the diversion of water by the Corporation 
from the Wikieup Wellfield or the Freeport 
Groundwater Wells in a manner not in violation 
of the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agree-
ment; and 
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(B) the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agree-
ment and the Hualapai Tribe Agreement have been 
executed by all parties to those agreements; 
(2) the Corporation has submitted to ADWR a 
conditional amendment of the sever and transfer ap-
plications for the Lincoln Ranch water right and 
amendments to the sever and transfer applications for 
Planet Ranch and Lincoln Ranch water rights con-
sistent with section 4.2.1(ii)(a) of the Big Sandy 
River-Planet Ranch Agreement; 
(3) the Secretary and the Arizona Game and 
Fish Commission have executed and filed with ADWR 
a conditional withdrawal of each objection described 
in section 4(b)(3); 
(4)(A) ADWR has issued a conditional order ap-
proving the sever and transfer applications of the 
Corporation; and 
(B) all objections to the sever and transfer appli-
cations have been— 
(i) conditionally withdrawn; or 
(ii) resolved in a decision issued by ADWR 
that is final and nonappealable; 
(5) the Secretary has provided a notice to the 
parties to the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Agree-
ment and the Hualapai Tribe Agreement that the De-
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