(1) All lands selected by the Navajo Tribe pur-
suant to section 11 of the Act of December 22, 1974 
(25 U.S.C. 640d–10). 
(2) The lands within that portion of the Navajo 
Reservation lying west of the Executive Order Res-
ervation of 1882 and bounded on the north and 
south by westerly extensions, to the reservation line, 
of the northern and southern boundaries of said Ex-
ecutive Order Reservation (formerly known as the 
‘‘Bennett Freeze’’ area). 
(3) All lands partitioned to the Navajo Tribe 
pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of the Act of December 
22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 640d–2 and 640d–3). 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS.—Within the 
Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones, the following 
laws are waived with regard to renewable energy develop-
ment, housing development, public and community facili-
ties, and infrastructure development (such as water and 
wastewater development, roads, transmission lines, gas 
lines, and rights-of-way): 
(1) The Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.). 
(2) The National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
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(3) The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
(4) The National Historic Preservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 470 et seq.). 
(5) Public Law 86–523 (16 U.S.C. 469 et seq.). 
(6) The Act of June 8, 1906 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Antiquities Act of 1906’’ (16 U.S.C. 431 et 
seq.)). 
(7) The Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(8) The National Wildlife Refuge System Ad-
ministration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.). 
(9) The Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 
U.S.C. 742a et seq.). 
(10) The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act 
(16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
(11) Subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, 
of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’). 
(12) The National Park Service Organic Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.). 
(13) The General Authorities Act of 1970 
(Public Law 91–383) (16 U.S.C. 1a–1 et seq.). 
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(14) Sections 401(7), 403, and 404 of the Na-
tional Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public 
Law 95–625, 92 Stat. 3467). 
(15) The Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 
1990 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 101–628). 
(c) TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY.—Nothing in this section 
supersedes, replaces, negates, or diminishes— 
(1) the laws and regulations of the Navajo Na-
tion which shall remain in full force and effect with-
in the Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones; or 
(2) the treaties or other agreements between 
the United States and the Navajo Tribe. 
(d) NAVAJO-HOPI DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ACT.— 
Nothing in this section waives the provisions of the Nav-
ajo-Hopi Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 640d 
note). 
(e) FUNDING AND GRANTS.—Nothing in this section 
negates or diminishes the eligibility of the Navajo Tribe 
to receive or continue to receive funding and grants under 
the Navajo-Hopi Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 or any 
other laws of the United States. 
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SEC. 5. RELINQUISHMENT OF ACCOMMODATION AGREE-
MENT AND ELIGIBILITY FOR RELOCATION 
BENEFITS. 
The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 640d note) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 13. RELINQUISHMENT OF ACCOMMODATION AGREE-
MENT AND ELIGIBILITY FOR RELOCATION 
BENEFITS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, the Settlement Agreement, or the Ac-
commodation Agreement, any Navajo head of household, 
or the successor thereto if such person is no longer the 
head of household, that has entered into an Accommoda-
tion Agreement shall have the following rights: 
‘‘(1) To relinquish that Agreement for up to 
two years after the effective date of this section. 
‘‘(2) After a relinquishment under paragraph 
(1), to receive the full relocation benefits to which 
the Navajo head of household would otherwise have 
been entitled had the head of household not signed 
the Accommodation Agreement, including relocation 
housing, counseling, and other services. In the event 
that the Navajo head of household is no longer the 
head of household, the successor thereto shall be en-
titled to receive the full relocation benefits. 
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‘‘(b) TIMING.—A relinquishment under subsection 
(a) shall not go into effect until the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation provides the full relocation bene-
fits to the Navajo head of household, or successor there-
to.’’. 
SEC. 6. NAVAJO REHABILITATION TRUST FUND. 
Section 32 of Public Law 93–531 (25 U.S.C. 640d– 
30) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) at the discretion of the Navajo Tribe, to 
use for development in the Navajo Sovereignty Em-
powerment Zones established pursuant to section 
104.’’; 
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (f), by 
striking ‘‘and the United States has been reimbursed 
for funds appropriated under subsection (f) of this 
section’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994’’ and all 
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that follows through the final period and insert-
ing ‘‘2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.’’; and 
(B) by striking the second sentence. 
Æ 
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