(10) the Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water Rights 
Settlement Act (106 Stat. 2237); or 
(11) section 205 of the Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2005 (118 Stat. 
2949). 
TITLE II—RECLAMATION WATER 
SETTLEMENTS FUND 
SEC. 201. RECLAMATION WATER SETTLEMENTS FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the 
‘‘Reclamation Water Settlements Fund’’, consisting of— 
(1) such amounts as are deposited to the Fund 
under subsection (b); and 
(2) any interest earned on investment of 
amounts in the Fund under subsection (d). 
(b) DEPOSITS TO FUND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 
2018 through 2028, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall deposit in the Fund, if available, $100,000,000 
of the revenues that would otherwise be deposited 
for the fiscal year in the fund established by the 
first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 
388, chapter 1093). 
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(2) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts de-
posited in the Fund under paragraph (1) shall be 
made available pursuant to this section— 
(A) without further appropriation; and 
(B) in addition to amounts appropriated 
pursuant to any authorization contained in any 
other provision of law. 
(c) EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 
2018 through 2030, on request by the Secretary 
pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the 
Secretary an amount not to exceed $100,000,000 for 
the fiscal year requested. 
(2) REQUESTS.—The Secretary may request a 
transfer from the Fund to implement a settlement 
agreement approved by Congress that resolves, in 
whole or in part, litigation involving the United 
States or any other agreement approved by Congress 
that is entered into by the Secretary, if the settle-
ment or other agreement requires the Bureau of 
Reclamation to plan, design, and construct— 
(A) water supply infrastructure; or 
(B) a project— 
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(i) to rehabilitate a water delivery sys-
tem to conserve water; or 
(ii) to restore fish and wildlife habitat 
or otherwise improve environmental condi-
tions associated with or affected by a rec-
lamation project that is in existence on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) USE FOR COMPLETION OF PROJECT.— 
(A) PRIORITIES.— 
(i) FIRST
PRIORITY.—The first pri-
ority for expenditure of amounts in the 
Fund shall be for the purposes described in 
subparagraph (B). 
(ii) OTHER PURPOSES.—Any amounts 
in the Fund that are not needed for the 
purposes described in subparagraph (B) 
may be used for other purposes authorized 
in paragraph (2). 
(B) COMPLETION OF PROJECT.—Effective 
beginning January 1, 2018, if, in the judgment 
of the Secretary, the deadline described in sec-
tion 401(f)(1)(A)(ix) is unlikely to be met be-
cause a sufficient amount of funding is not oth-
erwise available through appropriations made 
available pursuant to section 309(a), the Sec-
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retary shall request the Secretary of the Treas-
ury to transfer from the Fund to the Secretary 
such amounts on an annual basis pursuant to 
paragraph (1), not to exceed a total of 
$500,000,000, as are necessary to pay the Fed-
eral share of the costs, and substantially com-
plete as expeditiously as practicable, the con-
struction of the water supply infrastructure au-
thorized as part of the Project. 
(C) PROHIBITED USE OF FUND.—The Sec-
retary shall not use any amount transferred 
from the Fund under subparagraph (A) to 
carry out any other feature or activity described 
in title IV other than a feature or activity relat-
ing to the construction of the water supply in-
frastructure authorized as part of the Project. 
(d) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall invest such portion of the Fund as is not, 
in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
required to meet current withdrawals. 
(2) INTEREST-BEARING OBLIGATIONS.—Invest-
ments may be made only in interest-bearing obliga-
tions of the United States. 
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(3) ACQUISITION
OF
OBLIGATIONS.—For the 
purpose of investments under paragraph (1), obliga-
tions may be acquired— 
(A) on original issue at the issue price; or 
(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations 
at the market price. 
(4) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obligation ac-
quired by the Fund may be sold by the Secretary of 
the Treasury at the market price. 
(5) CREDITS TO FUND.—The interest on, and 
the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any ob-
ligations held in the Fund shall be credited to, and 
form a part of, the Fund. 
(e) TRANSFERS OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amounts required to be 
transferred to the Fund under this section shall be 
transferred at least monthly from the general fund 
of the Treasury to the Fund on the basis of esti-
mates made by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—Proper adjustment shall 
be made in amounts subsequently transferred to the 
extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than 
the amounts required to be transferred. 
(f) TERMINATION.—On September 30, 2030— 
(1) the Fund shall terminate; and 
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