96 STAT. 1282
Effective date.
PUBLIC LAW 97-293—OCT. 12, 1982
or municipal corporation, under the laws of the United States or the State of Arizona; and (2) the suit referred to in paragraph (1)(C) is finally dismissed; (b) After the conditions referred to in subsection (a) have been met the Secretary shall be authorized and required, if necessary or desirable, to enter into agreements with other individuals or entities to acquire and deliver water from such sources set forth in section 305(c) if through such contracts as exercised in conjunction with the contract required in subsection (a)(1)(A) it is possible to deliver the quantities of water required in section 305(a). (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a waiver or release by the Papago Tribe of any claim where such claim arises under this title. (d) The waiver and release referred to in this section shall not take effect until such time as the trust fund referred to in section 309 is in existence, the conditions set forth in subsection (a) have been met, and the full amount authorized to be appropriated to the trust fund under section 309 has been appropriated by the Congress. (e) The settlement provided in this title shall be deemed to fully satisfy any and all claims of water rights or injuries to water rights (including water rights in both ground water and surface water) of all individual members of the Papago Tribe that have a legal interest in lands of the San Xavier Reservation and the Schuk Toak District of the Sells Reservation located within the Tucson Active Management Area and that part of the Upper Santa Cruz Basin not within said area, as of the date the waiver and release referred to in this section take effect. Any entitlement to water of any individual member of the Papago Tribe shall be satisfied out of the water resources provided in this title. STUDY OF LANDS WITHIN THE GILA BEND RESERVATION; EXCHANGE OF LANDS AND ADDITION OF LANDS TO THE RESERVATION; AUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS
Studies and analysis.
Management.
SEC. 308. (a) The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to carry out such studies and analysis as he deems necessary to determine which lands, if any, within the Gila Bend Reservation have been rendered unsuitable for agriculture by reason of the operation of the Painted Rock Dam. Such study and analysis shall be completed within one year after the date of the enactment of this title. (b) If, on the basis of the study and analysis conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary determines that lands have been rendered unsuitable for agriculture for the reasons set forth in subsection (a), and if the Papago Tribe consents, the Secretary is authorized to exchange such lands for an equivalent acreage of land under his jurisdiction which are within the Federal public domain and which, but for their suitability for agriculture, are of like quality. (c) The lands exchanged under this section shall be held in trust for the Papago Tribe and shall be part of the Gila Bend Reservation for all purposes. Such lands shall be deemed to have been reserved as of the date of the reservation of the lands for which they are exchanged. (d) Lands exchanged under this section which, prior to the exchange, were part of the Gila Bend Reservation, shall be managed
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