106 STAT. 3258 PUBLIC LAW 102-497—OCT. 24, 1992 Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1992. Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992. 42 USC 4368b. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —Section 816 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (c), and (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). SEC. 10. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO AK-CHIN WATER USE ACT OF 1984. (a) SHORT TITLE. —This section may be cited as the "Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1992". (b) AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF WATER.— Section 2(j) of the Act of October 19, 1984 (Public Law 98-530; 98 Stat. 2698) is amended to read as follows: "(j) The Ak-Chin Indian Community (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 'Community*) shall have the right to devote the permanent water supply provided for by this Act to any use, including agricultural, municipal, industrial, commercial, mining, recreational or other beneficial use, in the areas initially designated as the Pinal, Phoenix and Tucson Active Management Areas pursuant to the Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980, laws 1980, fourth special session, chapter 1. The community is authorized to lease or enter into an option to lease, extend leases, exchange or temporarily dispose of water to which it is entitled for beneficial use in the areas initially designated as the Pinal, Phoenix and Tucson Active Management Areas pursuant to the Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980, laws 1980, fourth special session, chapter 1: Provided, That the term of any such lease shall not exceed 100 years and the Community may not permanently alienate any water right. In the event the Community leases, extends leases, exchanges or temporarily disposes of water, such action shall be pursuant to a contract that has been accepted and ratified by a resolution of the Ak-Chin Indian Community Council and approved and executed by the Secretary.". SEC. 11. AMENDMENT. The Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes", approved October 15, 1977 (91 Stat. 1159), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "SEC. 502. GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. "(a) SHORT TITLE. — This section may be cited as the 'Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992'. "(b) PURPOSES. —The purposes of this section are to— "(1) provide general assistance grants to Indian tribal governments and intertribal consortia to build capacity to administer environmental regulatory programs that may be
- delegated by the Environmental Protection Agency on Indian
lands; and "(2) provide technical assistance from the Environmental • ^ Protection Agency to Indian tribal governments and intertribal consortia in the development of multimedia programs to address environmental issues on Indian lands. "(c) DEFINITIONS. —For purposes of this section: "(1) The term 'Indian tribal government' means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village cor-
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