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PUBLIC LAW 107-331—DEC. 13, 2002 116 STAT. 2867 system will use the best practicable technology and management techniques to conserve water. (c) COORDINATION OF PROGRAMS.—Section 210(a) and (c) of Applicability. the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390jj (a) and (c)) shall apply to activities under section 911 of this title. SEC. 912. WATER RIGHTS. This title does not— (1) impair the validity of or preempt any provision of State water law or any interstate compact governing water; (2) alter the right of any State to any appropriated share of the water of any body of surface or ground water, whether determined by any past or future interstate compact or by any past or future legislative or final judicial allocation; (3) preempt or modify any Federal or State law or interstate compact concerning water quality or disposal; (4) confer on any non-Federal entity the authority to exercise any Federal right to the water of any stream or to any ground water resource; or (5) affect any right of the Tribe to water, located within or outside the external boundaries of the Reservation, based on a treaty, compact. Executive Order, Agreements, Act of Congress, aboriginal title, the decision in Winters v. United States, 207 U.S. 564 (1908) (commonly known as the "Winters Doctrine"), or other law. SEC. 913. CHIPPEWA CREE WATER SYSTEM OPERATION, MAINTE- NANCE, AND REPLACEMENT TRUST FUND. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND. — There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the "Chippewa Cree Water System Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund", to be managed and invested by the Secretary. (b) CONTENTS OF FUND. —The Fund shall consist of— (1) the amount of $15,000,000 as the Federal share, as authorized to be appropriated in section 914(c); (2) the Tribe shall deposit into the Fund $5,000,000 of the $15,000,000 appropriated pursuant to the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-163); and (3) such interest as may accrue, until expended according to subsections (d) and (f). (c) MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND. —The Secretary shall manage the Fund, make investments from the Fund, and make monies available from the Fund for distribution to the Tribe consistent with the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) (referred to in this section as the "Trust Fund Reform Act"), and this title. (d) USE OF FUND.— The Tribe shall use accrued interest, only, from the Fund for operation, maintenance, and replacement of the core system and the on-reservation distribution, only, pursuant to an operation, maintenance and replacement plan approved by the Secretary. (e) INVESTMENT OF FUND. —The Secretary shall, after consulting with the Tribe on the investment of the Fund, invest amounts in the Fund in accordance with—