118 STAT. 3432 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 (2) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settlement of all claims of the Nez Perce Tribe, its members, and allottees and the United States on behalf of the Tribe, its members, and allottees to the water of the Snake River Basin within Idaho; (3) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement among the parties submitted to the Snake River Basin Adjudication Court and provide all parties with the benefits of the Agree ment; (4) to direct— (A) the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Rec lamation, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other agencies; and (B) the heads of other Federal agencies authorized to execute and perform actions necessary to carry out the Agreement; to perform all of their obligations under the Agreement and this Act; and (5) to authorize the actions and appropriations necessary for the United States to meet the obligations of the United States under the Agreement and this Act. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ means the docu ment titled ‘‘Mediator’s Term Sheet’’ dated April 20, 2004, and submitted on that date to the SRBA Court in SRBA Consolidated Subcase 03–10022 and SRBA Consolidated Subcase 67–13701, with all appendices to the document. (2) ALLOTTEE.—The term ‘‘allottee’’ means a person that holds a beneficial real property interest in an Indian allotment that is— (A) located within the Nez Perce Reservation; and (B) held in trust by the United States. (3) CONSUMPTIVE USE RESERVED WATER RIGHT.—The term ‘‘consumptive use reserved water right’’ means the Federal reserved water right of 50,000 acre feet per year, as described in the Agreement, to be decreed to the United States in trust for the Tribe and the allottees, with a priority date of 1855. (4) PARTIES.—The term ‘‘parties’’ means the United States, the State, the Tribe, and any other entity or person that sub mitted, or joined in the submission of, the Agreement to the SRBA Court on April 20, 2004. (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. (6) SNAKE RIVER BASIN.—The term ‘‘Snake River Basin’’ means the geographic area in the State described in paragraph 3 of the Commencement Order issued by the SRBA Court on November 19, 1987. (7) SPRINGS OR FOUNTAINS WATER RIGHT.—The term ‘‘springs or fountains water right’’ means the Tribe’s treaty right of access to and use of water from springs or fountains on Federal public land within the area ceded by the Tribe in the Treaty of June 9, 1863 (14 Stat. 647), as recognized under the Agreement.
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