PUBLIC LAW 97-293—OCT. 12, 1982
96 STAT. 1275
(A) provide the necessary flexibility in the management of water resources and will encourage allocation of those resources to their highest and best uses; and (B) insure conservation and management of water resources in a manner consistent with the goals and programs of the State of Arizona and the Papago Tribe. DEFINITIONS
SEC. 302. For purposes of this title— (1) The term "acre-foot" means the amount of water necessary to cover one acre of land to a depth of one foot. (2) The term "Central Arizona Project" means the project authorized under title III of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (82 Stat. 887; 43 U.S.C. 1521, et seq.). (3) The term "Papago Tribe" means the Papago Tribe of Arizona organized under section 16 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 987; 25 U.S.C. 476). (4) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (5) The term "subjugate" means to prepare land for the growing of crops through irrigation. (6) The term "Tucson Active Management Area" means the area of land corresponding to the area initially designated as the Tucson Active Management Area pursuant to the Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980, laws 1980, fourth special session, chapter 1. (7) The term "December 11, 1980, agreement" means the Central Arizona Project water delivery contract between the United States and the Papago Tribe. (8) The term "replacement costs" means the reasonable costs of acquiring and delivering water from sources within the Tucson Active Management Area and that part of the Upper Santa Cruz Basin not within that area. Such costs shall include costs of necessary construction amortized in accordance with standard Bureau of Reclamation Procedures. (9) The term "value" means the value attributed to the water based on the Tribe's anticipated or actual use of the water, or its fair market value, whichever is greater. WATER DELIVERIES TO TRIBE FROM CAP; MANAGEMENT PLAN; REPORT ON WATER AVAILABILITY; CONTRACT WITH TRIBE
SEC. 303. (a) As soon as is possible but not later than ten years after the enactment of this title, if the Papago Tribe has agreed to the conditions set forth in section 306, the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall— (1) in the case of the San Xavier Reservation— (A) deliver annually from the main project works of the Central Arizona Project twenty-seven thousand acre-feet of water suitable for agricultural use to the reservation in accordance with the provisions of section 304(a); and (B) improve and extend the existing irrigation system on the San Xavier Reservation and design and construct within the reservation such additional canals, laterals, farm ditches, and irrigation works as are necessary for the efficient distribution for agricultural purposes of the water referred to in subparagraph (A); and
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