AZ Water Rights Settlement Act of 2004

Alternative Title

Title I - Central AZ Project Settlement of 2004| Title III - Southern AZ Water Rights Settlement Amendments of 2004

Authors

United States 108th Congress

Tribes

Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona

Settlement

Tohono O'odham Water Rights Settlement

Reservation

Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation

State

AZ

Watershed

Lower Colorado Region

Document Type

Federal legislation

Publisher

United States

Publication Date

12-10-2004

Abstract

Federal Legislation: Central AZ Project Settlement of 2004 - (Sec. 103) Parties: Tohono O'Odham Tribe & US Sets forth general permissible uses of the Central AZ Project (CAP), including for domestic, municipal, fish and wildlife, and industrial purposes. The DOI Secretary will reallocate 197,500 acre-feet of agricultural priority water made available pursuant to the AZ Water Settlement for use by AZ Indian tribes, of which: (1) 102,000 acre-feet shall be reallocated to the Gila River Indian Community; (2) 28,200 acre-feet shall be reallocated to the Tohono O'odham Nation (formerly the Papago Tribe); and (3) 67,300 acre-feet shall be reallocated to AZ Indian tribes. Title II addresses the Gila River Indian Community; Title III addresses southern AZ in general, and Title IV concerns funding for the San Carlos Apache water rights negotiations. [Source: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-108publ451/pdf/PLAW-108publ451.pdf]

Comments

Federal Legislation 98 pages

Permanent URL

http://hdl.handle.net/1928/21842

Recommended Citation

Title I - Central AZ Project Settlement of 2004, PL 108-451, 118 Stat. 3478 Title III - Southern AZ Water Rights Settlement Amendments of 2004, PL 108-451, 118 Stat. 3478