Sec. 4. Navajo Tribe Sovereignty Empowerment Demonstration Project

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The Navajo Tribe shall have the authority to designate up to 150,000 acres within one or more of the following, which shall be designated as Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones: All lands selected by the Navajo Tribe pursuant to section 11 of the Act of December 22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 640d–10). The lands within that portion of the Navajo Reservation lying west of the Executive Order Reservation of 1882 and bounded on the north and south by westerly extensions, to the reservation line, of the northern and southern boundaries of said Executive Order Reservation (formerly known as the Bennett Freeze area).

All lands partitioned to the Navajo Tribe pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of the Act of December 22, 1974 (25 U.S.C. 640d–2 and 640d–3). Within the Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones, the following laws are waived with regard to renewable energy development, housing development, public and community facilities, and infrastructure development (such as water and wastewater development, roads, transmission lines, gas lines, and rights-of-way): The Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ).

The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ). The Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ). The National Historic Preservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq. ). Public Law 86–523 ( 16 U.S.C. 469 et seq. ). The Act of June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906 ( 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq. )). The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ). The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 ( 16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq. ).

The Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 ( 16 U.S.C. 742a et seq. ). The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act ( 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq. ). Subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Administrative Procedure Act ). The National Park Service Organic Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq. ). The General Authorities Act of 1970 ( Public Law 91–383 ) ( 16 U.S.C. 1a–1 et seq. ). Sections 401(7), 403, and 404 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 ( Public Law 95–625 , 92 Stat. 3467).

The Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990 ( 16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 101–628 ). Nothing in this section supersedes, replaces, negates, or diminishes— the laws and regulations of the Navajo Nation which shall remain in full force and effect within the Navajo Sovereignty Empowerment Zones; or the treaties or other agreements between the United States and the Navajo Tribe. Nothing in this section waives the provisions of the Navajo-Hopi Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 640d note).

Nothing in this section negates or diminishes the eligibility of the Navajo Tribe to receive or continue to receive funding and grants under the Navajo-Hopi Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 or any other laws of the United States.

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