Sec. 4. Definitions
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The term afy means acre-feet per year. The term agreement means the document entitled Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the exhibits attached thereto. The term allottee means individual members of the Navajo Nation or other Indian tribe for whom the United States holds in trust title to an allotment on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Utah. The term allotment means— a parcel of land located within the Reservation; or Bureau of Indian Affairs parcel number 792 634511 in San Juan County, Utah, consisting of 160 acres located in Township 41S, Range 20E, sections 11, 12, and 14, originally set aside by the United States for the benefit of an individual identified in the allotting document as a Navajo Indian and held in trust by the United States.
The term enforceability date means the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register the statement of findings described in section 9(a) of this Act. The term general stream adjudication means the adjudication pending, as of the date of enactment, in the Seventh Judicial District in and for Grand County, State of Utah, commonly known as the Southeastern Colorado River General Adjudication , Civil No. 810704477, conducted pursuant to State law. The term Indian Health Service means the United States Indian Health Service.
The term injury to water rights means the loss, deprivation, impairment, or diminution of water rights. The term member means any person who is a duly enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. The term Navajo Nation or Nation means a body politic and federally recognized Indian nation, as published on the list established under section 104(a) of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5131(a) ), also known variously as the Navajo Nation , the Navajo Nation of Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah , and the Navajo Nation of Indians and other similar names, and includes all bands of Navajo Indians and chapters of the Navajo Nation and all divisions, agencies, officers, and agents thereof.
The term Navajo water development projects means the projects constructed, in whole or in part, using monies from the Navajo Water Development Fund. The term OM&R means operation, maintenance, and replacement. The term parties means the Navajo Nation, the State, and the United States. The term Reclamation means the United States Bureau of Reclamation. The term Reservation means, for purposes of this agreement, the Reservation of the Navajo Nation as in existence on the date of enactment of this Act and depicted on the map attached to the agreement as Exhibit A.
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior or a duly authorized representative thereof. The term State means the State of Utah and all officers, agents, departments, and political subdivisions thereof. The term United States means the United States of America and all departments, agencies, bureaus, officers, and agents thereof. The term United States acting in its trust capacity means the United States acting for the benefit of the Navajo Nation or for the benefit of allottees.
The term water rights means rights under tribal, State, and Federal law to divert, pump, impound, store, use, or reuse water within the State.
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