Sec. 3. Kickapoo Tribe
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In this section, the term Upper Delaware and Tributaries Watershed Plan means the plan described in the document entitled Watershed Plan and Environmental Impact Statement Upper Delaware and Tributaries Watershed Atchison, Brown, Jackson, and Nemaha Counties, Kansas , dated January 1994, and supplemented in June 1994— developed, pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.)— by the Kickapoo Tribe, certain watershed and conservation districts in the State of Kansas, and the Department of Wildlife and Parks of the State of Kansas; and with the cooperation and technical assistance of the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and described in the report of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate (Senate Report 105–13;
April 22, 1997). To support the purposes of achieving a fair, equitable, and final settlement of claims to water rights for the Kickapoo Tribe in the State of Kansas, the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service), in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the Secretary’s Indian Water Rights Office), shall— commence a study of the multipurpose dam described in the Upper Delaware and Tributaries Watershed Plan; and not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, make recommendations to Congress with respect to the material alterations or changes to the Upper Delaware and Tributaries Watershed Plan that are necessary to effectuate, in part, the Tribal water rights agreed to by the Kickapoo Tribe and the State of Kansas on September 9, 2016, in the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement Agreement, which otherwise remains subject to approval and authorization by Congress.
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