Sec. 507. MUTUAL-BENEFIT PROJECTS

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## SEC. 507 MUTUAL-BENEFIT PROJECTS ###

(a)In general Upon the Enforcement Date, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall provide financial assistance in the form of grants on a nonreimbursable basis to Eligible Non-Pueblo Entities to plan, permit, design, engineer, and construct the Mutual-Benefit Projects in accordance with the Settlement Agreement— ####

(1)to minimize adverse impacts on the Pueblo’s water resources by moving future non-Indian ground water pumping away from the Pueblo’s Buffalo Pasture; and ####

(2)to implement the resolution of a dispute over the allocation of certain surface water flows between the Pueblo and non-Indian irrigation water right owners in the community of Arroyo Seco Arriba. ###

(b)Cost-sharing ####

(1)Federal share The Federal share of the total cost of planning, designing, and constructing the Mutual-Benefit Projects authorized in subsection

(a)shall be 75 percent and shall be nonreimbursable. ####

(2)Non-federal share The non-Federal share of the total cost of planning, designing, and constructing the Mutual-Benefit Projects shall be 25 percent and may be in the form of in-kind contributions, including the contribution of any valuable asset or service that the Secretary determines would substantially contribute to completing the Mutual-Benefit Projects. ####

(3)Additional state contribution As a condition of expenditure by the Secretary of the funds made available under section 509(c)(2), the State shall— #####

(A)appropriate and make available the non-Federal share described in paragraph (2); and #####

(B)agree to provide additional funding associated with the Mutual-Benefit Projects as described in paragraph 10 of the Settlement Agreement.