SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS.

SEC. 409. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS. (a) The benefits realized by the Community’s members under this Act shall constitute full and complete satisfaction of all members’ claims for water rights or injuries to water rights under Federal and State laws (including claims for water rights in ground water, surface water, and effluent) from time immemorial to the effective date of this Act, and for any and all future claims of water rights (including claims for water rights in ground water, surface water, and effluent) from and after the effective date of this Act. (b) The Community and the Secretary on behalf of the United States are authorized, as part of the performance of the obligations 104 STAT. 4490 under the Agreement, to execute a waiver and release of all present and future claims of water rights or injuries to water rights (including water rights in ground water, surface water, and effluent), from time immemorial to the effective date of this Act, and any and all future claims of water rights (including water rights in ground water, surface water, and effluent), from and after the effective date of this Act, which the Community and its members may have, against the United States, the State of Arizona or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other person, corporation, or municipal corporation, arising under the laws of the United States or the State of Arizona. (c) Except as provided in paragraphs 19.2 and 19.5 of the Agreement, the United States shall not assert any claim against the State of Arizona or any political subdivision thereof, or any other person, corporation, or municipal corporation, arising under the laws of the United States or the State of Arizona in its own right or on behalf of the Community based upon— (1) water rights or injuries to water rights of the Community and its members; or (2) water rights or injuries to water rights held by the United States on behalf of the Community and its members. (d) In the event the authorizations contained in subsection (b) of this section do not become effective pursuant to section 412(a), the Community shall retain the right to assert past and future water rights claims as to all reservation lands.