RATIFICATION OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

SEC. 104. RATIFICATION OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. (a) Approval of Settlement Agreement. —To the extent the Settlement Agreement does not conflict with the provisions of this title, such Agreement is approved, ratified and confirmed. The Secretary shall execute and perform such Agreement, and shall execute any amendments to the Agreement and perform any action required by any amendments to the Agreement which may be mutually agreed upon by the parties. (b) Perpetuity. —The Settlement Agreement and Water Service Agreement shall include provisions which will ensure that the benefits to the Tribe thereunder shall be secure in perpetuity. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2103 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (25 U.S.C. 81) relating to the term of the Agreement, the Secretary is authorized and directed to approve the Water Service Agreement with a perpetual term.