Pub. L. 106-163, tit. I, sec. 103
ON-RESERVATION WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.
SEC. 103. ON-RESERVATION WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT. (a) Water Development Projects.— The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized and directed to plan, design, and construct, or to provide, pursuant to subsection (b), for the planning, design, and construction of the following water development projects on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation: (1) Bonneau Dam and Reservoir Enlargement. (2) East Fork of Beaver Creek Dam Repair and Enlargement. (3) Brown’s Dam Enlargement. (4) Towe Ponds Enlargement. (5) Such other water development projects as the Tribe shall from time to time consider appropriate. (b) Implementation Agreement.— The Secretary, at the request of the Tribe, shall enter into an agreement, or, if appropriate, renegotiate an existing agreement, with the Tribe to implement the provisions of this Act through the Tribe’s annual funding agreement entered into under the self-governance program under title IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458aa et seq.) by which the Tribe shall plan, design, and construct any or all of the projects authorized by this section. (c) Bureau of Reclamation Project Administration.— 113 STAT. 1784 (1) In General.— Congress finds that the Secretary, through the Bureau of Reclamation, has entered into an agreement with the Tribe, pursuant to title IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458aa et seq.)— (A) defining and limiting the role of the Bureau of Reclamation in its administration of the projects authorized in subsection (a); (B) establishing the standards upon which the projects will be constructed; and (C) for other purposes necessary to implement this section. (2) Agreement.— The agreement referred to in paragraph (1) shall become effective when the Tribe exercises its right under subsection (b).