Statement of Findings, Implementation of the Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, Public Law 101-628

摘要

It is the policy of the United States, in fulfillment of its trust responsibility to Indian Tribes, to promote Indian self- determination and economic self-sufficiency, and to settle, wherever possible, the water rights claims of Indian tribes without lengthy and costly litigation. On November 28, 1990, the Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-628, Title IV, 104 Stat. 4480 (Settlement Act) was enacted to settle the water rights claims of the Fort McDowell Indian Community (Community) located in Maricopa County, Arizona. Section 412(a) of the Settlement Act provides that the congressional authorization for the Community, and the United States on behalf of the Community, to execute, as part of the settlement, a waiver and release of all present and future claims of water rights shall become effective as of the date the Secretary of the Interior causes to be published a statement of findings as prescribed in section 412(a)(1) through 412(a)(8). Accordingly, in compliance with section 412(a), the Department of the Interior provides this notice that it and where appropriate, other entities, have completed the tasks outlined in the Settlement Ac