Disclaimers

(a) Conditions precedent Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect— (1) the previous satisfaction of the conditions precedent in subsection (f)(2) of section 509 of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3128); or (2) the validity of the finding published by the Secretary of the Interior in the Federal Register on October 7, 2016, pursuant to subsection (f)(1) of that section that those conditions precedent were fully satisfied. (b) Settlement Agreement; Partial Final Decree (1) Definitions In this subsection, the terms Partial Final Decree and Settlement Agreement have the meanings given those terms in section 503 of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3122). (2) Disclaimers Nothing in this Act, the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3122), or the Settlement Agreement shall be construed to require— (A) an amendment of the Settlement Agreement or the Partial Final Decree for the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this Act; or (B) use of the project modification or failure process in Article 13.3 of the Settlement Agreement for alternative or interim offset infrastructure funded under subsection (c)(5) of section 507 of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3126).