In your testimony, you make the recommendation that the Mescalero Apache Tribal Leasing Authorization Act be changed to include language that provides that the Tribe, and I am quoting now, your testimony, 'shall develop Tribal water leasing standards and submit such standards to the Secretary of Interior for approval.'
Udall emphasizes the need for water leasing standards for the Mescalero Apache Tribe.
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