94 STAT. 1064 Contracts. Effective date.
43 USC 485h.
43 USC 1576, 1577. Administration and disposal of lands. 43 USC 1575a. 43 USC 1578. Appropriation authorization.
43 USC 1571-1573, infra.
43 USC 1574.
Effective date. 43 USC 1579.
Land acquisition and disposal.
PUBLIC LAW 96-336—SEPT. 4, 1980
"(4) Effective October 1, 1979, and to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, enter into contracts under the terms and conditions of the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.) as amended and supplemented for the delivery of water from said well field to entities within the United States for municipal and industrial or irrigation purposes: Provided, That such contracts for municipal and industrial purposes shall contain terms and conditions as substantially provided in section 9(c)(1) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and that contracts for replacement irrigation water supplies to prevent damage to existing water users on privately developed lands include water charges no greater than if such water users had continued to pump their own wells without the United States lowering the water table and that the acreage limitation and related provisions of the Reclamation Law will not be applicable to such privately developed lands: Provided further, That no contract shall be entered which will impair the ability of the United States to continue to deliver to Mexico on the land boundary at San Luis and in the Limitrophe Section of the Colorado River downstream from Morelos Dam approximately one hundred and forty thousand acre-feet annually, consistent with the terms contained in Minute No. 242 of the IBWC". SEC. 4. A new section 106 shall be added to the Act, as follows, and succeeding sections shall be renumbered accordingly: "SEC. 106. The Secretary is hereby authorized to administer and dispose of lands and interests in lands acquired, and facilities constructed under this title, and revenues received in connection with this authority shall be credited to the general fund of the Treasury.". SEC. 5. Section 108 of the Act is changed to section 109 and effective October 1, 1979, is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof: "There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $356,400,000 for the construction of the works and accomplishment of the purposes authorized in sections 101, 102,103, and 110, of which $3,579,000 is authorized for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses associated with replacement of the Coachella Canal in California, and $6,960,000 is authorized for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses associated with the Desalting Complex Unit and the Protective and Regulatory Pumping Unit in Arizona, based on January 1979, prices plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuation in construction costs involved therein, and such sums as may be required to operate and maintain such works and to provide for such modifications as may be made pursuant to section 104. In order to provide for the utilization of significant improvements in desalinization technologies which may have been developed since the Bureau's evaluation, the Secretary is directed to evaluate such cost effective improvements and implement such improved designs into the plant operations when the evaluation indicates that cost savings will result: Provided, however. That no more than five percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated is used for these purposes.". SEC. 6. A new section 110 shall be added to the Act, as follows: "SEC. 110. Effective October 1, 1979, and to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriate Acts, in order to provide measures determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be appropriate to mitigate loss of fish and wildlife habitat associated with other measures taken under this title: "(a) The Secretary is authorized to— "(1) acquire lands by purchase, eminent domain, or exchange;
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