PUBLIC LAW 98-157—NOV. 17, 1983 97 STAT. 989 Public Law 98-157 98th Congress An Act To authorize rehabilitation of the Belle Fourche irrigation project, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the general plan for the Belle Fourche project, South Dakota, heretofore author- ized for construction by the Secretary of the Interior, May 10, 1904, pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 388), is modified to include construction, betterment of works, water conservation, rec- reation, and fish and wildlife conservation and development. As so modified, the general plan is reauthorized under the designation "Belle Fourche unit" of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary"), is authorized to negotiate and execute an amenda- tory repayment contract with the Belle Fourche irrigation district covering all lands of the existing Belle Fourche project. This con- tract shall replace all existing contracts between the Belle Fourche irrigation district and the United States. (b) The period of repayment of the construction and rehabilitation and betterment costs allocated to irrigation and assigned to be repaid by the irrigation water users shall be not more than forty years from and including the year in which such amendatory repay- ment contract is executed. (c) During the period required to complete the rehabilitation and betterment program and other water conservation works, the rates of charge to land class in the unit shall continue to be as established in the November 29, 1949, repayment contract with the district, as subsequently amended and supplemented; thereafter, such rates of charge and assessable acreage shall be in accordance with the amortization capacity and classification of unit lands as thwi deter- mined by the Secretary. SEC. 3. (a) All miscellaneous net revenues of the Belle Fourche unit shall accrue to the United States and shall be applied against irrigation costs not assigned to be repaid by irrigation water users. (b) Construction and rehabilitation and betterment costs of the Belle Fourche unit allocated to irrigation and not assigned to be repaid by the irrigation water users nor returned from miscella- neous net revenues of the unit shall be returnable from net rev- enues of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program within fifty years from and including the year in which the amendatory contract authorized by this Act is executed. SEC. 4. The provision of lands, facilities, and project modifications which furnish recreation and fish and wildlife benefits in connection with the Belle Fourche unit shall be in accordance with the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213), as amended. SEC. 5. Appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for carrying on the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for credits, expenses, charges, and costs provided by or incurred under Nov. 17, 1983 [S. 448] Belle Fourche irrigation project. 43 USC 391. Contract. Repayment period. 16 USC 460Z-12 note.
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