Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 2.djvu/688

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114 STAT. 1441A -70 PUBLIC LAW 106-377 —APPENDIX B (c) INTEREST.—Section 1008(b) of title X of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-717; 113 Stat. 1501A-310) is amended by striking paragraph (4). SEC. 207. Beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, any amounts provided for the Newlands Water Rights Fund for purchasing and retiring water rights in the Newlands Reclamation Project shall be non-reimbursable. SEC. 208. USE OF COLORADO-BIG THOMPSON PROJECT FACILI- TIES FOR NONPROJECT WATER. The Secretary of the Interior may enter into contracts with the city of Loveland, Colorado, or its Water and Power Department or any other agency, public utility, or enterprise of the city, providing for the use of facilities of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado, under the Act of February 21, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 523), for— (1) the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water originating on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes; and (2) the exchange of water originating on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains for the purposes specified in paragraph (1), using facilities associated with the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado. SEC. 209. AMENDMENT TO IRRIGATION PROJECT CONTRACT EXTENSION ACT OF 1998. (a) Section 2(a) of the Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998, Public Law 105-293, is amended by striking the date "December 31, 2000", and inserting in lieu thereof the date "December 31, 2003"; and (b) Subsection 2(b) of the Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998, Public Law 105-293, is amended by— (1) striking the phrase "not to go beyond December 31, 2001", and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase "not to go beyond December 31, 2003"; and (2) striking the phrase "terminates prior to December 31, 2000", and inserting in lieu thereof "terminates prior to December 31, 2003". SEC. 210. Section 202 of division B, title I, chapter 2 of Public Law 106-246 is amended by adding at the end the following: "This section shall be effective through September 30, 2001.". SEC. 211. (a) Section 106 of the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act (Public Law 100-675; 102 Stat. 4000 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f) REQUIREMENT TO FURNISH WATER, POWER CAPACITY, AND ENERGY. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to fulfill the trust responsibility to the Bands, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall permanently furnish annually the following: "(1) WATER. —16,000 acre-feet of the water conserved by the works authorized by title II, for the benefit of the Bands and the local entities in accordance with the settlement agreement: Provided, That during construction of said works, the Indian Water Authority and the local entites shall receive 17 percent of any water conserved by said works up to a maximum of 16,000 acre-feet per year. The Indian Water Authority and the local entities shall pay their proportionate share of such costs as are provided by section 203(b) of title II or are agreed to by them.