Bill, S.1555: To Authorize Interior Department to Construct Colorado River Storage Project, 1954

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(2)

[Report No. 1983] 83DCONGRESS

2DSESSION

Calendar No.

S. 1555

IN THE SENATE

OF THE UNITED

STATES

APRIL 2, 1953

:MJ:. MUJJKIN (for himself, Mr. ANDERSON,Mr. BARRETr,Mr. BENNE'IT, Mr. CHAVEz,1I1:r.GOLDWATER,Mr. HAYDEN, Mr. HUNT, Mr. JOHNSONof Colo-rado, and 1I1:r.WATKINS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

JULY 26 (legislative day, JULY 2), 1954

Reported by J\1:r. MUI.TKIN,with an amendment, in the nature of a substitute

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate,

and maintain the Colorado River storage project and

partici-pating projects, and for other purposes.

.

1

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of

Representa-2

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 Thllt,

m

effier

se iBitillte the eeB3.'flreheflflivedevelepHlelit

ef

4 the wllter reselHees ef the Upper CeleraJe

River

Bll;Sm,

the .

5 Celigress,

m

the ffifereise. ef its OOHStittitielial Il;Htherity te

(3)

4:

1 Celerll>ae Ri-ver sterage prejeet fl:ll6: the ptU"tieipll>tIDgpl'Ojeets

2 listed:

ffi SeeMeR

±

at

this Aet;

the 8eeretary

sheJl

De

geT-3

emea

by

the Feaeml

reelltffill>tiel3:

le,ws

-fAet

at

.Hme

l-1-;

4 1902, ~

Stat. &8&; ood

-A:ets

e.-mel3:all>terythereef er sapple

5 mel3:tMy therete)

: P'f'f)'eided, ~

W

in-igooel3: repll;Jmel3:t

6 eeRtrll>ets el3:terea iftt6 plH'Slioot

te these

le,ws

ma,y,

l*eept

Il;S

7 etherwise

pmviaea

fer the Pooma ood

Edeft

prejeets, previae

8 fer

refl~'Hiel3:t

at

the ehligll>tiel3:asse.-mea thereH:l3:aer

6Ter fl;

9 fleriea ef oot mere

tlroo

fifty

yetl;fS

e'liemsive

at

ftI3:j"

aevelefl

10

meftt

pel-iea ootftel-iZ'Jea by

law-;

-fl+

eel3:traets relating

te

11 mlHlieipal water sapply may he

l'I3:lMle

witheat regara

te the

12 limitooel3:s

at

the

mst

sel3:tel3:ee

at

seetiel3: 9

-fet-

at

the Reela

13

Hllltieft

P}'ejeet

Aet

at

1999;

-fet

m eel3:stmetmg, epenbtmg,

14

tbI3:f1:

mll>i:Rtaiaiag the 8lti.1

H

'eek Beath

Soo

Jutm

113:mooil'riga

15 ti:eB:

pl'ejeet,

the 8eel'etary

shall

he gevernea

by the laws

16 }'e!ll>tmg te the aevelepmoot

at

irrigaMel3: pl'ejeets

00

113:aifl;l3:

17 reservatiel3:s

wftel'e applieahle;

aRd

-fdh

as

te

113:mtb13:

ltmds

18

withlli,

lHlaet: er served

by either

ffl'

a1l pMtieipatffig

19 prGj eets,

p~'Hieflt

at

eeflstrueMlll3:

eests

shall

he

St:I-&-20 jeet

te the

Aet

at

July

-l;- ~

-f4!t-

SW:

e84:).

&i:il

21 IlfI:its

tbI3:f1:

prejeets

shall

he sl:lhjeet

te the

appertieflHleflts

ef

22 the

ilSe

at

wll>ter hetweoo

the

Upper aRd Lewey Basms ef

23 the CeleFooe River aRd ltffieRg

tire

States

at

the Upper BasiR

24 fured m the Celerade River Cempll>8taRd

the

Upper Celeraae

(4)

1 River Basm Gempoot, reSfleetively,

llfHl te

the

teFHlS

ef the

2 tre&ty

with the

Uffited MaieaB Sta,tes"

3

8H&.-

&-

!fhe

Gelerade River stemge prejeet

llfHl

partiei-4 patiBg prejeets

shall

00

trea,ted

llfHl

aeeelmted

fur

as fflW

5 prejeet;

the

eapital mvestHlfffit m

the

eeHlHlereial pewer 6 teat1±res

ef

Sflffi

pFejeet

shall

00

retu:rIls.ble with:iR a peried 7

oot

exeeeding

Mty

years

ffem the date

ef

eempletieB

ef

streh

8 featH:Fes ll:B:less,m

the

judgmfffit

ef

the

Seeretary, eeBeHHed 9 m

lly

the

Federal PeweF GeHlHlissieB, a leBger pened

is

10 deeHled jl:lstified; mterest 00

the

lmflffiertized balaBee

ef the

11 mvestHlfffit in

the

eeHlHlffi"eial pewer feamres

ef the

Sflffi

12 prejeet

shall

00

retlU'Bable a,t a

rate oot

less

than the

aver-13

age rate

paid- lly

the

U ffited 8ta,tes 00

its

leBg teFHl

leans

14 eatstaBding

at

the date ef

flatberillatieB

ef the

Sflffi

prejeet; 15 interest a,t

lll:lCh

rate

shall

be

paid

aBBaally

oot ef the

Bet 16 FeveBaes

ef the

eemmeFeial peweF featH:Festhereef iBte

Mis-17 eellaBeeas ReeeitJts

ef the

Tl"eaSlU)';

llfHl

the

retIDy:

ef that

18 ptl;F/;

ef the

eeets

ef the

pre1ecl

(inelading, bttt witheat lHaita 19

tieR,

thooe peFtieB:S

ef the

reiHlbH:Fsable eeBstrlletieB eesss 20

ef the

PaeHia prej eet (ineladiBg

the

MiBBeseta

l:lflit;-

a tltim 21

llfHl

FeseFVetr00 Madd,y Gi"eek

j-H:st

abeve

its

eeBflaeBee

with

22

the

N erth

Ferk

00

the

GH:B:B:iseBRiver,

llfHl

ether Beeessary

23 weFks)

and

ef the

irrigs.tiea featH:Fes

ef the

Edfffi prejeet,. as 24 ootherilled in

the Act ef Jaae

28

l-949

-f&3 ~

mh

(5)

2

1 proviae

fer the

gooefal welfare,

te

regalate eOffiffiefee flIDong 2

the

States,

and te maIffi all

neeclfal

ra1es

and

regalations

re-3 speeting property belonging

te the

Unitea States,

e.nd

fef

4

the

parposes, Ilftlong others,

at

regulating

the &w

at

the

5 Co10raao River, storing water

for

booefieial eOBSli:H:lfltive 6 use, making

it

possible

for

the

States

at

the

Uppef "Bll:Sin

te

7 utiliZle, eonsistentlJ

with

the

obligation unaertekoo

lty

the

8

S-t

ases

ef the

upper IDvision in artiele

ill

at

the

Co10raao 9 Rio','er Compaet,

the

apportionments

macle

te

and

ll:IDong 10

t1lem

in the Coloraao River Compaet

and the

Upper Colo 11

l'-ft€kt

River "Basin Compaet, l'espeetiYely, provicling

fer the

12 eontro1

ef Heeds and

for

the

improvement

at

navigation,

8fHl

13 genemting hJa.roeleeu·ie power, hereby authoriZles the Seere 14

twy

ef

the Intel-lOl'

flt

te

eonstruet, opefate,

8fHl

maintain 15 the following initial

units

ef the

Colorado Rp,'er storage 16 projeet, eonsisting

ef

a.IlftlS,reservoirs, power plants, trans 17 m:ission faeilities,

8fHl

appUl'tenant works:

Eehe

Park, Flllftl 18

ing

Gorge,

Glen

Canyofr; N IWallO,ood Cureeanti: P'PfJ13ided, 19 height whieh

will

impound not

less

t1lan

nine

hunclrea

8fHl

20

forty

tflolisana aere feet

ef

wtMOl' 6f

will

efeate a reservoir

21

ef

Sileh:

greater eapaeity as ORB

be

obtained

by

a

high

water

22 heflM'lJe'P,

%at the

Cureeanti

lli-m ffi1fH-1

lw f'fflHlffll€teJ 00 a 23

lffie

loeatea. at seven tholisand five I'lRnared

ftBd

twenty fee.!; 24 above mean set!; lWlel; and

-f2t

te

eonstroet, operate,

and

(6)

-(in-

---3

•

1 eladiBg pewer genemtmg

ll:llil

tl'fl;llsmissien faeilities related 2 therete), hm"emafter refened

te as

partieipatffig prejeets:

3

Central Utah, Emery Ceanty, GeesebmTy, Flerida,

Safi

4 JaaB ClJama, Sbipreek Seuth

&n Joon

Indifl;ll irrigatien,

5

JIammend, LaBarge, Lyman, Paenia (meludiBg the Mmae 6 seta

tl:fl-i-t-;-

a

dam

ll:llil

reserveu'

en

Maddy Creek

j-ast

abeve

7 its

eenAl:lenee

with

the

N

ertb

FBffi

ef

the Gannisen Riyer, 8

ll:llil

&tIter

neeessary werks) ,

Pffie

River ExteB:sien,

:La

Plata, 9 Seedskadee,

Silt,

fHlf1

Smith Ferk:

Fre'l5itletl,

.'l'hat

B:8 Ujr

10 prepriatien

fer er

eenstmetien

ef

the

&n

Juan Chlillla 11 prejeet

er

the Shipreek Seuth

&n

JHan

Indian ilTigatilln 12 projeet

shall

00

made

er

began

l:I:lltil

eoerdffiated repBrts 13 thm'een

slliill

hfl,ve

00eB:

sl:lbmitted W the affeeted States

14

pl1l'SI:lfl;llt

W the Aet ef

Deeember

22,

±944

-fe8

SttJ,t-;.

887),

15

ll:llil

approved

by

the Congress:

P'f'fJ'I5ided j'liff'the1', ~

B:8

16 appropriation

fer er

eenstruetion

ef

any

part ef

the Central 17

Ytah

projeet, beyond the initial phase thereof,

shall

00

made 18

er

beg1iB:

l:I:lltil

a report tbereoB:

shall ~

00eB:

Slibmitted 19

te the

affeeted States pID'Stlfl;lltW the

Aet ef

Deeember gg

20

l-944

-f&8

SttJ,t-;.

887), and

approved

by the

Congress'.

!!':he

21 BPl1eHtS

ef

the

Aet ef .fuly

-l-; ~

-f4+

SttJ,t-;. 5(4), Me

~2

ltere-b;y

extended

and

shall

apply W

a:ll

Indian

lantls

served 23 .

by

eaeh

ef the

foregomg plU-tieipatiHg projeets,

24

SB€-:

g., Exeept

as

otherwise pr6'rided

iB:

tffis

Aet,

ffi 25 eonstrl:letiB:g, operating,

and

maiB:taining

the

IHlits

ef the

(7)

6

1 which are, ffi the ease

et

the Paonis,

prejeet,

beyond the

aW-2

tty et

the ws,ter

ttSefll

to repay withffi the period preseribed

3 ffi the :Aet

et

J.tHte

Q.&;

1-94+

-fG1

Stat-:

181) ,

aOO,

ffi the

4 ease

et

tOO

Eden

:fJf~

itt

$(Jess

et

the ll:ffiOUlltpreseribed

5 ffi the :Aet Of

J.tHte

2-8;- 194:9) alloeated to irrigation

ffitt

Fe-6

tlll'fiable from

net

power reveRliOS-;authorization

for whieh

7 sffid: alleeation aOO retLU'n u11der

tOO

Federal reelamation laws

8 is hereby

eonfumed,

shall

begin

on a

date

ROt

later

-thaB:

9 the date

ttpon

which the retLU'n

et

the eil;:fJitalinvestment

in

10 the eommereial

power featLU'es

et

the said projeet

has lteen

11

eompleted.

12 SE&.

4. ~

hydroeleetrie

POWffi'plants al:1thorized by

13 this:Aet

to 00 eonstrueted,

operated, aOO mamtaiRed by the

14 Seeretar)'

shall,-

to the fullest pmetieable

eKteRt eonsiste!J:t

15 with the pLU'poses

of

this Act, the Colorado River Comps,et

16 llilil the Upper Colorado Ri"el' !ffisin COmpaet, 00 operated

17 in e~nj,metion with other Feders,l power plants, preseRt and

18 potential,

se as to produee the greatest praetieaale

amount

19 et

power

ll>ftf1 eRergy thtbt can 00 sold at

firm

power and:

20 energy

rates,

Neithffi' the impoUBdiRg

B:Or

use

of

water

21 solely

for

the gOBffi'atioR

of

power antl energy at such plants

22 shftll

preelttde the use

and

eORsu:mptionof ws,ter' of the Upper

23. Colorado River System for domestie or agrieultlirtLl purposes;

24 llilil the Seeretal'y,

ltp6fi

the s,pplieatioR

6f -... -..l=

~l'fffiA!'l--J .t'~"J

propos

(8)

1 in

by

the Ehppropl'iEhteofficials

ef

the

State eF

StMies in which

2 sItCh

l:lSC

is

proposed

tit

00 mEhde),

after

notice given

by said

3 party

tit

ftll

ether

intmoested parties

and

opportaffity

fer

4 public hewoing en the issGes invoked

ftfrd

unless

good

eaase

5 00 shown why

sItCh

applieEhtion should net 00 gnrnted,

shtHl

6 release

tit

the extent requiTed fer streb

l:lSC

any right tlwt the

7 Uffited States IDRY haTe

tit

imPOllHd

ftfrd

l:lSC

water

solely

8 fer the genemtion

ef

power

and

energy as aforesaido ~

9 Secretary

is

hereby

Iillthorized

tit enter

ffitB

sItCh

contracts

10 er agreementB

as;-

in

his

opiffion, are feasible based

apen

a

11 recognition

and eevMuEhtion

ef

the benefits Ehrising

from

inte-12

grEhted operEhtion

ef ether

hydroeleettoie power

plants

ood

13 ef

the works herein

Ehuthorizedo Electric

power generMied

14 at

plfi;fits Iillthorized by

this

Aet ood

disposed

ef

fer

l:lSC

oot-15

side

the States

ef

the Upper

Colorado

River

Basin

shaJl

16 00 replEheed

froffi

e-ther

sotH°ees, as determined

by

the Seere

17 tary, when reqaired

tit

satisfy needs in the StEhtes

ef

the

18 Upper

ColorEhdo River

Basin, l:bt

ffites

net

tit

exceed

tlwse

19 in effeet fer power genemted

l:bt plfi;fitB Iillthol'i-zed

by this 20

Act:

ContHloets fer the sale

ef

power fer

l:lSC

outside the

21 StMies

ef

the Upper ColorEhdo River Basin slmll contain

sItCh

22 proevisions as the SeeretRd'Y

shall

determine

tit

00 necessllJ'Y

23

tit

effeetHl:btethe ptH'floses

ef this

Act, including the provision

24 that if ROOwhen the Secretary

finds

W

that

sItCh

power

25 eRdffiot prootieooly

be

replEhecd frofn

e-ther

sources

at

rates

(9)

(10)

1

tem: the

constl:B3:J'ltivclise

ef

which l:S Bflportioned se

2

these

States

By that

artiele;

3 ~

whew tetBJ

13enefits l*CoeJ

their

tetBJ

coots 4 ineladiRg-,

W-t

without limitation, coots atti'iJmtable

se

5

the

direet lise

ef

the

faeilities

ef

the

Colorado Riyer 6 storag-e project

er any ether

projeet

aM

an Bflpl'opriate 7 share

ef

the

eesss

ef

the

Colorado River storag-e pl'oject; 8 -f&tt.which are ~

'With

their

anticipated re'i'enaes 9

freB3:

irrigation, bascd

en the

inigators' ability

te

pay;-10 se meet

the

opcmtion, maintenance,

and

replacement 11

oosts

allocated

te

u'rigation

and

se ~ within a period 12

ef

:lHty

;rears following fl: s-aitable development period

13 at

least part

ef

the

constmctiofl eess allocated

te

in'iga

•

14

tien-;

,

15

-f4+

which

have

available, fiB aid them, an appro 16 priate disti'iet, pre£el'abl;r

e£

the

watel' eOl'lServancy typ&,-17

which

is

sati5faetory fiB

tIre

Seeretftfy, ene pUl}lose

fll

18 which

shall

he se provide revenaos

fer tIre

project ever 19

and

aBove

these

paid

By

tIre

irrigators, se assist in

Fe-20 paymoot

e£

eOl'lStl1lction

oosts

alloeated se irrigation;

and

21

-tet

fer

which pertinent data sutlieient se determine 22

their

prolJa.ble eflgineeriflg

and

ecoflomie justifieation flfld 23 feasibility

shall

he a~·aila.lJle.

24

It is

likewi£le deela:red

te

he

tIre

poliey

e£

the

Congyess that

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7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 ,

15

16

;17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

1

SEe. 'l-:

There

is

hereby establfshed ill the TI'easlil'Y,

£rem

2

the

receipts

ef

the

Celerade Rivet' sterage prejeet, a eeBtrnli 3

ffig

fund

ef

$1,000,000

te the

et'edit

ef ood

Slibjeet

se

expeBd 4

itlffe

by the

Secretary

te

defray emergeBey expeBSes

ood

tB 5 illslil'e eeBtillueus epemtieB

ef

the

prej eet.

6

SEe.

&,

-The

Seet'etfM'y

shall

repert

te the

COflgress as

ef

the elese

ef

eaeh Hsool year

begffiBffig

with. the

&cal

year

±{}W

lifIOO the

status

ef

the

reveBlies frem

ood

the

eess

ef

eeBstmetiBg, eperariBg, ood maiBtaffiffig

the

CelerOOe River storage prejeet ood

the

pfM·tieipatiBg prejeets,

-The

Seet'etfM'y's repert

shall J3.e

prepfM'ed ill

such

m!Mlller as

ooea-rat ely se refleet

the

Eedeml illvestmeBt alloeated

te

pewer,

te

irrigatieB, ood tB

ether

plil'peses ood

the

pl'egress

ef

reOO"fi ood repaymoot tllCl'eeB, ood

the

estimated rate

ef

pl'egress,

year

by year,

ill aeeempHshffig

full

repaymoot,

S:oo.

@;. -The SeeretfM'Y

is

alithm'ined

ood

direeted

te

plaB,

eeBstl1let, eperate, ood mamtaiB: pliblie reereatieflal facilities

00 loods witlldraWB

er

t1CEfmredtar

the

develepmeBt

ef

the

Celorade River storage pl'ejeet er

ef

the

pfll·tieipatiBg prejeets, exeept eB loods ill Ifldia.fl l'eservatiofls,

te

eenserve

the

seeBer)',

the

f1atanb'l, histol'ie, ood areheologie objeets, ood

the

wildlife en sllffi laBds, llftd

te

provide fur pltblie aBe fl!Id

efljoyffioot

ef

the

same ood

ef

the

water aroos ereated

by

these projeets

by

such

meaBS as are eOflSistoot

with the

(13)

12

1 llftd

improve

et1fHlitions

fo¥

the propagaaon

of fish

and

2 wildlife ffi eonneetion

with

the de'lelopment of -the Colorado

3 Rivffi' storage projeet

llftd

of the pa;rtieipating projeets,

~

4 8eeretfbl'Y is oothorized te aetjlill'e

lllftds llftd te

withili,tbw

5 pllblie lands frem entry or 6ther disposition under -the pablie

6 lllftd laws

fo¥

-the eonstl1letion, operation, and mtbintenooee

7 of reereational

facilities in eonneetion

with the

SlOOpreieets,

8 and

te dispose of them te Federal, 8tate, llOO

loeal

govern

9 menttbl a,geneies By letbse, tl'ansfer, exehange, or eonveytbnee,

10

llpOO

SlfOh terms and eonditions as

will 00st

promote

theif

11 development

llftd

operation in -the pllblie interest.

!I'fte

eosts,

12 ffieludffig -the opffi'ation llOO maintenanee

eostfr;

of tbll SlOO

13 underttbkings shall 00 nOffi'eimbHl'sable llOOnOlli'etumable

un-14

dar -the reelamation

ltbws,

llOOfunilil appropriated

fo¥

etu'rying

15 em

-the anthorization eonttbined in seetion

!

of

this

Aet shalh

_,

16 without

prejudiee te -the aVaHtbbility of 6ther appropritbted

17 moneys

fo¥

-the same pllJ'poses, tblso 00 a¥aHable

fo¥

etbffying

18 em

-the investigations llOOprogl:'llffisoothorized in

this

seetion,

19 SE&.-

l{h

!I'he 8eereta;ry is hereby aHtho}'ized W under

20 take the investigations llOOprograms of eooperating Fedffi'a!

21 ageneies

OHilineJ in ptu'a,graphs gg W &9;- inelHsive, of the

22 }'eport

of

the regional direetor, region -4, BHreoo

of

Reelama

23 tifffi; dtbted DeeffiBber M,

1950, and

entitled "Colorado Rivep

24 StOflbge Projeet

and

Pa;rtieipating Projeets, Upper Colorado

25 River

"Basin",

!I'he eess thereof sh&ll 00 llollFeimbursable

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1

lldHl

BOBTetul'Rllob!elIDder

the

reelsHultioB

laws;-

lldHl

fu:Bds

2

appropria,ted

fer

eaFfjmg

eat

the

author±zatioBs eoBtamed m 3 seetieB

±

et

this :A:et

shall, without prejuEliee

te the

avail

4:

ability

et

6ther

appropriated IDeBeys

fer the

same

pUl'floses,

5 aJoo

be

available

fer

ellil'l°y'iBg

eat

the

mvestigatioBs

f:bl'Hl

pre-6 grams authoPized m

this

seetieBo

7 SR&.

-l--h

N

oth:i:Bg eOBtaiBed m

this :A:et shall

be

eea-8 streed

te

alter; ameBd,

er

repeal

the

Boulder CooyeB Projeet

9 :A:et -(+.3

Stat.

1057)

er

the

Boulder COOyOB Projeet

M-10 justmoot

Aet-f54

Stat. 774) °

11

SR&.

-14h

COBstruetioB

et

the

projeets herem authorized 12

shall

proeeed us rapidl)' as

is

eonsistoot

with

budgetary

Fe-13 quiremeBts

f:bl'Hl the

eeoBomie Beeds

et

the

eOlmti-yo

14

SR&.

-l-lh

There are hereby authorized

te be

appropriated, 15

eat

et

ooy

meBeys ffi

the

Tioeasl:IT)'Bet othEwwise appropri 16

&ted;-

sueh

SllIDS as

may be

requiTed

te

elliI:'l'Y

eat

the

pUTposes

17

et

this

Aek

18 SR&.

±4-: As

used

ffi

this

l.<et

,

19 The

_tffiomsOlora

"C

1

d

₀ _:fUiTerUSmDO

B'"

_,olora

"C

1

dUo

₀ _Mver

20 Compaet", "Colorado Rivffi' System" , ~ Ferry", ~es 21

et

the

Upper Division", "Upper Basin",

f:bl'Hl

"domestie ~ 22

shall:

have

the

meoomg IH3ffiowedte

them

ffi artiele II

et

the

23 Upper Colorado Riyer Basin Compaet;

(15)

14

1

slffiY

mean

the

States

e4'

Arizona, Colorado, New Uoxieo, 2 Utah, and Wyoming;

3 %e

f€flll "Upper Colorado Ri.ym· Ba-sin"

slffiY

have the

4 Sffille meaning

as the term

"Uppel' Basin";

5

%e term

"Uppel' Colol'ado Rivm' Basin Compaet"

slffiY

6 mean that eertain eompaet exeeuted en OetobOl'

-H,

194:8, 7

by

eommissionel's l'epl'esenting

the

States

e4'

l\rizona, Colo 8

raOO;

New M"exieo, Utah, and Wyoming, and eonsented

te

·9

by the

Congl'ess

6f the

Unit

ed

States

e4'

Amm'iea

lly

Aet

10

e4'

April

&;

±-949

-fG&

s.tak

&Itt

and

11

%e term

"tl'eaty with

the

United Mexiean States"

slffiY

12 mean that eertain treaty be~'een

the United

States

e4'

Amer 13 iea and

the

United Uexiean States signed at Washington, 14 Distl'iet

e4'

Columbia, Febl'Uf1l1' &; 194:4:, relating

te the

15 utilization

e4' the

watel's

e4' the

Colorado River and

ether

16 rivers,

as

amended and supplemeBted

:By

the

protoeol dated 17 Novembel'

H,

194:4:,

and the

understandings reeited in 18

the

Senate l'esolution

e4'

Apl'il

-1'8-;

194:5, advising

and

OOB-19 santing

to

l'atifieation fum'eot

20 That, in order to initiate the comprehensive development 21 of the water resources of the U'pper Colorado River Basin, 22 the Congress, in the exercise of its constitutional authority

23 to

provide for the general welfare, to regulate commerce 24 among the States and with the Indian tribes, and to

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belonging to the United States, and f01' the purposes, among others, of regulating the flow of the Colorado River, stor-ing water for beneficial consumptive use, making it possible for the States of the Upper Basin to utilize, consistently with the provisions of the Colorado River Compact, the apportionments made to and among them in the Colorado River Compact and the Upper Colorado River Basin Com-pact, respectively, providing for the reclamation of arid and semiarid land, for the control of floods and for the improvement of navigation, and the generation of hydro-electric power, as an incident of the foregoing purposes, hm'eby authorizes the Secreiaru of the Interior

(1)

to con-struct, operate, and maintain the following initial units of the Colorado River storage project, consisting of dams, res-ervoil's, powerplants, transmission facilities and app1£rtmwnt

16 works: Cross Mountain, Curecanti, Echo Park, Flaming

17 Gorge, Glen Canyon, and Navajo: Provided, That the

18

Curecanti Dam shall be constructed to a height which will

19 impound not less than nine hundred and forty thousand 20 acre-feet of water or will create a reservoir of such greater 21 capacity as can be obtained by a high waterline located 22 at seven thousand five hundred and twenty feet above mean

23 sea level and that construction thereof shall not be under-24 taken until the Secretary has, on the basis of further engi-25 neering and economic investigations, reexamined the economic

(17)

16

1 j~Lsti~cation of such unit and, accompanied by appropriate 2 documentation in the form of a supplemental report, has 3 certi~ed to the Congress and to the President that, in his 4 judgment, the bene~ts of such unit will exceed its costs;

5

and

(2)

to construct, operate, and maintain the following 6 additional reclamation projects (including power-generating 7 and transmission facilities related thereto), hereinafter re-8 [erred to as participating projects: Central Utah (initial 9 phase}; Emery County, Florida, Gooseberry, Hammond, La 10 Barge, Lyman, Paonia (including the Minnesota unit, a 11 dam and reserooir on Muddy Creek just above its

con-12

fluence with the North Fork of the Gunnison Rivel', and 13 other neceSSQ1'Yioorks] , Pine River Extension, Seedskadee,

Silt, Smith FOTk, San Juan-Chama, Nava.io: Provided, That (a) constructum. of the participating projects set [orth.

15

in this clause

(2)

shall not be undertaken until the S

ecre-16

tary has reexamined the economic justification of such project

17

and, accompanied by appropruue docu.mentation in the form

18

of a supplemental report, has certified to the Congress, thl'ough

19

the President, that, in his judgment, the benefits of such 20

project will exceed its costs, and that the financial

reim-21

bursability requirements set forth in section 4 of this Act

22

can be met. The Secretary's supplemental report for each 23

such project shall include, among other things, (i) a re-24

appraisal of the prospeciice direct agricultural benefits of

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1 the project made by the Secreta1'y after consultation with 2 the Secretary of Agriculture;

(ii)

a reevaluation of the non-3 direct benefits of the project; and

(iii)

allocations of the 4 total cost of construction of each participating project 01'

5

separable [eaiures thereo], excluding any expenditures au-6 thorized by section

7

of this Act, to power, ir1'igation, mu-7 nicipal water supply, flood control 01' navigation, or any

8 other purpose authorized under reclamation law. Section

'9 1

(c) of the Flood Cont1'ol Act of

1944

shall, except as

10 hereinafter provided for the San Juan-Chama and the 11 Navajo pa1,ticipating projects, not be applicable to such 12 supplemental reports; and, (b) that no app1'opriation for or construction of the San-Juan Chama project 01' the Navajo

participating project shall be made or begun until coordi-nated reports thereon shall have been submitted to the af-fected States, including (but without limiting the genemlity of the foregoing) the State of Texas, pursuant to the Act of December

22, 1944,

and said projects shall have been ap-p1'oved and auth07'ized by the Congress: Procuied. further, That with reference to the San Juan Chama project, it shall be limited to a single ott stream dam and reservoir on a tributary of the Chama River to be used solely for the control and regu-lation of

uxue:

impo7'ted [rom the San Juan Hicer, that 7/0 power facilities shall' be established, installed, or operated along the diversion or on the reservoir or dam, and such dam

(19)

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1 and reservoir shall at all tinnes be operated by the Bureau of 2 Reclamation of the Departmen: of the Interior in strict

com-3

pliance with the Rio Grande Compact as administej>ed by 4 the Rio Grande Compact Commission.

5

SEC.

2.

In order to achieve such comprehensive

develop-6 ment as will assure the consumptive use in the States of the 7 Upper Colorado River Basin of waters of the Colorado River 8 system the use of which

is

apportioned to the Upper C

olo-9 rado River Basin by the Colorado River Compact and to 10 each State thereof by the Upper Colorado River Basin

11 Compact, it

is

the intent of the Congress in the future to 12 authorize the construction, operation, and maintenance of 13 further units of the Colorado River storage project, of addi-14 tional phases of participating projects authorized in this Act, 15 and of new participating projects as additional information

16 becomes available and additional needs are indicated. It

is

17 hereby declared to be the purpose of the Congress to authorize 18 as participating projects only projects (including units or

19 phases

thereof)-20

(1)

for the use, in one or more of the States desig-21 nated in article III of the Upper Colorado River Basin 22 Compact, of waters of the Upper Colorado River system 23 the consumptive use of which

is

apportioned to those 24 States by that article; and

25 (2)

for which pertinent data sufficient to determine

(20)

1

their probable engineering and economic justification and

2 feasibility shall be available. It is likewise declared to be

3 the policy of the Congress that the costs of any

partici-4

pating project authorized in the future shall be amortized

5 from its own revenues to the fullest

extent

consistent with

6 the provisions of this Act and Federal reclamation law.

7

SEG.

3.

Except as othe1'wise p1'ovided in this Act, in

8

const1'ucting, operating, and maintaining the units of the

9 Colorado River storage p1'ojectand the participating projects

10

listed in section 1 of this Act, the Secretary shall be

gov-11

erned by the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June

17,

12

1902,

32 Stat.

388,

and Acts amendatory thereof or

supple-13

mentary thereto): Provided, That (a) i1'Tigation repayment

14

contracts shall, be entered into which, except as otherwise

15

provided for the Paonia and Eden projects, provide for

16

repayment of the obligation assumed thereunder with respect

17

to any project contract unit over a period of not more than

18

fifty years exclusive of any development period authorized

19

by law; (b) prior to

eonstructioti

of i1'Tigation distribution

20 facilities, repayment contracts shall be made with an

"organ-21

ization" as defined in paragraph

2 (g) of the Reclamation

22 Project Act of

1939 (53

Stat.

1187)

which has the

capac-23 ity to levy assessments upon all taxable real. p1'ope1'ty

24

located within its boundaries to assist in malv-ing

repay-25

menis,

except where a substantial proportion of the lands

(21)

20

1 to be served are owned by the United States; (c)

con-2

traci« relating to municipal water supply may be made 3 without regard to the limitations of the last sentence of

sec-4

tion

9

(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of

1939,'

and 5 (d), as to Indian lands within, under or served by any 6 participating project, payment of construction costs within

7

the capability of the land to repay shall be subject to the

8

Act of July

1, 1932 (47

Stat.

564).

All units and partici-9 pating projects shall be subject to the apportionments of the 10 use of water between the Upper and Lower Basins of the 11 Colorado River and among the States of the Upper Basin 12 (i:J;edin the Colorado River Compact and the Upper C olo-13 rado River Basin Oompact, respectively, and to the terms 14 of the treaty with the United Mexican States (Treaty Series 15

994).

16 SEC. 4. (a) There is hereby authorized a separate fund 17 tn the Treasury of the United States to be known as the 18 Upper Oolorado River Basin Fund (hereinafter referred to 19 as the Basin Fund), which shall remain available until ex-20 pended, as hereafter provided, for carrying out provisions of 21 this Act other than section 7.

22

_{(b) All appropriations} _{made for the purpose of carrying}

23 out the provisions of this Act, other than section 7, shall be 24 credited to the Basin Fund 'as advances from the general 25 fund of the Treasury. ,

(22)

1 (

c) All reoenues collected in connection with the

opera-2

tion of the Colorado River storage project and pa1,ticipating

3 projects shall be credited to the Basin Fund, and shall be

4 available, without further appropriation, for

(1)

defraying

5 the costs Gf operation,. maintenance, and replacements of,

6 and eme1'gencyexpenditures for, all facilities of the Colorado

7

River storage project and participating projects, within such

8 separate limitations as may be included in annual

appropria-9

tion acts, (2) payment as required by subsection (d) of this

10

section, (3) payment of the reirnlJu1'sableconstruction costs

11

of the Paonia project which are beyond the ability of the

12

water users to repay within the period prescribed in the Act

13 of June

25,1947 (61

Stat.

181),

said payment to be made

14 within fifty years after completion of that

portion.

of the

15

project which has not been constructed as of the date of this

16

Act, and (4) payment in connection with the irrigation

[ea-17

tures of the Eden p1'oject as specified in the Act of June

28,

18 1949 (63

Stat.

277):

Provided, That reoenues credited to

19

the Basin Fund shall not be available for appropriation for

20 construction of the units and participating projects

author-21

ized by or pursuant to this Act.

22

(d) Re:venues in the Basin Fund in excess of operaunq

23

needs shall be paid annually to the general fund of the

24

Treasury to

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any separable feature thereof which are allocated to power pursuant to section

5

of this Act, within a period not exceeding fifty years from the date of completion of such unit, participating project, or separable feature

thereof;

(2) the costs of each unit, participating project, or any separable feature thereof which are allocated to municipal water supply pursuant to section

5

of this Act, within a period not exceeding fifty years from the date of completion of such unit, participating project, or separable feature thereof;

(3) interest on the unamortized balance of the in-vestment (including inter-est during construction) in the

power and municipal water supply features of each unit, participating project, or any separable feature thereof, at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury as provided in subsection (e), and interest due shall be a first charge; and

(4) the costs of each unit, participating project, or any separable feature thereof which are allocated to irrigation pursuant to section

5

of this Act within a period not exceeding fifty years, in addition to any de-velopment period authorized by law, from the date of completion of such unit, participating project, or sepa-rable feature thereof, or, in the cases of the Paonia

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1

project and of Indian lands, within a period consistent

2 with other provisions of law applicable thereto.

3 (

e

J. The interest rate applicable to each unit of the

4

storage project and each participating project shall be

deter-5 mined

by

the Secretary of the Treasury as of the time the

6 first advance is made for initiating construction of said unit

7

or p1'oject. Such interest rate shall be determined by

cal-8 culating the average yield to maturity on the basis of daily

9

closing market bid quotations during the month of June

10

next preceding the fiscal year in which said advance is made,

11

on all interest-bem'ing mm'ketable public debt obligations of

12

the United States having a maturity date of fifteen or more

13

yem's from the first day of said month, and by adjusting such

14

average annual yield to the nearest one-eighth of

1 per

•

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centum.

16

(f) Business-type budgets shall be submitted to the

Oon-17

gress annually f01' all operations financed by the Basin Fund.

18

SEC.

5. Upon completion of each unit, participating

19

project or separable feature thereof the Secretary shall

allo-20

caie the total costs (excluding any expenditures authorized

21

by section 7 of this Act) of constructing said unit, project or

22

feature to power, irrigation, municipal water supply, flood

23

control, navigation, or any other purposes nuthorized. under

24

reclamation law.

Allocations of construction, operation and

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1 shall be nonreturnable under the provisions of this Act. On

2

January

1

of each year the Secretary shall report to the 3 Congress for the previous fiscal year, beginning w,ith the fiscal

4

year

1955,

upon the status of the revenues from and the cost 5 of constructing, operating, and maintaining the Colorado

6 River storage project and the participating projects. The 7 Secretary's report shall be prepared to reflect accurately the 8 Federal investment allocated at that time to power, to irriga-9 tum, and to other purposes, the progress of return and

re-10 payment thereon, and the estimated rate of progress, year by 11 year, in accomplishing full repayment.

12 SEC.

6.

The hydroelectric powerplants authorized by this 13 Act to be constructed, operated, and maintained by the

Secre-14 tary shall be opemtedin conjunction with other Federal

15 powerplants, present and potential, so as to produce the

g1'eat-16 est practicable amount of power and energy that can be sold

17

at firm power and energy rates, but no exercise of the

18 authority hereby granted shall affect or interfere with the

19 operation of any provision of the Colorado River Compact, 20 the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, or the Boulder

21 Canyon Project Act.

22 SEC. 7. In connection with the development of the Colo-23 rado River storaqe project and of the participating projects, 24 the Secretary is authorized and directed to investigate, plan, 25 construct, operate, and maintain (1) public recreational

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2

ment of said project or of said pm'ticipating projects, to

3

conserve the scenery, the natural, historic, and archeoloqic

4 objects, and the wildlife on said lands, and to provide for

5 public use and enjoyment of the same and of the water areas

6 created by these p1'ojects by such means as are consistent

7 with the pTimary pUTposes of said projects; and

(2)

facili-8

ties to mitigate losses of and improve conditions for the

9 propagation of fish and wildlife.

The Secretary is

author-10

ized to acquire lands and to withdraw public lands from

11

entTy or other disposition under the public land laws

neces-12

sary for the constTuction, operation, and maintenance of the

13

fdcilities herein 'provided, and to dispose of th~

to Federal,

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14

State, and local goveT

ental agencies by lease, transfer,

15

exchange, or conveyance upon such terms and conditions as

16

will best

promote

their development and operation in the

17

public interest.

All costs incurred pursuant to this section

18

shall be nonTeimbursable and nonrenu-nable.

19

SEG. 8. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed

20

to alter, amend, repeal, construe, interpret, modify, or be in

21

conflict with any provision of the Boulder Oanyon Project

22 Act (45 Stat.

1057),

the Boulder Oanyon Project

Adju,st-23 ment Act (54 Stat. 774), the Colorado River Compact, the

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Compact of

1938,

or the Treaty with the United Mexican 2 States (Treaty Series

994).

3

SEC.

9.

Expenditures for the Cross Mountain, Flaming' 4 Gorge, Glen Canyon, Navajo and Echo Park initial units 5 of the Colorado River storage project may be made without 6 regard to the soil survey and land classi~cation requirements 7 of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1954.

8 SEC. 10. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated 9 such sums as may be required to carry out the purposes of

10 this Act.

11 SEC.

11.

The appropriate agencies of the United States 12 are authorized to convey to the City and County of Denver, 13 Colorado, for use as a part of its municipally owned water

14 system, such interests in lands and water rights used or ac-15 quired by the United States solely for the generation of

16 power and other property of the United States as shall be 17 required in connection with the development or use of its 18 Blue River project, upon payment by Denver for any such 19 inte-rest of the value theree] at the time of its acquisition by

20 Denver, and provided that any such transfer shall be so 21 limited as not to preclude the use of the property other than 22 water rights for the necessary functions of the United States 23 Gove-rnment.

24 _SEC.

_12.

_{In the operation and maintenance of all} facil-25 ities, authorized by Fede-ral law and under the jurisdiction