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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1477 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Jackson Gulch 

rehabilitation project in the State of Colorado. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2007 

Mr. SALAZAR (for himself and Mr. ALLARD) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the 

Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in the State of Colorado. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jackson Gulch Reha5 bilitation Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘assessment’’ 

9 means the engineering document that is— 


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1 (A) entitled ‘‘Jackson Gulch Inlet Canal 

2 Project, Jackson Gulch Outlet Canal Project, 

3 Jackson Gulch Operations Facilities Project: 

4 Condition Assessment and Recommendations 

5 for Rehabilitation’’; 

6 (B) dated February 2004; and 

7 (C) on file with the Bureau of Reclama8 tion. 

9 (2) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 

10 Mancos Water Conservancy District established 

11 under the Water Conservancy Act (Colo. Rev. Stat. 

12 37–45–101 et seq.). 

13 (3) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Project’’ means the 

14 Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project, a program for 

15 the rehabilitation of the Jackson Gulch Canal sys16 tem and other infrastructure in the State, as de17 scribed in the assessment. 

18 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

19 the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 

20 Commissioner of Reclamation. 

21 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

22 of Colorado. 


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1 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF JACKSON GULCH REHABILITA2 TION PROJECT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pay the Fed4 eral share of the total cost of carrying out the Project. 

5 (b) USE OF EXISTING INFORMATION.—In preparing 

6 any studies relating to the Project, the Secretary shall, 

7 to the maximum extent practicable, use existing studies, 

8 including engineering and resource information provided 

9 by, or at the direction of— 

10 (1) Federal, State, or local agencies; and 

11 (2) the District. 

12 (c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

13 (1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

14 the total cost of carrying out the Project shall be 80 

15 percent. 

16 (2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 

17 share of the total cost of carrying out the Project 

18 may be in the form of— 

19 (A) any in-kind, documented contribution 

20 of goods or services; or 

21 (B) any amounts paid by the District be22 fore, on, or after the date of enactment of this 

23 Act for engineering and improvement costs for 

24 the Jackson Gulch Conveyance Works. 

25 (d) PROHIBITION ON OPERATION AND MAINTE26 NANCE COSTS.—The District shall be responsible for the 


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1 operation and maintenance of any facility constructed or 

2 rehabilitated under this Act. 

3 (e) LIABILITY.—The United States shall not be liable 

4 for damages of any kind arising out of any act, omission, 

5 or occurrence relating to a facility rehabilitated or con6 structed under this Act. 

7 (f) EFFECT.—An activity provided Federal funding 

8 under this Act shall not be considered a supplemental or 

9 additional benefit under— 

10 (1) the reclamation laws; or 

11 (2) the Act of August 11, 1939 (16 U.S.C. 

12 590y et seq.). 

13 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

14 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to pay the 

15 Federal share of the total cost of carrying out the Project 

16 $6,452,311. 

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