(6) Any effect to stream flows in the Roaring 
Fork River due to any expansions of the Fryingpan- 
Arkansas facilities. 
(7) Feasible options to resolve or mitigate the 
impacts and effects evaluated in the study. 
(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—As a condition of as-
sistance under the section, the Governor of Colorado shall 
submit a report of the results of the study funded under 
this section to the President and the President Pro Tem-
pore of the United States Senate and the Speaker of the 
United States House of Representatives upon completion 
of the study. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out 
this section. 
SEC. 4. COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROTECTION. 
(a) USE OF WATER STORAGE CAPACITY.—Any ex-
cess water storage capacity of the Fryingpan-Arkansas 
Project to divert, store, impound, pump, exchange, or con-
vey nonproject water made available under contracts shall 
not be used so as to increase diversion of nonproject water 
from the natural basin of the Colorado River within Colo-
rado into another river basin for delivery or storage un-
less— 
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(1) the diversion is the subject of a decree en-
tered before the date of the enactment of this Act 
for which no new infrastructure or legal approvals 
are necessary to divert the water out of the natural 
basin of the Colorado River; 
(2) the diversion is the subject of an agreement 
in existence on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, contemplating additional diversions diverted 
through or stored in the facilities studied by this 
Act, between the beneficiary of such transbasin di-
version and the water conservation district, as de-
fined under Colorado law, from within whose bound-
aries the waters are proposed for diversion; 
(3) the diversion is the subject of an intergov-
ernmental agreement or other contractual arrange-
ment executed after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, between the beneficiary of such transbasin 
diversion and the water conservation district, as de-
fined under Colorado law, from within whose bound-
aries the waters are proposed for diversion; or 
(4) the beneficiary of such transbasin diversion 
provides compensatory storage or alternate water 
supply in an amount equal to the quantity diverted 
out of the basin for the benefit of the water con-
servation district, as defined under Colorado law, 
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from within whose boundaries the waters are pro-
posed for diversion. 
(b) SUBMISSION
OF
AGREEMENTS
REQUIRED.— 
Prior to executing any agreement or arrangement for pro-
vision of compensatory storage or alternative water supply 
that allows for increased diversions of nonproject water 
as described in subsection (a), the parties to such agree-
ments or arrangements shall submit the agreement or ar-
rangement to the Secretary of the Interior, who, within 
30 days, shall submit such agreement or arrangement to 
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives for a period of not less 
than 60 days. 
(c) NO PRECEDENT.—This section shall not be con-
sidered as precedent for any other congressionally author-
ized project. 
SEC. 5. CONTRACTS WITH IN-BASIN ENTITIES. 
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter 
into contracts with an entity, private or public, for the 
use of excess capacity in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project 
for the purpose of diverting, storing, impounding, pump-
ing, exchanging, or conveying nonproject water for irriga-
tion, domestic, municipal and industrial, or any other ben-
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eficial purpose within the natural basin of the Arkansas 
River within Colorado. 
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