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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1833 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility study 
relating to long-term water needs for the area served by the Fryingpan- 
Arkansas Project, Colorado, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Mr. SALAZAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in 
a feasibility study relating to long-term water needs for 
the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Col-
orado, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—Pursuant to Federal reclamation law 
(the Act of June 7, 1902, and all Acts amendatory thereof 
or supplementary thereto), the Secretary, acting through 
the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized to conduct a fea-
sibility study to determine the most feasible method of 
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meeting the present and future water supply and related 
storage requirements within the area served by the 
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, including the potential en-
largement of Fryingpan-Arkansas facilities. The feasibility 
study shall— 
(1) be conducted consistent with the document 
titled ‘‘Economic and Environmental Principles and 
Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources 
Implementation Studies’’ (United States Water Re-
sources Council, 1983, United States Government 
Printing Office), any subsequent modifications of 
that document, and all applicable Federal statutes; 
and 
(2) include, but not be limited to, an evaluation 
of existing and reasonably feasible and practicable 
potential water supplies, uses, and management op-
tions as they relate to meeting the document re-
ferred to in paragraph (1). 
(b) SUBMISSION
OF STUDY.—The Secretary shall 
submit the feasibility study authorized by this section to 
the President and the President Pro Tempore of the Sen-
ate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—No Federal funds shall be ex-
pended for the construction of enlargements or any other 
alternative identified in the feasibility study authorized by 
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this section for which authority does not before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, without further authorization 
by Congress. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; MATCH-
ING REQUIREMENT.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary $4,000,000 to conduct the feasi-
bility study authorized by this section. All Federal funds 
made available to conduct that study shall be matched in 
equal amount by non-Federal funds. 
(e) LIMITATION ON CONSTRUCTION.—No construc-
tion to enlarge the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project may be 
conducted until the studies referred to in section 3 are 
completed. 
SEC. 2. SECRETARY AUTHORIZED TO FOLLOW ORIGINAL 
CONGRESSIONAL INTENT OF PROJECT. 
Not withstanding other provisions of law, the Sec-
retary shall not enter into any new contracts, contract ex-
tensions, or contract renewals— 
(1) with entities for use of excess capacity space 
in Fryingpan-Arkansas facilities to store water or 
for use outside of the natural basins of the Arkansas 
or Colorado rivers; or 
(2) that use the Fryingpan-Arkansas facilities 
or water rights for beneficial use outside the natural 
Basins of the Arkansas River or the Colorado River. 
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SEC. 3. STATE OF COLORADO STUDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior may 
provide financial assistance to the State of Colorado, 
under the direction of the Governor of that State, to con-
duct a study, or choose an appropriate organization such 
as Colorado State University-Pueblo to conduct a study, 
to identify the cumulative impacts of past, current, or pro-
posed transfers of water from the Arkansas and Colorado 
River basins to communities not located in the natural ba-
sins of the Arkansas River or the Colorado River, and 
from agriculturally based communities within the Arkan-
sas River basin to expanding municipalities within the Ar-
kansas River basin. 
(b) STUDY CRITERIA.—The study authorized under 
this section shall evaluate the following: 
(1) Environmental impacts such as impacts on 
water quality and wildlife habitat, and water supply 
both for human and environmental and recreational 
uses. 
(2) Social, cultural, recreational and economic 
impacts, including any disproportionate impacts of 
minority and/or low-income populations that result 
from actual or proposed water exchanges, water 
trades, and out-of-basin transfers from the Arkansas 
River basin and the Colorado River basin. 
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(3) The financial effects of water transfers out 
of the Arkansas River basin and the Colorado River 
basin for the sending and receiving communities. 
(4) The impacts, including cumulative effects, 
of proposed water supply and storage methods on 
the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project 
and the natural basins of the Arkansas River and 
the Colorado River within Colorado that may be im-
pacted by the implementation of such water supply 
and storage methods, taking into account the hydro-
logic conditions during the period from 1982 to the 
date the study is conducted. 
(5) The impacts of return and exchange flows 
in the Fountain Creek due to proposed and past 
transfers and exchanges of water from the Arkansas 
River to municipalities and entities, including the 
municipality of Colorado Springs, including but not 
limited to— 
(A) the effects on water quality and flood 
potential; and 
(B) mitigation alternatives for identified 
impacts, including flood control storage facili-
ties on the Fountain Creek. 
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