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TITLE VI—DEBT REDUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year 2001 into the
account established under section 3113(d) of title 31, United States
Code, to reduce the public debt, $5,172,730,916.14.
DIVISION B
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 2001
SEC. 1001. Such amounts as may be necessary are hereby appro-
priated for programs, projects, or activities provided for in H.R.
4733, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,
2001, to the extent and in the manner provided for in the con-
ference report and joint explanatory statement of the committee of
conference (House Report 106–907) as filed in the House of Rep-
resentatives on September 27, 2000, as if enacted into law, except:
(1) that such conference report shall be considered as not in-
cluding those provisions in section 103 of the conference report
on H.R. 4733 as filed in the House of Representatives on Sep-
tember 27, 2000;
(2) that such conference report on H.R. 4733 filed in the
House of Representatives on September 27, 2000 shall be con-
sidered as providing $1,000,000 for the Upper Susquehanna
River Basin, New York, investigation within available funds
under General Investigations in Title I;
(3) that such conference report on H.R. 4733 filed in the
House of Representatives on September 27, 2000 shall be con-
sidered as appropriating $1,717,199,000 for Construction, Gen-
eral under Title I, including $8,400,000 for the Elba, Alabama,
flood control project; $10,800,000 for the Geneva, Alabama,
flood control project; $1,000,000 for the Metropolitan Louisville,
Beargrass Creek, Kentucky, project; $3,000,000 for the St.
Louis, Missouri, environmental infrastructure project author-
ized by section 502(f)(32) of Public Law 106–53; and $2,000,000
for the Black Fox, Murfree and Oaklands Springs Wetlands,
Tennessee, project;
(4) that such conference report on H.R. 4733 filed in the
House of Representatives on September 27, 2000 shall be con-
sidered as including the following at the end of Title I:
‘‘SEC. 106. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief
of Engineers, is authorized to construct the locally preferred plan
for flood control, environmental restoration and recreation,
Murrieta Creek, California, described as Alternative 6, based on
the Murrieta Creek Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact
Statement dated October 2000, at a total cost of $89,850,000, with
an estimated Federal cost of $57,735,000 and an estimated non-
Federal cost of $32,115,000.
‘‘SEC. 107. Within available funds, the Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue con-
struction of the Rio Grand de Manati flood control project at
Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, which was initiated under the authority
of the Section 205 program prior to being specifically authorized in
the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.’’;
(5) that such conference report on H.R. 4733 filed in the
House of Representatives on September 27, 2000 shall be con-
sidered as providing that $19,158,000 of the amount appro-
priated under the Central Utah Project Completion Account
under Title II shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation Account;
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(6) that such conference report on H.R. 4733 filed in the
House of Representatives on September 27, 2000 shall be con-
sidered as not including those provisions in section 211, and
shall be considered as including the following new section 211:
‘‘SEC. 211. 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 fur-
nish 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 entities 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.
‘‘ ‘(2) POWER CAPACITY AND ENERGY.—Beginning on the date
when conserved water from the works authorized by title II
first becomes available, power capacity and energy through the
Yuma Arizona Area Aggregate Power Managers (Yuma Area
Contractors), at no cost and at no further expense to the
United States, the Indian Water Authority, the Bands, and the
local entities, in amounts sufficient to convey the water con-
served pursuant to paragraph (1) from Lake Havasu through
the Colorado River Aqueduct and to the places of use on the
Bands’ reservations or in the local entities’ service areas in ac-
cordance with the settlement agreement. The Secretary,
through a coterminus exhibit to Bureau of Reclamation Con-
tract No. 6–CU–30–P1136, shall enter into an agreement with
the Yuma Area Contractors which shall provide for furnishing
annually and permanently said power capacity and energy by
said Yuma Area Contractors at no cost and at no further ex-
pense to the United States, the Indian Water Authority, the
Bands, and the local entities. The Secretary shall authorize the
Yuma Area Contractors to utilize federal project use power
provided for in Bureau of Reclamation Contracts numbered 6–
CU–30–P1136, 6–CU–30–P1137, and 6–CU–30–P1138 for the
full range of purposes served by the Yuma Area Contractors,
including the purpose of supplying the power capacity and en-
ergy to convey the conserved water referred to in paragraph
(1), for so long as the Yuma Area Contractors meet their obli-
gation to provide sufficient power capacity and energy for the
conveyance of said conserved water. If for any reason the
Yuma Area Contractors do not provide said power capacity and
energy for the conveyance of said conserved water, then the
Secretary shall furnish said power capacity and energy annu-
ally and permanently at the lowest rate assigned to project use
power within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation in
accordance with Exhibit E ‘‘Project Use Power’’ of the Agree-
ment between Water and Power Resources Service, Depart-
ment of the Interior, and Western Area Power Administration,
Department of Energy (March 26, 1980).
‘‘ ‘SEC. 106A. ANNUAL REPAYMENT INSTALLMENTS. During the pe-
riod of planning, design and construction of any of the works au-
thorized by title II of Public Law 100–675 and during the period
that the Indian Water Authority and the local entities referred to
in said Act receive up to 16,000 acre feet of the water conserved
by said works, the annual repayment installments provided in Sec-
tion 102(b) of Public Law 93–320 shall continue to be nonreimburs-
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able. Nothing in this Section shall affect the National obligation set
forth in Section 101(c) of Public Law 93–320.’.’’; and
(7) that such conference report shall be considered as not in-
cluding those provisions in section 605 of the conference report
on H.R. 4733 as filed in the House of Representatives on Sep-
tember 27, 2000.
SEC. 1002. In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United
States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after
the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the text
of the bill referred to in section 1001.
DIVISION C
In lieu of a statement of the managers that would otherwise ac-
company a conference report for a bill making appropriations for
Federal agencies and activities provided for in this Act, reports
that are filed in identical form by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations prior to adjournment of the One Hundred
Sixth Congress shall be considered by the Office of Management
and Budget, and the agencies responsible for the obligation and ex-
penditure of funds provided in this Act, as having the same stand-
ing, force and legislative history as would a statement of the man-
agers accompanying a conference report.
Titles I–IV of division A of this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Depart-
ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development,
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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