prescribe regulations for the use of storage allocated to flood
control at Lake Meredith as prescribed in the Letter of Un-
derstanding entered into between the Corps, the Bureau of
Reclamation, and the Authority in March and May 1980.
(e) SANFORD DAM PROPERTY.—The Authority shall
have the right to occupy and use without payment of lease
or rental charges or license or use fees the property retained
by the Bureau of Reclamation at Sanford Dam and all
buildings constructed by the United States thereon for use
as the Authority’s headquarters and maintenance facility.
Buildings constructed by the Authority on such property,
or past and future additions to Government constructed
buildings, shall be allowed to remain on the property. The
Authority shall operate and maintain such property and
facilities without cost to the United States.
SEC. 605. RELATIONSHIP TO CERTAIN CONTRACT OBLIGA-
TIONS.
(a) PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS EXTINGUISHED.—Provi-
sion of consideration by the Authority in accordance with
section 603(a) shall extinguish all payment obligations
under contract numbered 14–06–500–485 between the Au-
thority and the Secretary.
(b) OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE COSTS.—After
completion of the conveyance provided for in section 603,
the Authority shall have full responsibility for the cost of
operation and maintenance of Sanford Dam, and shall con-
tinue to have full responsibility for operation and mainte-
nance of the Project pipeline and related facilities.
(c) GENERAL.—Rights and obligations under the exist-
ing contract No. 14–06–500–485 between the Authority and
the United States, other than provisions regarding repay-
ment of construction charge obligation by the Authority and
provisions relating to the Project aqueduct, shall remain in
full force and effect for the remaining term of the contract.
SEC. 606. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.
Upon conveyance of the Project under this title, the
Reclamation Act of 1902 (82 Stat. 388) and all Acts
amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto shall not apply
to the Project.
SEC. 607. LIABILITY.
Except as otherwise provided by law, effective on the
date of conveyance of the Project under this title, the United
States shall not be liable under any law for damages of any
kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating
to the conveyed property.
TITLE VII—CLEAR CREEK DIS-
TRIBUTION 
SYSTEM, 
CALI-
FORNIA
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Clear Creek Distribu-
tion System Conveyance Act’’.
SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title:
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(2) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the
Clear Creek Community Services District, a Califor-
nia community services district located in Shasta
County, California.
(3) DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Dis-
tribution System’’ means all the right title and inter-
est in and to the Clear Creek distribution system as
defined in the agreement entitled ‘‘Agreement Between
the United States and the Clear Creek Community
Services District to Transfer Title to the Clear Creek
Distribution System to the Clear Creek Community
Services District’’ (Agreement No. 8–07–20–L6975).
SEC. 703. CONVEYANCE OF PROJECT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In consideration of the District ac-
cepting the obligations of the Federal Government for the
Distribution System and subject to the completion of pay-
ments by the District required under subsection (b)(3), the
Secretary shall convey the Distribution System to the Dis-
trict.
(b) DEADLINE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If no changes in Project oper-
ations are expected following the conveyance under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall complete the con-
veyance expeditiously, but not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) DEADLINE IF CHANGES IN OPERATIONS IN-
TENDED.—If the District intends to change Project
operations as a result of the conveyance under sub-
section (a), the Secretary—
(A) shall take into account those potential
changes for the purpose of completing any re-
quired environmental evaluation associated with
the conveyance; and
(B) shall complete the conveyance by not
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—If
the Secretary fails to complete the conveyance under
this title before the applicable deadline under para-
graph (1) or (2), the full cost of administrative action
and environmental compliance for the conveyance
shall be borne by the Secretary. If the Secretary com-
pletes the conveyance before that deadline, 1⁄2 of such
cost shall be paid by the District.
SEC. 704. RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING OPERATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title shall be con-
strued as significantly expanding or otherwise changing the
use or operation of the Distribution System from its current
use and operation.
(b) FUTURE ALTERATIONS.—If the District alters the
operations or uses of the Distribution System it shall com-
ply with all applicable laws or regulations governing such
changes at that time (subject to section 705).
SEC. 705. RELATIONSHIP TO CERTAIN CONTRACT OBLIGA-
TIONS.
(a) NATIVE AMERICAN TRUST RESPONSIBILITY.—The
Secretary shall ensure that any trust responsibilities to any
Native American Tribes that may be affected by the convey-
ance under this title are protected and fulfilled.
(b) CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS.—Conveyance of the Dis-
tribution System under this title—
(1) shall not affect any of the provisions of the
District’s existing water service contract with the
United States (contract number 14–06–200–489–
IR3), as it may be amended or supplemented; and
(2) shall not deprive the District of any existing
contractual or statutory entitlement to subsequent in-
terim renewals of such contract or to renewal by en-
tering into a long-term water service contract.
SEC. 706. LIABILITY.
Effective on the date of conveyance of the Distribution
System under this title, the United States shall not be liable
under any law for damages of any kind arising out of any
act, omission, or occurrence based on its prior ownership
or operation of the conveyed property.
TITLE VIII—PINE RIVER
PROJECT, COLORADO
SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Vallecito Dam and Res-
ervoir Conveyance Act’’.
SEC. 802. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title:
(1) The term ‘‘District’’ means the Pine River
Irrigation District, a political division of the State of
Colorado duly organized, existing, and acting pursu-
ant to the laws thereof with its principal place of
business in the City of Bayfield, La Plata County,
Colorado.
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
the Interior.