H. R. 4129
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to clarify the responsibilities
of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Central Utah Project, to
redirect unexpended budget authority for the Central Utah Project for wastewater
treatment and reuse and other purposes, to provide for prepayment of repayment
contracts for municipal and industrial water delivery facilities, and to eliminate
a deadline for such prepayment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLE-
TION ACT.
(a) TREATMENT
OF INVESTIGATION COSTS.—Section 201(b) of
the Central Utah Project Completion Act (106 Stat. 4607) is
amended following paragraph (2) by inserting the following: ‘‘All
amounts previously expended in planning and developing the
projects and features described in this subsection including amounts
previously expended for investigation of power features in the
Bonneville Unit shall be considered non-reimbursable and non-
returnable.’’.
(b) CLARIFICATION OF SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section
201(e) of the Central Utah Project Completion Act (106 Stat. 4608)
is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘identified in this Act’’ and inserting
‘‘identified in this title and the Act of April 11, 1956
(chapter 203; 70 Stat. 110 et seq.), popularly known as
the Colorado River Storage Project Act,’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘relating to the Bonneville Unit of
the Central Utah Project including oversight for all phases
of the Bonneville Unit, the administration of all prior and
future contracts, operation and maintenance of previously
constructed facilities’’ before ‘‘and may not delegate’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘his responsibilities under this Act’’
and inserting ‘‘such responsibilities’’; and
(D) by striking the period after ‘‘Reclamation’’ and
inserting: ‘‘, except through the pilot management program
hereby authorized. The pilot management program will
exist for a period not to exceed 5 years and shall provide
a mechanism for the Secretary and the District to create
a mutually acceptable organization within the Bureau of
Reclamation to assist the Secretary in his responsibilities
for the long-term management of the Bonneville Unit. Such
pilot management program may be extended indefinitely
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by mutual agreement between the Secretary and the Dis-
trict.’’;
(2) in the second sentence—
(A) by inserting ‘‘technical’’ before ‘‘services’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘for engineering and construction
work’’ before ‘‘on any project features’’; and
(3) by inserting at the end thereof the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘These provisions shall not affect the responsibilities
of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Western Area Power
Administration regarding all matters relating to all Colorado
River Storage Project power functions, including all matters
affecting the use of power revenues, power rates and rate-
making.’’.
(c) MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WATER.—Section 202(a)(1)(B)
of the Central Utah Project Completion Act (106 Stat. 4608) is
amended in the last sentence by inserting ‘‘and municipal and
industrial water’’ after the word ‘‘basin’’.
(d) USE OF UNEXPENDED BUDGET AUTHORITY.—Section 202(c)
of the Central Utah Project Completion Act (106 Stat. 4611) is
amended to read as follows: ‘‘The Secretary is authorized to utilize
all unexpended budget authority for units of the Central Utah
Project up to $300,000,000 and the balance of such budget authority
in excess of this amount is deauthorized. Such $300,000,000 may
be used to provide 65 percent Federal share pursuant to section
204, to acquire water and water rights for project purposes including
instream flows, to complete project facilities authorized in this
title and title III, to implement water conservation measures under
section 207, including use of reverse osmosis membrane tech-
nologies, water recycling, and conjunctive use, to stabilize high
mountain lakes and appurtenant facilities, to develop power, and
for other purposes. In addition, funds may be provided by the
Commission for fish and wildlife purposes. The District shall comply
with the provisions of sections 202(a)(1), 205(b), and Title VI with
respect to the features to be provided for in this subsection.’’.
(e) PREPAYMENT OF REPAYMENT.—Section 210 of the Central
Utah Project Completion Act (106 Stat. 4624) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or any additional or supplemental
repayment contract’’ after ‘‘1985,’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘of the Central Utah Project’’ after
‘‘water delivery facilities’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘The District shall exercise’’ and all that
follows through the end of that sentence.
SEC. 2. USE OF PROJECT FACILITIES FOR NONPROJECT WATER.
The Secretary of the Interior may enter into contracts with
the Provo River Water Users Association or any of its member
unit contractors for water from Provo River, Utah, under the Act
of February 21, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 523), for—
(1) the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject
water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial
purposes, using facilities associated with the Provo River
Project, Utah; and
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(2) the exchange of water among Provo River Project con-
tractors, for the purposes set forth in paragraph (1), using
facilities associated with the Provo River Project, Utah.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.