107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4129
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 pro-
vide for prepayment of repayment contracts for
municipal and industrial water delivery facilities,
and to eliminate a deadline for such prepayment.
municipal and industrial water delivery facilities, and
to eliminate a deadline for such prepayment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
AMENDMENTS 
TO 
THE 
CENTRAL 
UTAH
PROJECT COMPLETION 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 insert-
ing the following: ‘‘All amounts previously expended in
planning and developing the projects and features de-
scribed in this subsection including amounts previously ex-
pended for investigation of power features in the Bonne-
ville Unit shall be considered non-reimbursable and non-
returnable.’’.
(b) CLARIFICATION OF SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—Section 201(e) of the Central Utah Project Com-
pletion 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 con-
tracts, operation and maintenance of previously
constructed facilities’’ before ‘‘and may not del-
egate’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘his responsibilities under
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘such responsibilities’’;
and
(D) by striking the period after ‘‘Reclama-
tion’’ and inserting: ‘‘, except through the pilot
management program hereby authorized. The
pilot management program will exist for a pe-
riod not to exceed 5 years and shall provide a
mechanism for the Secretary and the District to
create a mutually acceptable organization with-
in the Bureau of Reclamation to assist the Sec-
retary in his responsibilities for the long-term
management of the Bonneville Unit. Such pilot
management program may be extended indefi-
nitely by mutual agreement between the Sec-
retary and the District.’’;
(2) in the second sentence—
(A) by inserting ‘‘technical’’ before ‘‘serv-
ices’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘for engineering and con-
struction work’’ before ‘‘on any project fea-
tures’’; and
(3) by inserting at the end thereof the following
new sentence: ‘‘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 affect-
ing 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 insert-
ing ‘‘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 sec-
tion 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 fea-
tures 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 sup-
plemental 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 sen-
tence.
SEC. 2. USE OF PROJECT FACILITIES FOR NONPROJECT
WATER.
The Secretary of the Interior may enter into con-
tracts 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 associ-
ated with the Provo River Project, Utah; and
(2) the exchange of water among Provo River
Project contractors, for the purposes set forth in
paragraph (1), using facilities associated with the
Provo River Project, Utah.
Passed the House of Representatives October 1,
2002.
Attest:
Clerk.