Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO MAKE ENTIRE ACTIVE CAPAC-
ITY OF FONTENELLE RESERVOIR AVAILABLE 
FOR USE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in 
cooperation with the State of Wyoming, may amend the 
Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project authorized 
under the first section of the Act of April 11, 1956 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Colorado River Storage Project Act’’ 
(43 U.S.C. 620)) to provide for the study, design, planning, 
and construction activities that will enable the use of all 
active storage capacity (as may be defined or limited by 
legal, hydrologic, structural, engineering, economic, and en-
vironmental considerations) of Fontenelle Dam and Res-
ervoir, including the placement of sufficient riprap on the 
upstream face of Fontenelle Dam to allow the active storage 
capacity of Fontenelle Reservoir to be used for those pur-
poses for which the Seedskadee Project was authorized. 
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into any contract, grant, cooperative agree-
ment, or other agreement that is necessary to carry 
out subsection (a). 
(2) STATE OF WYOMING.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the In-
terior shall enter into a cooperative agreement 
with the State of Wyoming to work in coopera-
tion and collaboratively with the State of Wyo-
ming 
for 
planning, 
design, 
related 
preconstruction activities, and construction of 
any modification of the Fontenelle Dam under 
subsection (a). 
(B) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
cooperative 
agreement under subparagraph (A) shall, at a 
minimum, specify the responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the State of Wyoming 
with respect to— 
(i) completing the planning and final 
design of the modification of the Fontenelle 
Dam under subsection (a); 
(ii) any environmental and cultural 
resource compliance activities required for 
the modification of the Fontenelle Dam 
under subsection (a) including compliance 
with— 
(I) the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.); 
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(II) the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 
(III) subdivision 2 of division A 
of subtitle III of title 54, United States 
Code; and 
(iii) the construction of the modifica-
tion of the Fontenelle Dam under subsection 
(a). 
(c) FUNDING BY STATE OF WYOMING.—Pursuant to 
the Act of March 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 1404, chapter 161; 43 
U.S.C. 395), and as a condition of providing any addi-
tional storage under subsection (a), the State of Wyoming 
shall provide to the Secretary of the Interior funds for any 
work carried out under subsection (a). 
(d) OTHER CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into contracts with the State of Wyoming, 
on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the 
Interior and the State of Wyoming may agree, for di-
vision of any additional active capacity made avail-
able under subsection (a). 
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Unless otherwise 
agreed to by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
State of Wyoming, a contract entered into under 
paragraph (1) shall be subject to the terms and condi-
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tions of Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14–06– 
400–2474 and Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 
14–06–400–6193. 
SEC. 2. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 
Unless expressly provided in this Act, nothing in this 
Act modifies, conflicts with, preempts, or otherwise affects— 
(1) the Act of December 31, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617 
et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Boulder Canyon 
Project Act’’); 
(2) the Colorado River Compact of 1922, as ap-
proved by the Presidential Proclamation of June 25, 
1929 (46 Stat. 3000); 
(3) the Act of July 19, 1940 (43 U.S.C. 618 et 
seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Boulder Canyon 
Project Adjustment Act’’); 
(4) the Treaty between the United States of 
America and Mexico relating to the utilization of 
waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the 
Rio Grande, and supplementary protocol signed No-
vember 14, 1944, signed at Washington February 3, 
1944 (59 Stat. 1219); 
(5) the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact as 
consented to by the Act of April 6, 1949 (63 Stat. 31); 
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(6) the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Colorado River Storage Project Act’’) (43 
U.S.C. 620 et seq.); 
(7) the Colorado River Basin Project Act (Public 
Law 90–537; 82 Stat. 885); or 
(8) any State of Wyoming or other State water 
law. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan 
Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of 
the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.’’. 
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