IIB 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4129
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 2, 2002
Received 
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 unex-
pended budget authority for the Central Utah Project 
for wastewater treatment and reuse and other purposes, 
to provide for prepayment of repayment contracts for
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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
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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 
‘‘Reclamation’’ and inserting: ‘‘, except through 
the pilot management program hereby author-
ized. The pilot management program will exist 
for a period not to exceed 5 years and shall pro-
vide a mechanism for the Secretary and the 
District to create a mutually acceptable organi-
zation within the Bureau of Reclamation to as-
sist the Secretary in his responsibilities for the 
long-term management of the Bonneville Unit. 
Such pilot management program may be ex-
tended indefinitely by mutual agreement be-
tween the Secretary and the District.’’; 
(2) in the second sentence—
(A) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘technical’’ 
before 
‘‘services’’; and
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(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
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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.
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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: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.