I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 648 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2017 
Ms. CHENEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the 
Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to en-
able the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle 
Reservoir. 
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 author-
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ized under the first section of the Act of April 11, 1956 
(commonly 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, eco-
nomic, and environmental considerations) of Fontenelle 
Dam and Reservoir, 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 purposes for which the Seedskadee Project 
was authorized. 
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior may enter into any contract, grant, cooperative 
agreement, or other agreement that is necessary to 
carry out subsection (a). 
(2) STATE OF WYOMING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall enter into a cooperative agree-
ment with the State of Wyoming to work in co-
operation and collaboratively with the State of 
Wyoming 
for 
planning, 
design, 
related 
preconstruction activities, and construction of 
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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 
Secretary of the Interior and the State of Wyo-
ming 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 re-
source 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.); 
(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 
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(iii) the construction of the modifica-
tion of the Fontenelle Dam under sub-
section (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 Inte-
rior may enter into contracts with the State of Wyo-
ming, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
of the Interior and the State of Wyoming may agree, 
for division of any additional active capacity made 
available under subsection (a). 
(2) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—Unless other-
wise 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 con-
ditions of Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14– 
06–400–2474 and Bureau of Reclamation Contract 
No. 14–06–400–6193. 
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SEC. 2. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 
Unless expressly provided in this Act, nothing in this 
Act modifies, conflicts with, preempts, or otherwise af-
fects— 
(1) the Act of December 31, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 
617 et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Boulder Can-
yon 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 
November 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); 
(6) the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Colorado River Storage Project Act’’) (43 
U.S.C. 620 et seq.); 
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(7) the Colorado River Basin Project Act (Pub-
lic Law 90–537; 82 Stat. 885); or 
(8) any State of Wyoming or other State water 
law. 
Æ 
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