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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6502 
To provide for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State 
of Colorado. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2008 
Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, and Mrs. MUSGRAVE) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the construction of the Arkansas Valley 
Conduit in the State of Colorado. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arkansas Valley Con-
duit Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. ARKANSAS VALLEY CONDUIT, COLORADO. 
(a) COST SHARE.—The first section of Public Law 
87–590 (76 Stat. 389) is amended in the second sentence 
of subsection (c) by inserting after ‘‘cost thereof,’’ the fol-
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lowing: ‘‘or in the case of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, 
payment of 35 percent of the cost of the conduit,’’. 
(b) RATES.—Section 2(b) of Public Law 87–590 (76 
Stat. 390) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(b) Rates’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) Rates— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Rates’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) RUEDI DAM AND RESERVOIR, FOUNTAIN 
VALLEY PIPELINE, AND SOUTH OUTLET WORKS AT 
PUEBLO DAM AND RESERVOIR.—Until the date on 
which the payments for the Arkansas Valley Conduit 
under paragraph (3) begin, any revenue that may be 
derived from contracts for the use of Fryingpan-Ar-
kansas project excess capacity or exchange contracts 
using Fryingpan-Arkansas project facilities shall be 
credited towards payment of the actual cost of Ruedi 
Dam and Reservoir, the Fountain Valley Pipeline, 
and the South Outlet Works at Pueblo Dam and 
Reservoir plus interest in an amount determined in 
accordance with this section. 
‘‘(3) ARKANSAS VALLEY CONDUIT.— 
‘‘(A) USE OF REVENUE.—Any revenue de-
rived from contracts for the use of Fryingpan- 
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Arkansas project excess capacity or exchange 
contracts using Fryingpan-Arkansas project fa-
cilities shall be credited towards payment of the 
actual cost of the Arkansas Valley Conduit plus 
interest in an amount determined in accordance 
with this section. Nothing in the Act of June 
17, 1902, and Acts supplementary thereto and 
amendatory thereof (43 U.S.C. 371) shall be 
construed to prevent the concurrent crediting of 
revenue, with interest as provided in this sec-
tion, towards payment of the Arkansas Valley 
Conduit as provided in this subparagraph. 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT OF RATES.—Any rates 
charged under this section for water for munic-
ipal, domestic, or industrial use or for the use 
of facilities for the storage or delivery of water 
shall be adjusted to reflect the estimated rev-
enue derived from contracts for the use of 
Fryingpan-Arkansas project excess capacity or 
exchange contracts using Fryingpan-Arkansas 
project facilities.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
7 of Public Law 87–590 (76 Stat. 393) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 7. There is hereby’’ and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ARKANSAS VALLEY CONDUIT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to annual appro-
priations and paragraph (2), there are authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as are necessary for the 
construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Amounts made available 
under paragraph (1) shall not be used for the oper-
ation or maintenance of the Arkansas Valley Con-
duit.’’. 
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