An Act to authorize, enlarge, and repair various Federal Reclamation projects and programs, and for other purposes.
PL 93-493 (H.R.15736), enacted 10/27/1974

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Public Law 93-493 
October 27, 1974 
^ ^ 
A C T 
[H. R. 15736] 
IJIQ authorize, enlarge, and repair various Federal reclamation projects and 
programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
D 
Jv'^lopm''ent"Ac\°" United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act shall be 
o
f 1974. 
known as "The Reclamation Development Act of 1974". 
Page, Arizona, 
Community Act 
of 1974. 
Definitions. 
TITLE I 
IN(X)RPORATION OF PAGE, ARIZONA 
SEC. 101. It is the purpose of this title to separate that unincorporated 
area in Coconino County in the State of Arizona, commonly known 
as the town of Page, Arizona, from the Colorado River storage project 
in order that the United States may withdraw from the ownership 
and operation of the town and the people of that area may enjoy 
self-government, and to facilitate the establishment by the people of 
a municipal corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona by 
the transfer of certain Federal property described in section 103 of this 
title. 
SEC. 102. The following definitions shall apply to terms used in this 
title. 
(a) The area referred to herein as Page, Arizona, includes the 
following described land: 
PAGE TOWNSITE, ARIZONA 
GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN, ARIZONA 
Township 40 north, range 8 east: 
Acres 
Section 1. All 
638.94 
Section 2. East half southwest quarter, southeast quarter 
240. 00 
Section 11. East half 
820.00 
Section 12. All 
639.38 
Township 41 north, range 8 east: 
Section 25. South half southwest quarter southeast quarter, south-
east quarter southeast quarter 
60. 00 
Section 36. East half, south half northeast quarter northwest 
quarter, east half southwest quarter northwest 
quarter, southeast quarter northwest quarter, north-
east quarter southwest quarter, east half northwest 
quarter southwest quarter, south half southwest 
quarter 
540.00 
Township 40 north, range 9 east: 
Section 4. All 
639. 48 
Section 5. All 
639. 84 
Section 6. All 
622. 74 
Section 7. All 
623.68 
Section 8. AH 
640.00 
Section 9. All 
640.00 
Section 19. East half southwest quarter, southeast quarter 
240. 00 
Section 20. South half 
320.00 
Township 41 north, range 9 east: 
Section 21. West half southwest quarter, west half southeast 
quarter southwest quarter, southeast quarter south-
east quarter southwest quarter, southwest quarter 
southwest quarter southeast quarter 
120. 00 
Section 28. West half northeast quarter, northwest quarter south-
east quarter northeast quarter, south half southeast 
quarter northeast quarter west half, southeast 
quarter 
590.00 
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PAGE TOWNSITE, ARIZONA—Continued 
GILA AND SALT KIVER MERIDIAN, A R I Z O N A — C o n t i n u e d 
Township 41 north, range 9 east:—Continued 
Acres 
Section 29. All 
640.00 
Section 30. All 
641.20 
Section 31. All 
642.00 
Section 32. All 
640.00 
Section 33. All 
640.00 
contracts, assign-
Total 
10, 717.56 
The boundary of Page, Arizona, is shown on drawing numbered in^°""ffi7 '^'^^^' 
557-431-83, entitled "Page, Arizona, Townsite Boundary" which is 
on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Reclamation, Washington, 
District of Columbia. 
(b) The term "municipality" shall mean Page, Arizona, after its 
incorporation as a municipality under the laws of the State of Arizona. 
(c) The term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Interior. 
(d) The term "municipal facilities" shall mean certain land, and 
the improvements thereon, in Page, Arizona, such as hospital, police, 
and fire protection systems, sewage and refuse disposal plants, water 
treatment and distribution facilities, streets and roads, parks, play-
grounds, airport, cemetery, municipal government buildings, and other 
properties suitable or usable for local municipal purposes, including 
any fixtures, equipment, or other property appropriate to the opera-
tion, maintenance, replacement, or repairs of the foregoing, which are 
owned by the United States and under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Interior, l^ureau of Reclamation, on the date of incorpora-
tion of Page, Arizona. 
SEC. 103. Upon incorporation of Page, Arizona, as a municipality nie^^ts'^ fa"uui^V 
under the statutes of the State of Arizona, the Secretary shall: 
activities and 
(a) Transfer to the municipality Avithout cost, subject to any ^""''*^°"^'"^^"^" 
existing leases granted by the United States, all improved or unim- contrf^^^^ ^" 
proved lands within Page, Arizona, owned by the United States, "'ent. 
which the Secretary determines are not required in the administration, 
operation, and maintenance of Federal activities within or near Page, 
Arizona, and can properly be included within the municipality under 
the laws of the State of Arizona, except the land to be transferred 
pursuant to subsection (c) hereof, and to assign to the municipality 
without cost any leases granted by the United States on such land. 
(b) Transfer to the appropriate school district without cost all 
right, title, and interest of the United States to the land in block 14-A 
and lot 1, block 16, UP sliown on the United States Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation drawing numbered 557-431-87, 
April 29, 1971, which drawing is on file in the Office of the Commis-
sioner of Reclamation, Washington, District of Columbia, together 
with improvements thereon owned by the United States at the time 
of the transfer. 
(c) Transfer to the municipality without cost all rights, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to any land, and the improvements 
thereon, which may be contained in any reversionary clause of any 
dedication deed for land in Page, Arizona, issued by the United States. 
(d) Transfer all activities and functions of a municipal character 
being performed by the United States to the municipality subject to 
the provisions of sections 104 and 107 of this title. 
(e) Transfer to the municipality without cost the municipal facili-
ties, as defined in subsection 102(d) of this title, except as provided 
under subsection 104 (a) of this title. 
(f) Assign to the municipality without cost those contracts to which 
the United States is a party, and which pertain to activities or func-
tions to be transferred un(^er subsection (c) of this section and are 
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properly assignable. This sliall include contracts for furnishing water 
outside the boundaries of Page, Arizona, utilizing the municipal sys-
tem: Provided^ That the contract which the United States has exe-
cuted with a private utility for furnishing and distributing electrical 
energy to the municipality shall be assigned to the municipality upon 
its request: And provided further^ That in the assignment of the con-
tract for the operation of the Page Hospital the operating fund bal-
ance under said contract, together with all hospital accounts receivable, 
shall be transferred to the municipality for the same purpose as a 
part of the assignment of said contract. 
Water supply, 
gj.^. 104. Tlicrc Is hereby reserved for the Glen Canyon imit, Colo-
rado River storage project, the consumptive use of not to exceed three 
thousand acre-feet of water per year from Lake Powell, of which not 
to exceed two thousand seven hundred and forty acre-feet of consump-
tive use of water are hereby assigned to the municipality, consistent 
with the Navajo Tribal Council resolution numbered CJN-50-69, 
dated June 3,1969: Provided^ That upon incorporation the municipal-
ity shall enter into a contract satisfactory to the Secretary covering 
payment for and delivery of such water pursuant to the Colorado 
43 use 620. 
j^iver Storage Project Act of June 11,1956 (70 Stat. 105), which con-
tract shall among other things provide that: 
(a) The reservation and assignment of the consumptive use of 
water from Lake Powell under this section shall be subject to the 
apportionments of consumptive use of water to the State of Arizona 
in article I I I of the Colorado River Compact and article I I I (a) (1) 
of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact. 
(b) Title to the water pumping and conveyance systems within 
the Glen Canyon Dam and powerplant necessary to supply water to 
the municipality for culinary, industrial, and municipal purposes 
shall be retained by the United States until the Congress provides 
otherwise. 
(c) Such retained facilities shall be operated and maintained by 
the Secretary at the expense of the United States until termination 
of the fifth fiscal year following the year of incorporation. Not to 
exceed two thousand seven hundred and forty acre-feet of water per 
annum or three million gallons of water in any twenty-four-hour 
period, will be pumped by the United States from Lake Powell to the 
water treatment plant, or to such intermediate points of delivery as 
shall be mutually agreed upon by the municipality and the United 
States for use by the municipality. 
(d) Beginning with the sixth year following incorporation and con-
tinuing through the tenth year, the municipality shall in each year 
pay to the United States proportionately increasing increments of the 
annual costs, including depreciation of the pumping equipment, 
involved in subsection (c) above with the objective that following the 
close of said tenth year the municipality shall thereafter bear such 
costs in total, according to the following schedule: 
Portion of cost in subsection (c) of 
section 104 to be paid to United 
States each year by municipal-
Year following incorporation: 
ity (per centum) 
Sixth 
20 
Seventh 
40 
Eighth 
60 
Ninth 
80 
Tenth 
80 
Thereafter 
100 
(e) Upon incorporation and at all times thereafter, the municipality 
shall bear all costs for operation, maintenance, and replacement of the 
municipal water system beyond Glen Canyon Dam and powerplant, 
including but not limited to filtration, treatment, and distribution of 
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water supplied pursuant to the water service contract with the United 
States. 
SEC. 105. As soon as reasonably practicable after incorporation of 
community pro-
the community, the Secretary is hereby authorized to complete all or uoZ^' '^°"'^ ^' 
any part of the following work which has not been completed at the 
date of incorporation. 
(a) Take census of population of the municipality within one year 
following incorporation. 
(b) Repair existing twelve-inch water supply line, if inspection 
determines this is necessary. 
(c) Paint interior of water storage reservoirs. 
(d) Seal coat paved streets in municipality. 
(e) Install water sprinkler system in Page cemetery. 
(f) Improve streets, install curbs, gutters, and sidewalks as follows: 
(1) North Navajo Drive: 
(i) Pave streets to seventy-foot width from Ninth Avenue 
to relocated intersection of Aero Avenue and sixty-one-foot 
width from Aero Avenue to Tenth Avenue. 
(ii) Place curb, gutter, and sidewalk on east side of North 
Navajo Drive from Aero Avenue to Tenth Avenue. 
(2) Aero Avenue from North Navajo Drive to Future Street: 
(i) Widen existing thirty-foot paved width to seventy-
foot paved width. 
(ii) Place curb, gutter, and sidewalk on both sides of street. 
(3) Tenth Avenue from Future Street to Sandstone Street: 
(i) Construct new pavement on north half of street and 
overlay south half of street. 
(ii) Place curb and gutter only on north side of street. 
(4) Future Street—Approximately two thousand one hun-
dred and fifty feet beginning at Tenth Avenue and bordering east 
side of block 101 as shown on Page townsite and block plats: 
(i) Pave street to fifty-two-foot width, 
(ii) Place curb, gutter, and sidewalk on west side of street 
and curb and gutter only on east side of street. 
(5) Hopi Avenue from Oak Avenue to west boundary of block 
101: 
'i) Pave street to forty-two-foot width, 
ii) Place curb, gutter and sidewalk on north side, 
(iii) Place curb and gutter only on south side. 
(g) Construct paved access road from United States Highway 
Numbered 89 to site of new sanitary landfill to be located in the north-
west quarter, section 20, township 41 north, range 8 east, Gila and 
Salt River meridian, Arizona: Provided, That in the performance of 
the work authorized in this section, the Secretary may either cause 
the work to be done or transfer funds to the municipality for this 
purpose after ascertaining that each segment of work will be accom-
plished by a date certain and to standards satisfactory to the Secretary. 
SEC. 106. (a) Upon incorporation the Secretary is authorized to 
Payment to 
make a lump-sum payment of $500,000 to the municipality as assist- '"""^'^'P^ '^^^ 
ance to the municipality in meeting the expenses of police and fire pro-
tection facilities and services, sewage system, refuse disposal, electrical 
distribution system, water treatment and distribution, streets and 
roads, library, park, playgrounds and other recreational facilities, 
municipal government buildings, and other properties and services 
required for municipal purposes. 
(b) To make a lump-sum payment of $50,000 to the municipality for 
improvements to the Page Hospital. 
SEC. 107. Upon incorporation, the United States will provide to the 
Federal person-
municipality, upon its request, the services of Federal personnel, while prowdel'tT 
nel, services 
provided to 
municipality. 
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Limitations. 
Funds, pro-
hibition of 
additional use. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
Navajo Tribe, 
transfer of land 
to be held in 
trust. 
they are employed by the United States in the operation and main-
tenance of the Glen Canyon unit of the Colorado River storage project, 
to assist in the transition from a federally administered community to 
a self-governing municipal corporation: Provided^ That such assist-
ance shall be for a maximum of six months following the date of 
incorporation: And provided further^ That the total number of such 
employees shall be limited to ten at any time. 
SEC. 108. (a) Except as herein specifically provided, no assets of the 
Colorado River storage projects or moneys of the Upper Colorado 
River Basin Fund shall be utilized after incorporation of the munici-
pality for carrying out the provisions of this Act. 
(b) At the election of the municipality, the United States shall make 
electric power and associated energy available to the municipality 
from the Colorado River storage project at the 69 kilovolt bus of the 
existing power substation at scheduled rates effective from time to time 
for resale by the municipality to an electric utility: Provided^ That the 
sale agreement between the municipality and such utility is completed 
before August 1, 1976: And provided further^ That in lieu of such 
purchase and resale, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated 
from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and thereupon trans-
ferred to the municipality the amount necessary for the municipality 
to acquire the electric distribution facilities in Page, Arizona, in the 
event the municipality decides before August 1, 1976, to acquire said 
facilities through the exercise of its powers of eminent domain or the 
amount necessary for the municipality to acquire such facilities in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract with the 
utility supplying the electricity, in the event the municipality exercises 
the option in said contract to acquire said electric distribution 
facilities: Provided^ That the municipality agrees to repay with 
interest the amount of the funds so transferred in twenty equal annual 
installments: Provided, 
That the funds so repaid and the accrued 
interest thereon will be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the 
aforesaid Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The interest rate used 
for computing interest on the unpaid balance of funds transferred to 
the municipality for purposes of this subsection shall be determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, as of the beginning of the fiscal year 
in which the incorporation of Page, Arizona, occurs, on the basis of the 
computed average interest rate payable by the Treasury upon its out-
standing marketable public obligations which are neither due nor 
callable for redemption for fifteen years from date of issue. 
SEC. 109. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to transfer 
to the United States to be held in trust for the Navajo Tribe title to 
a tract of land situated within the southeast quarter of the southeast 
quarter, section 8, the southwest quarter, section 9, section 16, the east 
half of the northeast quarter, section 17, section 21, and the northeast 
quarter of the northeast quarter, section 28, all in township 41 north, 
range 9 east, Gila and Salt River meridian, Coconino County, Arizona, 
and containing eight hundred and eight acres, more or less, of which 
the particular description and drawing 
(Numbered 
557-431-38 
"Navajo Tribe—Antelope Creek Recreation Development Area Sur-
ivey Traverse" dated May 22,1969) are on file and available for public 
inspection in the office of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of 
the Interior, The transfer of title to such land is made in consideration 
of Navajo Council Resolution Numbered CNJ-50-69 dated June 3, 
1969, and with the understanding that the land so transferred shall 
thereafter constitute a part of the Navajo Reservation and shall be 
subject to all laws and regulations applicable to that reservation. 
SEC. 110. The Congress hereby directs the Secretary of the Interior 
to facilitate the effectuation of Navajo Tribal Council Resolutions 
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CD 108-68 and CJN-50-69, subject to the provisions of the Colorado 
River Basin Project Act (82 Stat. 885). 
SEC. 111. The Secretary is hereby authorized, subject only to the 
provisions of this title to perform such acts, to delegate such author-
ity, and to prescribe such rules and regulations, and establish such 
terms and conditions as he may deem necessary and appropriate 
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title. 
SEC. 112. The Upper Colorado River Basin Fund established pur-
suant to section 5 of the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105), shall be 
utilized as appropriate for carrying out the provisions of this title: 
Provided^ That the total expenditures from the fund shall not exceed 
$4,000,000. Payments made under the provisions of section 105 and 
section 106 of this title, and transfer, made under the provisions of 
subsection 108(b) will be made from revenues accruing to said basin 
fund from the sale of power from the Upper Colorado River storage 
project. 
SEC. 113. All authority of the Secretary under sections 101 through 
112 of this title shall terminate five years following date of enact-
ment unless incorporation of Page, Arizona, shall previously have 
been achieved. 
SEC. 114. This title may be cited as the "Page, Arizona, Community 
Act of 1974". 
TITLE II 
43 u s e 1501. 
Funding. 
43 u s e 620. 
Termination 
date. 
CIBOLO PROJECT, TEXAS 
SEC. 201, The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, 
operate, and maintain the Cibolo project, Texas, in accordance with 
the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, 
and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) and the pro-
visions of this title and the plan set out in the report of the Secretary 
on this project with such modification of, omissions from, or additions 
to the works, as the Secretary may find proper and necessary for the 
purposes of storing, regulating, and furnishing water for municipal 
and industrial use, conserving and developing fish and wildlife 
resources, providing outdoor recreation opportunities, and controlling 
floods. The principal features of the project shall consist of a dam 
and reservoir on Cibolo Creek and public outdoor recreation facilities. 
SEC. 202. The interest rate used for computing interest during con-
struction and interest on the unpaid balance of the reimbursable costs 
of the project shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which construction of the 
project is commenced, on the basis of the computed average interest 
rate payable by the Treasury upon its outstanding marketable public 
obligations which are neither due nor callable for redemption for 
fifteen years from date of issue. 
SEC. 203. (a) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a contract 
with a qualified entity or entities, for delivery of water and for repay-
ment of all the reimbursable construction costs. 
(b) Construction of the project shall not be commenced until a 
suitable contract has been executed by the Secretary with a qualified 
entity or entities. 
(c) Such contract may be entered into without regard to the last 
sentence of section 9, subsection (c), of the Reclamation Project Act 
of 1939. 
(d) Upon execution of the contract referred to in subsection 203(a) 
above, and upon completion of construction of the project, the Sec-
retary shall transfer to a qualified contracting entity or entities the 
43 u s e 600f. 
43 u s e 391 
note. 
Interest rate. 
43 u s e 600f-l. 
Water delivery 
and reimbursable 
construction 
costs repayment, 
contracts. 
43 u s e 600f-2. 
43 u s e 485h. 
Maintenance and 
general opera-
tions of the 
project works, 
transfer. 
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Fish, wildlife, 
and recreation 
conservation and 
development. 
43 u s e 600f-3. 
16 u s e 460M2. 
Appropriations. 
43 u s e 600f-4. 
care, operation, and maintenance of the project works; and, after 
such transfer is made will reimburse the contractor annually for that 
portion of the year's joint operation and maintenance costs which, if 
the United States had continued to operate the project, would have 
been allocated to flood control, fish and wildlife, and recreation pur-
poses. Prior to assuming care, operation, and maintenance of the 
project works the contracting entity or entities shall be obligated to 
operate them in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Army with respect to flood control, and by the Secretary 
of the Interior with respect to fish and wildlife and recreation. 
(e) Upon execution of the contract referred to in subsection 203(a) 
above, and upon completion of construction of the project, the con-
tracting entity or entities, their designee or designees, shall have a 
permanent right to use the reservoir and relatwi facilities of the 
Cibolo project in accordance with said contract. 
SEC. 204. The conservation and development of the fish and wildlife 
resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in con-
nection with the Cibolo project shall be in accordance with provisions 
of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213). 
SP:C. 205. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to defray 
construction costs of the Cibolo reclaipation project allocable to flood 
control, fish and wildlife, and recreation the sum of $24,160,000 (July 
1973 prices) plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by 
reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by 
engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construction 
involved herein: Provided, That prior to appropriation of any Federal 
funds the San Antonio River Authority shall, pui'suant to a contract 
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, agree to advance funds 
for postauthorization planning and construction of the Cibolo recla-
mation project. The amount of funds to be advanced annually shall be 
in the proportion to the total annual fund requirements for the project 
as the construction cost allocated to municipal and industrial water is 
to the total cost of the project: Provided further^ That the sum of 
funds advanced shall not exceed the total project cost allocated to 
municipal and industrial water. There are also authorized to be appro-
priated such additional sums as may be r-equired for the operation and 
maintenance of the project. The discount rate to be used by the Secre-
tary for allocating costs of the works authorized herein shall be the 
rate for the fiscal year of passage of this Act as derived by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury utilizing the formula set forth in Senate Docu-
ment Numbered 97, Eighty-seventh Congress, second session, as revised 
by the Water Resources Council announcement in the Federal Register' 
of December 24,1968. 
TITLE III 
Construction, 
operation, and 
maintenance, 
authorization. 
43 use 
6l6aaaa. 
Appropriation. 
43 use 
616ffff-l. 
MOUNTAIlSr PARK PROJipCT, OKLAHOMA 
SEC. 301. In order to provide for the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of facilities to deliver a water supply to the city of 
Frederick, Oklahoma, from the Mountain Park reclamation project, 
section 1 of Public Law 90-503 (82 Stat. 853) is amended by deleting 
"Altus and Snyder, Oklahoma," and substituting therefor "Altus, 
Snyder, and Frederick, Oklahoma,". 
SEC. 302. The amount which section 6 of said Act authorizes to be 
appropriated is hereby further increased by the sum of $6,057,000 
(January 1974 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may 
be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as 
indicated by engineering costs indexes applicable to the type of con-
struction involved herein. 
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TITLE IV 
CASITAS RESERVOIR OPEN 
SPACE, 
CALIFORNIA 
SEC. 401. In order to provide for protection of the quality of water 
in Lake Casitas, and to provide for the preservation and enhancement 
of public outdoor recreation, fish and wildlife, and the environment 
of the area, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to 
acquire in the name of the United States certain privately owned 
lands within townships 3 and 4 north, ranges 23 and 24 west, San 
Bernardino base and meridian, lying outside the boundaries of the Los 
Padres National Forest, as generally depicted on the drawing entitled 
Boundries draw-
"Private Lands in 'Casitas Reservoir Watershed", numbered 767- '"^* 
208-237, and dated September 1972, which is on tile and available for 
public inspection in the offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, Depart-
ment of the Interior. 
SEC. 402. (a) Within the area described in section 401 of this title, by^d^nation''"''^'^ 
the Secretary may acquire such lands by donation, purchase with 
donated or appropriated funds, or exchange: Provided^ That any lands 
owned by the State of California or any political subdivision thereof 
may be acquired only by donation. 
(b) With respect to any property acquired for the purposes of this 
title, which is beneficially owned by a natural person and which the 
Secretary determines can be continued in private use for a limited 
period of time without undue interference with the administration and 
public use of the area, the owner may on the date of its acquisition by 
the Secretary retain a right of use and occupancy of such property for 
agricultural or noncommercial residential purposes for a term, as the 
owners may elect, ending either— 
(1) at the death of the owner or spouse, whichever occurs later, 
or 
(2) not more than twenty-five years from the date of acquisition. 
Any right so retained may, during its existence, be transferred or 
assigned. The Secretary shall pay to the owner the fair market value 
^^^^ market 
of the property on the date of such acquisition less the fair market 
value on such date of the right retained by the owner. 
(c) The Secretary may terminate the right of use and occupancy, 
retained pursuant to this section, upon his determination that such a 
right is being exercised in a manner not consistent with the purposes of 
this title and upon tender to the holder of the right an amount equal 
to the fair market valne of that portion of the right which remains 
unexpired on the date of termination. 
(d) For the purposes of this title, "noncommercial residential 
"Noncommercial 
property" shall mean any single family residence in existence or under 
construction as of July 1,1974. 
SEC. 403. The Secretary shall administer the lands to be acquired 
in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 9, '"Tusc 46oz-i5. 
1965 (79 Stat. 213), and may issue such licenses, permits, or leases, 
or take such other action as may be required for proper management 
in accordance therewith. The lands will be kept in their natural state 
as permanent open space and may be managed by the Casitas Municipal 
Water District, or any other authorized non-Federal public body, as 
part of the Lake Casitas Recreation Area. 
SEC. 404. There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of 
Appropriation. 
$10,000,000 (April 1974 price levels) plus or minus such amounts as 
may be justified by changes in the price indexes for agricultural 
and noncommercial residential property in Ventura County, Cali-
fornia. All funds authorized to be appropriated by this title shall be 
nonreimbursable. 
38-194 O - 76 -12 Pt. 2
residential 
property. 
Land adminis-
tration. 
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TITLE V 
[88 STAT. 
Land convey-
ance to owners 
of adjoining 
lands. 
Filing of 
application. 
Waiver and 
release. 
KLAMATH PROJECT RIGHT-OF-WAY, OREGON 
SEC. 501. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and 
directed to convey by quitclaim deed to the respective owners of record 
of those certain lots situated in those subdivisions of Klamath Falls, 
Oregon, respectively known as Mills Addition, Enterprise Tracts, 
Mills Garden, Old Orchard Manor, Sixth Street Addition, and Sub-
division Block 803, and as such officially shown on the recorded plats 
of the city records, all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in the specific tracts of land now owned by the United States which 
collectively constitute the abandoned Klamath reclamation project 
" B " lateral canal right-of-way, as designated for general location 
purposes on Bureau of Reclamation drawing numbered 12-208-338, 
dated March 27, 1970, and filed for reference purposes in both the 
Klamath County recorder's office and the corresponding records of 
the city of Klamath Falls, to the extent that any STich tract would 
constitute a contiguous addition to each of the lots in the above-named 
subdivisions if the boundaries of each of said lots were to be extended 
to include the affected portion of above-cited public lands of the United 
States. Such conveyance shall, in each instance, be made only upon 
application therefor by the owner of record of one of the affected lots 
within one year of the date of this Act: Provided^ That said owner of 
record shall, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior, sup-
port such application at time of filing same with proof of ownership 
and an adequate description of the exterior boundaries of the pai'cel 
of Government interest land applied for. The Secretary of the Interior 
is authorized, as determined appropriate by him, to require payment 
of not more than $100 per parcel of Government interest land applied 
for in addition to the cost of such conveyance. 
SEC. 502. Acceptance of any conveyance made liereundei- by any 
applicant shall constitute a complete and unconditional waiver and 
release by said applicant or applicants individually or collectively of 
any and all claims against the ITnited States arising from or occasioned 
by use of the land by said applicant or his successors in interest. 
TITLE VI 
Maintenance and 
operation of 
public outdoor 
recreation facil-
ities. 
Rules and regu-
lations. 
SOLANO PROJECT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, CALIFORNIA 
SEC. 601. In order to provide for the })rotection, use, and enjoyment 
of the esthetic and recreational values inherent in the Federal lands 
and waters at Lake Berryessa, Solano project, California, the Secre-
tary of the Interior is hereby authorized to develop, operate, and main-
tain such short-term recreation facilities as he deems necessary for the 
safety, health, protection, and outdoor recreational use of the visiting 
public; to undertake a thorough and detailed review of all existing 
developments and uses on Federal lands to determine their compati-
bility with preservation of environmental values and their effectiveness 
in providing needed public services; to implement corrective proce-
dures when necessary; and to otherwise administer the Federal land 
and water areas associated with said Lake Berryessa in such a manner 
that, in his opinion, will best provide for the public recreational use 
and enjoyment thereof, all to such an extent that said use is not incom-
patible with other authorized functions of the Solano project. 
SEC. 602. The Secretary of the Interior shall make such rules and 
regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and 
may enter into an agreement or agreements with the State of Cali-
fornia, or political subdivision thereof, or a non-Federal agency or 
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agencies or organizations as appropriate, for the development of a 
recreation management plan, and for the management of recreation 
including the operation and maintenance of the facilities within the 
area. The agency performing the recreation management functions is 
authorized to establish and collect fees for the use of recreation 
facilities. 
SEC. 603. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
Appropriation. 
of the Interior the sum of $3,000,000 (April 1974 price levels) plus or 
minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary 
fluctuations in development costs as indicated by cost indexes appli-
cable to the types of development involved herein. There is also 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
administration of existing facilities and for operation and mainte-
nance of the facilities authorized by this title. 
SEC. 604. All funds authorized to be appropriated by this title shall , Nonreimbursable 
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TITLE VII 
MISCELLANEOUS DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION, UTAH 
SEC. 701. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct 
drainage facilities for the Vernal Unit of the Central Utah project 
and the Emery County project to the extent that he determines nec-
essary for the sustained crop production on the irrigable lands of 
these projects. The Secretary is further authorized to negotiate and 
execute amendments to contract numbered 14—06-400-778, dated 
July 14, 1958, between the United States and the Uintah Water Con-
servancy District and contract numbered 14-06-400-2427, dated 
May 15, 1962, between the United States and the Emery Water Con-
servancy District to provide for the cost of such drainage works to be 
paid from the Colorado River storage project basin fund with repay-
ment to be based on ability of irrigation water users to repay as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
TITLE VIII 
B E L L E F O U R C H E DAM REHABILITATION, SOUTH DAKOTA 
SEC. 801. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, 
operate, and maintain an adequate spillway and to improve the 
upstream slope protection of Belle Fourche Dam, Belle Fourche proj-
ect. Belle Fourche, South Dakota, in accordance with the Federal rec-
lamation laws (Act of June 17,1902,32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory 
thereof and supplementary thereto) and the provisions of this title. 
SEC. 802. Construction authorized by this title shall be for the safety 
construction 
of Belle Fourche Dam and shall not provide additional conservation 
storage capacity or develop benefits over and above those provided 
by the original dam and reservoir. Nothing in this title shall be con-
strued to reduce the amount of project costs allocated to reimbursable 
purposes heretofore authorized. 
SEC. 803. Reimbursement of costs associated with improving ^ Amendatory 
upstream slope protection on Belle Fourche Dam shall be limited to contract. 
an amount equal to the estimated annual savings to the Belle Fourche 
Irrigation District in operation and maintenance expense over the 
remaining: life of the district's repayment contract with the United 
States. The Secretary is hereby authorized to enter into an amenda-
tory repayment contract with the Belle Fourche Irrigation District 
to effect such reimbursement without interest. All other costs of con-
struction authorized by this title shall be nonreimbursable. 
SEC. 804. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the con- 
Appropriation. 
struction authorized by this title the sum of $3,620,000 (April 1974 
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price levels) plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified 
by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering 
cost indices applicable to the types of construction involved. 
TITLE IX 
GLENDO U N I T ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, WYOMING 
SEC. 901. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to relocate, 
reconstruct, and rehabilitate the road that was initially relocated in 
connection with the construction of Glendo Dam and Reservoir to pro-
vide a safe, durable, two-lane highway for public use. 
Appropriation. 
ggc. 902. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
relocation, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of said highway the sum 
of $284,000 (January 1974 price levels) plus or minus such amounts, 
if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuation in con-
struction cost indices applicable to the types of construction involved 
herein. 
TITLE X 
NUECES RIVER PROJECT, TEXAS 
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ggQ_ 1001. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, 
operate, and maintain the Nueces River project, Texas, in accordance 
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^i<3}^ i-he Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17,1902, 32 Stat. 388, 
and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) and the 
provisions of this title and the plan set out in the report of the Secre-
tary on this project with such modification of, omissions from, or addi-
tions to the works, as the Secretary may find proper and necessary for 
the purposes of storing, regulating, and furnishing water for munici-
pal and industrial use, conserving and developing fish and wildlife 
resources, and providing outdoor recreation opportunities. The prin-
cipal features of the project shall consist of the Choke Canyon Dam 
and Reservoir on the Frio River and public outdoor recreation and 
sport fishing facilities. 
eosts, repay- 
SEC. 1002. (a) Costs of the project, allocated to municipal and 
industrial water supply, shall be repayable to the United States in 
not more than forty years under either the provisions of the Federal 
reclamation laws or under the provisions of the Water Supply Act of 
1958 (title I I I of Public Law 85-500,72 Stat. 319, and Acts mandatory 
thereof or supplementary thereto) : Provided^ That, in either case, 
repayment of costs allocated to municipal and industrial water sup-
ply shall include interest on the unamortized balance. 
(b) The interest rate used for computing interest during construction 
and interest on the unpaid balance of the reimbursable costs of the 
project allocated to municipal and industrial water supply shall be 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, as of the beginning of the 
fiscal year in which construction of the project is commenced, on the 
basis of the computed average interest payable by the Treasury upon 
its outstanding marketable public obligations which are neither due 
nor callable for redemption for fifteen years from date of issue. 
Water delivery, 
gj,^ 1003. (a) Tfic Secretary is authorized to enter into a contract 
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with a qualified entity or entities, for delivery of water and for repay-
costs repay- 
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(b) Construction of the project shall not be commenced until a suit-
able contract has been executed by the Secretary with a qualified entity 
or entities. 
(c) Such contract may be entered into without regard to the last 
sentence of section 9, subsection (c), of the Reclamation Project Act of 
1939. 
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(d) Upon execution of the contract referred to in section 1003 (a) 
Maintenance and 
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operation, and maintenance of the project works, and, after such trans- *'"3"s^^'"-
fer is made, will credit annually against the contractors repayment 
obligation that portion of the year's joint operation and maintenance 
costs which, if the United States had continued to operate the project, 
would have been allocated to fish and wildlife and recreation purposes. 
Prior to assuming care, operation, and maintenance of the project 
works the contracting entity or entities shall agree to operate them in 
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior 
with respect to fish and wildlife and recreation. 
(e) Upon complete payment of the obligation assumed, including 
appropriate interest charges, the contracting entity or entities their 
designee or designees, shall have a permanent right to use the reservoir 
and related facilities of the Nueces River project in accordance with 
said contract. 
SEC. 1004. The conservation and development of the fisii and wildlife 
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resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in connec- consTrvaTil'n" 
Hon with the Nueces River project shall be in accordance wdth provi- and deveiop-
sions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213). 
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SEC. 1005. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for con- 
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struction of the Nueces River project, Texas, the sum of $50,000,000 
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(January 1974 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be 
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justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as 
indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of con-
struction involved herein: Provided, That, prior to appropriation of 
any Federal funds, a qualified local entity shall, pursuant to a contract 
satisfactory to the Secretary, agree to advance on a schedule mutually 
acceptable to the local entity and the Secretary, the sum of not less 
•than $15,000,000 representing a non-Federal contribution toward 
implementation of this title. 
Upon completion of the work authorized herein, the aforesaid 
$15,000,000 shall be applied as a credit to the repayment obligation 
of the local entity for municipal and industrial water service. 
The Secretary is authorized and directed, upon receipt of the afore-
said advance to proceed with postauthorization planning, preparation 
of designs and specifications, land acquisition, and award of con-
struction contracts pending availability of appropriated funds. 
At any time following the first advance of funds by the local entity, 
said entity may request that the Secretary terminate activities then in 
progress, return unexpended balances of the funds so advanced, assign 
to the local entity the rights to anv contract in force, convey any real 
estate acquired by the advanced funds and provide any data, draw-
ings, or other items of value procured with advanced funds to the local 
entity; and such request shall be binding upon the Secretary. 
TITLE X I 
FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO 
SEC. 1101. Section 7 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the 
construction, operation, and maintenance by the Secretary of the 
Interior of the Fryingpan-Arkansas project, Colorado'', approved 
August 16, 1962 (76 Stat. 389), is amended by striking out 
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•'$170,000,000 (June 1961 prices)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
•'$432,000,000 (January 1974 price levels)". 
SEC. 1102. For the purpose of increasing the hydroelectric generat-
ing capacity the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, 
operate, and maintain a second one hundred-megawatt unit at the 
Nonreimbursable 
costs. 
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Mount Elbert pumped storage powerplant site of the Fryingpan-
Arkansas project, Colorado. The funds required to construct such 
unit are included in the amount authorized to be appropriated by sec-
tion 1101 of this title. 
TITLE 
X I I 
SAVAGE RAPIDS F I S H WAY, OREGON 
SEC. 1201. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and 
directed to construct the necessary facilities at Savage Rapids Dam, 
Grants Pass Division, Rogue River Basin, Oregon, to provide for 
improved anadromous fish passage at the dam. Such improvements 
will be substantially in accordance with the plan set forth in the joint 
special report of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Sport 
Fisheries and Wildlife entitled "Anadromous Fish Passage Facilities, 
Savage Rapids Dam, March 19Y4". Operation and maintenance of the 
facilities herein authorized will be in conformity with procedures 
developed by the Oregon State Game Commission and will be per-
formed by the Grants Pass Irrigation District at no cost to the United 
States. 
Appropriations. 
QEC. 1202. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for con-
struction of the facilities authorized by this Act the sum of $851,000 
(April 1974 price levels), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may 
be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs 
as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of 
construction involved herein. 
SEC. 1203. The cost of all construction authorized by this title shall 
be nonreimbursable. 
TITLE X I I I 
FEASIBILITY STUDY AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 1301. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to 
engage in feasibility studies of the following potential water resource 
development programs: 
(1) A total water management study to consider and coordinate 
the results of other water-related studies concerning Solano 
County, California. 
(2) A municipal and industrial water supply delivery system 
for delivery of water to the city of Yuma, Arizona. 
(3) The Apple Creek unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program 
in North Dakota. 
TITLE XIV 
E L E P H A N T BUTTE RECREATION POOL, N E W MEXICO 
SEC. 1401. (a) Pending the negotiation of contracts and comple-
tion of construction for furnishing water supplies for tributary irri-
gation units as authorized by section 8 of the Act of Congress dated 
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June 13, 1962 (Public Law 87-483; 76 Stat. 96), and subject to the 
availability of stored water in Heron Reservoir in excess of one hun-
dred thousand acre-feet, which water is not required for existing 
authorized uses, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to permit 
releases from the Heron Reservoir of the San Juan-Chama project to 
provide storage and establish a minimum recreation pool in Elephant 
Butte Reservoir. Such releases, to the extent of the available supply, 
shall be limited to providing fifty thousand acre-feet for the initial 
recreation pool and up to six thousand acre-feet of water delivered to 
Elephant Butte Reservoir annually, for a period not exceeding ten 
years from establishment of the recreation pool, to replace loss by 
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evaporation and other causes. Authorized releases, as provided above, 
are subject to and subordinated to any obligations under contracts for 
San Juan-Chama project vf^ater now or hereafter in force and for 
filling and maintaining a pool in Cochiti Reservoir under the Act of 
Congress dated March 26, 1964 (Public Law 88-293; 78 Stat. 171). 
The provisions of section 11(a) of the Act of June 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 
96), requiring a contract satisfactory to the Secretary for the use of 
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any water of the San Juan River are hereby expressly waived with 
water use con-
respect to the use of water required to establish and maintain a perma- *'"^''*' "'^'^^'^• 
nent pool in Elephant Butte Reservoir: Provided^ however^ That 
nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish, abridge, or impair 
any water rights of the Jicarilla, Southern Ute, Navajo and Ute Moun-
tain Indians. Releases, as authorized by this title, shall be discon-
tinued or reduced upon a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction 
that such releases are detrimental to such Indian water rights. 
(b) The releases of water from Heron Reservoir authorized herein 
shall not be permitted unless and until the Rio Grande Compact Com-
mission agrees by resolution that>— 
(1) the term "usable water" as defined in article I of the Rio 
Grande (^ompact shall not include San Juan-Chama project water 
stored in Elephant Butte Reservoir; 
(2) in the determination of "actual spill" as that term is defined 
in article I of the Rio Grande Compact, neither the spill of "credit 
water", as that term is defined in article I of the Rio Grande 
Compact, shall not occur until all San Juan-Chama project water 
stored in Elephant Butte Reservoir shall have been spilled; and 
(3) the amount of evaporation loss chargeable to San Juan-
Chama project water stored in Elephant Butte Reservoir shall 
be that increment of the evaporation loss from the storage of San 
Juan-Chama project wate^r; the evaporation loss from the reser-
voir shall be taken as the difference between the gross evapora-
tion from the water surface of Elephant Butte Reservoir and the 
rainfall on the same surface. 
(c) Fifty per centum of any incremental costs incurred by the 
Secretary in the implementation of this title shall be borne by a non-
Federal entity pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary. 
SEC, 1402. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to 
increase the amount of money heretofore authorized to be appropriated 
for construction of the Colorado River storage project, any of its 
units, or of the Rio Grande project. 
SEC. 1403. Nothing herein shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, 
modify, or be in conflict with the provisions of the Rio Grande com-
pact. 
Approved October 27, 1974. 
Public Law 93-494 
A N A C T 
October 27, 1974 
To authorize appropriations for the Indian Claims Commission for fiscal year 
[S. 3007] 
1975. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Houm of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That there is author- 
Indian claims 
ized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,450,000 to carry out the pro- 
Appropriation 
visions of the Indian Claims Commission Act (25 IJ.S.C. 70), during authorization. 
fiscal year 1975. 
SEC. 2. The first sentence of the last paragraph in section 2 of the 
Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050; 25 U.S.C. 70a) is hereby