Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988
PL 100-516 (H.R.2772), enacted 10/24/1988

102 STAT. 2566 
PUBLIC LAW 100-516—OCT. 24, 1988 
Public Law 100-516 
100th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 24, 1988 
To authorize construction of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, and for 
[H.R. 2772] 
o<^her purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Mni Wiconi 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
Act^of 1988 
Sections 1 through 12 of this Act may be cited as the "Mni Wiconi 
Fish and fishing. Project Act of 1988". 
Wildlife. 
South Dakota. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
Consen^ation. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) there are insufficient water supplies available to residents 
of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and the 
water supplies that are available do not meet minimum health 
and safety standards, thereby posing a threat to public health 
and safety; 
(2) Shannon County, South Dakota, one of the counties where 
the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located, is the poorest 
county in the United States, and the lack of water supplies on 
the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation restricts effortsH;trpromote 
economic development on the reservation; 
(3) serious problems in water quantity and water quality exist 
in the rural counties of Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, 
Mellette, Pennington, and Stanley Counties, South Dakota; 
(4) the United States has a trust responsibility to ensure that 
adequate and safe water supplies are available to meet the 
economic, environmental, water supply, and public health needs 
of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; and 
(5) the best available, reliable, and safe rural and municipal 
water supply to serve the needs of the Pine Ridge Indian 
Reservation, and the residents of Haakon, Jackson, Jones, 
Lyman, Mellette, Pennington, and Stanley Counties is the Mis-
souri River. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The Congress declares that the purposes of sections 
1 through 12 are to— 
(1) ensure a safe and adequate municipal, rural, and indus-
trial water supply for the residents of the Pine Ridge Indian 
Reservation in South Dakota; 
(2) assist the citizens of Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, 
Mellette, Pennington, and Stanley Counties, South Dakota, to 
develop safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial 
water supplies; 
(3) promote the implementation of water conservation pro-
grams on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and in Haakon, 
Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Pennington, and Stanley 
Counties, South Dakota; 
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(4) provide certain benefits to fish, wildlife, and the natural 
environment of South Dakota, including the Pine Ridge Indian 
Reservation; and 
(5) repeal the authorization of appropriations for the Pollock-
Herreid Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. 
SEC. 3. OGLALA SIOUX RURAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in 
sections 1 through 12 referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized 
and directed to plan, design, construct, operate, maintain, and re-
place a municipal, rural, and industrial water system, to be known 
as the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System, as generally 
described in the report entitled "1988 Planning Report and Environ-
mental Assessment" and dated February 1988. The Oglala Sioux 
Rural Water Supply System shall consist of— 
(1) pumping and treatment facilities located along the Mis-
souri River near Fort Pierre, South Dakota; 
(2) pipelines extending from the Missouri River near Fort 
Pierre, South Dakota, to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; 
(3) facilities to allow for interconnections with the West River 
Rural Water System and Lyman-Jones Rural Water System; 
(4) distribution and treatment facilities to serve the needs of 
the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, including but not limited to 
the purchase, improvement and repair of existing water sys-
tems, including systems owned by individual tribal members 
^ind «ther residents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; 
(5) appurtenant buildings and access roads; 
(6) necessary property and property rights; 
(7) electrical power transmission and distribution facilities 
necessary for services to water systems facilities; and 
(8) such other pipelines, pumping plants, and facilities as the 
Secretary deems necessary or appropriate to meet the water 
supply, economic, public health, and environmental needs of the 
reservation, including (but not limited to) water storage tanks, 
water lines, and other facilities for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and 
reservation villages, towns, and municipalities. 
(b) AGREEMENT WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITY TO PLAN, CONSTRUCT, 
OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE OGLALA SIOUX RURAL WATER SUPPLY 
SYSTEM.— 
(1) In carr3dng out subsection (a), the Secretanr, with the 
concurrence of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, shall enter into 
agreements with the appropriate non-Federal entity or entities 
for planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, 
and replacing the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System. 
(2) Such cooperative agreements shall set forth, in a manner 
acceptable to the Secretary— 
(A) the responsibilities of the parties for needs assess-
ment, feasibility, and environmental studies; engineering 
and design; construction; water conservation measures; and 
administration of any contracts with respect to this 
subparagraph; 
(B) the procedures and requirements for approval and 
acceptance of such design and construction; and 
(C) the rights, responsibilities, and liabilities of each 
party to the agreement. 
(3) Such cooperative sigreements may include purchase, 
improvement, and repair of existing water systems, including 
Highways. 
Real property. 
Utilities. 
Energy. 
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Reports. 
Contracts. 
systems owned by individual tribal members and other resi-
dents located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. 
(4) The Secretary may unilaterally terminate any cooperative 
agreement entered into pursuant to this section if the Secretary 
determines that the quality of construction does not meet all 
standards established for similar facilities constructed by the 
Secretary or that the operation and maintenance of the system 
does not meet conditions acceptable to the Secretary for fulfill-
ing the obligations of the United States to the Oglala Sioux 
Tribe. 
(5) Upon execution of any cooperative agreement authorized 
under this section, the Secretary is authorized to transfer to the 
appropriate non-Federal entity, on a nonreimbursable basis, the 
funds authorized to be appropriated by section 10 for the Oglala 
Sioux Rural Water Supply System. 
(c) SERVICE AREA.—The service area of the Oglala Sioux Rural 
Water Supply System shall be the boundaries of the Pine Ridge 
Indian Reservation. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS.—The pumping plants, pipe-
lines, treatment facilities, and other appurtenant facilities for the 
Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System shall be planned and 
constructed to a size sufficient to meet the municipal, rural, and 
industrial water supply requirements of the Pine Ridge Indian 
Reservation, the West River Rural Water System, and the Lyman-
Jones Rural Water System, taking into account the effects of the 
conservation plans described in section 5. All three systems may be 
interconnected and provided with water service from common facili-
ties. Any joint costs associated with common facilities shall be 
allocated to the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System. 
(e) TITLE TO SYSTEM.—Title to the Oglala Sioux Rural Water 
Supply System shall be held in trust for the Oglala Sioux Tribe by 
the United States and shall not be transferred without a subsequent 
Act of Congress. 
(f) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.—The 
Secretary shall not obligate funds for the construction of the Oglala 
Sioux Rural Water Supply System until— 
(1) the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 have been met; and 
(2) a final engineering report has been prepared and sub-
mitted to the Congress for a period of not less than ninety days. 
(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary is authorized and di-
rected to provide such technical assistance as may be necessary to 
the Oglala Sioux Tribe to plan, develop, construct, operate, main-
tain, and replace the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System, 
including (but not limited to) operation and management training. 
(h) APPUCATION OF INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION ACT.—Planning, 
design, construction and operation of the Oglala Sioux Rural Water 
Supply System within the Pine Ridge Reservation shall be subject to 
the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act (Public Law 93-
638; 25 U.S.C. 450). 
SEC. 4. WEST RIVER RURAL WATER SYSTEM AND LYMAN-JONES RURAL 
WATER SYSTEM. 
(a) PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) The Secretary is authorized and directed to enter into 
cooperative agreements with appropriate non-Federal entities 
to provide Federal funds for the planning and construction of 
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the West River Rural Water System and the Lyman-Jones 
Rural Water System in Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, 
Mellette, Pennington, and Stanley Counties, South Dakota, as 
described in the report entitled "1988 Planning Report and 
Environmental Assessment" and dated February 1988. 
(2) The Secretary may not provide more than 65 per centum 
of the total cost of— 
(A) the West River Rural Water System, and 
(B) the Lyman-Jones Rural Water System. Such Federal 
funds may be obligated and expended only through coopera-
tive agreements described in subsection (b). 
(3) The non-Federal share of the costs allocated to the West 
River and Lyman-Jones Rural Water Systems shall be 35 per 
centum. 
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Lyman-Jones 
and West River Rural Water Systems, shall execute cooperative 
agreements with the appropriate non-Federal entities to provide 
Federal assistance for the planning, design, and construction of 
the West River Rural Water System and the Lyman-Jones 
Rural Water System. Such cooperative agreements shall set 
forth, in a manner acceptable to the Secretary— 
(A) the reponsibilities of the parties for needs assess-
ment, feasibility and environmental studies; engineering 
and design; construction; water conservation measures; and 
administration of any contracts with respect to this 
subparagraph; 
(B) the procedures and requirements for approval and 
acceptance of such design and construction; and 
(C) the rights, responsibilities, and liabilities of each 
party to the agreement. 
(c) FACIUTIES ON WHICH FEDERAL FUNDS MAY BE EXPENDED.—The 
facilities on which Federal funds may be obligated and expended 
under this section shall include— 
(1) water intake, pumping, treatment, storage, interconnec-
tion, and pipeline facilities; 
(2) appurtenant buildings and access roads; 
(3) necessary property and property rights; 
(4) electrical power transmission and distribution facilities 
necessary for service to water system facilities; 
(5) planning and design services for all facilities; and 
(6) other facilities and services customary to the development 
of rural water distribution systems in South Dakota. 
(d) SERVICE AREA.—The service area of the West River Rural 
Water System and the Lyman-Jones Rural Water System shall be as 
described in the engineering study entitled "1988 Planning Report 
and Environmental Assessment" and dated February 1988. 
(e) LIMITATION ON AVAILABIUTY OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.—The 
Secretary shall not obligate funds for the construction of the West 
River Rural Water System and the Lyman-Jones Rural Water 
System until— 
(1) the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 have been met; and 
(2) final engineering reports have been prepared and sub-
mitted to the Congress for a period of not less than ninety days. 
(f) PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—The Secretary may 
not obligate or expend any Federal funds for the operation, mainte-
Highways. 
Real property. 
Utilities. 
Energy. 
Reports. 
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nance, or replacement of either the West River or Lyman-Jones 
Rural Water System. 
SEC. 5. WATER CONSERVATION. 
Public 
In order to reduce costs to consumers and to reduce water 
information. 
consumption, the Secretary, prior to obligating any construction 
funds, shall issue a public notice finding that plans for the rural 
water systems include prudent and responsible water conservation 
measures for the operation of such systems where such measures 
are shown to be economically and financially feasible. The non-
Federal parties (including the Oglala Sioux Tribe) participating in 
the systems shall develop a water conservation plan containing 
definite goals, appropriate water conservation measures, and a time 
schedule for meeting the water conservation objectives. The provi-
sions of section 210(c) of Public Law 97-293 (96 Stat. 1268) shall 
apply with respect to the systems. 
SEC. 6. MITIGATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE LOSSES. 
(a) OGLALA SIOUX RURAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND THE WEST 
RIVER AND LYMAN-JONES RURAL WATER SYSTEMS.—Mitigation for 
fish and wildlife losses incurred as a result of the construction and 
operation of the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System, the West 
River Rural Water System, and the L)mian'Jones Rural Water 
System shall be on an acre-for-acre basis, based on ecological equiva-
lency, concurrent with project construction. 
(b) OAHE AND BIG BEND DAMS AND RESERVOIRS.—The Secretary, in 
cooperation with the State of South Dakota and other Federal 
agencies, shall develop and submit recommendations to the Con-
gress for financing and implementing mitigation plans for fish and 
wildlife losses incurred as a result of the construction and operation 
of the Oahe Dam Reservoir and Big Bend Dam and Reservoir. Such 
plans shall incorporate the proposal of the United States Army 
Chief of Engineers as outlined in Design Memorandum M (Gen)-19 
of December 1987 for improved management of existing Federal 
lands, and purchase of single-purpose mitigation lands, such as the 
Olson and Mudon Ranches, from willing sellers. 
SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES. 
None of the funds made available to the Secretary for planning or 
construction of the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System, the 
West River Rural Water System, or the Lyman-Jones Rural Water 
System may be used to plan or construct facilities used to supply 
water for the purpose of irrigation. 
SEC. 8. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in sections 1 through 12 is intended, nor shall be con-
strued, to preclude the State of South Dakota or the Oglala Sioux 
Tribe from seeking congressional authorization to plan, design, 
operate, or construct additional federally assisted water resource 
development projects. 
SEC. 9. USE OP PICK-SLOAN POWER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Systems authorized by sections 3 and 4 of 
this Act shall utilize power from Pick-Sloan for their operation. This 
power shall be deemed to be a project use pumping requirement of 
Pick-Sloan. 
(b) POWER TO BE USED.—As of the date of enactment of this Act, 
power identified for future project use pumping at the Pollock-
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Herreid Unit of the Pick-Sloan shall be reserved for and utilized by 
the Systems and made available for the purpose authorized by 
subsection (a). 
(c) RATE.—The rate for project use power made available pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall be the wholesale firm power rate for Pick-
Sloan (Eastern Division) in effect at the time the power is sold. 
(d) ADDITIONAL POWER.—If additional power beyond that made 
available through subsection (b) is required to meet the pumping 
requirements of the Systems, the Administrator of the Western 
Area Power Administration is authorized to purchase the additional 
power needed under such terms and conditions the Administrator 
deems appropriate. Expenses associated with such power purchases 
shall be recovered through a separate power charge, sufficient to 
recover these expenses, applied to the Systems. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term "Systems" means the Oglala Sioux Rural Water 
Supply System, the West River Rural Water System, and the 
Lyman-Jones Rural Water System; and 
(2) the term "Pick-Sloan 
means the Pick-Sloan Missouri 
Basin Program authorized by section 9 of the Act of 
December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 891; commonly referred to as the 
Flood Control Act of 1944). 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated $87,500,000 for the planning, design, and 
construction of the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System, the 
West River Rural Wat^r System, and the L3mian-Jones Rural Water 
System under the provisions of sections 3 and 4. Such funds are 
authorized to be appropriated only through the end of the ninth 
fiscal year after which construction funds are first made available. 
The funds authorized to be appropriated by the first sentence of this 
section, less any amounts previously obligated for the Systems, may 
be increased or decreased by such amounts as may be justified by 
reason of ordinary fluctuations in development costs incurred after 
January 1,1987, as indicated by engineering costs indices applicable 
for the t3rpe of construction involved. 
(b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF OGLALA SIOUX RURAL WATER 
SUPPLY SYSTEM.—There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance oiF the 
Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System. 
SEC. 11. WATER RIGHTS. 
Nothing in sections 1 through 12 shall be construed to— 
(1) impair the validity of or preempt any provision of State 
water law, or of any interstate compact governing water; 
(2) alter the rights of any State to any appropriated share of 
the waters of any body or surface or ground water, whether 
determined by past or future interstate compacts, or by p£ist or 
future legislative or final judicial allocations; 
(3) preempt or modify any State or Federal law or interstate 
compact dealing with water quality or disposal; 
(4) confer upon any non-Federal entity the ability to exercise 
any Federal right to the waters of any stream or to any ground 
water resources; or 
(5) affect any water rights or claims thereto of the Oglala 
Sioux Tribe, whether located within or without the external 
State and local 
governments. 
Claims. 
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boundaries of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, based on 
treaty. Executive order, agreement. Act of Congress, aboriginal 
title, the Winter's doctrine (Winter's v. United States, 207 U.S. 
564 (1908)), or otherwise. Nothing contained in this section or in 
section 1 through 12, however, is intended to validate or invali-
date any assertion of the existence, nonexistence or extinguish-
ment of any water rights, or claims thereto, held by the Oglala 
Sioux Tribe, or any other Indian tribe or individual Indian 
under Federal or State law. 
SEC. 12. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) POLLOCK-HERREID UNIT.—Section 407 of the Reclamation 
Authorization Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-228; 90 Stat. 209) relating 
to the authorization of appropriations for the Pollock-Herreid Unit 
of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program is hereby repealed. The 
Pollock-Herreid Unit shall remain an authorized feature of the Pick-
Sloan Missouri Basin Program. 
(b) FEASIBIUTY STUDIES.—Delete section 3 of Public Law 97-273 (96 
Stat. 1181) and substitute in lieu thereof the following: 
Reports. 
"SEC. 3. The Secretary is authorized, in cooperation with the State 
of South Dakota, to conduct a feasibility investigation of the alter-
nate uses of facilities constructed for use in conjunction with the 
Oahe Unit, initial stage, James Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 
Program, South Dakota, and to report to the Congress the findings 
of such study along with his recommendations.". 
SEC. 13. GRAND VALLEY PROJECT, COLORADO. 
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to extend the Grand 
Valley Project Contract Numbered 6-07-40-P0080, dated April 10, 
1986, among the United States, the Grand Valley Water Users 
Association, Public Service Company of Colorado, and the Orchard 
Mesa Irrigation District, for a period not to exceed two years to 
provide for the continued operation of the Grand Valley Power 
Project. 
Public lands. 
SEC. 14. VETERAN, WYOMING TOWNSITE. 
(a) Notwithstanding any law or court order to the contrary, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall amend, subject to valid existing 
rights, the official subdivision survey and plat for the town site of 
Veteran, Wyoming, to take into account the actual and common use 
of streets and alleys on such lands for designation as public reserva-
tions in accordance with the Act of April 16, 1906 (34 Stat. 116, as 
amended). 
Patents and 
Ot)) After Completion of the work required to amend the town site 
trademarks. 
survey and plat, the title of the United States in and to the public 
reservation lands shall be patented to Goshen County, Wyoming. 
Title of the United States in and to a 90 feet by 75 feet lot of 
approximately 0.15 acres which is described in the records of the 
(xoshen County, Wyoming, clerk's office as "a tract in southwest 
corner of town of Veteran, Block 40 in the original town of Vet-
eran," shall be patented to Goshen County Unified School District 
Number One. 
(c) The Secretary is authorized to dispose of Federal lands within 
the town site area by negotiated sale at fair market value or by 
public sale. 
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SEC. 15. CONTRACTS WITH THE REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY WATER 
Loans. 
DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) RENEGOTIATION OF CONTRACTS.—(1) Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall renegotiate the 
schedules of payment for the loans to the Redwood Valley County 
Water District which are numbered 14-06-200-8423A and 14-06-
200-8423A Amendatory. 
(2) Such renegotiated schedules of pajrment may not take effect 
until October 1,1989. 
Q)) The obligation to repay amounts loaned to the Redwood Valley 
County Water District, California, pursuant to the original nego-
tiated schedule of pa3mient of a loan specified in subsection (a) is 
suspended until the renegotiated schedule of payment for that loan 
takes effect. Any obligation to repay amounts under any such loan 
which is due, but not paid as of the date of enactment of this Act, is 
suspended. The renegotiated schedules of pajmient referred to in 
subsection (a) shall take into account any obligation suspended by 
this subsection. 
(c) No interest may be charged on any payment under either of 
the loans specified in subsection (a) which is due but not paid before 
the renegotiated schedule of pa3nnent for such loan takes effect. 
SEC. 16. WATER PURCHASE BY LAKEVIEW IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 
WYOMING. 
(a) OPTION TO PURCHASE WATER.—The Secretary of the Interior is 
hereby authorized and directed to offer annually to the Lakeview 
Irrigation District, Wyoming, an option to purchase up to 15,000 
acre-feet of storage in the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone 
Project, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Wyoming, of which 
3,200 acre-feet shall be a firm water supply and the remainder shall 
be available as needed pending completion of the Polecat Bench 
Reclamation Project. 
(b) EXERCISE OF OPTION.—The Lakeview Irrigation District may 
exercise its purchase option only in those water years when there is 
insufficent yield for the District only after the primary flow rights of 
the Shoshone Project have been satisfied. Any water purchased by 
the district pursuant to this section shall be provided through 
exchange by the Bureau of Reclamation in return for the district's 
right to continue upstream withdrawals of Shoshone Project water. 
(c) WAIVER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of the Contracts. 
Interior is authorized and directed to waive land classification and 
related study requirements in connection with any contract entered 
into pursuant to this section. 
(d) STATE LAW.—Any allocation or reallocation from existing uses 
of water stored in the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir resulting from 
this section shall be pursuant to the laws of the State of Wyoming. 
SEC. 17. NAVY LAND, CALIFORNIA. 
Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for deferment of 
construction charges payable by Westlands Water District attrib-
utable to lands of the Naval Air Station: Lemoore, California, 
included in said district, and for other purposes", approved August 
10, 1972 (86 Stat. 380), is amended by inserting: "Proceeds from the 
Contracts. 
leases in excess of these needs and from lease parcels not within 
Westlands Water District may be utilized by the Secretary of the 
Navy to acquire easements in Kings County, California." after "are 
fully paid.". 
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Appropriation 
authorization. 
Reports. 
SEC. 18. ENERGY PURCHASE FROM SHOSHONE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 
WYOMING. 
(a) EXTENSION.—The Secretary of Energy, acting through the 
Western Area Power Administration, is directed to offer an exten-
sion of the energy purchase provisions of article 9 of the contract 
numbered 2-07-70-PO287 and dated March 15, 1982, to the Sho-
shone Irrigation District, an irrigation district and municipal cor-
poration organized under the laws of the State of Wyoming. Such 
extension, if accepted, shall take effect as of April 15, 1988, shall 
remain in force and effect for a period of five years thereafter, and 
shall be subject to all of the original conditions, terms, and rates 
specified in such contract. At the end of the five-year extension, 
purchases of electric energy under article 9 of such contract may be 
extended by mutual agreement between the Western Area Power 
Administration and the Shoshone Irrigation District for successive 
one-year intervals at rates for purchase which may not be less than 
the rates specified in article 9. 
(b) LIMITATION.—In no event shall sales of electric energy to 
the United States pursuant to subsection (a) be made after Septem-
ber 30, 1999. 
SEC. 19. COLORADO COASTAL PLAINS PROJECT, TEXAS, SHAWS BEND 
DAMSITE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) there have been five studies of the Shaws Bend site of the 
Colorado Coastal Plains project, authorized as part of the study 
for the Texas Basins project under the Act entitled "An Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility 
investigations of certain water resource development pro-
posals", approved September 7, 1966 (80 Stat, 707), and 
(2) there is no need for the construction of a dam at the Shaws 
Bend site. 
Ot)) PROHIBITION ON APPROPRIATIONS.—Notwithstanding the first 
section of such Act and effective after the date of enactment of this 
Act, no funds may be appropriated for the analysis and study of the 
Shaws Bend site of the Colorado Coastal Plains project, authorized 
as part of the study for the Texas Basin project. 
SEC. 20. FRANKLIN COUNTY, WASHINGTON ROADS STUDY. 
(a) For the purposes of taking actions necessary to protect the 
county road system in irrigated portions of Franklin County, 
Wsishington, within the Federal Columbia Basin reclamation project 
and which are underlain or adjacent to lands underlain by the 
unique geological setting identified as the Ringold Formation, the 
Secretary of the Interior is directed to investigate road instability 
problems caused by high water tables and landslides, to design 
corrective actions, and to make recommendations for action. 
Ot)) Funds not to exceed $500,000 are authorized to be appropriated 
for the investigations directed in subsection (a) of this section, which 
shall be nonreimbursable, and the Secretary shall submit a report of 
his findings and recommendations for corrective action to the Presi-
dent and the Congress within three years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act and availability of funds. 
SEC. 21. DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM CONTRACTS. 
To expedite completion of construction of the irrigation distribu-
tion systems of the Maricopa-Stanfield and Central Arizona Irriga-
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tion and Drainage Districts, Central Arizona Project, pursuant to 
Contract Numbered 4-07-30-W0047, as supplemented, and Contract 
Numbered 4-07-30-W0048, as supplemented, the sixty-day congres-
sional review period provided for in the Act of June 13, 1956 (70 
Stat. 274) is hereby waived. 
SEC. 22. CLOSED BASIN PROJECT AMENDMENTS. 
Colorado. 
The Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 1972 (Public Law 
92-514, 86 Stat. 964), as amended by the Act of October 3, 1980 
(Public Law 96-375, 94 Stat. 1505), and by the Act of October 30, 
1984 (Public Law 98-570, 98 Stat. 2941), is further amended as 
follows: 
(1) Section 101(a) is amended by striking the phrase "including New Mexico. 
channel rectification of the Rio Grande between the uppermost 
point of discharge into the river of water salvaged by the project, 
and the Colorado-New Mexico State line, so as to provide for the 
carriage of water so salvaged without flooding of surrounding lands, 
to minimize losses of waters through evaporation, transpiration, and 
seepage, and to provide a conduit for the reception of water salvaged 
by drainage projects undertaken in the San Luis Valley below 
Alamosa, Colorado,". 
(2) Section 101(c) is amended by striking the phrase "Water 
Quality Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 903)" and inserting in lieu thereof the 
phrase "Clean Water Act (Public Law 92-500), as amended.". 
(3) Section 102(a) is amended by striking the phrase "except 
channel rectification,". 
(4) Section 102 is amended by adding a new subsection (c) at the 
end thereof to read as follows: 
"(c) The Secretary is authorized to acquire water pursuant to the 
Contracts. 
procedural and substantive laws of the State of Colorado from 
within the Rio Grande Basin in the State of Colorado by purchase, 
lease, or exchange from willing sellers for the purposes of this Act, 
provided that— 
"(1) such water is obtained, made available, and delivered for 
project purposes at less cost for operation and maintenance 
than the same amounts of water can be made available by 
operation of project pumping facilities and without necessitat-
ing the construction of additional physical facilities by the 
Secretary; 
"(2) such water may be used in lieu of water pumped from the 
project only if the Secretary has complied with all Federal, 
State, and local laws, rules, and regulations which apply to such 
water or the facilities other than those of the project which 
develop such water; 
"(3) such water is subject to all of the limitations, conditions, 
and requirements of this Act to the same extent and in the 
same manner as water pumped by the project; and 
"(4) this authorization shall not entitle the Secretary to 
obtain such water or any water rights by condemnation or by 
exercising the power of eminent domain.". 
(5) Section 104(b)(2) is amended by adding a new sentence at the 
end thereof to read as follows: "The Secretary is authori:^ to 
Contracts. 
negotiate and enter into an agreement with the Rio Grande Water 
Conservation District which provides for the temporary delivery of 
project salvaged water to the refuge and the habitat area in those 
years in which there is not sufficient water to fully satisfy the 
purposes of both paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection.". 
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Contracts. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
(6) Section 104(b)(4) is amended to read as follows: 
"(4) For irrigation or other beneficial uses in Colorado: Provided, 
That no water shall be delivered until contracts between the United 
States and water users in Colorado, or the Rio Grande Water 
Conservation District acting for them, have been executed providing 
for the repayment of such construction costs as in the opinion of the 
Secretary are appropriate and within the ability of the users to pay 
and for the payment of all of the costs of operation and maintenance 
which are allocable to the production of this priority 4 water.". 
(7) Section 109 is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 109. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum 
of $94,000,000 (October 1988 prices) for the construction of the 
Closed Basin Division of the San Luis Valley project, of which 
amount not more than $31,000,000 may be adjusted plus or minus 
such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary 
fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost 
indices applicable to the types of construction involved herein, and 
such additional sums for the operation and maintenance of the 
project as may be required: Provided, That none of the funds 
authorized herein for construction in excess of $75,000,000 may be 
expended by the Secretary unless and until the State of Colorado or 
a political subdivision thereof has entered into a binding agreement 
with the Secretary to contribute during construction one-third of the 
costs of construction in excess of $75,000,000, or $6,000,000, which-
ever is less. Such agreement shall include a reasonable limitation on 
administrative overhead expenses charged by the Secretary.". 
SEC. 23. BESSEMER DITCH, COLORADO. 
The Act of July 9, 1980 (Public Law 96-309, 94 Stat. 940), is 
amended by adding a section 4 as follows: 
"SEC. 4. The Secretary is hereby authorized to undertake the 
design and construction of approximately 11,000 feet of gunite lining 
of the Bessemer Ditch in addition to that lining which was con-
structed pursuant to section 1 of this Act. There is hereby au-
thorized to be appropriated as the Federal share of costs for the 
purpose of this section the sum of $1,170,000 0)ased on August 1988 
prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by 
reason of changes in construction cost indices applicable to the type 
of construction involved: Provided, That non-Federal interests shall 
contribute during construction of the additional gunite lining an 
amount equal to 22 per centum of the total cost of the design and 
construction of such additional lining. The non-Federal contribution 
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may include cash and in kind contributions and shall not be subject 
to the conditions of section 2 of this Act. The Secretary is authorized Contracts. 
to contract with the Bessemer Irrigation Ditch Company for the 
construction at cost of the additional gunite lining authorized by this 
section.". 
Approved October 24, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2772: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-733 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-490 (Coram, on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
June 27, 28, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 8, considered and passed Senate, araended. 
Oct. 3, 4, House disagreed to certain Senate amendments and concurred in 
another with an amendraent. 
Oct. 7, Senate concurred in House araendraent.