A bill to increase the amounts authorized for the Colorado River Storage Project.
PL 100-563 (H.R.3408), enacted 10/31/1988

102 STAT. 2826 
PUBLIC LAW 100-563—OCT. 31, 1988 
Public Law 100-563 
100th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize additional appropriations for the Central Utah Project, to implement a 
Oct. 31, 1988 
settlement with the Strawberry Water Users, to expand the John Muir Historic 
[H.R. 3408] 
Site, to prohibit the expansion of any reservoir within the boundaries of Yosemite 
National Park, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR THE COLO-
note. 
RADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT. 
In order to provide for the continued construction of the Colorado 
River Storage Project, and for the continued construction of the 
municipal and industrial water features of the Bonneville Unit of 
the Central Utah Project, the amount which section 12 of the Act of 
April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 110; 43 U.S.C. 620k), authorizes to be 
appropriated, which was increased by the Act of August 10, 1972 (86 
Stat. 525; 43 U.S.C. 620k note), is hereby further increased by 
$45,456,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be required 
by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineer-
ing cost indexes applicable to the type of construction involved. This 
additional sum shall be available solely for continuing construction 
of the previously authorized units and projects named in such Act of 
August 10,1972. 
SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR IRRIGATION AND 
DRAINAGE SYSTEM. 
Not later than December 31,1989, the Secretary shall complete an 
environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for the Irrigation 
and Drainage System of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah 
Project and submit such statement to the Congress. 
SEC. 3. FISH AND WILDLIFE MITIGATION AND RECREATION. 
Of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1990 for the construc-
tion of the Colorado River Storage Project, including funds pre-
viously authorized for fiscal year 1989, such funds in the manner 
previously scheduled by the Upper Colorado River Basin Office, 
Bureau of Reclamation, shall be available only for fish and wildlife 
mitigation and recreation in accordance with the schedule contained 
in the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 
accompanying this Act (H. Rept. 100-915). 
SEC. 4. STRAWBERRY VALLEY LAND COMPENSATION AND EXCHANGE. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
(1) to modify the boundary of the Uinta National Forest to 
include certain Strawberry Valley Project lands currently 
administered by the Bureau of Reclamation, in order to provide 
more efficient management for public benefit; 
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(2) to transfer certain lands, and to compensate the Associa-
tion for the loss of certain contractual surface rights and in-
terests; and 
(3) to provide for rehabilitation of certain of those lands to be 
administered by the Forest Service for public benefit. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section— 
(1) the term "Association" means the Strawberry 
Water 
Users Association, 
(2) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior, 
and 
(3) the term "Project Lands" means approximately 56,870 
acres of Strawberry Valley Project Lands and includes 95 acres 
to be transferred to the Association, 25,990 acres of recreation 
lands associated with the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah 
Project, and 30,785 acres of remaining Strawberry 
Valley 
Project Lands. 
(c) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION OF U I N T A NATIONAL FOREST.— 
(1) The exterior boundary of the Uinta National Forest shall 
be modified to include 56,775 acres of the original 56,870 acres of 
Strawberry Valley Project lands as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "Boundary Modification, Uinta National Forest", and 
dated May 1988. The effective date of such modification shall be 
the date upon which administrative jurisdiction is transferred 
to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with subsection 
(e)(1)(B). Those lands encompassed by the modified boundary 
include 25,990 acres of recreation lands associated with the 
Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project and 30,785 acres of 
remaining Project Lands. Such lands shall be administered by 
the Forest Service in accordance with applicable laws except 
that the 25,990 acres shall continue to be managed by the Forest 
Service as recreation lands in accordance with the purposes set 
forth in the Memorandum of Agreement between the Depart-
ment of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado 
Region, and the United States Forest Service (Contract No. 
2-07-40-L3016) dated February 2, 1982. 
(2) A map depicting the modified boundary of the Uinta 
Public 
National Forest shall be on file and available for public inspec- 
information, 
tion in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service and appro-
priate field offices and the House Interior and Insular Affairs 
Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural 
Resources 
Committee. 
(d) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the 
administration by the Forest Service of the lands described in 
subsection (c) shall not— 
(A) affect or interfere with the authority of the Bureau of 
Reclamation to construct, operate, maintain, replace, or 
improve, as necessary, project facilities and access thereto 
associated with the Strawberry Valley Reclamation Project 
and Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project; or 
(B) diminish any other authorized uses of the lands for 
water resource and power development under Federal law. 
(2) The association shall relinquish all of its contractual 
surface rights and interests, including sand and gravel, in the 
56,775 acres of the Project Lands in accordance with subsection 
(e)(2). Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, all 
other contractual rights and interests of the Association in the 
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Strawberry Valley Reclamation Project shall remain un-
changed. The Association shall be exempt from fees or charges 
for licenses or permits, other than grazing fees, for project 
related facilities on Project Lands. 
(e) STRAWBERRY VALLEY LAND TRANSFERS, AND OTHER CONSIDER-
ATIONS.— 
(1)(A) The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to 
convey to the Association 95 acres in fee title of Project Lands, 
together with all improvements, as shown on a plat appended to 
the map referred to in subsection (c)(1). This action is consistent 
with the intent of the Act of April 4, 1910 (chapter 140, 36 Stat. 
269). 
(B) Within 15 days of payment of compensation to the Associa-
tion in accordance with subsection (e)(2), the Secretary shall 
transfer administrative jurisdiction to the Secretary of Agri-
culture over the 30,785 acres of remaining Project Lands and 
the 25,990 acres of recreation lands. Management of the surface 
shall be subject to applicable law. 
Contracts. 
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the 
association shall retain its contractual rights to issue oil, gas, 
coal and mineral leases, excluding sand and gravel, on the 
Project Lands. The authority of the Association to issue such 
leases and to utilize revenues therefrom as set forth in Interior 
Solicitor's opinion M-36863 dated August 8, 1972 (79 I.D. 513) is 
hereby confirmed. All such revenues shall be used and applied 
to Strawberry Valley Reclamation Project purposes. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
under Section 8, of the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 110; 43 
U.S.C. 620g), $15,000,000 as compensation to the Association 
which shall be available only for such compensation and must 
be used for Strawberry Valley Reclamation Project purposes. Of 
the amounts appropriated hereafter under section 8 of such Act, 
Contracts. 
the first $15,000,000 shall be paid to the Association. Upon 
receipt of such compensation, the Association shall relinquish 
all of its contractual surface rights and interests, including 
sand and gravel, in the 56,775 acres of Project Lands. 
(3) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—The Association shall be entitled 
to retain the first right of refusal to grazing privileges on the 
30,785 acres of remaining Project Lands, and if permitted under 
the grazing rehabilitation plan pursuant to subsection (f), on the 
25,990 acres of recreation lands. 
(f) REHABILITATION OF LANDS.—The Forest Service shall, in co-
ordination with the State of Utah and other appropriate agencies 
begin long-term rehabilitation of Project Lands. Such rehabilitation 
shall be five years in duration and shall permit continued grazing 
uses consistent with such rehabilitation. There is authorized to be 
appropriated under section 8 of the Act of April 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 
110; 43 U.S.C. 620g), $3,000,000 which shall be available only for 
such rehabilitation. The Association shall be held harmless for any 
costs associated with rehabilitation. 
(g) INTERIM RECREATION MANAGEMENT BY FOREST SERVICE.— 
Until administrative jurisdiction of the 25,990 acres of recreation 
lands is transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance 
with subsection (e)(1)(B), the Congress authorizes and directs the 
Secretary of Agriculture to expend National Forest System appro-
priated funds in lieu of Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclama-
tion funds to manage the 25,990 acres of recreation lands for the 
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Strawberry Reservoir adjacent to the Uinta National Forest in 
Utah. Such expenditures shall be in accordance with the provisions 
of the Memorandum of Agreement (Contract No. 2-07-40-L8016) 
dated February 2, 1982. 
(h) LAND EXCHANGE.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture may ex-
change or sell the National Forest system lands, including any 
administrative sites and improvements thereon, described in 
subsection (h)(2). Disposal or exchange of these properties is 
intended to facilitate the acquisition of administrative sites and 
offices together with improvements thereon at either Provo, 
Utah County, Utah or near Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah, 
as specified by the Secretary of Agriculture. If the sale option is 
exercised, moneys collected shall be held in a special account 
intended for this purpose and are hereby authorized for 
expenditure without further appropiation. 
(2) LANDS.—The lands referred to in subsection (h)(1) are those 
lands which are depicted on a plat, entitled Heber City, Utah, 
dated April 17, 1978, and May 7, 1978. The plat shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of 
the Forest Service and appropriate field offices. 
(3) REQUIREMENT OF EQUAL VALUE.—If the lands are ex-
changed, the values, as determined by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, of the lands and building to be exchanged under this 
section shall be equal, or if not equal, shall be equalized by the 
payment of money to the grantor or the Secretary of Agri-
culture as the circumstances require so long as the payment 
does not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land 
(including any improvements thereon) transferred out of Fed-
eral ownership. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make every 
reasonable effort to keep any such payment to the minimum 
amount necessary to equalize the values involved. 
SEC. 5. BOUNDARY CHANGE FOR JOHN MUIR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) MAP; LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Interior is 
authorized to acquire (by donation, purchase with donated or appro-
priated funds, or exchange) lands and interests in land within the 
area generally depicted on the map entitled "Boundary Map, John 
Muir National Historic Site" numbered 42(i-80,0ir>B and dated July 
1988. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 
Lands and interests in lands, within the boundaries of such area 
which are owned by the State of California or any political subdivi-
sion thereof, may be acquired only by donation or exchange. The 
Secretary of the Interior shall acquire only such interests in the 
John Muir grave site (as depicted on the map referred to in this 
subsection) as may be necessary to preserve the site in its present 
undeveloped condition and to provide all maintenance of the site by 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) INCLUSION WITHIN HISTORIC SITE.—The lands and interests in 
lands within the boundaries of the area depicted on the map re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall be administered as part of the John 
Muir National Historic Site established by the Act of August 31, 
1964 (78 Stat. 753; 16 U.S.C. 461 note). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For purposes of acquiring 
the lands and interests in lands within the area depicted on the map 
Public 
information. 
16 u s e 461 note. 
Gifts and 
property. 
Public 
information. 
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referred to in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary. 
(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Director of the National Park Service, is au-
thorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with the East Bay 
Regional Park District of Oakland, California, for the operation and 
maintenance by such District of trails on lands within the John 
Muir National Historic Site. 
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SEC. 6. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal lands may 
be used for the expansion of the capacity of any reservoir which is 
located within the boundaries of Yosemite National Park unless 
Congress enacts specific statutory authorization after the date of the 
enactment of this Act for such expansion. 
Approved October 81, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3408: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-915 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
Sept. 13, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 6, House concurred in Senate amendment with amendments. 
Oct. 11, Senate concurred in House amendments with amendments. 
Oct. 12, House concurred in Senate amendments.