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21.47 stage would provide importation of at least 2.5 million acre-feet annually into the mainstream of the Colorado River below Lee Ferry, and could include another two million acre-feet annually for use in the Lower Colorado River Basin, t"i/O million acre-feet ~nnl1allv for the Upper Basin, and two million acre-feet an- nuallv for use in areas enroute to the Colo- rado 'River system. 2. Mexicall Water Treaty. Satisfaction of the requirements of the Mexican \Vater T reatv declared to be a na- tional obligation. . 3. Protection of Uses. Existing mainstream users in Arizona, Cali- fornia and Nevada would be protected against shortages in the basic supply for consumptive use of 7.5 million acre-feet a year as against the Central Arizona Project, although Cali- fornia's protection would be limited to 4.4 million acre-feet per annum of consumptive use. The protection would cease when the President had proclaimed, among other things, that works had been completed and were in operation capable of ddiv'ering not less than 2.5 million acre-feet annuallv into the mainstream of the Colorado River 'below Lee Ferry from sources outside the drainage area of the Colorado River system. The quan- tity of imported water needed to bring the consumptive use from thc mainstream in thc Lower Basin up to the 7.5 million acre-feet a year would be made available at Colorado River prices. 4. Authorized Units. \Vould authorizc construction of the Cen- tral Arizona, Bridge Canyon and Marble Canyon units in the Low~r Basin; and the Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, and San Miguel federal rec- lamation projects in the Upper Basin. S. Protection of Areas of Origin. \V ould provide for adequate and equitable protection of the interests of the states and areas from which water would be exported to the Colorado River, including assistance from 14 the development fund to be established by the Act, so that ultimate water requirements of the arcas of origin could be satisfied at prices to users not adversely affected by the exportation. Would give areas of origin priority of right in perpetuity to the use of water as against the users supplied by the ex- portation works. 6. Lower Colorado River Basin Developmem Fund. \V ould establish a fund into which would be deposited all appropriations and all project revenues including the power revenu~s from the Bridge and Marble Canyon projects and from the Hoover, Dayis and Parker projects after these latter have paid out. The fund would be applied to repayment of the cost of the entire project including the cost of im- portation works. 7. Reimbllrsemem of Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The Upper Colorado River Basin fund would be reimbursed from the Colorado River Development Fund (established by the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act) for all expenditures made or to be made from thc fornler fund to meet deficiencies in power gencration at Hoover Dam during the filling period of storage units of the Colorado River Storage Project. 8. Criteria for Long-Range Operation of Res- en'Ofrs. The Secretary would promulgate equitable criteria for coordinated long-range operation of Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs and Lower Basin mainstream reservoirs, to follow specified orders of priority for storage in and release from Lakc Powell. 9. Lower Basin Water Use Not Prejudicial to Upper Basin. Rights of the Upper Basin to consumptive use of water apportioned to that Basin by the Colorado River Compact would not be preju- diced or reduced by any use thereof in the Lower Basin.