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<br />i <br />i.....-:, <br />(- <br />(- <br />r- <br />..-c. <br />~ <br />~ ~. <br /> <br />I <br />/ <br /> <br />002517 <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />:j"j <br /> <br /> <br />eider! fll/'tllc/', That S1Jch fllllll, shll!lbe IIwilllhle f01' CII17'yill!/ <br /> <br />'J out the fo!lol/,ill.tlI}1"fll'isio/ls: <br /> <br />:3 <br /> <br />(a) The Secretllry, throu.'!h thc Director of tl,e United <br /> <br />4 Statcs Fish and lVildlife Service and the Commis.~ioner of <br /> <br /> <br />5 the Bureau of Reclamation, shall participate in such working <br /> <br /> <br />6 gronps which shall- <br /> <br /> <br />i (1) cooperate in discussions seeking ways to pre- <br /> <br /> <br />S vent jeopardy to, and provide for the conservation of, <br /> <br /> <br />9 endangered and threatened species in such river basins, <br /> <br /> <br />10 while fully maintaining the beneficial uses of water <br /> <br /> <br />11 pursuant to state water rights systems, and the use of <br /> <br />12 waleI' appor'~;oned lo each stale pursuant to inlerstale <br /> <br />13 compacts or equitable apportionment decrees of the Su- <br />14 preme Court; and <br /> <br />15 (2) attempt to draft a plan which sati3fies the <br />16 goals of subparagraph (1) and i3 consistent with the <br />1 i Endangered Species Act. <br />18 (b) If such a plan i3 unanimously developed by a work- <br />19 ing group, the Secretary shall implement it if it i3 cOn.'Ji3tent <br />20 with the requirements of Pederallaw, meets the goals of para- <br />21 graph (a)(1) of this section, and does not abrogate or supplant <br />22 the requirements of the Endangered Species Act, State water <br />23 rights, interstate compads and equitable apportionment de- <br />24 crees of the Supreme Court. <br /> <br />HR 5973 RS <br />