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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Proposed Position No. _' <br />(See Past Position No. 241) <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Western States Water Council asks the <br />Administration and the Congress to fully utilize the funds provided through the Reclamation Act and <br />subsequent acts for their intended purpose in the continuing conservation, development and wise use of <br />western resources to meet western water-related needs -- recognizing and continuing to defer to the <br />primacy of western water laws in allocating water among uses -- and work with the States to meet the <br />challenges of the future. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Administration and the Congress investigate the <br />advantages of converting the Reclamation Fund from a special account to a true revolving trust fund <br />with annual receipts to be appropriated for authorized purposes in the year following their deposit <br />(similar to some other federal authorities and trust accounts) to assist ill r.llallcin~ fcdG,al, statG alld local <br />watGI I GSOUl CG d{,vdopn'Gnt and COilSGlvatiol1 pi Ojcct5 and plOg.I<UH5, watGI I ;g.llt acquisition and \'1.atGI <br />tJ ust plO~U a11l5, Indian \\ atGI I ig.ht SGttIcIlJU}t5, a WatGI In5uI anc,c Tltlst, I tIl al t\ atGI ilGcds, 5111all <br />Icdamatiol1 PlOjCCtS, WatGI 2025 and t\atcl IC50tJIccs-ldatcd clhilOnl1lc.ntallG5tOlatiOlI plOjCCt5 and <br />pi og.Jams (to pi otcct instl canl I C50tll CC,5, fish and ., ildlife l,abitat, and GIldangcl cd alld 1111 c,atcilcd <br />spccie5), as the Contsl css may h{,1 caft{,J anth01 ize.. <br /> <br />F: \POSITlON\05BOR-FUND. wpd <br />