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<br />(10) The term "depletion charge" means a one-time contribution in dollars per acre-foot to be paid to the United
<br />States Fish and Wildlife Service based on the average annual new depletion by each project.
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<br />SEC. 3. AUTHORIZA nON TO FUND RECOVERY PROGRAMS.
<br />(a) AUTIIORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FEDERAL PARTICIPATION
<br />IN CAPITAL PROJECTS.- (I) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, $46,000,000 to undertake
<br />capital projects to carry out the purposes ofthis Act. Such funds shall be considered a nonreimbursable Federal
<br />expenditure.
<br />(2) The authority of the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, under this or any other provision of
<br />law to implement capital projects for the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the
<br />Upper Colorado River Basin shall expire in fiS8tl: yon:: :90S' n~:caj ye,ar 200S unless reauthorized by an Act of
<br />Congress.
<br />(3) The authority of the Secretary to implement the capital projects for the San Juan River Basin Recovery
<br />Implementation Program shall expire in fLe,al 'yTat" :2007 fiscal Y'i;;~ar 20f}(~ unless reauthorized by an Act of Congress.
<br />(b) COST OF CAPITALPROJECTS.- The total costs ofthe capital projects undertaken for the Recovery Implementation
<br />Programs receiving assistance under this Act shall not exceed $100,000,000 of which-
<br />(I) costs shall not exceed $82,000,000 for the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species
<br />in the Upper Colorado River Basin through 5c~al~;/C'-ffi' :2905 fiscal ~/.:;:;~:r 2003; and
<br />(2) costs shall not exceed $18,000,000 for the San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program through ~
<br />~,'ea:' 2007 fl~:Ci:J ye,i:T 2008.
<br />The amounts set forth in this subsection shall be adjusted by the Secretary for inflation in each fiscal year beginning
<br />after the enactment of this Act.
<br />(c) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO CAPITALPROJECTS.-(I) The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation,
<br />may accept contributed funds from the Upper Division States, or political subdivisions or organizations "",'f~h ,-'",ithin
<br />the Upper Division States, pursuant to agreements that provide for the contributions to be used for capital projects
<br />costs. Such non-Federal contributions shall not exceed $17,000,000.
<br />(2) In addition to the contribution described in paragraph (I), the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Western
<br />Area Power Administration, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, may utilize
<br />power revenues collected pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act to carry out the purposes of this
<br />subsection. Such funds shall be treated as reimbursable costs assigned to power for repayment under section 5 of the
<br />Colorado River Storage Project Act. This additional contribution shall not exceed $17,000,000. Such funds shall be
<br />considered a non-Federal contribution for the purposes of this Act. The funding authorized by this paragraph over
<br />any 2-fiscal-year period shall be made available in amounts equal to the contributions for the same 2-fiscal-year
<br />period made by the Upper Division States pursuant to paragraph (I).
<br />(3) The additional funding provided pursuant to paragraph (2) may be provided through loans from the Colorado
<br />Water Conservation Board Construction Fund (37-60-121 eR.S.) to the Western Area Power Administration in
<br />lieu of funds which would otherwise be collected from power revenues and used for storage project repayments. The
<br />Western Area Power Administration is authorized to repay such loan or loans from power revenues collected
<br />beginning in fiscal year 2012, subject to an agreement between the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the
<br />Western Area Power Administration, and the Bureau of Reclamation. The agreement and any future loan contracts
<br />that may be entered into by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the Western Area Power Administration, and
<br />the Bureau of Reclamation shall be negotiated in consultation with Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects Firm
<br />Power Contractors. The agreement and loan contracts shall include provisions designed to minimize impacts on
<br />electrical power rates and shall ensure that loan repayment to the Colorado Water Conservation Board, including
<br />principal and interest, is completed no later than September 30, 2057. The Western Area Power Administration is
<br />authorized to include in power rates such sums as are necessary to carry out this paragraph and paragraph (2).
<br />(4) All contributions made pursuant to this subsection shall be in addition to the cost of replacement power
<br />purchased due to modifying the operation of the Colorado River Storage Project and the capital cost of water from
<br />Wolford Mountain Reservoir in Colorado. Such costs shall be considered as non-Federal contributions, not to
<br />exceed $20,000,000.
<br />(d) BASEFUNDING.-(I) Beginning in the first fiscal year commencing after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
<br />Secretary may utilize power revenues collected pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act for the annual
<br />base funding contributions to the Recovery Implementation Programs by the Bureau of Reclamation. Such funding
<br />shall be treated as nonreimbursable and as having been repaid and returned to the general fund of the Treasury as
<br />costs assigned to power for repayment under section 5 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act.
<br />(2) For the Recovery Implementation Program for the Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin,
<br />the contributions to base funding refeITed to in paragraph (I) shall not exceed $4,000,000 per year. For the San Juan
<br />River Recovery Implementation Program, such contributions shall not exceed $2,000,000 per year. The Secretary
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