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<br />, <br />. <br /> <br />309 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />9 <br />1 "SEC. 9. (a) The Secretary is authorized to enter into <br />2 temporary contracts with any agency or entity, private or <br />3 public, operating a water bank established pursuant to <br />4 Colorado law, for use of facilities for the impounding, stor- <br />5 age, and carriage of nonproject water for irrigation, do- <br />6 mestic municipal, industrial, and other beneficial pur- <br />7 poses. <br />8 "(b) No contract executed under the authority of sub- <br />9 section (a) shall impair or otherwise interfere with- <br />10 "(1) the project's authorized purposes, <br />11 "(2) the ability of the project contractors to <br />12 meet existing Federal repayment obligations, <br />13 "(3) the storage allocations and limitations pur- <br />14 suant to contract No. 5-07-70-W0086, as amended, <br />15 between the Southeastern Co.lorado Water Conser- <br />16 vancy District and the United States, and the alloca- <br />17 tion principles adopted by the Southeastern Colorado <br />18 Water Conservancy District on November 29, 1979, <br />19 and confirmed by the District Court of Pueblo Coun- <br />20 ty in Civil Action No. 40487 by decree dated Decem- <br />21 ber 18, 1979, including any subsequent modifica- <br />22 tions made by the District that are confirmed by the <br />23 District Court, <br />24 "(4) the yield of the project from its West Slope <br />25 and East Slope water rights, or <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.HR 1'714 IH <br />