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<br />to store, transpon, or supply project or nonproject water in or from any projeet facility, or to
<br />contraet to store, transpon, or supply project water in or from any nonprojeet facility for
<br />irrigation, municipal and industrial purposes, upon such conditions of delivery, use, and
<br />payment as he may deem proper including eharges levied as eontemplated by Subsection J of
<br />the Faet Finders Aet (the Seeond Deficiency Appropriation Act for 1924; 43 U.S.c. 9 526),
<br />as amended by this Aet: provided, That the approval of sueh contraet by the opetating
<br />organization and, if different, the repayment organization, shall have first been obtained:
<br />Provided, That the operating organization, and, if different, the repayment organization,
<br />has determined that such contract is not (i) detrimental to the provision of water to by such
<br />irrigation project or the rights of prior appropriators under state law; and (ii) inconsistent
<br />with either the authorizing legislation, subsequent project specific legislation or, where
<br />applicable, the operating principles for the project. The term of sueh contracts shall be for
<br />that period of years requested by the eontract beneficiary, subjeet to such reasonable limitation
<br />thereon as the secretary may determine neeessary to ensure that the starutorily established
<br />purposes of the project shall continue to be met.
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<br />Amend 43 U.S.C. 9 523 as follows:
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<br />Whenever in carrying out the provisions of the reclamation law and the Water Conservation
<br />and Utilization Act, storage or earrying capacity has been or may be provided in exeess of the
<br />requirements of the lands to be irrigated under any project, the Seeretary of the Interior, or
<br />the operating organization and, if different, repayment organization, preserving a first right to
<br />lands and entrymen under the projeet, is hereby, authorized, upon such terms as the Secretary
<br />and the operating organization, and, if different, repayment organization may determine
<br />to be just and equitable, to contract for the impounding, storage, and! or earriage of water to
<br />an extent not exeeeding such exeess eapatity with (i) irrigation systems operating under the Aet
<br />of August 18, 1894, known as the Carey Act, 43 U.S.c. 9 641, and (ii) individuals,
<br />eorporations, associations, and organizations organized for or engaged in furnishing or in
<br />distributing water for irrigation, municipal or industrial uses. Water so impounded, stored,
<br />or earried under any such contraet shall be for the purpose of distribution to individual water
<br />users by the party with whom the contraet is made: Provided, however, That water so
<br />impounded, stored, or earried shall not be used othetwise than as prescribed by law as to lands
<br />held in private ownership within Government reclamation projeets. In fixing the charges
<br />under any such contract for impounding, storing, or earrying water for any irrigation system,
<br />eorporation, association, district, or individual, as herein provided, the Secretary or
<br />organization shall rake into consideration the cost of construction and maintenance of the
<br />reservoir by which such water is to be impounded or stored and/OR the canal by which it
<br />is to be carried, and such eharges shaH be just and equitable as to water users under the
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