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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Key issue comparison of Family Farm Alliance and <br />Bureau of Reclamation Warren Act proposals! <br /> <br />September 20, 1999 <br /> <br /> FFA proposal BuRee proposal <br />Revenue crediting Revenues derived from the Credit in the following <br /> use of excess eapacity under priority: <br /> Warren Act eontracts would 1. Repay inrerest not <br /> be credited to any outstanding otherwise recovered for <br /> construction charges and project construetion costs to <br /> operation and maintenance the U.S. Treasury; <br /> costs specific to the affected 2. Reclamation's additional <br /> Reclamation projeet operation and maintenance <br /> costs amibutable to the <br /> contract; <br /> 3. Reclamation fund <br />Contraeting authority Secretary and the operating Secretary of the Inrerior <br /> entities have contracting enrers inro the contract and <br /> ability; amendments ehange has sole diseretion to <br /> the responsibility for determine what is excess to <br /> determining the eompatibility the needs of the projeet <br /> with project purposes and purposes <br /> charges to provide the projeet <br /> beneficiaries with real input <br /> inro the decisions affecting <br /> their projeets <br />Use of excess eapaciry Irrigation, municipal and Irrigation, domestic, <br /> industrial municipal and industrial, fish <br /> and wildlife, hydro power, or <br /> any other beneficial purpose <br />Acreage limitations Makes Warren Aet contracts Exempts all conrracts, except <br /> consistent with the acreage those conrracts for irrigation <br /> limitations in the use within the projeet service <br /> <br />!T cchnically, Reclamation is not proposing to amend the Warren Act, but to put an end to <br />the Warren Act authority and replace it with the "Reclamation Projects Excess Facilities Capacity Act_" <br />