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<br />THEREON AS THE SECRETARY MAY DETERMINE NECESSARY TO ENSURE
<br />THAT THE STATUTORILY ESTABLISHED PURPOSES OF THE PROJECT SHALL
<br />CONTINUE TO BE MET.
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<br />II.
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<br />Amend 43 U.s.C. ~ 523 as follows:
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<br />Whenever in carrying out the provisions of the reclamation law AND THE WATER
<br />CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION ACT, storage or earrying capaciry has been or may be
<br />provided in exeess of the requirements of the lands to be irrigated under any projeet, the Seeretary
<br />of the Interior, OR THE OPERATING ORGANIZATION AND, IF DIFFERENT,
<br />REPAYMENT ORGANIZATION, preserving a first right to lands and entrymen under the
<br />projeet, is hereby, authorized, upon such terms as THE SECRETARY AND THE OPERATING
<br />ORGANIZATION, AND, IF DIFFERENT, REPAYMENT ORGANIZATION fie may determine
<br />to be just and equitable, to contract for the impounding, storage, and/OR earriage of water to an
<br />extent not exceeding such exeess capaciry with (1) irrigation systems operating under seetion 611 ef
<br />this title, ana THE ACT OF AUGUST 18, 1894, KNOWN AS THE CAREY ACT, 43 U.S.C. ~
<br />641, AND (11) individuals, corporations, associations, and irrigation akla-icts ORGANIZATIONS
<br />organized for or engaged in furnishing or in distriburing water for irrigation, MUNICIPAL OR
<br />INDUSTRIAL USES. Water so impounded, stored, or carried under any such contraet shall be
<br />for the purpose of distribution to individual water users by the parry with whom the contract is
<br />made: Provided, however, +that water so impounded, stored, or earried shall not be used
<br />otherwise than as prescribed by law as to lands held in private ownership within Government
<br />reclamation projeets. In fixing the charges under any such eontraet for impounding, storing, or
<br />carrying water for any irrigation system, corporation, association, distriet, or individual, as herein
<br />provided, the Secretary OR ORGANIZ..\TION shall take into consideration the eost of
<br />construction and maintenance of the reservoir by which sueh water is to be impounded or stored
<br />and/OR the canal by which it is to be carried, and sueh charges shall be just and equitable as to
<br />water users under the Government project. No irrigation system, distriet, assoeiation, eorporation,
<br />or individual so eontraeting shall make any eharge for the storage, carriage, or delivery of such
<br />water in excess of the charge paid to the United States OR ORGANIZATION except to such
<br />extent as may be reasonably necessary to cover cost of carriage and delivery of such water through
<br />their works.
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<br />III. Amend Section 2 of the Warren Act (43 U.S.C. S 524) as follows:
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<br />In earrying out the provisions of said reclamation Aet and Acts amendatory thereof or
<br />subsequently thereto, AND THE WATER CONSERVATION ACT, the Secretary of the Interior
<br />is authorized, upon sueh terms as may be agreed upon, to cooperate with irrigation districts, ',vnter
<br />u,-ed 8ssoeiatians ORGANIZATIONS, corporations, entrymen or water users for the construetion
<br />or use of sueh reservoirs, eanals, or ditches as may be advantageously used by the Government and
<br />ORGANIZATIONS irrigntion di3triers, .'firer \:Isers' asseciatiens, eorporations, entrymen or water
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