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r,'~~')-' Ll U J \J ~ :, Section 205 Continued . (d) Section 5(d) of the Colorado River Storage Project Act (43 U.S,C, 620d(d)(5)) is hereby amended as follows: strike the word "and" at the end of paragraph (3); strike the period after the word "years" at the end of paragraph (4) and insert a semicolon in lieu thereof followed by the word "and"; and add a new paragraph (5) reading: "(5) The costs of each salinity control unit or separable features thereof, the costs of measures to replace incidental fish and wildlife values foregone, and the costs of the on-farm measures payable from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund in accordance with sections 205(a)(2), 205(a)(3), 205(a)(4), 205(a)(5), and 205(c) of the Colorado River Salinity Control Act." (e) The Secretary is authorized to make upward adjustments in rates charged for electrical energy under all contracts administered by the Secretary under the Colorado River Storage Project Act (70 Stat. 105,43 U,S.C. 620) as soon as practicable and to the extent necessary to cover the costs allocated to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund under section 205(a)(2), and in conformity with section 205(a)(3), section 205{a)(4), and section 205(a)(5) of this title: provided, that revenues derived from said rate adjustments shall be available solely for the construction, operation, maintenance, and replacement of salinity control units, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of measures to replace incidental fish and wildlife values foregone, and for the implementation of on.farm measures in the Colorado River Basin herein authorized, . (f) The Secretary may expend funds available in the Basin Funds referred to in this section to carry out cost-share salinity measures in a manner that is consistent with the cost allocations required under this section, "'Subsection (f) was added by PL 104-127'" Section 206 Commencing on January 1, 1975, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, simultaneously, to the President, the Congress, and the Advisory Council created in section 204(a) of this title, a report on the Colorado River Salinity Control Program authorized by this title covering the progress of the investigations, planning, and construction of salinity control units for the previous fiscal year, the effectiveness of such units, anticipated work needed to be accomplished in the future to meet the objectives of this title, with emphasis on the needs during the five years immediately following the date of each report, and any special problems that may be impeding progress in attaining an effective salinity control program. Said report may be included in the biennial report on the quality of water of the Colorado River Basin prepared by the Secretary pursuant to section 15 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act (70 Stat. 111; 43 U,S.C. 602n), section 15 of the Navajo Indian irrigation project and the initial stage of the San Juan.Chama Project Act (76 Stat. 102), and section 6 of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Act (76 Stat. 393). . 10