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<br />41~O <br /> <br />accordance with Article V of the Agreement. The Tribes are not, <br />however, authorized to permanently alienate any water right. <br />Subsection (c) states that the authorization provided for in <br />subsection (a) shall not amend, construe, supersede, or preempt any <br />state law, federal law, interstate compact, or international treaty <br />that pertains to the Colorado River or its tributaries. <br /> <br />Subsection (b) sets forth the procedures and criteria by which <br />the Secretary shall review and approve or disapprove of any water <br />use contract submitted by a Tribe. <br /> <br />Subsection (d) provides that the proceeds from a water use <br />contract may not be used for per capita payments to members of <br />either Tribe. <br /> <br />SECTION 6. REPAYMENT OF PROJECT COSTS <br /> <br />Subsection (a) provides that the Secretary shall defer, without <br />interest, the repayment of the construction costs which are <br />allocable to each Tribe's municipal and industrial water allocation <br />from the Animas-La Plata and Dolores Projects until water is first <br />used. 0 & M costs are likewise deferred. When an increment of its <br />allocation is first used by a Tribe, repayment of that increment's <br />pro rata share of construction costs commences and the Tribe begins <br />to bear the pro rata share of 0 & M costs. <br /> <br />Subsection (b) makes the same provisions for each Tribe's <br />agricultural irrigation water allocation from the two projects, <br />except that 0 & M costs are deferred only for the Animas-La Plata <br />Project. <br /> <br />Subsections (c) and (d) provide for further deferrals of the <br />financial Obligations of the Tribes with respect to the Animas-La <br />Plata and Dolores Projects under certain circumstances. <br /> <br />SUbsection (e) defines when water shall be deemed to be used by <br />the Tribes for the purpose of determining when their financial <br />obligations pursuant to subsections (a) through (d) are triggered. <br /> <br />SUbsection (f) authorizes the appropriation of such funds to <br />the Secretary as are needed to pay for the 0 & M costs which the <br />Secretary is to bear pending the use of water by the Tribes. <br /> <br />SUbsection (g) implements a provision of the June 30, 1986, <br />Animas-La Plata Project cost Sharing agreement. It provides that <br />the costs of the Animas-La Plata Project which are in excess or the <br />irrigators' ability to repay and which are therefore to be repaid <br />from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund shall be so repaid in 30 <br />equal annual installments from the date that water is first <br />available for use. <br /> <br />SECTION 7. TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS <br /> <br />SUbsection (a) establishes a tribal development fund for each <br />Tribe and authorizes the appropriation of a total of $49.5 <br /> <br />-2- <br />