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<br />001565. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />BETWEEN FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL PARTIES, PURSUANT TO A COST- <br />SHARING AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE APPROPRIATE PARTIES IN JUNE, <br /> <br />1986, WHICH IS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT PACKAGE. <br /> <br />FULLY 38% OF THE <br /> <br />PROJECT COST IS TO BE PAID BY THE NON-FEDERAL PARTIES, A <br />COMMENDABLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR A PROJECT THIS SIZE. THE SETTLEMENT/ <br />BILL PROVIDES FOR A 12-YEAR CONSTRUCTION TIMETABLE FOR ANlMAS- <br /> <br />LA PLATA. <br /> <br />INDIAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, CONTRIBUTED BY THE STATE OF <br />COLORADO AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ARE ALSO PROVIDED AS PART OF <br />THE SETTLEMENT, AND ARE AUTHORIZED IN THE BILL. <br />THIS BILL IS A GOOD BILL. IT IS GOOD FOR THE INDIAN TRIBES. <br /> <br />IT IS GOOD FOR THE AFFECTED WATER USERS. IT IS GOOD FOR THE STATE <br /> <br />AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. AS MY ANCESTORS OFTEN STATED ON EVENTS <br /> <br />OF IMPORTANCE, IT IS A GOOD DAY. <br />I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK AND COMMEND THE RESOLVE AND PERSEVERANCE <br /> <br />OF COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO STATE OFFICIALS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, <br />WATER DISTRICTS, THE UTE MOUNTAIN UTE AND SOUTHERN UTE INDIAN <br />TRIBES, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WITHOUT WHOSE DEDICATION AND <br />WISDOM THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY BILL TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO <br /> <br />PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND EXPRESS THANKS FOR THE INVALUABLE <br /> <br />LEADERSHIP OF THE SENATORS FROM COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO, THE <br /> <br />SUPPORT AND COOPERATION OF MY HOUSE COLLEAGUES FROM COLORADO AND <br /> <br />NEW MEXICO, AS WELL AS OTHER STATES. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR ALL <br /> <br />PARTIES CONCERNED WHEN I SAY, WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF THESE <br />PEOPLE, THIS BILL COULD NOT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED AT THIS TIME. <br /> <br />I, AND EVERYONE IN THE DELEGATIONS, AS WELL AS THOSE <br /> <br />SUPPORTING US IN OUR EFFORTS IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS, KNOW THIS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />t; <br />',~-," <br />