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Q~ui FBYINGPAN-AP.KANSAS PROJECT) COLORADO in connection wit.h project repayment. Tho formuJa is identical to the one set out in the Water Supply Act of 1958 and is the one gen- ernll:y npplicnble to water resources development project,s. Section :3 J"C']Ilt.es to projed. operation. Subsection (a) reql1ll'CS thl1t t,he project be Opprtttcd in llecordl1llce with the "operating prin- ciples') set Ollt in HOllse Doeume,nt ]30 of the .87th Congress. Sub- section (b) gives the Scerchlry lluthOJ'ity to appoint. the two Federal representat,ives on (,he Commission referred t.o jn the "operating pl'ineiples" and authority to adopt SUt:h modificatiolls in the "operu.l- ing principles" IlS all signator)' pnl't.ics mllY agree upon. Subsect.ioll (c) protects tlw rights of westenl Colorndo wnter uscrs t.o water stored ill the Green 1vlountnin Resen'oir of the Colorado-Big Thompson project, Subsection (d} prohibits the Seerd.u.ry froin acquiring Colorado River Bnsin wuteI' through eminent domain proceedings for use outside that basin find prohibits the use of project \\.'orks to t.ransport wu.tcr so :lc(]ui1'ed by nnyon(~ other than t.he Secretary. Section 4 relates to the recreational uspeets of the projecc. ' Sub- section (a) auchorizes the Seeretar'y to develop recreational facilities on acquired lands or on withdmwn public lands and provides for public use nnd enjoyment of such fClcilit.ies. Thfl Secret.a!")' is nlso out hOl'ized to plan unLl construct facilities for the conservat.ion nnd development of fish and wildlife. Tlds subsection also provides Chat all lands within th e exterior boundaries of il. national forest which n1'o determined 1I0t to be needed in connection with t.he reclamation works shall become nat,jonul fOl'es~ luna find thIlt. the.j"c must be agreement between the Secretary of the Interior Hnd the Secret,nry of Agriculture \'lith rcspect to the use of suelt lands. The purpose of t.his laug-unge is to permit the Forest Service t.o administer the IUltiollltl forest lunus in nccordnnco with n menlOrnndum of undcl'stunJ.ing bch\'een the t.wo Deptlr~mcnt.s. Subsection (b) provid"s I,hut the costs ullocated to recreation and to fish nntl wilulife shnll be Ilonroimbursnblc. Section 5 is desi.;ned to gi\re 1'2licf to t.he school distrl'icts iu t.he project constrw..:t.ion llreit from t.he finflncinl burden thtlt would bc imposed upon t,hem us H rf~:=>ult of cl1llst,rtlction :H;ti\.'itics. It llllt,hor- izes t.he Sccl'ett\ry to 1lli\.ke paymcnt.s f!'om construction appropril1t.iolls to the disl.rids that art' lltl'ected. The amount of suell rJl1j"mcIlts would be ('rpm] to t,he eost. aUributnble to t.aking care of the pupils who were depcnuc-lIts of eOIlstrllction workers brought into the urea, redueed hy un.\" pnyments mude to tJle dist.ricts purSlIllut. to existing' lnw, and further rf'duccd by t,hc amount of uny tnx l'evenucs received 1))' the distrids by re:lson of pl'oj(~l't. acti\'ities. The Secrctury \\."ould n1so be aut.horized, without duplient.ing assistance under existing law, to mnke funds or fl1eilities nvnilnblc to pl'ovidl~ spnce in whieh to Cl1rn~ OIl edw,':lt.iolll1) llnrl J'(.'latL'd activities, Section fj pl'oteets tbe rights of the other States of the Colorndo River Husin ullder t.he corllpncts, SL:ltut.es. ~llul lrcflt.y t,lmt make up the so-enlled law of the river. It specifienlly provides in subsection (a) that the use of wuter diverted by the project works slmll be sub- ject to llnd eontl'olled by such compllets) statutes, and trcaty. Sub- seet.ion (b) provides thl.lt nil works and nIl otticc-rs, employees. pel'- mit,t.ecs, licensees, unci contrnetees of t.he United States und of the Slate of Coloraoo, unrl all water users, shall be subject to and slntll observe snid compacts, stu.tutcs, Hod trea.ty in the diversion :wd use of water. Subsection (e) provides tbllt none of the wlltel'S exported