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<br />.~'() <br />Lj.o.J-.';' <br /> <br />76 STAT. 391, <br />76 STAT. 392. <br /> <br />~5 Stat. 1057. <br />~3 USC 6l7t. <br />5~ Stat. 77~. <br />~3 USC 6180. <br />70 Stat. 105. <br /> <br />Pub. Law 87-590 <br /> <br />-~- <br /> <br />August 16, 1962 <br /> <br />within the exterior boundaries of a national forest ac- <br />quired for recreational or other project purposes which <br />are not determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be <br />needed for actual use in connection with the reclamation <br />works shall become national forest lands: Provided <br />further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall make <br />his determination hereunder within five years after ap- <br />proval of this Act or, in the case of individual tracts <br />of land, within five years after their acquisition by <br />the United States: And provided further, That the autho- <br />rity contained in this section shall not be exercised by <br />the Secretary of the Interior with respect to national <br />forest lands without the concurrence of the Secretary of <br />Agriculture. <br />(b) The costs, inClUding the operation and maintenance <br />costs, of the.undertakings described in subsection (a) of <br />this section shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable <br />under the reclamation laws. The funds appropriated for <br />carrying out the authorization contained in section 1 of <br />this Act shall, without prejudice to the availability of <br />other appropriated moneys for the same purpose, also be <br />available for carrying out the investigations and programs <br />authorized in this section. <br />Sec. 5 (a) The USe of water diverted from the Colorado <br />River system to the Arlcansas River Basin through works <br />constructed under authority of this Act shall be subject <br />to and controlled by the Colorado River compact, the <br />Upper Colorado River Basin compact, the Boulder Canyon <br />Project Act, the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, <br />the Colorado River Storage Project Act, and the Mexican <br />Water Trea~y (Treaty Series 99~), and shall be included <br />within and shall in no way increase the total quantity of <br />water to the use of which the State of Colorado is entitled <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'!3 use 52C -52C~. Wid limi t.s:d undel.. saili cumpact::., ::itatutea. and treaty. and <br />59 Stat. 1219. every contract entered into under this Act for the storage, <br />use, and delivery of such water shall so recite. <br />(b) All works constructed under authority of this Act, <br />and all officers, employees, permittees, licensees, and <br />contractees of the United States and of the State of Colo- <br />rado acting pursuant thereto, and all USers and appro- <br />priators of water of the Colorado River system diverted <br />or delivered through the works constructed under autho- <br />rity of this Act and any enlargements or additions thereto <br />shall observe and be subject to said compacts, statutes, <br />and treaty, as hereinbefore provided, in the diversion, <br />delivery, and use of water of the Colorado River system, <br />and such condition and covenant shall attach as a matter <br /> <br />of law whether or not set cut or referred to in the <br />instrument evidencing such permit, license, or contract <br />and shall be deemed to be for the benefit of and be <br />available to the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, <br />Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming and the users of <br />water therein or thereunder by way of suit, defense, or <br />otherwise in any litigation respecting the waters of the <br />Colorado River system. <br /> <br />. <br />