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        S.2594

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Mancos 
  Water Conservancy District to use the Mancos Project facilities for 
impounding, storage, diverting, and carriage of nonproject water for the 
 purpose of irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, and any other 
                          beneficial purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CARRIAGE OF NONPROJECT WATER BY THE MANCOS PROJECT, 
COLORADO.
    (a) Sale of Excess Water.--
        (1) In general.--In carrying out the Act of August 11, 1939 
    (commonly known as the ``Water Conservation and Utilization Act'') 
    (16 U.S.C. 590y et seq.), if storage or carrying capacity has been 
    or may be provided in excess of the requirements of the land to be 
    irrigated under the Mancos Project, Colorado (referred to in this 
    Act as the ``project''), the Secretary of the Interior may, on such 
    terms as the Secretary determines to be just and equitable, 
    contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District and any of its 
    member unit contractors for impounding, storage, diverting, or 
    carriage of nonproject water for irrigation, domestic, municipal, 
    industrial, and any other beneficial purposes, to an extent not 
    exceeding the excess capacity.
        (2) Interference.--A contract under paragraph (1) shall not 
    impair or otherwise interfere with any authorized purpose of the 
    project.
        (3) Cost considerations.--In fixing the charges under a 
    contract under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into 
    consideration--
            (A) the cost of construction and maintenance of the 
        project, by which the nonproject water is to be diverted, 
        impounded, stored, or carried; and
            (B) the canal by which the water is to be carried.
        (4) No additional charges.--The Mancos Water Conservancy 
    District shall not impose a charge for the storage, carriage, or 
    delivery of the nonproject water in excess of the charge paid to 
    the United States, except to such extent as may be reasonably 
    necessary to cover--
            (A) a proportionate share of the project cost; and
            (B) the cost of carriage and delivery of the nonproject 
        water through the facilities of the Mancos Water Conservancy 
        District.
    (b) Water Rights of United States Not Enlarged.--Nothing in this 
Act enlarges or attempts to enlarge the right of the United States, 
under existing law, to control any water in any State.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

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