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[CITE: 43USC600b]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
SUBCHAPTER XVII--LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR PROJECTS GENERALLY
 
Sec. 600b. Canadian River project, Texas

    For the purposes of irrigating land, delivering water for industrial 
and municipal use, controlling floods, providing recreation and fish and 
wildlife benefits, and controlling and catching silt, the Secretary of 
the Interior, acting pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws (Act of 
June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or 
supplementary thereto), is authorized to construct, operate, and 
maintain the Canadian River reclamation project, Texas, described in the 
report of the Commissioner of Reclamation approved by the Secretary May 
3, 1950, entitled ``Plan for Development, Canadian River Project, 
Texas'', Project Planning Report Number 5-12.22-1, at an estimated cost 
of $86,656,000, the impounding works whereof shall be located at a 
suitable site on the Canadian River in that area known as the Panhandle 
of Texas. In addition to the impounding works, the project shall include 
such main canals, pumping plants, distribution and drainage systems, and 
other works as are necessary to accomplish the purposes of sections 600b 
and 600c of this title. The use by the project of waters arising in Ute 
and Pajarito Creeks, New Mexico, shall be only such use as does not 
conflict with use, present or potential, of such waters for beneficial 
consumptive purposes in New Mexico.

(Dec. 29, 1950, ch. 1183, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 1124.)

                       References in Text

    Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is popularly known as the 
Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.


                     Authorization of Appropriations

    Section 3 of act Dec. 29, 1950, provided that: ``There are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be required to carry out the 
purposes of this Act [enacting this section and section 600c of this 
title].''


                    Canadian River Project Prepayment

    Pub. L. 105-316, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2999, provided that:
``SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    ``This Act may be cited as the `Canadian River Project Prepayment 
Act'.
``SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    ``For the purposes of this Act:
        ``(1) The term `Authority' means the Canadian River Municipal 
    Water Authority, a conservation and reclamation district of the 
    State of Texas.
        ``(2) The term `Canadian River Project Authorization Act' means 
    the Act entitled `An Act to authorize the construction, operation, 
    and maintenance by the Secretary of the Interior of the Canadian 
    River reclamation project, Texas', approved December 29, 1950 (ch. 
    1183; 64 Stat. 1124) [enacting this section, section 600c of this 
    title, and provisions set out as a note above].
        ``(3) The term `Project' means all of the right, title and 
    interest in and to all land and improvements comprising the pipeline 
    and related facilities of the Canadian River Project authorized by 
    the Canadian River Project Authorization Act.
        ``(4) The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Interior.
``SEC. 3. PREPAYMENT AND CONVEYANCE OF PROJECT.
    ``(a) In General.--(1) In consideration of the Authority accepting 
the obligation of the Federal Government for the Project and subject to 
the payment by the Authority of the applicable amount under paragraph 
(2) within the 360-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act [Oct. 30, 1998], the Secretary shall convey the Project to the 
Authority, as provided in section 2(c)(3) of the Canadian River Project 
Authorization Act (64 Stat. 1124) [section 600c(c)(3) of this title].
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable amount shall 
be--
        ``(A) $34,806,731, if payment is made by the Authority within 
    the 270-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
    Act; or
        ``(B) the amount specified in subparagraph (A) adjusted to 
    include interest on that amount since the date of the enactment of 
    this Act at the appropriate Treasury bill rate for an equivalent 
    term, if payment is made by the Authority after the period referred 
    to in subparagraph (A).
    ``(3) If payment under paragraph (1) is not made by the Authority 
within the period specified in paragraph (1), this Act shall have no 
force or effect.
    ``(b) Financing.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect 
the right of the Authority to use a particular type of financing.
``SEC. 4. RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING OPERATIONS.
    ``(a) In General.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
significantly expanding or otherwise changing the use or operation of 
the Project from its current use and operation.
    ``(b) Future Alterations.--If the Authority alters the operations or 
uses of the Project it shall comply with all applicable laws or 
regulations governing such alteration at that time.
    ``(c) Recreation.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
National Park Service, shall continue to operate the Lake Meredith 
National Recreation Area at Lake Meredith.
    ``(d) Flood Control.--The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Corps of Engineers, shall continue to prescribe regulations for the use 
of storage allocated to flood control at Lake Meredith as prescribed in 
the Letter of Understanding entered into between the Corps, the Bureau 
of Reclamation, and the Authority in March and May 1980.
    ``(e) Sanford Dam Property.--The Authority shall have the right to 
occupy and use without payment of lease or rental charges or license or 
use fees the property retained by the Bureau of Reclamation at Sanford 
Dam and all buildings constructed by the United States thereon for use 
as the Authority's headquarters and maintenance facility. Buildings 
constructed by the Authority on such property, or past and future 
additions to Government constructed buildings, shall be allowed to 
remain on the property. The Authority shall operate and maintain such 
property and facilities without cost to the United States.
``SEC. 5. RELATIONSHIP TO CERTAIN CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS.
    ``(a) Payment Obligations Extinguished.--Provision of consideration 
by the Authority in accordance with section 3(b) shall extinguish all 
payment obligations under contract numbered 14-06-500-485 between the 
Authority and the Secretary.
    ``(b) Operation and Maintenance Costs.--After completion of the 
conveyance provided for in section 3, the Authority shall have full 
responsibility for the cost of operation and maintenance of Sanford Dam, 
and shall continue to have full responsibility for operation and 
maintenance of the Project pipeline and related facilities.
    ``(c) In General.--Rights and obligations under the existing 
contract No. 14-06-500-485 between the Authority and the United States, 
other than provisions regarding repayment of construction charge 
obligation by the Authority and provisions relating to the Project 
aqueduct, shall remain in full force and effect for the remaining term 
of the contract.
``SEC. 6. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.
    ``Upon conveyance of the Project under this Act, the Reclamation Act 
of 1902 (82 [32] Stat. 388) [43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.] and all Acts 
amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto shall not apply to the 
Project.
``SEC. 7. LIABILITY.
    ``Except as otherwise provided by law, effective on the date of 
conveyance of the Project under this Act, the United States shall not be 
liable under any law for damages of any kind arising out of any act, 
omission, or occurrence relating to the conveyed property.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 600c, 600d of this title; 
title 16 section 460eee-1.
