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Shelf under the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, was revoked by Ex. Ord. 10426, Jan. 16, 1953, 18 F.R. 405.

SECTION AS UNAFFECTED BY SUBMERGED LANDS ACT Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of Title 43, Public Lands.

CROSS REFERENCES

Authority of Secretary of Interior to delegate powers and duties concerning Indian affairs, see section la of Title 25, Indians.

§ 1458. Secretary to exercise certain powers over the Territories.

The Secretary of the Interior shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties in relation to the Territories of the United States that were, prior to March 1, 1873, by law or by custom exercised and performed by the Secretary of State. (R.S. §442).

DERIVATION

Act Mar. 1, 1873, ch. 217, 17 Stat. 484.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 1451 of this title.

Ex. ORD. No. 10967. ADMINISTRATION OF PALMYRA ISLAND Ex. Ord. No. 10967, Oct. 10, 1961, 26 F.R. 9667, provided:

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 48 of the Hawaii Omnibus Act (approved July 12, 1960; 74 Stat. 424; P.L. 86-624) (set out as a note preceding section 491 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions | and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The Secretary of the Interior shall be responsible for the civil administration of Palmyra Island and all executive and legislative authority necessary for that administration, and all judicial authority respecting Palmyra Island other than the authority contained in the Act of June 15, 1950 (64 Stat. 217), as amended (48 U.S.C. 644a), shall be vested in the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 2. The executive, legislative, and judicial authority provided for in section 1 of this order (1) may be exercised through such agency or agencies of the Department of the Interior, or through such officers or employees under the jurdistiction of the Secretary of the Interior, as the Secretary may direct or authorize, (2) may be exercised through such agency or agencies, other than or not in the Department of the Interior, or through such officers or employees of the United States not under the administrative supervision of the Secretary, for such time and under such conditions as may be agreed upon between the Secretary and such agency, agencies, officers or employees of the United States, and (3) shall be exercised in such manner as the Secretary, or any person or persons acting under the authority of the Secretary, may direct or authorize.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior may confer upon the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii such jurisdiction, in addition to that contained in the Act of June 15, 1950 [section 544a of Title 48], and such judicial functions and duties, as he may deem appropriate for the civil administration of Palmyra Island.

SEC. 4. The foregoing provisions of this order shall continue in force until the Congress shall provide for the civil administration of Palmyra Island or until such earlier time as the President may specify.

SEC. 5. AS used herein, the term "Palmyra Island" means the place of that name, consisting of a group of

islets located in the Pacific Ocean approximately at Latitude 5°52′ North and Longitude 162°06′ West, and includes the territorial waters of that place and includes also the reefs surrounding that place or any part thereof.

SEC. 6. To the extent that any prior Executive order or proclamation is inconsistent with the provisions of this order, this order shall control.

SEC. 7. Nothing in this order shall be deemed to reduce, limit, or otherwise modify the authority or responsibility of the Attorney General to represent the legal interests of the United States in civil or criminal cases arising under the provisions of the Act of June 15, 1950 [section 644a of Title 48], or under the provisions of section 3 of this order.

§ 1459. Expenditures of Department.

JOHN F. KENNEDY

The Secretary of the Interior shall sign all requisitions for the advance or payment of money, out of the Treasury, upon estimates or accounts for expenditures upon business assigned by law to his department; subject, however, to adjustment and control by the proper accounting officers of the General Accounting Office. (R.S. §444; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, § 304, 42 Stat. 24).

DERIVATION

Act Mar. 3, 1849, ch. 108, § 2,9 Stat. 395.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1. 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 1451 of this title.

§ 1460. Copies of records, documents, etc.; charges; disposition of receipts.

The Secretary of the Interior, or any of the officers of that Department may, when not prejudicial to the interests of the Government, furnish authenticated or unauthenticated copies of any official books, records, papers, documents, maps, plats, or diagrams within his custody and may charge therefore a sum equal to the cost of production thereof, plus the cost of administrative services involved in handling the records for such purpose, as these costs may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior or such subordinate officials or employees as he may designate, and in addition the sum of 25 cents for each certificate of verification and the seal attached to authenticated copies. There shall be no charge for the making or verification of copies required for official use by the officers of any branch of the Government. Only a charge of 25 cents shall be made for furnishing authenticated copies of any rules, regulations, or instructions printed by the government for gratuitous distribution. The money received for copies under this section shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriations then current and chargeable for the cost of furnishing copies as herein authorized. (Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 370, § 1, 37 Stat. 497; July 30, 1947, ch. 354, § 1, 61 Stat. 521, Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 526, 64 Stat. 402.)

AMENDMENTS

1950-Act Aug. 3, 1950, included within the price of copies of records furnished by the Department the cost of the administrative expenses involved as well as the cost of production.

1947-Act July 30, 1947, omitted specific charges for copies of books, records, etc., inserted provision that charge for copies would amount to cost of production as determined by the Secretary of the Interior or his designee, and added provision relating to deposit of receipts.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 1451 of this title.

CROSS REFERENCES

Admissibility in evidence of copies of records, etc., see section 1733 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

Proof of official records, see Rule 44, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 1373, 1461, 1462, 1463 of this title.

§1461. Same; inspection and copying.

Nothing in sections 1460 to 1463 of this title shall be construed to limit or restrict in any manner the

sons, agents, and attorneys, before being recognized as representatives of claimants, that they shall show that they are of good moral character and in good repute, possessed of the necessary qualifications to enable them to render such claimants valuable service, and otherwise competent to advise and assist such claimants in the presentation of their claims and such Secretary may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, suspend or exclude from further practice before his department any such person, agent, or attorney shown to be incompetent, disreputable, or who refuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who shall with intent to defraud in any manner, deceive, mislead, or threaten any claimant, or prospective claimant, by word, circular, letter, or by advertisement. (July 4, 1884, ch. 181, § 5, 23 Stat. 101.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 1451 of this title.

authority of the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe § 1465. Annual reports of department and its bureaus. such rules and regulations as he may deem proper governing the inspection of the records of said department and its various bureaus by the general public, and any person having any particular interest in any of such records may be permitted to take copies of such records under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. (Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 370, § 2, 37 Stat. 498.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 1451 of this title.

§ 1462. Attestation of copies by official seal.

All officers who furnish authenticated copies under section 1460 of this title shall attest their authentication by the use of an official seal, which is authorized for that purpose. (Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 370, § 4, 37 Stat. 498.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1461 of this title. § 1463. Disposition of receipts.

All sums received under the provisions of section 1460 of this title shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. (Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 370, § 6, 37 Stat. 498.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1461 of this title.

§1464. Agents or attorneys representing claimants before department.

The Secretary of the Interior may prescribe rules and regulations governing the recognition of agents, attorneys, or other persons representing claimants before his department, and may require of such per

The annual reports of the department and of all its bureaus and establishments, including the Bureau of Reclamation, shall not exceed a total of one thousand two hundred and fifty pages. (May 24, 1922, ch. 199, 42 Stat. 554; Jan. 24, 1923, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 1176; June 5, 1924, ch. 264, 43 Stat. 392; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1143.)

§ 1466. Administration of oaths, affirmations, etc., by employees of Division of Investigations; force and effect.

Special agents and such other employees of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior of the United States, as are designated by the Secretary of the Interior for that purpose, are authorized and empowered to administer to or take from any person an oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition whenever necessary in the performance of their official duties. Any such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition administered or taken by or before a special agent or such other employee of the Division of Investigations, Department of the Interior, designated by the Secretary of the Interior, when certified under his hand, shall have like force and effect as if administered or taken before an officer having a seal. (Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 878, 54 Stat. 1175.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 1451 of this title.

§ 1467. Working capital fund; establishment; uses reimbursement.

There is established a working capital fund of $300,000, to be available without fiscal year limitation, for expenses necessary for the maintenance

and operation of (1) a central reproduction service; (2) communication services; (3) a central supply service for stationery, supplies, equipment, blank forms, and miscellaneous materials, for which adequate stocks may be maintained to meet in whole or in part requirements of the bureaus and offices of the Department in the city of Washington and elsewhere; (4) a central library service; (5) health services; and (6) such other similar service functions as the Secretary determines may be performed more advantageously on a reimbursable basis. Said fund shall be reimbursed from available funds of bureaus, offices, and agencies for which services are performed at rates which will return in full all expenses of operation, including reserves for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment.

ch. 896, ch. VII, title I, § 101, 64 Stat. 680.)

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1468 of this title.

§ 1468. Same; availability for uniforms or allowances therefor.

The working capital fund, established by section 1467 of this title, shall on and after June 13, 1956 be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by section 5901 of title 5. (June 13, 1956, ch. 380, title I, § 101, 70 Stat. 266.)

Chapter 32.-COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT SUBCHAPTER I.-OBJECTIVES

Sec.

1501. Congressional declaration of purpose and policy. SUBCHAPTER II.-INVESTIGATIONS AND PLANNING 1511. Reconnaissance investigations by Secretary of Interior; reports; 10-year moratorium on water importation studies.

users.

(c) Water conservation.

(d) Water exchanges.

(e) Water shortage priorities.

(f) New Mexico users; water exchange contracts.
(g) Restriction on use of water for production
of basic agricultural commodities on newly
irrigated lands.

Cost of main stream water of the Colorado River.
Water salvage programs.

Fish and wildlife conservation and development.
Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER IV.-LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN

1541.

1542.

1543.

1544.

1551.

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(a) Construction and operation; Granite Reef aqueduct and pumping plants; Orme Dam and Reservoir; Buttes Dam and Reservoir; Hooker Dam and Reservoir; Charleston Dam and Reservoir; Tucson aqueducts and pumping plants; Salt-Gila aqueducts; related and appurtenant works. (b) Limitation on water diversions in years of insufficient main stream Colorado River water.

(c) Augmentation of water supply of the Colorado River system. 1522. Orme Dam and Reservoir.

(a) Acquisition of lands of the Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community and the Fort McDowell-Apache Indian Community; relocation; eminent domain.

(b) Rights of former owners to use or lease land. (c) Addition of land to Fort McDowell Indian Reservation.

(d) Recreational facilities developed and operated by Indian communities along Orme Reservoir shoreline.

(e) Exemption of funds from State and Federal income taxes.

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(i) Annual budgets; submission to Congress. Annual report to Congress.

SUBCHAPTER V.-GENERAL PROVISIONS Construction of Colorado River Basin Project Act; reports to Congress; compliance of Federal officers and agencies.

Criteria for long-range operation of reservoirs; promulgation by Secretary; order of priorities; submittal of criteria for review and comment; publication; report to Congress.

1553. Upper Colorado River Basin; rights to consumptive uses not to be reduced or prejudiced; duties and powers of Commission not impaired. Federal reclamation laws.

1554. 1555.

1556.

Federal Power Act inapplicable to Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam. Definitions.

SUBCHAPTER I.-OBJECTIVES

§ 1501. Congressional declaration of purpose and policy.

(a) It is the object of this Act to provide a program for the further comprehensive development of the water resources of the Colorado River Basin and for the provision of additional and adequate water supplies for use in the upper as well as in the lower Colorado River Basin. This program is declared to be for the purposes, among others, of regulating the flow of the Colorado River; controlling floods; improving navigation; providing for the storage and delivery of the waters of the Colorado River for reclamation of lands, including supplemental water supplies, and for municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes; improving water quality; providing for basic public outdoor recreation facilities;

improving conditions for fish and wildlife, and the generation and sale of electrical power as an incident of the foregoing purposes.

(b) It is the policy of the Congress that the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to the "Secretary") shall continue to develop, after consultation with affected States and appropriate Federal agencies, a regional water plan, consistent with the provisions of this Act and with future authorizations, to serve as the framework under which projects in the Colorado River Basin may be coordinated and constructed with proper timing to the end that an adequate supply of water may be made available for such projects, whether heretofore, herein, or hereafter authorized. (Pub. L. 90537, title I, § 102, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 886.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

"This Act", referred to in text, is The Colorado River Basin Project Act, Pub. L. 90-537, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 885, which is classified principally to this chapter. For classification of that Act, see Short Title note under this section.

SHORT TITLE

Section 101 of Pub. L. 90-537 provided: "That this Act [enacting this chapter and sections 616aa-1, 620a-1, 620a2, 620c-1, and 620d-1 of this title, amending sections 616hh, 620, and 620a of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 620 and 620k of this title) may be cited as the 'Colorado River Basin Project Act."

CROSS REFERENCE

Compliance with Colorado law in diversion and storage of water for projects constructed under authority of this chapter if located within and intended for benefit of Colorado only, see section 620c-1 of this title.

SUBCHAPTER II. INVESTIGATIONS AND

PLANNING

SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This subchapter is referred to in section 1541 of this title.

§ 1511. Reconnaissance investigations by Secretary of Interior; reports; 10-year moratorium on water importation studies.

Pursuant to the authority set out in the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and the provisions of the Water Resources Planning Act of July 22, 1965, as amended, with respect to the coordination of studies, investigations and assessments, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct full and complete reconnaissance investigations for the purpose of developing a general plan to meet the future water needs of the Western United States. Such investigations shall include the long-range water supply available and the long-range water requirements in each water resource region of the Western United States. Progress reports in connection with these investigations shall be submitted to the President, the National Water Commission (while it is in existence), the Water Resources Council, and to the Congress every two years. The first of such reports shall be submitted on or before June 30, 1971, and a final reconnaissance report shall be submitted not later than June 30, 1977: Provided, That for a period of ten years from September 30, 1968, the Secretary shall not undertake reconnaissance studies of any plan for the importation of water into the Colorado

River Basin from any other natural river drainage basin lying outside the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and those portions of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming which are in the natural drainage basin of the Colorado River. (Pub. L. 90-537, title II, § 201, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 886.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, which, together with Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, is classified to this title. See Tables volume.

The Water Resources Planning Act of July 22, 1965, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 89-80, July 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 244, which is classified to section 1962 et seq. of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 1512, 1513, 1543 of this title.

§ 1511a. Cooperation and participation by Secretary of Army with Federal, State, and local agencies.

The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to cooperate and participate with concerned Federal, State, and local agencies in preparing the general plan for the development of the water resources of the western United States authorized by the Colorado River Basin Project Act. (Pub. L. 91-611, title II, § 203, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1828.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Colorado River Basin Project Act, referred to in the text, is classified principally to this chapter. See Short Title note under section 1501 of this title for classification of sections of the Act outside this chapter.

CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as a part of the Flood Control Act of 1970 and not as a part of the Colorado River Basin Project Act which comprises this chapter.

§ 1512. Mexican Water Treaty.

The Congress declares that the satisfaction of the requirements of the Mexican Water Treaty from the Colorado River constitutes a national obligation which shall be the first obligation of any water augmentation project planned pursuant to section 1511 of this title and authorized by the Congress. Accordingly, the States of the Upper Division (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) and the States of the Lower Division (Arizona, California, and Nevada) shall be relieved from all obligations which may have been imposed upon them by article III (c) of the Colorado River Compact so long as the Secretary shall determine and proclaim that means are available and in operation which augment the water supply of the Colorado River system in such quantity as to satisfy the requirements of the Mexican Water Treaty together with any losses of water associated with the performance of that treaty: Provided, That the satisfaction of the requirements of the Mexican Water Treaty (Treaty Series 994, 59 Stat. 1219), shall be from the waters of the Colorado River pursuant to the treaties, laws, and compacts presently relating thereto, until such time as a feasibility plan showing the most economical means of augmenting the water supply available in the Colorado River below Lee Ferry by two and one-half million acrefeet shall be authorized by the Congress and is in operation as provided in this Act. (Pub. L. 90-537, title II, § 202, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 887.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in text, is the Colorado River Basin Project Act, Pub. L. 90-537, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 885, which is classified principally to this chapter. See Short Title note under section 1501 of this title for classification of sections of the Act outside this chapter.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1552 of this title.

§ 1513. Importation of water; protection of exporting

areas.

(a) In the event that the Secretary shall, pursuant to section 1511 of this title, plan works to import water into the Colorado River system from sources outside the natural drainage areas of the system, he shall make provision for adequate and equitable protection of the interests of the States and areas of origin, including assistance from funds specified in this Act, to the end that water supplies may be available for use in such States and areas of origin adequate to satisfy their ultimate requirements at prices to users not adversely affected by the exportation of water to the Colorado River system.

(b) All requirements, present or future, for water within any State lying wholly or in part within the drainage area of any river basin from which water is exported by works planned pursuant to this Act shall have a priority of right in perpetuity to the use of the waters of that river basin, for all purposes, as against the uses of the water delivered by means of such exportation works, unless otherwise provided by interstate agreement. (Pub. L. 90-537, title II, § 203, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 887.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in text, is the Colorado River Basin Project Act, Pub. L. 90-537, Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 885, which is classified principally to this chapter. See Short Title note under section 1501 of this title for classification of sections of the Act outside this chapter.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1543 of this title.

§ 1514. Authorization of appropriations.

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are required to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. (Pub. L. 90-537. title II. § 204. Sept. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 887.)

SUBCHAPTER III-AUTHORIZED UNITS; PROTECTION OF EXISTING USES SUBCHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This subchapter is referred to in section 1543 of this title.

§ 1521. Central Arizona Project.

(a) Construction and operation; Granite Reef aqueduct and pumping plants; Orme Dam and Reservoir: Buttes Dam and Reservoir; Hooker Dam and Reservoir; Charleston Dam and Reservoir; Tucson aqueducts and pumping plants; Salt-Gila aqueducts; related and appurtenant works. For the purposes of furnishing irrigation water and municipal water supplies to the water-deficient areas of Arizona and western New Mexico through direct diversion or exchange of water, control of floods, conservation and development of fish and wildlife resources, enhancement of recreation opportunities, and for other purposes, the Secretary shall construct, operate, and maintain the Central

Arizona Project, consisting of the following principal works: (1) a system of main conducts and canals, including a nain canal and pumping plants (Granite Reef aqueduct and pumping plants), for diverting and carrying water from Lake Havasu to Orme Dam or suitable alternative, which system may have a capacity of 3,000 cubic feet per second or whatever lesser capacity is found to be feasible: Provided, That any capacity in the Granite Reef aqueduct in excess of 2,500 cubic feet per second shall be utilized for the conveyance of Colorado River water only when Lake Powell is full or releases of water are made from Lake Powell to prevent the reservoir from exceeding elevation 3,700 feet above mean sea level or when releases are made pursuant to the proviso in section 1552 (a) (3) of this title: Provided further, That the costs of providing any capacity in excess of 2,500 cubic feet per second shall be repaid by those funds available to Arizona pursuant to the provision of section 1543 (f) of this title, or by funds from sources other than the development fund; (2) Orme Dam and Reservoir and powerpumping plant or suitable alternative; (3) Buttes Dam and Reservoir, which shall be so operated as not to prejudice the rights of any user in and to the waters of the Gila River as those rights are set forth in the decree entered by the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on June 29, 1935, in United States against Gila Valley Irrigation District and others (Globe Equity Numbered 59); (4) Hooker Dam and Reservoir or suitable alternative, which shall be constructed in such a manner as to give effect to the provisions of subsection (f) of section 1524 of this title; (5) Charleston Dam and Reservoir; (6) Tucson aqueducts and pumping plants; (7) SaltGila aqueducts; (8) related canals, regulating facilities, hydroelectric powerplants, and electric transmission facilities required for the operation of said principal works; (9) related water distribution and drainage works; and (10) appurtenant works. (b) Limitation on water diversions in years of insufficient main stream Colorado River water. Article II (B) (3) of the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in Arizona against California (376 U.S. 340) shall be so administered that in any year in which. as determined by the Secretary, there is insufficient main stream Colorado River water available for release to satisfy annual consumptive use of seven million five hundred thousand acre-feet in Arizona, California, and Nevada, diversions from the main stream for the Central Arizona Project shall be so limited as to assure the availability of water in quantities sufficient to provide for the aggregate annual consumptive use by holders of present perfected rights, by other users in the State of California served under existing contracts with the United States by diversion works heretofore constructed, and by other existing Federal reservations in that State, of four million four hundred thousand acre-feet of mainstream water, and by users of the same character in Arizona and Nevada. Water users in the State of Nevada shall not be required to bear shortages in any proportion greater than would have been imposed in the absence of this subsection. This subsection shall not affect the relative priorities, among

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