[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 440 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 440

 To deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and to 
  direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations to 
satisfy, in a manner consistent with all Federal laws, the water rights 
  interests of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and the Southern Ute 
                             Indian Tribe.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 1997

 Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mr. Brownback) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and to 
  direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations to 
satisfy, in a manner consistent with all Federal laws, the water rights 
  interests of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and the Southern Ute 
                             Indian Tribe.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEAUTHORIZATION OF ANIMAS-LA PLATA FEDERAL RECLAMATION 
              PROJECT.

    (a) Deauthorization.--The Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New 
Mexico (a participating project under the Act of April 11, 1956 
(commonly known as the ``Colorado River Storage Project Act'') (70 
Stat. 105, chapter 203; 43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.), and the Colorado River 
Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)) is not authorized after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The first section of the Act of April 
11, 1956 (70 Stat. 105, chapter 203; 43 U.S.C. 620), is amended in the 
proviso by striking ``Animas-La Plata,''.
    (c) Negotiations.--The Secretary of the Interior shall promptly 
seek to enter into negotiations with the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe 
and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to satisfy, in a manner consistent 
with all Federal laws, the water rights interests of those tribes that 
were intended to be satisfied with water supplied from the Animas-La 
Plata Project.
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