[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4991 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4991

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with 
 the city of Loveland, Colorado, to use Colorado-Big Thompson Project 
  facilities for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject 
    water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2000

 Mr. Schaffer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with 
 the city of Loveland, Colorado, to use Colorado-Big Thompson Project 
  facilities for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject 
    water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF COLORADO-BIG THOMPSON PROJECT FACILITIES FOR 
              NONPROJECT WATER.

    The Secretary of the Interior may enter into contracts with the 
city of Loveland, Colorado, or its Water and Power Department or any 
other agency, public utility, or enterprise of the city, providing for 
the use of facilities of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, Colorado, 
under the Act of February 21, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 523), for--
            (1) the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject 
        water originating on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains 
        for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial 
        purposes; and
            (2) the exchange of water originating on the eastern slope 
        of the Rocky Mountains for the purposes specified in paragraph 
        (1), using facilities associated with the Colorado-Big Thompson 
        Project, Colorado.
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