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1 rights permits or licenses acquired by or issued to 



2 the United States pursuant to California law;". 



3 (c) Repayment and Water Service Con- 



4 TRACTS. — Section 3403(k) of the Central Valley Project 



5 Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4707) is amended to read 



6 as follows: 



7 "(k) the terms 'repayment contract' and 'water 



8 service contract' have the same meaning as provided 



9 in sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the Reclamation Project 



10 Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1195), as amended, but 



1 1 such terms do not include those contracts which ccn- 



12 tain terms or agreements for water right settle- 



13 ments, such as those on the Sacramento River, or 



14 water right exchanges, notwithstanding that such 



15 contracts may also include provisions which are the 



16 same or similar to those contained in repayment or 



17 water service contracts;". 



18 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON CONTRACTING AND CONTRACT RE- 



19 FORM. 



20 (a) New Contracts. — Section 3404(a) of the 



21 Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4708) 



22 is amended to read as follows: 



23 "(a) New Contracts. — Except as provided in sub- 



24 section (b) of this section, the Secretary shall not enter 



25 into any new short-term, temporary, or long-term eon- 



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