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of the United States with respect to such lands or 

 the operation of the reservoir. 



(k) Transfer of funds. 



To the extent desirable to carry out subsections (f ) 

 (1) and 'h) of this section, the Secretary may trans- 

 fer funds to the Secretary of Agriculture as may be 

 required for technical assistance to farmers, con- 

 duct of research and demonstrations, and such re- 

 lated investigations as are required to achieve higher 

 on-farm irrigation efficiencies. 



(0 Nonreimbursable costs. 



All cast associated with the desalting complex 

 shall be nonreimbursable except as provided in sub- 

 sections (f ) and (h) of this section. (Pub. L. 93-320. 

 title I, § 101, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 266.) 



S 1-572. Canal or canal lining. 



fa"* \'i>hori'ation "f '•o"struction. 



To a.s.sist in meetin? salinitv control objectives of 

 Minute No 242 durinp an interim period, the Secre- 

 t?rv is authorized to construct a new concrete-lined 

 canal or. to line the pre.sently unlined portion of the 

 Coachella Canal of the Boulder Canvon project, Cali- 

 fornia, from station 2 plus 26 to the beginning of 

 siphon numbered 7. a len-Jth of approximately forty- 

 nine miles. The United States shall be entitled to 

 tempornrv use of a nuant'ty of wjiter. for the purpose 

 of meptinf? the salinitv control objectives of Minute 

 No. 242. during an interim period, equal to the quan- 

 tity of water con.ser"ed by constnicting or lining the 

 .-.aid canal. The interim neriod shall commence on 

 comnletion of construction or lining said canal and 

 •shall end the first "ear that the Rpcretarv delivers 

 main stream Colorado River wpter to California in 

 an amount less th'in the sum of the nuantities re- 

 quested bv m the California f<?enr!es under con- 

 tracts made pursuant to .section 61 7d of this title, 

 and (2) Federal establishments to meet their water 

 rights acquired in California In accordance with the 

 Supreme Court decree in Arizona against California 

 (376 U.S. 340). 



(b') Repayment. 



The charges for total construction shall be repay- 

 able without interest in equal annual installments 

 over a period of forty years beginning in the year 

 following completion of construction: Provided, 

 That, repavment shall be prorated between the 

 United States and the Coachella Valley County 

 Water District, and the Secretary is authorized to 

 enter into a repayment contract with Coachella Val- 

 ley County Water District for that purpose. Such 

 contract shall provide that annual repayment in- 

 stallments shall be nonreimbursable during the in- 

 terim period. dePned in subsection (a) of this sec- 

 tion and shall provide that after the interim period, 

 said annual repayment installments or portions 

 thereof, shall be paid by Coachella Valley County 

 Water District. 



Cc) .^cqnisitioti of private land!;. 



The Secretary is authorized to acquire by pur- 

 chase, eminent domain, or exchange private lands 

 or Interests therein, as may be determined by him 



to be appropriate, within the Imperial Irrigation Dis- 

 trict on the Imperial East Mesa which receive, or 

 which have been granted rights to receive, water 

 from Imperial Irrigation District's capacity in the 

 Coachella Canal. Costs of such acquisitions shall 

 be nonreimbursable and the Secretary shall return 

 such lands to the public domain. The United States 

 shall not acquire any water rights by reason of this 

 land acquisition. 



(d) Credit to Imperial Irrigation District against final 

 payments for relinquished capacity in Coachella 

 Canal. 



The Secretary is authorized to credit Imperial Ir- 

 rigation District against its final payments for cer- 

 tain outstanding construction charges payable to the 

 United States on account of capacity to be relin- 

 quished In the Coachella Canal as a result of the 

 canal lining program, all as determined by the Sec- 

 retary: Provided, That, relinquishment of capacity 

 shall not affect the established basis for allocating 

 operation and maintenance costs of the main All- 

 American Canal to existing contractors, 



(e) Transfer of lands to Cocopah Tribe of Indians. 



The Secretary is authorized and directed to cede 

 the following land to the Cocopah Tribe of Indians, 

 subject to rights-of-way for existing levees, to be 

 held In trust by the United States for the Cocopah 

 Tribe of Indians: 



Township 9 south, range 25 west of the Gila and 

 Salt River meridian, Arizona; 



Section 25: Lots 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23; 

 Section 26: Lots 1, 12, 13, 14, and 15; 

 Section 27: Lot 3; and all accretion to the 

 above described lands. 

 The Secretary is authorized and directed to con- 

 struct three bridges, one of which shall be capable 

 of accommodating heavy vehicular traffic, over the 

 portion of the bypass drain which crosses the reser- 

 vation of the Cocopah Tribe of Indians. The transfer 

 of lands to the Cocopah Indian Reservation and the 

 construction of bridges across the bypass drain shall 

 constitute full and complete payment to said tribe 

 for the rights-of-way required for construction of the 

 bypass drain and electrical transmission lines for 

 works authorized by this subchapter. (Pub. L. 93- 

 320, Title I, § 102, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 268.) 



§1573. Construction and maintenance of well fields; 

 land acquisition; land replacement; nonreimburs- 

 able costs. 



(a) The Secretary is authorized to : 



(1) Construct, operate, and maintain, consist- 

 ent with Minute No. 242, well fields capable of 

 furnishing approximately one hundred and sixty 

 thousand acre-feet of water per year for use In the 

 United States and for delivery to Mexico in satis- 

 faction of the 1944 Mexican Water Treaty. 



(2) Acquire by purchase, eminent domain, or 

 exchange, to the extent determined by him to be 

 appropriate, approximately twenty-three thou- 

 sand five hundred acres of lands or interests 

 therein with approximately five miles of the Mex- 

 ican border on the Yuma Mesa: Provided, how- 



