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policy embodied in the Federal Water Pollution Con- 

 trol Act Amendments of 1972, 75 per centum of the 

 total costs of construction, operation, maintenance, 

 and replacement of each unit or separable feature 

 thereof shall be nonreimbursable. 



(2) T^venty-five per centum of the total costs 

 shall be p.llocated between the Upper Colorado River 

 Basin Fund established by section 620d(a) of this 

 title and the Lower Colorado River Basin Develop- 

 ment Fund cstabli^;hed by section 1543 'a) of this 

 title, after consultation with the Advisory Council 

 created in section 1594 'a) of this title and consid- 

 eration of the following items: 



(i) benefits to be derived In each basin from 

 the use of water of improved quality and the use 

 of works for improved water management; 

 (ii) causes of salinity; and 

 (iii) availability of revenues in the Lower Colo- 

 rado River Basin D?velopment Fund and increased 

 revenues to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund 

 made available under section 620d<d) (5) of this 

 title: Provided, That costs allocated to the Upper 

 Colorado River Basin Fund under this paragraph 

 shall not exceed 15 per centum of the costs allo- 

 cated to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund 

 and the Lower Colorado River Basin Development 

 Fund. 



'3) Costs of construction of each unit or separable 

 feature thereof allocated to the upper basin and to 

 the lower basin under paragraph (2) of this subsec- 

 tion shall be repaid within a fifty-year period with- 

 out interest from the date such unit or separable 

 feature thereof is determined by the Secretary to 

 be in operation. 



(b) Costs of construction, operation, maintenance, 

 and replacement of each unit or separable feature 

 thereof allocated for repayment by the lower basin 

 under subsection (a) (2) of this section shall be paid 

 in accordance with section 1543(gH2) of this title, 

 from the Lower Colorado River Basin Development 

 Fund. 



(c) Costs of construction, operation, mainte- 

 nance, and replacement of each unit or separable 

 feature thereof allocated for repayment by the 

 upper basin under subsection (a) (2» of this section 

 shall be paid in accordance with section 620d(d) (5) 

 of this title from the Upper Colorado River Basin 

 Fund within the hmit of the funds made available 

 under subsection (d) of this section. 



(d) The SecretaiT Is authorized to make upward 

 adjustments in rates charged for electrical energy 

 under all contracts administered by the Secretary 

 under the Colorado River Storage Project Act as 

 soon as practicable and to the extent necessary to 

 cover the costs of construction, operation, mainte- 

 nance, and renlacement of units allocr\ted under 

 subsefction (a> (2) of this section and in conformity 

 with subsection (a) '3) of this section: Provided. 

 That revenues derived from said rate adjustments 

 shall be available solelv for the construction, opera- 

 tion, maintenance, and rpolacement of salinity con- 

 trol units in the Colorado River Basin herein au- 



thorized (Pub. L. 9^-''20, title IT. ^^ 2n5 <a) . fbl (1). 

 (c), (e), June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 272-274. > 



§ 15^6. Biennial report to President, Congress, and 

 Advisory Council. 



Commencing on January 1, 1975, and everv two 

 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit, simul- 

 taneously, to the President, the Congress, and the 

 Advisory Council created in section 1594fa) of this 

 title, a report on the Colorado River salinity control 

 program authorized by this subchapter covering 

 the progress of Investigations, planning, and con- 

 struction of salinity control units for the previous 

 fiscal year, the effectiveness of such units, antici- 

 pated work needed to be accomplished in the future 

 to meet the objectives of this subchapter, with em- 

 phasis on the needs during the five years immediately 

 following the date of each report, and any special 

 problems that may be impeding progress in attain- 

 ing an effective salinity control program Said report 

 may be included in the biennial report on the auality 

 of water of the Colorado River Basin prepared by 

 the Secretary pursuant to section 620n of this title, 

 section 615ww of this title, and section 616e of this 

 title. (Pub. L. 93-320. title n, § 206, June 24, 1974. 

 88 Stat. 274.) 



§1.597. Construction of provisions of subchaptpr. 



Except as provided In sections 620d(d)(5), 1543 

 (g) (2) , and 1595(b) of this title, with respect to the 

 Colorado River Basin Project Act and the Colorado 

 River Storage Project Act, respectively, nothing in 

 this subchapter shall be construed to alter, amend, 

 repeal, modify, interpret, or be in conflict with the 

 provisions of the Colorado River Compact (45 Stat. 

 1057) , the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact (63 

 Stat. 31) , the Water Treaty of 1944 with the United 

 Mexican States (Treaty Series 994; 59 Stat. 1219), 

 the decree entered by the Supreme Court of the 

 United States in Arizona against California and 

 others (376 U.S. 340) , the Boulder Canyon Project 

 Act, Boulder Can^-on Project Adjustment Act, sec- 

 tion 620m of this title. *he Colorado River Basin 

 Project Act section 616e of this title, section 615ww 

 of this tit-e. thp Nationa' Environmental Policy Act 

 of 1969. and the Fedcrn' Water Pollution Control 

 Act. as amended 'Pub. L. 93-320, title I. 5 207, June 

 24. 1974, 88 Stat. 274.) 



§1598. Mfvl'ficafion of iroipcts; contract authority; 

 author-zsf'on of appropriations. 



(a) The Secretary Is authorized to provide for 

 modifications of the proiects authorized bv this 

 subchapter as dpt.ermined to be appronriat<> for pur- 

 D0<:es of meeting the objective of this subchapter. 

 No funds for any such' modification shall be ex- 

 pen'^ed until the expiration of slxtv davs after the 

 propo.sed modification h^s been submitted to ap- 

 pronriate committees of the Congress, and not then 

 if di.sfipnroved bv said committees, except that funds 

 may be expanded prior to the expiration of such 

 sixty days in any case in which the Consress ap- 

 proves an earlier d<ite by f-oncurrent resolution. The 

 Governors of the Colorado River Basin States shall 



