To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into new and renewal contracts with the City of Aurora, Colorado, or an enterprise of the City, for the use of excess capacity water in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into new and renewal contracts with the City of Aurora, Colorado, or an enterprise of the City, for a term not to exceed 50 years for the use of excess capacity in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project for specified purposes, including conveying non-project water for irrigation, domestic, municipal, or industrial purposes.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5418 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5418

   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into new and 
 renewal contracts with the City of Aurora, Colorado, or an enterprise 
  of the City, for the use of excess capacity water in the Fryingpan-
                           Arkansas Project.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2004

 Mr. Tancredo 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 new and 
 renewal contracts with the City of Aurora, Colorado, or an enterprise 
  of the City, for the use of excess capacity water in the Fryingpan-
                           Arkansas Project.

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

SECTION 1. CONTRACTS FOR USE OF EXCESS CAPACITY WATER IN THE FRYINGPAN-
              ARKANSAS PROJECT.

    The Secretary of the Interior may enter into new and renewal 
contracts with the City of Aurora, Colorado, or an enterprise of the 
City, for a term not to exceed 50 years for the use of excess capacity 
in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project for the purpose of diverting, 
storing, impounding, pumping, exchanging, or conveying nonproject water 
for irrigation, domestic, municipal and industrial, or any other 
beneficial purpose.
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