9 1 the costs of construction, operation, maintenance, and re2 placement of units allocated under section 501(b) and in 3 conformity with section 501 (c) of this Act: Provided, 4 That revenues derived from said rate adjustments shall be 5 available solely for the construction, operation, maintenance, 6 and replacement of salinity control units in the Colorado River Basin herein authorized. 7 8 9 TITLE VI-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 601. Commencing on January 1, 1975, and every 10 two years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Presi11 dent, the Congress, and the Advisory Council created in sec12 tion 401 (a) of this Act a report on the Colorado River salin13 ity control program authorized by this Act covering the prog14 ress of investigations, planning, and construction of salinity 15 control units for the previous fiscal year, the effectiveness of 16 such units, anticipated work needed to be accomplished in the 17 future to meet the objective of this Act with emphasis on the 18 needs during the five years immediately following the date of 19 each report, and any special problems that may be impeding 20 progress in attaining an effective salinity control program. 21 Said report may be included in the biennial report on the . 22 quality of water of the Colorado River Basin prepared by 23 the Secretary pursuant to section 15 of the Colorado River 24 Storage Project Act (70 Stat. 111; 43 U.S.C. 602n), section 25 15 of the Navajo Indian irrigation project, and the initial 10 1 stage of the San Juan-Chama Project Act (76 Stat. 102), 2 and section 6 of the Fryinpan-Arkansas Project Act (76 3 Stat. 393). 4 SEC. 602. Except as provided in sections 502 (b) and 5 503 (b) of this Act with respect to the Colorado River Stor6 age Project Act and the Colorado River Basin Project Act, 7 nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter, amend, repeal, 8 modify, interpret, or be in conflict with the provisions of the 9 Colorado River compact (45 Stat. 1057), the Upper Col10 orado River Basin compact (63 Stat. 31), the Water 11 Treaty of 1944 with the United Mexican States (Treaty 12 Series 994; 59 Stat. 1219), the decree entered by the 13 Supreme Court of the United States in Arizona against Cali14 fornia and others (376 U.S. 340), the Boulder Canyon Proj15 ect Act (45 Stat. 1057), Boulder Canyon Project Adjust16 ment Act (54 Stat. 774; 43 U.S.C. 618a), section 15 of the 17 Colorado River Storage Project Act (70 Stat. 111; 43 18 U.S.C. 620n), the Colorado River Basin Project Act 19 (82 Stat. 885), section 6 of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Proj20 ect Act (76 Stat. 393), and section 15 of the Navajo 21 Indian Irrigation Project and initial stage of the San Juan 22 Chama Project Act (76 Stat. 102). 222 23 24 25 SEC. 603. As used in this Act (a) all terms that are defined in the Colorado River compact shall have the meanings therein defined; 1 11 (b) "Colorado River Basin States" means the 2 States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New 4 SEC. 604. There are hereby authorized to be appro 5 priated such sums as may be required to carry out the objec6 tive of this Act. 93D CONGRESS H. R. 7775 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 14, 1973 Mr. JOHNSON of California. (for himself, Mr. HosMER, Mr. RONCALIO of Wyoming, Mr. TowELL of Nevada, Mr. McKay, Mr. KETCHUM, Mr. RUNNELS, Mr. HINSHAW, Mrs. BURKE of California, Mr. CONLAN, Mr. OWENS, and Mr. MOORHEAD of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to execute a program 1 of salinity control for the Colorado River, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 4 SEC. 101. That this Act may be cited as the "Colorado 5 River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1973". 6 SEC. 102. (a) In recognition of the problems caused by 7 the increasing concentration of dissolved solids in the waters 8 of the main stem of the Colorado River downstream from Lee 9 Ferry, and to preserve the general welfare of the citizens of I 31-174 O-74-4 2 1 the Nation, interstate harmony, and international comity 2 with Mexico, it is the objective of this Act to provide a pro 3 gram for salinity control in the Colorado River Basin. 4 (b) It is the policy of Congress that the Secretary of 5 the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary”) 6 shall implement the salinity control policy adopted for the 7 Colorado River in the "Conclusions and Recommendations" 8 published in the Proceedings of the Reconvened Seventh 9 Session of the Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the 10 Interstate Waters of the Colorado River and Its Tributaries 11 in the States of California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, 12 New Mexico, and Wyoming, held in Denver, Colorado on 13 April 26-27, 1972, under the authority of section 10 of the 14 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1160), 15 and approved by the Administrator of the Environmental 16 Protection Agency on June 9, 1972. 17 (c) The Secretary is hereby directed to expedite the in18 vestigation, planning, and implementation of the salinity 19 control program generally as described in chapter VI of the 20 Secretary's report entitled, "Colorado River Water Quality 21 Improvement Program, February 1972". 22 (d) In conformity with section 102 (b) of this Act 23 and the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency 24 under Federal laws, the Secretary and the Administrator of 25 the Environmental Protection Agency are directed to co |