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Show and shall be junior thereto and shall be made only to the extent possible without economic injury or cost to the holders of such rights. (i) For a period of ten years from the date of enactment of this Act, no water from the projects authorized by this Act shall be delivered to any water user for the production on newly irrigated lands of any basic agricultural commodity, as defined in the Agricultural Act of 1949, or any amendment thereof, if the total supply of such commodity for the marketing year in which the bulk of the crop would normally be marketed is in excess of the normal supply as defined in section 301 (b) (10) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, unless the Secretary of Agriculture calls for an increase in production of such commodity in the interest of national security. (j) The Secretary shall integrate the Dixie project, heretofore authorized, into the repayment arrangement and participation in the Development Fund established by section 5 of this Act consistent with the provisions of this Act. SEC. 3. The conservation and development of the fish and wildlife resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in connection with the Central Arizona Project works authorized pursuant to this Act shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213). SEC. 4. The Secretary shall determine the repayment capability of Indian lands within, under, or served by the Central Arizona Project. Construction costs allocated to irrigation of Indian lands (including provision of water for incidental domestic and stock water uses) and within the repayment capability of such lands shall be subject to the Act of July 1, 1932 (47 Stat. 464), and such costs as are beyond repayment capability of such lands shall be nonreimbursable. SEC. 5. (a) There is hereby established a separate fund in the Treasury of the United States, to be known as the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund (hereafter called the "Development Fund"), which shall remain available until expended as hereafter provided, for carrying out the provisions of section 2 of this Act, and to be expended or applied in connection with water conservation and development for the Lower Colorado River Basin as may hereafter be prescribed by the Congress. (b) All appropriations made for the purpose of carrying out the aforesaid provisions of section 2, and such projects as are hereafter authorized by the Congress for water conservation and development for the Lower Colorado River Basin, shall be credited to the Development Fund as advances from the general fund of the Treasury and shall be available for such purposes. (c) There shall also be credited to the Development Fund- (1) All revenues collected in connection with the operation of the works and facilities authorized pursuant to section 2 and hereafter authorized in furtherance of the purposes of this Act (except entrance, admission, and other recreation fees or charges and proceeds received from recreation concessionaires); and (2) All Federal revenues from the Boulder Canyon and Parker-Davis projects which, after completion of repayment requirements of the said Boulder Canyon and Parker-Davis projects, are surplus, as determined by the Secretary, to the operation, maintenance, and replacement requirements of those projects: Provided, however, That the Secretary is authorized and directed to continue the in-lieu-of-taxes payments to the States of Arizona and Nevada provided for in section 2(c) of the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act so long as revenues accrue from the operation of the Boulder Canyon Project. (3) All Federal revenues from the portion of the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest intertie, located in the States of Nevada and Arizona which, after completion of repayment requirements of the said part of the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest intertie located in the States of Nevada and Arizona, are surplus, as determined by the Secretary, to the operation, maintenance, and replacement requirements of said portion of the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest intertie and related facilities. (d) All revenues collected and credited to the development fund pursuant to this Act shall be available, without further appropriation, for - (1) defraying the costs of operation, maintenance, and replacements 71 |