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Show were only the quantity apportioned to that State by article II (B) (1) of said decree. (e) Imported water made available for use in the upper basin of the Colorado River, directly or by exchange, shall be offered by the Secretary for contract by water users in the States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming in the proportions, as among those States, stated in the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, and at prices which take into account such assistance as may be available from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, in excess of the demands upon that fund occasioned by the requirements of the Colorado River Storage Project Act. (f) Imported water not delivered into the Colorado River system but diverted from the works constructed to import water into that system shall be made available to water users in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws. SEC. 306. The main stream salvage unit shall include programs for water salvage along and adjacent to the main stream of the Colorado River and for ground water recovery. Such programs shall be consistent with maintenance of a reasonable degree of undisturbed habitat for fish and wildlife in the area, as determined by the Secretary. SEC. 307. The Secretary shall construct, operate, and maintain such additional works as shall from time to time be authorized by the Congress as units of the project. SEC. 308. The conservation and development of the fish and wildlife resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in connection with the project works authorized pursuant to this title shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213). SEC. 309. The Secretary shall integrate the Dixie project and Southern Nevada water supply project heretofore authorized into the project herein authorized as units thereof under repayment arrangements and participation in the development fund established by title IV of this Act consistent with the provision of this Act. SEC. 310. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title the sum of $1,167,000,000 based on estimated costs as of October, 1963, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the types of construction involved. TITLE IV - LOWER COLORADO RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT FUND: ALLOCATION AND REPAYMENT OF COSTS: CONTRACTS SEC. 401. Upon completion of each lower basin unit of the project herein or hereafter authorized, or separate feature thereof, the Secretary shall allocate the total costs of constructing said unit or features to (1) commercial power, (2) irrigation, (3) municipal and industrial water supply, (4) flood control, (5) navigation, (6) water quality control, (7) recreation, (8) fish and wildlife, (9) the replenishment of the depletion of Colorado River flows available for use in the United States occasioned by performance of the Water Treaty of 1944 with the United Mexican States (treaty series 994), (10) the additional capacity of the system of main conduits and canals of the Central Arizona unit referred to in section 304(a), item (1), in excess of two thousand five hundred cubic feet per second, and (11) any other purposes authorized under the Federal reclamation laws. Costs of construction, operation, and maintenance allocated to the replenishment of the depletion of Colorado River flows available for use in the United States occasioned by compliance with the Mexican Water Treaty (including losses in transit, evaporation from regulatory reservoirs, and regulatory losses at the Mexican boundary, incurred in the transportation, storage, and delivery of water in discharge of the obligations of that treaty) shall be nonreimbursable. All funds paid or transferred to Indian tribes pursuant to this Act, including interest on such funds in the Treasury of the United States, and costs of construction of the paved road, authorized in section 303 (b) hereof, shall be nonreimbursable. The repayment of costs allocated to recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act 61 |