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 100 STAT. 418

PUBLIC LAW 99-294—MAY 12, 1986

Public Law 99-294 99th Congress il May 12, 1986 [H.R. 1116] Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act of 1986. Water. North Dakota. Research and development.

36 Stat. 2448.

Agriculture and agricultural commodities.

43 USC 371 notes.

An Act til

To implement certain recommendations made pursuant to Public Law 98-360.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZATION.

The first section of the Act of August 5, 1965 (Public Law 89-108, 79 Stat. 433) is amended by striking out "That" and all that follows down through the period at the end of such section and substituting: "SECTION 1. (a) The Congress declares that the purposes of this Act are to: "(1) implement the recommendations of the Garrison Diver• sion Unit Commission Final Report (dated December 20, 1984) in the manner specified by this Act; "(2) meet the water needs of the State of North Dakota, including municipal, rural and industrial water needs, as identified in the Garrison Diversion Unit Commission Final Report; "(3) minimize the environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of the Garrison Diversion Unit; "(4) assist the United States in meeting its responsibilities under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909; "(5) assure more timely repayment of Federal funds expended for the Garrison Diversion Unit; "(6) preserve any existing rights of the State of North Dakota to use water from the Missouri River; and "(7) offset the loss of farmland within the State of North Dakota resulting from the construction of major features of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, by means of a federallyassisted water resource development project providing irrigation for 130,940 acres of land. "(b) The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter referred to as "the Secretary") is authorized to plan and construct a multi-purpose water resource development project within the State of North Dakota providing for the irrigation of 130,940 acres, municipal, rural, and industrial water, fish and wildlife conservation and development, recreation, flood control, and other project purposes in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto) and substantially in accordance with the plans set out in the Garrison Diversion Unit Commission Final Report dated December 20, 1984. "(c) Nothing in this Act is intended, nor shall be construed, to preclude the State of North Dakota from seeking Congressional authorization to plan, design, and construct additional Federallyassisted water resource development projects in the future. "(d) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to diminish the quantity of water from the Missouri River which the State of North Dakota may beneficially use, pursuant to any right or rights it may have . ^-i

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