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 PUBLIC LAW 106-530—NOV. 22, 2000 114 STAT. 2533 (2) FOREST SERVICE ADMINISTRATION.—(A) Any lands acquired within the area depicted on the map as being located within Zone B shall be transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture and shall be added to and managed as part of the Rio Grande National Forest. (B) For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-9), the boundaries of the Rio Grande National Forest, as revised by the transfer of land under paragraph (A), shall be considered to be the boundaries of the national forest. SEC. 9. WATER RIGHTS. 16 USC 410hhh- (a) SAN LUIS VALLEY PROTECTION, COLORADO.— Section 1501(a) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4663) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: "(3) adversely affect the purposes of— "(A) the Great Sand Dunes National Monument; "(B) the Great Sand Dunes National Park (including purposes relating to all water, water rights, and waterdependent resources within the park); "(C) the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve (including purposes relating to all water, water rights, and water-dependent resources within the preserve); "(D) the Baca National Wildlife Refuge (including purposes relating to all water, water rights, and waterdependent resources within the national wildlife refuge); and "(E) any Federal land adjacent to any area described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D).". (b) EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS. — (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the amendment made by subsection (a), nothing in this Act affects— (A) the use, allocation, ownership, or control, in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, of any water, water right, or any other valid existing right; (B) any vested absolute or decreed conditional water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, including any water right held by the United States; (C) any interstate water compact in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; or (D) subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), State jurisdiction over any water law. (2) WATER RIGHTS FOR NATIONAL PARK AND NATIONAL PRE- SERVE,—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary shall obtain and exercise any water rights required to fulfill the purposes of the national park and the national preserve in accordance with the following provisions: (A) Such water rights shall be appropriated, adjudicated, changed, and administered pursuant to the procedural requirements and priority system of the laws of the State of Colorado. (B) The purposes and other substantive characteristics of such water rights shall be established pursuant to State law, except that the Secretary is specifically authorized to appropriate water under this Act exclusively for the purpose of maintaining ground water levels, surface water

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