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 97 STAT. 990 PUBLIC LAW 98-157—NOV. 17, 1983 Rules and regulations. Contracts. Appropriation authorization. 2 USC 651. this Act. The Secretary is authorized to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 6. The Secretary is authorized to amend existing contracts and enter into additional contracts as may be necessary to imple- ment and facilitate any future agreement between the Belle Fourche irrigation district and non-Federal entities involving the sale of Belle Fourche project water for usc by such non-Federal interest for other than irrigation purposes: Provided, That the net proceeds from such transactions between the Secretary, the Belle Fourche irrigation district, and such non-Federal interest shall be paid to the United States as reimbursement of the cost of the works authorized by this Act, that such transactions are not in violation of applicable State laws, and that such transactions shall be subject to the consent and conditions of the State of South Dakota to such water usc by such non-Federal interest in accordance with the laws of South Dakota and the provisions of the Belle Fourche River Compact between the States of Wyoming and South Dakota to which the consent of Congress was given in the Act of February 26, 1944 (ch. 64, 58 Stat. 94). SEC. 7. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated beginning October 1, 1984, for the rehabilitation and betterment of the irriga- tion facilities of the Belle Fourche unit and recreation and fish and wildlife measures as authorized by this Act, the sum of $42,000,000 (based on January 1981 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construc- tion cost indexes applicable to the t3rpes of construction involved herein. SEC. 8. Any new spending authority described in subsection (c)(2) (A) or (B) of section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 which is provided under this Act shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. Approved November 17, 1983. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 448: HOUSE REPORT No. 98 -415 (C!omm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 98-138 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): June 15, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 31, Nov. 1, considered and passed House, amended. Nov. 3, Senate concurred in House amendments.

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