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 98 STAT. 2702

92 Stat. 411.

Management plan.

Appropriation authorization.

Severability.

PUBLIC LAW 98-530—OCT. 19, 1984

The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to take such actions needed to amend the contracts referred to in paragraph (4). (b) To carry out the purposes of this section the Ak-Chin Indian Community shall have the complete discretion to use and expend the funds referred to in this section. SEC. 4. The provisions of sections 2 (fKD and (g) of this Act shall not take effect until— (1) the amendatory contracts authorized by section 2(g) of this Act have been duly ratified and approved by each of the districts and executed by the United States; and (2) the funds authorized to be paid to the districts by section 2(g)(3) of this Act have been appropriated and transferred to the districts. SEC. 5. (a) The obligations of the Secretary under section 3 of the Act of July 28, 1978 (92 Stat. 409; Public Law 95-328), shall terminate upon the enactment of this Act. If the Secretary fails to acquire the water supply referred to in section 2(f)(1) of this Act by January 1, 1988, the Secretary shall be obligated— (1) to deliver annually to the southeast corner of the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation eighty-five thousand acre-feet of water suitable for irrigation beginning January 1, 1988; and (2) to provide as soon as possible, but not later than January 1, 2003, for the permanent delivery of such water. (b) Failure to deliver water as specified in this section shall render the United States liable for damages measured by the replacement cost of water not delivered. SEC. 6. The Secretary shall establish a water management plan for the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation which, except as is necessary to be consistent with the provisions of this Act, will have the same effect as any management plan developed under Arizona law. SEC. 7. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 for payment to the fund referred to in subsection (b). Subject to appropriations, the Secretary shall pay a sum of $1,000,000 to such fund. (b) No portion of the sum referred to in subsection (a) shall be psiid unless— (1) the Central Arizona Water Conservation District establishes a fund to be administered by the District for voluntary acquisition or conservation of water from sources within the State of Arizona for use in central Arizona in years when water supplies are reduced; and (2) the Central Arizona Water Conservation District has contributed the sum of not less than $1,000,000 to such fund: Provided, That if the contribution of not less than $1,000,000 by the District to such fund has not been fully paid as provided in this section within two years of the date of enactment of this Act, the authorization for appropriation and payment of the sum referred to in subsection (a) shall terminate. (c) If the provisions of this section are for any reason not implemented as herein provided, the other sections of this Act shall remain unaffected thereby. SEC. 8. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to enlarge or diminish the authority of the Secretary with regard to the Colorado River. SEC. 9. No authority under this Act to enter into contracts or to make payments shall be effective except to the extent and in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations Acts. Any provi-

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