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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 434 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize and implement the water rights compact among the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and... · Sec. 13

Sec. 13. Blackfeet water, storage, and development projects

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The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall carry out such activities as are necessary to construct the Blackfeet water, storage, and development projects, in accordance with an agreement to be negotiated between the Secretary and the Tribe. The Bureau of Reclamation shall serve as the lead agency with respect to any activity to rehabilitate or improve the water diversion or delivery features of the Blackfeet water, storage, and development projects. The scope of the construction under this section shall be as generally described in the document entitled Blackfeet Water Storage, Development, and Projects Report , prepared by DOWL HKM, and dated July 16, 2012, and any modifications or revisions to the report, subject to the condition that, before commencing construction activities, the Secretary shall— review the design of the proposed rehabilitation or improvement; and perform value engineering analyses.
On the basis of the review described in paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall negotiate with the Tribe appropriate changes to the projects, including final design— to ensure that the final design meets applicable industry standards; to improve the use, management, and administration of tribal water for irrigation and other purposes; and to take into consideration the equitable distribution of water to allottees. All costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out this section shall be nonreimbursable.
The total amount of obligations incurred by the Secretary in carrying out this section shall not exceed $178,300,000.
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