Sec. 3717. BLACKFEET WATER SETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FUND

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## SEC. 3717 BLACKFEET WATER SETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FUND ###

(a)Establishment There is established in the Treasury of the United States a nontrust, interest-bearing account, to be known as the “Blackfeet Water Settlement Implementation Fund” (referred to in this section as the “Implementation Fund”), to be managed and distributed by the Secretary, for use by the Secretary for carrying out this subtitle. ###

(b)Accounts The Secretary shall establish in the Implementation Fund the following accounts: ####

(1)The MR&I System, Irrigation, and Water Storage Account. ####

(2)The Blackfeet Irrigation Project Deferred Maintenance and Four Horns Dam Safety Improvements Account. ####

(3)The St. Mary/Milk Water Management and Activities Fund. ###

(c)Deposits The Secretary shall deposit in the Implementation Fund— ####

(1)in the MR&I System, Irrigation, and Water Storage Account, the amount made available pursuant to section 3718(a)(2)(A); ####

(2)in the Blackfeet Irrigation Project Deferred Maintenance and Four Horns Dam Safety Improvements Account, the amount made available pursuant to section 3718(a)(2)(B); and ####

(3)in the St. Mary/Milk Water Management and Activities Fund, the amount made available pursuant to section 3718(a)(2)(C). ###

(d)Uses ####

(1)MR&I system, irrigation, and water storage account The MR&I System, Irrigation, and Water Storage Account shall be used to carry out sections 3711 and 3712. ####

(2)Blackfeet irrigation project deferred maintenance and four horns dam safety improvements account The Blackfeet Irrigation Project Deferred Maintenance and Four Horns Dam Safety Improvements Account shall be used to carry out section 3710. ####

(3)St. mary/milk water management and activities account The St. Mary/Milk Water Management and Activities Account shall be used to carry out sections 3705 and 3707. ###

(e)Management ####

(1)In general Amounts in the Implementation Fund shall not be available to the Secretary for expenditure until the enforceability date. ####

(2)Funding for implementation activities Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the following amounts shall be available to the Secretary for the implementation of this subtitle: #####

(A)50 percent of the amounts in the MR&I System, Irrigation, and Water Storage Account to carry out section 3711. #####

(B)50 percent of the amounts in the MR&I System, Irrigation, and Water Storage Account to carry out section 3712. #####

(C)50 percent of the amounts in the Blackfeet Irrigation Project Deferred Maintenance and Four Horns Dam Safety Improvements Account to carry out section 3710(c). #####

(D)The amounts in the Blackfeet Irrigation Project Deferred Maintenance and Four Horns Dam Safety Improvements Account to carry out section 3710(d). #####

(E)From the St. Mary/Water Milk Management and Activities Account: ######

(i)50 percent of the amount described in section 3707(g)(1) to carry out section 3707(c). ######

(ii)50 percent of the amount described in section 3707(g)(2) to carry out section 3707(d). ######

(iii)The amount described in section 3707(g)(3) to carry out subsection (f). ######

(iv)The amounts in the Account to carry out section 3705. ####

(3)Availability None of the funds made available under this section in fiscal year 2018 shall be available until the enforceability date. ###

(f)Interest In addition to the deposits under subsection (c), any interest credited to amounts unexpended in the Implementation Fund are authorized to be appropriated to be used in accordance with the uses described in subsection (d).