114 STAT. 2828 PUBLIC LAW 106-566 —DEC. 23, 2000 Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000. North Dakota. (f) USE OF 60-FOOT BORDER STRiP.Any use of the 60-foot border strip shall be made in coordination with Federal agencies having authority with respect to the 60-foot border strip. (g) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY. —The exact acreage and legal description of property conveyed under this section, and of any right-of-way that is subject to a right of use conveyed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(E), shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by the Greater Yuma Port Authority. (h) DEFINITIONS.— (1) 60-FOOT BORDER STRIP.—The term "60-foot border strip" means lands in any of the Sections of land referred to in this Act located within 60 feet of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico. (2) GREATER YUMA PORT AUTHORITY.— The term "Greater Yuma Port Authority" means Trust No. 84r-184, Yuma Title & Trust Company, an Arizona Corporation, a trust for the benefit of the Cocopah Tribe, a Sovereign Nation, the County of Yuma, Arizona, the City of Somerton, and the City of San Luis, Arizona, or such other successor joint powers agency or public purpose entity as unanimously designated by those governmental units. (3) SECRETARY.—The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation. TITLE VIII—DICKINSON DAM BASCULE GATES SETTLEMENT SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Dickinson Dam Bascule Gates Settlement Act of 2000". SEC. 802. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that— (1) in 1980 and 1981, the Bureau of Reclamation constructed the bascule gates on top of the Dickinson Dam on the Heart River, North Dakota, to provide additional water supply in the reservoir known as Patterson Lake for the city of Dickinson, North Dakota, and for additional flood control and other benefits; (2) the gates had to be significantly modified in 1982 because of damage resulting from a large ice block causing excessive pressure on the hydraulic system, causing the system to fail; (3) since 1991, the City has received its water supply from the Southwest Water Authority, which provides much higher quality water from the Southwest Pipeline Project; (4) the City now receives almost no benefit from the bascule gates because the City does not require the additional water provided by the bascule gates for its municipal water supply; (5) the City has repaid more than $1,200,000 to the United States for the construction of the bascule gates, and has been working for several years to reach an agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation to alter its repayment contract; (6) the City has a longstanding commitment to improving the water quality and recreation value of the reservoir and
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