PUBLIC LAW 97-140—DEC. 29, 1981
95 STAT. 1717
Public Law 97-140 97th Congress An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Army to contract with the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District Numbered 1 and the city of Weatherford, Texas, for the use of water supply storage in Benbrook Lake, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for municipal use of storeige water in Benbrook Dam, Texas" approved July 24, 1956 (70 Stat. 632) (as amended by section 6 of Public Law 91-282 (84 Stat. 312) and section 9 of Public Law 92-222 (85 Stat. 799)), is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by inserting "and with the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District Numbered 1, the city of Grandbury, and with the city of Weatherford," after "Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority,; (2) in the second sentence, by inserting "or the Tarrant County Water (Control and Improvement District Numbered 1, the city of Grandbury, or the city of Weatherford" after "Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "To the extent consistent with the authorized purposes of the project, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to contract with the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District Numbered 1 to provide for the use by such district of terminal storage in the Benbrook Reservoir for water of such district delivered into the Benbrook Reservoir from other sources.". SEC. 2. (a) The third sentence of section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s) is amended to read as follows: "Not more than $4,000,000 shall be allotted under this section for a project at any single locality.". (b) The amendment made by this section shall not apply to any project under contract for construction on the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 3. Section 164 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-587) is amended by deleting the figure "$21,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$23,200,000". SEC. 4. The Secretary shall relocate the water supply intake facility on the Missouri River at Springfield, South Dakota, which facility is subject to severe sedimentation, at an estimated cost of $2,190,000. SEC. 5. (a) The proviso of sfection 2 of Public Law 84-485 shall not be construed to prohibit the storage of San Juan-Chama project water acquired by contract with the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to Public Law 87-483 in any reservoir, including the storage of water for recreation and other beneficial purposes by any party contracting with the Secretary for project water. (b) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to enter into agreements with entities which have contracted with the Secretary of the Interior for water from the San Juan-Chama project pursuant to Public Law 87-483 for storage of
Dec. 29, 1981 [H.R. 779]
Benbrook Lake, Tex. Water supply storage.
33 USC 701s note.
San JuanChama water storage project. 43 USC 620a note. Abiquiu Reservoir.
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