95 STAT. 1718
PUBLIC LAW 97-140—DEC. 29, 1981
a total of two hundred thousand acre-feet of such water in Abiquiu Reservoir. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to release San Juan-Chama project water to contracting entities for such storage. The agreements to thus store San Juan-Chama project water shall not interfere with the authorized purposes of the Abiquiu Dam and Reservoir project and shall include a requirement that each user of storeige space shall pay any increase in operation and maintenance costs attributable to the storage of that user's water. Elephant Butte (c) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into Reservoir. 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 such water in Elephant Butte Reservoir. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to release San Juan-Chama project water to contracting entities for such storage. Any increase in operation and maintenance costs resulting from such storage not offset by increased power revenues resulting from that storage shall be paid proportionately by the entities for which the San Juan-Chama project water is stored, (d) The amount of evaporation loss and spill chargeable to San Juan-Chama project water stored pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be accounted as required by the Rio Grande compact and the procedures established by the Rio Grande Compact Commission. 16 USC 460d SEC. 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no houseboat, "°*^® floating cabin, marina (including any with sleeping facilities), or lawfully installed dock or cabin and appurtenant structures shall be required to be removed before December 31, 1989, from any Federal water resources reservoir or lake project administered by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, on which it was located on the date of enactment of this Act, if such property is maintained in usable condition, and, in the judgment of the Chief of Engineers, does not occasion a threat to life or property. Approved December 29, 1981.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 779: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-95 (Comm. on Public Works and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 127 (1981): June 1, considered and passed House. Dec. 16, considered and passed Senate, amended; House concurred in Senate amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 17, No. 53 (1981): Dec. 29, Presidential statement.
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