Pub. L. 94-423, tit. IV, sec. 402

Sec. 402. Construction of the American Canal extension shall not be undertaken until the Secretary of the Interior has entered into a repayment contract with the El Paso County Water Improvement District Number 1, in which said irrigation district contracts to repay to the United States, for fifty years, an annual sum representing the value of eleven thousand six hundred acre-feet of salvaged water at a price per acre-foot established by the Secretary on the basis of an up-to-date payment capacity determination. Costs of the American Canal in excess of those repaid by the El Paso County Water Improvement District Number 1 shall be nonreimbursable and non return able in recognition of benefits accruing to public safety and international considerations.