AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

SEC. 110. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.(a) In General.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to comply with—(1) the 1994 biological opinion, including any funding transfers required by the opinion;(2) the 1996 biological opinion, including any funding transfers required by the opinion; and(3) any final biological opinion resulting from the 1999 biological opinion, including any funding transfers required by the opinion.(b) Construction Costs.—Amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be treated as Central Arizona Project construction costs.(c) Agreements.—(1) In general.—Any amounts made available under subsection (a) may be used to carry out agreements to permanently fund long-term reasonable and prudent alternatives in accepted biological opinions relating to the Central Arizona Project.(2) Requirements.—To ensure that long-term environmental compliance may be met without further appropriations, an agreement under paragraph (1) shall include a provision 118 STAT. 3499 requiring that the contractor manage the funds through interest-bearing investments.