text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Griffith Project Prepayment and 
  Conveyance Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act:
          (1) The term ``Authority'' means the Southern Nevada Water 
      Authority, organized under the laws of the State of Nevada.
          (2) The term ``Griffith Project'' means the Robert B. Griffith 
      Water Project, authorized by and constructed pursuant to the 
      Southern Nevada Water Project Act, Public Law 89-292, as amended 
      (commonly known as the ``Southern Nevada Water Project Act'') (79 
      Stat. 1068), including pipelines, conduits, pumping plants, intake 
      facilities, aqueducts, laterals, water storage and regulatory 
      facilities, electric substations, and related works and 
      improvements listed pursuant to ``Robert B. Griffith Water Project 
      (Formerly Southern Nevada Water Project), Nevada: Southern Clark 
      County, Lower Colorado Region Bureau of Reclamation'', on file at 
      the Bureau of Reclamation and all interests in land acquired under 
      Public Law 89-292, as amended.
          (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.
          (4) The term ``Acquired Land(s)'' means all interests in land, 
      including fee title, right(s)-of-way, and easement(s), acquired by 
      the United States from non-Federal sources by purchase, donation, 
      exchange, or condemnation pursuant to Public Law 89-292, as amended 
      for the Griffith Project.
          (5) The term ``Public Land'' means lands which have never left 
      Federal ownership and are under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
      Land Management.
          (6) The term ``Withdrawn Land'' means Federal lands which are 
      withdrawn from settlement, sale, location of minerals, or entry 
      under some or all of the general land laws and are reserved for a 
      particular public purpose pursuant to Public Law 89-292, as 
      amended, under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation, or 
      are reserved pursuant to Public Law 88-639 under the jurisdiction 
      of the National Park Service.
  
  SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF GRIFFITH PROJECT.
  
      (a) In General.--In consideration of the Authority assuming from 
  the United States all liability for administration, operation, 
  maintenance, and replacement of the Griffith Project and subject to the 
  prepayment by the Authority of the Federal repayment amount of 
  $121,204,348 (which amount shall be increased to reflect any accrued 
  unpaid interest and shall be decreased by the amount of any additional 
  principal payments made by the Authority after September 15, 1999, 
  prior to the date on which prepayment occurs), the Secretary shall, 
  pursuant to the provisions of this Act--
          (1) convey and assign to the Authority all of the right, title, 
      and interest of the United States in and to improvements and 
      facilities of the Griffith Project in existence as of the date of 
      this Act;
          (2) convey and assign to the Authority all of the right, title, 
      and interest of the United States to Acquired Lands that were 
      acquired for the Griffith Project; and
          (3) convey and assign to the Authority all interests reserved 
      and developed as of the date of this Act for the Griffith Project 
      in lands patented by the United States.
      (b) Pursuant to the authority of this section, from the effective 
  date of conveyance of the Griffith Project, the Authority shall have a 
  right-of-way at no cost across all Public Land and Withdrawn Land--
          (1) on which the Griffith Project is situated; and
          (2) across any Federal lands as reasonably necessary for the 
      operation, maintenance, replacement, and repair of the Griffith 
      Project, including existing access routes.
  Rights-of-way established by this section shall be valid for as long as 
  they are needed for municipal water supply purposes and shall not 
  require payment of rental or other fee.
      (c) Within twelve months after the effective date of this Act--
          (1) the Secretary and the Authority shall agree upon a 
      description of the land subject to the rights-of-way established by 
      subsection (b) of this section; and
          (2) the Secretary shall deliver to the Authority a document 
      memorializing such rights-of-way.
      (d) Report.--If the conveyance under subsection (a) has not 
  occurred within twelve months after the effective date of this Act, the 
  Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the status of the 
  conveyance.
  
  SEC. 4. RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING CONTRACTS.
  
      The Secretary and the Authority may modify Contract No. 7-07-30-
  W0004 and other contracts and land permits as necessary to conform to 
  the provisions of this Act.
  
  SEC. 5. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS AND FUTURE BENEFITS.
  
      (a) If the Authority changes the use or operation of the Griffith 
  Project, the Authority shall comply with all applicable laws and 
  regulations governing the changes at that time.
      (b) On conveyance of the Griffith Project under section 3 of this 
  Act, the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391 et seq.), and all Acts 
  amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto shall not apply to the 
  Griffith Project. Effective upon transfer, the lands and facilities 
  transferred pursuant to this Act shall not be entitled to receive any 
  further Reclamation benefits pursuant to the Act of June 17, 1902, and 
  all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto attributable to 
  their status as a Federal Reclamation Project, and the Griffith Project 
  shall no longer be a Federal Reclamation Project.
      (c) Nothing in this Act shall transfer or affect Federal ownership, 
  rights, or interests in Lake Mead National Recreation Area associated 
  lands, nor affect the authorities of the National Park Service to 
  manage Lake Mead National Recreation Area including lands on which the 
  Griffith Project is located consistent with the Act of August 25, 1916 
  (39 Stat. 535), Public Law 88-639, October 8, 1964 (78 Stat. 1039), or 
  any other applicable legislation, regulation, or policy.
      (d) Nothing in this Act shall affect the application of Federal 
  reclamation law to water delivered to the Authority pursuant to any 
  contract with the Secretary under section 5 of the Boulder Canyon 
  Project Act.
      (e) Effective upon conveyance of the Griffith Project and acquired 
  interests in land under section 3 of this Act, the United States shall 
  not be liable for damages of any kind arising out of any act, omission, 
  or occurrence based on its prior ownership of the conveyed property.
  
                                 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  
                              Vice President of the United States and    
                                                 President of the Senate.
target: Grants to the Authority at no cost a right-of-way across all public land and withdrawn land on which the Project is situated and across any Federal lands as reasonably necessary for the operation, maintenance, replacement, and repair of the Project, including existing access routes. Provides that such rights-of-way shall be valid for as long as they are needed for municipal water supply purposes and shall not require payment of rental or other fee.
  Requires the Secretary, if such conveyance has not occurred within 12 months after the effective date of this Act, to report on its status to Congress.
feat_title: Griffith Project Prepayment and Conveyance Act