# § 620k. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be required to carry out the purposes of this chapter, but not to exceed $760,000,000.
---
**Source Credit**: (Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 12, 70 Stat. 110.)
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Change of Name
> “The Curecanti Storage Unit of the Colorado River Storage Project constructed under the authority of the Act of
>
> (
>
> ) [this chapter] is hereby designated and hereafter shall be known as the Wayne N. Aspinall Storage Unit of the Colorado River Storage Project. Any law, regulation, record, map, or other document of the United States referring to the Curecanti Storage Unit shall be held to refer to the Wayne N. Aspinall Storage Unit.”
, , , provided that:
### Termination of Authorization of Appropriations
> “Notwithstanding any provision of the Act of
>
> (
>
> ;
>
> ) [this chapter], the Act of
>
> (
>
> ) [
>
> , see Tables for classification], the Act of
>
> (
>
> ) [see Short Title note set out under
>
> ], the Act of
>
> (
>
> ;
>
> note), and the Act of
>
> (
>
> ) [enacting
>
> , Conservation, and provisions set out as notes under this section and
>
> ] to the contrary, the authorization of appropriations for construction of any Colorado River Storage Project participating project located in the State of Utah shall terminate five years after the date of enactment of this Act [
>
> ] unless: (1) the Secretary [of the Interior] executes a cost-sharing agreement with the District [Central Utah Water Conservancy District] for construction of such project, and (2) the Secretary has requested, or the Congress has appropriated, construction funds for such project.”
, , , provided that:
### Authorization of Additional Amounts for Colorado River Storage Project
> “In order to provide for the completion of the Central Utah Project and other features described in this Act [see Short Title of 1992 Amendment note set out under
>
> ], the amount which
>
> (
>
> ;
>
> ), authorizes to be appropriated, which was increased by the Act of
>
> (
>
> ;
>
> note) and the Act of
>
> (
>
> ) [
>
> note], is hereby further increased by $924,206,000 (January 1991) plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be required by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construction involved:
>
> , That of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this section, the Secretary [of the Interior] is not authorized to obligate or expend amounts in excess of $214,352,000 for the features identified in the Report of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources accompanying the bill H.R. 429 [S. Rept. No. 102–267, One Hundred Second Congress]. This additional sum shall be available solely for design, engineering, and construction of the facilities identified in title II of this Act [
>
> ] and for the planning and implementation of the fish and wildlife and recreation mitigation and conservation projects and studies authorized in titles III and IV of this Act [
>
> , 4648], and for the Ute Indian Settlement authorized in title V of this Act [
>
> ].”
, , , provided that:
> “In order to provide for the continued construction of the Colorado River Storage Project, and for the continued construction of the municipal and industrial water features of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project, the amount which
>
> (
>
> ;
>
> ), authorizes to be appropriated, which was increased by the Act of
>
> (
>
> ;
>
> note), is hereby further increased by $45,456,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be required by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construction involved. This additional sum shall be available solely for continuing construction of the previously authorized units and projects named in such Act of
>
> .”
, , , provided that:
### Additional Appropriations Authorized for Certain Projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin
> “That in order to provide for completion of construction of the Curecanti, Flaming Gorge, Glen Canyon, and Navajo units, and transmission division of the Colorado River storage project, and for completion of construction of the following participating projects: Central Utah (initial phase—Bonneville, Jensen, Upalco, and Vernal units), Emery County, Florida, Hammond, LaBarge, Lyman, Paonia, Seedskadee, Silt, and Smith Fork; the amount which
>
> (
>
> ) [this section] authorizes to be appropriated is hereby further increased by the sum of $610,000,000, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be required, by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construction involved. This additional sum shall be available solely for continuing construction of the previously authorized units and projects named herein.”
, , , provided:
### Additional Appropriations Authorized for Construction of Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, and San Miguel Projects
> “The amount which section 12 of said Act [this section] authorizes to be appropriated is hereby further increased by the sum of $392,000,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be required, by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construction involved. This additional sum shall be available solely for the construction of the Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, and San Miguel projects herein authorized.”
, , , provided in part that: