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Calendar No. 330

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1275

[Report No. 106–195]

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and sell products

and to sell publications relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit

revenues generated from the sales into the Colorado River Dam fund.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 24, 1999

Mr. KYL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

OCTOBER 18, 1999

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and

sell products and to sell publications relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit revenues generated from the

sales into the Colorado River Dam fund.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hoover Dam Miscella3 neous Sales Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

5 Congress finds that—

6 (1) the sale and distribution of general public

7 information about the use of public land and water

8 areas for recreation, fish, wildlife, and other pur9 poses serve significant public benefits;

10 (2) publications and other materials educate the

11 public and provide general information about Bu12 reau of Reclamation programs and projects;

13 (3) in 1997, more than 1,000,000 visitors, in14 cluding 300,000 from foreign countries, toured the

15 Hoover Dam;

16 (4) hundreds of thousands of additional visitors

17 stopped to view the dam;

18 (5) visitors often ask to purchase maps, publi19 cations, and other items to enhance their experience

20 or serve educational purposes;

21 (6) in many cases the Bureau of Reclamation

22 is the sole source of those items;

23 (7) the Bureau is in a unique position to fulfill

24 public requests for those items; and
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1 (8) as a public agency, the Bureau should be

2 responsive to the public by having appropriate items

3 available for sale.

4 SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

5 The purposes of this Act are—

6 (1) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to

7 offer for sale to members of the public that visit the

8 Hoover Dam Visitor Center educational materials

9 and memorabilia; and

10 (2) to use revenue from those sales to repay the

11 costs relating to construction of the Hoover Dam

12 Visitor Center.

13 SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT SALES.

14 With respect to the Hoover Dam, the Secretary of

15 the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Rec16 lamation, may—

17 (1) conduct sales of—

18 (A) materials generated by the Bureau of

19 Reclamation such as posters, maps, brochures,

20 photographs, and similar publications, video21 tapes, and computer information discs that are

22 related to programs or projects of the Bureau;

23 and
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1 (B) memorabilia and other commemorative

2 items that depict programs or projects of the

3 Bureau;

4 (2) convert unneeded property or scrap material

5 into Bureau memorabilia for sale purposes; and

6 (3) enter into agreements with nonprofit orga7 nizations, other Federal agencies, State and local

8 governments, and commercial entities for—

9 (A) the production or sale of items de10 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2); and

11 (B) the sale of publications described in

12 paragraph (1).

13 SEC. 5. COSTS AND REVENUES.

14 (a) COSTS.—All costs incurred by the Bureau of Rec15 lamation under this Act shall be paid from the Colorado

16 River Dam fund established by section 2 of the Act of

17 December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a).

18 (b) REVENUES.—

19 (1) USE FOR REPAYMENT OF SALES COSTS.—

20 All revenues collected by the Bureau of Reclamation

21 under this Act shall be credited to the Colorado

22 River Dam fund to remain available, without further

23 Act of appropriation, to pay costs associated with

24 the production and sale of items in accordance with

25 section 4.
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1 (2) USE FOR REPAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION

2 COSTS.—All revenues collected by the Bureau of

3 Reclamation under this Act that are not needed to

4 pay costs described in paragraph (1) shall be trans5 ferred annually to the general fund of the Treasury

6 in repayment of costs relating to construction of the

7 Hoover Dam Visitor Center.
Calendar No. 330

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1275

[Report No. 106–195]

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to

produce and sell products and to sell publicationsrelating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit revenues generated from the sales into the ColoradoRiver Dam fund.

OCTOBER 18, 1999

Reported without amendment