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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2535 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility 

and suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and 

a delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California to 

provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2007 

Mr. NUNES (for himself and Mr. COSTA) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 

on the feasibility and suitability of constructing a storage 

reservoir, outlet works, and a delivery system for the 

Tule River Indian Tribe of California to provide a water 

supply for domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tule River Tribe 

5 Water Development Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STUDY. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Not later than 2 years after 

3 funds are appropriated for this section or the signing of 

4 a reserved water rights settlement agreement by the Tule 

5 River Tribe and other settling water users, whichever is 

6 later, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu7 reau of Reclamation, shall complete a feasibility study to 

8 evaluate alternatives (including alternatives for a phase I 

9 reservoir storage of an amount of water not to exceed 

10 5,000 acre feet) for a domestic, commercial, municipal, in11 dustrial, and irrigation water supply for the Tule River 

12 Tribe of the Tule River Reservation. 

13 (b) REPORT.—Upon completion of the study con14 ducted under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior 

15 shall transmit the study to the Committee on Natural Re16 sources of the House of Representatives and the Com17 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Com18 mittee on Indian Affairs of the Senate. 

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte21 rior $3,000,000 to carry out this section. 

22 SEC. 3. CONDITIONS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. 

23 No project conducted in relation to the feasibility 

24 study conducted under section 2 shall provide water sup25 plies for the proposed Tribal casino to be located in proxVerDate Aug 31 2005 05:07 May 30, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2535.IH H2535

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1 imity to California Highway 190 near Lake Success, or 

2 any other Tribal casino, except— 

3 (1) the casino in its current form and dimen4 sions operated by the Tribe on the Tule River Res5 ervation; and 

6 (2) any lodging, dining, entertainment, meeting 

7 space, parking, or other similar facilities which may 

8 be constructed in the future in support of current 

9 on-Reservation gaming activities, or in support of 

10 any future expansion of on-Reservation gaming ac11 tivities. 

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