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Union Calendar No. 526 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2535 

[Report No. 110–812] 

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 

JULY 31, 2008 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

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. 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STUDY. 

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

8 funds are appropriated for this section or the signing of 

9 a reserved water rights settlement agreement by the Tule 

10 River Tribe and other settling water users, whichever is 

11 later, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu12 reau of Reclamation, shall complete a feasibility study to 

13 evaluate alternatives (including alternatives for a phase I 

14 reservoir storage of an amount of water not to exceed 

15 5,000 acre feet) for a domestic, commercial, municipal, in16 dustrial, and irrigation water supply for the Tule River 

17 Tribe of the Tule River Reservation. 

18 (b) REPORT.—Upon completion of the study con19 ducted under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior 

20 shall transmit the study to the Committee on Natural Re21 sources of the House of Representatives and the Com22 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Com23 mittee on Indian Affairs of the Senate. 


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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte3 rior $3,000,000 to carry out this section. 

4 SEC. 3. CONDITIONS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. 

5 No project conducted in relation to the feasibility 

6 study conducted under section 2 shall provide water sup7 plies for the proposed Tribal casino to be located in prox8 imity to California Highway 190 near Lake Success, or 

9 any other Tribal casino, except— 

10 (1) the casino in its current form and dimen11 sions operated by the Tribe on the Tule River Res12 ervation; and 

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

14 space, parking, or other similar facilities which may 

15 be constructed in the future in support of current 

16 on-Reservation gaming activities, or in support of 

17 any future expansion of on-Reservation gaming ac18 tivities. 


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Union Calendar No. 526 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2535 

[Report No. 110

–812] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 

purposes, and for other purposes. mestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural of California to provide a water supply for dodelivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe structing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and a a study on the feasibility and suitability of conJULY 31, 2008 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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