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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4976

To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial

Dam in a cost-effective manner.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 17, 1994

Mr. HANSEN (for himself, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. BILBRAY, and Mr. PASTOR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural

Resources

A BILL

To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act

to authorize additional measures to carry out the control

of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective

manner.

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

3 SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE COLORADO RIVER

4 BASIN SALINITY CONTROL ACT.

5 The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43

6 U.S.C. 1571 et seq.) is amended—

7 (1) in section 202(a)—

8 (A) in the first sentence—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘the following salinity

2 control units’’ and inserting ‘‘the following

3 salinity control units and salinity control

4 program’’; and

5 (ii) by striking the period and insert6 ing a colon; and

7 (B) by adding at the end the following new

8 paragraph:

9 ‘‘(6) A basinwide salinity control program that

10 the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Rec11 lamation, shall implement. The Secretary may carry

12 out the purposes of this paragraph directly, or may

13 make grants, commitments for grants, or advances

14 of funds to non-Federal entities under such terms

15 and conditions as the Secretary may require. Such

16 program shall consist of cost-effective measures and

17 associated works to reduce salinity from saline

18 springs, leaking wells, irrigation sources, industrial

19 sources, erosion of public and private land, or other

20 sources that the Secretary considers appropriate.

21 Such program shall provide for the mitigation of in22 cidental fish and wildlife values that are lost as a re23 sult of the measures. The Secretary shall submit

24 planning reports concerning the program established

25 under this paragraph to the appropriate committees
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1 of Congress. The Secretary may not expend funds

2 for any implementation measure under the program

3 established under this paragraph before the expira4 tion of a 30-day period beginning on the date on

5 which the Secretary submits such report’’; and

6 (2) in section 205(a)—

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘author8 ized by section 202(a)(4) and (5)’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘authorized by paragraphs (4) through (6)

10 of section 202(a)’’; and

11 (B) in paragraph (4)(i), by striking ‘‘sec12 tion 202(a)(4) and (5)’’ each place it appears

13 and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (4) through (6) of

14 section 202’’; and

15 (3) in section 208, by adding at the end the fol16 lowing new subsection:

17 ‘‘(c) In addition to the amounts authorized to be ap18 propriated under subsection (b), there are authorized to

19 be appropriated $75,000,000 for purposes of subsection

20 (a) of section 202, including constructing the works de21 scribed in paragraph (6) of section 202(a) and carrying

22 out the measures described in such section.’’.

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