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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 739 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 579
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 739

 To clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation 
          pumped storage development, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2023

 Mr. Kelly (for himself and Ms. Sinema) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                           November 21, 2024

               Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation 
          pumped storage development, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. LAND WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the 
        agreement between the United States and the Association dated 
        September 6, 1917.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Association.--The term ``Association'' means 
        the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means 
        the portion of the National Forest System land located on the 
        south side of the Salt River from the March 9, 1903, 1-mile 
        withdrawal area for Reclamation purposes extending an 
        additional 2 miles from the Salt River at Roosevelt Dam to 
        18.25 river miles downstream, not including the Superstition 
        Mountain Wilderness Area and the Tonto National Monument, as 
        depicted on the Map.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) District.--The term ``District'' means the 
        Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power 
        District.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map prepared 
        under subsection (e)(1).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) SRP.--The term ``SRP'' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the District; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Association.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Reservation of Covered Land.--Subject to valid 
existing rights, the covered land is reserved to the United States, 
through the Secretary of the Interior, for the exclusive right to use 
the covered land and interests in the covered land for the development, 
generation, and transmission of electrical power and energy for the use 
and benefit of the Salt River Federal Reclamation Project pursuant to 
the Agreement.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Withdrawal of Covered Land.--The covered land is 
permanently withdrawn from--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and 
        disposal under the public land laws;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
        laws; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
        materials, and geothermal leasing laws.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Title to Facilities.--With respect to facilities 
constructed by SRP on the covered land for the development, generation, 
and transmission of electrical power and energy--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) title shall be held by the United States as 
        part of the Salt River Federal Reclamation Project pursuant 
        to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) section 6 of the Act of June 17, 1902 
                (32 Stat. 389, chapter 1093; 43 U.S.C. 498); 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Agreement; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) SRP shall be responsible for the care, 
        operation, and maintenance pursuant to the Agreement.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Map.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall prepare a map depicting the boundary of the covered 
        land.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Availability.--The Map shall be on file and 
        available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of 
        the Forest Service and the Bureau of Reclamation.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. LAND WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the agreement 
        between the United States and the Association dated September 
        6, 1917, as amended.
            (2) Association.--The term ``Association'' means the Salt 
        River Valley Water Users' Association.
            (3) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means the 
        portion of the National Forest System land located on the south 
        side of the Salt River from the March 9, 1903, 1-mile 
        withdrawal area for Bureau of Reclamation purposes extending an 
        additional 2 miles from the Salt River at Roosevelt Dam to 
        18.25 river miles downstream, in the State of Arizona, not 
        including the Superstition Mountain Wilderness Area and the 
        Tonto National Monument, as depicted on the Map.
            (4) District.--The term ``District'' means the Salt River 
        Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District.
            (5) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map prepared under 
        subsection (e)(1).
            (6) SRP.--The term ``SRP'' means--
                    (A) the District; and
                    (B) the Association.
    (b) Reservation of Covered Land.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
the covered land is reserved to the United States, through the 
Secretary of the Interior, for the exclusive right to use the covered 
land and interests in the covered land for the development, generation, 
and transmission of electrical power and energy for the use and benefit 
of the Salt River Federal Reclamation Project pursuant to the 
Agreement.
    (c) Withdrawal of Covered Land.--The covered land is permanently 
withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
        the public land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, 
        and geothermal leasing laws.
    (d) Facilities.--With respect to facilities constructed by SRP on 
the covered land for the development, generation, and transmission of 
electrical power and energy--
            (1) the design and specifications shall conform to Bureau 
        of Reclamation standards and final designs shall be subject to 
        review and approval by the Secretary of the Interior;
            (2) all construction work shall be subject to inspection 
        and approval by the Secretary of the Interior;
            (3) on a determination of substantial completion of the 
        applicable facilities, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        accept title on behalf of the United States as part of the Salt 
        River Federal Reclamation Project pursuant to--
                    (A) section 6 of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 
                389, chapter 1093; 43 U.S.C. 498); and
                    (B) the Agreement; and
            (4) SRP shall be responsible for the care, operation, and 
        maintenance pursuant to the Agreement.
    (e) Map.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
        prepare a map depicting the boundary of the covered land.
            (2) Availability.--The Map shall be on file and available 
        for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest 
        Service and the Bureau of Reclamation.
    (f) Management of Covered Land.--The covered land shall be managed 
in accordance with the memorandum entitled ``Management Memorandum 
among the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power 
District, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service and 
United States Bureau of Reclamation'' and dated April 27, 1979, as 
amended.
                                                       Calendar No. 579

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 739

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation 
          pumped storage development, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 21, 2024

                       Reported with an amendment
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