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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 523

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, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 9 (legislative day, MARCH 6), 1995

Mr. BENNETT (for himself, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. HATCH, and

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

to the Committee on Energy and 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, 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. BASINWIDE SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR

4 THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN.

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND

6 MAINTAIN A BASINWIDE SALINITY CONTROL PRO7 GRAM.—Section 202 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity

8 Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1592) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a)—

2 (A) in the first sentence—

3 (i) by striking ‘‘the following salinity

4 control units’’ and inserting ‘‘the following

5 salinity control units and salinity control

6 program’’; and

7 (ii) by striking the period at the end

8 and inserting a colon; and

9 (B) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(6) SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM.—

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting

12 through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall

13 implement a basinwide salinity control program.

14 ‘‘(B) CONTRACTS AND OTHER VEHI15 CLES.—The Secretary may carry out this para16 graph directly, or may enter into contracts and

17 memoranda of agreement, or make grants, com18 mitments for grants, or advances of funds to

19 non-Federal entities, under such terms and con20 ditions as the Secretary considers to be appro21 priate.

22 ‘‘(C) COST-EFFECTIVE MEASURES.—The

23 salinity control program shall consist of cost-ef24 fective measures and associated works to reduce

25 salinity from saline springs, leaking wells, irri-
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1 gation sources, industrial sources, erosion of

2 public and private land, or other sources, as the

3 Secretary considers to be appropriate.

4 ‘‘(D) MITIGATION.—The salinity control

5 program shall provide for the mitigation of inci6 dental fish and wildlife resources that are lost

7 as a result of the measures and associated

8 works described in subparagraph (C).

9 ‘‘(E) PLANNING REPORT.—The Secretary

10 shall submit a planning report concerning the

11 salinity control program to the appropriate

12 committees of Congress.

13 ‘‘(F) DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION.—The

14 Secretary may not expend funds for any meas15 ure or associated work described in subpara16 graph (C) before the expiration of a 30-day pe17 riod beginning on the date on which the Sec18 retary submits a planning report under sub19 paragraph (E).’’; and

20 (2) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ‘‘and (5)’’

21 and inserting ‘‘(5), and (6)’’.

22 (b) ALLOCATION OF COSTS.—Section 205(a) of the

23 Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C.

24 1595(a)) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘authorized by

2 sections 202(a) (4) and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘author3 ized by section 202(a) (4), (5), and (6)’’; and

4 (2) in paragraph (4)(i) by striking ‘‘sections

5 202(a) (4) and (5)’’ each place it appears and in6 serting ‘‘section 202(a) (4), (5), and (6)’’.

7 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

8 208 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43

9 U.S.C. 1598) is amended by adding at the end the follow10 ing new subsection:

11 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA12 TIONS.—In addition to the amounts authorized to be ap13 propriated under subsection (b), there are authorized to

14 be appropriated—

15 ‘‘(1) such sums as are necessary to pay for non16 federally financed salinity control; and

17 ‘‘(2) $75,000,000 for the construction of feder18 ally financed improvements described in section

19 202(a).’’.

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