S. 523

One Hundred Fourth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,

the fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five

An Act

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.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY

CONTROL ACT.

The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1571

et seq.) is amended—

(1) in section 202(a)—

(A) in the first sentence—

(i) by striking ‘‘the following salinity control units’’

and inserting ‘‘the following salinity control units and

salinity control program’’; and (ii) by striking the period and inserting a colon;

and

(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(6) A basinwide salinity control program that the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall implement. The Secretary may carry out the purposes of this paragraph directly, or may make grants, commitments for grants,

or advances of funds to non-Federal entities under such terms

and conditions as the Secretary may require. Such program

shall consist of cost-effective measures and associated works

to reduce salinity from saline springs, leaking wells, irrigation

sources, industrial sources, erosion of public and private land,

or other sources that the Secretary considers appropriate. Such

program shall provide for the mitigation of incidental fish and

wildlife values that are lost as a result of the measures and

associated works. The Secretary shall submit a planning report

concerning the program established under this paragraph to

the appropriate committees of Congress. The Secretary may

not expend funds for any implementation measure under the

program established under this paragraph before the expiration

of a 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary

submits such report.’’;

(2) in section 205(a)—

(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘authorized by section

202(a) (4) and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘authorized by paragraphs

(4) through (6) of section 202(a)’’; and

(B) in paragraph (4)(i), by striking ‘‘sections 202(a)(4)

and (5)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraphs

(4) through (6) of section 202’’;
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(3) in section 208, by adding at the end the following

new subsection:

‘‘(c) In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated

under subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated

$75,000,000 for subsection 202(a), including constructing the works

described in paragraph 202(a)(6) and carrying out the measures

described in such paragraph. Notwithstanding subsection (b), the

Secretary may implement the program under paragraph 202(a)(6)

only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance

in appropriations Acts.’’; and

(4) in subsection 202(b)(4) delete ‘‘units authorized to be

constructed pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5)’’

and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘units authorized to be constructed

or the program pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5),

and (6)’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.