104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 523

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.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE COLORADO RIVER

2 BASIN SALINITY CONTROL ACT.

3 The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43

4 U.S.C. 1571 et seq.) is amended—

5 (1) in section 202(a)—

6 (A) in the first sentence—

7 (i) by striking ‘‘the following salinity

8 control units’’ and inserting ‘‘the following

9 salinity control units and salinity control

10 program’’; and

11 (ii) by striking the period and insert12 ing a colon; and

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

14 paragraph:

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

16 the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Rec17 lamation, shall implement. The Secretary may carry

18 out the purposes of this paragraph directly, or may

19 make grants, commitments for grants, or advances

20 of funds to non-Federal entities under such terms

21 and conditions as the Secretary may require. Such

22 program shall consist of cost-effective measures and

23 associated works to reduce salinity from saline

24 springs, leaking wells, irrigation sources, industrial

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

26 sources that the Secretary considers appropriate.
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1 Such program shall provide for the mitigation of in2 cidental fish and wildlife values that are lost as a re3 sult of the measures and associated works. The Sec4 retary shall submit a planning report concerning the

5 program established under this paragraph to the ap6 propriate committees of Congress. The Secretary

7 may not expend funds for any implementation meas8 ure under the program established under this para9 graph before the expiration of a 30-day period begin10 ning on the date on which the Secretary submits

11 such report’’;

12 (2) in section 205(a)—

13 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘author14 ized by section 202(a) (4) and (5)’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘authorized by paragraphs (4) through (6)

16 of section 202(a)’’; and

17 (B) in paragraph (4)(i), by striking ‘‘sec18 tion 202(a) (4) and (5)’’ each place it appears

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

20 section 202’’;

21 (3) in section 208, by adding at the end

22 the following new subsection:

23 ‘‘(c) In addition to the amounts authorized to be ap24 propriated under subsection (b), there are authorized to

25 be appropriated $75,000,000 for subsection 202(a), in-
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1 cluding constructing the works described in paragraph

2 202(a)(6) and carrying out the measures described in such

3 paragraph. Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Secretary

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

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

6 in advance in appropriations Acts.’’; and

7 (4) in subsection 202(b)(4) delete ‘‘units au8 thorized to be constructed pursuant to paragraphs

9 (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5)’’ and insert in lieu thereof

10 ‘‘units authorized to be constructed or the program

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

12 (6).’’.

Passed the Senate April 27 (legislative day, April

24), 1995.

Attest:

Secretary.
104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 523

AN ACT

To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Conpurposes. Dam in a cost-effective manner, and for other out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial trol Act to authorize additional measures to carry