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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2813 

To amend the Water Supply Act of 1958 to establish a mechanism to 

permit State and local interests to release to the United States future 

water storage rights associated with Corps of Engineers reservoir 

projects. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2013 

Mr. COTTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend the Water Supply Act of 1958 to establish a 

mechanism to permit State and local interests to release 

to the United States future water storage rights associated with Corps of Engineers reservoir projects. 

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

3 SECTION 1. FUTURE WATER SUPPLY. 

4 Section 301 of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 

5 U.S.C. 390b) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

7 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 


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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(c) RELEASE OF FUTURE WATER STORAGE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF 10-YEAR PLANS FOR

5 THE UTILIZATION OF FUTURE STORAGE.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning 180 days 

7 after the date of enactment of this subsection 

8 and not later than January 1, 2016, an inter9 ested State or local interest may submit to the 

10 Secretary a plan for the utilization of future 

11 use water storage under this Act. 

12 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—A plan submitted under 

13 subparagraph (A) shall include— 

14 ‘‘(i) a 10-year timetable for conversion 

15 of future use storage to present use; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) a schedule of actions that the 

17 State or local interest agrees to carry out 

18 over a 10-year period, in cooperation with 

19 the Corps of Engineers, to seek new and 

20 alternative users of future water storage 

21 that is contracted to the State or local in22 terest on the date of enactment of this 

23 subsection. 

24 ‘‘(2) RELEASE OF FUTURE WATER STORAGE.— 

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1 ginning on January 1, 2026, and ending on Decem2 ber 31, 2028, a State or local interest that the Sec3 retary determines has carried out the obligations of 

4 the State or local interest under an applicable plan 

5 described in paragraph (1) may notify the Secretary 

6 of the Army that the State or local interest seeks to 

7 release to the United States any right of the State 

8 or local interest to future water storage under this 

9 Act that— 

10 ‘‘(A) was allocated for future use water 

11 supply prior to November 17, 1986; and 

12 ‘‘(B) as of December 31, 2025, has not 

13 been allocated or used. 

14 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—On receipt of a notifi15 cation under paragraph (2) by the Secretary of the 

16 Army— 

17 ‘‘(A) the request of the applicable State or 

18 local interest to release future water storage 

19 rights shall be considered to be approved; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the applicable State or local interest 

21 shall not be responsible for the cost of any 

22 water storage rights released under this sub23 section.’’. 

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