Calendar No. 637

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2319

[Report No. 103–383]

A BILL

To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity ConDam in a cost-effective manner. out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial trol Act to authorize additional measures to carry

SEPTEMBER 26 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 637

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2319

[Report No. 103–383]

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 26 (legislative day, JULY 20), 1994

Mr. BENNETT (for himself, Mr. CAMPBELL, and Mr. HATCH) introduced the

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

SEPTEMBER 26 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Reported by Mr. JOHNSTON, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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.

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. The Secretary shall submit

4 planning reports concerning the program established

5 under this paragraph to the appropriate committees

6 of Congress. The Secretary may not expend funds

7 for any implementation measure under the program

8 established under this paragraph before the expira9 tion of a 30-day period beginning on the date on

10 which the Secretary submits such report reports’’;

11 and

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 the fol22 lowing 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), includ-
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1 ing constructing the works described in section paragraph

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

3 section.’’. paragraph.’’; and

4 (4) in subsection 202(b)(4) delete ‘‘units author5 ized to be constructed pursuant to paragraphs (1),

6 (2), (3), (4), and (5)’’ and insert in lieu thereof

7 ‘‘units authorized to be constructed or the program

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

9 (6).’’.