Union Calendar No. 415

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3910

[Report No. 104–770]

A BILL

To provide emergency drought relief to the city of

purposes.Municipal Water Authority, Texas, and for otherCorpus Christi, Texas, and the Canadian River

SEPTEMBER 4, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 415

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3910

[Report No. 104–770]

To provide emergency drought relief to the city of Corpus Christi, Texas,

and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Texas, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 26, 1996

Mr. ORTIZ (for himself and Mr. THORNBERRY) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Resources

SEPTEMBER 4, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To provide emergency drought relief to the city of Corpus

Christi, Texas, and the Canadian River Municipal Water

Authority, Texas, 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. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Drought

3 Relief Act of 1996’’.

4 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.

5 (a) CORPUS CHRISTI.—

6 (1) EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.—For the

7 purpose of providing emergency drought relief, the

8 Secretary of the Interior shall defer all principal and

9 interest payments without penalty or accrued inter10 est for a period of 5 years for the city of Corpus

11 Christi, Texas, and the Nueces River Authority

12 under contract No. 6–07–01–X0675 involving the

13 Nueces River Reclamation Project, Texas: Provided,

14 That the city of Corpus Christi shall commit to use

15 the funds thus made available exclusively for the ac16 quisition of or construction of facilities related to al17 ternative sources of water supply.

18 (2) ISSUANCE OF PERMITS.—If construction of

19 facilities related to alternative water supplies re20 ferred to in paragraph (1) requires a Federal permit

21 for use of Bureau of Reclamation lands or facilities,

22 the Secretary shall issue such permits within 90

23 days after the date of enactment of this Act, rec24 ognizing the environmental impact statement

25 FES74–54 and the environmental assessment dated
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1 March 1991 (relating to the Lavaca-Navidad River

2 Authority Pipeline permit).

3 (b) CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHOR4 ITY.—

5 (1) RECOGNITION OF TRANSFER OF LANDS TO

6 THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.—All obligations and

7 associated debt under contract No. 14–06–500–485

8 for land and related relocations transferred to the

9 National Park Service to form the Lake Meredith

10 National Recreation Area under Public Law 101–

11 628, in the amount of $4,000,000, shall be non12 reimbursable. The Secretary shall recalculate the re13 payment schedule of the Canadian River Municipal

14 Water Authority to reflect the determination of the

15 preceding sentence and to implement the revised re16 payment schedule within one year of the date of en17 actment of this Act.

18 (2) EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.—The Sec19 retary shall defer all principal and interest payments

20 without penalty or accrued interest for a period of

21 3 years for the Canadian River Municipal Water Au22 thority under contract No. 14–06–500–485 as emer23 gency drought relief to enable construction of addi24 tional water supply and conveyance facilities.
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Drought Re3 lief Act of 1996’’.

4 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.

5 (a) CORPUS CHRISTI.—

6 (1) EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.—For the

7 purpose of providing emergency drought relief, the

8 Secretary of the Interior shall defer all principal and

9 interest payments without penalty or accrued interest

10 for the 5-year period beginning on the date of enact11 ment of this Act for the city of Corpus Christi, Texas,

12 and the Nueces River Authority under contract No.

13 6–07–01–X0675 involving the Nueces River Reclama14 tion Project, Texas: Provided, That the city of Corpus

15 Christi shall commit to use the funds thus made

16 available exclusively for the acquisition of or con17 struction of facilities related to alternative sources of

18 water supply.

19 (2) ISSUANCE OF PERMITS.—If construction of

20 facilities related to alternative water supplies referred

21 to in paragraph (1) requires a Federal permit for use

22 of Bureau of Reclamation lands or facilities, the Sec23 retary shall issue such permits within 90 days after

24 the date of enactment of this Act, recognizing the en25 vironmental impact statement FES74–54 and the en26 vironmental assessment dated March 1991 (relating to
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1 the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority Pipeline per2 mit).

3 (b) CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHOR4 ITY.—

5 (1) RECOGNITION OF TRANSFER OF LANDS TO

6 THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.—All obligations and

7 associated debt under contract No. 14–06–500–485 for

8 land and related relocations transferred to the Na9 tional Park Service to form the Lake Meredith Na10 tional Recreation Area under Public Law 101–628,

11 in the amount of $4,000,000, shall be nonreimburs12 able. The Secretary shall recalculate the repayment

13 schedule of the Canadian River Municipal Water Au14 thority to reflect the determination of the preceding

15 sentence and to implement the revised repayment

16 schedule within one year of the date of enactment of

17 this Act.

18 (2) EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.—The Sec19 retary shall defer all principal and interest payments

20 without penalty or accrued interest for the 3-year pe21 riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act

22 for the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority

23 under contract No. 14–06–500–485 as emergency

24 drought relief to enable construction of additional

25 water supply and conveyance facilities.