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Union Calendar No. 91

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1937

[Report No. 107–155]

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in certain feasibility

studies of water resource projects in the State of Washington.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 22, 2001

Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. DICKS, Mr. INSLEE, and Mr.

SMITH of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Resources

JULY 24, 2001

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 authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in

certain feasibility studies of water resource projects in

the State of Washington.

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 ‘‘Pacific Northwest Fea3 sibility Studies Act of 2001’’.

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior may

6 engage in the following feasibility studies:

7 (1) The Tulalip Tribes Water Quality Feasi8 bility Study, to identify ways to meet future domes9 tic and commercial water distribution needs of the

10 Tulalip Indian Reservation on the Eastern Shore of

11 Puget Sound, Washington.

12 (2) The Lower Elwha Klallam Rural Water

13 Supply Feasibility Study, to identify additional

14 groundwater supply sources for the Lower Elwha In15 dian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula, Wash16 ington.

17 (3) The Makah Community Water Source

18 Project Feasibility Study, to identify ways to meet

19 the current and future domestic and commercial

20 water supply and distribution needs of the Makah

21 Indian Tribe on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

22 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF RESULTS.—The Sec23 retary of the Interior shall make available to the public,

24 upon request, the results of each feasibility study author25 ized under subsection (a), and shall promptly publish in
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1 the Federal Register a notice of the availability of those

2 results.

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pacific Northwest Feasi5 bility Studies Act of 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior may

8 engage in the following feasibility studies:

9 (1) The Tulalip Tribes Water Quality Feasibility

10 Study, to identify ways to meet future domestic and

11 commercial water distribution needs of the Tulalip

12 Indian Reservation on the Eastern Shore of Puget

13 Sound, Washington.

14 (2) The Lower Elwha Klallam Rural Water

15 Supply Feasibility Study, to identify additional

16 rural water supply sources for the Lower Elwha In17 dian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula, Wash18 ington.

19 (3) The Makah Community Water Source Project

20 Feasibility Study, to identify ways to meet the cur21 rent and future domestic and commercial water sup22 ply and distribution needs of the Makah Indian Tribe

23 on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

24 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF RESULTS.—The Sec25 retary of the Interior shall make available to the public,
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1 upon request, the results of each feasibility study authorized

2 under subsection (a), and shall promptly publish in the

3 Federal Register a notice of the availability of those results.

Union Calendar No. 91

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1937

[Report No. 107–155]

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in certain feasibility studies of water resource projects in the State of Washington.

JULY 24, 2001

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,

and ordered to be printed