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Union Calendar No. 137 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1337 

[Report No. 110–221] 

To provide for a feasibility study of alternatives to augment the water supplies 

of the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District and cities served 

by the District. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 6, 2007 

Mr. COLE of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources 

JULY 10, 2007 

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] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 6, 2007] 

A BILL 

To provide for a feasibility study of alternatives to augment 

the water supplies of the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District and cities served by the District. 

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. CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MASTER CONSERVATORY 

2 DISTRICT FEASIBILITY STUDY. 

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

4 (1) Thunderbird Lake, located on Little River in 

5 central Oklahoma, was constructed in 1965 by the 

6 Bureau of Reclamation for flood control, water sup7 ply, recreation, and fish and wildlife purposes; 

8 (2) the available yield of Thunderbird Lake is al9 located to the Central Oklahoma Master Conservatory 

10 District, which supplies municipal and industrial 

11 water supplies to the cities of Norman, Midwest City, 

12 and Del City, Oklahoma; and 

13 (3) studies conducted by the Bureau during fis14 cal year 2003 indicate that the District will require 

15 additional water supplies to meet the future needs of 

16 the District, including through— 

17 (A) the drilling of additional wells; 

18 (B) the implementation of a seasonal pool 

19 plan at Thunderbird Lake; 

20 (C) the construction of terminal storage to 

21 hold wet-weather yield from Thunderbird Lake; 

22 (D) a reallocation of water storage; and 

23 (E) the importation of surplus water from 

24 sources outside the basin of Thunderbird Lake. 

25 (b) STUDY.—Beginning no later than 1 year after the 

26 date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of the BuVerDate Aug 31 2005 02:05 Jul 11, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1337.RH H1337

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1 reau of Reclamation shall conduct a feasibility study of al2 ternatives to augment the water supplies of the Central 

3 Oklahoma Master Conservatory District and cities served 

4 by the District, including recommendations of the Commis5 sioner, if any. 

6 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

7 authorized to be appropriated to the Commissioner of the 

8 Bureau of Reclamation $900,000 to conduct the study 

9 under subsection (b). 


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Union Calendar No. 137 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1337 

[Report No. 110

–221] 

A BILL 

To provide for a feasibility study of alternatives to 

served by the District. homa Master Conservancy District and cities augment the water supplies of the Central OklaJULY 10, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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