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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3903
To require the Secretary of the Interior to sell the Sly Park Dam and
Reservoir, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 1996
Mr. DOOLITTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Interior to sell the Sly
Park Dam and Reservoir, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sly Park Unit Convey-
ance Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘El Dorado Irrigation District’’
or ‘‘District’’ means a political subdivision of the
State of California duly organized, existing, and act-
ing pursuant to the laws thereof with its principal
place of business in the city of Placerville, El Do-
rado County, California.
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(3) The term ‘‘Sly Park Unit’’ means the Sly
Park Dam and Reservoir, Camp Creek Diversion
Dam and Tunnel and conduits and canals as author-
ized under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the
American River Basin Development, California, for
irrigation and reclamation, and for other purposes’’,
approved October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852 chapter
690), together with all other facilities owned by the
United States including those used to convey and
store water delivered from Sly Park, as well as all
recreation facilities associated thereto.
SEC. 3. SALE OF THE SLY PARK UNIT.
(a) The Secretary shall, on or before December 31,
1997, and upon receipt of the payment for the original
construction debt described in subsection (b), sell and con-
vey to the El Dorado Irrigation District all right, title,
and interest of the United States in and to the Sly Park
Unit. At the time the Sly Park Unit is conveyed, the Sec-
retary shall also transfer and assign to the District the
water rights relating to the Sly Park Unit held in trust
by the Secretary for diversion and storage under Califor-
nia State permits numbered 2631 and 12258 and other
valid permits issued by the California State Water Re-
sources Control Board.
(b) The sale price for the Sly Park Unit shall be
$1,439,505, which is the net present value of the out-
standing balance for the original construction of the Sly
Park Unit payable to the United States. Payment shall
be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury and
credited to the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund.
Payment of such price shall extinguish all payment obliga-
tions under contract numbered 14–06–200–949IR1 be-
tween the District and the Secretary.
SEC. 4. CERTAIN CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED.
The sale of the Sly Park Unit under this Act shall
not affect the payment obligations of the District under
the contract between the District and the Secretary num-
bered 14–06–200–7734, as amended by contracts num-
bered 14–06–200–4282A and 14–06–200–8536A.
SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF SALES FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN
LAWS.
(a) The sales of assets under this Act shall not be
considered a disposal of Federal surplus property under
the following provisions of law:
(1) Section 203 of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
484).
(2) Section 13 of the Surplus Property Act of
1944 (50 U.S.C. App. 1622).
(b) The Congress specifically finds that (1) the sale,
conveyance and assignment of the Sly Park Unit and
water rights under this Act involves the transfer of the
ownership and operation of an existing ongoing water
project, (2) the Sly Park Unit operation, facilities, and
water rights have been, and after the sale and transfer
will continue to be, committed to maximum reasonable and
beneficial use for existing services, in accordance with
State of California water law, and (3) the sale, conveyance
and assignment of the Sly Park Unit and water rights
does not involve any additional growth or expansion of the
Project or other environmental impacts. The sale, convey-
ance and assignment of the Sly Park Unit and water
rights is consistent with the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) and the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) without ad-
ditional environmental review and, consequently, no new
environmental documentation is required pursuant to such
Acts.
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