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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2402
To make technical and clarifying amendments to improve the management
of water-related facilities in the Western United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 4, 1997
Mr. DOOLITTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To make technical and clarifying amendments to improve
the management of water-related facilities in the Western
United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Water-Related Technical Corrections Act of 1997’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Authority to use reclamation project facilities for nonproject water.
Sec. 3. Reduction of waiting period for obligation of funds provided under Rec-
lamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978.
Sec. 4. Albuquerque Metropolitan Area Reclamation and Reuse Project.
Sec. 5. Phoenix Metropolitan Water Reclamation and Reuse Project.
Sec. 6. Refund of amounts received as paid from compensation bills under Rec-
lamation Reform Act of 1982.
Sec. 7. Designation of Trinity Lake.
Sec. 8. Extension of periods for repayments for Nueces River reclamation
project and Canadian River reclamation project, Texas.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO USE RECLAMATION PROJECT FA-
CILITIES FOR NONPROJECT WATER.
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Govern-
ment to contract for impounding, storing, and carriage of
water, and to cooperate in the construction and use of res-
ervoirs and canals under reclamation projects, and for
other purposes’’, approved February 21, 1911, popularly
known as the Warren Act, is amended—
(1) in the first section (36 Stat. 925; 43 U.S.C.
523)—
(A) in the first sentence—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, including water
from sources other than the project (in
this 
Act 
referred 
to 
as 
‘nonproject
water’),’’ after ‘‘water’’ the first place it
appears;
(ii) by striking ‘‘and irrigation dis-
tricts’’ and inserting ‘‘irrigation districts,
municipalities, public water districts and
agencies, Indian tribes, other Federal
agencies, and State agencies’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘for irrigation’’; and
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a) The Secretary, in cooperation with the city of
Phoenix, Arizona, shall participate in the planning, design,
and construction of the Phoenix Metropolitan Water Rec-
lamation and Reuse Project to utilize fully wastewater
from the regional wastewater treatment plant for direct
municipal, industrial, agricultural, and environmental pur-
poses, groundwater recharge, and direct potable reuse in
the Phoenix metropolitan area.’’;
(2) in subsection (b) by striking the first sen-
tence; and
(3) by striking subsection (c).
SEC. 6. REFUND OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED AS PAID FROM
COMPENSATION BILLS UNDER RECLAMATION
REFORM ACT OF 1982.
(a) REFUND REQUIRED.—Subject to subsection (b)
and the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the
Interior shall refund fully amounts received by the United
States as collections under section 224(i) of the Reclama-
tion Reform Act of 1982 (101 Stat. 1330–268; 43 U.S.C.
390ww(i)) for paid form compensation bills (including in-
terest collected) issued by the Secretary of the Interior be-
fore January 1, 1994, for furnishing certificates under
sections 206 and 224(c) of such Act (96 Stat. 1266, 1272;
43 U.S.C. 390ff, 390ww(c)).
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.—In the case of a refund
of amounts collected in connection with sections 206 and
224(c) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat.
1266, 1272; 43 U.S.C. 390ff, 390ww(c)) that occurred
with respect to any water year after the 1987 water year,
the amount refunded shall be reduced by an administra-
tive fee of $260 for each collection so refunded.
SEC. 7. DESIGNATION OF TRINITY LAKE.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The reservoir created by Trinity
Dam in the Central Valley project, California, and des-
ignated as ‘‘Clair Engle Lake’’ by Public Law 88–662 (78
Stat. 1093) is hereby redesignated as ‘‘Trinity Lake’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regula-
tion, document, record, map, or other paper of the United
States to the reservoir referred to in subsection (a) shall
be considered to be a reference to ‘‘Trinity Lake’’.
(c) REPEAL
OF EARLIER DESIGNATION.—Public
Law 88–662 (78 Stat. 1093) is repealed.
SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF PERIODS FOR REPAYMENTS FOR
NUECES RIVER RECLAMATION PROJECT AND
CANADIAN RIVER RECLAMATION PROJECT,
TEXAS.
Section 2 of the Emergency Drought Relief Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–318; 110 Stat. 3862) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) EXTENSION OF PERIODS FOR REPAYMENT.—
Notwithstanding any provision of the Reclamation Project
Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485 et seq.), the Secretary of the
Interior—
‘‘(1) shall extend the period for repayment by
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Nueces
River Authority under contract No. 6–07–01–
X0675, relating to the Nueces River reclamation
project, Texas, until—
‘‘(A) August 1, 2029, for repayment pur-
suant to the municipal and industrial water
supply benefits portion of the contract; and
‘‘(B) until August 1, 2044, for repayment
pursuant to the fish and wildlife and recreation
benefits portion of the contract; and
‘‘(2) shall extend the period for repayment by
the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
under contract No. 14–06–500–485, relating to the
Canadian River reclamation project, Texas, until Oc-
tober 1, 2021.’’.
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