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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 930
To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize addi-
tional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial
Dam in a cost-effective manner.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 14, 1995
Mr. HANSEN (for himself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. STUMP, Mr.
GALLEGLY, and Mrs. VUCANOVICH) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act
to authorize additional measures to carry out the control
of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective
manner.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE COLORADO RIVER
BASIN SALINITY CONTROL ACT.
The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43
U.S.C. 1571 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 202(a) (43 U.S.C. 1592(a))—
(A) in the first sentence—
(i) by striking ‘‘the following salinity
control units’’ and inserting ‘‘the following
salinity control units and salinity control
program’’; and
(ii) by striking the period and insert-
ing a colon; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(6) A basinwide salinity control program that
the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Rec-
lamation, shall implement. The Secretary may carry
out the purposes of this paragraph directly, or may
enter into contracts, memorandums of agreement, or
make grants, commitments for grants, or advances
of funds to non-Federal entities under such terms
and conditions as the Secretary may require. Such
program shall consist of cost-effective measures and
associated works to reduce salinity from saline
springs, leaking wells, irrigation sources, industrial
sources, erosion of public and private land, or other
sources that the Secretary considers appropriate.
Such program shall provide for the mitigation of in-
cidental fish and wildlife values that are lost as a re-
sult of the measures. The Secretary shall submit a
planning report concerning the program established
under this paragraph to the appropriate committees
of Congress. The Secretary may not expend funds
for any implementation measure under the program
established under this paragraph before the expira-
tion of a 30-day period beginning on the date on
which the Secretary submits the planning report.’’;
(2) in section 205(a) (43 U.S.C. 1595(a))—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘author-
ized by section 202(a) (4) and (5)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘authorized by paragraphs (4) through (6)
of section 202(a)’’; and
(B) in paragraph (4)(i), by striking ‘‘sec-
tions 202(a) (4) and (5)’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (4) through (6) of
section 202’’;
(3) in section 208 (43 U.S.C. 1598), by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) In addition to the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under subsection (b), there are authorized to
be appropriated such sums as are necessary to pay for
nonfederally financed salinity control and $75,000,000 for
the construction of federally financed improvements de-
scribed in section 202(a).’’; and
(4) 
in 
section 
202(b)(4) 
(43 
U.S.C.
(1592(b)(4)), by striking ‘‘units authorized to be
constructed pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3),
(4), and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘units authorized to be
constructed or the program pursuant to paragraphs
(1) through (6)’’.
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