Union Calendar No. 415
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3910
[Report No. 104–770]
A BILL
To provide emergency drought relief to the city of
Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Canadian River
Municipal Water Authority, Texas, and for other
purposes.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1996
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 415
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3910
[Report No. 104–770]
To provide emergency drought relief to the city of Corpus Christi, Texas,
and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Texas, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1996
Mr. ORTIZ (for himself and Mr. THORNBERRY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Resources
SEPTEMBER 4, 1996
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 provide emergency drought relief to the city of Corpus
Christi, Texas, and the Canadian River Municipal Water
Authority, Texas, 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 ‘‘Emergency Drought
Relief Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.
(a) CORPUS CHRISTI.—
(1) EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.—For the
purpose of providing emergency drought relief, the
Secretary of the Interior shall defer all principal and
interest payments without penalty or accrued inter-
est for a period of 5 years for the city of Corpus
Christi, Texas, and the Nueces River Authority
under contract No. 6–07–01–X0675 involving the
Nueces River Reclamation Project, Texas: Provided,
That the city of Corpus Christi shall commit to use
the funds thus made available exclusively for the ac-
quisition of or construction of facilities related to al-
ternative sources of water supply.
(2) ISSUANCE OF PERMITS.—If construction of
facilities related to alternative water supplies re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) requires a Federal permit
for use of Bureau of Reclamation lands or facilities,
the Secretary shall issue such permits within 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act, rec-
ognizing
the
environmental
impact
statement
FES74–54 and the environmental assessment dated
March 1991 (relating to the Lavaca-Navidad River
Authority Pipeline permit).
(b) CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHOR-
ITY.—
(1) RECOGNITION OF TRANSFER OF LANDS TO
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.—All obligations and
associated debt under contract No. 14–06–500–485
for land and related relocations transferred to the
National Park Service to form the Lake Meredith
National Recreation Area under Public Law 101–
628, in the amount of $4,000,000, shall be non-
reimbursable. The Secretary shall recalculate the re-
payment schedule of the Canadian River Municipal
Water Authority to reflect the determination of the
preceding sentence and to implement the revised re-
payment schedule within one year of the date of en-
actment of this Act.
(2) EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.—The Sec-
retary shall defer all principal and interest payments
without penalty or accrued interest for a period of
3 years for the Canadian River Municipal Water Au-
thority under contract No. 14–06–500–485 as emer-
gency drought relief to enable construction of addi-
tional water supply and conveyance facilities.