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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3706
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to implement the provisions of
the Agreement conveying title to a Distribution System from the United
States to the Clear Creek Community Services District.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 22, 1998
Mr. HERGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to implement
the provisions of the Agreement conveying title to a
Distribution System from the United States to the Clear
Creek Community Services District.
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 ‘‘Clear Creek Distribu-
tion System Conveyance Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(2) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the
Clear Creek Community Services District, a Califor-
nia community services district located in Shasta
County, California.
(3) RECLAMATION.—The term ‘‘Reclamation’’
means the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
(4) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’
means Agreement No. 8–07–20–L6975 entitled
‘‘Agreement Between the United States and the
Clear Creek Community Services District to Trans-
fer Title to the Clear Creek Distribution System to
the Clear Creek Community Services District.’’
(5) DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Dis-
tribution System’’ means that term as defined in the
Agreement.
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY TITLE.
The Secretary is hereby authorized to convey title to
the Distribution System consistent with the terms and
conditions set forth in the Agreement.
SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.
Following conveyance of title as provided in this Act,
the District shall comply with all requirements of Federal,
California, and local law as may be applicable to non-Fed-
eral water distribution systems.
SEC. 5. NATIVE AMERICAN TRUST RESPONSIBILITY.
The Secretary shall ensure that any trust responsibil-
ities to any Native American Tribes that may be affected
by the transfer under this Act are protected and fulfilled.
SEC. 6. LIABILITY.
Effective on the date of conveyance as provided in
this Act, the District agrees that it shall hold the United
States harmless and shall indemnify the United States for
any and all claims, costs, damages, and judgments of any
kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relat-
ing to the Distribution System, except for such claims,
costs, or damages arising from acts of negligence commit-
ted by the United States or by its employees, agents, or
contractors prior to the date of conveyance for which the
United States is found liable under the Federal Tort
Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2671 et seq.), provided such acts
of negligence exclude all actions related to the installation
of the Distribution System and/or prior billing and pay-
ment relative to the Distribution System.
SEC. 7. DEAUTHORIZATION.
Effective upon the date of conveyance, the Distribu-
tion System is hereby deauthorized as a Federal Reclama-
tion Project facility. Thereafter, the District shall not be
entitled to receive any further Reclamation benefits rel-
ative to the Distribution System. Such deauthorization
shall not affect any of the provisions of the District’s exist-
ing water service contract with the United States (contract
number 14–06–200–489–IR3), as it may be amended or
supplemented. Nor shall such deauthorization deprive the
District of any existing contractual or statutory entitle-
ment to subsequent interim renewals of such contract or
renewal by entering into a long-term water service con-
tract.
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