To amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 for the purposes of extending the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 through 2018, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-518
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-05
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases

Disaster relief and insurance

Natural disasters

Water resources funding

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to: (1) extend authority for the drought program under such Act through FY2018, (2) authorize appropriations for such Act through FY2018, and (3) require cooperative drought contingency plans under such Act to provide for periodic review to address projected long-term climate variability and change.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 518 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 5, 2013 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Sablan , Mr. Holt , Ms. Hanabusa , Ms. Chu , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. Hinojosa , and Mr. Rangel ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 for the purposes of extending the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 through 2018, and for other purposes.

1. Drought relief (a) Termination of authority Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 ( 43 U.S.C. 2214(c) ) is amended by striking 2012 and inserting 2018 . (b) Authorization of appropriations Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 ( 43 U.S.C. 2241 ) is amended— (1) by striking 90,000,000 and inserting $110,000,000 ; and (2) by striking 2012 and inserting 2018 . 2. Climate variability review Subsection (e) of section 203 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 ( 43 U.S.C. 2223(e) ) is amended as follows: (e) Review The contingency plans shall include provisions for periodic review to assure adequacy of the contingency plan to respond to current conditions, as well as address projected long-term climate variability and change, and such plans may be modified accordingly. .