3.0.0 29 2023-01-11T13:15:08Z 2023-01-11T13:15:08Z House H HR 2007-01-04 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg07 Water and Power Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-04-24T20:30:31Z Reported by 2008-09-16T22:48:30Z Markup by 2008-09-11T22:02:07Z Referred to 2008-02-13T21:13:06Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas03 Readiness Subcommittee Discharged from 2008-01-15T19:56:32Z Referred to 2007-01-25T16:22:47Z Discharged from 2008-01-16T01:00:00Z Referred to 2007-01-04T17:18:35Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee Discharged from 2007-10-10T17:38:58Z Referred to 2007-02-07T17:48:47Z Reported by 2007-12-20T00:00:18Z Markup by 2007-10-10T15:46:22Z Referred to 2007-01-04T17:18:30Z H. Rept. 110-503 2008-09-16 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1008. Calendars 2008-09-16 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2008-09-16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2008-09-11 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2008-04-24 sseg07 Water and Power Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Committee 2008-02-13 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2008-02-12 15:13:19 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-02-12 15:13:17 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H829-830) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2008-02-12 15:13:17 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H829-830) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2008-02-12 15:10:39 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 29. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-02-12 15:10:37 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H829-831) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-02-12 15:10:25 Mr. Grijalva moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2008-01-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 309. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00309 2008-01-15 Committee on Armed Services discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2008-01-15 Committee on Armed Services discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2008-01-15 hsas00 Armed Services Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Readiness Discharged. Committee 2007-12-19 House Committee on Armed Services Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 15, 2008. IntroReferral H11210 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2007-12-19 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-503, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2007-12-19 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-503, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2007-10-10 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2007-10-10 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged. Committee 2007-10-10 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2007-02-07 hsii13 Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. Committee 2007-01-25 hsas03 Readiness Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Committee 2007-01-04 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2007-01-04 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-04 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2007-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 N 2007-11-07T06:00:00Z H.R. 29, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other purposes http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19308 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 10, 2007</p> 2007-11-07T06:00:00Z H.R. 29, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other purposes https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19308 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 10, 2007 2008-09-29T04:00:00Z H.R. 29, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other purposes http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20329 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008</p> 2008-09-29T04:00:00Z H.R. 29, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other purposes https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20329 Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008 Water Resources Development Agriculture and Food Armed Forces and National Security California Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Defense contracts Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Federal aid to water resources development Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Infrastructure Intergovernmental fiscal relations Irrigation Law Licenses Maintenance and repair Military bases Military construction operations Navy Rivers Sunset legislation Water districts Water rates Water rights Water storage Water supply Water use Water Resources Development 00 2007-01-04 Introduced in House 2007-02-07T16:47:57Z Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to construct, operate, and maintain the Santa Margarita River Project in accordance with the final feasibility report and this Act.

Authorizes Project construction only after the Secretary determines that: (1) the Fallbrook Public Utility District, San Diego County, and the Navy have entered into contracts to repay to the United States appropriate costs; (2) the authorized California officer or agency has granted water use permits to the Bureau of Reclamation; (3) the District has agreed that it will not assert against the United States any prior right to water in excess of the quantity deliverable under this Act and will share water based on equal priority and a specified ratio; and (4) the Secretary has determined that the Project has economic, environmental, and engineering feasibility.

Provides that, upon Project completion, the Department of the Navy shall be responsible to repay only that portion of costs that the Secretary and the Navy Secretary determine reflects the extent to which the Department benefits from the Project.

Permits operation of the Project by the Secretary, the District, or a third party consistent with this Act.

Requires the Department and the District to participate in the Project yield on the basis of equal priority, with 60% of the Project's yield allotted to the Navy Secretary and 40% allotted to the District. Sets forth provisions governing the sale and delivery of excess water.

Requires the District's general repayment obligation to be determined by the Secretary consistent with the Reclamation Project Act of 1939.

Authorizes the Secretary to transfer operation of the Project to the District or a mutually agreed upon third party.

]]> 28 2007-12-19 Reported to House without amendment, Part I 2008-01-24T16:44:17Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 2) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to construct, operate, and maintain a project to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, in accordance with the final feasibility report and this Act.

Authorizes project construction only after the Secretary determines that: (1) the Fallbrook Public Utility District, San Diego County, and the Navy have entered into contracts to repay to the United States appropriate costs; (2) the authorized California officer or agency has granted water use permits to the Bureau of Reclamation; (3) the District has agreed that it will not assert against the United States any prior right to water in excess of the quantity deliverable under this Act and will share water based on equal priority and a specified ratio; and (4) the Secretary has determined that the project has economic, environmental, and engineering feasibility.

(Sec. 3) Provides that, upon project completion, the Department of the Navy shall be responsible to repay only that portion of costs that the Secretary and the Navy Secretary determine reflects the extent to which the Department benefits from the project.

(Sec. 4) Permits operation of the project by the Secretary, the District, or a third party consistent with this Act. Requires the Department and the District to participate in the project yield on the basis of equal priority, with 60% of the project's yield allotted to the Navy Secretary and 40% allotted to the District. Sets forth provisions governing the sale and delivery of excess water.

(Sec. 5) Requires the District's general repayment obligation to be determined by the Secretary consistent with the Reclamation Project Act of 1939.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer operation of the project to the District or a mutually agreed upon third party. Provides that if such a transfer takes place, the District shall be entitled to an equitable credit for the costs associated with the Secretary's proportionate share of the project's operation and maintenance.

(Sec. 7) Provides that the basis, measure, and limit of all U.S. rights pertaining to the use of water under this Act shall be California law.

(Sec. 8) Prohibits the project from being administered or operated in any way that would impair or deplete the quantities of water the United States would have been entitled to use under California law had the project not been built, unless otherwise agreed by the Navy Secretary.

(Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 10) Requires the Secretary and the Navy Secretary to report to Congress regarding whether and how the conditions specified by this Act have been met.

(Sec. 11) Terminates the Secretary's authority to complete project construction 10 years after this Act's enactment.

]]> 81 2008-02-12 Passed House without amendment 2008-02-20T15:39:24Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 2) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to construct, operate, and maintain a project to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, in accordance with the final feasibility report and this Act.

Authorizes project construction only after the Secretary determines that: (1) the Fallbrook Public Utility District, San Diego County, and the Navy have entered into contracts to repay to the United States appropriate costs; (2) the authorized California officer or agency has granted water use permits to the Bureau of Reclamation; (3) the District has agreed that it will not assert against the United States any prior right to water in excess of the quantity deliverable under this Act and will share water based on equal priority and a specified ratio; and (4) the Secretary has determined that the project has economic, environmental, and engineering feasibility.

(Sec. 3) Provides that, upon project completion, the Department of the Navy shall be responsible to repay only that portion of costs that the Secretary and the Navy Secretary determine reflects the extent to which the Department benefits from the project.

(Sec. 4) Permits operation of the project by the Secretary, the District, or a third party consistent with this Act. Requires the Department and the District to participate in the project yield on the basis of equal priority, with 60% of the project's yield allotted to the Navy Secretary and 40% allotted to the District. Sets forth provisions governing the sale and delivery of excess water.

(Sec. 5) Requires the District's general repayment obligation to be determined by the Secretary consistent with the Reclamation Project Act of 1939.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer operation of the project to the District or a mutually agreed upon third party. Provides that if such a transfer takes place, the District shall be entitled to an equitable credit for the costs associated with the Secretary's proportionate share of the project's operation and maintenance.

(Sec. 7) Provides that the basis, measure, and limit of all U.S. rights pertaining to the use of water under this Act shall be California law.

(Sec. 8) Prohibits the project from being administered or operated in any way that would impair or deplete the quantities of water the United States would have been entitled to use under California law had the project not been built, unless otherwise agreed by the Navy Secretary.

(Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 10) Requires the Secretary and the Navy Secretary to report to Congress regarding whether and how the conditions specified by this Act have been met.

(Sec. 11) Terminates the Secretary's authority to complete project construction 10 years after this Act's enactment.

]]> 01 2008-09-16 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2009-01-26T19:56:14Z Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to construct, operate, and maintain a project to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, in accordance with the final feasibility report and environmental reviews for the project and this Act.

Authorizes project construction only after the Secretary determines that: (1) the Fallbrook Public Utility District, San Diego County, and the Navy have entered into contracts to repay to the United States appropriate costs of constructing, operating, and maintaining the Project (permits the Secretary to allow satisfaction of the repayment obligation for construction costs through the payment of the share of the Navy Secretary prior to the initiation of construction); (2) the authorized California officer or agency has granted water use permits to the Bureau of Reclamation; (3) the District has agreed that it will not assert against the United States any prior right to water in excess of the quantity deliverable under this Act and will share water based on equal priority and a specified ratio; and (4) the Secretary has determined that the project has completed applicable economic, environmental, and engineering feasibility studies.

(Sec. 3) Makes the Navy Secretary responsible to pay only that portion of project costs that reflects the extent to which the Department of the Navy benefits from the project. Allows the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Navy Secretary for the impoundment, storage, treatment, and carriage of prior rights water for domestic, municipal, fish and wildlife, industrial, and other beneficial purposes using project facilities.

(Sec. 4) Permits operation of the project by the Secretary, the District, or a third party, subject to a memorandum of agreement between the two Secretaries and the District. Requires the Navy Secretary and the District to participate in the project yield on the basis of equal priority, with 60% of the project's yield allotted to the Navy Secretary and 40% allotted to the District. Sets forth provisions governing contracts for the sale and delivery of excess water.

(Sec. 5) Requires the District's general repayment obligation to be determined by the Secretary consistent with the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, with exceptions. Provides that: (1) for purposes of calculating interest and determining the time when the District's repayment obligation to the United States commences, the pumping and treatment of groundwater from the project shall be deemed equivalent to the first use of water from a water storage project; and (2) there shall be no repayment obligation for water delivered to the District under a contract for delivery of excess water.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer operation of the project to the District or a mutually agreed upon third party. Provides that if such a transfer takes place, the District shall be entitled to an equitable credit for the costs associated with the Secretary's proportionate share of the project's operation and maintenance.

(Sec. 7) Provides that California law shall apply to the rights of the United States pertaining to water use under this Act, with exceptions.

(Sec. 8) Prohibits the project from being administered or operated in any way that would impair or deplete the quantities of water the United States would have been entitled to use under California law had the project not been built, unless otherwise agreed by the Navy Secretary.

(Sec. 9) Requires the Secretary and the Navy Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding whether the conditions specified by this Act have been met and, if so, the manner in which they were met.

(Sec. 10) Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 11) Terminates the Secretary's authority to complete project construction 10 years after this Act's enactment.

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