[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 693 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 693

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide additional studies 
                   and investigations at Crater Lake.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1993

Mr. Smith of Oregon (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Kopetski, 
and Ms. Furse) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide additional studies 
                   and investigations at Crater Lake.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Crater Lake Water Quality Study Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) Crater Lake is the deepest caldera lake in the world;
            (2) the lake constitutes the principal reason for the 
        establishment of Crater Lake as a unit of the National Park 
        System;
            (3) research indicating an apparent reduction in the 
        clarity of the lake lead Congress to require a 10-year study of 
        the lake in 1982;
            (4) the results of this study indicate that lake attributes 
        are dynamic and sensitive to changing environmental conditions; 
        and
            (5) understanding the cyclic phenomena will require 
        additional study and long term monitoring.

SEC. 3. STUDY OF CRATER LAKE WATER QUALITY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of the Interior shall continue studies 
and investigations begun under Public Law 97-250 to determine the 
status and trends of change of the water quality of Crater Lake. The 
Secretary shall immediately implement such actions as may be necessary 
to assure the retention of the natural pristine water quality of Crater 
Lake.
    (b) Report.--Within 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and biennially thereafter for the 10-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report 
of the results of such studies and investigations, and any 
implementation actions initiated, to the appropriate committees of the 
Congress.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$160,000 for fiscal year 1994 and each of the 9 fiscal years 
thereafter.

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