[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 888 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 888

              To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 1993

   Mr. Fields of Texas (for himself and Mr. Bonilla) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Merchant Marine 
                             and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
              To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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

SECTION 1. SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER.

    Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Sole Source Aquifer.--This Act does not apply to the taking 
or jeopardy of an endangered species or threatened species if the 
taking or jeopardy results from the modification of a water habitat 
located in or fed by a sole source aquifer designated under the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.).''.

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