[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2229 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2229

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements for 
 the use of facilities associated with the Solano Project, California, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 1995

   Mr. Miller of California introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements for 
 the use of facilities associated with the Solano Project, California, 
                        and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF THE WARREN ACT.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Interior may--
            (1) enter into contracts with private entities pursuant to 
        the Act of February 21, 1911 (commonly known as the ``Warren 
        Act'') (36 Stat. 925 et seq., chapter 141; 43 U.S.C. 523 et 
        seq.), for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject 
        water for domestic, municipal, fish and wildlife, industrial, 
        and other beneficial purposes, using any facilities associated 
        with the Solano Project, California; and
            (2) enter into agreements, under terms and conditions 
        authorized for contracts under such Act, with appropriate 
        officials of other Federal agencies, municipalities, public 
        water districts and agencies, and the State of California for 
        impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water for 
        purposes described in paragraph (1) using facilities referred 
        to in such paragraph.
    (b) Nonproject Water Defined.--In subsection (a), the term 
``nonproject water'' means water that is not from a Federal reclamation 
project.
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