[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3903 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3903

 To require the Secretary of the Interior to sell the Sly Park Dam and 
                   Reservoir, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 1996

Mr. Doolittle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Interior to sell the Sly Park Dam and 
                   Reservoir, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``El Dorado Irrigation District'' or 
        ``District'' means a political subdivision of the State of 
        California duly organized, existing, and acting pursuant to the 
        laws thereof with its principal place of business in the city 
        of Placerville, El Dorado County, California.
            (2) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
        Interior.
            (3) The term ``Sly Park Unit'' means the Sly Park Dam and 
        Reservoir, Camp Creek Diversion Dam and Tunnel and conduits and 
        canals as authorized under the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        authorize the American River Basin Development, California, for 
        irrigation and reclamation, and for other purposes'', approved 
        October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852 chapter 690), together with all 
        other facilities owned by the United States including those 
        used to convey and store water delivered from Sly Park, as well 
        as all recreation facilities associated thereto.

SEC. 3. SALE OF THE SLY PARK UNIT.

    (a) The Secretary shall, on or before December 31, 1997, and upon 
receipt of the payment for the original construction debt described in 
subsection (b), sell and convey to the El Dorado Irrigation District 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Sly 
Park Unit. At the time the Sly Park Unit is conveyed, the Secretary 
shall also transfer and assign to the District the water rights 
relating to the Sly Park Unit held in trust by the Secretary for 
diversion and storage under California State permits numbered 2631 and 
12258 and other valid permits issued by the California State Water 
Resources Control Board.
    (b) The sale price for the Sly Park Unit shall be $1,439,505, which 
is the net present value of the outstanding balance for the original 
construction of the Sly Park Unit payable to the United States. Payment 
shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury and 
credited to the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund. Payment of 
such price shall extinguish all payment obligations under contract 
numbered 14-06-200-949IR1 between the District and the Secretary.

SEC. 4. CERTAIN CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED.

    The sale of the Sly Park Unit under this Act shall not affect the 
payment obligations of the District under the contract between the 
District and the Secretary numbered 14-06-200-7734, as amended by 
contracts numbered 14-06-200-4282A and 14-06-200-8536A.

SEC. 5. TREATMENT OF SALES FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN LAWS.

    (a) The sales of assets under this Act shall not be considered a 
disposal of Federal surplus property under the following provisions of 
law:
            (1) Section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative 
        Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484).
            (2) Section 13 of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (50 
        U.S.C. App. 1622).
    (b) The Congress specifically finds that (1) the sale, conveyance 
and assignment of the Sly Park Unit and water rights under this Act 
involves the transfer of the ownership and operation of an existing 
ongoing water project, (2) the Sly Park Unit operation, facilities, and 
water rights have been, and after the sale and transfer will continue 
to be, committed to maximum reasonable and beneficial use for existing 
services, in accordance with State of California water law, and (3) the 
sale, conveyance and assignment of the Sly Park Unit and water rights 
does not involve any additional growth or expansion of the Project or 
other environmental impacts. The sale, conveyance and assignment of the 
Sly Park Unit and water rights is consistent with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) and the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) without additional 
environmental review and, consequently, no new environmental 
documentation is required pursuant to such Acts.
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