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[H.R. 3910 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3910

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 An Act


 
   To provide emergency drought relief to the city of Corpus Christi, 
Texas, and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Texas, 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 ``Emergency Drought Relief Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF.

    (a) Corpus Christi.--
        (1) Emergency drought relief.--For the purpose of providing 
    emergency drought relief, the Secretary of the Interior shall defer 
    all principal and interest payments without penalty or accrued 
    interest for the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment 
    of this Act for the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Nueces 
    River Authority under contract No. 6-07-01-X0675 involving the 
    Nueces River Reclamation Project, Texas: Provided, That the city of 
    Corpus Christi shall commit to use the funds thus made available 
    exclusively for the acquisition of or construction of facilities 
    related to alternative sources of water supply.
        (2) Issuance of permits.--If construction of facilities related 
    to alternative water supplies referred to in paragraph (1) requires 
    a Federal permit for use of Bureau of Reclamation lands or 
    facilities, the Secretary shall issue such permits within 90 days 
    after the date of enactment of this Act, recognizing the 
    environmental impact statement FES74-54 and the environmental 
    assessment dated March 1991 (relating to the Lavaca-Navidad River 
    Authority Pipeline permit).
    (b) Canadian River Municipal Water Authority.--
        (1) Recognition of transfer of lands to the national park 
    service.--All obligations and associated debt under contract No. 
    14-06-500-485 for land and related relocations transferred to the 
    National Park Service to form the Lake Meredith National Recreation 
    Area under Public Law 101-628, in the amount of $4,000,000, shall 
    be nonreimbursable. The Secretary shall recalculate the repayment 
    schedule of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority to reflect 
    the determination of the preceding sentence and to implement the 
    revised repayment schedule within one year of the date of enactment 
    of this Act.
        (2) Emergency drought relief.--The Secretary shall defer all 
    principal and interest payments without penalty or accrued interest 
    for the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
    Act for the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority under contract 
    No. 14-06-500-485 as emergency drought relief to enable 
    construction of additional water supply and conveyance facilities.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.