[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3910 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3910

  To provide emergency drought relief to the city of Corpus Christi, 
Texas, and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Texas, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 1996

  Mr. Ortiz (for himself and Mr. Thornberry) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  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 a period of 5 years 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 a period of 3 years 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.
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