[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 3910 Referred in Senate (RFS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H.R. 3910


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 1996

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 10, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.