[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 523 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 523

  To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize 
 additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of 
    Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 9 (legislative day, March 6), 1995

 Mr. Bennett (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. 
 Kyl) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
            to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize 
 additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of 
    Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner, 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. BASINWIDE SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE COLORADO RIVER 
              BASIN.

    (a) Authorization To Construct, Operate, and Maintain a Basinwide 
Salinity Control Program.--Section 202 of the Colorado River Basin 
Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1592) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``the following salinity 
                        control units'' and inserting ``the following 
                        salinity control units and salinity control 
                        program''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting a colon; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Salinity control program.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary, acting through 
                the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall implement a 
                basinwide salinity control program.
                    ``(B) Contracts and other vehicles.--The Secretary 
                may carry out this paragraph directly, or may enter 
                into contracts and memoranda of agreement, or make 
                grants, commitments for grants, or advances of funds to 
                non-Federal entities, under such terms and conditions 
                as the Secretary considers to be appropriate.
                    ``(C) Cost-effective measures.--The salinity 
                control program shall consist of cost-effective 
                measures and associated works to reduce salinity from 
                saline springs, leaking wells, irrigation sources, 
                industrial sources, erosion of public and private land, 
                or other sources, as the Secretary considers to be 
                appropriate.
                    ``(D) Mitigation.--The salinity control program 
                shall provide for the mitigation of incidental fish and 
                wildlife resources that are lost as a result of the 
                measures and associated works described in subparagraph 
                (C).
                    ``(E) Planning report.--The Secretary shall submit 
                a planning report concerning the salinity control 
                program to the appropriate committees of Congress.
                    ``(F) Delay in implementation.--The Secretary may 
                not expend funds for any measure or associated work 
                described in subparagraph (C) before the expiration of 
                a 30-day period beginning on the date on which the 
                Secretary submits a planning report under subparagraph 
                (E).''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ``and (5)'' and 
        inserting ``(5), and (6)''.
    (b) Allocation of Costs.--Section 205(a) of the Colorado River 
Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1595(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``authorized by sections 
        202(a) (4) and (5)'' and inserting ``authorized by section 
        202(a) (4), (5), and (6)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)(i) by striking ``sections 202(a) (4) 
        and (5)'' each place it appears and inserting ``section 202(a) 
        (4), (5), and (6)''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 208 of the Colorado 
River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1598) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Additional Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to 
the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (b), there 
are authorized to be appropriated--
            ``(1) such sums as are necessary to pay for non-federally 
        financed salinity control; and
            ``(2) $75,000,000 for the construction of federally 
        financed improvements described in section 202(a).''.
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