[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 523 Referred in House (RFH)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 523


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 1995

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
  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. AMENDMENTS TO THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL ACT.

    The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1571 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 202(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 and inserting a 
                        colon; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(6) A basinwide salinity control program that the 
        Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall 
        implement. The Secretary may carry out the purposes of this 
        paragraph directly, or may make grants, commitments for grants, 
        or advances of funds to non-Federal entities under such terms 
        and conditions as the Secretary may require. Such 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 that the Secretary considers 
        appropriate. Such program shall provide for the mitigation of 
        incidental fish and wildlife values that are lost as a result 
        of the measures and associated works. The Secretary shall 
        submit a planning report concerning the program established 
        under this paragraph to the appropriate committees of Congress. 
        The Secretary may not expend funds for any implementation 
        measure under the program established under this paragraph 
        before the expiration of a 30-day period beginning on the date 
        on which the Secretary submits such report'';
            (2) in section 205(a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``authorized by 
                section 202(a) (4) and (5)'' and inserting ``authorized 
                by paragraphs (4) through (6) of section 202(a)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)(i), by striking ``section 
                202(a) (4) and (5)'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``paragraphs (4) through (6) of section 
                202'';
                    (3) in section 208, by adding at the end the 
                following new subsection:
    ``(c) In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated 
$75,000,000 for subsection 202(a), including constructing the works 
described in paragraph 202(a)(6) and carrying out the measures 
described in such paragraph. Notwithstanding subsection (b), the 
Secretary may implement the program under paragraph 202(a)(6) only to 
the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts.''; and
            (4) in subsection 202(b)(4) delete ``units authorized to be 
        constructed pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and 
        (5)'' and insert in lieu thereof ``units authorized to be 
        constructed or the program pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), 
        (3), (4), (5), and (6).''.

            Passed the Senate April 27 (legislative day, April 24), 
      1995.

            Attest:

                                               SHEILA P. BURKE,

                                                             Secretary.