[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 523 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 46
104th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 523
[Report No. 104-24]
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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.
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April 3 (legislative day, March 27), 1995
Reported with an amendment
Calendar No. 46
104th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 523
[Report No. 104-24]
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, Mr. Kyl,
Mr. Domenici, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Thomas) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
April 3 (legislative day, March 27), 1995
Reported by Mr. Murkowski, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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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,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. BASINWIDE SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE COLORADO
RIVER BASIN.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in the first sentence--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) by striking ``the following
salinity control units'' and inserting ``the
following salinity control units and salinity
control program''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) by striking the period at the
end and inserting a colon; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) by adding at the end the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(6) Salinity control program.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) In general.--The Secretary, acting
through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall
implement a basinwide salinity control
program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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).</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(E) Planning report.--The Secretary
shall submit a planning report concerning the salinity
control program to the appropriate committees of
Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ``and (5)''
and inserting ``(5), and (6)''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Allocation of Costs.--Section 205(a) of the Colorado
River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1595(a)) is amended--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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)''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(c) Additional Authorization of Appropriations.--In
addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection
(b), there are authorized to be appropriated--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) such sums as are necessary to pay for non-
federally financed salinity control; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) $75,000,000 for the construction of
federally financed improvements described in section
202(a).''.</DELETED>
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.''; 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).''.