[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[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).''.