[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2007 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2007

    To amend the Act that authorized the Canadian River reclamation 
project, Texas, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow use of 
 the project distribution system to transport water from sources other 
                           than the project.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 1997

Mr. Thornberry  (for himself and Mr. Combest) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Act that authorized the Canadian River reclamation 
project, Texas, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow use of 
 the project distribution system to transport water from sources other 
                           than the project.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OF CANADIAN RIVER RECLAMATION 
              PROJECT, TEXAS, TO TRANSPORT NON-PROJECT WATER.

    The Act of December 29, 1950 (Chapter 1183; 43 U.S.C. 600b, 600c), 
authorizing construction, operation, and maintenance of the Canadian 
River reclamation project, Texas, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:
    ``Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Interior shall, subject only to a 
review of the engineering design of the interconnection facilities to 
assure the continued integrity of the project, allow use of the project 
distribution system (including all pipelines, aqueducts, pumping 
plants, and related facilities) for transport of water from sources 
other than the project to municipalities that are receiving water from 
the project at no cost to the Canadian River Municipal Water 
Authority.''.
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