[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2350 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H.R. 2350

To authorize certain uses of water from the Solano Project, California.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1997

   Mr. Miller of California introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To authorize certain uses of water from the Solano Project, California.

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

SECTION 1. SOLANO PROJECT WATER.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
enter into contracts with the Solano County Water Agency, or any of its 
member unit contractors for water from the Solano Project, California, 
pursuant to the Act of February 21, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 523), for--
            (1) the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject 
        water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial 
        purposes, using any facilities associated with the Solano 
        Project, California, and
            (2) the exchange of water among Solano Project contractors, 
        for the purposes set forth in paragraph (1), using facilities 
        associated with the Solano Project, California.
    (b) Limitation.--The authorization under subsection (a) shall be 
limited to the use of that portion of the Solano Project facilities 
downstream of Mile 26 of the Putah South Canal as depicted on the 
official maps of the Bureau of Reclamation, and to that portion of the 
Solano Project facilities below the diversion points on the Putah South 
Canal utilized by the city of Fairfield for delivery of Solano Project 
water.
                                 <all>