[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2355 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2355

  To extend the repayment periods for the repayment for Nueces River 
                          reclamation project.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1997

  Mr. Ortiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To extend the repayment periods for the repayment for Nueces River 
                          reclamation project.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nueces River Drought Relief 
Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PERIODS FOR REPAYMENTS FOR NUECES RIVER 
              RECLAMATION PROJECT, TEXAS.

    Section 2 of the Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104-318; 110 Stat. 3862) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(c) Extension of Period for Repayment.--Notwithstanding any 
provision of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485 et 
seq.), the Secretary of the Interior shall extend the period for 
repayment by the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Nueces River 
Authority under contract No. 6-07-01-X0675, relating to the Nueces 
River reclamation project, Texas, until--
            ``(1) August 1, 2029, for repayment pursuant to the 
        municipal and industrial water supply benefits portion of the 
        contract; and
            ``(2) until August 1, 2044, for repayment pursuant to the 
        fish and wildlife and recreation benefits portion of the 
        contract.
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