[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2402 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2402

 To make technical and clarifying amendments to improve the management 
       of water-related facilities in the Western United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 4, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make technical and clarifying amendments to improve the management 
       of water-related facilities in the Western United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Water-Related 
Technical Corrections Act of 1997''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Authority to use reclamation project facilities for nonproject 
                            water.
Sec. 3. Reduction of waiting period for obligation of funds provided 
                            under Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 
                            1978.
Sec. 4. Albuquerque Metropolitan Area Reclamation and Reuse Project.
Sec. 5. Phoenix Metropolitan Water Reclamation and Reuse Project.
Sec. 6. Refund of amounts received as paid from compensation bills 
                            under Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.
Sec. 7. Designation of Trinity Lake.
Sec. 8. Extension of periods for repayments for Nueces River 
                            reclamation project and Canadian River 
                            reclamation project, Texas.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO USE RECLAMATION PROJECT FACILITIES FOR NONPROJECT 
              WATER.

    The Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the Government to contract 
for impounding, storing, and carriage of water, and to cooperate in the 
construction and use of reservoirs and canals under reclamation 
projects, and for other purposes'', approved February 21, 1911, 
popularly known as the Warren Act, is amended--
            (1) in the first section (36 Stat. 925; 43 U.S.C. 523)--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``, including water from 
                        sources other than the project (in this Act 
                        referred to as `nonproject water'),'' after 
                        ``water'' the first place it appears;
                            (ii) by striking ``and irrigation 
                        districts'' and inserting ``irrigation 
                        districts, municipalities, public water 
                        districts and agencies, Indian tribes, other 
                        Federal agencies, and State agencies''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``for irrigation''; and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence and inserting 
                the following new sentences: ``Water so impounded, 
                stored, or carried under any such contract shall be for 
                the purpose of distribution by the party with whom the 
                contract is made to individual water users, 
                municipalities, public water districts and agencies, 
                Indian tribes, other Federal agencies, and State 
                agencies. Any nonproject water so impounded, stored, or 
                carried may be used for any domestic, municipal, fish 
                and wildlife, industrial, irrigation, or other 
                beneficial purposes. However, in the use of reclamation 
                project facilities and water (including nonproject 
                water), priority shall be given to achieving the 
                purposes of the project. Any water so impounded, 
                stored, or carried shall not be used otherwise than as 
                prescribed by law as to lands held in private ownership 
                within Government reclamation projects.''; and
            (2) in section 2 (36 Stat. 926; 43 U.S.C. 524)--
                    (A) by striking ``irrigation purposes'' and 
                inserting ``domestic, municipal, fish and wildlife, 
                industrial, irrigation, or other beneficial purposes''; 
                and
                    (B) in the second proviso, by inserting ``for 
                irrigation purposes'' after ``one landowner''.

SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR OBLIGATION OF FUNDS PROVIDED 
              UNDER RECLAMATION SAFETY OF DAMS ACT OF 1978.

    Section 5 of the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 
2471; 43 U.S.C. 509) is amended by striking ``sixty days'' and all that 
follows through ``day certain)'' and inserting ``30 calendar days''.

SEC. 4. ALBUQUERQUE METROPOLITAN AREA RECLAMATION AND REUSE PROJECT.

    Section 1621 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 (110 Stat. 3292; 43 U.S.C. 390h-12g) is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading by striking ``study''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``the planning, design, and 
                construction of'' after ``participate in''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Study'' and inserting 
                ``Project''.

SEC. 5. PHOENIX METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION AND REUSE PROJECT.

    Section 1608 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4666; 43 U.S.C. 390h-6) is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) The Secretary, in cooperation with the city of Phoenix, 
Arizona, shall participate in the planning, design, and construction of 
the Phoenix Metropolitan Water Reclamation and Reuse Project to utilize 
fully wastewater from the regional wastewater treatment plant for 
direct municipal, industrial, agricultural, and environmental purposes, 
groundwater recharge, and direct potable reuse in the Phoenix 
metropolitan area.'';
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking the first sentence; and
            (3) by striking subsection (c).

SEC. 6. REFUND OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED AS PAID FROM COMPENSATION BILLS 
              UNDER RECLAMATION REFORM ACT OF 1982.

    (a) Refund Required.--Subject to subsection (b) and the 
availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
refund fully amounts received by the United States as collections under 
section 224(i) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (101 Stat. 1330-
268; 43 U.S.C. 390ww(i)) for paid form compensation bills (including 
interest collected) issued by the Secretary of the Interior before 
January 1, 1994, for furnishing certificates under sections 206 and 
224(c) of such Act (96 Stat. 1266, 1272; 43 U.S.C. 390ff, 390ww(c)).
    (b) Administrative Fee.--In the case of a refund of amounts 
collected in connection with sections 206 and 224(c) of the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 1266, 1272; 43 U.S.C. 390ff, 390ww(c)) 
that occurred with respect to any water year after the 1987 water year, 
the amount refunded shall be reduced by an administrative fee of $260 
for each collection so refunded.

SEC. 7. DESIGNATION OF TRINITY LAKE.

    (a) Designation.--The reservoir created by Trinity Dam in the 
Central Valley project, California, and designated as ``Clair Engle 
Lake'' by Public Law 88-662 (78 Stat. 1093) is hereby redesignated as 
``Trinity Lake''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in any law, regulation, document, 
record, map, or other paper of the United States to the reservoir 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to 
``Trinity Lake''.
    (c) Repeal of Earlier Designation.--Public Law 88-662 (78 Stat. 
1093) is repealed.

SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF PERIODS FOR REPAYMENTS FOR NUECES RIVER 
              RECLAMATION PROJECT AND CANADIAN 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 Periods for Repayment.--Notwithstanding any 
provision of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485 et 
seq.), the Secretary of the Interior--
            ``(1) 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--
                    ``(A) August 1, 2029, for repayment pursuant to the 
                municipal and industrial water supply benefits portion 
                of the contract; and
                    ``(B) until August 1, 2044, for repayment pursuant 
                to the fish and wildlife and recreation benefits 
                portion of the contract; and
            ``(2) shall extend the period for repayment by the Canadian 
        River Municipal Water Authority under contract No. 14-06-500-
        485, relating to the Canadian River reclamation project, Texas, 
        until October 1, 2021.''.
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