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[H.R. 2402 Reported in House (RH)]





                                                 Union Calendar No. 205

105th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2402

                          [Report No. 105-353]

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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.

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                            October 28, 1997

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed





                                                 Union Calendar No. 205
105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2402

                          [Report No. 105-353]

 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

                            October 28, 1997

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           September 4, 1997]

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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. Reduction of waiting period for obligation of funds provided 
                            under Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 
                            1978.
Sec. 3. Albuquerque Metropolitan Area Reclamation and Reuse Project.
Sec. 4. Phoenix Metropolitan Water Reclamation and Reuse Project.
Sec. 5. Refund of amounts received as paid form compensation bills 
                            under Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.
Sec. 6. Extension of periods for repayments for Nueces River 
                            reclamation project and Canadian River 
                            reclamation project, Texas.
Sec. 7. Solano Project Water.

SEC. 2. 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. 3. ALBUQUERQUE METROPOLITAN AREA RECLAMATION AND REUSE PROJECT.

    Section 1621 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992, as added by section 2(a)(2) of the Reclamation 
Recycling and Water Conservation Act of 1996 (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. 4. 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. 5. REFUND OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED AS PAID FORM 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)) 
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 
occurrence so refunded.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000.

SEC. 6. 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.''.

SEC. 7. 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.