[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1367 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1367

    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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 4, 1997

Mrs. Hutchison introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 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 NONPROJECT 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. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall allow use of the 
project distribution system (including all pipelines, aqueducts, 
pumping plants, and related facilities) for transport of water from the 
Canadian River Conjunctive Use Groundwater Project to municipalities 
that are receiving water from the project. Such use shall be subject 
only to such environmental review as is required under the Memorandum 
of Understanding, No. 97-AG-60-09340, between the Bureau of Reclamation 
and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, and a review and 
approval of the engineering desing of the interconnection facilities to 
assure the continued integrity of the project. Such environmental 
review shall be completed within 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this section.
    ``(b) The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority shall bear the 
responsibility for all costs of construction, operation, and 
maintenance of the Canadian River Conjunctive Groundwater Project, and 
for costs incurred by the Secretary in conducting the environmental 
review of the project. The Secretary shall not assess any additional 
charges in connection with the Canadian River Conjunctive Use 
Groundwater Project.''.
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