[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1235 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1235


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 1999

                                Received

                           November 19, 1999

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with 
   the Solano County Water Agency, California, to use Solano Project 
 facilities for impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water 
  for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF SOLANO PROJECT FACILITIES FOR NONPROJECT 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 that canal is 
depicted on the official maps of the Bureau of Reclamation), which is 
below the diversion points on the Putah South Canal utilized by the 
City of Fairfield for delivery of Solano Project water.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 1, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.