[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3865 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3865

To prohibit the use of Federal funds for any program that restricts the 
                use of any privately owned water source.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2000

  Mr. Pombo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for any program that restricts the 
                use of any privately owned water source.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Some State and local governments restrict the use of 
        privately owned water sources and impose fees on the owners of 
        such sources for connection to or use of a public water supply.
            (2) Although State and local governments generally cite 
        health and safety concerns in support of such restrictions, the 
        actual governmental concern is often obtaining additional funds 
        for the public water supply.
            (3) By failing to respect the preferences of private water 
        source owners for using their own water sources, State and 
        local governments adversely affect competition in the 
        marketplace and contribute to higher costs for property owners, 
        rural businesses, and farms.
            (4) By funding State or local water resource programs, the 
        Federal Government may impose unnecessary burdens on property 
        owners, rural businesses, and farms.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

    Federal funds may not be used for any governmental program that 
restricts the use of any privately owned water source, unless such 
source is specifically found by the head of the governmental entity 
that imposes the restriction to pose a risk to human health.
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