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[H.R. 3986 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3986


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2000

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To provide for a study of the engineering feasibility of a water 
 exchange in lieu of electrification of the Chandler Pumping Plant at 
                   Prosser Diversion Dam, Washington.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 1208 of Public Law 103-434 (108 Stat. 4562) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``or 
                Water Exchange'' after ``Electrification'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
                as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and 
                indenting appropriately;
                    (C) by striking ``In order to'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) Electrification.--In order to''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Water exchange alternative.--
                    ``(A) In general.--As an alternative to the 
                measures authorized under paragraph (1) for 
                electrification, the Secretary is authorized to use not 
                more than $4,000,000 of sums appropriated under 
                paragraph (1) to study the engineering feasibility of 
                exchanging water from the Columbia River for water 
                historically diverted from the Yakima River.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--In carrying out subparagraph 
                (A), the Secretary, in coordination with the Kennewick 
                Irrigation District and in consultation with the 
                Bonneville Power Administration, shall--
                            ``(i) prepare a report that describes 
                        project benefits and contains feasibility level 
                        designs and cost estimates;
                            ``(ii) secure the critical right-of-way 
                        areas for the pipeline alignment;
                            ``(iii) prepare an environmental 
                        assessment; and
                            ``(iv) conduct such other studies or 
                        investigations as are necessary to develop a 
                        water exchange.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or water 
                exchange'' after ``electrification''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence of paragraph (2)(A), by 
                inserting ``or the equivalent of the rate'' before the 
                period;
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``electrification,'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``electrification or water 
        exchange''; and
            (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``of the two'' and 
        inserting ``thereof''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 2000.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.