[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4139 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4139

    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in certain 
    feasibility studies of water resource projects in the State of 
                              Washington.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2000

Mr. Metcalf (for himself and Mr. Dicks) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in certain 
    feasibility studies of water resource projects in the State of 
                              Washington.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pacific Northwest Feasibility 
Studies Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior may engage in the 
following feasibility studies:
            (1) The Tulalip Tribes Water Quality Feasibility Study, to 
        identify ways to meet future domestic and commercial water 
        distribution needs of the Tulalip Indian Reservation on the 
        Eastern Shore of Puget Sound, Washington.
            (2) The Lower Elwha Klallam Rural Water Supply Feasibility 
        Study, to identify additional groundwater supply sources for 
        the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula, 
        Washington.
    (b) Public Availability of Results.--The Secretary of the Interior 
shall make available to the public, upon request, the results of each 
feasibility study authorized under subsection (a), and shall promptly 
publish in the Federal Register a notice of the availability of those 
results.
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