[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4984 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4984

 To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct certain feasibility 
 studies to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project, Oregon and 
                  California, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2000

    Mr. Walden of Oregon (for himself and Mr. Herger introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct certain feasibility 
 studies to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project, Oregon and 
                  California, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Klamath Project Water Supply 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

    The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, may conduct feasibility studies of the following proposals 
related to the Klamath Project, a Federal reclamation project in Oregon 
and California:
            (1) Increasing the storage capacity or the yield (or both) 
        of Klamath Project facilities, including the Gerber Reservoir, 
        Upper Klamath Lake, and Clear Lake.
            (2) The potential for development of additional Klamath 
        Basin groundwater supplies, including the effect of such 
        groundwater development on groundwater and surface water 
        supplies.

SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Upon completion of the applicable feasibility 
study under section 2, the Secretary, subject to subsection (b), may 
carry out projects to construct modifications to existing facilities 
and develop groundwater supplies to implement the proposals referred to 
in subsection (a).
    (b) Limitation on Obligations.--The Secretary shall not obligate 
funds for such a project until--
            (1) the requirements of applicable Federal laws, including 
        the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, have been met; 
        and
            (2) the applicable feasibility study has been prepared and 
        submitted to the Congress for a period of not less than 90 
        days.
    (c) Projects Not Authorized for Construction.--Any projects, other 
than the modifications of existing facilities and the development of 
groundwater supplies meeting the criteria of subsections (a) and (b), 
not otherwise authorized under the Act of June 17, 1902, and Acts 
supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, must have a separate 
construction authorization.

SEC. 4. WATER RIGHTS.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to--
            (1) invalidate or preempt State water law or an interstate 
        compact governing water;
            (2) alter the rights of any State to any appropriated share 
        of the waters of any body or surface or groundwater, whether 
        determined by past or future interstate compacts or by past or 
        future legislative or final judicial allocations;
            (3) preempt or modify any State or Federal law or 
        interstate compact dealing with water quality or disposal; or
            (4) confer upon any non-Federal entity the authority to 
        exercise any Federal right to the waters of any stream or to 
        any groundwater resources.
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