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[H.R. 992 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 154
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 992

                          [Report No. 106-259]

 To convey the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir to the El Dorado Irrigation 
                   District, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 1999

Mr. Doolittle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

                             July 26, 1999

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                                4, 1999]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To convey the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir to the El Dorado Irrigation 
                   District, 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 ``Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act''.

 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) District.--The term ``District'' means the El Dorado 
        Irrigation District, a political subdivision of the State of 
        California that has its principal place of business in the city 
        of Placerville, El Dorado County, California.
            (2) Original construction contract.--The term ``original 
        construction contract'' means the repayment contract between 
        the District and the Secretary numbered 14-06-200-949, as 
        amended and renewed.
            (3) Project.--The term ``Project'' means all of the right, 
        title, and interest in and to the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, 
        the Camp Creek Diversion Dam and Tunnel, and other conduits, 
        canals, facilities, and property held by the United States 
        pursuant to or related to the authorization in the Act entitled 
        ``An Act to authorize the American River Basin Development, 
        California, for irrigation and reclamation, and for other 
        purposes'', approved October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852 chapter 
        690).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) Supplemental contracts.--The term ``supplemental 
        contracts'' means the repayment contracts between the District 
        and the Secretary numbered 14-06-200-7734, 14-06-200-4282A, and 
        14-06-200-8536A.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF PROJECT.

    (a) In General.--In consideration of the District accepting the 
obligations of the Federal Government for the Project and upon the 
payment by the District of the net present value of the remaining 
repayment obligation of the District under the original construction 
contract, determined in accordance with Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A-129 (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act), the 
Secretary shall convey the Project to the District. Such conveyance 
shall be subject to a reversion in favor of the United States if the 
remaining repayment obligations of the District under the supplemental 
contracts are not completed in accordance with those contracts.
    (b) Deadline.--
            (1) In general.--If no changes in Project operations are 
        expected following the conveyance under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary shall complete the conveyance expeditiously, but not 
        later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Deadline if changes in operations intended.--If the 
        District notifies the Secretary that it intends to change 
        Project operations as a result of the conveyance under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary--
                    (A) shall take into account those potential changes 
                for the purpose of completing any required 
                environmental evaluation associated with the 
                conveyance; and
                    (B) shall complete the conveyance by not later than 
                2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Administrative costs of conveyance.--If the Secretary 
        fails to complete the conveyance under this Act before the 
        applicable deadline under paragraph (1) or (2), the full cost 
        of administrative action and environmental compliance for the 
        conveyance shall be paid by the Secretary. If the Secretary 
        completes the conveyance before that deadline, \1/2\ of such 
        cost shall be paid by the District.

SEC. 4. RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING OPERATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
significantly expanding or otherwise changing the use or operation of 
the Project from its current use and operation.
    (b) Future Alterations.--If the District alters the use or 
operation of the Project it shall comply with all applicable laws or 
regulations governing such changes at that time (subject to section 5).

SEC. 5. RELATIONSHIP TO CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS.

    (a) Original Construction Contract.--Provision of consideration by 
the District in accordance with section 3(a) shall extinguish all 
repayment obligations under the original construction contract.
    (b) Subsequent Construction Contracts.--
            (1) Payment obligations not affected.--Subject to paragraph 
        (2), the conveyance of the Project under this Act does not 
        affect the repayment obligations of the District under the 
        subsequent construction contracts.
            (2) Prepayment.--The District may at any time prepay its 
        remaining repayment obligations under the subsequent 
        construction contracts by tendering to the Secretary the net 
        present value, at that time, of the remaining repayment 
        obligations under those contracts, determined in accordance 
        with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-129 (as in 
        effect on the date of enactment of this Act). Effective on the 
        date of such tender, or on the date of completion of all 
        repayment obligations under the subsequent construction 
        contracts, whichever occurs first, any reversionary interest of 
        the United States in and to the Project is extinguished.

SEC. 6. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.

    (a) Reclamation Laws.--Except as provided in subsection (b), upon 
conveyance of the Project under this Act, the Reclamation Act of 1902 
(82 Stat. 388) and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto 
shall not apply to the Project.
    (b) Payments Into the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund.--The 
El Dorado Irrigation District shall continue to make payments into the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund until the year 2029. The 
District's obligation shall be calculated in the same manner as Central 
Valley Project water contractors.

SEC. 7. LIABILITY.

    Except as otherwise provided by law, effective on the date of 
conveyance of the Project under this Act, the United States shall not 
be liable for damages of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or 
occurrence based on its prior ownership or operation of the conveyed 
property.
                                     





                                                 Union Calendar No. 154

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 992

                        [Report No. 106-259   ]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To convey the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir to the El Dorado Irrigation 
                   District, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 26, 1999

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed