[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1211 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1211


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2000

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize 
 additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of 
                Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL ACT.

    Section 208(c) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 
U.S.C. 1598(c)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``$75,000,000 for subsection 
                202(a)'' and inserting ``$175,000,000 for section 
                202(a)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``paragraph 202(a)(6)'' and 
                inserting ``paragraph (6) of section 202(a)''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``paragraph 
        202(a)(6)'' and inserting ``section 202(a)(6)''.

SEC. 2. REPORT.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a report on the status 
of implementation of the comprehensive program for minimizing salt 
contributions to the Colorado River from lands administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management directed by section 203(b)(3) of the Colorado 
River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1593). The report shall 
provide specific information on individual projects and funding 
allocation. The report shall be transmitted to the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources and the Committee on Resources of the House of 
Representatives no later than June 30, 2000.

            Passed the Senate November 19, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.