[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 1275 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 469
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1275
[Report No. 106-808]
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 27, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Resources
September 6, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and sell products
and to sell publications relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit
revenues generated from the sales into the Colorado River Dam fund.
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 ``Hoover Dam Miscellaneous Sales
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the sale and distribution of general public information
about the use of public land and water areas for recreation,
fish, wildlife, and other purposes serve significant public
benefits;
(2) publications and other materials educate the public and
provide general information about Bureau of Reclamation
programs and projects;
(3) in 1997, more than 1,000,000 visitors, including
300,000 from foreign countries, toured the Hoover Dam;
(4) hundreds of thousands of additional visitors stopped to
view the dam;
(5) visitors often ask to purchase maps, publications, and
other items to enhance their experience or serve educational
purposes;
(6) in many cases the Bureau of Reclamation is the sole
source of those items;
(7) the Bureau is in a unique position to fulfill public
requests for those items; and
(8) as a public agency, the Bureau should be responsive to
the public by having appropriate items available for sale.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to offer for
sale to members of the public that visit the Hoover Dam Visitor
Center educational materials and memorabilia; and
(2) to use revenue from those sales to repay the costs
relating to construction of the Hoover Dam Visitor Center.
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT SALES.
With respect to the Hoover Dam, the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, may--
(1) conduct sales of--
(A) materials generated by the Bureau of
Reclamation such as posters, maps, brochures,
photographs, and similar publications, videotapes, and
computer information discs that are related to programs
or projects of the Bureau; and
(B) memorabilia and other commemorative items that
depict programs or projects of the Bureau;
(2) convert unneeded property or scrap material into Bureau
memorabilia for sale purposes; and
(3) enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations,
other Federal agencies, State and local governments, and
commercial entities for--
(A) the production or sale of items described in
paragraphs (1) and (2); and
(B) the sale of publications described in paragraph
(1).
SEC. 5. COSTS AND REVENUES.
(a) Costs.--All costs incurred by the Bureau of Reclamation under
this Act shall be paid from the Colorado River Dam fund established by
section 2 of the Act of December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a).
(b) Revenues.--
(1) Use for repayment of sales costs.--All revenues
collected by the Bureau of Reclamation under this Act shall be
credited to the Colorado River Dam fund to remain available,
without further Act of appropriation, to pay costs associated
with the production and sale of items in accordance with
section 4.
(2) Use for repayment of construction costs.--All revenues
collected by the Bureau of Reclamation under this Act that are
not needed to pay costs described in paragraph (1) shall be
transferred annually to the general fund of the Treasury in
repayment of costs relating to construction of the Hoover Dam
Visitor Center.
Passed the Senate November 19, 1999.
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.
Union Calendar No. 469
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1275
[Report No. 106-808]
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and sell products
and to sell publications relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit
revenues generated from the sales into the Colorado River Dam fund.
_______________________________________________________________________
September 6, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed