[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2672 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2672

To provide for the conveyance of various reclamation projects to local 
                           water authorities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2000

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the conveyance of various reclamation projects to local 
                           water authorities.

    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 ``Sugar Pine Dam and Reservoir 
Conveyance Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Bureau.--The term ``Bureau'' means the Bureau of 
        Reclamation.
            (2) District.--The term ``District'' means the Foresthill 
        Public Utility District, a political subdivision of the State 
        of California.
            (3) Project.--The term ``Project'' means the improvements 
        (and associated interests) authorized in the Foresthill Divide 
        Subunit of the Auburn-Folsom South Unit, Central Valley 
        Project, consisting of--
                    (A) Sugar Pine Dam;
                    (B) the right to impound waters behind the dam;
                    (C) the associated conveyance system, holding 
                reservoir, and treatment plant;
                    (D) water rights;
                    (E) rights of the Bureau described in the agreement 
                of June 11, 1985, with the Supervisor of Tahoe National 
                Forest, California; and
                    (F) other associated interests owned and held by 
                the United States and authorized as part of the Auburn-
                Folsom South Unit under Public Law 89-161 (79 Stat. 
                615).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) Water services contract.--The term ``Water Services 
        Contract'' means Water Services Contract #14-06-200-3684A, 
        dated February 13, 1978, between the District and the United 
        States.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF THE PROJECT.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after date of enactment of 
this Act and in accordance with all applicable law, the Secretary shall 
convey all right, title, and interest in and to the Project to the 
District.
    (b) Sale Price.--Except as provided in subsection (c), on payment 
by the District to the Secretary of $2,772,221--
            (1) the District shall be relieved of all payment 
        obligations relating to the Project; and
            (2) all debt under the Water Services Contract shall be 
        extinguished.
    (c) Mitigation and Restoration Payments.--The District shall 
continue to be obligated to make payments under section 3407(c) of the 
Central Valley Project Improvement Act (106 Stat. 4726) through 2029.

SEC. 4. RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING OPERATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this Act significantly expands or 
otherwise affects the use or operation of the Project from its current 
use and operation.
    (b) Right To Occupy and Flood.--On the date of the conveyance under 
section 3, the Chief of the Forest Service shall grant the District the 
right to occupy and flood portions of land in Tahoe National Forest, 
subject to the terms and conditions stated in an agreement between the 
District and the Supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest.
    (c) Changes in Use or Operation.--If the District changes the use 
or operation of the Project, the District shall comply with all 
applicable laws (including regulations) governing the change at the 
time of the change.

SEC. 5. FUTURE BENEFITS.

    On payment of the amount under section 3(b)--
            (1) the Project shall no longer be a Federal reclamation 
        project or a unit of the Central Valley Project; and
            (2) the District shall not be entitled to receive any 
        further reclamation benefits.

SEC. 6. LIABILITY.

    Except as otherwise provided by law, effective on the date of 
conveyance under section 3, 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 Project.

SEC. 7. COSTS.

    To the extent that costs associated with the Project are included 
as a reimbursable cost of the Central Valley Project, the Secretary may 
exclude the costs in excess of the amount of costs repaid by the 
District from the pooled reimbursable costs of the Central Valley 
Project until such time as the Project is operationally integrated into 
the water supply yield of the Central Valley Project.
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