[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2951 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2951

  To authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to conduct a study to 
 investigate opportunities to better manage the water resources in the 
          Salmon Creek watershed of the upper Columbia River.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2000

Mr. Gorton (for himself and Mrs. Murray) 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 authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to conduct a study to 
 investigate opportunities to better manage the water resources in the 
          Salmon Creek watershed of the upper Columbia River.

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

SECTION 1. SALMON CREEK WATERSHED, WASHINGTON, WATER MANAGEMENT STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Commissioner of Reclamation may conduct a 
study to investigate the opportunities to better manage the water 
resources in the Salmon Creek Watershed, a tributary to the Upper 
Columbia River system, Okanagoan County, Washington, so as to restore 
and enhance fishery resources (especially the endangered Upper Columbia 
Spring Chinook and Steelhead), while maintaining or improving the 
availability of water supplies for irrigation practices vital to the 
economic well-being of the county.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the study under subsection (a) shall 
be to derive the benefits of and further the objectives of the 
comprehensive, independent study commissioned by the Confederated 
Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the Okanagoan Irrigation 
District, which provides a credible basis for pursuing a course of 
action to simultaneously achieve fish restoration and improved 
irrigation conservation and efficiency.
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