[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3400 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3400

    To amend the reclamation laws to clarify that certain man-made 
facilities that receive water from a Bureau of Reclamation Project are 
                         not navigable waters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2003

 Mr. Otter (for himself, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Ose, 
 and Mr. Pearce) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the reclamation laws to clarify that certain man-made 
facilities that receive water from a Bureau of Reclamation Project are 
                         not navigable waters.

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

SECTION 1. MAN-MADE FACILITIES THAT RECEIVE WATER FROM A BUREAU OF 
              RECLAMATION PROJECT ARE NOT NAVIGABLE WATERS.

    The first section of the Act of July 4, 1955 (chapter 271; 43 
U.S.C. 421a), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``That distribution and drainage systems'' 
        and inserting the following:
    ``Sec. 1. (a) Distribution and drainage systems''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Except for reservoirs in navigable streams or rivers, man-
made facilities that receive water from a Bureau of Reclamation Project 
and store or convey water for irrigation or drainage purposes, shall 
not be considered to be navigable waters of the United States.''.
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