[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4315 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4315

 To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from releasing water from Fort 
Peck Dam if the water level of Fort Peck Lake is 20 feet or more below 
           the reservoir's full pool, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2004

 Mr. Rehberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of the Army from releasing water from Fort 
Peck Dam if the water level of Fort Peck Lake is 20 feet or more below 
           the reservoir's full pool, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Fort Peck Lake Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) 2004 is the 6th consecutive year of severe drought in 
        the State of Montana.
            (2) The biological and ecological resources at Fort Peck 
        Lake, Montana, are compromised by drought and a lack of water.
            (3) The Secretary of the Army should manage the Missouri 
        River Basin in a way that imparts equal emphasis on each of its 
        uses, including flood control, navigation, recreation, and 
        conservation of fish and wildlife (including threatened and 
        endangered species).

SEC. 3. FORT PECK LAKE, MONTANA.

    The project for flood control and other purposes, Fort Peck Lake, 
Montana, authorized by section 9 of the Act entitled ``An Act 
authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and 
harbors for flood control, and for other purposes'', approved December 
22, 1944 (58 Stat. 891), is modified to prohibit the Secretary of the 
Army from releasing water from Fort Peck Dam if the water level of Fort 
Peck Lake is 20 feet or more below the reservoir's full pool. If the 
Secretary does release water from Fort Peck Dam, the outflow from the 
release may not exceed the volume of water flowing into the lake, as 
measured in average daily cubic feet per second.
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