[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 699 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 699


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 2003

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a comprehensive 
study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer, located in Idaho 
                            and Washington.

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

SECTION 1. COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE/SPOKANE VALLEY 
              AQUIFER.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 
with the State of Idaho and the State of Washington, shall conduct a 
comprehensive study of the Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer for 
the purpose of preparing a model of the aquifer and establishing for 
those States a mutually acceptable understanding of the aquifer as a 
ground water resource.
    (b) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on 
the findings and conclusions of the study by not later than 3 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    For conducting the study under this Act there is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $3,500,000.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 19, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.