[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2357 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2357

   To direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
 Engineers, to maintain a minimum quantity of stored water in certain 
 reservoirs in the vicinity of the upper portion of the Missouri River.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2004

  Mr. Baucus introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
 Engineers, to maintain a minimum quantity of stored water in certain 
 reservoirs in the vicinity of the upper portion of the Missouri River.

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

SECTION 1. UPPER MISSOURI RIVER WATER STORAGE.

    (a) Water Storage.--Notwithstanding any project or activity carried 
out by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
Engineers, under the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program authorized 
by section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 891), or any 
other law, the Secretary shall cease to support water releases for 
navigation purposes at any time at which the total volume of water 
stored in the reservoirs described in subsection (b) is less than 
44,000,000 acre-feet.
    (b) Reservoirs.--The reservoirs referred to in subsection (a) are 
the following reservoirs located in the vicinity of the upper portion 
of the Missouri River:
            (1) Fort Peck Lake.
            (2) Lake Sakakawea.
            (3) Lake Oahe.
            (4) Lake Sharpe.
            (5) Lake Francis Case.
            (6) Lewis and Clark Lake.
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