[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 1338 Referred in House (RFH)]


109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1338


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2005

                 Referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
To require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation and the United States Geological Survey, to conduct a study 
    on groundwater resources in the State of Alaska, 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 ``Alaska Water Resources Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Alaska.

SEC. 3. ALASKA WATER RESOURCES STUDY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of 
Reclamation and the Director of the United States Geological Survey, 
where appropriate, and in accordance with this Act and other applicable 
provisions of law, shall conduct a study that includes--
            (1) a survey of accessible water supplies, including 
        aquifers, on the Kenai Peninsula and in the Municipality of 
        Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the city of 
        Fairbanks, and the Fairbanks Northstar Borough;
            (2) a survey of water treatment needs and technologies, 
        including desalination, applicable to the water resources of 
        the State; and
            (3) a review of the need for enhancement of the streamflow 
        information collected by the United States Geological Survey in 
        the State relating to critical water needs in areas such as--
                    (A) infrastructure risks to State transportation,
                    (B) flood forecasting,
                    (C) resource extraction; and
                    (D) fire management.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives a report describing the results of the study 
required by subsection (a).

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.

            Passed the Senate November 16, 2005.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.