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[S. 2003 Reported in Senate (RS)]







                                                       Calendar No. 545
109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2003

                          [Report No. 109-302]

   To make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and 
                        enhancement agreements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 14, 2005

   Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                             July 31, 2006

              Reported by Mr. Domenici, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
   To make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and 
                        enhancement agreements.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Watershed Restoration and 
Enhancement Agreements Act of 2005''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT 
              AGREEMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 323(a) of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 1011 note; Public 
Law 105-277), is amended by striking ``each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2011'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year 
thereafter''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Watershed Restoration and 
Enhancement Agreements Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT AGREEMENTS.

    Section 323 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 1011 note; Public Law 105-277), is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``each of fiscal years 
        2006 through 2011'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2006 and each 
        fiscal year thereafter'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Applicable Law.--Chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, 
shall not apply to--
            ``(1) a watershed restoration and enhancement agreement 
        entered into under this section; or
            ``(2) an agreement entered into under the first section of 
        Public Law 94-148 (16 U.S.C. 565a-1).''.
                                                       Calendar No. 545

109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2003

                          [Report No. 109-302]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and 
                        enhancement agreements.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 31, 2006

                       Reported with an amendment