110 HR 2535 EH: Tule River Tribe Water Development Act U.S. House of Representatives 0 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2535 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility and suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and a delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Tule River Tribe Water Development Act.

2.

Study

(a)

Authorization

Not later than 2 years after funds are appropriated for this section or the signing of a reserved water rights settlement agreement by the Tule River Tribe and other settling water users, whichever is later, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall complete a feasibility study to evaluate alternatives (including alternatives for a phase I reservoir storage of an amount of water not to exceed 5,000 acre feet) for a domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial, and irrigation water supply for the Tule River Tribe of the Tule River Reservation. (b)

Report

Upon completion of the study conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit the study to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate. (c)

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $3,000,000 to carry out this section.

3.

Conditions for future projects

No project conducted in relation to the feasibility study conducted under section 2 shall provide water supplies for the proposed Tribal casino to be located in proximity to California Highway 190 near Lake Success, or any other Tribal casino, except— (1)the casino in its current form and dimensions operated by the Tribe on the Tule River Reservation; and (2)any lodging, dining, entertainment, meeting space, parking, or other similar facilities which may be constructed in the future in support of current on-Reservation gaming activities, or in support of any future expansion of on-Reservation gaming activities.

Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 2008.Lorraine C. Miller,Clerk.