[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6994 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6994

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2008

  Mr. Nunes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   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.

    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 ``Tule River Tribe Water Development 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY.

    (a) Authorization.--Not later than 2 years after funds are 
appropriated for this section, 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.

SEC. 3. CONDITIONS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

    No project constructed in relation to the feasibility study 
conducted under section 2 shall provide water supplies for the current 
tribal casino, an expansion of the current tribal casino, or any other 
tribal casino, including any current or future lodging, dining, 
entertainment, meeting space, parking, or other similar facilities in 
support of gaming activities. Water supplies provided from the project 
constructed in relation to the feasibility study shall be available to 
serve the domestic, municipal, and governmental (including 
firefighting) needs of the tribe and its members, and other commercial, 
agricultural, and industrial needs unrelated to gaming activities.
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