[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3105 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3105

 To provide that operations of the Central Valley Project shall not be 
    restricted pursuant to any biological opinion issued under the 
 Endangered Species Act of 1973, if such restrictions would result in 
   levels of export less than the historical maximum level of export.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that operations of the Central Valley Project shall not be 
    restricted pursuant to any biological opinion issued under the 
 Endangered Species Act of 1973, if such restrictions would result in 
   levels of export less than the historical maximum level of export.

    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 ``Turn on the Pumps Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS OF OPERATIONS LIMITED.

    In connection with the operations of the Central Valley Project, 
neither the Bureau of Reclamation nor any agency of the State of 
California operating a water project in coordination of the Central 
Valley Project shall restrict operations of their respective projects 
pursuant to any biological opinion issued under the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973, if such restrictions would result in levels of export less 
than the historical maximum level of export.
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