[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 12 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 12

  To require the Secretary of the Army to operate the Buford Dam/Lake 
             Sidney Lanier Project, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2010

 Mr. Isakson (for himself and Mr. Chambliss) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Army to operate the Buford Dam/Lake 
             Sidney Lanier Project, 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. INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY, LAKE SIDNEY LANIER, 
              GEORGIA.

    (a) Requirement of Secretary of the Army.--Subject to subsection 
(b), the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers) 
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall operate the 
Buford Dam/Lake Sidney Lanier Project--
            (1) for the purpose of municipal and industrial water 
        supply; and
            (2) notwithstanding each limitation described in section 
        301(d) of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b(d)), to 
        include storage in the project for water supply.
    (b) Condition.--Subsection (a) shall not apply unless the non-
Federal sponsor of the water supply storage described in subsection (a) 
pays the cost for the capital investment for reallocated storage space 
in accordance with each procedure that the Secretary determines to be 
necessary.
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