[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 869 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 869

To clarify the definition of flood control operations for the purposes 
   of the operation and maintenance of Project No. 2179 on the Lower 
                             Merced River.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2011

   Mr. Denham (for himself, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Costa, Mr. McCarthy of 
  California, and Mr. Nunes) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To clarify the definition of flood control operations for the purposes 
   of the operation and maintenance of Project No. 2179 on the Lower 
                             Merced River.

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

SECTION 1. FLOOD CONTROL OPERATIONS CLARIFIED.

    Section 3 of Public Law 102-432 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``For purposes of this section, `flood control operations' 
shall include occasional short-term increases in the level of Lake 
McClure not to exceed elevation 877 feet mean sea level for a period 
not to exceed 60 days between May 1 and July 31 of above-normal water 
years, as defined by the San Joaquin Valley 60-20-20 Hydrological 
Classification Index, developed by the California State Water Resources 
Control Board, or any successor index applicable to the Merced River 
watershed''.
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