[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2907 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2907

    To amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
 Appropriations Act, 2015, to strike the termination date for funding 
  for pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake 
                     Mead, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2016

   Mr. Reid introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
 Appropriations Act, 2015, to strike the termination date for funding 
  for pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake 
                     Mead, 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. PILOT PROJECTS TO INCREASE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM WATER IN 
              LAKE MEAD.

    Section 206 of the Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (43 U.S.C. 620 note; Public Law 113-
235) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period;
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (C) by striking the subsection designation and all 
                that follows through ``Funds in the'' in paragraph (1) 
                and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Limitations.--Funds in the''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
2017, to remain available until expended.''.
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