[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 69 (Thursday, April 27, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5803-S5804]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL AMENDMENTS ACT

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 46, S. 523.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered, and the 
clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 523) to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity 
     Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the 
     control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-
     effective manner, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill 
which had been reported
 from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with an amendment 
to strike out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following:
     [[Page S5804]] SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE COLORADO RIVER 
                   BASIN SALINITY CONTROL ACT.

       The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 
     1571 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 202(a)--
       (A) in the first sentence--
       (i) by striking ``the following salinity control units'' 
     and inserting ``the following salinity control units and 
     salinity control program'; and
       (ii) by striking the period and inserting a colon; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) A basinwide salinity control program that the 
     Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall 
     implement. The Secretary may carry out the purposes of this 
     paragraph directly, or may make grants, commitments for 
     grants, or advances of funds to non-Federal entities under 
     such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require. Such 
     program shall consist of cost-effective measures and 
     associated works to reduce salinity from saline springs, 
     leaking wells, irrigation sources, industrial sources, 
     erosion of public and private land, or other sources that the 
     Secretary considers appropriate. Such program shall provide 
     for the mitigation of incidental fish and wildlife values 
     that are lost as a result of the measures and associated 
     works. The Secretary shall submit a planning report 
     concerning the program established under this paragraph to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress. The Secretary may not 
     expend funds for any implementation measure under the program 
     established under this paragraph before the expiration of a 
     30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary 
     submits such report'';
       (2) in section 205(a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``authorized by section 
     202(a) (4) and (5)'' and inserting ``authorized by paragraphs 
     (4) through (6) of section 202(a)''; and
       (B) in paragraph (4)(i), by striking ``section 202(a) (4) 
     and (5)'' each place it appears and inserting ``paragraphs 
     (4) through (6) of section 202'';
       (3) in section 208, by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(c) In addition to the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subsection (b), there are authorized to be 
     appropriated $75,000,000 for subsection 202(a), including 
     constructing the works described in paragraph 202(a)(6) and 
     carrying out the measures described in such paragraph.''; and
       (4) in subsection 202(b)(4) delete ``units authorized to be 
     constructed pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and 
     (5)'' and insert in lieu thereof ``units authorized to be 
     constructed or the program pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), 
     (3), (4), (5), and (6).''.
                           Amendment No. 610

    (Purpose: To make technical correction in the authorization of 
 appropriations for the Colorado River Basin salinity control program)

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for 
its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Arizona [Mr. Kyl], for Mr. Domenici, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 610.

  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 7, strike ``such paragraph'' on line 1, and insert 
     the following: ``such paragraph. Notwithstanding subsection 
     (b), the Secretary may implement the program under paragraph 
     202(a)(6) only to the extent and in such amounts as are 
     provided in advance in appropriations Acts.''

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be 
agreed to, that the committee substitute be agreed to, as amended, that 
the bill be deemed read a third time, and passed, and that the motion 
to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating 
to the bill be placed at the appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  So, the amendment (No. 610) was agreed to.
  So the bill (S. 523), as amended, was deemed read a third time, and 
passed as follows:
  [S. 523 was not available for printing. It will appear in a future 
issue of the Record.]


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