[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S15166]
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               COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL ACT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 1211) to amend the 
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional 
measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperil Dam 
in a cost-effective manner, which had been reported from the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources, with an amendment; as follows:
  (The part of the bill to be inserted is printed in italic.)

                                S. 1211

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

     SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY 
                   CONTROL ACT.

       Section 208(c) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 
     Act (43 U.S.C. 1598(c)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``$75,000,000 for subsection 202(a)'' and 
     inserting ``$175,000,000 for section 202(a)''; and
       (B) by striking ``paragraph 202(a)(6)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraph (6) of section 202(a)''; and
       (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``paragraph 
     202(a)(6)'' and inserting ``section 202(a)(6)''.

     SEC. 2. REPORT.

       The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a report on the 
     status of implementation of the comprehensive program for 
     minimizing salt contributions to the Colorado River from 
     lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management directed 
     by section 203(b)(3) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity 
     Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1593). The report shall provide 
     specific information on individual projects and funding 
     allocation. The report shall be transmitted to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on 
     Resources of the House of Representatives no later than June 
     30, 2000.
  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1211), as amended, was passed, as follows:

                                S. 1211

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

     SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY 
                   CONTROL ACT.

       Section 208(c) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 
     Act (43 U.S.C. 1598(c)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``$75,000,000 for subsection 202(a)'' and 
     inserting ``$175,000,000 for section 202(a)''; and
       (B) by striking ``paragraph 202(a)(6)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraph (6) of section 202(a)''; and
       (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``paragraph 
     202(a)(6)'' and inserting ``section 202(a)(6)''.

     SEC. 2. REPORT.

       The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a report on the 
     status of implementation of the comprehensive program for 
     minimizing salt contributions to the Colorado River from 
     lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management directed 
     by section 203(b)(3) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity 
     Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1593). The report shall provide 
     specific information on individual projects and funding 
     allocation. The report shall be transmitted to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on 
     Resources of the House of Representatives no later than June 
     30, 2000.

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