[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 8, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   C.W. ``BILL'' JONES PUMPING PLANT

  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 2383) to redesignate the facility of the Bureau of 
Reclamation located at 19550 Kelso Road in Byron, California, as the 
``C.W. `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant''.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 2383

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

     SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION OF FACILITY.

       The facility of the Bureau of Reclamation located at 19550 
     Kelso Road in Byron, California, and known as the Tracy 
     Pumping Plant, shall be known and designated as the ``C.W. 
     `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant''.

     SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

       Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper or 
     other record of the United States to the facility referred to 
     in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``C.W. 
     `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Gohmert) and the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Mrs. 
Christensen) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.

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                             General Leave

  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their 
remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under 
consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Capito). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, H.R. 2383, introduced by our colleague Mr. Nunes of 
California, honors the contributions made by Mr. C.W. ``Bill'' Jones to 
California water policy.
  This bill renames the Bureau of Reclamation's pumping plant in Tracy, 
California, as the C.W. ``Bill'' Jones Pumping Plant. Mr. Jones was a 
legendary water leader in California for decades. He was appointed to 
the State water commission in 1968 by Governor Ronald Reagan, and 
served as director of the Firebaugh Canal Company for over 40 years, 
and as president of the Delta-Mendota Water Authority for over 20 
years.
  Throughout these years, Bill Jones was directly involved with the 
Central Valley Project, and I believe it is fitting that a major unit 
in this project be named in his honor.
  After his passing in 2003, the California water community pursued 
this legislation with the blessing of the Jones family, to pay tribute 
to his longstanding work on California water issues.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Madam Speaker, H.R. 2383 recognizes the service of 
the late C.W. ``Bill'' Jones to the California Water Commission and his 
2 years of service as president of the Delta-Mendota Water Authority.
  This legislation rightly renames the Bureau of Reclamation's Tracy 
Pumping Plant, which raises water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 
into the Delta-Mendota Canal, after Mr. Jones.
  We on this side of the aisle have no objection to the enactment of 
H.R. 2383.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, we yield back the balance of our time as 
well.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert) that the House suspend the rules and 
pass the bill, H.R. 2383.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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