[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 74 (Monday, June 12, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H3728-H3729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        PACTOLA RESERVOIR REALLOCATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2006

  Mr. RENZI. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 3967) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reallocate 
costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to reflect 
increased demands for municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife 
purposes, as amended.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 3967

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Pactola Reservoir 
     Reallocation Authorization Act of 2006''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds that--
       (1) it is appropriate to reallocate the costs of the 
     Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to reflect increased 
     demands for municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife 
     purposes; and
       (2) section 302 of the Department of Energy Organization 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 7152) prohibits such a reallocation of costs 
     without congressional approval.

     SEC. 3. REALLOCATION OF COSTS OF PACTOLA DAM AND RESERVOIR, 
                   SOUTH DAKOTA.

       The Secretary of the Interior may, as provided in the 
     contract of August 2001 entered into between Rapid City, 
     South Dakota, and the Rapid Valley Conservancy District, 
     reallocate, in a manner consistent with Federal reclamation 
     law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), 
     and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43 
     U.S.C. 371 et seq.)), the construction costs of Pactola Dam 
     and Reservoir, Rapid Valley Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 
     Program, South Dakota, from irrigation purposes to municipal, 
     industrial, and fish and wildlife purposes.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Arizona (Mr. Renzi) and the gentlewoman from South Dakota (Ms. Herseth) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arizona.

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                             General Leave

  Mr. RENZI. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include 
extraneous material on the bill under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Arizona?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. RENZI. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  H.R. 3967, introduced by my colleague, Congresswoman Stephanie 
Herseth of South Dakota, reallocates costs to the Pactola Dam and 
Reservoir to reflect growing municipal needs for water. As Rapid City, 
South Dakota's municipal water needs continue to grow and demand for 
local irrigation water continues to decrease, this legislation 
appropriately reallocates the costs associated with the change in water 
deliveries.
  This bill is a win for the citizens of Rapid City and a win for the 
American taxpayer. I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense 
legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. HERSETH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Ms. HERSETH asked and was given permission to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Ms. HERSETH. Mr. Speaker, this is a very important bill for the 
district I represent. I certainly thank Mr. Renzi and the committee and 
subcommittee leadership on both sides of the aisle for their support of 
this important legislation.
  H.R. 3967 shifts Pactola Reservoir water from declining irrigation 
use to municipal and industrial use where it is sorely needed. This 
legislation reflects an agreement reached by the Bureau of Reclamation, 
the local irrigation users and local municipal and industrial water 
users to adapt to the changing water needs of the larger Rapid City 
community.
  I would like to thank Director Jabloski of the Rapid City Public 
Works and Rapid City Mayor Jim Shaw for their hard work on this issue. 
I am proud to sponsor and to support this legislation that will help 
satisfy the water needs of Rapid City's growing population.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. RENZI. Mr. Speaker, I also want to commend my colleague from 
South Dakota for her leadership on this issue, particularly as water 
out in the West is such a valuable commodity.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Renzi) that the House suspend the

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rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3967, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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