[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 72 (Monday, May 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REID:
  S. 2907. 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; to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2907

       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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