[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 137 (Monday, September 12, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5510-S5511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5032. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Inhofe (for 
himself and Mrs. Boxer)) to the bill S. 2848, to provide for the 
conservation and development of water and related resources, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. CONVERSION OF SURPLUS WATER AGREEMENTS.

       Section 6 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (33 U.S.C. 708), 
     is amended--

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       (1) by striking ``sec. 6. That the Secretary'' and 
     inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 6. SALE OF SURPLUS WATERS FOR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL 
                   USES.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Continuation of Certain Water Supply Agreements.--In 
     any case in which a water supply agreement was predicated on 
     water that was surplus to a purpose and provided for 
     contingent permanent storage rights under section 301 of the 
     Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b) pending the need 
     for storage for that purpose, and that purpose is no longer 
     authorized, the Secretary of the Army shall continue the 
     agreement with the same payment and all other terms as in 
     effect prior to deauthorization of the purpose if the non-
     Federal entity has met all of the conditions of the 
     agreement.
       ``(c) Permanent Storage Agreements.--In any case in which a 
     water supply agreement with a duration of 30 years or longer 
     was predicated on water that was surplus to a purpose and 
     provided for the complete payment of the actual investment 
     costs of storage to be used, and that purpose is no longer 
     authorized, the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the 
     non-Federal entity an opportunity to convert the agreement to 
     a permanent storage agreement in accordance with section 301 
     of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b), with the 
     same payment terms incorporated in the agreement.''.
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