IRRIGATION
Amendments
Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone project, and Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program: authorizing additional construction appropriations (H.R. 429), S15021 [22OC]
Federal aid programs: drought assistance (H.R. 355), S15712, S15725 [31OC], S18640, S18711 [27NO], H1932, H1934, H1935, H1938, H1943, H1944, H1945 [21MR]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 355, Reclamation States Emergency Drought Assistance Act, H10732 [21NO]
Articles and editorials
Agriculture's Big Thirst Is No Longer a Sacred Cow, E369 [31JA]
Let's Make 1991 the Year Water Law Was Reformed, E420 [5FE]
Time to Rethink the CVP?, H10331 [18NO]
Undoing the Mistakes of the Past, H10331 [18NO]
Washington Sinks Key Anti-Drought Bill—Water Watch—But Tide Is Running Toward Reform, E4038 [25NO]
Watershed, E4038 [25NO]
Bills and resolutions
Arkansas: agricultural water supply, ground water management, and conservation project (see H.R. 3646, H8661 [29OC])
Central Arizona Project: designate Salt-Gila Aqueduct as the Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct (see H.R. 505, H386 [11JA])
Central Arizona project: designate Salt-Gila Aqueduct as the Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct (see S. 54, S435 [14JA])
Central Valley project: conditions for sale and delivery of water (see S. 484, S2309 [26FE])
El Dorado Irrigation District: sale of the Sly Park unit of the Central Valley project (see H.R. 718, H823 [30JA])
El Paso County Water Improvement District: transfer certain rights-of-way (see H.R. 1436, H1758 [13MR])
Elephant Butte Irrigation District: transfer certain rights-of-way (see S. 547, S2618 [5MR]; H.R. 1436, H1758 [13MR])
Federal aid programs: drought assistance (see H.R. 355, H80 [4JA])
———drought assistance (H.R. 355), concurrence of the House with the Senate amendment (see H. Res. 282, H10365 [18NO])
Mid-Dakota rural water system project: authorize planning and construction (see S. 702, S3712 [20MR])
North Dakota: construction of Na chiin Huun water supply project (see S. 2136, S18690 [27NO])
Pershing County Water Conservation District: convey title of certain lands (see S. 357, S1505 [5FE])
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program: Cedar Bluff unit water service and repayment contracts (see H.R. 923, H991 [6FE])
Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: allocate project pumping power to non-Federal irrigation projects in Montana (see H.R. 3862, H10842 [21NO])
———availability of pumping power to non-Federal irrigation projects in Montana (see S. 1370, S8592 [25JN]; H.R. 3186, H6316 [1AU])
Public works: authorizing Lake Andes-Wagner Unit and the Marty II Unit, South Dakota Pumping Division, Pick Sloan Missouri Basin Program (see S. 228, S978 [17JA]; H.R. 615, H683 [23JA])
San Carlos Indian Irrigation Project: divestiture of certain properties (see S. 1869, S15158 [24OC]; H.R. 1476, H1848 [19MR])
South Dakota: include Rosebud Sioux Reservation into the Mni Wiconi rural water supply project (see S. 1854, S14976 [22OC])
Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District: convey certain lands (see S. 376, S1699 [6FE]; H.R. 909, H990 [6FE])
Water: contracts for transportation and storage for domestic, municipal, and fish and wildlife purposes (see H.R. 1008, H1078 [20FE])
———rural domestic and municipal water supply projects (see H.R. 255, H77 [4JA])
Yakima River: water enhancement project (see S. 1609, S11550 [31JY]; H.R. 3097, H6137 [30JY])
Federal aid programs: drought assistance (H.R. 355), H1940 [21MR]
Letters
Central Valley project: Pete Wilson, Governor of California, H10335 [18NO]
Drought assistance: Bureau of Reclamantion, H1926, H1940 [21MR]
———Dinah Bear, H1936 [21MR]
———Representative George Miller, H1935 [21MR]
Remarks in House
Agriculture: definition of a farm for purposes of allocating federally subsidized irrigation, H4847-H4849 [20JN]
California: water policy, E369 [31JA]
Central Arizona Project: designate Salt-Gila Aqueduct as the Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct (H.R. 505), E135 [11JA]
Central Valley project: fish and wildlife habitats in California (H.R. 3876), E4011 [22NO]
Conejos Water Conservancy District: transfer of the Platoro Reservoir and protection of Conejos River (H.R. 1183), E696 [28FE]
El Dorado Irrigation District: sale of the Sly Park unit of the Central Valley project (H.R. 718), E354 [30JA]
Federal aid programs: drought assistance (H.R. 355), H1922-H1949 [21MR], H10547 [19NO], E1037 [21MR], E2096 [7JN]
———drought assistance (H.R. 355), appointment of conferees, H10658 [20NO], H10732 [21NO]
———drought assistance (H.R. 355), concurrence of the House with the Senate amendment (H. Res. 282), H10296, H10328-H10339, H10395 [18NO], E4037 [25NO]
———support contract awards to American companies in drought assistance, H1946 [21MR]
Federal Power Act: amend (H.R. 649), E292 [24JA]
Land use: enforcement of acreage limitations relative to Federal reclamation laws, H4816-H4854 [20JN]
New Mexico: Elephant Butte Irrigation District and the El Paso Country Water Improvement District, H4849 [20JN]
Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: allocate project pumping power to non-Federal irrigation projects in Montana (H.R. 3862), E3954 [21NO]
San Carlos Indian irrigation project: divestiture of certain properties (H.R. 1476), H11095-H11102 [23NO], E986 [19MR]
Vermejo Conservancy District: relief for reclamation project (H.R. 1486), E1003 [20MR]
Water: subsidization of surplus crop irrigation during drought, H1938-H1943 [21MR]
Yakima River: water enhancement project (H.R. 3097), H5984 [30JY]
Remarks in Senate
Central Arizona project: designate Salt-Gila Aqueduct as the Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct (S. 54), S700 [14JA]
Central Valley project: conditions for sale and delivery of water (S. 484), S2313 [26FE]
Elephant Butte Irrigation District: transfer certain rights-of-way (S. 547), S2654 [5MR]
Federal aid programs: drought assistance (H.R. 355), S15722-S15725 [31OC], S18640-S18644 [27NO]
Mid-Dakota rural water system project: authorize planning and construction (S. 702), S3732 [20MR]
North Dakota: construction of Na chiin Huun water supply project (S. 2136), S18707 [27NO]
Pershing County Water Conservation District: convey title of certain lands (S. 357), S1597 [5FE]
Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: availability of pumping power to non-Federal irrigation projects in Montana (S. 1370), S8614 [25JN]
Public works: authorizing Lake Andes-Wagner Unit and the Marty II Unit, South Dakota Pumping Division, Pick Sloan Missouri Basin Program (S. 228), S979 [17JA]
San Carlos Indian Irrigation Project: divestiture of certain properties (S. 1869), S15176 [24OC]
San Carlos Indian irrigation project: divestiture of certain properties (H.R. 1476), S18144 [25NO]
Shoshone irrigation project, WY: funding, S9424 [10JY], S9836 [11JY]
South Dakota: include Rosebud Sioux Reservation into the Mni Wiconi rural water supply project (S. 1854), S15010 [22OC]
Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District: convey certain lands (S. 376), S1716 [6FE]
Yakima River: water enhancement project (S. 1609), S11576 [31JY]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 355, Extension of Time Period To Apply for Drought Assistance: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 114) (H. Rept. 102-25), H1829, H1847 [19MR]
Divestiture of Certain Properties of the San Carlos Indian Irrigation Project, AZ: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 1869) (S. Rept. 102-229), S17666 [22NO]
———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1476) (H. Rept. 102-360), H11114 [23NO]
Extension of Time for Drought Assistance Applications: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 355) (H. Rept. 102-21), H1786 [18MR]
Statements
Drought Assistance (H.R. 355): President Bush, H1923, H1936 [21MR]
Tables
Drought assistance alternative arrangements, H1936 [21MR]
Texts of
H. Res. 282, concurrence of the House with the Senate amendment to H.R. 355, Federal drought assistance programs, H10297-H10328 [18NO]
H. Res. 114., consideration of H.R. 355, drought assistance, H1922 [21MR]
H.R. 355, Reclamation States Emergency Drought Assistance Act, S15722-S15724 [31OC]
H.R. 1476, San Carlos Indian irrigation project properties divestiture, H11095-H11098 [23NO]
S. 54, designate Salt-Gila Aqueduct of the central Arizona project as the Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct, S701 [14JA]
S. 228, authorizing Lake Andes-Wagner Unit and the Marty II Unit, South Dakota Pumping Division, Pick Sloan Missouri Basin Program, S979-S982 [17JA]
S. 357, Battle Mountain Pasture Restoration Act, S1597 [5FE]
S. 484, Central Valley Project Improvement Act, S2314-S2318 [26FE]
S. 547, transfer certain rights-of-way to Elephant Butte Irrigation District, S2654 [5MR]
S. 702, authorize planning and construction of mid-Dakota rural water system project, S3733 [20MR]
S. 1370, availability of Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program pumping power to non-Federal irrigation projects in Montana, S8614 [25JN]
S. 1609, water enhancement project for Yakima River, S11576-S11580 [31JY]
S. 1854, include Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota into the Mni Wiconi rural water supply project, S15010 [22OC]