[107th Congress Public Law 142]
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Public Law 107-142
107th Congress

                                 An Act


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in certain 
     feasibility studies of water resource projects in the State of 
           Washington. <<NOTE: Feb. 12, 2002 -  [H.R. 1937]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Pacific 
Northwest Feasibility Studies Act of 2002.>> 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pacific Northwest Feasibility Studies 
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior may engage in the 
following feasibility studies:
            (1) The Tulalip Tribes Water Quality Feasibility Study, to 
        identify ways to meet future domestic and commercial water 
        distribution needs of the Tulalip Indian Reservation on the 
        Eastern Shore of Puget Sound, Washington.
            (2) The Lower Elwha Klallam Rural Water Supply Feasibility 
        Study, to identify additional rural water supply sources for the 
        Lower Elwha Indian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula, 
        Washington.
            (3) The Makah Community Water Source Project Feasibility 
        Study, to identify ways to meet the current and future domestic 
        and commercial water supply and distribution needs of the Makah 
        Indian Tribe on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

    (b) <<NOTE: Federal Register, publication.>> Public Availability of 
Results.--The Secretary of the Interior shall make available to the 
public, upon request, the results of each feasibility study authorized 
under subsection (a), and shall promptly publish in the Federal Register 
a notice of the availability of those results.

    Approved February 12, 2002.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1937:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-155 (Comm. on Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 147 (2001):
                                    Sept. 10, considered and passed 
                                        House.
                                                        Vol. 148 (2002):
                                    Jan. 28, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.

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