[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2319 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2319
To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize
additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of
Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 26 (legislative day, July 20), 1994
Mr. Bennett (for himself, Mr. Campbell and Mr. Hatch) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize
additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of
Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN SANITARY CONTROL ACT.
The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1571 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 202--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in the first sentence--
(I) by striking ``the following
sanitary control units'' and inserting
``the following sanitary control units
and salinity control program''; and
(II) by striking the period and
inserting a colon; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(6) A basinwide salinity control program that the
Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall
implement. The Secretary may carry out the purposes of this
paragraph directly, or may make grants, commitments for grants,
or advances of funds to non-Federal entities under such terms
and conditions as the Secretary may require. Such program shall
consist of cost-effective measures and associated works to
reduce salinity from saline springs, leaking wells, irrigation
sources, industrial sources, erosion of public and private
land, and other sources that the Secretary considers
appropriate. Such program shall provide for the mitigation of
incidental fish and wildlife values that are lost as a result
of the measures. The Secretary shall submit a planning report
concerning the program established under this paragraph to the
appropriate committees of Congress. The Secretary may not
expend funds for any implementation measure under the program
established under this paragraph before the expiration of a 60-
day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary submits
such report.''; and
(B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``entities
shall be required'' and inserting ``entities may be
required'';
(2) in section 205(a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``authorized by
section 202(a)(4) and (5)'' and inserting ``authorized
by paragraphs (4) through (6) of section 202(a)''; and
(B) in paragraph (4)(i), by striking ``202(a)(4)
and (5)'' each place it appears and inserting
``paragraphs (4) through (6) of section 202''; and
(3) in section 208, by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(c) In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated
under subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary for constructing the works described in section
202(a)(6) and carrying out the measures described in such section.''.
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