bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
101-s-3262,101,s,3262,Kissimmee River Environmental Restoration Act,Water Resources Development,1990-10-27,1990-10-27,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,Senate,"Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]",FL,D,G000352,1,"Kissimmee River Environmental Restoration Act - Modifies a flood control project on the Kissimmee River, central and southern Florida, to provide for restoration of such River for environmental purposes at a specified total cost.  Requires such restoration to be undertaken only in accordance with a final report of the Chief of Engineers. Specifies the non-Federal share of the cost of such project.",2025-08-26T17:28:48Z,
101-hr-5944,101,hr,5944,"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to operate and maintain recreation activities at the East Park and Stony Gorge Reservoirs, Orland Project, California.",Water Resources Development,1990-10-26,1990-12-03,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.",House,"Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]",CA,R,H000528,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to activities at the East Park and Stony Gorge Reservoirs, Orland Project, California, to:  (1) develop, operate, and maintain public recreation resources; (2) manage natural, cultural, historic, environmental, and fish and wildlife resources; and (3) prepare a resource management plan. Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-hr-5832,101,hr,5832,Missouri River Basin Governing Council Establishment Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-10-15,1990-10-15,Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.,House,"Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large]",ND,D,D000432,0,"Missouri River Basin Governing Council Establishment Act of 1990 - Establishes the Missouri River Basin Governing Council.  Modifies the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri River Basin to require the Secretary of the Interior, after January 1, 1992, to operate the Missouri River mainstem system of dams in accordance with a master manual and an annual operating plan which has been approved by such Council. Requires:  (1) the Secretary to transmit on a timely basis such manual or plan to the Council and other interested persons; and (2) the Council to review each manual and plan submitted to ensure that each is consistent with the authorized purposes of of the Missouri River mainstem system of dams, to approve or require amendments to such manual or plan, and to provide an opportunity for public comment before approving such plan or requiring amendments. Makes a provision of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, relating to the termination of advisory committees, inapplicable to the Council.",2025-08-26T17:28:38Z,
101-s-3192,101,s,3192,"A bill to amend the Water Resource Development Act of 1974 to transfer jurisdiction of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-10-12,1990-10-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]",TN,D,G000321,3,"Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to transfer responsibility for all planning, acquisition, development, and administrative jurisdiction over all Federal lands, water, interests, and improvements within the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior.  Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to complete all acquisition and development activities in progress on the date of transfer. Modifies certain restrictions on motorized transportation in the gorge area. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to the Charity Creek Lodge, its associated facilities, and historic structures determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-hr-5781,101,hr,5781,To authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide shoreline projects to maintain certain flood control projects on the Mississippi and Iowa Rivers.,Water Resources Development,1990-10-03,1990-10-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL-20]",IL,D,D000563,6,Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to provide shoreline protection to maintain the integrity of flood control projects at specified points on the Mississippi and Iowa Rivers.  Authorizes appropriations.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hr-5717,101,hr,5717,Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-09-26,1990-10-15,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Policy, Research and Insurance.",House,"Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10]",MA,D,S001040,0,"Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to remove references to unconsolidated sedimentary materials from the definition of ""undeveloped coastal barrier."" Establishes the Coastal Barrier Resources System, to consist of those undeveloped coastal barriers on the U.S. coasts identified on specified maps.  Directs the Secretary of the Interior to review the maps at least every five years and make minor and technical modifications as necessary because of natural forces. Sets forth procedures for:  (1) technical revisions to the maps by the Secretary to correct clerical and typographical errors; (2) recommendations of State and local governments and Coastal Zone Management Agencies for technical revisions; (3) election by a local government and a State Coastal Zone Management Agency, and any qualified organization, to add a new area to the System; (4) minor and technical modifications to boundaries of existing units as necessary to clarify the boundaries; and (5) notifications regarding modifications and elections. Sets forth exceptions, with regard to existing limitations on expenditures, relating to energy resources, navigation channels, certain publicly owned or operated roads or structures, military activities essential to national security, Coast Guard facilities, and other specified matters if consistent with the purposes of this Act.  Declares a Federal navigation channel to be an existing channel if it was authorized before enactment of this Act. Declares that the limitations on expenditures do not apply to:  (1) a highway in a System unit in Michigan and in existence at the enactment of this Act; or (2) subject to exception, a specified System unit. Repeals provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act relating to expenditure limitations with regard to certain highways in Michigan.  Adds a specified map to the list of exemptions to certain spending limitations. Directs the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees maps identifying the boundaries of those undeveloped coastal barriers along the U.S. Pacific coast south of a specified latitude appropriate for inclusion in the system. Designates a specified System unit in Florida as the Frank M. McGilvrey Unit. Establishes an interagency task force to be known as the Coastal Barriers Task Force to submit to the Congress a report concerning specified aspects of the System.  Terminates the Task Force after submission of its report. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to prohibit new flood insurance for new construction or substantial improvements in certain areas. Requires the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report to the Congress annually regarding property to which the RTC or the FDIC has acquired title that:  (1) is located in the System; or (2) is undeveloped, of a minimum size, and adjacent to any lands managed by a governmental agency primarily for wildlife refuge, sanctuary, open space, recreational, historical, cultural, or natural resource conservation purposes.  Limits transfers of such property. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase any property within the area added to a specified unit of the System by this Act.  Directs the Secretary to provide that any property purchased under this provision be used and administered in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the Coastal Barrier Resources Act and for carrying out this Act.",2025-08-26T17:27:59Z,
101-s-3110,101,s,3110,"A bill to amend the Act of December 22, 1944 (known as the ""Flood Control Act 0f 1944"") to mitigate damages resulting from water management decisions, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-09-26,1990-09-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Army, to the extent consistent with the Flood Control Act of 1944, to operate the Missouri River mainstem reservoirs to minimize adverse environmental and economic impacts to authorized uses on the Missouri River and reservoir system.  Requires the Secretary, if an authorized use is threatened with adverse impact by the operation of the system, to implement operational changes to prevent or mitigate such impact unless the potential impacts of the preventive or mitigative action requested by the affected State or tribe outweigh the environmental and economic impacts. Directs the Secretary to make grants to affected States or tribes for: (1) mitigating impacts in the system incurred as a result of implemented or denied operational adjustments; and (2) constructing specified facilities. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-3109,101,s,3109,"A bill entitled the ""Corps of Engineers Mitigation Act"".",Water Resources Development,1990-09-25,1990-09-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to operate the Missouri River mainstem reservoir system to minimize adverse environmental and economic impacts to authorized uses on the Missouri River and such system as long as such operation does not conflict with the Flood Control Act of 1944.  Requires the Secretary, if an authorized use is being threatened with adverse impact by the operation of the system, to prevent or mitigate such impacts through operational changes if the environmental or economic impacts to a State or tribe outweigh potential adverse impacts arising from the preventive or mitigative action. Authorizes a general appropriation to be deposited into a Missouri River Basin States damage fund to mitigate impacts incurred when operational adjustments have been denied or implemented.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-hr-5667,101,hr,5667,"To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to establish a deadline for the transfer of jurisdiction of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation area from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-09-19,1990-11-15,Became Public Law No: 101-561.,House,"Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-4]",TN,D,C000754,1,"Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to transfer responsibility for all planning, acquisition, development, and administrative jurisdiction over all Federal lands, water, interests, and improvements within the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior.  Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to complete all acquisition and development activities in progress on the date of transfer. Modifies certain restrictions on motorized transportation in the gorge area. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to the Charit Creek Lodge, its associated facilities, and any historic structures determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-hr-5486,101,hr,5486,Sole Source Aquifer Protection Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-08-03,1990-08-31,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Gallo, Dean A. [R-NJ-11]",NJ,R,G000025,1,"Sole Source Aquifer Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to prohibit construction of landfills or land treatment facilities within a critical aquifer protection area unless the State or local government having jurisdiction over such area has adopted a management plan for the area.  Requires the plan to provide for:  (1) the maintenance of groundwater quality to protect human health, the environment, and groundwater resources; and (2) public hearings for receiving comments on the plan. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to declare that it is national policy that such a plan be promulgated before such facilities are constructed over a critical aquifer.",2025-08-26T17:24:16Z,
101-hr-5494,101,hr,5494,"To amend the Act of December 22, 1944 (known as the ""Flood Control Act of 1944"") to establish statutory procedures for the preparation of an annual plan for operations of water control projects in the Missouri River Basin, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-08-03,1990-08-03,Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large]",SD,D,J000177,0,"Amends the Flood Control Act of 1944 to direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to prepare, publish in the Federal Register, and solicit public comment on a proposed annual plan for managing water control projects in the Missouri River Basin. Requires a summary of each plan to be distributed to the Governors of Missouri Basin States.  Directs the Secretary to submit to the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation a report on water control operations in the Missouri River Basin which includes a description of such plan.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hr-5495,101,hr,5495,To establish US Army Corps of Engineers standards for management of the Missouri River mainstream reservoirs and to authorize a Basin States Damage Fund.,Water Resources Development,1990-08-03,1990-08-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large]",SD,D,J000177,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to operate the Missouri River mainstem reservoir system to minimize adverse environmental and economic impacts to authorized uses on the Missouri River and mainstem reservoir system insofar as such operation does not conflict with provisions of the Flood Control Act of 1944 regarding the uses of water of certain States for navigation.  Provides that if an authorized use is being adversely impacted or threatened with adverse impact by the operation of the system, the Secretary, upon request, shall change operations to prevent or mitigate the adverse impacts if the environmental and economic impact on the State or tribe outweigh any potential adverse impacts arising from the changes. Provides that if the Secretary denies a request, he or she shall document the reasons. Authorizes appropriations to be deposited into the Missouri River Basin States Damage Fund established to mitigate impacts in the Missouri River Basin States incurred when operational adjustments have been denied or implemented under this Act.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-s-2969,101,s,2969,Central Utah Project Completion Act,Water Resources Development,1990-08-03,1990-09-18,Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-1110.,Senate,"Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT]",UT,R,G000072,1,"Central Utah Project Completion Act - Title I:  Central Utah Project Construction - Increases the authorization of appropriations for the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) in order to provide for completion of the Central Utah Project.  Requires the Secretary of the Interior to implement certain recommendations of that Department's Inspector General with respect to such additional funding.  Prohibits the expenditure of funds provided by this Act for certain Utah reclamation projects and features.  Terminates the authorization of appropriations for construction of any CRSP participating project located in the State of Utah five years after the enactment of this Act unless cost-sharing is agreed to and construction funds are requested by the Secretary.  Requires such additional funding to also be made available for the planning and implementation of the fish and wildlife and recreation mitigation and conservation projects and studies authorized in this Act.  Sets aside specified amounts of the funding made available for CRSP and such projects and studies for:  (1) the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project; and (2) the construction and rehabilitation of specified projects to increase efficiency, enhance beneficial uses, and achieve greater water conservation within the Uinta Basin Replacement Project.  Imposes certain procedural requirements to be met before such construction or rehabilitation can begin.  Provides for resolution of certain matters associated with the Uintah Indian Irrigation Project and the Brush Creek and Jensen Unit.  Requires 35 percent cost sharing from non-Federal sources for the design, engineering, and construction of the features of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project for which specified amounts of the additional funding for CRSP have been set aside.  Prohibits Federal funds from being provided to any non-Federal interest until such interest enters into binding agreements with the appropriate Federal authority to comply with this Act and all Federal fish, wildlife, recreation, and environmental laws with respect to the use of such  funds. Imposes water conservation planning and management requirements on the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (the District).  Authorizes certain water conservation studies.  Provides funding for such water conservation plans and studies.  Establishes the Utah Water Conservation Advisory Board to recommend water conservation standards and regulations for promulgation by State or local authorities in the service area of such petitioner of project water. Provides financial incentives for developing and implementing such water conservation plans and completing such water conservation studies.  Provides for judicial review and citizen suits. Specifies certain requirements regarding the generation of hydroelectric power operations with respect to the Central Utah Project. Encourages the execution of operating agreements for certain reservoirs. Allows for the prepayment or other disposition of certain repayment contracts for construction of the Jordan Aqueduct System. Requires the Comptroller General to audit Central Utah Project cost allocations.  Requires the Secretary to reallocate such costs as necessary. Imposes financial penalties for the use of Central Utah Project water to grow surplus crops until the construction costs of the facilities authorized by this title are repaid. Title II:  Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation Mitigation and Conservation - Establishes the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission to coordinate the implementation of the mitigation and conservation provisions of this Act among the Federal and State fish, wildlife, and recreation agencies.  Directs the Commission to establish plans for fish and wildlife mitigation activities.  Sets forth funding requirements for Commission activities and projects. Requires the District to acquire a specified amount of additional permanent storage waters for fish and wildlife purposes.  Earmarks a specified amount of additional funding for such purposes. Sets forth requirements for certain minimum stream flows. Requires completion of the fish, wildlife, and recreation projects identified or proposed in the 1988 Definite Plan Report. Directs the Commission to acquire big game winter range lands to compensate for the impacts of Federal reclamation projects in Utah. Directs the Commission to construct big game crossings and wildlife escape ramps for the protection of big game animals along certain canals.  Earmarks specified amounts of additional funding for such purposes. Sets forth requirements for the acquisition, rehabilitation, and enhancement of wetlands and fisheries. Requires that the project plan for the stabilization of high mountain lakes in the Upper Provo River drainage be revised to require that certain lakes be stabilized at levels beneficial for a fish habitat and recreation. Earmarks specified amounts of additional funding for:  (1) specified riparian habitat development projects; (2) a Commission study of the impacts to soils and riparian fish and wildlife habitats in drainages that will experience substantially reduced water flows resulting from the operation of the Strawberry Collection System; (3) acquisition of wetland acreages; (4) fish habitat improvements to the Jordan River; (5) construction of recreational facilities for the Jordan River Parkway; (6) specified uses with respect to the Provo River Corridor; (7) certain improvements to Central Utah Project recreational features; and (8) mitigation and restoration of watersheds and fish and wildlife resources in Utah impacted by CRSP. Requires that project construction be concurrent and proportionate with the implementation of the fish, wildlife, and recreation mitigation and conservation schedule prepared by the Interagency Biological Assessment Team. Title III:  Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account - Establishes in the Treasury the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for certain purposes, including to ensure that the level of environmental protection, mitigation, and enhancement achieved in connection with CRSP projects is preserved and maintained and that resources are available to address unfunded environmental impacts of such projects and unknown environmental needs within affected State areas.  Sets forth procedures for Federal and State contributions to the Account and contributions from power revenues. Provides for funding of State fish and wildlife projects from the Account after the Commission has terminated.  Sets forth requirements for managing the Account. Title IV:  Ute Indian Rights Settlement - Provides for payment of financial compensation to the Ute Indian Tribe for the use of its water rights in the Uinta Basin.  Allows tribal use of the Project's Bonneville Unit facilities.  Grants the consent of the Congress to the Tribe to enter into a compact reserving waters to the Tribe and establishing the uses and management of such Tribal waters subject to re-ratification by the State and the Tribe.  Authorizes appropriations for:  (1) tribal farming operations; (2) reservoir, stream, habitat, and road improvements with respect to the Ute Indian Reservation; and (3) the Tribal Development Fund. Provides for the waiver of claims concerning the Tribe's water rights covered under the Agreement of September 30, 1965, including claims that the Tribe retains the right to develop lands set forth in the Ute Indian Compact and deferred in the Agreement. Title V:  Short Title and Definition - Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1990. Title VI:  Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Wyoming - Revises existing law to require as a principal modification to the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Wyoming, the construction of power generating facilities with a total installed capacity of 25.5 megawatts. Authorizes the construction of recreational facilities in excess of the amount required to replace or relocate existing facilities. Provides that the costs of such construction shall be borne equally by the United States and Wyoming. Repeals a prior authorization of appropriations and authorizes to be appropriated for the Federal share of the construction of the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir modifications and recreational facilities the sum of $80,000,000 (October 1988 price levels).  Repeals a requirement that such sums authorized to be appropriated for construction, operation, maintenance, and replacement be reduced by the amounts of certain contributions. Title VII:  Treatment of Drainage from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Colorado - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) design, construct, operate, and maintain a water treatment plant for the Leadville Mine in Colorado; and (2) install concrete lining on the rehabilitated portion of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel. Specifies that:  (1) such treatment plant shall be designed to treat the quantity and quality of effluent historically discharged from such Tunnel and to meet requirements of the Clean Water Act; and (2) design, construction, operation, and maintenance costs of the works authorized by this title shall be nonreimbursable. Requires the Secretary to submit the plans for design and operation of the works to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Colorado to obtain their views.  Directs the Secretary, after such review and consultation, to notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate that the discharge from the works will meet the requirements set forth in Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement No. FFCA-89-1 and in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit No. CO-OO21717. Makes the Secretary responsible for operation and maintenance of the water treatment plant. Authorizes the Secretary to formulate and implement a program for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources of those portions of the Arkansas River basin affected by the effluent discharged from such Tunnel.  Requires the Secretary, prior to implementing the program, to submit a copy of the proposed restoration program to the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate for a period of not to exceed 60 days. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct investigations of water pollution sources and impacts attributed to mining and other related development in the Upper Arkansas River Basin and to implement corrective action demonstration projects.  Requires all corrective action plans and subsequent corrective demonstration projects to include appropriate public involvement.  Directs the Secretary to arrange for cost sharing in such projects with the State of Colorado and for utilization of non-Federal funds and in-kind services where possible.  Requires a demonstration project plan to be submitted to the Congress before the project is implemented. Authorizes appropriations. Title VIII:  Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct and test the Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project, New Mexico and Texas, to improve the quality of water of the Canadian River downstream of Ute Reservoir, New Mexico, and entering Lake Meredith, Texas. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority of Texas (Authority) for the design and construction management of project facilities by the Bureau of Reclamation and for the payment of construction costs by the Authority.  Requires the Authority to operate and maintain the facilities upon completion of construction and testing. Requires the Authority to advance all costs of construction of project facilities as the non-Federal contribution.  Declares the Federal share to be all project costs for design preparation and construction management.  Prohibits the Federal contribution from exceeding 33 percent of the total project costs. Provides for transferring control of the project works to the Authority or to a bona fide entity agreeable to New Mexico and Texas upon completion of construction and testing, or upon termination of activities at the request of the Authority. Provides that title to any facilities constructed under this title shall remain with the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Title IX:  Cedar Bluff Unit, Kansas - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reformulate the Cedar Bluff Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas, including reallocation of the conservation capacity of the Cedar Bluff Reservoir, to create:  (1) a designated operating pool for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes, and for groundwater recharge for environmental, domestic, municipal, and industrial uses; and (2) a joint-use pool for flood control, water sales, fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the sale, use, and control of the designated operating pool (with the exception of water reserved for Russell, Kansas) and to allow Kansas to acquire use and control of water in the joint-use pool.  Directs that Kansas shall not permit utilization of water from Cedar Bluff Reservoir to irrigate lands in the Smoky Hill River Basin from such Reservoir to the confluence with Big Creek. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the acceptance of a specified payment and the State's commitment to pay a proportionate share of the annual operation, maintenance, and replacement charges for the Cedar Bluff Dam and Reservoir.  Requires, after the reformulation authorized by this title, that all net revenues received by the United States from the sale of water at the Cedar Bluff Unit be credited to the Reclamation Fund.  Terminates a specified contractual obligation upon receipt of such payment by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer ownership of the fish hatchery facility at Cedar Bluff Dam and related water rights to Kansas for its use and operation.  Provides that if any of such transferred property is subsequently transferred from State ownership or used for any purpose other than those provided for in this title, title to such property shall revert to the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer title to the Cedar Bluff Irrigation District headquarters located near Hays, Kansas, contingent upon the District's agreement to close down the irrigation system to the satisfaction of the Secretary at no additional cost to the United States, after which all easement rights shall revert to the owners of the land to which the easements are attached. Title X:  Miscellaneous Provisions, Central Valley Project, California - Adds the area encompassed by the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and Solano County into the service area of the Sacramento Valley Irrigation Canals, Central Valley Project, California. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a long-term contract in accordance with Federal reclamation laws with the Toulumne Regional Water District, California, for the delivery of water from the New Melones Unit, Central Valley Project, California, to the county's water distribution system. Title XI:  Salton Sea Research Project - Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a research project for the development of an enhanced evaporation system for saline water treatment.  Requires that such project be located in the area of the Salton Sea of Southern California. Requires the non-Federal share of the cost of such project to be 50 percent of the total cost of the project. Requires the Secretary, no later than September 30, 1995, to submit a report to the House Interior Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee regarding the results of such project. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title. Title XII:  Amendment to Sabine River Compact - Grants the consent of the Congress to an amendment to a compact ratified by the States of Louisiana and Texas relating to the waters of the Sabine River and its tributaries. Title XIII:  Name Change - Designates the Salt-Gila Aqueduct of the Central Arizona Project as the Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct. Title XIV:  Warren Act Amendments - Amends the Warren Act to authorize the Secretary to make available surplus water or capacity in canals for use by municipal, industrial, and domestic customers, and for fish and wildlife protection. Title XV:  Amendments to Reclamation Statutes - Amends the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to provide that if any classification or reclassification of irrigable lands undertaken pursuant to such Act results in an increase in the outstanding construction charges or rate of repayment, the Secretary shall amend the contract to increase the construction obligation or rate of repayment. Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary to establish appropriate and effective penalties for failure to comply with any provision or regulation of such Act. Title XVI:  Water Reclamation and Reuse - Authorizes the Secretary to participate with the City of San Diego, California, in the conduct of a study of conceptual plans for water reclamation and reuse. Prohibits the Federal share of study costs from exceeding 50 percent of their total.  Authorizes appropriations. Title XVII:  Mine Effluent Fishery - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study on establishing a Federal fish hatchery in McDowell County, West Virginia.  Authorizes the Secretary, contingent upon completion of such study and location of a suitable site and water supply, to construct the hatchery to be designated as the Carl R. Sullivan National Fish Hatchery.  Authorizes appropriations. Title XVIII:  McGee Creek Contract Adjustment - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with the McGee Creek Water Authority, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, accepting a specified payment.  Terminates an earlier contract with such Water Authority upon acceptance of such payment. Provides that title to project facilities at the McGee Project shall remain with the United States. Title XIX:  Water and Power Needs of Insular Areas - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to undertake a comprehensive study of how the long-term water, sewage, and power needs of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands can be resolved.  Requires the governments of such islands to be consulted during such study.  Requires the Secretary to report study results and recommendations to the Congress within two years after enactment of this title.  Authorizes appropriations. Title XX:  Reclamation Reform Act Amendments - Reclamation Reform Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to define ""farm"" or ""farm operation"" as any landholding or group of landholdings directly or indirectly farmed or operated by an individual, group, entity, trust, or any other combination or arrangement.  Adds farming or farming operations under the requirements of such Act.  States that certain ownership and full cost pricing limitations under such Act shall apply to any trust, trust beneficiary, and farm or farm operation operated by or for such trustee for one or more beneficiaries.  Subjects farm or farm operations to certain reporting requirements of such Act and to certain certification requirements for the receipt of irrigation water in covered district lands.  States that farms or farm operations shall not include any landholding of a religious or charitable entity or organization which qualifies as an individual under such Act (thereby excluding it from such Act's requirements).  Provides that if a religious or charitable organization holds lands but fails to qualify as an individual for any part of such landholdings, then such nonqualifying part shall be considered lands held in excess of ownership limitation requirements under such and shall receive reclamation water only as excess lands. Restricts irrigation water benefits under such Act to citizens or resident aliens of the United States. Title XXI:  Cost of Irrigation Water - Amends the Reclamation Projects Act of 1939 to require all contracts for the delivery of water used to raise agricultural price support crops under authority of such Act to include a provision which requires the organization receiving water to pay 50 percent of the full delivery cost beginning two years after enactment of this title and 100 percent of the full delivery cost beginning four years after enactment of this title, if the stocks of such commodity in Commodity Credit Corporation storage exceed an amount necessary to provide a reasonable reserve for shortages caused by drought, natural disaster, or any other disruption in supply.  Specifies contracts, or amendments to contracts, for which such requirements shall not apply. Title XXII:  Buy-American - Authorizes the Secretary to award to a domestic firm a contract that would be awarded to a foreign firm under competitive procedures, if:  (1) the final product of the domestic firm will be completely assembled in the United States; (2) when completely assembled, no less than 51 percent of the final product of the domestic firm will be domestically produced; and (3) the difference between the bids submitted by the foreign and domestic firms is not more than six percent (Buy American requirement).  Provides public interest, national security, or tariff regulation or agreement violation exceptions to such authority. Provides that if the Secretary determines that any person intentionally affixes a ""Made in America"" label to any product sold or shipped to the United States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall declare such person ineligible to receive a Federal contract or grant under any contract made under this Act for no less than three or no more than five years.  Prohibits a person or enterprise domiciled under a foreign government from entering into a contract under this Act if their government unfairly maintains in government procurement a significant and persistent practice of discrimination against the U.S. products or services which results in identifiable harm to U.S. businesses. Title XXIII:  Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District in Sunnyside, Washington, all right, title, and interest of the United States (excluding oil, gas, and other mineral deposits) to a specified parcel of real property in Sunnyside, Washington. Title XXIV:  Sly Park Unit Sale - Directs the Secretary, as soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, to sell the Sly Park Unit of the Central Valley Project, California, to the El Dorado Irrigation District, California, under specified terms and conditions.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-2992,101,s,2992,"A bill to amend the Act of December 22, 1944 (known as the ""Flood Control Act of 1944"") to establish statutory procedures for the preparation of an annual plan for operations of water control projects in the Missouri River Basin, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-08-03,1990-08-03,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,0,"Amends the Flood Control Act of 1944 to direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to prepare, publish in the Federal Register, and solicit public comment on a proposed annual plan for managing water control projects in the Missouri River Basin. Requires a summary of each plan to be distributed to the Governors of Missouri Basin States.  Directs the Secretary to submit to the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation a report on water control operations in the Missouri River Basin which includes a description of such plan.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-2963,101,s,2963,"A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an advanced water treatment research and demonstration project near Salton Sea, California.",Water Resources Development,1990-08-02,1990-08-03,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA]",CA,R,W000607,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct, through the Commissioner of Reclamation, an advanced waste treatment and demonstration project for the development of technologies for saline water treatment in the area of the Salton Sea of Southern California.  Sets the non-Federal share of the cost at 25 percent.  Requires a report to the Congress on project results.  Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-2941,101,s,2941,Reclamation Reform and Integrity Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-07-30,1990-07-31,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA]",PA,R,H000456,0,"Reclamation Reform and Integrity Act of 1990 - Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to require:  (1) the price of irrigation water delivered under a water service contract entered into with the Secretary of the Interior after October 12, 1982, to reflect a substantial share of associated fixed construction costs in addition to operation and maintenance charges; and (2) that the disposal of excess lands after the enactment of the Reclamation Reform Act Amendments of 1990 to nonexcess owners be for fair market value related to the delivery of irrigation water in order to be eligible to receive irrigation water. Repeals the authority for incorporating renewal clauses in Bureau of Reclamation water service contracts. Requires the Secretary to evaluate all unstarted reclamation projects in accordance with the June 1987 Statement of Procedures regarding the use of normalized commodity prices in the evaluation of the costs and benefits of future water projects. Amends the Reclamation Projects Act of 1939 to require farmers who receive irrigation water from Federal reclamation projects and who are using that water to produce surplus crops to pay 50 percent of the full cost for delivery of that water under contracts entered into two years after the enactment of this Act and at least the full cost for delivery of such water under contracts entered into four years after such enactment, except as provided.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-5370,101,hr,5370,Corps of Engineers Environmental Protection Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-07-25,1990-08-06,See H.R.5314.,House,"Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7]",MN,R,S000795,0,"Corps of Engineers Environmental Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to include environmental protection as one of the primary missions of the Corps of Engineers with respect to water resources projects. Establishes, as part of the Corps' water resources development program, an interim goal of no overall net loss of the Nation's remaining wetlands base and a long-term goal to increase the quality and quantity of the Nation's wetlands.  Directs the Secretary to:  (1) develop a wetlands action plan to achieve such goals; (2) implement demonstration projects to restore and create wetlands and to determine the feasibility of mitigation banks as a means of achieving such goals and satisfying Federal wetland mitigation requirements; (3) establish and implement a program to evaluate and demonstrate the use of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment; (4) conduct research and pilot projects utilizing certain constructed wetlands to determine the feasibility of using constructed wetlands systems to treat wastewater; (5) establish an interagency working group on wetlands for wastewater treatment to oversee the program for using constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment; (6) establish for each major reservoir under the Corps' jurisdiction a technical advisory committee to provide recommendations on reservoir monitoring and options for reservoir management; and (7) ensure that, in developing or revising Corps' reservoir operating manuals, the Corps shall provide for public participation. Sets forth the responsibilities for non-Federal interests in carrying out the wetland projects authorized under this Act, including a cost-sharing requirement of 25 percent. Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) establish a training program for individuals to be certified as wetland delineators; (2) manage any existing dam and reservoir project of the Corps for recreation and fish and wildlife purposes to the extent such management does not impair any other authorized project purpose; and (3) modify the terms of project repayment when necessary to reallocate reservoir storage at any such project as a result of such management. Prohibits the Secretary from including in the benefit base for justifying Federal flood damage reduction projects:  (1) any new or substantially reconstructed structure built in the 100-year flood plain after July 1, 1991; and (2) any structure that becomes located in such flood plain by virtue of constrictions placed in the flood plain after that date. Prohibits the Secretary, after January 1, 1994, from participating in beach stabilization or renourishment projects involving Federal funds unless the State where the project will be located has established or is committed to establishing a beach front management program that includes specified provisions.  Provides that such prohibition shall not apply to the stabilization or renourishment of Federal lands or if the Secretary determines that an exceptional circumstance exists to justify Federal approval and funding of such projects.",2025-08-26T17:26:55Z,
101-hr-5314,101,hr,5314,Water Resources Development Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-07-19,1990-09-26,Laid on the table. See S. 2740 for further action.,House,"Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32]",CA,D,A000189,4,"Water Resources Development Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out specified public works projects in specified locations within the United States for improvements to navigation, flood control, storm damage reduction, and the construction of recreation features.  Specifies the total cost, as well as the estimated Federal and non-Federal cost, of each project. Modifies various public works projects previously authorized under prior water resources development Acts. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a three-year market feasibility program for determining existing opportunities for private sector development of facilities for water, waste management, and energy generation and other critical support facilities.  Authorizes appropriations. Revises the funding formula for costs assigned to commercial navigation. Amends Federal public works law to authorize construction for preparation for an emergency response to any national disaster. (Currently, such law authorizes construction for flood emergency preparation only.) Authorizes the Secretary to complete and transmit to the appropriate non-Federal interest any study for the improvement of harbors and inland harbors of the United States initiated pursuant to the River and Harbor Act of 1960. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to remove time limitation requirements for the review by the Secretary of the operation of water resources projects and modifications to such structures.  Revises reporting requirements with respect to such reviews and modifications.  Extends the current single authorization of appropriations for such reviews and modifications to an annual authorization. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to determine the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay the required cash contribution under a cost sharing agreement for a flood control or agricultural water supply contract under provisions of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Directs the Secretary to include environmental protection as one of the primary missions of the Corps of Engineers in planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining water resources projects. Establishes as part of the Corps of Engineers water resources development program an interim goal of no overall net loss of the Nation's remaining wetlands base, and a long-term goal of increasing the quality and quantity of wetlands in the United States.  Outlines a goals and action plan for the development and restoration of wetlands, authorizing the Secretary to carry out demonstration programs to restore and create wetlands. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and carry out a program to evaluate and demonstrate the use of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, as well as methods by which such projects contribute to meeting the objectives of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.  Requires emphasis in such projects to be given to small and rural communities either lacking wastewater treatment facilities or with substandard facilities.  Directs the Secretary to establish in the Corps an interagency working group on wetlands for wastewater treatment to coordinate, manage, and oversee all phases of the wetlands-for-wastewater-treatment program.  Outlines non-Federal responsibilities with respect to each such project. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and implement a demonstration program to determine the feasibility of mitigation banks as a means of contributing to such projects and of evaluating the feasibility of utilizing mitigation banks for satisfying compensatory mitigation obligations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the River and Harbor Act, and other Federal laws. Directs the Secretary to convene a Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Task Force to identify and prepare a priority list of coastal wetlands restoration projects in Louisiana which provides for the long-term conservation of such wetlands and dependent fish and wildlife populations.  Directs the Secretary, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Governor of Louisiana to enter into a Louisiana coastal wetlands conservation planning agreement, with a goal of achieving no loss of wetlands in the coastal areas of Louisiana. Requires the Director to make matching grants to any coastal State to carry out coastal wetlands conservation projects.  Provides cost-sharing provisions.  Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits certain new or substantially improved structures from being included in the benefit base for justifying Federal flood damage reduction projects. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the advisability of not participating in the planning, implementation, or maintenance of any beach stabilization or renourishment project unless the State in which the proposed project will be located has established a beach front management program that includes certain restrictions and provisions. Directs the Secretary to establish for each major reservoir under the jurisdiction of the Corps a technical advisory committee to provide recommendations on reservoir monitoring and options for reservoir research.  Directs the Secretary to review the operations of reservoir projects currently under his jurisdiction and make appropriate changes. Directs the Secretary, whenever necessary to meet the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, to remove contaminated sediments outside the boundaries of and adjacent to the navigation channel as part of the operation and maintenance of a navigation project. Directs the Secretary, in planning any water resources project, to consider the impact of the project on existing and future recreational and commercial uses in the area surrounding the project.  Provides that activities currently performed by personnel of the Secretary in connection with the operation and maintenance of hydroelectric power generating facilities of the Corps are to be considered inherently governmental functions and not commercial activities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical, planning, and engineering assistance to States and local governments in connection with Great Lakes remedial action plans identified under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to include preservation and enhancement of the environment in matters to be addressed in water resources planning under such Act.  Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to deauthorize the Cross Florida Barge Canal project located between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.  Transfers Canal  project land to the State of Florida under specified conditions. Directs the Secretary to carry out specified small navigation projects in New York, Michigan, and Montana. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of EPA and the Governor of New York to convene a management conference for the restoration, conservation, and management of Onondaga Lake, New York.  Authorizes the management conference to make grants for research, studies, surveys, and activities in connection with the development of a management plan for the Lake.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1998 for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to complete the project for the removal of salt and aquatic weeds at Sauk Lake, Minnesota. Adds the removal of salt and aquatic growth at Wappingers Lake, New York, to water resources projects authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out small flood control projects in specified areas.  Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified shoreline or streambank protection projects. Authorizes the Secretary to continue specified water resources projects notwithstanding a specified provision of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Directs the Secretary to carry out erosion prevention projects in Vermilion and Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to design and construct certain flood control measures in the vicinity of Hazard, Kentucky, as determined necessary for the prevention of further flood control damage. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with two non-Federal interests in order to demonstrate the construction and management of harbor projects by non-Federal interests, as long as the cost of doing so will not exceed the cost of the Secretary undertaking the project. Directs the Secretary  to modify the reversionary interest of the United States in certain real property in Georgia to allow a local church to operate a retirement village on such land. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to extend for five years the Upper Mississippi River Management Plan. Modifies the cost of a flood control project in San Luis Rey, California. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to exchange certain lands in the Prado Flood Control Basin, Riverside, California, for specified real property. Directs or authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified real property in Sneads, California, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, and Aberdeen, Washington, each subject to certain terms and conditions, including the use of such property for specified purposes. Directs the Administrator of EPA to report to the Congress on the feasibility of designating an alternative site to the Mud Dump site in the New York/New Jersey harbor region for the disposal of dredged material.  Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to report to the Congress a plan for the long-term disposal of such dredged material. Authorizes the implementation of a demonstration project for such purposes.  Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to revise the date of transfer of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Authorizes a Federal official making financial assistance available for a construction project in the Virgin Islands to make such assistance available to the Secretary in lieu of the Virgin Islands. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of, report on, and complete a technology demonstration of methods to meet the water supply needs of:  (1) Liberty, Ohio; and (2) Washingtonville, Ohio. Authorizes appropriations for such projects. Requires the submission and review of a report before any construction may be carried out in the Albermarle Sound-Roanoke River Basin in North Carolina. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study of wastewater treatment options for transporting contamination in Rhode Island to a wastewater treatment facility in Cranston, Rhode Island, through the use of a regional connector system. Requires a report and demonstration program.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance or otherwise carry out water resources development projects in:  (1) Santa Rosa, California; (2) Flat Rock, Michigan; (3) Warroad Harbor, Minnesota; (4) Rondout Creek and Wallkill River, New York and New Jersey; (5) Struthers, Ohio; (6) Virginia Beach, Virginia; (7) Youngstown, Ohio; and (8) Maysville, Kentucky. Establishes the Southwest Region Flood Response Evaluation Commission to evaluate and make recommendations concerning flood control measures in the Arkansas, Red, and Ouachita River basins in the U.S. Southwest. Terminates such Commission 30 days after submission of its final report. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake projects for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Federal flood control levees on the Arkansas River, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and install a flood warning system for the Santa Clara River and its tributaries, California. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to extend the Rend Lake water storage contract. Directs the Secretary to amend the contract for the use of storage for water supply in Caesar's Creek Lake, Ohio, in order to review requirements concerning certain annual payments required under such contract.  Declares certain portions of Lake Erie to be nonnavigable waters of the United States, under specified terms and conditions. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a list which identifies opportunities of enhancing wetlands in connection with the construction and operation of water resources projects. Authorizes the Secretary to assist local governments in demonstrating methods of mitigating radium contamination in ground water.  Provides grants for such purposes.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to undertake, complete, review, or act upon specified studies in connection with various water resources development projects.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to investigate lands bordering on Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, in order to determine if such lands meet applicable international agreements concerning regulation of water levels. Directs the Secretary to conduct a review of existing reports on the New York Harbor and a systems investigation of the channels and anchorages of the Port of New York and New Jersey. Deauthorizes specified water resources development projects. Redesignates the Half Moon Harbor, California, as the Pillar Point Harbor. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to increase the annual obligation ceiling under such Act for water resources development projects. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress for approval any proposed changes in the allocation of storage for the Raystown Lake Project, Pennsylvania, resulting from an ongoing study. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to add Columbiana County, West Virginia, as an area included in the Appalachian Regional Development Program. Directs the Secretary to conduct an exchange rate demonstration project for a portion of the Lockwood's Folly River Inlet, North Carolina. Directs the Secretary to construct an extension of the American Canal near El Paso, Texas.  Provides terms, conditions, delivery requirements, and other obligations in connection with such Canal, including agreements with respect to construction and maintenance costs.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to convey certain Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal property in Oakland, California, to the cities of Oakland and Alameda, California, under specified terms and conditions. Directs the Secretary to convey to specified persons certain lands located near Lewisville Dam and Garza-Little Elm Reservoir in Denton County, Texas, under specified terms and conditions. Sets forth Buy American provisions with respect to funds used to carry out projects  under this Act.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-s-2874,101,s,2874,"A bill to authorize the reformulation of the Cedar Bluff Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas, to provide for the amendment of water service and repayment contracts.",Water Resources Development,1990-07-18,1990-09-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.",Senate,"Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]",KS,R,D000401,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reformulate the Cedar Bluff Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas, including reallocation of the conservation capacity of the Cedar Bluff Reservoir, to create:  (1) a designated operating pool for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes, and for groundwater recharge for environmental, domestic, municipal, industrial, and irrigation uses; and (2) a joint-use pool for flood control, water sales, fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the sale, use, and control of the designated operating pool (with the exception of water reserved for Russell, Kansas), and to allow Kansas to acquire use and control of water in the joint-use pool.  Provides that Kansas shall not permit utilization of water from Cedar Bluff Reservoir to increase irrigation of lands in the Smoky Hill River Basin from such Reservoir to its confluence with Big Creek. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the acceptance of a specified payment and the State's commitment to pay a proportionate share of the annual operation, maintenance, and replacement charges for the Cedar Bluff Dam and Reservoir, as full satisfaction of the reimbursable costs associated with irrigation of the Cedar Bluff Unit.  Requires, after the reformulation authorized by this Act, that any revenues in excess of operating and maintenance expenses received by Kansas from the sale of water from the Cedar Bluff Unit be paid to the United States and covered into the Reclamation Fund if so required under reclamation law.  Provides that any additional revenues shall be retained by Kansas, once all such obligations or charges are satisfied. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer ownership of the fish hatchery facility at Cedar Bluff Dam and related water rights to Kansas for its use and operation. Provides that if any transferred property is subsequently transferred from State ownership or used for any purpose other than those provided for in this Act, title to such property shall revert to the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer title to the Cedar Bluff Irrigation District headquarters located near Hays, Kansas, contingent upon the District's agreement to close down the irrigation system to the satisfaction of the Secretary at no additional cost to the United States, after which all easement rights shall revert to the owners of the land to which the easements are attached. Requires the transferee of any interest conveyed pursuant to this Act to assume all liability with respect to such interests and to indemnify the United States against all such liability.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-s-2807,101,s,2807,Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-06-28,1990-09-19,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 2567 ordered to be reported.,Senate,"Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]",AZ,R,M000303,5,"Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to operate the Glen Canyon Dam in a manner so as to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and improve the conditions of the natural resources of Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon Recreation Area under operating criteria consistent with the water storage and delivery functions of the Dam. Directs the Secretary to determine whether the available scientific data is sufficient to permit the implementation of interim power operating criteria (IPOC) for the Dam that would, without impeding research, increase the protection and improvement of natural resources of the Park and the Recreation Area.  Directs the Secretary to implement the IPOC if sufficient scientific data is found to exist or to take appropriate action to procure such data as quickly as possible in order to implement the IPOC. Enumerates certain objectives to be included in the IPOC implemented, including noninterference with the water storage and delivery functions of the Dam, the minimization of adverse environmental impacts of the Dam operations on the downstream Park and Recreation Area, and adjustment and monitoring of sufficient water flows downstream from the Dam.  Directs the Secretary to consult with appropriate agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Governors of affected States, and affected Indian tribes in the development and implementation of the IPOC.  Authorizes the Secretary to deviate from the IPOC if found necessary and in the public interest. Requires the Secretary to complete a final Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement within three years after enactment of this Act and, based on the statement's findings, to implement final power operating criteria that will ensure that the Dam is operated in a manner consistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary to establish and implement long-term monitoring requirements to assure that the Dam is operated in a manner consistent with the protection of the Park and the Recreation Area downstream. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-5137,101,hr,5137,"To amend title IV of the Act of December 19, 1980 (94 Stat. 3227) to provide further relief to the Vermejo Conservancy District from its repayment obligation for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Vermejo reclamation project, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-06-21,1990-10-05,Provisions Included In H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]",NM,D,R000229,0,"Transfers all project facilities of the Vermejo reclamation project to the Vermejo Conservancy District, New Mexico.  Excludes from such transfer certain contractual land arrangements entered into between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-hr-5096,101,hr,5096,To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the maximum contaminant level for the chemical trichloroethylene.,Water Resources Development,1990-06-20,1990-07-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-12]",IL,R,C000873,0,Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that the national primary drinking water regulation for trichloroethylene be set at a contaminant level no lower than 75 parts per billion.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
101-hr-5057,101,hr,5057,Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Act,Water Resources Development,1990-06-14,1990-09-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.",House,"Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-43]",CA,R,P000005,0,"Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Act - Title I: Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse Studies - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 and other Federal reclamation laws, to investigate and identify opportunities for reclamation and reuse of municipal, industrial, domestic, and agricultural wastewater resulting from water supplied by reclamation facilities. Directs the Secretary to undertake appraisal investigations to identify opportunities and make recommendations for wastewater reclamation and reuse.  Authorizes the Secretary to participate with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local authorities in studies to determine the feasibility of wastewater reclamation and reuse projects recommended.  Limits the Federal share of the cost of such studies to 50 percent, except when the Secretary determines that due to financial hardship the non-Federal participant in such study is unable to contribute at least 50 percent of such costs. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of a comprehensive wastewater reclamation and reuse system for southern California.  Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the city of San Diego, California, to conduct a feasibility study of the potential for development of demonstration facilities to reclaim and reuse wastewater in the San Diego metropolitan service area.  Limits the Federal share of costs of such studies to 50 percent. Authorizes appropriations.  Requires congressional reports for such investigations and studies. Title II:  Reclamation Groundwater Study - Directs the Secretary: (1) acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Geological Survey, to conduct an investigation and analysis of the impacts of existing Bureau projects on the quality and quantity of groundwater resources; and (2) to prepare a reclamation groundwater management and technical assistance study concerning such resources.  Requires the Secretary to consult with Governors of affected States in conducting such investigation, analysis, and study. Requires a congressional report concerning such study.",2025-08-26T17:28:24Z,
101-s-2740,101,s,2740,Water Resources Development Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-06-14,1990-11-28,Became Public Law No: 101-640.,Senate,"Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND]",ND,D,B001077,0,"Water Resources Development Act of 1990 - Title I:  Water Resources Projects - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out public works projects in specified locations for improvements to navigation, flood control, storm damage reduction, and the construction of recreation features.  Specifies the total cost, as well as the estimated Federal and non-Federal cost, of each project. Modifies various public works projects previously authorized under prior water resources development Acts. Directs the Secretary to conduct studies for the completion of flood control projects in:  (1) Dry Jordan and Crooked Creeks, Arkansas; (2) Old Sulfur Creek, Orleans, Indiana; (3) Farmers Branch Creek, White Settlement, Texas; and (4) Krouts Creek, West Virginia.  Increases the maximum amount authorized under the Flood Control Act of 1948 for the flood control project at Savan Gut, Virgin Islands. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a shoreline project for:  (1) the Saginaw River in Bay City, Michigan; and (2) the Glen Foerd Historic Property in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Authorizes the Secretary to continue specified water resources projects notwithstanding a specified provision of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 limiting the length of such projects. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to design and construct certain flood control measures in the vicinity of Hazard, Kentucky, as determined necessary for the prevention of further flood control damage. Directs the Secretary to complete the project for the removal of silt and aquatic weeds at Sauk Lake, Minnesota. Directs the Secretary to undertake projects for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Federal flood control levees on the Arkansas River and the Red River, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out:   (1) a project for flood protection in Belen, New Mexico; (2) planning, engineering, and design for the rehabilitation of the Lower Truckee River, Nevada, and for facilities to enable the passage of cui-ui fish and Lahontan cutthroat trout through its delta to obtain access to spawning grounds; (3) planning, engineering, and design for modifications to the Arkansas Post Navigation Canal; (4) design for replacement of a bridge in Struthers, Ohio; and (5) design for the construction of a bridge between Maysville, Kentucky, and Ohio. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake, complete, review, or act upon specified studies in connection with various water resources development projects.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study of wastewater treatment options for transporting contamination in Rhode Island to a wastewater treatment facility in Cranston, Rhode Island, through the use of a regional connector system.  Requires a report and demonstration program.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance with respect to a comprehensive review of New York Harbor and a system investigation of the channels and anchorages of the Port of New York and New Jersey. Deauthorizes specified water resources development projects. Redesignates the Half Moon Bay Harbor, California, as the Pillar Point Harbor. Title II:  Land Transfers - Directs or authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified real property in Sneads, Florida, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, and Aberdeen, Washington, subject to certain terms and conditions. Directs the Secretary to release to Clay County, Georgia, the reversionary interest of the United States to specified real property in the County, subject to the condition that such property be used solely for the development of a retirement community. Authorizes the Secretary to convey certain Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal property in Oakland, California, to the cities of Oakland and Alameda, California, under specified terms and conditions. Title III:  Generally Applicable Provisions - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to treat as construction the costs of planning and engineering of projects for which non-Federal interests contributed 50 percent or more of the cost of the feasibility study. Includes preparation for emergency response to any natural disaster (currently, flood emergency preparation only) with actions for which emergency response funds are authorized to be used.  Authorizes the use of such funds for certain emergency dredging. Authorizes the Secretary to complete and transmit to the appropriate non-Federal interest any study for improvement to harbors or inland harbors initiated pursuant to the River and Harbor Act of 1960 or, upon request, to terminate such study and transmit the partially-completed study to the non-Federal interest. Requires biennial reports beginning in 1992 concerning water resources project modifications for improving the quality of the environment in the public interest.  Provides annual funding for such modification projects. Outlines procedures for the determination of a non-Federal interest's ability to pay the costs of flood control or agricultural water supply. Directs the Secretary to include environmental protection as one of the primary missions of the Corps of Engineers in planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining water resources projects. Establishes as part of the Corps of Engineers water resources development program an interim goal of no overall net loss of the Nation's remaining wetlands base, and  a long-term goal of increasing the quality and quantity of wetlands in the United States.  Outlines goals and an action plan for the development and restoration of wetlands.  Authorizes the Secretary to establish and carry out a program to evaluate and demonstrate the use of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, as well as methods by which such projects contribute to meeting the objectives of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.  Authorizes the Secretary to establish and implement a demonstration program to determine the feasibility of wetlands restoration, enhancement, and creation as a means of contributing to achieving the wetlands goals.  Provides goals, factors, and reporting requirements with respect to the wetlands goals programs. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program for the training and certification of individuals as wetlands delineators, with accompanying demonstration programs utilized for such purpose.  Requires periodic reports on the status of such programs. Prohibits certain new or substantially improved structures built in specified flood plains from being included in the benefit base for justifying Federal flood damage reduction projects.  Requires a cost-sharing report and regulations in connection with such projects. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the advisability of not participating in the planning, implementation, or maintenance of any beach stabilization or renourishment project unless the State in which the proposed project will be located has established a beachfront management program that includes certain restrictions and provisions. Directs the Secretary to establish for each major reservoir under the jurisdiction of the Corps a technical advisory committee to provide recommendations on reservoir monitoring and options for reservoir research.  Requires the Secretary to ensure ample public participation in the development or revision of reservoir operating manuals of the Corps.  Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the operations of reservoir projects under his jurisdiction and report the results to the Congress.  Directs the Secretary, whenever necessary to meet the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, to remove contaminated sediments outside the boundaries of and adjacent to the navigation channel as part of the operation and maintenance of a navigation project.  Limits the fiscal year amount that may be expended for such purpose.  Terminates such dredging requirement five years after enactment except for the completion of commenced projects. Directs the Secretary, in planning any water resources project, to consider its impact on existing and future recreational and commercial uses in the surrounding area.  Requires any changes adversely affecting the recreational use of a project to be mitigated by the Secretary.  Limits the fiscal  year amount that may be expended for such purpose.  Terminates such requirements five years after the enactment of this Act except for restoration already commenced on such date.  Requires project costs to be shared by the beneficiaries of such recreation. Provides that activities currently performed by personnel of the Secretary in connection with the operation and maintenance of hydroelectric power generating facilities of the Corps are to be considered inherently governmental functions and not commercial activities. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to:  (1) include preservation and enhancement of the environment in matters to be addressed in water resources planning under such Act; and (2) increase from 40 to 100 percent of eligible operation and maintenance costs assigned to commercial navigation of all harbors and inland harbors of the United States the amount authorized to be appropriated out of the Harbor and Maintenance Trust Fund under such Act. Requires that, for purposes of Federal participation in water resources development projects which are to be carried out by the Secretary, benefits which are to be provided to a facility owned by a State, county, municipality or other public entity shall not be treated as benefits to be provided to a single owner or single entity. Authorizes the Secretary to use Corps research and development laboratories to provide assistance to corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, consortia, public and private foundations, universities, and nonprofit organizations operating within the United States or its territories or possessions under specified conditions, including that providing such assistance is in the public interest and within the mission of the Corps. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary, in order to recover 50 percent of the cost of providing assistance to States for the development, utilization, and conservation of water and related resources of drainage basins, to establish and collect appropriate fees from States and other non-Federal public bodies to whom such assistance is provided. Requires the Secretary to phase in such cost-sharing program. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1960 to authorize the Secretary to establish and collect fees from Federal agencies and private individuals in order to recover costs of providing certain flood control information collection and dissemination services under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to provide water supply storage space requested by a low-income community if such space is available in a water resources development project operated by the Secretary.  Limits the maximum amount of space to be provided.  Sets forth the reduced price to be charged by the Secretary for use of such space.  Title IV:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical, planning, and engineering assistance to States and local governments in conection with Great Lakes remedial action plans identified under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to deauthorize the Cross Florida Barge Canal project located between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.  Transfers Canal project land to the State of Florida under specified conditions. Adds the removal of silt and aquatic growth at Wappingers Lake and at Lake George, New York, to water resources projects authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with two non-Federal interests in order to demonstrate the construction and management of harbor projects by non-Federal interests, as long as the cost of doing so will not exceed the cost of the Secretary undertaking the project. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to extend for five years the Upper Mississippi River Management Plan. Authorizes Federal financial assistance for construction projects in the Virgin Islands to be made available to the Secretary in lieu of the Virgin Islands upon request of the Governor of the Islands. Directs the Secretary to enter into a local cooperative agreement with the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, for beach nourishment. Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse the city for the Federal share of such beach nourishment. Declares certain portions of Lake Erie to be nonnavigable waters of the United States, under specified terms and conditions. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a list which identifies opportunities for enhancing wetlands in connection with the construction and operation of water resources projects. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress for approval any proposed changes in the allocation of storage for the Raystown Lake project, Pennsylvania, resulting from an ongoing study. Directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Administrator of the EPA, and the Governor of New York to jointly convene a management conference for the restoration, conservation, and management of Onondaga Lake, New York.  Authorizes the Assistant Secretary and the EPA Administrator to make grants to New York for research, studies, surveys, and activities in connection with the development of a management plan for the Lake. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator of the EPA to report to the Congress on the feasibility of designating an alternative site to the Mud Dump site in the New York/New Jersey harbor region for the disposal of dredged material.  Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to report to the Congress a plan for the long-term management of such dredged material.  Authorizes the implementation of a demonstration project for disposing up to ten percent of the annual material dredged from the harbor in an environmentally sound manner other than ocean dumping.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to review  a specified report and take any appropriate action with respect to authorized construction in the Albermarle Sound-Roanoke River Basin, North Carolina. Provides the non-Federal share of correcting a design deficiency in the water resources project at Rondout Creek and Wallkill River, New York and New Jersey, if the Secretary determines that such a deficiency exists. Requires the Secretary, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to issue a joint report on the regulation of Dworshak Dam, Idaho.  Requires the Secretary to conduct public meetings in the area of the Dam in order to keep the public informed about projected drawdowns. Directs the Secretary to relocate the Southeast Light on Block Island, Rhode Island, to a more suitable location on such island. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and development activities on magnetic levitation (maglev) technology or to provide for such activities.  Authorizes the Secretary to collaborate with non-Federal entities in carrying out such research and to enter into appropriate cooperative research contracts.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to exchange certain mineral and royalty interests in the Prado Flood Control Basin in Riverside, California, for excess Federal property, if requested to do so by the current holder of such interests. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the requirements of the use of materials and products produced in the United States (Buy American requirements) as they apply to water resources projects carried out by the Secretary in order to determine if such requirements are meeting their intended objectives and whether additional requirements are necessary.  Requires a review and report in connection with such study. Expresses the sense of the Congress that priority consideration will be given to the authorization of water resources development projects which are recommended by the Chief of Engineers in reports completed after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to undertake a demonstration project to eliminate contamination of the waters near Woodlawn Beach, Hamburg, New York, from nonpoint sources of pollution resulting from surface runoff and septic system contamination entering Rush and Blasdell Creeks.  Specifies the non-Federal share of the cost of the project.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-hr-5019,101,hr,5019,"Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991",Water Resources Development,1990-06-13,1990-11-05,Became Public Law No: 101-514.,House,"Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4]",AL,D,B000431,0,"Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, and beach erosion (including projects which involve State and local governmental participation). Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 to forgive Aberdeen, Washington's operation, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation payment obligations in excess of $200,000 for October 1, 1988, through June 30, 1990, associated with the transfer of responsibility for the Wynoochee Dam project from the Corps of Engineers. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct the Pennington Creek, Texas, project with funds previously appropriated. Modifies the project for flood control, Brush Creek and Tributaries, Missouri and Kansas, to authorize the Secretary to construct such project substantially in accordance with a submitted report.  Specifies the estimated Federal and non-Federal first cost. Authorizes the Secretary to credit or reimburse the local sponsor of the Maumee Bay State Park project in Ohio for work completed before November 17, 1988, in an amount equal to the Federal share of such costs. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of the Army to conclude a local cooperative agreement for certain facilities near Fort Yates, North Dakota, at a specified estimated amount. Authorizes and appropriates funds for FY 1991 for planning, engineering, and design on such project.  Sets at ten percent the non-Federal share of the cost of such project. Modifies the project for flood control, San Luis Rey River, California, to authorize the Secretary to construct such project substantially in accordance with a specified memorandum. Title II:  Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 to the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Reclamation for:  (1) engineering and economic investigations of Federal reclamation and water conservation projects; (2) construction and rehabilitation projects; (3) operation and maintenance of reclamation projects; (4) loans to irrigation districts for construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation projects; (5) general administrative expenses in certain Bureau offices; (6) the Emergency Fund authorized by the Act of June 26, 1948; (7) acquisition of computer capacity for the Business System Acquisition project and other capital equipment; (8) replacement passenger motor vehicles; (9) payment of claims for damages arising out of activities of the Bureau; (10) payment to Bureau personnel appointed in the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts without reimbursement under the reclamation laws; (11) payment of rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law involving Bureau property; (12) preparation and dissemination of useful written and printed information; and (13) investigation and recovery of archaeological and paleontological remains in specified areas. States that no part of any appropriation for the Bureau, contained in this or any prior Act, which represents amounts earned under the terms of a contract but remaining unpaid, shall be obligated for any other purpose, regardless of when such amounts are to be paid. States that no funds appropriated to the Bureau for operation and maintenance, except those derived from advances by water users, shall be used for the particular benefits of lands:  (1) within the boundaries of an irrigation district; (2) of any member of a water users' organization; or (3) of any individual when such district, organization, or individual is in arrears for more than 12 months in the payment of charges due under a contract entered into with the United States pursuant to laws administered by the Bureau. States that none of the funds made available by this or any other Act shall be used by the Bureau for contracts for surveying and mapping services unless such contracts for which a solicitation is issued after enactment of this Act are awarded in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.  Prohibits the uniform allowance for each uniformed employee of the Bureau from exceeding $400 annually. Makes appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for:  (1) damaged facilities or equipment belonging to the Department; (2) emergency prevention of forest or range fires; (3) operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy; and (4) general administrative expenses. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with the McGee Creek Authority, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, accepting payment of a specified amount.  Terminates a prior contract upon payment of such amount.  Retains title to McGee Creek Project facilities with the United States. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, funds appropriated in this or any other Act from being used to execute new long-term contracts for water supply from the Central Valley Project, California.  Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a municipal and industrial water supply contract with:  (1) the Sacramento County Water Agency; (2) the San Juan Suburban Water District; and (3) the El Dorado County Water Agency.  Requires the Secretary, prior to entering into such contracts, to comply with provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act by preparing joint environmental impact statements and California Environmental Quality Act Environmental Impact Reports. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to pay, without reimbursement, a specified sum to the Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative in reimbursement for environmental protection requirements in connection with the development of hydroelectric power at the Island Park Dam and Reservoir, Idaho. Title III:  Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1991 for:  (1) specified energy supply, research, and development activities; (2) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (3) general science and research activities; (4) nuclear waste disposal activities; (5) activities related to the production and distribution of isotopes; (6) atomic energy defense activities; (7) departmental administrative expenses; (8) the Office of the Inspector General; (9) electrical power projects of the Alaska Power Administration; (10) expenses of the Yakima Basin Screen Facilities Phase II and official reception and representation costs of the Bonneville Power Administration; (11) operational and maintenance expenses related to electric power transmission for the Southeastern Power Administration; (12) operational and maintenance expenses (including official reception and representation expenses) related to electric power transmission for the Southwestern Power Administration; (13) operational and maintenance expenses of the Western Area Power Administration; (14) salaries and expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; (15) the Loan Guarantee and Interest Assistance Program authorized by the Geothermal Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1974; and (16) Department of Energy general passenger vehicles and security guard expenses. Requires the Secretary of Energy to ensure:  (1) that at least ten percent of Federal funding for the development, construction, and operation of the Superconducting Super Collider be made available to business concerns or other organizations owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; and (2) significant participation with regard to the Collider by such individuals and economically disadvantaged women. Makes funds appropriated to DOE available to carry out programs to improve mathematics, science, and engineering education and skill levels in the United States in order to assure that a continuing supply of technical and scientific workers is available to accomplish national and energy security missions. Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations about the capability and type of:  (1) super computing facility for research activity (especially auroral energy research) conducted by the Center for Global Change and Arctic Systems Research and the Geophysical Institute; and (2) super computing upgrade needed for the Center's atmospheric research. Title IV:  Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for:  (1) programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; (2) salaries and expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) salaries and expenses of, and the Federal contribution to, the Delaware River Basin Commission; (4) expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; (5) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's expenses; (6) expenses of the Office of Inspector General of the NRC; (7) expenses of the U.S. member of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, as well as a contribution to such Commission for current expenses; and (8) expenses of the Tennessee Valley Authority in carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933. Title V:  General Provisions - Sets forth guidelines for the expenditure of appropriations under this Act. States that none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to implement a program of retention contracts for senior employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority. States that none of the funds made available under this Act or any other law shall be used for conducting any studies relating to changing from the currently required ""at cost"" to a ""market rate"" or any other non-cost-based method for the pricing of hydroelectric power by the six Federal public power authorities or other Federal agencies or authorities. Prohibits appropriations for the Power Marketing Administration or the Tennessee Valley Authority (including funds authorized to be expended from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund and the Tennessee Valley Authority Fund) from being used for procuring extra high voltage (EHV) power equipment unless such agencies award contracts for equipment manufactured in the United States when they determine that there are one or more manufacturers of domestic end products offering a product that meets the technical requirements at a price not exceeding 130 percent of the bid or offering price of the most competitive foreign bidder. Requires such sums as may be necessary for FY 1991 pay raises for programs funded by this Act be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being used for land acquisition on the Monks Hollow Dam and Reservoir, the Upper Diamond Fork Pipeline, or the Last Chance Powerplant of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Prohibits the use of funds available under this or any other Act by the executive branch to change the employment levels:  (1) determined by the Administrators of the Federal Power Marketing Administrations to be necessary to carry out their responsibilities under the Department of Energy Organization Act and related laws; or (2) of other Department of Energy programs to compensate for employment levels of such Administrations. Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to determine with respect to each foreign country whether it denies fair and equitable market opportunities for products and services of the United States in procurement or denies fair and equitable market opportunities for products and services of the United States in bidding for construction projects that cost more than $500,000 and are funded (in whole or in part) by the government of such foreign country or by an entity controlled directly or indirectly by such foreign country.  Directs the USTR to publish a list of such countries in the Federal Register. Prohibits the use of funds to enter into any contract for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States or in any U.S. territory or possession with any foreign contractor, subcontractor, or any supplier of products of a foreign country, during any period such foreign country is listed by the USTR. Authorizes the President or the head of a Federal agency administering such funds to waive such restrictions with respect to an individual contract in the public interest.",2025-01-14T18:18:18Z,
101-hr-5028,101,hr,5028,Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Act,Water Resources Development,1990-06-13,1990-10-26,Provisions Included In H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-43]",CA,R,P000005,16,"Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Act - Title I: Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse Studies - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 and other Federal reclamation laws, to investigate and identify opportunities for reclamation and reuse of municipal, industrial, domestic, and agricultural wastewater resulting from water supplied by reclamation facilities. Directs the Secretary to undertake appraisal investigations to identify opportunities and make recommendations for wastewater reclamation and reuse.  Authorizes the Secretary to participate with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local authorities in studies to determine the feasibility of wastewater reclamation and reuse projects recommended.  Limits the Federal share of the cost of such studies to 50 percent, except when the Secretary determines that due to financial hardship the non-Federal participant in such study is unable to contribute at least 50 percent of such costs. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of a comprehensive wastewater reclamation and reuse system for southern California.  Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the city of San Diego, California, to conduct a feasibility study of the potential for development of demonstration facilities to reclaim and reuse wastewater in the San Diego metropolitan service area.  Limits the Federal share of costs of such studies to 50 percent. Authorizes appropriations.  Requires congressional reports for such investigations and studies. Title II:  Reclamation Groundwater Study - Directs the Secretary: (1) acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Geological Survey, to conduct an investigation and analysis of the impacts of existing Bureau projects on the quality and quantity of groundwater resources; and (2) to prepare a reclamation groundwater management and technical assistance study concerning such resources.  Requires the Secretary to consult with Governors of affected States in conducting such investigation, analysis, and study. Requires a congressional report concerning such study.",2025-08-26T17:26:12Z,
101-s-2729,101,s,2729,Coastal Barrier Resources Act Amendments of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-06-13,1990-10-12,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 983.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,27,"Coastal Barrier Resources Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (the Act) to replace provisions describing the properties included in the Coastal Barrier Resources System and providing for boundary modifications and maps with provisions including in the System undeveloped coastal barriers:  (1) depicted on specified maps; (2) owned by the United States and meeting certain requirements; and (3) incorporated into the System under provisions of this Act. Requires the Administrator of General Services, prior to transfer or disposal of excess property that may be an undeveloped coastal barrier, to obtain from the Secretary of the Interior a determination of whether the property constitutes such a barrier.  Sets forth procedures for adding such a property to the System. Directs the Secretary to provide to the Governor of each State and affected local governments on the Atlantic, Gulf, or Great Lakes costs copies of maps of the undeveloped coastal barriers owned by that State or a local government.  Directs the Secretary, if a Governor elects to have any portion added to the System, to follow certain procedures for adding such portions. Sets forth procedures regarding filing, public inspection, and changing of maps.  Requires review of maps:  (1) on request of certain officers of States, political subdivisions, and coastal zone management agencies; and (2) at least once every seven years. Amends provisions setting forth permissible Federal expenditures affecting the System to:  (1) require that expenditures for the disposal of dredge materials be consistent with the purposes of the Act; (2) require that emergency actions essential to saving lives and protecting property be subject to specified provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act regulating the amount of assistance; (3) allow expansion of a specified road in the Florida Keys; and (4) allow expenditures for the maintenance of existing channel improvements and related structures only if all, or a portion, of the moneys for the improvement or structure were appropriated before that System unit was included within the System (currently, before October 18, 1982). Requires the head of each Federal agency concerned (currently, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget) to certify compliance with the Act annually to specified congressional committees and the Secretary (currently, to the House of Representatives and the Senate). Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-hr-5012,101,hr,5012,"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Lake Andes-Wagner Unit and the Marty II Unit, South Dakota Pumping Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-06-12,1990-10-05,Provisions Included In H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large]",SD,D,J000177,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Lake Andes-Wagner Unit and the Marty II Unit, South Dakota, as units of the South Dakota Pumping Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program.  Requires the Marty II Unit to irrigate Indian lands in the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation.  Allows both units to be utilized for rural water supplies via agreements between the Secretary and any rural water supply system operators.  Requires the mitigation of fish and wildlife losses incurred as the result of the construction of such units. Directs the Secretary to carry out a demonstration program to:  (1) develop an accurate and definitive means of quantifying projected irrigation and drainage requirements with respect to glacial till and other soils found in the areas to be served with irrigation water by such units; (2) develop best water use and management techniques and technologies for such soils; (3) investigate and demonstrate the potential for enhancement of fish and wildlife and wetlands in the unit areas; and (4) investigate and demonstrate the suitability of glacial till soils for crop production under irrigation.  Requires study sites for the carrying out of such program to be obtained through voluntary leases with landowners, under specified conditions.  Requires reports from the Secretary concerning the demonstration program.  Concludes such demonstration program after the fifth full irrigation season. Requires certain planning reports and environmental impact statements with respect to the construction of the units and the demonstration program.  Requires, both with respect to construction of the units and the carrying out of the demonstration program, that preference be given in employment to members of the Yankton-Sioux Indian Tribe. Provides for the sharing of the cost of constructing the Lake Andes-Wagner Unit between the United States, South Dakota, and the Lake Andes-Wagner Irrigation District. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of each unit, the demonstration program, and the operation and maintenance of each unit.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-s-2716,101,s,2716,"A bill to amend the Warren Act (Act of February 21, 1911, 43 U.S.C. 523 et seq) to expand the purposes for which excess storage or carrying capacity in reclamation projects may be used, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-06-07,1990-09-19,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 2567 ordered to be reported.,Senate,"Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]",CA,D,C000877,1,"Amends the Warren Act to grant users of Federal reclamation projects certain rights with respect to the delivery of excess water. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) contract with other water agencies for the storage and transportation of water for irrigation districts; and (2) cooperate with other water agencies in the construction of reservoirs and canals for irrigation purposes. Expands the purposes for which excess storage or carrying capacity in reclamation projects may be used to include municipal, industrial, domestic, or miscellaneous purposes, including fish and wildlife purposes, as well as for irrigation purposes. Specifies that water shall not be furnished for irrigation uses from any reservoir or canal in excess of the amount sufficient to irrigate that landowner's ownership entitlement under Federal law.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-sres-295,101,sres,295,"A resolution relative to flood protection in the Trinity River Basin, Texas.",Water Resources Development,1990-06-07,1990-06-07,Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]",TX,D,B000401,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct basinwide examinations and surveys for flood protection, environmental enhancement, and related purposes for the Trinity River Basin, Texas, with specific attention to those areas suffering losses in the floods of 1990.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-2710,101,s,2710,"A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Lake Andes-Wagner Unit and the Marty II Unit, South Dakota Pumping Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-06-06,1990-09-19,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 2567 ordered to be reported.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Lake Andes-Wagner Unit and the Marty II Unit, South Dakota, as units of the South Dakota Pumping Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program.  Requires the Marty II Unit to irrigate Indian lands in the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation.  Allows both units to be utilized for rural water supplies via agreements between the Secretary and any rural water supply system operators.  Requires the mitigation of fish and wildlife losses incurred as the result of the construction of such units. Directs the Secretary to carry out a demonstration program to:  (1) develop an accurate and definitive means of quantifying projected irrigation and drainage requirements with respect to glacial till and other soils found in the areas to be served with irrigation water by such units; (2) develop best water use and management techniques and technologies for such soils; (3) investigate and demonstrate the potential for enhancement of fish and wildlife and wetlands in the unit areas; and (4) investigate and demonstrate the suitability of glacial till soils for crop production under irrigation.  Requires study sites for the carrying out of such program to be obtained through voluntary leases with landowners, under specified conditions.  Requires reports from the Secretary concerning the demonstration program.  Concludes such demonstration program after the fifth full irrigation season. Requires certain planning reports and environmental impact statements with respect to the construction of the units and the demonstration program.  Requires, both with respect to construction of the units and the carrying out of the demonstration program, that preference be given in employment to members of the Yankton-Sioux Indian Tribe. Provides for the sharing of the cost of constructing the Lake Andes-Wagner Unit between the United States, South Dakota, and the Lake Andes-Wagner Irrigation District. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of each unit, the demonstration program, and the operation and maintenance of each unit.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-4913,101,hr,4913,Groundwater Management and Water Quality Control Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-05-24,1990-06-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.",House,"Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]",NE,R,B000403,0,"Groundwater Management and Water Quality Control Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to provide technical and financial assistance through loans and grants to non-Federal organizations to implement projects to: (1) maintain groundwater pumping levels and prevent long-term overdraft of aquifers; (2) develop surface and groundwater conjunctive use facilities to conserve water that would otherwise be wasted; (3) prevent groundwater contamination from toxic spills and other pollution sources; (4) clean up and treat contaminated groundwater; (5) provide water to rural and municipal water supply systems; and (6) restore, create, and enhance wetlands and other environmental resources. Outlines the terms and conditions for such assistance which include a non-Federal cost share of at least 25 percent of the total allowable estimated cost of the project. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for up to half of the costs of those portions of the project which are:  (1) not revenue producing; (2) beneficial to the public; and (3) appropriate for Federal and other financial assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to approve such a project upon the concurrence of appropriate State officials and when the Secretary finds the project to be feasible and has assurance that any loan will be repaid.  Authorizes the Secretary to negotiate a contract to implement such a project after its approval. Outlines contract requirements including maximum loan and grant amounts, length of the loan period, and the applicable rate of interest. Makes an organization not meeting such requirements which proposes to implement a project having an economic value or revenue producing water function that meets Federal cost-benefit criteria eligible for grants under this Act. Subjects the planning and construction of any project under this Act to the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Provides for short-term emergency projects for relief of drought or water quality control problems. Requires all non-Federal project works and facilities constructed under this Act to remain under the jurisdiction and control of the local organization. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act and for emergency projects.",2025-08-26T17:25:03Z,
101-s-2679,101,s,2679,"A bill to protect irrigation, power, and recreation on the Missouri River.",Water Resources Development,1990-05-23,1990-05-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]",MT,R,B001126,5,"Declares that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Army Corps of Engineers will take all reasonable action necessary to maintain adequate water levels on the Missouri River so as to protect irrigation, power, and recreational activity.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-hr-4877,101,hr,4877,"To redesignate the Austin Dam located near Austin, Texas, as the ""Tom Miller Dam"".",Water Resources Development,1990-05-22,1990-08-06,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,House,"Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10]",TX,D,P000328,0,"Redesignates the Austin Dam near Austin, Texas, as the Tom Miller Dam.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-2657,101,s,2657,Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Act,Water Resources Development,1990-05-18,1990-09-27,Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-1181.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,1,"Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Act - Title I: Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse Studies - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 and other Federal reclamation laws, to investigate and identify opportunities for reclamation and reuse of municipal, industrial, domestic, and agricultural wastewater resulting from water supplied by reclamation facilities. Directs the Secretary to undertake appraisal investigations to identify opportunities and make recommendations for wastewater reclamation and reuse.  Authorizes the Secretary to participate with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local authorities in studies to determine the feasibility of wastewater reclamation and reuse projects recommended.  Limits the Federal share of the cost of such studies to 50 percent, except when the Secretary determines that due to financial hardship the non-Federal participant in such study is unable to contribute at least 50 percent of such costs. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of a comprehensive wastewater reclamation and reuse system for southern California.  Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the city of San Diego, California, to conduct a feasibility study of the potential for development of demonstration facilities to reclaim and reuse wastewater in the San Diego metropolitan service area.  Limits the Federal share of costs of such studies to 50 percent. Authorizes appropriations.  Requires congressional reports for such investigations and studies. Title II:  Reclamation Groundwater Study - Directs the Secretary: (1) acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Geological Survey, to conduct an investigation and analysis of the impacts of existing Bureau projects on the quality and quantity of groundwater resources; and (2) to prepare a reclamation groundwater management and technical assistance study concerning such resources.  Requires the Secretary to consult with Governors of affected States in conducting such investigation, analysis, and study.  Requires a congressional report concerning such study.  Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-2658,101,s,2658,Central Valley Project Improvement Act,Water Resources Development,1990-05-18,1990-05-21,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,0,"Central Valley Project Improvement Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from entering into any contract to sell or deliver water for irrigation from the Central Valley Project, California (a Bureau of Reclamation facility) before:  (1) satisfying other requirements under this Act; (2) the California State Water Resources Control Board concludes its current review of San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary water quality requirements and determines the means of implementing such requirements, including any obligations of the Central Valley Project; and (3) at least 120 days have passed after the Secretary provides a written report to specified congressional committees explaining the obligations of the Project with regard to achieving the water quality requirements as established by the California Board and the impact of such obligations on Project operations.  Authorizes the Secretary to review expiring water service contracts in order to renew such contract meeting requirements enumerated under this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into any contract to sell or deliver water on any basis for any purpose from the Project unless: (1) the contract expressly provides for modification by the Secretary in order to comply with provisions of this Act and environmental laws; and (2) the Secretary has analyzed the impact of such contract pursuant to Federal environmental laws and complied with applicable State environmental laws.  Requires the Secretary to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement analyzing the renewal of all existing Project water contracts. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to operate the Project so as to:  (1) protect, restore, and enhance fish, wildlife, and related habitat affected by the Project; and (2) provide equitable treatment for fish, wildlife, and related habitat with the other purposes for which the Project is authorized to be operated.  Directs the Secretary to provide firm water supplies of suitable quality to maintain and improve wetland habitat on specified national wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, and a certain grasslands resource conservation district in California.  Sets forth determinations for the quantity and delivery schedules of water for each refuge. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) develop and adopt a program for the mitigation of damage suffered by salmon and steelhead trout on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries as a result of construction or operation of the Central Valley Project; and (2) develop, adopt, and implement a program to comply with specified provisions of the Fish and Game Code of California.  Directs the Secretary of Commerce to investigate and report to specified congressional committees on the effects of the Project on salmon and steelhead trout and the fisheries, communities, tribes, and other entities that have or had significant economic, social, or cultural association with the fishery resources. Directs the Secretary to develop and report to specified congressional committees a plan to fulfill the U.S. trust obligations with respect to the fisheries of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. Requires annual progress reports by the Secretary to certain congressional committees.  States that this Act does not authorize the construction of water storage facilities. Provides for citizen suits for alleged violations of the requirements of this Act.  Authorizes appropriations.  Allocates cost sharing under this Act among the United States, the State of California, and appropriate Project water and power contractors.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-2659,101,s,2659,Reclamation Reform Act Amendments of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-05-18,1990-07-31,Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-1174.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,0,"Reclamation Reform Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to revise certain definitions under such Act and to apply requirements of such Act to an operator of an agricultural enterprise on a given landholding or parcel of irrigation land. Requires each landowner, lessee, or operator, as a condition to the receipt of irrigation water for lands in a Bureau of Reclamation district, to furnish the district a certificate of compliance with the provisions of such Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish penalties for failure to comply with such Act. Prohibits a former owner who sold land from excess status from acquiring by involuntary foreclosure lands whose status has changed from nonexcess to excess. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and the Treasury to negotiate and execute a memorandum of understanding to permit the Secretary of the Interior access to, and use of, information collected and maintained by the Departments of the Treasury and Agriculture which would aid enforcement of the ownership and pricing limitations of Federal reclamation law, including the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-4853,101,hr,4853,"To amend the Reclamation States Drought Assistance Act of 1988 to extend the period of time during which drought assistance may be provided by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1990-05-17,1990-06-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.",House,"Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-18]",CA,D,L000225,9,"Amends the Reclamation States Drought Assistance Act of 1988 to extend: (1) through March 1, 1992, the period for completion of studies to augment, make use of, or conserve water supplies available to Federal reclamation projects and Indian water resources development; and (2) through 1991 authorized construction, management, and conservation activities to mitigate damages resulting from drought conditions.  Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to purchase water from willing sellers and to make such water available to reclamation project and nonproject water users at rates sufficient to repay the Secretary for the cost of such water. Extends through 1991 the general and contract authority of the Secretary to make available water or canal capacity at existing Federal reclamation projects to water users and others on a temporary basis to mitigate damages due to drought conditions.  Requires that the cost of water made available by the Secretary to protect fish and wildlife resources, even during drought conditions, shall be nonreimbursable. Authorizes the Secretary to store and convey nonproject water utilizing Federal reclamation project facilities for purposes other than irrigation and for use outside the authorized project service area at a rate sufficient to repay the cost of storing and conveying such water. Extends through 1991 the authority of the Secretary to make emergency loans for mitigating drought damages. Authorizes the Secretary to defer without penalty the payment of any charge as the Secretary deems necessary because of financial hardship caused by drought. Provides that actions taken under such Act in response to emergency conditions shall not be subject to provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Federal Paperwork Reduction Act. Extends through 1991 the emergency drought program. Increases the total amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Reclamation States Drought Assistance Act of 1988.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-hr-4867,101,hr,4867,Water Resources Development Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-05-17,1990-11-05,See H.R.5835.,House,"Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7]",MN,R,S000795,0,"Water Resources Development Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out certain flood control projects in specified amounts at specified locations.  Authorizes the Secretary to modify a current navigation project at Ray Roberts Lake, Greenbelt, Texas, in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold from the public federally developed computer software until execution of a cooperative research and development agreement pursuant to the Water Resources Development Act of 1988. Adds an Indian tribe, a territory or possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands to those entities with which the Chief of Engineers is authorized to enter into agreements to provide infrastructure services. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement a program to share the cost of managing recreation facilities and natural resources at water resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to revise the determination of project interest and discount rates for contracts for physical construction or elements thereof if awarded before December 31, 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to accept orders to provide work or services to private entities operating within the United States, a territory or possession, or Puerto Rico or the Northern Mariana Islands under certain conditions. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to specify the types of fees authorized to be charged by the Secretary of the Army for the use of specialized recreation sites and facilities.  Specifies facilities and services for which the Secretary is not permitted to charge a fee. Authorizes the Secretary to establish appropriate fees to be charged to States to recover 50 percent of the cost of Federal assistance provided for the preparation of water conservation development plans and flood plain management information and services. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the harbor maintenance fee (port use tax) from 0.04 to 0.125 percent of the value of the cargo involved. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund necessary sums to pay up to 100 (currently 40) percent of eligible operation and maintenance costs associated with commercial navigation of harbors in the United States.  Authorizes the use of appropriations from such Fund to reimburse the Marine Waterways Trust Fund for up to 100 percent of the costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in carrying out nautical charting and marine navigational safety programs and activities beginning in FY 1991. Authorizes appropriations to the Army out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for the payment of certain expenses incurred in administering certain taxes imposed under the Internal Revenue Code. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Marine Waterways Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the Fund out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for the payment of costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for carrying out nautical charting and marine navigational safety programs beginning in FY 1991. Authorizes appropriations out of the general fund of the Treasury to pay any remaining costs of such programs. Increases from five to ten years the authorized period for carrying out a demonstration project for improving the structures and operations of water resources projects constructed by the Secretary before the enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and development associated with the development and implementation of a pilot program for an advanced Magnetic Levitation High Speed Transportation System (MAGLEV).  Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Waives a current limitation on the payment of premium pay for employees of the Army Corps of Engineers working on or supporting emergency or disaster relief efforts in areas declared or determined by the President to be an emergency or major disaster area. Authorizes the use of an emergency fund for preparation for emergency response to any natural disaster (currently, for flood emergency preparation).",2025-08-26T17:24:34Z,
101-s-2638,101,s,2638,A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide shoreline projects to maintain certain flood control projects on the Mississippi and Iowa Rivers.,Water Resources Development,1990-05-16,1990-05-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]",IA,R,G000386,1,Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to provide shoreline protection to maintain the integrity of flood control projects at specified points on the Mississippi and Iowa Rivers.  Authorizes appropriations.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-2612,101,s,2612,Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-05-11,1990-09-11,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Department of Transportation.,Senate,"Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]",LA,D,B000780,19,"Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission Act of 1990- Establishes the Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission to study and make recommendations regarding:  (1) the creation of a Mississippi River National Heritage Corridor through the States of Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Wisconsin; and (2) preservation of the Corridor.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-4758,101,hr,4758,Rio Grande American Canal Extension Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-05-09,1990-10-18,Became Public Law No: 101-438.,House,"Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16]",TX,D,C000621,0,"Rio Grande American Canal Extension Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of State to construct an extension of the Rio Grande American Canal to lie wholly within the United States, beginning at the downstream end of the current American Canal in El Paso, Texas, and extending to Riverside Heading, Texas.  Outlines provisions concerning the operation, maintenance, use, and the El Paso County Water Improvement District's share of the costs of the canal extension.  Repeals a previous construction authorization. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on findings from a study to determine the likelihood and extent of any damage to property adjacent to the American Canal which would be caused by subsidence related to the Canal extension. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-hr-4778,101,hr,4778,"To direct the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study of the feasibility of implementing flood control measures on the Manasquan River to alleviate flooding in Freehold, Howell, and other affected townships in New Jersey.",Water Resources Development,1990-05-09,1990-08-01,See H.R.5314.,House,"Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]",NJ,R,S000522,0,"Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct a feasibility study for the implementation of flood control measures on the Manasquan River to alleviate flooding in Freehold, Howell, and other affected New Jersey townships.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hr-4700,101,hr,4700,California Fish and Wildlife Protection Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-05-01,1990-06-26,Provisions Included In H.R.3613.,House,"Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]",CA,D,M000725,66,"California Fish and Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to implement a program to restore the population and habitat of migratory birds and waterfowl, anadromous fisheries, and endangered species in the Central Valley, California. Requires the Secretary to annually review and make such adjustments to assure that fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration goals are met and provide a copy of such review to specified congressional committees. Requires the Secretary to deliver dependable water supplies of suitable quality to certain Central Valley refuges, including additions to or new refuges. Authorizes the Secretary to provide water to other Federal, State, and private wetlands and other fish and wildlife habitat in the Central Valley. Declares the national interest with regard to water conservation in the Central Valley.  Requires a report on administrative inhibitions on water conservation by Central Valley Project contractors, and actions which could remove barriers to conservation. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration, to utilize power from the Central Valley Project power generation facilities to meet the requirements of this Act.  Reserves a minimum portion of the transmission capacity of the Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson California-Pacific Northwest Intertie line to serve the needs of Department of Energy laboratories and wildlife refuges in California. Provides for citizen suits to enforce this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to issue and sell bonds, notes, and similar obligations to assist in repayment of the costs required in carrying out this Act.",2025-08-26T17:25:55Z,
101-s-2524,101,s,2524,Tongue River Dam Authorization Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-04-26,1990-04-27,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]",MT,R,B001126,1,"Tongue River Dam Authorization Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to plan, design, and construct improvements to the Tongue River Dam in Montana and to provide for the operation and maintenance of the project.  Requires Montana to provide a portion of the project's costs.  Requires a portion of any increased capacity of the Tongue River Dam to be provided to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe as part of any water rights settlement reached between the Tribe and Montana. Authorizes the Secretary to assist the Tribe in developing acreage for agricultural purposes in accordance with the Missouri River Basin Program of the Flood Control Act of 1944.  Requires land developed for such purposes to be located within the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, the Montana Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to identify project features for the enhancement of fish and wildlife habitats for development by the Secretary. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to develop the mitigation and enhancement features provided under this Act and to provide for their operation and maintenance, notwithstanding provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act. Authorizes appropriations for the Tongue River project.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-2469,101,s,2469,Water Resources Development Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-04-19,1990-04-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,0,"Water Resources Development Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out certain flood control projects in specified amounts at specified locations.  Authorizes the Secretary to modify a current navigation project at Ray Roberts Lake, Greenbelt, Texas, in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold from the public federally developed computer software until execution of a cooperative research and development agreement pursuant to the Water Resources Development Act of 1988. Adds an Indian tribe, a territory or possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands to those entities with which the Chief of Engineers is authorized to enter into agreements to provide infrastructure services. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement a program to share the cost of managing recreation facilities and natural resources at water resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to revise the determination of project interest and discount rates for contracts for physical construction or elements thereof if awarded before December 31, 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to accept orders to provide work or services to private entities operating within the United States, a territory or possession, or Puerto Rico or the Northern Mariana Islands, under certain conditions. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to specify the types of fees authorized to be charged by the Secretary of the Army for the use of specialized recreation sites and facilities.  Specifies facilities and services for which the Secretary is not permitted to charge a fee. Authorizes the Secretary to establish appropriate fees to be charged to States to recover 50 percent of the cost of Federal assistance provided for the preparation of water conservation development plans and flood plain management information and services. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund necessary sums to pay up to 100 (currently 40) percent of eligible operation and maintenance costs associated with commercial navigation of harbors in the United States.  Authorizes the use of appropriations from such Fund to reimburse the Marine Waterways Trust Fund for up to 100 percent of the costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in carrying out nautical charting and marine navigational safety programs and activities beginning in FY 1991. Authorizes appropriations to the Army out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for the payment of certain expenses incurred in administering certain taxes imposed under the Internal Revenue Code. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Marine Waterways Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the Fund out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for the payment of costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for carrying out nautical charting and marine navigational safety programs beginning in FY 1991.  Authorizes appropriations out of the general fund of the Treasury to pay any remaining costs of such programs. Increases from five to ten years the authorized period for carrying out a demonstration project for improving the structures and operations of water resources projects constructed by the Secretary before the enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and development associated with the development and implementation of a pilot program for an advanced Magnetic Levitation High Speed Transportation System (MAGLEV).  Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Waives a current limitation on the payment of premium pay for employees of the Army Corps of Engineers working on or supporting emergency or disaster relief efforts in areas declared or determined by the President to be an emergency or major disaster area. Authorizes the use of an emergency fund for preparation for emergency response to any national disaster (currently, for flood emergency preparation).",2025-08-26T17:26:10Z,
101-hr-4498,101,hr,4498,Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-04-04,1990-10-05,Provisions Included In H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]",CA,D,M000725,66,"Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) operate Glen Canyon Dam and take other reasonable mitigation measures to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and improve the condition of the environmental, cultural, and recreational resources of Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreational Area; (2) develop interim operating procedures for Glen Canyon Dam in consultation with the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, specified State Governors, and Indian tribes and with the full participation of the general public, including environmental organizations, the recreational industry, and contractors for the purchase of Federal power produced at Glen Canyon Dam; (3) implement such procedures pending development of long-term operating procedures; and (4) establish and implement long-term monitoring requirements.  Subjects such operating procedures to the water storage and delivery functions of Glen Canyon Dam pursuant to laws relating to regulation of the Colorado River.  Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to deviate from such interim operating procedures to:  (1) comply with requirements under this Act; (2) respond to hydrologic extremes or power system operating emergencies; or (3) further reduce adverse impacts on resources downstream. Directs the Secretary, within three years after this Act's enactment, to complete the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies and the final Glen Canyon Dam Impact Statement as required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the costs and benefits to water and power users and to recreational and environmental values of management policies and operating procedures identified in the Studies and Impact Statement and report the results of such audit to the Secretary and the Congress. Directs the Secretary to implement the long-term operating procedures for the Dam, based on the Studies and the Statement and audit, alone or in combination with other reasonable mitigation measures, and to submit the Studies and the Statement and the long-term operating procedures to the Congress. Prohibits such long-term operating procedures from interfering with the primary water storage and delivery functions of the Glen Canyon Dam pursuant to laws relating to regulation of the Colorado River. Amends the Colorado River Storage Project Act to prohibit the Secretary from operating the hydroelectric powerplant at the Dam in a manner which causes significant and avoidable adverse effects on resources of the Grand Canyon National Park or the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be interpreted as modifying or amending the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with regard to the operation of the Glen Canyon Dam. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-2350,101,s,2350,Tongue River Dam Authorization Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-03-28,1990-03-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]",MT,R,B001126,0,"Tongue River Dam Authorization Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to plan, design, and construct improvements to the Tongue River Dam in Montana and to provide for the operation and maintenance of the project.  Requires Montana to provide a portion of the project's costs.  Requires a portion of any increased capacity of the Tongue River Dam to be provided to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe as part of any water rights settlement reached between the Tribe and Montana. Authorizes the Secretary to assist the Tribe in developing acreage for agricultural purposes in accordance with the Missouri River Basin Program of the Flood Control Act of 1944.  Requires land developed for such purposes to be located within the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, the Montana Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to identify project features for the enhancement of fish and wildlife habitats for development by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations for the Tongue River project.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-4270,101,hr,4270,"To authorize the reformulation of the Cedar Bluff Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas, to provide for the amendment of water service and repayment contracts.",Water Resources Development,1990-03-14,1990-06-14,See H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1]",KS,R,R000307,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reformulate the Cedar Bluff Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas, including reallocation of the conservation capacity of the Cedar Bluff Reservoir, to create:  (1) a designated operating pool for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes, and for groundwater recharge for environmental, domestic, municipal, industrial, and irrigation uses; and (2) a joint-use pool for flood control, water sales, fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the sale, use, and control of the designated operating pool (with the exception of water reserved for Russell, Kansas) and to allow Kansas to acquire use and control of water in the joint-use pool, under a certain condition. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the acceptance of a specified payment and the State's commitment to pay a proportionate share of the annual operation, maintenance, and replacement charges for the Cedar Bluff Dam and Reservoir, as full satisfaction of the reimbursable cost associated with irrigation of the Cedar Bluff Unit.  Requires, after the reformulation authorized by this Act, that any revenues in excess of operating expenses received from the sale of water from the Cedar Bluff Unit be allocated to pay the United States for operation, maintenance, replacement, or capital charges for the Cedar Bluff Unit.  Provides that once such charges are satisfied, additional revenues shall be retained by Kansas. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer ownership of the fish hatchery facility at Cedar Bluff Dam and related water rights to Kansas for its use and operation. Provides that if any of such transferred property is subsequently transferred from State ownership or used for any purpose other than those provided for in this Act, title to such property shall revert to the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer title to the Cedar Bluff Irrigation District headquarters located near Hays, Kansas, contingent upon the District's agreement to close down the irrigation system to the satisfaction of the Secretary at no additional cost to the United States, after which all easement rights shall revert to the owners of the land to which the easements are attached. Requires the transferee of any interest conveyed pursuant to this Act to assume all liability with respect to such interest and to indemnify the United States against all such liability.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-hr-4250,101,hr,4250,State and Local Multiobjective River Corridor Assistance Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1990-03-13,1990-05-29,Executive Comment Received from HUD.,House,"Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]",PA,R,M000399,35,"State and Local Multiobjective River Corridor Assistance Act of 1989 - Amends the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 to direct the President to establish a Multiobjective River Corridor Council which shall:  (1) review Federal policies and programs affecting rivers and river corridors and make recommendations to improve their effectiveness; and (2) develop Federal guidelines for multiobjective river corridor efforts in planning, coordination, and management. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service's Rivers and Trails Technical Assistance Program, to provide matching grants and technical assistance to State, local, and regional government agencies and nonprofit organizations to develop comprehensive multiobjective plans for rivers and their adjacent lands. Specifies types of projects to be funded under this Act. Requires the Council to create a National River Register recognizing rivers which exemplify multiobjective river corridor values. Directs Federal agencies with membership in the Council to provide technical assistance to State and local governments and nonprofit organizations in the preparation of multiobjective river plans. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, as part of the outdoor recreation component of the Resources Planning Act assessment, to collect information from demonstration projects funded under this Act and develop a geographic information system. Requires each member agency to consider the concerns of private landowners in implementing river corridor programs. Declares that the Congress shall consider recommendations of the Council to establish a national clearinghouse for multiobjective river corridor planning and management information. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T17:25:27Z,
101-s-2182,101,s,2182,Central Utah Project Completion Act,Water Resources Development,1990-02-27,1990-02-28,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT]",UT,R,G000072,1,"Central Utah Project Completion Act- Title I:  Central Utah Project Construction - Authorizes additional appropriations for the Colorado River water storage project, to be available solely for design, engineering, and construction of the Central Utah Project and for certain related projects and the Colorado River Storage Project. Earmarks specified amounts of such additional funds for construction, rehabilitation, or realignment of various water storage and delivery features of the Bonneville Unit of the Project and for various reclamation projects and features within Utah. Requires that amounts appropriated by this Act be used only for design, engineering, and construction of the enclosed pipeline primary water conveyance system and that other incidental costs be borne by non-Federal contributions.  Authorizes construction of Project features by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District in lieu of construction by the Secretary of the Interior under this Act, under certain conditions.  Prohibits amounts appropriated under this Act from being available until firm contracts for purchase of at least 65 percent of the water to be delivered under the Project have been executed. Directs the District, in connection with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, to develop a comprehensive water conservation plan for each Project component.  Earmarks specified funds for the development of such plans. Requires the District to utilize its best efforts to achieving operating agreements with the Jordanelle Reservoir, Deer Creek Reservoir, Utah Lake and Strawberry Reservoir by January 1, 1997. Authorizes the Secretary to allocate as nonreimbursable and nonreturnable the cost of repair and restoration of Reach 3 of the Jordan Aqueduct of the Bonneville Unit of the Project.  Authorizes the prepayment of certain expenses in connection with the Jordan Aqueduct System. Title II:  Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation Mitigation and Conservation in the Central Utah Project - Establishes the Central Utah Project Mitigation and Conservation Commission to oversee all matters in connection with fish, wildlife, and recreation mitigation and enhancement within the Project and the Colorado River Storage Project in Utah.  Requires the Commission to complete certain plans and submit specified reports. Provides funding for the Commission.  Authorizes the Commission to reallocate certain funds available for the benefit of fish, wildlife, or recreation. Directs the District to acquire, with funds provided by the Commission, specified additional permanent storage waters above Deer Creek Reservoir or the equivalent in the Provo River Drainage. Earmarks specified funds for such acquisition.  Provides all water rights after such acquisition to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for maintaining instream flows in the Provo River between Deer Creek Reservoir and Utah Lake. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the District, annually, to provide amounts of water sufficient to sustain minimum stream flows established pursuant to a prior Stream Flow Agreement. Directs the District to acquire with Commission funds all of the Strawberry Basin water rights being diverted to the Heber Valley through the Daniel's Creek drainage and to apply such rights to increase the minimum stream flows of streams and rivers in the Strawberry River and Reservoir area. Earmarks funds for such acquisition. Requires the yield and operating plans for the Bonneville Unit of the Project to be established or adjusted to provide for specified minimum stream flows for streams and rivers in the Diamond Fork and Provo Rivers. Requires such minimum flows to be provided continuously and in perpetuity from a date first feasible as determined by the Commission. Directs the District to prepare a study and develop a mitigation plan of the effects of peak season flows in the Provo River.  Earmarks specified funds for such study and plan. Provides that, after completion of the Diamond Fork water delivery system, deliveries of water shall begin through that system and the Strawberry Tunnel shall no longer be used, except for delivery of water for fishery purposes.  Provides an exception. Requires the fish, wildlife, and recreation projects identified or proposed in the Definite Plan Report (a May 1988 report for the Bonneville Unit of the Project) which have not been completed as of the enactment of this Act to be completed in accordance with such Report and a fish, wildlife, and recreation mitigation schedule appearing later under this Act. Directs the Commission to acquire on an expedited basis big game winter range lands to compensate for the impacts of the Project. Requires such acquired lands to be transferred to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for management as a big game winter range.  Requires the Commission to construct big game crossings and wildlife escape ramps for the protection of big game animals along the Provo Reservoir Canal, Highline Canal, Strawberry Power Canal, and others. Earmarks funds for such construction. Earmarks funds for the planning and implementation of rehabilitation and enhancement projects on wetlands areas around the Great Salt Lake in accordance with a plan to be developed by the Commission.  Requires the Commission to complete an inventory of nongame wetland species throughout areas affected by the Project, including the Weber River drainage. Earmarks specified funds for fisheries acquisition, rehabilitation, and improvements within Utah. Requires the project plan for the stabilization of high mountain lakes in the Upper Provo River drainage to be revised to provide for the stabilization of specified lakes in such area.  Earmarks specified funds for the stabilization of fish and wildlife habitat improvement in such lakes. Earmarks specified funds for stream access and riparian zone development in Utah at specified areas.  Earmarks funds to the Commission to conduct a study of the impacts to wildlife and riparian zones in drainages that will experience substantially-reduced water flows resulting from operation of the Strawberry Collection System. Earmarks specified funds to the District for projects to reduce the salinity of Utah Lake. Earmarks specified funds for:  (1) Jordan River riparian zone rehabilitation; (2) acquisition of the wetland acreages along the Jordan River; (3) recreational facilities for the Jordan River Parkway; and (4) riparian area enhancement, stream habitat improvements, and fisherman access along the Provo River in specified areas. Authorizes the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association to lease a specified area of land for golf course purposes, under specified conditions. Earmarks specified funds for:  (1) specified Project recreation features; (2) watershed and fish and wildlife improvements in the Fremont River drainage; (3) small dams and watershed improvements in specified areas within Utah and the Project; and (4) improvements to existing hatchery facilities or the construction of new hatcheries for areas affected by the Colorado River Storage Project.  Provides certain restrictions in connection with the appropriation of funds for the Colorado River Storage Project. Outlines the fish, wildlife, and recreation mitigation and enhancement plan for the Bonneville Unit of the Project. Title III:  Uintah Basin Water Development - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with non-Federal entities to carry out the operation, maintenance, construction, or rehabilitation of projects authorized by this title.  Requires costs for irrigation facilities built pursuant to this title to be borne by water users from such facilities. Earmarks specified funds to increase efficiency, enhance beneficial uses, and achieve greater water conservation within specified water systems of the Uintah Basin.  Directs the Secretary to undertake a programmatic review of the downstream fish and wildlife resources impacted by the construction of the offstream projects authorized in such Basin. Directs the Secretary to determine the non-Federal contribution for non-Indian water users.  Requires firm contracts for the purchase of at least 65 percent of the water to be delivered to non-Indian water users before any funds may be obligated or expended. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, the Uintah Indian Irrigation Project Operation and Maintenance Company or other organization to:  (1) administer the Uintah Indian irrigation project; and (2) operate, maintain, rehabilitate, and construct required irrigation project facilities.  Provides for the following in connection with the Uintah Indian irrigation project:  (1) title to certain rights-of-way and facilities; (2) the use of certain funds by the Secretary in connection with such project; (3) the treatment of noncontract costs; (4) the sale by the Secretary of equipment to a water user organization; and (5) the leasing by the Secretary of irrigation facilities to a water user organization. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a specified contract between the United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District providing for certain water supply responsibilities.  Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a conservation pool in the Red Fleet Reservoir for fishery and recreational enhancement; and (2) enter into an agreement with the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation for the management and operation of the Red Fleet recreational facilities. Title IV:  Central Utah Project Post-Construction Mitigation and Conservation Account - Establishes in the Treasury the Central Utah Project Mitigation and Conservation Account. Provides for deposits into such Account by Federal, State, and Project beneficiary contributors.  Entitles the Commission to administer and expend all sums deposited into the Account.  Requires the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to receive all excess interest on the principal of the Account after the date on which the Commission is terminated.  Requires funds from such Account to be expended in accordance with a conservation plan to be developed by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Title V:  Ute Indian Rights Settlement - Provides that, commencing July 1, 1991, and continuing for 50 years, the Ute Indian Tribe shall receive from the United States 26 percent of the annual Bonneville Unit municipal and industrial capital repayment obligation attributable to 35,500 acre-feet of water representing a portion of the Tribe's water rights which will not be supplied from the Central Utah Project because the Upalco and Uintah units are not to be constructed.  Directs the Tribe, commencing in the year 2042, to collect from the Central Utah Water Conservancy District a percentage (to be determined) of the then fair market value of the Bonneville Unit agricultural water which has been converted to municipal and industrial water.  Provides that any unused capacity in the Bonneville Unit Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System diversion facilities shall hereafter be available for use by the Tribe.  Allows the Tribe at any time to elect to return all or a portion of the water which is delivered for use in the Uintah Basin. Consents to the revised compact reserving waters to the Ute Indian Tribe and establishing the uses and management of such tribal waters, subject to reratification by the State of Utah and the Tribe. Authorizes specified appropriations:  (1) to permit the Ute Tribe to develop a farming/feed lot operation equipped with satisfactory water facilities, as well as a plan and a fund in connection with other farming projects of the Tribe; (2) to permit the Secretary to repair a leak in the Cedarview Reservoir in Dark Canyon, Utah; (3) to undertake stream improvements for certain rivers and creeks within Utah, under a specified condition; and (4) to permit the Secretary to clean the Bottle Hollow Reservoir on the Ute Indian Reservation of trash and debris resulting from a submerged sanitary landfill, to remove all nongame fish, and to secure minimum flow of water to the reservoir to make it a suitable habitat for a cold water fishery.  Directs the Secretary to endeavor to maintain minimum stream flows from the outlet works of the Upper Stillwater Dam into Rock Creek during specified periods of the year. Directs the Bureau of Reclamation to transfer specified real property in trust for the Ute Indian Tribe. Authorizes funds for the development of big game hunting, fisheries, campgrounds, and fish and wildlife management facilities on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. Authorizes appropriations to be paid in three annual installments to the Tribal Development Fund which the Secretary is authorized and directed to establish for the Ute Indian Tribe.  Directs the Tribe to prepare a Tribal Development Plan for all or part of the Fund.  Authorizes the Tribe to waive and release claims concerning or related to water rights as described. Authorizes the Tribe to resurrect such claims if funds authorized for the Tribe under this Act are not actually received. Provides that the design and construction functions of the Bureau of Reclamation authorized in this Act shall be subject to the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to the same extent as if such functions were performed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-2183,101,s,2183,Water Resources Development Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1990-02-27,1990-05-22,Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 2740) in lieu of this measure.,Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,6,"Water Resources Development Act of 1990 - Title I:  Project Authorizations - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out public works projects in specified locations for improvements to navigation, flood control, storm damage reduction, and the construction of recreation features.  Specifies the total cost, as well as the estimated Federal and non-Federal cost, of each project. Title II: Project Related Provisions - Authorizes a project for flood protection for the city of Belen, New Mexico, at a specified cost, estimating the Federal and non-Federal share of such cost. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to deauthorize the current Federal Cross Florida Barge Canal Project.  Requires the Secretary of the Army to transfer to Florida all Project related lands and facilities after two years after enactment of this Act, subject to a survey of Project lands determined satisfactory by the Secretary and paid for by Florida. Authorizes and directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Pyramid Lake Indian Tribe and the Secretary of the Interior, to develop a plan for the  environmental rehabilitation of the Lower Truckee River.  Authorizes the Secretary to develop a plan for facilities to enable the efficient passage of cui-ui and Lahontan cutthroat trout through or around the delta at the mouth of the Lower Truckee River in order to obtain access to their upstream spawning grounds. Requires the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers to make a recommendation to the Congress by June 1, 1991, concerning cost-sharing of the lock replacement at Sault Ste. Marie. Prohibits the Secretary from proceeding with the divestiture of certain locks and dams on the Kentucky River until the Corps of Engineers complies with a certain memorandum of understanding. Directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Governor of New York to jointly convene a management conference for the restoration, conservation, and management of Onondaga Lake, New York.  Provides for the implementation of the plan adopted by such officials, including the making of grants by the management conference for research, studies, activities, and information-gathering in connection with such plan. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study for the design and construction of a wastewater treatment project in Cranston, Rhode Island.  Authorizes appropriations. Title III:  General Provisions - Provides that the Federal interest in public works projects of the Corps of Engineers shall be determined only through application of benefit/cost analysis and an environmental impact statement or assessment. Requires any administrative changes to the eligibility criteria for water resource development projects to be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees for oversight review purposes at least one year prior to their implementation. Requires the Secretary to provide the Congress with biennial management reports on the civil works programs in each district and division of the Corps of Engineers. Specifies congressional intent to require sponsors of only certain projects to pay half of preconstruction planning, engineering, and design costs. Establishes the recommended level of protection for a Corps flood control or storm damage prevention project to be at least the 100-year level of protection, if the benefits of providing such level of protection exceed its cost. Reduces the local-area cost-sharing level required for a Federal navigation project to the extent that the benefits of the project accrue to the armed forces. Authorizes the acquisition of real property and associated improvements and monetary compensation to landowners whose property has been eroded on the Missouri River due to reservoir operation by the Corps of Engineers. Establishes a procedure for review by the Secretary of operational changes for Federal water projects of the Corps of Engineers. Directs the Secretary of the Army to develop a pilot program to design and construct a high-speed magnetic levitation system to be integrated with the interstate highway rights-of-way and other appropriate rights-of-way.",2025-08-26T17:29:16Z,
101-hr-3960,101,hr,3960,Central Utah Project Completion Act,Water Resources Development,1990-02-06,1990-10-26,Provisions Included In H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Owens, Wayne [D-UT-2]",UT,D,O000156,2,"Central Utah Project Completion Act - Title I:  Central Utah Project Construction - Authorizes additional appropriations for the Colorado River water storage project (CRSP), to be available solely for design, engineering, and construction of the Central Utah Project (CUP), the planning and implementation of certain fish and wildlife and recreation mitigation and conservation projects and studies, and the Ute Indian Rights Settlement authorized under this Act.  Requires the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to implement specified recommendations prepared by the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior with respect to the financial management of the CRSP. Earmarks specified amounts of such additional funds for various reclamation projects and features within Utah.  Permits counties in which such projects and features were proposed to be located to participate in certain local development projects. Provides for the termination of the authorization of appropriations for construction of any CRSP participating project located in Utah five years after the enactment of this Act unless the Secretary: (1) executes a cost-sharing agreement with non-Federal entities for construction of such project; and (2) has requested construction funds for such project. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) make appropriated funds available in their entirety to non-Federal interests as provided for pursuant to the provisions of this Act; and (2) report to the Congress by April 15, 1991, on the status of CRSP participating projects for which construction has not begun as of October 15, 1990. Makes specified amounts available, subject to certain restrictions, for features of the Bonneville Unit of the CUP, including:  (1) an irrigation and drainage system; (2) a feasibility study and development of systems to allow ground water recharge, management, and the conjunctive use of surface and ground water resources; (3) a feasibility study of irrigation improvements to facilitate the acquisition of certain Strawberry Basin water rights and to increase efficiency, enhance beneficial uses, and achieve greater water conservation within Wasatch County; (4) a feasibility study to reduce the salinity of Utah Lake; (5) a feasibility study of direct delivery of Colorado River Basin water from the Strawberry Reservoir or elsewhere in the Strawberry Collection System to the Provo River Basin, and evaluating the potential for changes in existing importation patterns and quantities of water from the Weber and Duchesne River Basins; and (6) completing construction of the Diamond Fork System. Directs the Secretary, in exchange for and as a precondition to approval of the Strawberry Water Users Association's petition for Bonneville Unit water, to impose conditions on such approval so as to ensure that the Association manages and develops specified lands in a manner compatible with the management and improvement of adjacent Federal lands for wildlife purposes, natural values, and recreation. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary from permitting commercial or other development of specified Federal lands. Makes specified amounts available to increase efficiency, enhance beneficial uses, and achieve greater water conservation within the Uinta Basin, including funds for:  (1) the construction of the Pigeon Water Reservoir, together with an enclosed pipeline conveyance system to divert water from Lake Fork River to Pigeon Water Reservoir and Sandwash Reservoir; (2) the construction of the McGuire Draw and Clay Basin Reservoirs; (3) the rehabilitation of Farnsworth Canal; and (4) the construction of permanent diversion facilities identified by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission on the Duchesne and Strawberry Rivers, the designs of which shall be approved by the Federal and State fish and wildlife agencies. Sets forth various requirements and restrictions on, and provisions setting conditions for the termination of authorizations for, the Bonneville Unit water development and the Uinta Basin replacement project. Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) contract with the Uintah Water Conservancy District for the retention by the United States of responsibility for part of the municipal and industrial water obligation with a corresponding part of the water supply to be controlled and marketed by the United States in conformance with State law; (2) establish a conservation pool of 4,000 acre feet in Red Fleet Reservoir to enhance associated fishery and recreational opportunities and for other purposes recommended by the Commission; and (3) enter into an agreement with the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation for the management and operation of Red Fleet recreational facilities. Provides that the non-Federal share of the costs for the design, engineering, and construction of the Bonneville Unit water development and the Uinta Basin replacement project shall be 35 percent and, for the specified feasibility studies, 50 percent. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of amounts for such development and project, with exceptions, until:  (1) the Secretary or the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (the District), at the District's option, completes a Definite Plan Report for the Bonneville Unit and a feasibility study for the Uinta project; (2) the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 have been satisfied; and (3) a plan has been developed and approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prevent any harmful contamination of waters due to concentrations of selenium or other such toxicants, if the Service determines that development of the particular system may result in contamination. Bars the provision of Federal funds under this Act to any non-Federal interest until any such interest enters into a binding agreement with the appropriate Federal authority to comply with this Act and to be considered a ""Federal agency"" for purposes of compliance with all Federal fish, wildlife, recreation, and environmental laws with respect to the use of such funds. Requires the District, at the option of specified eligible counties, to rebate to such counties all ad valorem tax contributions paid by such counties to the District with interest but less the value of any benefits received by such counties and less the administrative expenses incurred by the District to that date. Directs the Secretary, upon request of eligible counties that elect not to participate in the project, to provide as grants to such counties sums for potable water distribution and treatment, wastewater collection and treatment, agricultural water management, and other public infrastructure improvements approved by the Secretary.  Bars the use of available funds for the draining of wetlands, the dredging of natural water courses, and planning or constructing water impoundments of greater than 5,000 acre feet, with exceptions.  Requires the District to:  (1) prepare and maintain a comprehensive water management improvement plan containing specified water conservation goals and providing for a water management improvement inventory; (2) establish a continuous process for the identification, evaluation, and implementation of water conservation measures and to submit a report thereon to the Secretary; (3) prepare and transmit to the Secretary a study of wholesale and retail pricing to encourage water conservation and a study of the coordinated operation of independent municipal, industrial, and irrigation water systems; and (4) evaluate cost-effective, flexible operating procedures that will serve specified purposes, including improving the availability and reliability of the water supply, coordinating the timing of reservoir releases, assisting in managing drought emergencies, and encouraging the maintenance of existing wells and other facilities which may be placed on standby status when water deliveries from the project become available.  Authorizes appropriations.  Authorizes the Governor of Utah (or, if the Governor fails to do so, directs the Secretary) to establish the Utah Water Conservation Advisory Board.  Directs the Board to recommend water conservation standards and regulations for promulgation by State or local authorities in the service area of each petitioner of project water. Requires the District to pay a surcharge for each year of substantial noncompliance according to a specified formula. Sets forth provisions with respect to:  (1) judicial review; (2) citizen suits; (3) jurisdiction and venue; and (4) costs awarded by the Court. Requires that hydropower generation facilities associated with CUP operate in accordance with a specified statute.  Prohibits the diversion of Colorado River Basin waters exclusively for power generation purposes. Requires the District to utilize its best efforts to achieving operating agreements with the Jordanelle Reservoir, Deer Cheek Reservoir, and Utah Lake and Strawberry Reservoir by January 1, 1992. Authorizes the prepayment of certain expenses in connection with the Jordan Aqueduct System. Requires the Comptroller General to audit project cost allocations among the various project purposes and to submit a report to the Secretary and to the Congress.  Grants the Secretary authority to reallocate project costs and to defer repayment of such costs under certain circumstances. Directs the Secretary to impose a surcharge for the use of CUP water to grow surplus commodity crops until the construction costs of certain facilities authorized by this Act are repaid. Title II:  Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation Mitigation and Conservation - Establishes the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission to coordinate the implementation of the mitigation and conservation provisions of this Act among the Federal and State fish, wildlife, and recreation agencies.  Requires the Commission to complete certain plans and submit specified reports. Provides funding for the Commission. Directs the District to acquire, with funds provided by the Commission, specified water rights in the Provo River Drainage.  Earmarks specified funds for such acquisition. Directs all water rights after such acquisition to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for maintaining certain instream flows for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes in the Provo River.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the District, annually, to provide amounts of water sufficient to sustain minimum stream flows established pursuant to a prior Stream Flow Agreement. Directs the District to acquire with Commission funds all of the Strawberry Basin water rights being diverted to the Heber Valley through the Daniel's Creek drainage and to apply such rights to increase the minimum stream flows of streams and rivers in the Strawberry River and Reservoir area. Earmarks funds for such acquisition. Requires the yield and operating plans for the Bonneville Unit of CUP to be established or adjusted to provide for specified minimum stream flows for streams and rivers in the Diamond Fork and Provo Rivers.  Requires such minimum flows to be provided continuously and in perpetuity from the date first feasible as determined by the Commission. Directs the District to prepare a study and develop a mitigation plan of the effects of peak season flows in the Provo River.  Earmarks specified funds for such study and plan. Provides that, upon completion of the Diamond Fork water delivery system, the Strawberry Tunnel shall no longer be used, except for delivery of water for specified instream purposes. Provides an exception where the District has determined that the Syar Tunnel or the Sixth Water Aqueduct is rendered unusable or emergency circumstances require the use of the Strawberry Tunnel for the delivery of contracted CUP water and Strawberry Valley Reclamation Project water. Requires the fish, wildlife, and recreation projects identified or proposed in the Definite Plan Report (a May 1988 report for the Bonneville Unit of CUP) which have not been completed as of the enactment of this Act to be completed in accordance with such Report and the fish, wildlife, and recreation mitigation schedule set forth later under this Act, with exceptions. Directs the Commission to acquire on an expedited basis big game winter range lands to compensate for the impacts of Federal reclamation projects in Utah.  Requires such acquired lands to be transferred to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources or, for such parcels as may be within the boundaries of Federal land ownerships, to the appropriate Federal agency, for management as a big game winter range.  Requires the Commission to construct big game crossings and wildlife escape ramps for the protection of big game animals along the Provo Reservoir Canal, Highline Canal, Strawberry Power Canal, and others.  Earmarks funds for such construction. Earmarks funds for the planning and implementation of projects to preserve, rehabilitate, and enhance wetlands areas around the Great Salt Lake in accordance with a plan to be developed by the Commission. Requires the Commission to inventory, prioritize, and map the occurences in Utah of sensitive nongame wildlife species and their habitat and sensitive plant species and ecosystems.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Commission to acquire private land, water rights, conservation easements, or other interests necessary for the establishment of the Utah Lake Wetlands Preserve. Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement under which the Wetlands Preserve shall be managed by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources pursuant to a plan developed in accordance with this Act and the substantive requirements of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966. Requires that the Wetlands Preserve be managed for the protection of migratory birds, wildlife habitat, and wetland values in a manner compatible with the surrounding farmlands, orchards, and agricultural production area, with limited grazing. Makes funds available for the acquisition of such land, water rights, and other interests for the establishment of the Wetlands Preserve.  Bars the acquisition of lands, easements, or water rights without the consent of the owner of such lands or water rights. Specifies that base property of a lessee or permitee under a Federal grazing permit or lease held on the date of enactment of this Act shall include land of such lessee or permitee acquired by the Secretary under this Act. Prohibits the United States from issuing Federal permits allowing commercial, industrial, or residential development on the southern portion of Provo Bay in Utah Lake, with exceptions. Earmarks specified funds for fisheries acquisition, rehabilitation, and improvements within Utah. Requires the project plan for the stabilization of high mountain lakes in the Upper Provo River drainage to be revised to provide for the stabilization of specified lakes in such area at levels beneficial for fish habitat and recreation. Earmarks specified funds for stabilization and of fish and wildlife habitat restoration in such lakes. Earmarks funds for stream access and riparian habitat development in Utah at specified areas.  Earmarks funds to the Commission to conduct a study of the impacts to soils and riparian fish and wildlife habitats in drainages that will experience substantially reduced water flows resulting from operation of the Strawberry Collection System. Earmarks specified funds for:  (1) Jordan River riparian habitat rehabilitation; (2) acquisition of the wetland acreages along the Jordan River; (3) recreational facilities for the Provo/Jordan River Parkway; and (4) riparian habitat acquisition and preservation, stream habitat improvements, and recreation and angler access along the Provo River in specified areas. Earmarks specified funds for:  (1) specified CUP recreation features; (2) watershed and fish and wildlife improvements in the Fremont River drainage; (3) small dams and watershed improvements in specified areas within Utah and CUP; and (4) the planning and implementation of improvements to existing hatchery facilities or the construction and development of new hatcheries for areas affected by CRSP.  Provides certain restrictions in connection with the appropriation of funds for CRSP. Outlines the fish, wildlife, and recreation mitigation and conservation schedule. Title III:  Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account - Establishes in the Treasury the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account.  Provides for deposits into such Account by Federal, State, and project beneficiary contributors.  Authorizes the Commission to administer and expend all sums deposited into the Account.  Requires the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources or its successors to receive all amounts contributed annually to the Account and all interest on the principal of the Account at the beginning of each year.  Requires funds received by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to be expended in accordance with a conservation plan to be developed by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.  Specifies that the financial management of the Account shall be subject to audit by the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior. Title IV:  Ute Indian Rights Settlement - Provides that, commencing July 1, 1991, and continuing for 50 years, the Ute Indian Tribe shall receive from the United States 26 percent of the annual Bonneville Unit municipal and industrial capital repayment obligation attributable to 35,500 acre-feet of water representing a portion of the Tribe's water rights which will not be supplied from CUP because the Upalco and Uintah units are not to be constructed.  Directs the Tribe, commencing in the year 2042, to receive seven percent of the fair market value of the Bonneville Unit agricultural water which has been converted to municipal and industrial water, to be utilized by the Tribe for governmental purposes, not distributed per capita, and to be used to enhance educational, social, and economic opportunities for the Tribe. Authorizes the Secretary to make any unused capacity in the Bonneville Unit Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System diversion facilities available for use by the Tribe. Allows the Tribe at any time to elect to return all or a portion of the water which is delivered for use in the Uinta Basin. Ratifies and approves the revised compact reserving waters to the Ute Indian Tribe and establishing the uses and management of such tribal waters, subject to reratification by the State of Utah and the Tribe.  Authorizes the Secretary to take all actions necessary to implement such compact. Restricts the disposal of waters secured to the Tribe in such compact into or in the Lower Colorado River Basin.  Specifies that the use of water rights concerning such waters shall be governed solely as provided in this Act and in such compact. Authorizes specified appropriations:  (1) to permit the Ute Tribe to develop a farming/feed lot operation equipped with satisfactory water facilities and a plan and a fund in connection with other farming projects of the Tribe; (2) to permit the Secretary to repair a leak in the Cedarview Reservoir in Dark Canyon, Utah; (3) to undertake stream improvements for certain rivers and creeks within Utah, under a specified condition; and (4) to permit the Secretary to clean the Bottle Hollow Reservoir on the Ute Indian Reservation of trash and debris resulting from a submerged sanitary landfill, to remove all nongame fish, and to secure a minimum flow of water to the reservoir to make it a suitable habitat for a cold water fishery.  Directs the Secretary to endeavor to maintain minimum stream flows from the outlet works of the Upper Stillwater Dam into Rock Creek during specified periods of the year. Directs the Bureau of Reclamation to transfer specified real property for the Ute Indian Tribe. Authorizes funds for the development of big game hunting, fisheries, campgrounds, and fish and wildlife management facilities on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.  Makes funds available to the Secretary for participation by the Tribe in the construction of pipelines associated with the Duchesne County Municipal Water Conveyance System. Authorizes appropriations to be paid in three annual installments to the Tribal Development Fund which the Secretary is authorized and directed to establish for the Ute Indian Tribe.  Directs the Tribe to prepare a Tribal Development Plan for all or part of the Fund.  Bars the Secretary from obligating or expending sums from the Fund for any economic project to be developed or constructed pursuant to this Act, unless the Secretary has complied fully with the requirements of applicable fish, wildlife, recreation, and environmental laws.  Authorizes the Tribe to waive and release claims concerning or related to water rights as described. Authorizes the Tribe to resurrect such claims if funds authorized for the Tribe under this Act are not actually received. Title V:  Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act - Specifies that nothing in this Act shall be interpreted as modifying or amending the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 or the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Title VI:  Short Title and Definition - Designates titles VI through XXV of this Act as the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1990. Title VII:  Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Wyoming - Revises existing law to require as a principal modification to the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Wyoming, the construction of power generating facilities with a total installed capacity of 25.5 megawatts. Authorizes the construction of recreational facilities in excess of the amount required to replace or relocate existing facilities. Provides that the costs of such construction shall be borne equally by the United States and Wyoming. Repeals a prior authorization of appropriations and authorizes appropriations for the Federal share of the construction of the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir modifications and recreational facilities at October 1988 price levels.  Repeals a requirement that such sums authorized to be appropriated for construction, operation, maintenance, and replacement be reduced by the amounts of certain contributions. Title VIII:  Treatment of Drainage from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Colorado - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) design, construct, operate, and maintain a water treatment plant for the Leadville Mine in Colorado; and (2) install concrete lining on the rehabilitated portion of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel. Specifies that:  (1) such treatment plant shall be designed to treat the quantity and quality of effluent historically discharged from such Tunnel and to meet requirements of the Clean Water Act; and (2) design, construction, operation, and maintenance costs of the works authorized by this title shall be nonreimbursable. Requires the Secretary to submit the plans for design and operation of the works to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Colorado to obtain their views.  Directs the Secretary, after such review and consultation, to notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate that the discharge from the works will meet the requirements set forth in Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement No. FFCA-89-1 and in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit No. CO-OO21717. Makes the Secretary responsible for operation and maintenance of the water treatment plant. Authorizes the Secretary to formulate and implement a program for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources of those portions of the Arkansas River basin affected by the effluent discharged from such Tunnel.  Requires the Secretary, prior to implementing the program, to submit a copy of the proposed restoration program to the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate for a period of not to exceed 60 days. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct investigations of water pollution sources and impacts attributed to mining and other related development in the Upper Arkansas River Basin and to implement corrective action demonstration projects.  Requires all corrective action plans and subsequent corrective demonstration projects to include appropriate public involvement.  Directs the Secretary to arrange for cost sharing in such projects with the State of Colorado and for utilization of non-Federal funds and in-kind services where possible.  Requires a demonstration project plan to be submitted to the Congress before the project is implemented. Authorizes appropriations. Title IX:  Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct and test the Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project, New Mexico and Texas, to improve the quality of water of the Canadian River downstream of Ute Reservoir, New Mexico, and entering Lake Meredith, Texas. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority of Texas (Authority) for the design and construction management of project facilities by the Bureau of Reclamation and for the payment of construction costs by the Authority.  Requires the Authority to operate and maintain the facilities upon completion of construction and testing. Requires the Authority to advance all costs of construction of project facilities as the non-Federal contribution.  Declares the Federal share to be all project costs for design preparation and construction management. Prohibits the Federal contribution from exceeding 33 percent of the total project costs. Provides for transferring control of the project works to the Authority or to a bona fide entity agreeable to New Mexico and Texas upon completion of construction and testing or upon termination of activities at the request of the Authority. Provides that title to any facilities constructed under this title shall remain with the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Title X:  Cedar Bluff Unit, Kansas - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reformulate the Cedar Bluff Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas, including reallocation of the conservation capacity of the Cedar Bluff Reservoir, to create:  (1) a designated operating pool for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes and for groundwater recharge for environmental, domestic, municipal, and industrial uses; and (2) a joint-use pool for flood control, water sales, fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the sale, use, and control of the designated operating pool (with the exception of water reserved for Russell, Kansas) and to allow Kansas to acquire use and control of water in the joint-use pool.  Directs that Kansas shall not permit utilization of water from Cedar Bluff Reservoir to irrigate lands in the Smoky Hill River Basin from such Reservoir to the confluence with Big Creek. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the acceptance of a specified payment and the State's commitment to pay a proportionate share of the annual operation, maintenance, and replacement charges for the Cedar Bluff Dam and Reservoir.  Requires, after the reformulation authorized by this title, that all net revenues received by the United States from the sale of water at the Cedar Bluff Unit be credited to the Reclamation Fund.  Terminates a specified contractual obligation upon receipt of such payment by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer ownership of the fish hatchery facility at Cedar Bluff Dam and related water rights to Kansas for its use and operation.  Provides that if any of such transferred property is subsequently transferred from State ownership or used for any purpose other than those provided for in this title, title to such property shall revert to the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer title to the Cedar Bluff Irrigation District headquarters located near Hays, Kansas, contingent upon the District's agreement to close down the irrigation system to the satisfaction of the Secretary at no additional cost to the United States, after which all easement rights shall revert to the owners of the land to which the easements are attached. Title XI:  Miscellaneous Provisions, Central Valley Project, California - Adds the area encompassed by the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and Solano County into the service area of the Sacramento Valley Irrigation Canals, Central Valley Project, California. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a long-term contract in accordance with Federal reclamation laws with the Toulumne Regional Water District, California, for the delivery of water from the New Melones Unit, Central Valley Project, California, to the county's water distribution system. Title XII:  Salton Sea Research Project - Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a research project for the development of an enhanced evaporation system for saline water treatment.  Requires that such project be located in the area of the Salton Sea of Southern California. Requires the non-Federal share of the cost of such project to be 50 percent of the total cost of the project. Requires the Secretary, no later than September 30, 1995, to submit a report to the House Interior Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee regarding the results of such project. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title. Title XIII:  Amendment to Sabine River Compact - Grants the consent of the Congress to an amendment to a compact ratified by the States of Louisiana and Texas relating to the waters of the Sabine River and its tributaries. Title XIV:  Name Change - Designates the Salt-Gila Aqueduct of the Central Arizona Project as the Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct. Title XV:  Warren Act Amendments - Amends the Warren Act to authorize the Secretary to make available surplus water or capacity in canals for use by municipal, industrial, and domestic customers and for fish and wildlife protection. Title XVI:  Amendments to Reclamation Statutes - Amends the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to provide that if any classification or reclassification of irrigable lands undertaken pursuant to such Act results in an increase in the outstanding construction charges or rate of repayment, the Secretary shall amend the contract to increase the construction obligation or rate of repayment. Amends the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary to establish appropriate and effective penalties for failure to comply with any provision or regulation of such Act. Title XVII:  Water Reclamation and Reuse - Authorizes the Secretary to participate with the City of San Diego, California, in the conduct of a study of conceptual plans for water reclamation and reuse. Prohibits the Federal share of study costs from exceeding 50 percent of their total.  Authorizes appropriations. Title XVIII:  Mine Effluent Fishery - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study on establishing a Federal fish hatchery in McDowell County, West Virginia.  Authorizes the Secretary, conditioned upon completion of such study and location of a suitable site and water supply, to construct the hatchery to be designated as the Carl R. Sullivan National Fish Hatchery.  Authorizes appropriations. Title XIX:  McGee Creek Contract Adjustment - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with the McGee Creek Water Authority, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, accepting a specified payment.  Terminates an earlier contract with such Water Authority upon acceptance of such payment. Provides that title to project facilities at the McGee Project shall remain with the United States. Title XX:  Water and Power Needs of Insular Areas - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to undertake a comprehensive study of how the long-term water, sewage, and power needs of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands can be resolved.  Requires the governments of such islands to be consulted during such study.  Requires the Secretary to report study results and recommendations to the Congress within two years after enactment of this title.  Authorizes appropriations. Title XXI:  Reclamation Reform Act Amendments - Reclamation Reform Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Reclamation Reform act of 1982 to define ""farm"" or ""farm operation"" as any landholding or group of landholdings directly or indirectly farmed or operated by an individual, group, entity, trust, or any other combination or arrangement.  Adds farming or farming operations under the requirements of such Act.  States that certain ownership and full cost pricing limitations under such Act shall apply to any trust, trust beneficiary, and farm or farm operation operated by or for such trustee for one or more beneficiaries.  Subjects farm or farm operations to certain reporting requirements of such Act and to certain certification requirements for the receipt of irrigation water in covered district lands.  States that farms or farm operations shall not include any landholding of a religious or charitable entity or organization which qualifies as an individual under such Act (thereby excluding it from such Act's requirements).  Provides that if a religious or charitable organization holds lands but fails to qualify as an individual for any part of such landholdings, then such nonqualifying part shall be considered lands held in excess of ownership limitation requirements under such Act and shall receive reclamation water only as excess lands. Restricts irrigation water benefits under such Act to citizens or resident aliens of the United States. Title XXII:  Cost of Irrigation Water - Amends the Reclamation Projects Act of 1939 to require all contracts for the delivery of water used to raise agricultural price support crops under authority of such Act to include a provision which requires the organization receiving water to pay 50 percent of the full delivery cost beginning two years after enactment of this title and 100 percent of the full delivery cost beginning four years after enactment of this title, if the stocks of such commodity in Commodity Credit Corporation storage exceed an amount necessary to provide a reasonable reserve for shortages caused by drought, natural disaster, or any other disruption in supply.  Specifies contracts, or amendments to contracts, for which such requirements shall not apply. Title XXIII:  Buy American - Authorizes the Secretary to award to a domestic firm a contract that would be awarded to a foreign firm under competitive procedures, if:  (1) the final product of the domestic firm will be completely assembled in the United States; (2) when completely assembled, no less than 51 percent of the final product of the domestic firm will be domestically produced; and (3) the difference between the bids submitted by the foreign and domestic firms is not more than six percent (Buy American requirement).  Provides public interest, national security, and tariff regulation or agreement violation exceptions to such authority. Provides that if the Secretary determines that any person intentionally affixes a ""Made in America"" label to any product sold or shipped to the United States that is not made in America, the Secretary shall declare such person ineligible to receive a Federal contract or grant under any contract made under this Act for no less than three or no more than five years.  Prohibits a person or enterprise domiciled under a foreign government from entering into a contract under this Act if their government unfairly maintains in government procurement a significant and persistent practice of discrimination against U.S. products or services which results in identifiable harm to U.S. businesses. Title XXIV:  Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District in Sunnyside, Washington, all right, title, and interest of the United States (excluding oil, gas, and other mineral deposits) to a specified parcel of real property in Sunnyside, Washington. Title XXV:  Sly Park Unit Sale - Directs the Secretary, as soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, to sell the Sly Park Unit of the Central Valley Project, California, to the El Dorado Irrigation District, California, under specified terms and conditions.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-3941,101,hr,3941,Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act,Water Resources Development,1990-02-01,1990-11-16,See S.3084.,House,"Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2]",NV,R,V000124,0,"Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act - Title I: Interstate Water Apportionment Provisions - Confirms the interstate allocation of waters of the Carson River and its tributaries pursuant to a specified court decree. Allocates sufficient water to the States of California and Nevada from such river and its tributaries to serve beneficial uses not encompassed in such decree and initiated prior to the effective date of this Act. Establishes a right to compensation to California for any discontinuance of waters of such river and its tributaries, subject to specified conditions. Authorizes the State of Nevada, its agencies, or private entities and individuals to construct storage facilities within the Carson River Basin, with a specified condition. Confirms under the court decree:  (1) the right to change water use from irrigation to storage for municipal or industrial uses; and (2) the storage, release, and use of water as determined by reservoir capacity and river yields. Allows water so diverted to be stored for use in current or subsequent years. Sets limits on the annual gross diversions for use within the Lake Tahoe Basin from natural sources.  Specifies allocations for California and Nevada and conditions for measuring such diversions.  Authorizes specified transbasin diversions from the Lake Tahoe Basin to the extent permitted under State law. Allocates to California the right to divert and extract a specified portion of water from the Truckee River Basin in California.  Confirms such State's right to such water under the court decree.  Allocates to Nevada the remaining unused portion of water from the Truckee River Basin after diversion by California of its allotted portion. Authorizes each State to provide for voluntary interstate transfers of water or water rights within the Basin subject to the provisions of this Act.  Provides that water used by the United States or by Indian tribes and water extracted or diverted from one State for use in another State shall be charged to the allocation of the State in which the water is used. Title II:  Truckee River Management - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the agreement signed by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and Sierra Pacific Power Company on May 23, 1989 (Preliminary Settlement Agreement), including contracts for the use of space in Truckee River reservoirs for the storage and exchange of water, if certain conditions are met. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement projects for the rehabilitation of existing Truckee River water diversion facilities in order to improve their efficiency.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the operating agreement concerning Truckee River water management to be:  (1) submitted to the U.S. District Court of Nevada (Orr Ditch Court); and (2) if adopted by such Court, administered by the Court and the appropriate appointed official. Title III:  Wetlands Protection - Authorizes the Secretary to purchase water rights to supply fresh water to benefit Federal and State wildlife areas in the Lahontan Valley and the Fernley Sink in Nevada or wetlands on the Fallon Indian Reservation, subject to specified conditions.  Authorizes appropriations.  Requires the Secretary, within two years, to provide the Congress with recommendations with respect to the transfer of certain Bureau of Reclamation withdrawn public lands within wildlife areas of the Lahontan Valley to the U.S.  Fish and Wildlife Service for the establishment of a national wildlife refuge and management area. Title IV:  Cui-ui and Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Enhancement Program - Directs the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, the State of Nevada, and the Secretary of the Interior, to develop and implement a project for the rehabilitation of the Lower Truckee River for the benefit of the Pyramid Lake Fishery.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Army to develop facilities to enable the passage of cui-ui and Lahontan cutthroat trout through or around the delta at the mouth of the Lower Truckee to obtain access to upstream spawning grounds. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to revise and update plans for the recovery of the cui-ui and Lahontan cutthroat trout.  Outlines criteria for the development of such plans. Directs the Secretary to replace or reimburse Sierra Pacific Power Company for reductions in hydroelectric power generated at plants on the Truckee River resulting from implementation of the Preliminary Settlement Agreement. Title V:  Pyramid Lake Development Fund - Establishes within the Treasury the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Development Fund.  Authorizes appropriations to the Fund.  Requires all appropriated funds to be used for economic development.  Grants the Tribe complete discretion to invest and manage such funds, subject to specified conditions. Title VI:  Newlands Project - Provides that all payment obligations owed the United States or its agencies by the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District shall be cancelled by the Secretary, provided that such District shall have the right to collect all unpaid construction costs. Makes the District responsible for the operation and control of the Newlands Project lands, works, and rights, subject to repair and maintenance regulations that the Secretary may adopt.  Requires Project operating criteria to be agreed upon by the District and the Secretary and approved by the Paiute Tribe and the State of Nevada. Establishes in the Treasury the Nevada Settlement Fund.  Authorizes appropriations to such Fund.  Outlines Fund uses, including improvement of physical facilities within Carson Lake and the Stillwater Wildlife Management Area, improvement of cui-ui spawning habitats, and the rehabilitation of certain dams, canals, and other improvements within the State of Nevada. Requires the Secretary of the Navy, with assistance from the Secretary of the Interior, to develop and implement an alternative program for the lands owned by the United States within the Naval Air Station at Fallon, Nevada, to replace the agricultural outlease program. Authorizes appropriations.  Requires reimbursement to non-Federal entities for certain costs associated with the implementation of such alternative program. Title VII:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Makes effective dates for certain provisions of this Act contingent upon the settlement of specified outstanding litigation. Sets forth general provisions with respect to rights and claims of certain Indian tribes affected by this Act or living on trust lands held by the United States for the benefit of such tribe.",2025-08-26T17:26:38Z,
101-s-1996,101,s,1996,Western Water Policy Review Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1989-11-22,1990-08-27,"Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held at Portland, OR. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-993.",Senate,"Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR]",OR,R,H000343,0,"Western Water Policy Review Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) undertake a comprehensive review of Federal activities in the 19 Western States which affect the allocation and use of water resources; and (2) submit a report to the President, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives within five years on findings and recommendations. Establishes the Western Water River Commission to review:  (1) present and anticipated national water resource problems affecting the Western States; (2) current Federal programs affecting such States; (3) the need for additional storage or other arrangements to augment existing water supplies; (4) the history, use, and effectiveness of various institutional arrangements to address problems of water development and use; (5) the legal regime governing water development and use and the respective roles of the Federal Government and the States; and (6) the activities, authorities, and responsibilities of the various Federal agencies with direct water responsibility. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-3793,101,hr,3793,"To amend the High Plains States Groundwater Demonstration Program Act of 1983 to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1989-11-21,1990-01-05,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.",House,"Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]",NE,R,B000403,0,"Amends the High Plains States Groundwater Demonstration Program Act of 1983 to require the Secretary of the Interior to make additional recommendations for the design, construction, and operation of demonstration projects for the recharge of aquifers. Requires each such project to terminate within five years after project construction is completed.  Provides for the submission of a final report to the Congress, including a detailed evaluation of the projects. Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-hr-3832,101,hr,3832,To place contingencies on the divestiture of certain locks and dams.,Water Resources Development,1989-11-21,1990-08-01,See H.R.5314.,House,"Rep. Hopkins, Larry J. [R-KY-6]",KY,R,H000776,1,"Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from proceeding with the divestiture of specified locks and dams of the Kentucky River, Kentucky, pursuant to the Water Development Act of 1986, until he has complied with the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Kentucky as approved on February 22, 1985.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-s-1969,101,s,1969,A bill to amend the Water Development Act of 1986.,Water Resources Development,1989-11-21,1989-11-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY]",KY,D,F000268,1,"Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from proceeding with the divestiture of specified locks and dams of the Kentucky River, Kentucky, pursuant to the Water Development Act of 1986, until he has complied with the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Kentucky as approved on February 22, 1985.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-sjres-234,101,sjres,234,A joint resolution to amend one of the reservations under which the United States consented to and participates in the Delaware River Basin Compact.,Water Resources Development,1989-11-21,1989-11-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001225,1,"Amends the Delaware River Basin Compact to permit the Delaware River Basin Commission to impose charges authorized by the Compact for water withdrawals or diversions which could lawfully have been made without charge on the effective date of the Compact involving facilities within the Basin for purposes other than commercial navigation, subject to specified conditions regarding the use of charge revenues, the adoption of an equitable schedule of charges, and the composition of the proposed Francis E. Walter Reservoir Project.",2025-07-21T19:32:26Z,
101-s-1932,101,s,1932,"A bill to amend Title IV of the Act of December 19, 1980 (94 Stat. 3227) to provide further relief to the Vermejo Conservancy District from its repayment obligation for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Vermejo reclamation project, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1989-11-20,1990-09-19,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 2567 ordered to be reported.,Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,1,"Transfers all project facilities of the Vermejo reclamation project to the Vermejo Conservancy District, New Mexico.  Excludes from such transfer certain contractual land arrangements entered into between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-1899,101,s,1899,"A bill to require the United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct streambank protection for Clarksville, Tennessee.",Water Resources Development,1989-11-17,1989-11-17,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN]",TN,D,S000068,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct streambank protection for the city of Clarksville, Tennessee.  Provides the total cost, and the non-Federal share of the cost, of such construction.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-1875,101,s,1875,A bill to redesignate the Calamus Dam and Reservoir authorized under the Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 1972 as the Virginia Smith Dam and Calamus Lake Recreation Area.,Water Resources Development,1989-11-14,1990-08-10,Became Public Law No: 101-359.,Senate,"Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE]",NE,D,E000284,1,Redesignates the Calamus Dam and Reservoir in the North Loup division of the Missouri River Basin project as the Virginia Smith Dam and Calamus Lake Recreation Area.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-s-1862,101,s,1862,North Dakota Reservoir Management Improvement Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1989-11-09,1990-03-20,Star Print ordered S. 1862.,Senate,"Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]",ND,D,C000705,0,North Dakota Reservoir Management Improvement Act of 1989 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a drought management plan for the Garrison Dam Project in North Dakota known as Lake Sakakawea.  Requires that the Project be managed for recreation and water conservation purposes and that a citizens' advisory group participate in project management decisions.,2025-08-26T17:25:54Z,
101-hr-3551,101,hr,3551,"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate with the city of San Diego, California, in a water reclamation and reuse study.",Water Resources Development,1989-10-31,1989-11-08,See H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-45]",CA,R,H000981,3,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to participate with the city of San Diego, California, in a study of conceptual plans for water reclamation and reuse.  Limits the Federal share of the cost of such study to 50 percent. Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-hr-3554,101,hr,3554,"To amend the Warren Act (Act of February 21, 1911, 43 U.S.C. 523 et seq) to expand the purposes for which excess storage or carrying capacity in reclamation projects may be used, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1989-10-31,1989-11-08,See H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19]",CA,R,L000020,1,"Amends the Warren Act to grant users of Federal reclamation projects certain rights with respect to the delivery of excess water. Expands the purposes for which excess storage or carrying capacity in reclamation projects may be used to include municipal, industrial, domestic, or miscellaneous purposes, including fish and wildlife purposes, as well as for irrigation purposes. Specifies that water shall not be furnished for irrigation uses from any reservoir or canal in excess of the amount sufficient to irrigate that landowner's ownership entitlement under Federal law.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-hr-3534,101,hr,3534,To provide for the extension of the Tehama-Colusa Canal in California.,Water Resources Development,1989-10-26,1989-11-08,See H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4]",CA,D,F000053,0,"Adds the area encompassed by the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and Solano County to the service area of the Sacramento Valley Irrigation Canals, Central Valley Project, California.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-s-1765,101,s,1765,Mid-Dakota Rural Water System Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1989-10-17,1990-06-19,Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-1013.,Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,1,"Mid-Dakota Rural Water System Act of 1989 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for planning and construction of a rural water treatment and distribution system in portions of specified counties in South Dakota. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating any Federal funds for the construction of such system until the Secretary finds that appropriate non-Federal interests have implemented water conservation programs throughout the system's service area. Provides for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses incurred as a result of the construction and operation of the system. Directs the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to make available, from power designated for future irrigation and drainage pumping for the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program and subject to certain conditions, the capacity and energy required to meet the pumping requirements of such system.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-3416,101,hr,3416,To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 relating to removal of cabins from any Federal water resources project.,Water Resources Development,1989-10-05,1990-08-01,See H.R.5314.,House,"Rep. Darden, George (Buddy) [D-GA-7]",GA,D,D000051,1,Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to prohibit the removal of cabins from Federal water resources reservoirs or lake projects if certain safety and lease conditions are met.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hr-3354,101,hr,3354,"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a contract for the delivery of water from the New Melones Unit of the Central Valley Project, California.",Water Resources Development,1989-09-27,1989-11-08,See H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-18]",CA,D,L000225,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term contract with the Toulumne Regional Water District, California, for the delivery of water from the New Melones project to the county's water distribution system.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-hr-3309,101,hr,3309,To provide for a research project in the Salton Sea area of Southern California regarding an enhanced evaporation system for saline water.,Water Resources Development,1989-09-20,1989-11-08,See H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. McCandless, Alfred A. (Al) [R-CA-37]",CA,R,M000306,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct, through the Bureau of Reclamation, a research project for the development of an enhanced evaporation system for saline water treatment in the area of the Salton Sea of Southern California. Sets the non-Federal share of the cost at 25 percent.  Requires a report to the Congress on project results.  Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-s-1635,101,s,1635,A bill to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Water Resources Act for 1984 through the end of fiscal year 1994.,Water Resources Development,1989-09-18,1989-09-18,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,1,"Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY 1994. Authorizes additional appropriations through FY 1994 for additional research which focuses on water problems and issues of a regional or interstate nature beyond those of concern only to a single State and which relate to specific program priorities identified jointly by the Secretary of the Interior and the research institutes. Extends through FY 1994 the authority of the Secretary to make grants for research concerning any aspect of a water resource-related problem which the Secretary deems to be in the national interest. Authorizes the Secretary to make additional grants for technology development concerning any aspect of water resources which the Secretary may deem to be of State, regional, or national importance.  Authorizes the Secretary to establish conditions for the matching of such grant funds by the recipient of any grant or contract.  Outlines grant application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY 1994. Authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to enter into such contracts or cooperative agreements as appropriate with national laboratories to carry out water resources research, development, and demonstration projects, including a study of the effects of potential climate changes on surface and ground water quality and quantity and the elimination of the contamination of ground water aquifers.  Authorizes appropriations for such research and development agreements through FY 1994.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-hr-3174,101,hr,3174,Mid-Dakota Rural Water System Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1989-08-04,1990-06-21,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large]",SD,D,J000177,0,"Mid-Dakota Rural Water System Act of 1989 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for planning and construction of a rural water treatment and distribution system in portions of specified counties in South Dakota. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating any Federal funds for the construction of such system until the Secretary finds that appropriate non-Federal interests have implemented water conservation programs throughout the system's service area. Provides that mitigation for fish and wildlife losses incurred as a result of the construction and operation of the system shall be on an acre-for-acre basis, based on ecological equivalency, concurrent with project construction. Directs the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to make available, from power designated for future irrigation and drainage pumping for the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program and subject to certain conditions, the capacity and energy required to meet the pumping requirements of such system.",2025-08-26T17:28:29Z,
101-s-1546,101,s,1546,Mid-Dakota Rural Water System Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1989-08-04,1989-08-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD]",SD,R,P000513,1,"Mid-Dakota Rural Water System Act of 1989 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for planning and construction of a rural water treatment and distribution system in portions of specified counties in South Dakota. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating any Federal funds for the construction of such system until the Secretary finds that appropriate non-Federal interests have implemented water conservation programs throughout the system's service area. Provides that mitigation for fish and wildlife losses incurred as a result of the construction and operation of the system shall be on an acre-for-acre basis, based on ecological equivalency, concurrent with project construction. Directs the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to make available, from power designated for future irrigation and drainage pumping for the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program and subject to certain conditions, the capacity and energy required to meet the pumping requirements of such system.",2025-08-26T17:24:22Z,
101-s-1554,101,s,1554,Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act,Water Resources Development,1989-08-04,1990-09-19,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 2567 ordered to be reported.,Senate,"Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]",NV,D,R000146,0,"Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act - Title I: Interstate Water Apportionment Provisions - Confirms the interstate allocation of waters of the Carson River and its tributaries pursuant to a specified court decree. Allocates sufficient water to the States of California and Nevada from such river and its tributaries to serve beneficial uses not encompassed in such decree and initiated prior to the effective date of this Act. Establishes a right to compensation to California for any discontinuance of waters of such river and its tributaries, subject to specified conditions. Authorizes negotiations for an agreement permitting:  (1) the voluntary interstate transfer of water or water rights for use within the Carson River Basin, subject to approval by the appropriate State water right authorities; and (2) the construction of storage facilities within the State of Nevada for municipal, industrial, and related uses, subject to specified conditions. Sets limits on the annual gross diversions for use within the Lake Tahoe Basin from natural sources.  Authorizes specified transbasin diversions from the Lake Tahoe Basin to the extent permitted under State law. Requires the States of California and Nevada, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an agreement: (1) allocating the waters of the Truckee River Basin between California, Nevada, and the Tribe; and (2) for administering such allocations. Title II:  Truckee River Water Supply Management - Requires the Secretary to enter into such contracts and take such actions as required to carry out the agreement signed by the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and Sierra Pacific Power Company on May 23, 1989, including contracts for the use of space in Truckee River Reservoirs for purposes of storing and exchanging water, if certain conditions are met. Authorizes such funds as may be necessary to permit the Secretary to modify existing Truckee River diversion facilities and operations to ensure that contract implementation does not impair or diminish any water rights on the Truckee River. Title III:  Wetlands Protection - Authorizes the Secretary to purchase water rights and water righted lands within the State of Nevada and to transfer such rights to benefit Federal and State wildlife areas in the Lahontan Valley and the Fernley Sink in Nevada, subject to specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) use existing water transport systems where available; and (2) reimburse non-Federal entities for full operation and maintenance charges in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Requires the Secretary, within two years, to provide the Congress with recommendations with respect to the establishment of a National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area. Title IV:  Cui-ui and Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Enhancement Program - Directs the Secretary of the Navy, within one year, to develop and implement an alternative program for the lands owned by the United States within the Naval Air Station at Fallon, Nevada, to replace the agricultural outlease program.  Authorizes appropriations for such purposes.  Requires such Secretary to reimburse the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District for the full operation and maintenance charges associated with the water rights transferred pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary to revise and update plans for the recovery of the cui-ui and Lahontan cutthroat trout.  Establishes criteria in developing such plans. Title V:  Pyramid Lake Development Fund - Establishes within the Treasury the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Development Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the Fund together with interest accruing from the effective date of this Act at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires all appropriated funds to be used for economic development. Grants the Tribe complete discretion to invest and manage such funds, subject to specified limitations. Title VI:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Makes this Act contingent upon settlement of specified outstanding litigation. Sets forth general provisions with respect to rights of the Tribe and water rights.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-1556,101,s,1556,"A bill to designate the Salt-Gila aqueduct of the Central Arizona Project as the ""Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct"".",Water Resources Development,1989-08-04,1990-09-19,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 2567 ordered to be reported.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,1,Designates the Salt-Gila aqueduct of the Central Arizona Project as the Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct.,2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-3099,101,hr,3099,Municipal and Industrial Water Conservation Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1989-08-03,1989-09-08,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.",House,"Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5]",MA,D,A000226,29,"Municipal and Industrial Water Conservation Act of 1989 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Office of Water Conservation to perform specified duties, including: (1) the support of programs to reduce water use and loss in municipal, industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential sectors; (2) the support of dissemination of model water conservation programs; and (3) the promotion of least-cost approaches to water planning and regional approaches to management of water and sewer systems. Calls for intergovernmental coordination in water conservation efforts.  Requires the Office to provide technical assistance to States, Indian tribes, utilities, local governments, and others in efforts to implement water conservation policies.  Requires regular consultations with major water resources development agencies to target limited resources. Requires the Office to develop a series of model water conservation programs with policy options for States, Indian tribes, water utilities, and municipalities.  Allows such water users to request feasibility studies of their current and potential water conservation activities.  Allocates the costs of such studies, allowing smaller studies to be conducted at full Federal cost. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (as amended by the Water Quality Act of 1987) to require the Administrator to make capitalization grants to State water pollution control revolving funds for conducting municipal and industrial water conservation activities which will reduce operating and capital costs of and needs for waste water treatment facilities. Directs the Office to provide, upon request, technical assistance to businesses and institutions for water efficiency campaigns, plumbing system leak-detection, water use audits, and other water conservation measures. Requires the development of model water conservation programs for businesses and institutions and studies, upon request, of their programs. Directs the Administrator to establish a National Clearinghouse on Water Conservation to collect and disseminate, free of charge, information on water conservation technologies and practices. Establishes the Advisory Council on Water Conservation to make recommendations to the Administrator on activities under this Act. Requires the President's Council on Environmental Quality to require, by rulemaking authority, the consideration of water conservation activities in all relevant environmental impact studies conducted under specified provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1994 to carry out this Act.",2025-08-26T17:24:14Z,
101-s-1509,101,s,1509,A bill to authorize amendments to certain water service contracts for the Frenchman Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program.,Water Resources Development,1989-08-03,1989-08-04,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE]",NE,D,E000284,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute an amendatory contract with the Frenchman Valley Irrigation District, Nebraska, with respect to water service to limit the district's annual water service charges to the amount of water delivered to the district.  Makes certain irrigation costs which are in excess of the district's repayment ability nonreimbursable.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-3073,101,hr,3073,"To rename the Caluamus Dam and Reservoir the ""Virginia Smith Dam and Reservoir"".",Water Resources Development,1989-08-02,1990-08-10,See S.1875.,House,"Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]",NE,R,B000403,13,Designates the Calamus Dam and Reservoir in the North Loup division of the Missouri River Basin project as the Virginia Smith Dam and Reservoir.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-s-1450,101,s,1450,"A bill to rename the Calamus Dam and Reservoir the ""Virginia Smith Dam and Reservoir"".",Water Resources Development,1989-08-01,1989-08-01,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Exon, J. James [D-NE]",NE,D,E000284,1,Designates the Calamus Dam and Reservoir in the North Loup division of the Missouri River Basin project as the Virginia Smith Dam and Reservoir.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-hr-3034,101,hr,3034,Sacramento Area Flood Control Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1989-07-27,1989-08-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.,House,"Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4]",CA,D,F000053,1,"Sacramento Area Flood Control Act of 1989 - Modifies the project for flood protection along the Sacramento River and its tributaries, in California, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1917 to: (1) provide flood protection to the Sacramento metropolitan area by constructing a flow through flood control only facility causing no permanent impoundment on the North Fork of the American River designed to not preclude enlargement to help meet hydroelectric power and local water supply needs, subject to obtaining appropriate non-Federal sponsorship of such purposes; (2) bring up to current design standards, modify, and extend the Sacramento River Flood Control project involving areas of the American River and its tributaries from Nimbus Dam downstream to the Sacramento River, and areas along the Sacramento River and its bypass system from the Feather River downstream to Freeport; (3) improve the operational efficiency of the Folsom Dam project; and (4) provide fish and wildlife mitigation as necessary.  Provides for determining Federal and non-Federal costs and for crediting non-Federal interests with prior flood control construction work. Deauthorizes the Auburn Dam and the Folsom South Canal and incorporates existing features with the flood control project authorized by this Act. Requires the non-Federal flood control interests benefiting from the operation of Folsom Dam to bear any actual loss of revenues:  (1) resulting from the operation of such dam for flood control at a level greater than 400,000 acre-feet of storage capacity; and (2) which would otherwise have been derived from the generation of hydroelectric power and the delivery of water. Authorizes the transfer of land, if needed, for flood control along the Sacramento River.",2025-08-26T17:24:24Z,
101-s-1422,101,s,1422,Municipal and Industrial Water Conservation Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1989-07-27,1989-07-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Fowler, Wyche, Jr. [D-GA]",GA,D,F000329,15,"Municipal and Industrial Water Conservation Act of 1989 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Office of Water Conservation to perform specified duties, including: (1) the support of programs to reduce water use and loss in municipal, industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential sectors; (2) the support of dissemination of model water conservation programs; and (3) the promotion of least-cost approaches to water planning and regional approaches to management of water and sewer systems. Calls for intergovernmental coordination in water conservation efforts.  Requires the Office to provide technical assistance to States, Indian tribes, utilities, local governments, and others in efforts to implement water conservation policies.  Requires regular consultations with major water resources development agencies in order to target limited resources. Requires the Office to develop a series of model water conservation programs with policy options for States, Indian tribes, water utilities, and municipalities.  Allows such water users to request feasibility studies of their current and potential water conservation activities.  Allocates the costs of such studies, allowing smaller studies to be conducted at full Federal cost. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (as amended by the Water Quality Act of 1987) to require the Administrator to make capitalization grants to State water pollution control revolving funds for conducting municipal and industrial water conservation activities which will reduce operating and capital costs of and needs for waste water treatment facilities. Directs the Office to provide, upon request, technical assistance to businesses and institutions for water efficiency campaigns, plumbing system leak-detection, water use audits, and other water conservation measures. Requires the development of model water conservation programs for businesses and institutions and studies, upon request, of their programs. Directs the Administrator to establish a National Clearinghouse on Water Conservation to collect and disseminate, free of charge, information on water conservation technologies and practices. Establishes the Advisory Council on Water Conservation to make recommendations to the Administrator on activities under this Act. Requires the President's Council on Environmental Quality to require, by rulemaking authority, the consideration of water conservation activities in all relevant environmental impact studies conducted under specified provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1994 to carry out this Act.",2025-08-26T17:27:56Z,
101-sconres-54,101,sconres,54,A concurrent resolution relating to a White House conference on water resources.,Water Resources Development,1989-07-18,1989-07-18,Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ]",AZ,D,D000185,1,Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should convene a White House conference on water resources to focus national attention on water and the need to develop a national policy which ensures its availability for current and future generations.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
101-hr-2894,101,hr,2894,"To remove a limitation on the amount of acre-feet of water annually supplied to the city of Denison, Texas, from the Lake Texoma.",Water Resources Development,1989-07-13,1990-09-26,See H.R.5314.,House,"Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4]",TX,D,H000067,0,"Repeals the ceiling on the amount of water the Chief of Engineers may provide to Denison, Texas, from Lake Texoma.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hr-2895,101,hr,2895,"To continue the authorization for the flood protection project for the East Fork of the Trinity River, Texas.",Water Resources Development,1989-07-13,1989-07-27,Executive Comment Requested from Army and OMB.,House,"Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4]",TX,D,H000067,0,"Extends the authorization of the flood protection project on the East Fork of the Trinity River, Texas.  (Currently, the authorization expires December 31, 1989.)  Terminates such authorization five years after the enactment of this Act unless funds have been obligated for construction of such project.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hr-2840,101,hr,2840,Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1989-06-29,1990-11-16,Became Public Law No: 101-591.,House,"Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10]",MA,D,S001040,49,"Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to remove references to unconsolidated sedimentary materials from the definition of ""undeveloped coastal barrier.""  Includes expenditures or financial assistance within the definition of ""new"" if no money was appropriated before the relevant System unit was included within the System under the Act or this Act. Establishes the Coastal Barrier Resources System, to consist of those undeveloped coastal barriers on the U.S. coasts identified on specified maps.  Directs the Secretary of the Interior to review the maps at least every five years and make minor and technical modifications as necessary because of natural forces. Sets forth procedures for:  (1) technical revisions to the maps by the Secretary to correct clerical and typographical errors; (2) recommendations of State and local governments and Coastal Zone Management Agencies for technical revisions; (3) election by a local government and the governor of that State, and any qualified organization, to add a new area to the System; (4) addition to the System of excess Federal property; (5) minor and technical modifications to boundaries of existing units as necessary to clarify the boundaries; and (6) notifications regarding modifications and elections. Sets forth exceptions, with regard to existing limitations on expenditures, relating to energy resources, navigation channels, certain publicly owned or operated roads or structures, military activities essential to national security, Coast Guard facilities, and other specified matters if consistent with the purposes of this Act. Declares a Federal navigation channel to be an existing channel if it was authorized before the date the relevant System unit was included in the System.  Declares that the limitations on expenditures do not apply: (1) to a highway in a System unit in Michigan and in existence at the enactment of this Act; or (2) subject to exception, to a specified System unit. Repeals provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act relating to expenditure limitations with regard to certain highways in Michigan.  Adds a specified map to the list of exemptions to certain spending limitations. Directs the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees maps identifying the boundaries of those undeveloped coastal barriers along the U.S. Pacific coast south of a specified latitude, including maps of areas appropriate for inclusion in the System. Designates a specified System unit in Florida as the Frank M. McGilvrey Unit. Establishes an interagency task force to be known as the Coastal Barriers Task Force to submit to the Congress a report concerning specified aspects of the System.  Terminates the Task Force after submission of its report. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to prohibit new flood insurance for new construction or substantial improvements in certain areas. Requires the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report to the Congress annually regarding property to which the RTC or the FDIC has acquired title that: (1) is located in the System; or (2) is undeveloped, of a minimum size, and adjacent to any lands managed by a governmental agency primarily for wildlife refuge, sanctuary, open space, recreational, historical, cultural, or natural resource conservation purposes.  Limits transfers of such property. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase any property within the area added to a specified unit of the System by this Act.  Directs the Secretary to provide that any property purchased under this provision be used and administered in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the Coastal Barrier Resources Act and for carrying out this Act. Requires the head of each Federal agency affected by this Act to certify their agency's compliance with this Act. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, notwithstanding another law, to transfer without consideration by quitclaim deed to Dare County, North Carolina, all rights, title, and interest of the United States in specified Coast Guard property in such county.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hconres-158,101,hconres,158,Relating to a White House conference on water resources.,Water Resources Development,1989-06-22,1989-07-21,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.",House,"Rep. Nowak, Henry [D-NY-33]",NY,D,N000163,0,Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should convene a White House conference on water resources to focus national attention on water and the need to develop a national policy which ensures its availability for current and future generations.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hr-2734,101,hr,2734,National Ground Water Research Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1989-06-22,1990-10-01,"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. H. Rept. 101-775, Part I.",House,"Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8]",NY,D,S000124,55,"National Ground Water Research Act of 1990 - Directs the President to coordinate Federal ground water research, monitoring, and protection activities through the establishment of an Interagency Ground Water Research Committee. Requires the Committee to appoint an Education Committee to review the academic and related institutional capabilities for education and training of ground water research related professionals and to identify opportunities for improving such education and training. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the U.S. Geological Survey, to prepare a report assessing ground water quality and quantity information systems and data collection and monitoring. Requires the Secretary to submit such report to the Congress with biennial updates.  Directs the Secretary to conduct a national ground water assessment program to assist State and local governments in ground water protection and remediation of contamination and depletion and in the design of monitoring programs, including recommendations for protocols to assist such governments in meeting their data collection responsibilities under specified Federal environmental statutes. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and coordinate a research, development, and demonstration program for ground water protection and remediation of contamination, to include surveys, the development of cost-effective prevention, detection, and remediation techniques, and the provision of technical assistance.  Sets forth demonstration project selection criteria and procedures, based upon the seriousness of the contaminant addressed and a project's applicability to other locations and circumstances.  Requires that such project be monitored and evaluated by the Administrator.  Authorizes the Administrator to pay the costs of such evaluation, but limits Federal cost sharing for the project in general. Requires the Administrator to publish an environmental profile for each significant ground water contaminant.  Requires such profiles to include information useful to State and local governments for assessing the risk to human health and the environment within a range of concentrations of such contaminants.  Directs the Administrator to implement research programs for each contaminant for which an environmental profile is prepared, assist with risk management decisions, and supplement information needed to prepare such profiles. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of contaminants for which environmental profiles are proposed to be developed.  Establishes a timetable for the publication of such profiles.  Requires the Administrator, in publishing such profiles, to give priority to the most toxic contaminants. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator each to establish a technical assistance program to serve other Federal and governmental agencies, including assistance for research, surveys, training, and technology transfer. Directs the Secretary, acting through the U.S.  Geological Survey, to establish and maintain a National Groundwater Information Clearinghouse. Directs the Administrator to establish a ground water research committee for ground water resources.  Directs the Science Advisory Board established by the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1978 to review and report to the Congress on EPA's ground water research programs.  Authorizes the Administrator to establish and maintain research fellowships. Directs the Administrator to make grants for ground water research institutes.  Requires that funds be equitably distributed throughout the United States and that one of the institutes be the National Center for Ground Water Research, a consortium between Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Rice Universities.  Limits the Federal share to 50 percent of costs and earmarks funds for technology transfer.  Requires the Administrator to review and evaluate such institutes. Directs the Administrator to develop a program to improve the coordination and transfer of commercial pesticide application information from the EPA to the Department of Agriculture's State Extension Service. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on activities carried out under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to support the development and implementation of State strategies designed to detect, prevent, and correct ground water contamination and eliminate or control sources on potential sources of contaminants.  Sets forth allotment requirements.  Limits such grants to 50 percent of a project's total cost.  Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1991 through 1994. Authorizes the Administrator, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative, to award to a domestic firm a contract that, under the use of competitive procedures, would be awarded to a foreign firm, if:  (1) the final product of the domestic firm will be completely assembled in the United States; (2) at least 51 percent of the final product will be domestically produced when completely assembled; and (3) the difference between the bids submitted by the foreign and domestic firms is not more than six percent.  Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on such contracts, contracts entered into with foreign entities, and contracts that meet such requirements but are in violation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or another international agreement.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hr-2736,101,hr,2736,Platte River Preservation Act,Water Resources Development,1989-06-22,1989-07-21,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.",House,"Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3]",NE,R,S000622,0,"Platte River Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Prairie Bend Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. Specifies the features of such Unit, including certain reservoirs and canals.  Provides for the administration of, and construction costs for, the habitat and groundwater recharge components of the Unit. Requires Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin preference project power to be provided for projects of, and irrigation in, the Unit.  Specifies the crop acreage base and program payment yield within the area serviced by the Unit.  Restricts the diversion of water to the recharge system of the Unit based on the level of instream flows of the Platte River.  Requires the Secretary, the State of Nebraska, and other Federal entities to enter into a cost-sharing agreement before funds are expended for construction of groundwater recharge components. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to pay annually an in-lieu tax payment to the counties and other political subdivisions that provide real property for the recharge facilities and the habitat component of the Unit.",2025-08-26T17:29:28Z,
101-hr-2702,101,hr,2702,"To authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide flood protection for the Mill Creek basin in the vicinity of Nashville, Tennessee.",Water Resources Development,1989-06-21,1990-08-01,See H.R.5314.,House,"Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5]",TN,D,C000503,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out whichever one of the following flood control projects for the Mill Creek basin the city of Nashville, Tennessee, requests:  (1) a flood control project for such basin in accordance with the plan for flood damage reduction contained in the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated May 18, 1987; (2) a flood control project for such basin in accordance with one of the alternative dam site plans described in the addendum to the Final Interim Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement, dated March 1987; or (3) a flood control project for such basin in accordance with the nondam plan described in such addendum.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hr-2696,101,hr,2696,"Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1990",Water Resources Development,1989-06-20,1989-09-29,Became Public Law No: 101-101.,House,"Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4]",AL,D,B000431,0,"Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1990 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes appropriations for FY 1990 for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, and beach erosion (including projects which involve State and local governmental participation). Modifies the project for flood control, Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, to direct the Secretary of the Army to complete the design of the project so as to provide flood protection to the area protected by the existing projects from flood conditions which would occur as a result of the recurrence of tropical storms such as Agnes of 1972. Modifies the Sacramento River Flood Control Project to direct the Secretary to proceed in FY 1990 and in subsequent years as necessary with construction of riverbed gradient restoration structures in the vicinity of River Mile 206, Sacramento River, California. Amends the authorization for the Sims Bayou, Texas, project to reflect increased estimates of the project cost. Modifies the project for shoreline protection for the Atlantic Coast of Maryland (Ocean City) to authorize the Secretary to construct hurricane and storm protection measures based on the District Engineer's Post Authorization Change Notification Report dated May 1989. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer and reassign property accountability for the headquarters aircraft of the Corps of Engineers, Serial Number 045, from the assets of the civil works revolving fund to the military activity of the Army that the Secretary determines is appropriate. Requires that the aircraft be made available on a priority basis as necessary for activities in support of the Army's civil works mission. Directs the Secretary to assume operation of the Sledge Bayou Drainage District's structure located in Quitman County, Mississippi. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to requires the Secretary to credit the Federal share of the cost of work by non-Federal interests on the Cherry Street Bridge in Massillon, Ohio, toward the non-Federal share of the cost of construction of the Walnut Street Bridge in Massillon. Directs the Secretary to perform maintenance dredging to maintain Pump Slough from its confluence with the West Pearl River to the boat ramps in the vicinity of Interstate 59 and Crawford and Davis landings. Modifies the project for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses at the Canaveral Harbor West Basin and Approach Channel project, Florida, to authorize the Secretary to construct that part of the project consisting of:  (1) reshaping of four spoil islands located in the Banana River; (2) installation of culverts along the existing levee of the south mosquito control impoundment of Merritt Island; and (3) rehabilitation of the existing pump station located at the southern tip of the south mosquito control impoundment. Amends the authorization for the Roanoke River Upper Basin, Virginia, project to reflect increased estimates of project cost. Modifies the project for navigation, Bonneville Lock and Dam, Oregon and Washington, to authorize the Secretary to make available and deliver to specified Oregon and Washington ports excavated material surplus to the needs of such project. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 to forgive Aberdeen, Washington's operation, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation payment obligations in excess of $200,000 for FY 1989 associated with the transfer of responsibility for the Wynochee Dam project from the Corps of Engineers. Designates the lake and recreation area at Dam Site 18 of the Papillion Creek Basin Project in Nebraska as the Ed Zorinsky Lake and Recreation Area. Authorizes construction of the project for flood damage prevention along the Rillito River, Pima County, Arizona. Title II:  Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1990 to the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Reclamation for:  (1) engineering and economic investigations of Federal reclamation and water conservation projects; (2) construction and rehabilitation projects; (3) operation and maintenance of reclamation projects; (4) loans to irrigation districts for construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation projects; (5) general administrative expenses in certain Bureau of Reclamation offices; (6) the ""Emergency Fund"" as authorized by an Act of June 26, 1948; (7) acquisition of computer capacity for the Business System Acquisition project and other capital equipment; (8) replacement passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; and (9) recovery of archaeological and paleontological remains in specified areas. Authorizes an appropriation as compensation to the Strawberry Water Users Association which shall be available only for such compensation and must be used for Strawberry Valley Reclamation Project purposes.  Requires the Association, upon receipt of such compensation, to relinquish all of its contractual surface rights and interests in the 56,775 acres of Project lands. States that no part of any appropriation for the Bureau, contained in this Act or in any prior Act, which represents amounts earned under the terms of a contract but remaining unpaid, shall be obligated for any other purpose, regardless of when such amounts are to be paid. States that no funds appropriated to the Bureau for operation and maintenance, except those derived from advances by water users, shall be used for the particular benefits of lands:  (1) within the boundaries of an irrigation district; (2) of any member of a water users' organization; or (3) of any individual when such district, organization, or individual is in arrears for more than 12 months in the payment of charges due under a contract entered into with the United States pursuant to laws administered by the Bureau. Authorizes the Bureau to accept the services of volunteers. Provides that such volunteers shall not be deemed employees of:  (1) the United States except for purposes of compensation for work injuries; and (2) the Bureau except for the purposes of tort claims to the same extent as a regular employee of the Bureau would be under identical circumstances. States that none of the funds made available by this or any other Act shall be used by the Bureau for contracts for surveying and mapping services unless such contracts for which a solicitation is issued after the date of this Act are awarded in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Service Act of 1949.  Prohibits the uniform allowance for each uniformed employee of the Bureau from exceeding $400 annually. Makes appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for:  (1) damaged facilities or equipment belonging to the Department; (2) emergency prevention of forest or range fires; (3) operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy; and (4) general administrative expenses. Repeals provisions of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1988 which:  (1) directs that the McGee Creek Project of the Bureau of Reclamation not be deemed completed until all authorized components of the project are completed; and (2) prohibits the Bureau from transferring title of the project to any other entity, requiring repayment of the project, or permitting refinancing of the project until such project is completed. Title III:  Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1990 for:  (1) specified energy supply, research, and development activities; (2) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (3) general science and research activities; (4) nuclear waste disposal activities (including funds for Nevada to conduct its oversight responsibilities under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982); (5) activities related to the production and distribution of isotopes; (6) atomic energy defense activities; (7) departmental administrative expenses; (8) the Office of the Inspector General; (9) electrical power projects of the Alaska Power Administration; (10) expenses of the Northeast Oregon Spring Chinook Facility and Galbraith Springs/Sherman Creek Hatcheries and for official reception and representation costs of the Bonneville Power Administration; (11) operational and maintenance expenses related to electric power transmission for the Southeastern Power Administration; (12) operational and maintenance expenses (including official reception and representation expenses) related to electric power transmission for the Southwestern Power Administration; (13) operational and maintenance expenses of the Western Area Power Administration; (14) salaries and expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; (15) the Loan Guarantee and Interest Assistance Program authorized by the Geothermal Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1974; and (16) Department of Energy general passenger vehicles and security guard expenses. States that none of the funds provided in this Act for the Superconducting Super Collider shall be available to finalize or implement any agreements for either in-kind or direct contributions from foreign countries until a full report on such international contributions has been provided to the Congress, unless the President or Secretary of Energy certifies in writing that it is in the national interest to implement such an agreement. Requires the Secretary to ensure:  (1) that at least ten percent of the Federal funding for the development, construction, and operation of the Superconducting Super Collider be made available to business concerns or other organizations owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; and (2) significant participation with regard to the Collider by such individuals and economically disadvantaged women. Title IV:  Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1990 for:  (1) programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; (2) salaries and expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) salaries and expenses of, and the Federal contribution to, the Delaware River Basin Commission; (4) expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; (5) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's expenses; (6) expenses of the Office of Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (7) expenses of the U.S. member of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission; (8) expenses of the Tennessee Valley Authority; and (9) expenses of the Office of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator and the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. Title V:  General Provisions - Sets forth guidelines for the expenditure of appropriations under this Act. States that none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to implement a program of retention contracts for senior employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority. States that none of the funds made available under this Act or any other law shall be used for conducting any studies relating to changing from the currently required ""at cost"" to a ""market rate"" or any other noncost-based method for the pricing of hydroelectric power by the six Federal public power authorities or other Federal agencies or authorities. Prohibits appropriations for the Power Marketing Administration or the Tennessee Valley Authority (including funds authorized to be expended from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund and the Tennessee Valley Authority Fund) from being used for procuring extra high voltage (EHV) power equipment unless such agencies award contracts for equipment manufactured in the United States when they determine that there are one or more manufacturers of domestic end products offering a product that meets the technical requirements at a price not exceeding 130 percent of the bid or offering price of the most competitive foreign bidder. Requires that such sums as may be necessary for FY 1990 pay raises for programs funded by this Act be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.",2025-01-14T18:18:18Z,
101-s-1143,101,s,1143,Sinking Creek Flood Control Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1989-06-07,1989-06-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN]",TN,D,G000321,0,"Sinking Creek Flood Control Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to construct a dry reservoir, for flood control purposes, near Sinking Creek in Wilson County, Tennessee.  Earmarks funds for such reservoir which shall be maintained by the city of Lebanon, Tennessee.",2025-08-26T17:26:09Z,
101-hr-2567,101,hr,2567,Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1990,Water Resources Development,1989-06-06,1990-10-27,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,House,"Rep. Thomas, Craig [R-WY-At Large]",WY,R,T000162,0,"Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1990 - Title I:  Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Wyoming - Amends Federal public works law to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct power generating facilities and to construct recreational facilities in excess of the amount required to replace or relocate existing facilities for the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Wyoming (part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program).  Revises the amount of authorized appropriations for construction of modifications to the Dam and Reservoir. Title II:  Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Colorado - Authorizes the Secretary to construct, operate, and maintain a water treatment plant and to install a concrete lining on the rehabilitated portion of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in order that water flowing from the Tunnel may meet water quality standards.  Authorizes appropriations.  Requires the Secretary to submit design and operation plans to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Colorado to obtain their views before initiation of construction.  Requires other notifications. Authorizes the Secretary to formulate and implement a program for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources of those portions of the Arkansas River basin impacted by the effluent discharge from the Drainage Tunnel.  Authorizes the Secretary to conduct investigations of water pollution sources and impacts attributed to mining and other related development in the Upper Arkansas River basin, to develop corrective action plans, and to implement corrective action demonstration projects.  Requires appropriate public involvement in the development and implementation of such plans and programs. Requires the Secretary to arrange for cost-sharing with Colorado. Authorizes appropriations. Title III:  Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project, Texas and New Mexico - Authorizes the Secretary to construct and test the Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project, Texas, and New Mexico, in accordance with Federal reclamation laws and a June 1985 reclamation plan, with such modifications as necessary to improve the quality of water delivered to the Canadian River downstream of Ute Reservoir, New Mexico, and entering Lake Meredith, Texas.  Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a construction contract with the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority of Texas for such purpose, giving the Water Authority responsibility for operation and management of project facilities upon their completion.  Provides for Federal and non-Federal sharing of project costs.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to inventory all wetlands on Federal lands or interests owned or used by the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) and other Federal lands associated with reclamation projects.  Requires a report by the Secretary to specified congressional committees concerning such inventory. Title IV:  Cedar Bluff Unit, Kansas - Authorizes the Secretary to reformulate the Cedar Bluff Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas, including reallocation of the conservation capacity of the Cedar Bluff Reservoir, in order to accomplish specified goals. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the sale, use, and control of the designated operating pool, with the exception of water reserved for the City of Russel, Kansas, and to allow Kansas to acquire use and control of water in the joint-use pool, with a specified exception.  Outlines contract provisions and provides for appropriate transfers of title to land and buildings and other fixtures. Title V:  Salt-Gila Aqueduct, Arizona - Redesignates the Salt-Gila Aqueduct, Arizona, as the Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct. Title VI:  Warren Act Supplement - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with political subdivisions of California for the impounding, storage, and carriage of water for domestic, municipal, fish and wildlife, industrial, and other beneficial purposes from any facilities associated with the Central Valley Project, Cachuma Project, and the Ventura River Project, California. Title VII:  Truckee-Carson Pyramid Lake Water Settlement, Nevada and California - Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act - Confirms the interstate allocation of waters of the Carson River and its tributaries pursuant to a specified court decree.  Provides for the allocation of waters from the River and its tributaries to the States of California and Nevada, with specified annual acre-feet limitations on the amount of such water diverted for storage purposes.  Provides continuing rights for each State and for any water right owner for uses of groundwater or the construction of storage facilities for such water in a manner not inconsistent with the purposes of this title. Sets specified limits on the annual gross diversions of water for use within the Lake Tahoe Basin from natural sources.  Provides for the measured allocation of such water diversion between California and Nevada for specified purposes, including snow making in the Lake Tahoe Basin.  Authorizes specified transbasin diversions from the Lake Tahoe Basin to the extent permitted under State law. Allocates to California the right to divert or extract within the Truckee River Basin in California a specified amount of water annually from natural sources in such Basin, subject to specified terms and conditions.  Allocates additionally to California the amount of water decreed to the Sierra Valley Water Company by judgment in a specified court proceeding.  Allocates to Nevada all water in excess of such allocations. Confirms the right to water for use on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation in amounts provided in a specified court decree.  Provides for compliance with water allocation rights enumerated under this title. States that nothing in this title shall prevent the interstate transfer of water or water rights for use within the Truckee River Basin, subject to specified provisions.  Confirms the jurisdiction of the court involved to enforce its decree.  States that use of water by the United States for itself or an Indian tribe shall be charged to the State where the water use occurs, except as otherwise provided. Directs the Secretary to negotiate an operating agreement with California and Nevada for the operation of the Truckee reservoirs to ensure that such reservoirs are operated to:  (1) satisfy all applicable dam safety and flood control requirements; (2) provide for the enhancement of spawning flows available in the Lower Truckee River for the Pyramid Lake fishery in a manner consistent with the Secretary's responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act; (3) carry out the terms and conditions of a preliminary settlement as provided in a ratification agreement regarding such reservoirs and their appropriate uses; (4) ensure that water is stored and released from such reservoirs to satisfy the exercise of water rights specified under certain court decrees, except for those rights voluntarily relinquished by the appropriate party; and (5) minimize the Secretary's costs associated with the operation and maintenance of Stampede Reservoir.  Outlines authorized operating agreement provisions. Requires such agreement to be approved by the appropriate courts after being entered into by the Secretary and the two States.  Provides for approval and promulgation of regulations to enforce the operating agreement, the preliminary settlement, and the ratification agreement by appropriate parties.  Limits the use of water from the Stampede Reservoir to use to meet drought conditions or other emergencies, or as required to be converted to fishery credit water.  Requires all of the fishery credit water established under the agreements to be used by the United States solely for the benefit of the Pyramid Lake fishery. Requires the Secretary to satisfy applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act in negotiating and implementing the agreements. Authorizes the Secretary to use Washoe Project facilities, Truckee River Storage Project facilities, and Lake Tahoe Dam and Reservoir for the storage of nonproject water to fulfill the purposes of this title. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Sierra Pacific Power Company and the Pyramid Lake tribe to store water owned by the power company in Stampede Reservoir, with specified storage limitations.  Releases the Secretary from securing payments for the costs of constructing Washoe Project facilities, other than the power plant. Authorizes and directs the Secretary, in conjunction with Nevada and other appropriate parties, to acquire water and water rights and to transfer, hold, and exercise such rights and related interests to sustain, on a long-term average, approximately 25,000 acres of primary wetland habitat within the Lahontan Valley wetlands, in accordance with specified conditions. Directs the Secretary to manage specified Federal land in Nevada as the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge and to operate such Refuge as a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System.  Requires the Secretary to administer all such lands in accordance with provisions of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, with a specified exception.  Authorizes the Secretary to take such actions necessary to prevent, correct, or mitigate for adverse water quality and fish and wildlife habitat conditions attributable to agricultural drain water originating from lands irrigated by the Newlands Project, with a specified exception.  Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress recommendations for revision of boundaries or transfers of public lands for addition to the Wildlife System. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to undertake a study to develop land management plans or measures to achieve dust control, fire abatement and safety, and foreign object damage control on those lands owned by the United States within the Naval Air Station at Fallon, Nevada, in a manner that reduces the direct surface deliveries of water.  Directs the Navy Secretary to promptly select and implement plans that reduce water use without impairing the safety of operations at the Naval Station.  Requires the Secretary of the Interior to use all water saved by the Secretary of the Navy in this manner for the benefit and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources in the area. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to fund and implement a demonstration project and test site for the cultivation and development of low-precipitation grasses, shrubs, and other appropriate plant species with the goal of restoring previously-irrigated farmland in the Newlands Project area to a stable and ecologically appropriate dryland condition.  Provides for appropriate reimbursement to non-Federal entities for operation and management costs related to such project. Provides for State cost-sharing of project costs. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to Nevada the Carson Lake and Pasture for use by the State as a wildlife refuge, with reverter rights. Establishes in the Treasury the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund for appropriation to the Secretary for fish and wildlife programs for Lahontan Valley consistent with this title and for protection and restoration of the Pyramid Lake fishery consistent with this title.  Directs the Secretary to endeavor to distribute funds equally to the Valley and the fishery. Authorizes the Secretary to convey to Nevada or to Churchill County, Nevada, Federal lands known as the Indian Lakes area for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes. Authorizes the Secretary, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, to expeditiously revise, update, and implement plans for the conservation and recovery of the cui-ui and Lahontan cutthroat trout. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Army to incorporate into the Army's ongoing reconnaissance level study of the Truckee River a study of the rehabilitation of the Lower Truckee River up to and including the river terminus at Pyramid Lake, for the benefit of the Pyramid Lake fishery.  Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Army for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary (Interior) to acquire water and water rights and to transfer, hold, and exercise such rights and related interests to assist the conservation and recovery of the Pyramid Lake fishery in accordance with this title, subject to specified conditions. Directs the Secretary to study and report on the social, economic, and environmental effects of the water rights purchase program.  Provides that the rights of the United States to store water in Stampede Reservoir shall be used by the Secretary for the conservation of the Pyramid Lake fishery, as long as such use is consistent with prior operating, preliminary settlement, and ratification agreements. Allows water from all such reservoirs to be used for non-consumptive purposes such as recreation, instream beneficial uses, and the generation of hydroelectric power.  Authorizes the Secretary to use storage capacity in the Truckee River reservoirs for the storage of non-project water. Establishes in the Treasury the Pyramid Lake Paiute Fisheries Fund and authorizes appropriations to such Fund.  Allows interest earned from the Fund (not principal) to be available to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe for the operation and maintenance of fishery facilities at Pyramid Lake and for conservation of the Pyramid Lake Fishery.  Makes the principal of such Fund unavailable for withdrawal. Requires the Pyramid Lake Tribe to meet certain conditions before receiving Fund amounts. Authorizes appropriations to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Economic Development Fund for FY 1993 through 1997.  Authorizes the principal and interest from such Fund to be available for tribal economic development only in accordance with a plan developed by the Pyramid Lake Tribe in consultation with the Secretary.  Empowers the Tribe with complete discretion to invest and manage the Fund, with a specified exception. Expands the purposes of the Newlands Reclamation Project (currently, irrigation purposes only) to include:  (1) fish and wildlife purposes; (2) municipal and industrial water supply in specified counties in Nevada; (3) recreation; (4) water quality; and (5) other beneficial uses as recognized by the State of Nevada. Prohibits the Secretary from implementing this title in a manner that would:  (1) increase diversions of Truckee River water to the Newlands Project over those allowed under applicable operating criteria; and (2) conflict with applicable court decrees. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) study the feasibility of improving the conveyance efficiency of Newlands Project facilities; and (2) consider the effect of the measures required to achieve such efficiency on groundwater resources and wetlands in the Project area. Authorizes the Secretary to use and enter into agreements to allow water rights holders to use Newlands Project facilities in Nevada, where such facilities are not otherwise committed to fulfill other Project purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to identify administrative, operational, and structural measures to benefit recreational use of Lahontan Reservoir and the Carson River downstream of the Lahontan Dam. Authorizes the Secretary to study the feasibility of reusing municipal wastewater for wetlands improvement or creation, or other beneficial purposes in specified areas in Nevada. Authorizes the Secretary to cancel all repayment obligations owing to the Bureau by the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, with a specified condition requiring the District to enter into a settlement agreement concerning claims for recoupment of certain excess diverted water.  Requires Nevada to also implement water conservation measures in a specified amount pursuant to such settlement.  Authorizes the Secretary to match the funds from Nevada for such water conservation measures.  Authorizes the Secretary to manage existing Newlands Project re-regulatory reservoirs for the purposes of fish and wildlife. Outlines operating criteria, procedures, and compliance provisions. Makes the effectiveness of provisions of this title and its agreements, authorities, and appropriations contingent upon the dismissal with prejudice of specified outstanding litigation and proceedings.  Requires the Pyramid Lake Tribe's claim to the remaining waters of the Truckee River which are not subject to vested or perfected rights to be finally resolved in a manner satisfactory to Nevada and the Tribe before such provisions take effect. Requires all of the trust lands within the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation to be held by the United States for the sole use and benefit of the Pyramid Lake Tribe.  Recognizes all of Anaho Island as part of such Reservation, to be managed and administered as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System for the benefit of colonial nesting species and other migratory birds.  Recognizes the beds and banks within the Reservation as part of the Reservation to be held in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Tribe.  States that the Tribe shall have the sole and exclusive authority to establish rules and regulations governing hunting, fishing, boating, and all other forms of water-based recreation on the Reservation except for fee-patented lands there.  Gives the consent of the United States to the negotiation and execution of an intergovernmental agreement between the Tribe and Nevada establishing and implementing the water-based rules and regulations.  States that nothing in this title shall limit or diminish the Government's trust responsibility to any Indian tribe. States that nothing in this title shall be construed to:  (1) waive or alter requirements of any Federal environmental or wildlife conservation law; (2) create an express or implied Federal reserved water right; (3) subject the United States or an Indian tribe to any State jurisdiction to which they would not otherwise be subject; (4) affect the power of specified courts or court decrees; and (5) adversely affect water rights to the Carson River and its tributaries for the benefit of lands within the Fallon Indian Reservation. Directs the Secretary to undertake appropriate measures to address significant adverse impacts on domestic uses of groundwater directly resulting from the water purchases authorized under this title. Declares that, for purposes of the Federal Power Act, there was no construction at four hydroelectric project works owned by the Sierra Pacific Power Company and located on the Truckee River. Authorizes the Secretary to exchange surveyed public lands in Nevada for interests in fee patented lands, water rights, or surface rights to lands within or contiguous to the exterior boundaries of the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. Authorizes appropriations to implement this title. Title VIII:  Vermejo Project Relief, New Mexico - Transfers Vermejo Project facilities in New Mexico to the Vermejo Conservancy District as of a specified date.  Excludes lands and water rights purchased for the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge and certain contractual arrangements from such transfer. Title IX:  Transfer to Elephant Butte Irrigation District, New Mexico - Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the Elephant Butte Irrigation District, New Mexico, title to such easements, ditches, laterals, canals, drains, and other rights-of-way that are used solely for the purpose of serving District lands and which the Secretary determines are necessary to enable the District to carry out operation and maintenance with respect to that portion of the Rio Grande project to be transferred. Title X:  Grand Canyon Protection - Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary to operate the Glen Canyon Dam in a manner so as to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and improve the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area were established, including natural and cultural resources, and visitor use.  Requires such operation to occur in accordance with operating plans and criteria enumerated in this title and to comply with specified laws, compacts, and treaties.  Directs the Secretary to promptly develop an interim operating plan for Glen Canyon Dam and to implement such plan by a specified conditional date. Requires consultation in the development of such interim plan with appropriate Government agencies, the Secretary of Energy, State Governors, Indian tribes, and the general public.  Requires the Secretary to complete a final Glen Canyon Dam environmental impact statement within three years after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish and implement long-term monitoring programs and activities that will ensure that the Dam is operating in a manner consistent with requirements outlined in this title.  Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title. Title XI:  Irrigation Drainage Demonstration Program and Lake Andes - Wagner/Marty II Projects, South Dakota - Directs the Secretary, through the assistance and cooperation of an oversight committee, to carry out a demonstration program in accordance with a May 1990 Demonstration Program Plan of Study, which includes:  (1) the development of accurate means of quantifying projected irrigation and drainage requirements and drainage return flow quality and quantity with respect to glacial tills and other soils found in the Lake Andes-Wagner Unit and Marty II Unit; (2) development of best management practices for improving irrigation water use and development; (3) investigation of the potential for enhancement of wetlands and fish and wildlife within the area; and (4) investigation of the suitability of glacial till soils for crop production under irrigation.  Requires study sites to be obtained through leases from landowners who voluntarily agree to participate in the demonstration program under specified conditions.  Provides for the sale of crops grown under the demonstration program.  Outlines other demonstration program provisions, including annual reporting requirements.  Requires the demonstration phase of the Program to terminate at the end of the fifth full irrigation season after commencement of the Program. Directs the Secretary, on the basis of the concluding report and recommendations of the Demonstration Program, to comply with the study and reporting requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and regulations issued to implement its provisions with respect to the Lake Andes-Wagner and Marty II units. Authorizes the Secretary to construct, operate, and maintain the Lake Andes-Wagner and Marty II units, South Dakota, as units of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program.  Outlines irrigation and pumping requirements for each such unit and conditions for repayment of construction costs.  Requires the mitigation of fish and wildlife losses as a result of the construction and operation of such units.  Provides that, in establishing and operating such units, a Federal employment preference shall be given to members of the Yankton-Sioux Tribe who can perform such work, with appropriate training opportunities for such individuals.  Provides for cost sharing with respect to such Project by way of a negotiated proposal of agreement between the Secretary, South Dakota, and the Lakes Andes-Wagner Irrigation District.  Limits the total non-Federal share of the cost to 30 percent.  Authorizes appropriations for:  (1) construction of each such unit; (2) costs of the Demonstration Program; and (3) operation and maintenance of each unit.  Provides that, from such appropriated sums, the Secretary shall make an annual Federal contribution to a South Dakota Biological Diversity Trust established under this title, as long as the Trust complies with certain prescribed requirements.  Outlines permissible uses of Trust proceeds.  Requires the Secretary to utilize two percent of the amount authorized for the restoration of damaged natural ecosystems, the provision of jobs, recreational opportunities expansion, and support of research, training, and education.  Requires annual reports. Title XII:  Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Settlement, Idaho - Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990 - Ratifies the 1990 Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Agreement (the Agreement) between the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, the United States, the State of Idaho, and non-Indian Snake River water users represented by the Committee of Nine to settle all water rights claims of the Tribes in the Upper Snake River Basin.  Directs the Secretary to implement the Agreement including provisions outlined by this title for mitigating the adverse impact on the non-Indian water users through contracts for a specified amount of storage space in the Palisades and Rire Reservoirs to protect existing uses of River water. Gives the force and effect of law to specified portions of the Agreement with respect to the rights of the Tribes to:  (1) transfer and lease the Tribal water rights confirmed in a decree (the Final Decree) by a District Court in Idaho; (2) rent the water accruing to Federal storage space held in trust for the Tribes in the Palisades and American Falls Reservoirs under the Michaud Act; and (3) use such water for instream flows for river reaches on or adjacent to the Fort Hall Reservation and up to a specified amount of storage water rights for instream flows in reaches of the Blackfoot River.  Amends the Michaud Act and Contract to authorize the uses of such rights.  Limits the uses of all other Tribal water rights to uses within the Reservation. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to establish the Tribal Development Fund.  Authorizes appropriations to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the three fiscal years following enactment of this title for payment to the Fund and disbursement by the Secretary to the Tribes upon request.  Authorizes appropriations to BIA to meet the Government's share of the costs pledge under the Agreement for:  (1) developing a Reservation water management system; and (2) acquiring for the Fort Hall Indian Irrigation Project lands and grazing rights to enhance the operation and management of the Project and provide collateral benefits to the Grays Lake Wildlife Refuge.  Prohibits any funds authorized to be appropriated under such provisions from being distributed on a per capita basis to members of the Tribes.  Authorizes the Tribe to bring an action in a U.S. Claims Court in the event such authorized funds are not paid. Provides that the Final Decree shall not be set aside by:  (1) the Committee of Nine or the State because of failure to apply for the storage space in the Palisades and Rire Reservoirs within one year of the enactment of this title; or (2) the Tribes or the United States for failure to appropriate the funds authorized by this title or to acquire the grazing allotments adjacent to Grays Lake. Provides that when the Agreement is effective, the Tribes and the United States shall be deemed to have waived and released all water rights or claims to water rights from any source within the Upper Snake River Basin, other than those set forth in the Agreement or under State law for certain Indian lands. Provides that the water rights described in the Agreement and confirmed in the Final Decree are in full satisfaction of all water rights claims of members of the Tribes and allottees for certain Indian lands in the Upper Snake River Basin. Title XIII:  Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Settlement - Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990 - Establishes in the Treasury the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribal Settlement Fund.  Authorizes appropriations to the Fund for FY 1992 through 1997.  Outlines authorized Fund uses, including: (1) tribal economic development, governmental services and facilities, and per capita member distributions; (2) rehabilitation and betterment of the irrigation system of the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Indian Reservation; and (3) acquisition of lands, water rights, and related property interests.  Allows limited obligation of the Fund principal for per capita distributions to tribal members. Directs the Tribe to develop a plan for the investment, management, administration, and expenditure of amounts in the Fund and to submit such plan to the Secretary. Provides that title to lands, water rights, and related property interests acquired by the Tribe within Churchill and Lyon counties in Nevada shall be held in trust by the United States as part of the Reservation under certain conditions.  Limits the total annual use by the Tribe of water rights appurtenant to the Reservation which are served by the Newlands Reclamation Project.  Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse non-Federal entities for delivery costs of water from the Newlands Project.  Outlines permissible water uses for water received from the Newlands Project.  Authorizes the Tribe to acquire other land, water rights, and related property interests for specified purposes, including consolidation of water rights, elimination of fractional interests, tribal programs, industry development, and general rehabilitation and enhancement of the total resources potential of the Reservation. Prohibits monies to be distributed from the Fund to the Tribe until the Tribe agrees to release certain claims and be bound by the development plan.  Releases the United States from liability with regard to the investment, management, or use of funds by the Tribe, except with regard to certain legal trust responsibilities. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a plan for the closure of specified water drains on the Reservation in order to address any significant environmental problems with that system and its closure. Title XIV:  Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Studies - Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Act - Directs the Secretary to undertake a program to investigate and identify opportunities for reclamation and reuse of municipal, industrial, domestic, and agricultural wastewater and naturally impaired ground and surface waters.  Excludes the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project from such investigation. Directs the Secretary to undertake appraisal investigations to identify opportunities for wastewater reclamation and reuse. Authorizes the Secretary to participate with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local authorities in studies to determine the feasibility of wastewater reclamation and reuse projects. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study of the feasibility of a comprehensive wastewater reclamation and reuse system for southern California.  Requires cooperation with California in such study and a report of study results. Requires the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study of the development of demonstration and permanent facilities to reclaim and reuse wastewater in the San Diego, California, metropolitan service area. Directs the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies of:  (1) demonstration and permanent facilities to reclaim and reuse wastewater in the San Jose, California, metropolitan area; (2) Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area wastewater reclamation; and (3) Tucson, Arizona, wastewater reclamation. Authorizes the Secretary to participate with appropriate entities in California in the design, planning, and construction of wastewater reclamation and reuse projects to treat a specified amount of yearly effluent from the Hyperion Service Area, City of Los Angeles, in order to provide new water supplies, reduce the demand for imported water, and reduce sewage effluence discharged into Santa Monica Bay. Authorizes the Secretary, in cooperation with appropriate entities in Colorado, to assess and develop a means of reclaiming the waters of Lake Cheraw, Colorado, and controlling pollutants from such Lake from damaging groundwater resources or the waters of the Arkansas River. Authorizes appropriations for all the studies under this title. Directs the Secretary to conduct an investigation and analysis of the impacts of existing Bureau projects on the quality and quantity of groundwater resources.  Requires a report and authorizes appropriations. Title XV:  Reclamation Reform Act Amendments - (Text Omitted) Title XVI:  Central Utah Project Completion - Central Utah Project Completion Act - Increases the authorization of appropriations for the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) in order to provide for completion of the Central Utah Project.  Requires the Secretary of the Interior to implement certain recommendations of that Department's Inspector General with respect to such additional funding.  Prohibits the expenditure of funds provided by this title for certain Utah reclamation projects and features.  Terminates the authorization of appropriations for construction of any CRSP participating project located in Utah five years after the enactment of this title unless cost-sharing is agreed to and construction funds are requested by the Secretary.  Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the status of CRSP participating projects for which construction has not begun by October 15, 1990. Sets aside specified amounts of the funding made available for CRSP and such projects and studies for:  (1) the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project; and (2) the construction and rehabilitation of specified projects to increase efficiency, enhance beneficial uses, and achieve greater water conservation within the Uintah Basin Replacement Project.  Imposes certain procedural requirements to be met before such construction or rehabilitation can begin.  Provides for the resolution of certain matters associated with the Uintah Indian Irrigation Project and the Brush Creek and Jensen Unit.  Requires 35 percent cost-sharing from non-Federal sources for the design, engineering, and construction of the features of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project for which specified amounts of the additional funding for CRSP have been set aside.  Prohibits Federal funds from being provided to any non-Federal interest until such interest enters into binding agreements with the appropriate Federal authority to comply with this Act and all Federal fish, wildlife, recreation, and environmental laws with respect to the use of such funds. Imposes water conservation planning and management requirements on the Central Utah Water Conservancy District.  Requires the District to prepare and maintain a water management improvement plan. Requires any conservation measure proposed to the District through the Utah Department of Natural Resources to be added to the water management improvement inventory and evaluated by the District for approval.  Provides for implementation of the water management improvement plan.  Allows water saved by any conservation measure adopted and implemented by the District to be retained by the District for its own use or disposition.  Requires a status report on the water management planning process and a water conservation pricing study. Requires a study on the coordinated efforts of independent municipal, industrial, and irrigation water systems toward water management goals. Provides funding for such studies. Authorizes the Governor of Utah, prior to March 31, 1991, to establish a Utah Water Conservation Advisory Board to recommend water conservation standards and regulations for promulgation by State or local authorities in the service area of each petitioner for a water management project under this title.  Requires the Board, if established, to recommend such standards before January 1, 1992. Requires the District to pay annual surcharges to the State if the Secretary determines that water management plans have not been developed and implemented or that required studies have not been completed.  Provides for judicial review and citizen suits. Specifies certain requirements regarding the generation of hydroelectric power operations with respect to the Central Utah Project. Encourages the execution of operating agreements for certain reservoirs. Allows for the prepayment or other disposition of certain repayment contracts for construction of the Jordan Aqueduct System. Requires the Comptroller General to audit Central Utah Project cost allocations.  Requires the Secretary to reallocate such costs as necessary. Imposes financial penalties for the use of Central Utah Project water to grow surplus crops until the construction costs of the facilities authorized by this title are repaid. Title XVII:  Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation Mitigation and Conservation - Establishes the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission to coordinate the implementation of the mitigation and conservation provisions of this Act among the Federal and State fish, wildlife, and recreation agencies.  Directs the Commission to establish plans for fish and wildlife mitigation activities.  Sets forth funding requirements for Commission activities and projects. Requires the District to acquire a specified amount of additional permanent storage waters for fish and wildlife purposes.  Earmarks a specified amount of additional funding for such purposes. Sets forth requirements for certain minimum stream flows. Requires completion of the fish, wildlife, and recreation projects identified or proposed in the 1988 Definite Plan Report. Directs the Commission to acquire big game winter range lands to compensate for the impacts of Federal reclamation projects in Utah. Directs the Commission to construct big game crossings and wildlife escape ramps for the protection of big game animals along certain canals.  Earmarks specified amounts of additional funding for such purposes. Sets forth requirements for the acquisition, rehabilitation, and enhancement of wetlands and fisheries. Requires that the project plan for the stabilization of high mountain lakes in the Upper Provo River drainage be revised to require that certain lakes be stabilized at levels beneficial for a fish habitat and recreation. Earmarks specified amounts of additional funding for:  (1) specified riparian habitat development projects; (2) a Commission study of the impacts to soils and riparian fish and wildlife habitats in drainages that will experience substantially reduced water flows resulting from the operation of the Strawberry Collection System; (3) acquisition of wetland acreages; (4) fish habitat improvements to the Jordan River; (5) construction of recreational facilities for the Jordan River Parkway; (6) specified uses with respect to the Provo River Corridor; (7) certain improvements to Central Utah Project recreational features; and (8) mitigation and restoration of watersheds and fish and wildlife resources in Utah impacted by CRSP. Requires that project construction be concurrent and proportionate with the implementation of the fish, wildlife, and recreation mitigation and conservation goals of titles XVI through XVIII of this Act. Title XVIII:  Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account - Establishes in the Treasury the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for certain purposes, including to ensure that the level of environmental protection, mitigation, and enhancement achieved in connection with CRSP projects is preserved and maintained and that resources are available to address unfunded environmental impacts of such projects and unknown environmental needs within affected State areas.  Sets forth procedures for Federal and State contributions to the Account and contributions from power revenues.  Provides for funding of State fish and wildlife projects from the Account after the Commission has terminated.  Sets forth requirements for managing the Account. Title XIX:  Ute Indian Rights Settlement - Provides for payment of financial compensation to the Ute Indian Tribe for the use of its water rights in the Uinta Basin.  Allows tribal use of the Project's Bonneville Unit facilities.  Ratifies and approves the Revised Ute Indian Compact of 1990 which established the uses and management of such tribal waters.  Places restrictions on the disposal of Indian tribal waters into the Lower Colorado River Basin. Authorizes appropriations for:  (1) tribal farming operations; (2) repair of Cedarview Reservoir, Utah; (3) stream improvements in the Ute Reservation; (4) the cleaning of debris from the Bottle Hollow Reservoir, Utah; (5) recreation enhancement; and (6) the construction of a municipal water conveyance system pipeline hookup. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to establish the Tribal Development Fund and earmarks funds for deposit into such Fund. Requires the Ute Tribe to prepare a Tribal Development Plan for all or a part of the Fund.  Requires the Tribe to comply fully with all fish, wildlife, recreation, and environmental laws before receiving amounts from the Fund.  Provides for the waiver of claims concerning the Tribe's water rights covered under the original Ute Indian Compact, including claims that the Tribe has the right to develop lands set forth in the Compact.  Resurrects such claims if the Tribe does not receive Fund monies. Title XX:  Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act - States that nothing in titles XVI through XIX shall be interpreted as modifying or amending requirements of either the Endangered Species Act or the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Title XXI:  Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a research project for the development of an enhanced evaporation system for saline water treatment, to be located in the Salton Sea area of southern California. Directs the Secretary to convey to the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District, Washington, all rights and interests of the United States, exclusive of oil, gas, and other mineral deposits, to a specified parcel of real property in Sunnyside. Authorizes the Secretary to free certain landholders from payments of charges incurred because such landholders filed irrevocable elections under the Election Reform Act after a specified date. Title XXII:  Civil War Studies - Civil War Sites Study Act of 1990 - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to prepare a study of Shenandoah Valley Civil War sites.  Requires such study to include the views and recommendations of the National Park System Advisory Board.  Requires a congressional report.  Establishes the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission to prepare a study of historically significant sites and structures in the United States associated with military action during the Civil War.  Requires consultation between the Commission and appropriate entities.  Requires the Commission to submit such study to appropriate congressional committees.  Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title. Title XXIII:  San Juan Island, Washington - Directs the Secretary to complete a survey of the lands granted to the State of Washington by a 1921 Act which granted land then comprising a military facility to the University of Washington for biological and general university research.  Provides exemptions, disclaimers, and conditions respecting the current use of such lands.  Requires such map to be available for public inspection.  Amends the 1921 Act to provide that if any such granted land becomes contaminated with hazardous substances or is used for the disposal, placement, or release of such substances, such land shall not revert to the United States under any circumstances. Title XXIV:  Okanogan National Forest Land Exchange - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal lands within the State of Washington in exchange for certain lands in such State currently held by the State.  Requires an analysis of such exchange and appraisals of the Federal lands being exchanged in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.  Requires such exchange to occur by November 1, 1991, under certain terms and conditions. Authorizes appropriations to the U.S. Forest Service to prepare a supplement to a final environmental impact statement for the proposed Early Winters Resort in Methow Valley, Washington. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to construct buildings and related facilities on federally-owned land in Skagit County, Washington, for plant materials purposes.  Achieves funding for such construction from the exchange of certain lands in Skagit County and Bellingham, Washington.",2025-04-23T11:41:33Z,
101-s-1121,101,s,1121,"A bill to authorize additional appropriations for the construction of the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Shoshone Project, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Wyoming.",Water Resources Development,1989-06-06,1989-11-21,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY]",WY,R,W000092,1,"Revises existing law to require as a principal modification to the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, Wyoming, the construction of power generating facilities with a total installed capacity of 25.5 megawatts. Authorizes the construction of recreational facilities in excess of the amount required to replace or relocate existing facilities. Provides that the costs of such construction shall be borne equally by the United States and Wyoming. Repeals a prior authorization of appropriations and authorizes to be appropriated for the Federal share of the construction of the Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir modifications and recreational facilities the sum of $80,000,000 (October 1988 price levels).  Repeals a requirement that such sums authorized to be appropriated for construction, operation, maintenance, and replacement be reduced by the amounts of certain contributions.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-s-1118,101,s,1118,"A bill to provide for the transfer of the Platoro Reservoir to the Conejos Water Conservancy District of the State of Colorado, and for the protection of fish habitat on the Conejos River.",Water Resources Development,1989-06-02,1990-12-03,For Further Action See H.R.1462.,Senate,"Sen. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO]",CO,R,A000219,1,"Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to:  (1) accept a one-time payment from the Conejos Water Conservancy District, Colorado, in lieu of certain repayment obligations; and (2) enter into an agreement for the transfer of the operation and maintenance functions of the Platoro Dam and Reservoir, including flood control operations, to the District.  Provides that title to the Dam and Reservoir and authority over its recreational use shall remain with the United States. Subjects such transfer to the following conditions:  (1) that releases from the Reservoir flush out the channel of the Conejos River periodically to maintain the hydrologic regime of the River; (2) that releases from the Reservoir contribute to even water flows in the fall season for protection of the brown trout spawn; (3) that operation of the Dam and Reservoir for water supply uses shall be paramount to channel flushing and fishery objectives; (4) that the District maintain a permanent pool in the Reservoir for fish, wildlife, and recreational purposes; and (5) that the District shall maintain specified releases of water from October through April. Requires the Corps of Engineers to retain authority for the operation of the Dam and Reservoir for flood control purposes. Requires the transfer to be in compliance with the Rio Grande Compact of 1939 and all other applicable laws and regulations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
101-hr-2470,101,hr,2470,To provide procedures for the protection of recreational uses with respect to water resources projects of the Corps of Engineers.,Water Resources Development,1989-05-24,1990-08-01,See H.R.5314.,House,"Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-4]",MI,R,U000031,20,"Requires the Secretary of the Army, when maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, or reconstructing a water resources project which will result in a change in its configuration, to carry out construction in a manner which will not adversely affect any recreational use. Directs the Secretary to take action as necessary to restore recreational use or provide alternative opportunities for comparable recreational use, if maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of a water resources project results in a change in the configuration of such project and has an adverse effect on a recreational use. Requires the Secretary to cooperate and consult with the affected Federal, State, and local governments and local interests.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
101-hr-2455,101,hr,2455,"To designate the Salt-Gila aqueduct of the Central Arizona project as the ""Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct"".",Water Resources Development,1989-05-23,1989-11-08,See H.R.2567.,House,"Rep. Rhodes, John J., III [R-AZ-1]",AZ,R,R000189,4,Designates the Salt-Gila aqueduct of the Central Arizona Project as the Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct.,2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-hr-2438,101,hr,2438,To authorize amendments to a certain water service contract for the Frenchman Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program.,Water Resources Development,1989-05-22,1989-06-08,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3]",NE,R,S000622,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute an amendatory contract with the Frenchman Valley Irrigation District, Nebraska, with respect to water service to limit the district's annual water service charges to the amount of water delivered to the district.  Makes certain irrigation costs which are in excess of the district's repayment ability nonreimbursable.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
101-hr-2416,101,hr,2416,"To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to construct an outlet ditch to the Missouri River in Burt County, Nebraska.",Water Resources Development,1989-05-18,1989-05-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.,House,"Rep. Hoagland, Peter [D-NE-2]",NE,D,H000652,0,"Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to construct an outlet ditch to the Missouri River in Burt County, Nebraska.  Requires the ditch to be designated to carry excess runoff rainwater directly to the river.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
101-hr-2429,101,hr,2429,Auburn Dam Completion Act of 1989,Water Resources Development,1989-05-18,1989-06-02,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.",House,"Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14]",CA,R,S000393,0,"Auburn Dam Completion Act of 1989 - Amends Federal law regarding the Auburn-Folsom South unit, American River division, Central Valley project, California. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to build a visitor center near Auburn Dam. Requires maintenance of minimum-flow levels in the Lower American River downstream of the diversion point.  Requires inclusion of a monitoring program in operations of the Auburn-Folsom South unit to report annually on the effectiveness of minimum-flow levels in protecting recreation, fish and wildlife, and scenic characteristics of the river. Allows the use of water without obligation to reimburse the United States for any impact on the Auburn-Folsom South unit, providing users comply with State water laws and give priority to the county of origin for present and future needs. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1970 to authorize the Secretary, as part of the construction of the Auburn-Folsom South unit, to relocate the southern end of the road to California Highway 193. Allows the Secretary to enter into cost-sharing agreements with non-Federal entities at varying levels for financing the unit. Prohibits the Secretary from resuming construction on the Auburn-Folsom South unit until cost-sharing agreements with non-Federal entities have been executed. Directs the Secretary to negotiate an agreement with the American River Authority, a Joint Powers Authority, to finance the Auburn Dam and power supply through the issuance of long-term securities.  Sets forth provisions of such agreement.",2025-08-26T17:24:27Z,
101-hr-2434,101,hr,2434,"To change the name of ""Marion Lake"", located northwest of Marion, Kansas, to ""Marion Reservoir"".",Water Resources Development,1989-05-18,1990-03-14,See S.1016.,House,"Rep. Whittaker, Bob [R-KS-5]",KS,R,W000426,0,"Designates the lake northwest of Marion, Kansas (commonly known as Marion Lake), as Marion Reservoir.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,