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
105-s-2649,105,s,2649,A bill to enact the Passaic River Basin Flood Management Program.,Water Resources Development,1998-10-21,1998-10-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,T000317,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to acquire, demolish, and remove structures in the floodway of the Central Passaic River basin (the basin) where excessive damage has occurred in at least two floods. Requires that:  (1) the floodway land in the basin be stabilized as part of the ecological restoration program under the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (WRDA) and, where appropriate, wetlands be created; (2) after the land is vacated, it be held in perpetuity by the most appropriate Federal or State agency, as determined by the Oversight Committee (created by this Act), and be managed as open space; (3) this section be carried out in conformance with New Jersey's Blue Acres Program; and (4) crediting of land acquisition for the non-Federal cost share remain in effect in accordance with WRDA. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) acquire, demolish, and remove additional structures, or floodproof structures, to the ten-year floodplain in the floodway of the basin in areas where excessive damage has occurred in at least two floods; (2) floodproof structures in the floodplain of the basin to the 50-year floodplain in areas of high risk, at a 55 percent Federal, 20 percent State, and 25 percent property owner cost share; (3) provide information on techniques to deal with flood management in the remainder of the floodplain to the 100-year protective flood elevation; (4) acquire wetlands in the floodways throughout the Great Piece Meadows of the basin, to supplement the wetlands acquisition authorized under WRDA, and upland transition areas with significant wildlife or other natural values; (5) transfer the wetlands and transition areas to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or an appropriate State agency, which shall manage the wetlands and transition areas in accordance with proper wetlands management principles; (6) acquire strategic land in New Jersey and New York to prevent flooding and to prevent flooding from increasing in the High Mountain area in Wayne, New Jersey, and the urban area of the Molly Ann's Brook project in North Haledon, New Jersey; (7) complete the Passaic River Restoration Project from Little Falls to Newark Bay, New Jersey; and (8) complete the streambank restoration element of the project for flood control, Passaic River Main Stem, New Jersey and New York (the Project), authorized by WRDA, known as the Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area, New Jersey (Minish Park). Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assist the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners in the implementation of remedial actions for the combined sewer overflows in the lower Passaic River Basin from Great Falls to Newark Bay. Establishes the Oversight Committee. Finds that the most appropriate solution to flooding in the Passaic River basin is the ""preferred alternative"" (a qualified acquisition and hazard mitigation plan for the Project).  Directs that such alternative be implemented immediately. (Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations to begin the Federal portion of a buyout of floodway structures authorized by WRDA.  Directs that $15 million made available by New Jersey for the Blue Acres portion of the Green Acres Bond Act of 1995, approved by New Jersey voters, constitute the 25 percent non-Federal cost share. Authorizes appropriations for:  (1) acquisition of freshwater wetlands, and for floodproofing of structures, in the floodplains within the Passaic River basin; (2) acquisition of land in the Highlands Province to reduce flooding in the Passaic River basin in New Jersey and New York; (3) acquisition of land and the development and redevelopment of parkland along the Passaic River from Little Falls to Newark Bay, Kearny; (4) completion of the Minish Park, at a 100 percent Federal cost share; (5) implementation, each fiscal year, of the preferred alternative and administration of the Oversight Committee; and (6) acquisition of land at High Mountain. Directs that, for the combined sewer project in the lower Passaic River basin, a project budget be established of $85 million, with a $65 million Federal share.  Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making a grant to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission for FY 1999 through 2001.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
105-s-2640,105,s,2640,A bill to extend the authorization for the Upper Deleware Citizens Advisory Council.,Water Resources Development,1998-10-16,1998-10-16,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY]",NY,R,D000018,1,"Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to extend, for an additional ten years, the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-2578,105,s,2578,Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act,Water Resources Development,1998-10-08,1998-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",CA,D,F000062,0,"Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance for use by the Colusa Basin Drainage District, California, or by local agencies for planning, design, environmental compliance, and construction required to carry out eligible projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed to:  (1) reduce the risk of damage to urban and agricultural areas from flooding or the discharge of drainage water or tailwater; (2) assist in groundwater recharge efforts to alleviate overdraft and land subsidence; or (3) construct, restore or preserve wetland and riparian habitat; and (4) capture surface or stormwater for conservation, conjunctive use, and increased water supplies.  Requires the Secretary to ensure that funded projects are not inconsistent with watershed protection and environmental restoration efforts being carried out under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act or the CALFED Bay-Delta Program.  Directs the Secretary to require that the District and cooperating non-Federal agencies or organizations pay:  (1) 25 percent of project costs; and (2) 100 percent of project operation, maintenance, and replacement and rehabilitation costs. Permits funds appropriated pursuant to this Act to be made available:  (1) to fund all costs incurred for planning, design, and environmental compliance activities by the District or by local agencies in accordance with agreements with the Secretary; and (2) only to a District or a local agency that has entered into a binding agreement with the Secretary under which the District or local agency is required to pay the non-Federal share of construction costs and which governs the funding of planning, design, and compliance activities costs. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-2555,105,s,2555,"A bill to deauthorize the Blunt Reservoir feature of the Oahe Irrigation Project, South Dakota, and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain parcels of land acquired for the reservoir to the Commission of Schools and Public Lands of the State of South Dakota, on the condition that the current preferential leaseholders shall have an option to purchase the parcels from the Commission.",Water Resources Development,1998-10-06,1998-10-06,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,0,"Deauthorizes the Blunt Reservoir feature of the Oahe Irrigation Project authorized as part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to convey all of the preferential lease parcels to the Commission of Schools and Public Lands of South Dakota, on the condition that the Commission honor the purchase option provided to preferential leaseholders under this Act. Requires a preferential leaseholder to have an option to purchase from the Commission the preferential lease parcel that is the subject of the lease.  Permits a preferential leaseholder to elect to purchase a parcel on one of the following terms:  (1) cash purchase for the amount that is equal to the value of the parcel minus ten percent of that value; or (2) installment purchase, with 20 percent of the value of the parcel to be paid on the purchase date and the remainder to be paid over 30 years at three percent annual interest.  Provides for such leaseholders to have until ten years after the date of the conveyance to exercise such option. Directs the Secretary, through the Commissioner, to convey to the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks the Blunt Reservoir parcels that are leased on a nonpreferential basis to be used for the purpose of mitigating the wildlife habitat that was lost as a result of the development of the Pick-Sloan project.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-4634,105,hr,4634,Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-09-25,1998-10-05,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]",MD,R,G000180,23,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Estuary Habitat Restoration      Title II:  Chesapeake Bay and Other Regional Initiatives Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act of 1998 - Title I: Estuary Habitat Restoration - Establishes the Estuary Habitat Restoration Collaborative Council, to be composed of specified Federal officials. (Sec. 105) Directs the Council to develop an estuary habitat restoration strategy to ensure a comprehensive approach to the selection and prioritization of estuary habitat restoration projects and to foster the coordination of Federal and non-Federal activities related to such restoration. Sets forth factors to be considered by the Council in determining project assistance eligibility. Grants a restoration project a higher priority for funding if it meets selection criteria and:  (1) it is part of a federally approved estuary management or habitat restoration plan; (2) the non-Federal share of the project exceeds 50 percent; or (3) there is a program within the project watershed that addresses sources of pollution and other activities that would re-impair the restored habitat.  Provides that an activity shall not be considered to be a restoration activity if it constitutes:  (1) mitigation for the adverse effects of an activity regulated by Federal or State law; or (2) restitution for natural resource damages required under such laws.    Permits the Council to pay up to 25 percent of the cost of interim actions of restoration activity, pending completion of the strategy. Prohibits selection of a project until non-Federal interests have entered into specified written cooperation agreements.  Requires such agreements to provide for project maintenance and monitoring. Authorizes appropriations for the Council and for acquiring and managing project monitoring data. (Sec. 106) Requires non-Federal applicants for assistance to demonstrate that a project meets this title's requirements and criteria established by the Council.  Limits the Federal share of assistance to 65 percent of a project's cost. (Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary of the Army to maintain a database of information on projects funded under this title. (Sec. 110) Makes certain funds provided under the Water Resources Development Acts of 1986 and 1996 available to States and non-Federal persons in carrying out interim actions or projects under this title. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 111) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit certain grants for the development of estuary conservation and management plans to be used for the implementation of plans as well. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Estuary Program through FY 2000. (Sec. 112) Requires the Secretary to ensure that estuary habitat restoration is included as a primary mission of the Army Corps of Engineers.  Authorizes the Secretary to carry out estuary habitat restoration projects. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress and the Secretary on the extent to which the Council needs additional personnel and administrative resources to carry out this title, including recommendations for necessary additional funding. Title II:  Chesapeake Bay and Other Regional Initiatives - Revises provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to:  (1) continue the Chesapeake Bay Program; and (2) maintain a Program Office to provide specified support to the Chesapeake Executive Council. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance and assistance grants to nonprofit private organizations and individuals, State and local governments, colleges and universities, and interstate agencies to carry out the Program.  Provides the Federal and non-Federal share of various Program costs.  Provides for Chesapeake Bay Agreement (an agreement among signatory members to restore and protect the Bay's ecosystem) signatory management mechanism implementation grants, with specified Federal and non-Federal shares. Requires any Federal agency that owns or operates a facility within the Bay watershed to participate in regional and subwatershed planning and restoration programs. Directs the Administrator to ensure that management plans are developed and that implementation is begun by Agreement signatories for the Bay tributaries to achieve specified nutrient, water quality, toxics reduction, and habitat restoration and protection goals. Authorizes the Administrator to offer technical assistance and assistance grants for cooperative tributary basin strategies that address the Bay's water quality and living resource needs or locally-based protection and restoration programs that complement such strategies. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on Program goals, effects, and needs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 202) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for specified activities related to the Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study.",2025-08-21T16:12:08Z,
105-s-2509,105,s,2509,"A bill to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-09-22,1998-09-22,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]",OR,D,W000779,0,"Amends Federal law to reestablish and add acreage to the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit in Oregon. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior, as applicable, to prohibit the cutting of trees on Federal land in the entire unit. Repeals a provision of the:  (1) Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 which requires certain Unit lands that are not contained in the Bull Run River Drainage to be managed in accordance with the law establishing the Unit; and (2) Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 regarding the Unit. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture:  (1) upon application by the city of Portland, Oregon, to enter into negotiations with the city for the transfer of National Forest System land underlying the city's Bull Run water supply facilities to the city in exchange for city- owned land lying within the boundaries of any unit of the National Forest System in Oregon or Washington; and (2) to expedite the negotiations and complete such land exchange not later than September 30, 2001.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-2504,105,s,2504,"A bill to authorize the construction of temperature control devices at Folsom Dam, California.",Water Resources Development,1998-09-21,1998-09-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct:  (1) a temperature control device and associated monitoring facilities on Folsom Dam to be operated as part of the Central Valley Project for the benefit and propagation of fall-run chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the American River, California; and (2) such a device and facilities on non-Federal facilities in existence on the enactment of this Act that deliver Central Valley Project water from Folsom Reservoir. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-2461,105,s,2461,"A bill to extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council and to authorize construction and operation of a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, New York and Pennsylvania.",Water Resources Development,1998-09-11,1998-09-14,"Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.",Senate,"Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]",NY,D,M001054,1,"Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to extend, for an additional ten years, the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the availability of appropriations, to:  (1) enter into a 99-year lease with the State of New York for State-owned land within the boundaries of the Upper Delaware River located at an area known as Mongaup near the confluence of the Mongaup and Upper Delaware Rivers in New York State; and (2) construct and operate a visitor center on the leased land.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-4525,105,hr,4525,"To provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-09-09,1998-09-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]",OR,D,B000574,2,"Amends Federal law to reestablish and add acreage to the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit in Oregon. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture or the Interior, as applicable, to prohibit the cutting of trees on Federal land in the entire unit. Repeals a provision of the:  (1) Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 which requires certain Unit lands that are not contained in the Bull Run River Drainage to be managed in accordance with the law establishing the Unit; and (2) Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 regarding the Unit. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture:  (1) upon application by the city of Portland, Oregon, to enter into negotiations with the city for the transfer of National Forest System land underlying the city's Bull Run water supply facilities to the city in exchange for city- owned land lying within the boundaries of any unit of the National Forest System in Oregon or Washington; and (2) to expedite the negotiations and complete such land exchange not later than September 30, 2001.",2025-01-02T17:51:16Z,
105-hr-4409,105,hr,4409,Small Watershed Rehabilitation Amendments of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-08-05,1998-08-17,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-6]",OK,R,L000491,1,"Small Watershed Rehabilitation Amendments of 1998 - Amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to an eligible local organization for the rehabilitation of structural measures originally constructed as part of a covered water resource project.  Limits the amount of such assistance to 65 percent of total rehabilitation costs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to a requesting organization in planning, designing, and implementing rehabilitation projects. Prohibits any assistance authorized under this Act from being used to perform operation and maintenance activities. Outlines assistance application requirements.  Directs the Secretary to establish a system of approving rehabilitation assistance requests from eligible organizations equitably. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2008.  Earmarks funds authorized for the first two fiscal years for an assessment by the Secretary of the rehabilitation needs of covered projects.",2025-08-21T16:13:10Z,
105-hr-4389,105,hr,4389,Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act,Water Resources Development,1998-08-04,1998-10-06,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 446.",House,"Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]",CA,R,D000429,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, California      Title II:  Minidoka Project, Idaho      Title III:  Carlsbad Irrigation Project, New Mexico      Title IV:  Palmetto Bend Project, Texas      Title V:  Wellton-Mohawk Division, Gila Project, Arizona      Title VI:  Canadian River Project, Texas      Title VII:  Clear Creek Distribution System, California      Title VIII:  Pine River Project, Colorado Title I:  Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, California - Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, Camp Creek Diversion Dam and Tunnel, and conduits and canals held by the United States to the El Dorado Irrigation District, California, in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the project and subject to District payment of the net present value of the remaining repayment obligation. Requires the transfer to be completed within 180 days if no changes in project operations are expected, and within two years if the District intends to change project operations.  Requires the Secretary to:  (1) bear all administrative costs if transfer does not occur within the authorized period; and (2) pay one-half of such costs otherwise. Exempts the project from application of the Reclamation Act of 1902 upon such conveyance, except that the District is required to continue to make payments into the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund for 31 years after the enactment of this Act. Title II:  Minidoka Project, Idaho - Burley Irrigation District Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Burley Irrigation District, Idaho, the Southside Pumping Division of the Minidoka Project, Idaho, and related water rights in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the Project. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under title I. Continues the right of the Minidoka Irrigation District to the joint use of the gravity portion of the Southside Canal under a current contract. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) allocate to the District storage space in three area reservoirs; and (2) provide the District with reserved power. Title III:  Carlsbad Irrigation Project, New Mexico - Carlsbad Irrigation Project Acquired Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Carlsbad Irrigation District, New Mexico, specified real property within the Carlsbad Project in New Mexico and all U.S. interests in Project irrigation and drainage system and related ditch rider houses, the maintenance shop and buildings, and Pecos River Flume. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under title I. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) provide a written identification of all mineral and grazing leases in effect on Project lands; and (2) notify all leaseholders of the conveyance authorized by this title. Requires the District to assume all U.S. rights and obligations under existing mineral and grazing leases, licenses, and permits and entitles the District to any associated receipts. Requires receipts paid into the reclamation fund as Project credits to be made available for the payment of administrative costs. Title IV:  Palmetto Bend Project, Texas - Palmetto Bend Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary to convey the Palmetto Bend reclamation project, Texas, to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority and the Texas Water Development Board, jointly, in consideration of their accepting the Government's obligations for the project and subject to their payment of the net present value of the remaining repayment obligation. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under title I. Title V:  Wellton-Mohawk Division, Gila Project, Arizona - Wellton-Mohawk Division Title Transfer Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, Arizona, the Wellton-Mohawk Division, Gila Project in Arizona, in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the Project and subject to the payment of fair market value for District lands that have been withdrawn from public use for reclamation purposes. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under title I. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy to deliver Colorado River water and Parker-Davis Project Priority Use power to the District under the terms of existing contracts. Title VI:  Canadian River Project, Texas - Canadian River Project Prepayment Act - Authorizes prepayment of amounts due under a Bureau of Reclamation water reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project, Texas. Directs the Secretary, upon such payment, to convey to the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority all U.S. rights and interests to the Project pipeline and related facilities authorized under such contract. Title VII:  Clear Creek Distribution System, California - Clear Creek Distribution System Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary to convey title to the Clear Creek Distribution System, California, to the Clear Creek Community Services District in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the System. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under title I. Title VIII:  Pine River Project, Colorado - Vallecito Dam and Reservoir Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary to convey to the Pine River Irrigation District, Colorado, an undivided five-sixths interest in the Pine River Project (the Vallecito Dam and Reservoir and associated interests) in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations under the Project.  Requires the District, prior to such conveyance, to submit to the Secretary a plan to manage the Project similarly to the manner in which it was previously managed. Provides transfer completion and administrative costs requirements identical to those provided under title I. Directs the Secretary, at the option of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in Colorado, to convey to the Tribe an undivided one-sixth interest in the Project, all interests in lands in such area over which the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) holds administrative jurisdiction, and associated water rights. Directs the:  (1) Secretary to submit to the District, the BIA, and the State of Colorado a description of the current condition of Vallecito Dam; and (2) District to work with the Army Corps of Engineers to develop a flood control plan for the operation of such Dam. Provides for:  (1) the transfer of certain inundated lands along the Reservoir; and (2) appropriate administrative jurisdiction over such lands after such transfer.",2025-04-07T15:33:31Z,
105-hr-4392,105,hr,4392,"To amend the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-08-04,1998-08-04,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-51]",CA,R,C000994,1,"Amends the San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, as an alternative by which to provide a supplemental water supply for the benefit of certain Mission Indian Bands in San Diego County, California, and the City of Escondido, California, the Escondido Mutual Water Company, and the Vista Irrigation District (local entities) to construct that portion of the All-American Canal Lining that is necessary to conserve 16,000 acre-feet of water per year and arrange to deliver such water to the Bands and such local entities by exchange or through contract with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and other parties with conveyance facilities.  Requires the right to such water to be held in perpetuity by the United States in trust for the San Luis Rey Indian Water Authority subject to such Act and the settlement agreement governing the use and disposition of supplemental water.  Authorizes appropriations for such construction, but prohibits Federal funding for operating, maintenance, or replacement costs.  Directs the Secretary to determine the impact of such works constructed on the cost of operation and maintenance and the existing regulating and storage capacity of the All-American Canal and its Coachella Branch. Requires, if the works result in any added operation and maintenance costs which exceed the benefits derived from increasing the regulating and storage capacity of the canals to the Imperial Irrigation District or the Coachella Valley Water District, the Indian Water Authority and the local entities shall reimburse the agency which experiences such additional costs on an annual basis pursuant to the Secretary's determination. States that the right to 16,000 acre-feet of water per year obtained by such construction is subject to such works being maintained so as to continue to conserve 16,000 acre-feet of water per year as compared to the situation that existed prior to the construction.  Provides for the Secretary to determine the amount of water so conserved on an ongoing basis and to allow only such water as has actually been conserved to be delivered to the Indian Water Authority and the local entities.",2025-01-02T17:51:15Z,
105-hr-4337,105,hr,4337,To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the State of Maryland for a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria.,Water Resources Development,1998-07-27,1998-10-30,Became Public Law No: 105-322.,House,"Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]",MD,R,G000180,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the State of Maryland for a pilot program to develop methods to:  (1) eradicate nutria in Maryland; (2) eradicate or control nutria in other States; and (3) develop methods to restore marshland damaged by nutria.  Directs the Secretary to require that the pilot program consist of management, research, and public education activities carried out in accordance with a certain document. Limits the Federal share of total pilot program costs to 75 percent. Limits the amount of the Federal financial assistance that may for used for administrative expenses to ten percent.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,
105-hr-4331,105,hr,4331,Fort Peck Paleontological Protection and Interpretation Act,Water Resources Development,1998-07-24,1998-08-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Hill, Rick [R-MT-At Large]",MT,R,H000605,0,"Fort Peck Paleontological Protection and Interpretation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (Secretary) to design, construct, and equip an interpretive center and museum, to be located on project lands of the Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Peck Dam, Montana. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer, without reimbursement, a specified parcel of real property to the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction to be administered as part of the project lands of the Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Peck Dam. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:13:05Z,
105-hr-4322,105,hr,4322,"To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 concerning management of the upper Mississippi River system, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-07-23,1998-08-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,17,"Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, with respect to management of the Upper Mississippi River system, to:  (1) provide for the implementation of a combined long-term resource monitoring, computerized data inventory and analysis, and applied research program; (2) revise reporting requirements to require a report every six years beginning December 31, 2004, containing an evaluation of such program, providing updates of a systemic habitat needs assessment, and identifying any needed adjustments in the authorization; (3) extend and increase authorized appropriations; and (4) extend the authorization for the transfer of appropriated amounts between authorized programs. Directs the Secretary of the Army to complete the on-going habitat needs assessment conducted under the Act not later than September 30, 2000, and to include in each six-year report the most recent habitat needs assessment conducted. Permits not more than 80 percent of the non-Federal share of first costs for activities to enhance fish and wildlife resources to be satisfied through in-kind contributions, including facilities, supplies, and services that are necessary to carry out the enhancement project.",2025-01-02T17:51:00Z,
105-hr-4294,105,hr,4294,"To amend the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to provide further for the acquisition and removal of the Elwha dam and acquisition of Glines Canyon dam and the restoration of the Elwha River ecosystem and native anadromous fisheries, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-07-21,1998-07-28,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. White, Rick [R-WA-1]",WA,R,W000391,0,"Amends the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as sums are appropriated, to acquire the Elwha and Glines Projects (Clallam County, Washington, hydroelectric power projects) for a purchase price of $29.5 million.  Conditions such acquisition on a release of the owner and local industrial consumer from liability to the United States arising from such Projects.  Prohibits the United States from assuming or satisfying the liability of such owner or consumer to any federally recognized Indian tribe. Directs the Secretary:  (1) after acquiring the Elwha Project and as soon as sums are appropriated for such purpose, to remove the Elwha dam, taking necessary action to ensure the continued availability of current water quality and quantity to specified areas and users; (2) during the removal phase, to thoroughly evaluate the removal's impact on fish runs and submit findings to the Congress; and (3) subject to appropriations, to pay specified compensation for a period of 12 years to the Clallam County Board of Commissioners for revenues lost due to such removal (with a specified condition). Directs the Secretary to continue operation of the Glines Canyon dam after the Elwha dam has been removed, subject to appropriations. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) complete a Glines Canyon engineering and design study concerning the reconfiguration of transmission lines and dam operational controls; and (2) evaluate the impact that managing such Project for fisheries restoration will have on future hydropower operations. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) develop an annual work plan that defines all requirements necessary to achieve the ecosystem restoration objectives of the Act; and (2) appoint an Independent Scientific Review Panel to review progress toward restoration of the Elwha River ecosystem and the contribution of removal of the dam toward restoration.  Requires the Panel to make recommendations to the Secretary on the work plan and removal of the Glines Canyon dam. Directs the Secretary to take steps to remove the Glines Canyon dam after receiving a Panel recommendation to do so. Prohibits, except as otherwise provided in this Act and for safety or necessary repairs, the removal or significant modification of any U.S.-owned or -operated dam or other facility on the Columbia or Snake Rivers without specific congressional approval.",2025-01-02T17:51:05Z,
105-s-2321,105,s,2321,"A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Truckee Watershed Reclamation Project for the reclamation and reuse of water.",Water Resources Development,1998-07-16,1998-07-17,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]",NV,D,R000146,0,"Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Truckee Watershed Reclamation Project for the reclamation and reuse of wastewater in and outside of the service area of Washoe County, Nevada. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 25 percent. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for project operation and maintenance.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-4223,105,hr,4223,Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act,Water Resources Development,1998-07-15,1998-10-12,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 457.",House,"Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3]",CA,D,F000053,0,"Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance for use by the Colusa Basin Drainage District, California, or by local agencies for planning, design, environmental compliance, and construction required to carry out eligible projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed to:  (1) reduce the risk of damage to urban and agricultural areas from flooding or the discharge of drainage water or tailwater; (2) assist in groundwater recharge efforts to alleviate overdraft and land subsidence; or (3) construct, restore or preserve wetland and riparian habitat; and (4) capture surface or stormwater for conservation, conjunctive use, and increased water supplies.  Requires the Secretary to ensure that funded projects are not inconsistent with watershed protection and environmental restoration efforts being carried out under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act or the CALFED Bay-Delta Program.  Directs the Secretary to require that the District and cooperating non-Federal agencies or organizations pay:  (1) 25 percent of project costs; and (2) 100 percent of project operation, maintenance, and replacement and rehabilitation costs. Permits funds appropriated pursuant to this Act to be made available:  (1) to fund all costs incurred for planning, design, and environmental compliance activities by the District or by local agencies in accordance with agreements with the Secretary; and (2) only to a District or a local agency that has entered into a binding agreement with the Secretary under which the District or local agency is required to pay the non-Federal share of construction costs and which governs the funding of planning, design, and compliance activities costs. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-07T15:32:19Z,
105-s-2293,105,s,2293,"James River, South Dakota, Flood Control Project Act of 1998",Water Resources Development,1998-07-13,1998-07-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,1,"James River, South Dakota, Flood Control Project Act of 1998 - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to:  (1) increase authorized funding for the James River, South Dakota, flood control project; and (2) direct the Secretary of the Army to enter into a programmatic agreement with the James River Water Development District, which shall perform the channel restoration and construct the improvements under such project.",2025-08-21T16:11:38Z,
105-s-2243,105,s,2243,Canadian River Project Prepayment Act,Water Resources Development,1998-06-26,1998-06-29,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]",TX,R,H001016,0,"Canadian River Project Prepayment Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, Texas, the Canadian River Project, subject to:  (1) the Authority accepting the obligations of the United States for the Project; and (2) Authority payment of a specified amount, within one year after enactment of this Act, which shall extinguish all payment obligations under a current contract. Provides continued Federal authority for the operation of recreation and flood control in the Lake Meredith area. Requires the Authority to have full responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the Sanford Dam, as well as Project pipeline and related facilities.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-2219,105,s,2219,"Missouri River Basin, Middle Loup Division Project Facilities Conveyance Act",Water Resources Development,1998-06-25,1998-06-26,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE]",NE,D,K000146,1,"Missouri River Basin, Middle Loup Division Project Facilities Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Farwell and Sargent Irrigation Projects, Nebraska, to:  (1) the Farwell Irrigation District, the Sargent Irrigation District, and the Loup Basin Reclamation District; (2) a combination of such districts; or (3) an organization established by one or more of such districts as an interlocal cooperation agency.  Includes certain related property and facilities as part of such conveyance.  Requires:  (1) certain environmental compliance prior to such conveyance; (2) specified payment by project beneficiaries and power producers as satisfaction for outstanding obligations; and (3) current irrigation and related project purposes to be continued after such conveyance. Provides for payment by the United States for required drainage work on the conveyed facilities, such payment to be 100 percent of such costs for FY 2000, but reduced by five percent for each fiscal year thereafter to zero percent for FY 2020 and thereafter. Allows project facilities to be used for fish, wildlife, and recreation uses, as long as such uses are compatible with the primary project purposes. Requires project beneficiaries, as a condition to such conveyance, to establish the Nebraska-Middle Loup River Community Environmental Trust Fund to preserve, protect, enhance, and manage project property in a manner necessary to achieve project purposes.  Prohibits such Fund from being used for routine maintenance and operation costs. Directs the Secretary to complete all investigation and preservation activities required under the National Historic Preservation Act at archaeological sites on project property. Modifies project purposes to exclude flood control.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-4111,105,hr,4111,"To provide for outlet modifications to Folsom Dam, a study for reconstruction of the Northfork American River Cofferdam, and the transfer to the State of California all right, title, and interest in and to the Auburn Dam, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-06-23,1998-10-12,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 455.",House,"Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]",CA,R,D000429,3,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the new outlets plan for modifications of Folsom Dam, California.  Requires the Secretary, upon project completion, to operate the Folsom Dam and Reservoir to the variable 400,000-600,000 acre-feet of flood control storage capacity.  Provides a 65 percent Federal cost share. Directs the Secretary to complete a study to determine the feasibility of a project to reconstruct and make safety improvements to Northfork American River Cofferdam to enable it to impound safely a minimum of 180,000 acre-feet of water.  Provides a 65 percent Federal cost share. Directs the Secretary, at the request of the Governor of California, to transfer to California all U.S. rights and interest to the Auburn Dam and Reservoir portion of the Auburn-Folsom South Unit, Central Valley Project after completion of the above projects. Reserves certain U.S. rights upon such transfer. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-07T15:33:25Z,
105-hr-4079,105,hr,4079,To authorize the construction of temperature control devices at Folsom Dam in California.,Water Resources Development,1998-06-18,1998-10-27,Became Public Law No: 105-295.,House,"Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]",CA,R,D000429,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct:  (1) a temperature control device and associated monitoring facilities on Folsom Dam to be operated as part of the Central Valley Project for the benefit and propagation of fall-run chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the American River, California; and (2) such a device and facilities on existing non-Federal facilities delivering Central Valley Project water from Folsom Reservoir. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-4060,105,hr,4060,"Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1999",Water Resources Development,1998-06-16,1998-10-07,Became Public Law No: 105-245.,House,"Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]",PA,R,M000399,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Department of Defense - Civil      Title II:  Department of the Interior      Title III:  Department of Energy      Title IV:  Independent Agencies      Title V:  General Provisions Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1999 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for FY 1999 for: (1) authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes; (2) expenses necessary for the collection and study of information related to such purposes; (3) the prosecution of authorized water development and related projects; (4) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (5) water development projects operation and maintenance; (6) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; (7) formerly utilized sites remedial action program; and (8) general expenses. Authorizes use of the Revolving Fund to renovate the General Accounting Office headquarters building in Washington, D.C. (Sec. 101) Bars application of a fully allocated funding policy to projects for which funds are identified in specified Committee reports. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake such projects using continuing contracts. (Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual when it is made known to the pertinent Federal authority that such revision provides for an increase in the springtime water release program during the spring heavy rainfall and snow melt period in States with rivers draining into the Missouri River below the Gavins Point Dam. Title II:  Department of the Interior - Makes FY 1999 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for:  (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation, water and related resources; (3) Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; (4) Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; (5) California Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration; and (6) general administrative expenses. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1999 for:  (1) energy supply programs; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (4) general DOE science and research activities; (5) nuclear waste disposal; (6) DOE administration; (7) Office of the Inspector General; (8) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (9) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (10) defense facilities closure projects; (11) defense environmental management privatization; (12) other DOE defense activities; (13) defense nuclear waste disposal; (14) the various geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including specified costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams under the Western Area Power Administration); and (15) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Sec. 301) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to:  (1) award either a management and operating contract without competitive procedures, or a contract that deviates from the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) grants a waiver on a case-by-case basis; (2) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan for DOE employees, or to provide them with enhanced severance payments or other benefits; (3) augment specified funds made available for severance payments and other benefits and community assistance grants under specified law; (4) prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for a program that has not been funded by the Congress; or (5) dispose of certain transuranic waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. (Sec. 309) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to redesignate the Office of Energy Research the Office of Science Research. (Sec. 310) Amends the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) Privatization Act to set forth a funding formula for the costs of arming and providing arrest authority to all security police officers. (Sec. 311) Prohibits the use of DOE funds to conduct pilot projects simulating external regulation unless certain Federal, State, and local regulatory agencies are included in the pilot projects. (Sec. 312) Postpones until September 30, 1999 the availability of specified funds earmarked for ""atomic energy defense activities, weapons activities"". Title IV:  Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1999 for:  (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Denali Commission; (3) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (4) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); (5) the NRC Office of the Inspector General; and (6) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. Title V:  General Provisions - Declares the sense of the Congress that all equipment and products bought with funds under this Act should be American-made.  Requires each Federal agency to give notice of this policy to any entity to which it provides financial assistance or contracts.  Bars contracts funded under this Act from being awarded to any person determined by a court or Federal agency to have falsely labelled products as made in America. (Sec. 503) Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California develop a plan, which shall conform to California water quality standards approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to classify the costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup and the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Programs as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the ""Cleanup Program--Alternative Repayment Plan"" and the ""SJVDP--Alternative Repayment Plan"" described in a specified report.  Makes San Luis Unit beneficiaries of drainage service or drainage studies responsible to reimburse the United States fully for any future obligations of Federal funds relating to, or providing for, such service or studies for the San Luis Unit. (Sec. 504) Prohibits the use of any funds to restart the High Flux Beam Reactor. (Sec. 505) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend from September 30, 1998, through September 30, 1999, the NRC's authority to assess annual charges. (Sec. 506) Cites additional purposes for the use of funds appropriated for NRC salaries and expenses, and for its Office of Inspector General. (Sec. 507) Transfers to the District of Columbia Courts for court operations certain amounts previously earmarked for other specified court services. (Sec. 508) Renames the Yolo Basin Wetlands (California), as the ""Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area."" (Sec. 509) Amends the Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 to:  (1) dedicate to Senator Dale Bumpers certain components of the National Wilderness Preservation System in Arkansas in recognition of his contributions to the designation of wilderness and to the preservation of natural resources; and (2) rename such Act as the ""Dale Bumpers Wilderness Resources Protection Act.""",2025-04-07T15:33:54Z,
105-hr-4048,105,hr,4048,Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act,Water Resources Development,1998-06-11,1998-06-25,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.,House,"Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]",CA,R,D000429,0,"Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, Camp Creek Diversion Dam and Tunnel, and conduits and canals held by the United States (the Project) to the El Dorado Irrigation District of Placerville, El Dorado County, California, in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the Project and subject to the payment by the District of the net present value of the remaining repayment obligation. Exempts the Project from application of the Reclamation Act of 1902 upon such conveyance, except that the District is required to make a specified payment into the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund as satisfaction of its obligation under Public Law 102-575.",2025-08-21T16:13:47Z,
105-s-2138,105,s,2138,"Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1999",Water Resources Development,1998-06-05,1998-06-23,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6861),Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Department of Defense - Civil      Title II:  Department of the Interior      Title III:  Department of Energy      Title IV:  Independent Agencies      Title V:  General Provisions      Title VI:  Denali Commission Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1999 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for FY 1999 for: (1) authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes; (2) expenses necessary for the collection and study of information related to such purposes; (3) the prosecution of authorized water development and related projects; (4) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (5) water development projects operation and maintenance; (6) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; (7) formerly utilized sites remedial action program; and (8) general expenses. Authorizes use of the Revolving Fund to construct an addition to the United States Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District main office building on Elmendorf Air Force Base. (Sec. 101) Bars application of a fully allocated funding policy to projects for which funds are identified in specified Committee reports.  Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake such projects using continuing contracts. (Sec. 102) Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary of the Army shall provide planning, design and construction assistance to non-Federal interests in implementing water-related environmental infrastructure and environmental resources development projects in Alaska. (Sec. 103) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual when it is made known to the pertinent Federal authority that such revision provides for an increase in the springtime water release program during the spring heavy rainfall and snow melt period in States with rivers draining into the Missouri River below the Gavins Point Dam. Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes FY 1999 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for:  (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation, water and related resources; (3) Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; (4) Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; (5) California Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration; and (6) general administrative expenses. Title III:  Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1999 for:  (1) energy supply programs; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (4) general DOE science and research activities; (5) the Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund; (6) DOE administration; (7) Office of the Inspector General; (8) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (9) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (10) defense facilities closure projects; (11) defense environmental management privatization; (12) other DOE defense activities; (13) defense nuclear waste disposal; (14) the various geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including specified costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams under the Western Area Power Administration); and (15) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Sec. 301) Prohibits funds under this Act from being used to:  (1) award either a management and operating contract without competitive procedures, or a contract that deviates from the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) grants a waiver on a case-by-case basis; (2) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan for DOE employees, or to provide them with enhanced severance payments or other benefits; (3) augment specified funds made available for severance payments and other benefits and community assistance grants under specified law; (4) prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for a program that has not been funded by the Congress; or (5) decrease the concentration of radioactive contamination in waste in order to comply with the waste acceptance criteria for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. (Sec. 307) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to redesignate the Office of Energy Research the Office of Science Research. (Sec. 308) Amends the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) Privatization Act to instruct the Secretary of Energy to reimburse a contractor or subcontractor for the costs of providing security to bring a gaseous diffusion plant into compliance with statutory guidelines. (Sec. 309) Directs the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to sell electric power at wholesale, upon the request of a joint operating entity, for the purpose of meeting the firm power loads of regional public bodies and cooperatives that are members of participants of such entity. (Sec. 311) Reduces by a specified percentage each amount made available under the headings of:  (1) Non-Defense Environmental Management; (2) Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (3) Science; (4) Departmental Administration for Energy Programs; and (5) Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration. Title IV:  Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1999 for:  (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Denali Commission; (3) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (4) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); (5) the NRC Office of the Inspector General; (6) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (7) the Tennessee Valley Authority. Title V:  General Provisions - Declares the sense of the Congress that all equipment and products bought with funds under this Act should be American-made.  Requires each Federal agency to give notice of this policy to any entity to which it provides financial assistance or contracts.  Bars contracts funded under this Act from being awarded to any person determined by a court or Federal agency to have falsely labelled products as made in America. (Sec. 505) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to pay the salary of any Department of the Interior officer or employee for the Animas-La Plata Project, in Colorado and New Mexico, except for:  (1) activities required to comply with the applicable provisions of current law; and (2) continuation of activities pursuant to the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-585). (Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California develop a plan, which shall conform to California water quality standards approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to classify the costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup and the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Programs as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the ""Cleanup Program--Alternative Repayment Plan"" and the ""SJVDP--Alternative Repayment Plan"" described in a specified report.  Makes San Luis Unit beneficiaries of drainage service or drainage studies responsible to reimburse the United States fully for any future obligations of Federal funds relating to, or providing for, such service or studies for the San Luis Unit. (Sec. 507) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend from September 30, 1998, through September 30, 1999, the NRC's authority to assess annual charges. (Sec. 508) Prohibits the use of any funds to restart the High Flux Beam Reactor. Title VI:  Denali Commission - Denali Commission Act of 1998 - Establishes the Denali Commission to develop a statewide, comprehensive plan for economic and infrastructure development, establish priorities, approve project and grant proposals, and administer funds appropriated to such Commission.  Directs the Commission to:  (1) solicit project proposals to modernize infrastructure from local governments and other organizations; (2) report annually to the President, the Chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, and the Governor of Alaska; and (3) develop a repair or replacement program for bulk fuel storage tanks in Alaska which are not in compliance with Federal and State law.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003.",2025-04-07T15:33:52Z,
105-s-2140,105,s,2140,"A bill to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Denver Water Reuse project.",Water Resources Development,1998-06-05,1998-10-08,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Denver Water Reuse project to reclaim and reuse water in the service area of the Denver Water Department of the city and county of Denver, Colorado.  Limits the Federal share of the cost of such project to 25 percent.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-2142,105,s,2142,Pine River Project Conveyance Act,Water Resources Development,1998-06-05,1998-10-08,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Pine River Project Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Pine River Irrigation District, Colorado, a specified interest of the Pine River Project (a water facilities project which includes the Vallecito Dam and Reservoir in Colorado, along with related easements and appurtenances). Extinguishes upon the conveyance date all current obligations between the District and:  (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (2) the Bureau of Land Management.  Requires the District to pay 50 percent of all title transfer costs.  Authorizes the Secretary to convey a remaining fractional interest in such Project to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of Colorado, pursuant to a specified memorandum of understanding. Provides for:  (1) the transfer of certain inundated lands along the Dam and Reservoir; and (2) appropriate administrative jurisdiction over such lands after such transfer. Prohibits such conveyance until the completion of specified events, including compliance with applicable environmental laws, issuance of a statement by the Ute Tribe to the Secretary that their trust assets have been protected, execution of an agreement acceptable to the Secretary which limits the future liability of the United States relative to the operation of the Project, and development of a flood control plan by the Secretary of the Army which shall direct the District in the operation of the Vallecito Dam for such purpose. Directs the Secretary, if the transfer is not substantially completed within 18 months from the enactment of this Act, to report to specified congressional committees on the transfer's status, obstacles, and anticipated completion date.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-3996,105,hr,3996,"To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Studies and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Alameda County Brackish Water Desalination Project for the reclamation and reuse of water, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-06-04,1998-06-09,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]",CA,D,S000810,0,"Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Studies and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Alameda County Water District, California, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Alameda County Brackish Water Desalination Project to reclaim and reuse wastewater and degraded groundwaters within and outside of the service area of the Alameda County Water District in California.  Limits the Federal share of the cost of such project to 25 percent.",2025-01-02T17:50:48Z,
105-s-2131,105,s,2131,Water Resources Development Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-06-04,1998-10-21,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,2,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Water Resources Development      Title II:  Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux           Tribe, and State of South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife                Habitat Restoration Water Resources Development Act of 1998 - Title I:  Water Resources Development - Authorizes projects for environmental restoration, flood damage reduction, shore protection, flood control, aquifer storage and recovery, and navigation in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland and Virginia, Minnesota, and North Dakota.  Authorizes projects for water resources development and conservation and related purposes, subject to a final report from the Army Chief of Engineers and approval by the Secretary of the Army, in Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri and Kansas, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Washington. (Sec. 103) Modifies projects for flood control, navigation, water conveyance, water supply storage reallocation, flood mitigation, and beach erosion control and hurricane protection (together with certain report requirements, in some cases) in Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. (Sec. 104) Deauthorizes navigation projects in Connecticut and Maine. (Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to review reports or conduct studies with respect to specified projects in Alabama, Alabama and Florida, Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Guam. (Sec. 106) Authorizes the Secretary to undertake a program to reduce flood hazards and restore the natural functions and values of riverine ecosystems throughout the United States.  Directs the Secretary to carry out appropriate studies in connection with the program.  Requires non-Federal interests to pay 35 percent of the cost of any project carried out.  Outlines project selection, policies, and criteria.  Prohibits any project from being carried out until the Secretary notifies specified congressional committees and 21 days have passed since such notification. (Sec. 107) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to provide that the non-Federal share of the costs of periodic nourishment of projects or measures for shore protection or beach erosion control shall be 50 percent, with specified exceptions. (Sec. 108) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1948 to increase to $7 million the maximum amount for small flood control projects. (Sec. 109) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1960 to authorize the Secretary to accept funds voluntarily contributed to expand the compilation and dissemination of information on floods and flood damage. (Sec. 110) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to: (1) extend through FY 2000 the Everglades and South Florida ecosystem restoration program; and (2) allow non-profit entities to enter into agreements to pay non-Federal shares of aquatic ecosystem restoration projects. (Sec. 112) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to allow non-profit entities to enter into agreements to pay non-Federal shares of the costs of projects for beneficial uses of dredged material. (Sec. 113) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1936 to allow contributions by States and political subdivisions to be used for environmental restoration activities. (Sec. 114) Authorizes the Secretary during FY 1999 through 2002 to withhold a specified amount of recreation user fees for repair and maintenance projects, interpretation, signage, habitat or facility enhancement, resource preservation, annual operation, maintenance, and law enforcement related to public use at recreation sites. (Sec. 115) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to permit studies undertaken by the Secretary concerning the Pacific region to include flood damage reduction and environmental restoration. (Sec. 116) Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for a project to protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat of the Missouri River and the middle Mississippi River.  Prohibits such plan or project from affecting water rights or private property rights.  Permits the modification of previously authorized projects in such areas.  Requires a 35 percent non-Federal cost share. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001. (Sec. 117) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit fees from being charged to non-Federal interests for an assessment of the value of the resources and the public interest served in promoting development of Outer Continental Shelf resources.  Requires full reimbursement of amounts paid by the non-Federal interests for beach erosion control and hurricane protection at Sandbridge Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as a result of such an assessment. (Sec. 118) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to: (1) include Snake Creek in Bixby, Oklahoma, as a priority work for environmental dredging activities; and (2) direct the Secretary to include primary flood damages avoided within a benefit analysis for justifying Federal non-structural flood damage reduction projects. (Sec. 120) Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to include within projects for the control of aquatic growth projects for the control of Arundo dona and tarmarix. (Sec. 121) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of:  (1) 1992 to include three water systems and projects in California and Nevada among authorized environmental infrastructure projects; (2) 1996 to include certain California and Nevada watersheds and river basins within authorized watershed management, restoration, and development; and (3) 1986 to include projects in Lake County, California, Hollis, New Hampshire, and Milford, New Hampshire, under a lakes silt and debris removal program. (Sec. 124) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire for Rhode Island a dredge and associated equipment for dredging salt ponds. (Sec. 125) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to: (1) include the Chemung River watershed, New York, under a water resources development program for the Upper Susquehanna River Basin in Pennsylvania and New York; (2) include certain projects in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania under authorized small flood control projects; and (3) include a project in Delaware Bay, New Jersey, under authorized small navigation projects. (Sec. 128) Makes the streambank protection project at Coulson Park in Billings, Montana, eligible for assistance under the Flood Control Act of 1946.  Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such projects in the Arctic Ocean, Barrow, Alaska, the Saginaw River in Bay City, Michigan, and the Monongahela River in Point Marion, Pennsylvania. (Sec. 129) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct measures to address water quality, flows, and fish habitat restoration in the historic Springfield, Oregon, millrace through reconfiguration of the existing millpond if it is determined that harmful impacts have occurred as the result of a previously constructed flood control project.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 130) Directs the Secretary to expeditiously complete certain previously authorized saltmarsh restoration activities in Sluice Creek, Guilford, Connecticut, and Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven, Connecticut. (Sec. 131) Designates the project for flood control, Eight Mile Creek, Paragould, Arkansas, as the Francis Bland Floodway Ditch. (Sec. 133) Modifies the project for flood control and other purposes at Cumberland, Maryland, to authorize the Secretary to undertake restoration of the historic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.  Specifies estimated Federal and non-Federal costs. (Sec. 134) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to: (1) add an additional project purpose to a water resource development project in the New York-New Jersey Harbor; and (2) increase the authorization of appropriations for such project. (Sec. 135) Includes Miami Beach, Florida, under a previously authorized national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program.  Increases the authorization of appropriations for small storm damage reduction projects. (Sec. 137) Directs the Secretary to accept from Oklahoma an amount to be determined as prepayment for water supply cost obligations for water supply storage at Sardis Reservoir in Oklahoma. (Sec. 138) Directs the Secretary to proceed immediately to prepare engineering design, plans, and specifications to extend certain locks on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers to provide lock chambers of specified dimension so that construction can proceed immediately upon completion of studies and authorization of projects by the Congress. (Sec. 139) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of:  (1) 1976 to reduce from 50 to 35 the percent of total cost to be borne by States for placing dredged sand on State beaches; and (2) 1986 to state that not more than 80 percent of the non-Federal share of fish and wildlife mitigation costs may be in-kind. (Sec. 141) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 relating to the Upper Mississippi River system to:  (1) add certain activities under a master plan for the improvement of the system; (2) direct the Secretary to create an independent technical advisory committee to review system projects, monitoring plans, and habitat and natural resources needs assessments; (3) require promotion of the simulation of natural river processes to the maximum extent practicable; (4) authorize appropriations for FY 1999 through 2009 for system programs; (5) require an evaluation report from the Secretary to the Congress; (6) authorize the transfer of appropriated amounts between various programs; and (7) direct the Secretary to investigate, and if appropriate, carry out restoration of urban wildlife habitat, with a special emphasis on the establishment of greenways, in the St. Louis, Missouri, area and surrounding communities. (Sec. 143) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 relating to a research and development program for Columbia River basin salmon survival to:  (1) include the Snake River in such program; (2) revise generally authorized activities under the program; (3) increase the authorization of appropriations for the development, and installation in Corps dams, of advanced hydropower turbines; and (4) direct the Secretary to carry out methods to reduce nesting populations of avian predators on dredge spoil islands in the Columbia River under the Secretary's jurisdiction (authorizes appropriations). (Sec. 144) Authorizes the Secretary to credit against non-Federal shares costs incurred in preparing environmental and other preconstruction documentation for the habitat restoration project in Nine Mile Run, Pennsylvania, if such documentation is determined to be integral to such project. (Sec. 145) Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1968 to:  (1) increase from $2 million to $5 million the amount permitted as a Federal first cost for a shore damage mitigation project before specific authorization by the Congress is required; and (2) direct the Secretary to coordinate such projects with other Federal projects in the same area and to combine such projects into a comprehensive regional project. (Sec. 146) Directs the Secretary to work with the Secretary of Transportation on a project to maintain the Larkspur Ferry Channel in Larkspur, California, as authorized under prior law. (Sec. 147) Authorizes the Secretary to study and implement a comprehensive flood impact response modeling system for the Coralville Reservoir and the Iowa River watershed, Iowa.  Requires a report to the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 148) Directs the Comptroller General to study, and report to specified congressional committees on, various alternatives for innovative financing of future construction, operation, and maintenance of projects in small and medium-sized ports. (Sec. 149) Directs the Secretary to convey all U.S. rights and interest in land acquired for the Candy Lake project in Osage County, Oklahoma.  Requires the Secretary to give prior owners the first option to purchase such lands (requiring such previous owners to be notified of such sale). (Sec. 150)  Directs the Secretary to evaluate and, if justified, carry out flood damage reduction measures along the lower Salcha River and on Piledriver Slough in Alaska, and along the Eyak River at Cordova, Alaska. (Sec. 152) Directs the Secretary to carry out ecosystem restoration and storm drainage reduction at North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, with specified Federal and non-Federal costs. (Sec. 153) Directs the Secretary to complete a water supply reallocation study at the project for flood control, Kanopolis Lake, Kansas. (Sec. 154) Authorizes a public entity designated by the New York State project director to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary with respect to a project for providing environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the New York City watershed. (Sec. 155) Directs the Secretary to review and, if consistent with project purposes, reimburse the city of Charlevoix, Michigan, for the Federal share of specified construction costs at a navigation project in Charlevoix Harbor. (Sec. 156) Authorizes the Secretary to construct the Hamilton Dam flood control project, Michigan, under authority of the Flood Control Act of 1948. (Sec. 157) Directs the Secretary and the EPA Administrator to convene the National Contaminated Sediment Task Force (established under prior law).  Requires the Task Force to report to the Congress on the status of remedial actions taken at aquatic sites in specified areas. (Sec. 158) Directs the Secretary to report biannually to the Congress on a plan for programs of the Army Corps of Engineers in the Great Lakes basin.  Directs the Secretary to request each Federal agency that may have information relevant to the Great Lakes biohydrological system to provide an inventory of such information.  Requires the Secretary to compile, analyze, and submit to the Congress, the International Joint Commission, and the Great Lakes States a report on such information.  Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress detailing the economic benefits of recreational boating in the Great Lakes basin. (Sec. 159) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to make appropriate the use of authority under such Act to control sea lamprey at any Great Lakes basin location. (Sec. 160) Authorizes the Secretary to investigate, study, evaluate, and report on water quality, environmental quality, recreation, fish and wildlife, flood control, and navigation in the western Lake Erie watershed. (Sec. 161) Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to non-Federal interests, and conduct other site-specific studies, to formulate and evaluate fish screens, passage devices, and other measures used to decrease the incidence of juvenile and adult fish inadvertently entering into irrigation systems.  Requires non-Federal interests to provide 50 percent of the cost of such assistance.  Requires a report from the Secretary to the Congress. Title II:  Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and State of South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration - Directs the State of South Dakota, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe to each develop a plan for the restoration of terrestrial wildlife habitat loss that occurred as a result of flooding related to the Big Bend and Oahe projects carried out under the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program.  Requires each plan to be submitted to the Secretary for review and submission to the appropriate congressional committees.  Provides funding for such plans and transitional provisions.  Authorizes South Dakota to use available funds to develop a program for the purchase of wildlife habitat leases and requires such leases to provide for public access for sportsmen during hunting season and for other outdoor uses covered under the lease. (Sec. 203) Establishes in the Treasury the South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund, and Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Fund, to be used to implement wildlife habitat restoration plans authorized under this title. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary to transfer to the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks specified Federal lands for fish and wildlife purposes, or public recreation purposes, in perpetuity. (Sec. 206) Directs the Secretary to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior certain Federal recreation areas, to be held in trust for the Cheyenne and Lower Brule Tribes for authorized project purposes. (Sec. 208) Requires the Secretary to arrange for the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct a comprehensive study of the potential impacts of the transfers under sections 205 and 206, above, on water flows in the Missouri River.  Prohibits such transfers until the Secretary determines, based on such study, that such transfers will not significantly reduce water flow to the downstream States of the Missouri River. (Sec. 209) Authorizes appropriations to:  (1) the Secretary, for administrative expenses and the implementation of terrestrial wildlife habitat restoration plans; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior, for administrative expenses in carrying out this title.",2025-04-07T15:34:00Z,
105-s-2127,105,s,2127,"A bill to forgive certain debt owed by the city of Dickinson, North Dakota.",Water Resources Development,1998-06-02,1998-06-05,"Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.",Senate,"Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]",ND,D,C000705,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to accept from the city of Dickinson, North Dakota, a one-time payment of $150,000 in lieu of any existing repayment obligations for construction and modification costs of the Bureau of Reclamation in placing structures on the Dickinson Dam to provide additional water capacity in Lake Patterson, North Dakota. Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the city to improve the water quality of Lake Patterson and enhance its recreational value.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-3964,105,hr,3964,"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation and reuse of water, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-05-22,1998-06-01,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]",OR,D,H000762,0,"Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation and reuse of wastewater within and outside of the service area of Salem, Oregon. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 25 percent.  Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for project operation and maintenance.",2025-04-07T15:23:30Z,
105-hr-3973,105,hr,3973,Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Restoration Reauthorization Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-05-22,1998-06-01,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1]",CA,R,R000252,1,"Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Restoration Reauthorization Act of 1998 - Amends the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act of 1984 to extend and increase authorized appropriations for the Trinity River Basin fish and wildlife management program. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that all expenditures of Federal funds for the purposes of the program are made in a manner consistent with such priorities, policies, and technical and fiscal review processes as are established by the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force. Prohibits amounts expended by a contractor for administrative, indirect, and overhead costs in carrying out a contract of less than $5,000 from exceeding 20 percent of the total amount of Federal funds obligated or expended under the contract.  Directs the Secretary to require that any bid or proposal for a contract of $5,000 or more to be funded under the management program, and any such contract, separately identify the amount that is authorized to be expended by a contractor under the contract for such costs. Requires the Task Force, not later than October 1, 2000, and every three years thereafter, to evaluate and report to the Congress on the results of, and improvements required for, the management program; and (2) initiate such changes as may be required in program policies, procedures, and activities to assure that the purposes and requirements of such Act are achieved.",2025-08-21T16:13:49Z,
105-s-2117,105,s,2117,Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-05-22,1998-10-21,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1998      Title II:  Pine River Project Conveyance Act      Title III:  Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act      Title IV:  Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, California      Title V:  Clear Creek Distribution System Conveyance      Title VI:  Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources           Management      Title VII:  Miscellaneous Provisions      Title VIII:  Carlsbad Irrigation Project Title Conveyance      Title IX:  Thomas Cole National Historic Site      Title X:  Reauthorization of Historic Preservation Fund and           Advisory Council on Historic Preservation      Title XI:  El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro National Historic           Trail      Title XII:  El Camino Real De Los Tejas National Historic           Trail      Title XIII:  Minuteman Missile National Historic Site      Title XIV:  Commercial Filming      Title XV:  Bandelier National Monument Addition      Title XVI:  Miscellaneous Territories Provisions      Title XVII:  Miscellaneous New Mexico Land Transfers Title I:  Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1998 - Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to make grants to the Perkins County Rural Water System, Inc., for the Federal share of the costs of:  (1) planning and construction of the System; and (2) repairs to existing public water distribution systems to ensure conservation of resources and to make such systems functional under the new System.  Prohibits the obligation of System construction funds until:  (1) Federal environmental compliance requirements have been met; and (2) a final System engineering report and plan has been prepared and submitted to the Congress for at least a 90-day period. Requires the mitigation of fish and wildlife losses during System construction and operation on an acre-for-acre basis, based on ecological equivalency, and concurrent with project construction. Directs the Western Area Power Administration to make available, from power produced under the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program, the capacity and energy required to meet the pumping and incidental operational requirements of the System from May 1 to October 31 of each year.  Provides power use conditions. Provides the Federal share (75 percent) of System costs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide construction oversight to a specified service area within the System, limiting oversight costs. Authorizes appropriations. Title II:  Pine River Project Conveyance Act - Pine River Project Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Pine River Irrigation District, Colorado, a specified interest of the Pine River Project (a water facilities project which includes the Vallecito Dam and Reservoir in Colorado, along with related easements and appurtenances).  Authorizes the Secretary to convey a remaining fractional interest in such Project to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of Colorado, pursuant to a specified memorandum of understanding. Provides for:  (1) the transfer of certain innundated lands along the Dam and Reservoir; and (2) appropriate administrative jurisdiction over such lands after such transfer. Requires such conveyance to occur promptly after the completion of specified events, including compliance with applicable environmental laws, issuance of a statement by the Ute Tribe that their trust assets have been protected, and development of a flood control plan by the Secretary of the Army which shall direct the District in the operation of the Vallecito Dam for such purpose.  Directs the Secretary, if the transfer is not substantially completed within 18 months after the enactment of this Act, to report to specified congressional committees on the transfer's status, obstacles, and anticipated completion date. Title III:  Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act - Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act - Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the terms of a memorandum of agreement providing for the transfer of certain works, facilities, and lands to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy to provide for and deliver Colorado River water and Parker-Davis Project Priority Use Power in accordance with existing contracts with the District. Requires the Secretary to submit a status report if such transfer has not occurred by July 1, 2000. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV:  Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, California - Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary to convey the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir, Camp Creek Diversion Dam and Tunnel, and conduits and canals held by the United States (the project) to the El Dorado Irrigation District, California. Requires the Secretary to submit a status report if such transfer has not been completed within one year after enactment of this Act. Exempts the project from application of the Reclamation Act of 1902 upon such conveyance, except that the District is required to make specified payments into the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund as satisfaction of its obligation under prior law. Title V:  Clear Creek Distribution System Conveyance - Clear Creek Distribution System Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary to convey title to the Clear Creek Distribution System in California to the Clear Creek Community Services District, in consideration of the District accepting the Government's obligations for the System. Directs the Secretary to ensure that any trust responsibilities to any Native American Indian tribes that may be affected by such transfer are protected and fulfilled. Deauthorizes the System as a Federal reclamation project facility upon the date of such conveyance. Title VI:  Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management - Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management Act - Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance for use by the Colusa Basin Drainage District, California, or by local agencies for planning, design, environmental compliance, and construction required to carry out eligible projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed to:  (1) reduce the risk of damage to urban and agricultural areas from flooding or the discharge of drainage water or tailwater; (2) assist in groundwater recharge efforts; (3) construct, restore, or preserve wetland and riparian habitat; and (4) capture surface or stormwater for conservation, conjunctive use, and increased water supplies.  Requires the Secretary to ensure that funded projects are not inconsistent with watershed protection and environmental restoration efforts being carried out under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act or the CALFED Bay-Delta Program.  Directs the Secretary to require that the District and cooperating non-Federal agencies or organizations pay:  (1) 25 percent of project costs; and (2) 100 percent of project operation, maintenance, replacement and rehabilitation costs. Permits funds appropriated pursuant to this title to be made available:  (1) to fund all costs incurred for planning, design, and environmental compliance activities by the District or by local agencies in accordance with agreements with the Secretary; and (2) only to a District or local agency that has entered into a binding agreement with the Secretary under which the District or agency is required to pay the non-Federal share of construction costs and which governs the funding of planning, design, and compliance activities costs. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to reduce (from 60 to 30 days after the Secretary has transmitted a report on an existing dam to the Congress) the required waiting period before the obligation of reclamation funds provided under such Act.  Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the:  (1) Albuquerque Metropolitan Area Water Reclamation and Reuse Project; and (2) Phoenix Metropolitan Water Reclamation and Reuse Project. Directs the Secretary to refund all amounts received by the United States as collections under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 for charges assessed for the failure to file certain certification or reporting forms.  Allows certain administrative fees to be retained. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1996 to extend the period of contract repayment for:  (1) the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Nueces River Authority under the Nueces River reclamation project, Texas; and (2) the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority under the Canadian River reclamation project, Texas. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with the Solano County Water Agency or any of its member unit contractors for water from the Solano Project, California, pursuant to the Act of February 21, 1911, (subject to a limitation on the portion of the Project that may be used) for the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water, or for the exchange of water among Project contractors, for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes, using any facilities associated with the Project. Authorizes the Secretary to use otherwise available amounts to provide up to $2 million in financial assistance to the Medford Irrigation District and Rogue River Valley Irrigation District for the design of fish passage and protective facilities at North Fork Little Butte Creek Diversion Dam and South Fork Little Butte Creek Diversion Dam in the Rogue River basin, Oregon, if the Secretary determines in writing that these facilities will enhance the fish recovery efforts currently underway at the Rogue River Project, Oregon. (Sec. 702) Directs the Secretary to waive scheduled annual payments for FY 1998 and 1999 by the city of Dickenson, North Dakota, which represent operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of a bascule gate project authorized under the Reclamation Authorization Act of 1975. Title VIII:  Carlsbad Irrigation Project Title Conveyance - Carlsbad Irrigation Project Acquired Land Transfer Act - Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Carlsbad Irrigation District, New Mexico, specified real property within the Carlsbad Project in New Mexico, all U.S. interests in Project irrigation and drainage system and related ditch rider houses, the maintenance shop and buildings, and Pecos River Flume.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress if such transfer has not been completed within 180 days after the enactment of this title. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) provide a written identification of all mineral and grazing leases in effect on Project lands; and (2) notify all leaseholders of the conveyance authorized by this title. Requires the District to assume all U.S. rights and obligations under existing mineral and grazing leases, licenses, and permits and entitles the District to any associated receipts. Requires receipts paid into the reclamation fund as Project credits to be made available for:  (1) implementing this title; and (2) Federal deficit reduction or retirement of the Federal debt. Title IX:  Thomas Cole National Historic Site - Thomas Cole National Historic Site Act - Establishes the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in New York State as an affiliated area of the National Park System.  Requires the Greene County Historical Society to continue to own, manage, and operate the Site. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with: (1) the Society for the preservation of Thomas Cole House and associated structures as well as related education, research, and interpretation activities; and (2) the State of New York, the Society, the Thomas Cole Foundation, and other entities to facilitate public understanding and enjoyment of the lives and works of the Hudson River artists. Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site. Authorizes appropriations. Title X:  Reauthorization of Historic Preservation Fund and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to authorize appropriations for the Historic Preservation Fund through FY 2004.  Extends through FY 2004 the budget authority for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Title XI:  El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail - El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, a 404-mile long trail from the Rio Grande River near El Paso, Texas, to San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, as a component of the National Trails System. Directs the Secretary to administer the trail.  Requires owner consent for any Federal land acquisition along the trail. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) encourage volunteer groups to develop and maintain the trail; and (2) consult with affected Federal, State, and tribal agencies in its administration.  Authorizes the Secretary to coordinate trail activities and programs with the Government of Mexico and U.S. and Mexican non-governmental organizations and academic institutions. Title XII:  El Camino Real de Los Tejas National Historic Trail - El Camino Real de Los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 1998 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de Los Tejas, a combination of routes extending from the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass and Laredo, Texas, to Natchitoches, Louisiana, and including the Old San Antonio Road, as a component of the National Trails System.  Authorizes the Secretary to coordinate trail activities and programs with the Government of Mexico and U.S. and Mexican non-governmental organizations and academic institutions. Title XIII:  Minuteman Missile National Historic Site - Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1998 - Establishes the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota.  Directs the Secretary, within three years after funds are made available, to prepare a general management plan for the Site. Authorizes appropriations.  Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to transfer to the Secretary any funds specifically appropriated to the Air Force in FY 1999 for the maintenance, preservation, or protection of Site facilities. Title XIV:  Commercial Filming - Authorizes the Secretary to permit the use of Interior Department lands and facilities for the making of any motion picture, television production, soundtrack, or similar project if such use is appropriate and will not impair the values and resources of such lands and facilities.  Requires the payment of a fee for such use in an amount determined to provide a sufficient return to the Government, including permit processing costs and costs of site cleanup and restoration.  Allows a lower fee to be charged if the activity provides clear educational or interpretive benefits for the Department. Title XV:  Bandelier National Monument Addition - Bandelier National Monument Administrative Improvement and Watershed Protection Act of 1998 - Modifies the boundaries of the Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, to include an additional 935 acres within the Monument's upper watershed.  Directs the Secretary to administer such lands.  Authorizes appropriations. Title XVI:  Miscellaneous Territories Provisions - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to consider American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as two separate U.S. territories for purposes of certain allotments made under such Act.  (Currently, such entities are considered one territory, with American Samoa receiving 67 percent of any such allotments and the Northern Mariana Islands receiving the remaining 33 percent.) (Sec. 1602) Amends the Housing Community Development Act of 1980 to authorize housing assistance to certain lawful resident aliens, provided that, within Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, any such alien shall not be entitled to a preference in receiving such assistance over any eligible U.S. citizen or national resident. Title XVII:  Miscellaneous New Mexico Land Transfers - Directs the Secretary to convey to Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, specified real property in Coyote, New Mexico, known as the Old Coyote Administrative Site, to be used for public purposes. (Sec. 1702) Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to convey to San Juan College in Farmington, New Mexico, certain lands in San Juan County, New Mexico, known as the Old Jicarilla, to be used for educational and recreational purposes.  Revokes a specified Public Land Order as it pertains to such land upon such conveyance.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-3928,105,hr,3928,Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Mongaup Visitor Center Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-05-21,1998-06-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20]",NY,R,G000212,0,"Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Mongaup Visitor Center Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the availability of appropriations, to:  (1) enter into a 99-year lease with the State of New York for State-owned land within the boundaries of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River located at an area known as Mongaup near the confluence of the Mongaup and Upper Delaware Rivers in New York; and (2) construct and operate a visitor center on the leased land for the River.",2025-08-21T16:14:24Z,
105-hr-3929,105,hr,3929,To extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council.,Water Resources Development,1998-05-21,1998-06-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,House,"Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20]",NY,R,G000212,0,"Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to extend, for an additional ten years, the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council.",2025-01-02T17:50:24Z,
105-s-2105,105,s,2105,A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study of the Niobrara River watershed and the operations of Fort Randall Dam and Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River to determine the feasibility of alleviating certain bank erosion and sedimentation problems.,Water Resources Development,1998-05-21,1998-05-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,1,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study of the Niobrara River watershed and the operations of Fort Randall Dam and Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River to determine the feasibility of alleviating the bank erosion, sedimentation, and related problems in the lower Niobrara River and the Missouri River below Fort Randall Dam.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
105-s-2111,105,s,2111,"A bill to establish the conditions under which the Bonneville Power Administration and certain Federal agencies may enter into a memorandum of agreement concerning management of the Columbia/Snake River Basin, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to appoint an advisory committee to make recommendations regarding activities under the memorandum of understanding, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-05-21,1998-07-14,Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]",OR,R,S001142,0,"Prescribes conditions under which the Bonneville Power Administration or any other Federal agency may enter into or implement a memorandum of understanding.  Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish an advisory committee to advise Federal agencies regarding matters addressed under any such memorandum, including the economic and social impact of proposed activities or recommendations. Instructs the Secretary to appoint committee members from among the persons nominated by the Governors of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.  Authorizes appropriations. Instructs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, upon the request of a non-Federal party to such a memorandum, to designate an official authorized to reconcile differences between the Federal agencies on issues pertinent to the memorandum. Requires each Federal agency to make available to the public all data and methodologies prepared under such a memorandum. Directs the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council to report annually to the Congress on how the recommendations concerning fish and wildlife activities under the current memorandum of understanding will be reconciled and coordinated with its activities under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Act. Requires the President to include in each fiscal year budget for each Federal agency the amount of budget authority and outlays proposed to be expended in the Columbia-Snake River Basin.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-2087,105,s,2087,Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act,Water Resources Development,1998-05-18,1998-10-10,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]",AZ,R,K000352,1,"Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the terms of a memorandum of agreement providing for the transfer of works, facilities, and lands to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Energy to provide for and deliver Colorado River water and Parker-Davis Project Priority Use Power in accordance with existing contracts with the District. Requires the Secretary to submit a status report if such transfer has not occurred by July 1, 2000. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-3866,105,hr,3866,Water Resources Development Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-05-14,1998-05-26,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9]",PA,R,S000394,3,"Water Resources Development Act of 1998 - Authorizes projects for flood damage reduction, or flood damage reduction and recreation, in California, Louisiana, Minnesota and North Dakota, and Puerto Rico. (Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to undertake a program to perform studies and carry out projects to reduce flood hazards and restore natural functions and values of riverine ecosystems throughout the United States.  Outlines cost-sharing requirements.  Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees before carrying out a project.  Requires independent program review.  Provides a per-project limit of $75 million.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2004. (Sec. 5) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to provide the non-Federal share of the costs of periodic beach nourishment or shore protection projects. (Sec. 6) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1948 to increase to $7 million the maximum amount for small flood control projects. (Sec. 7) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1960 to state that a limitation on funding for the compilation and dissemination of information on floods and flood damage shall not apply to funds voluntarily contributed in order to expand the scope of such services. (Sec. 8) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to: (1) extend through FY 2000 the Everglades and South Florida ecosystem restoration program; and (2) allow non-profit entities to enter into agreements to pay non-Federal shares of aquatic ecosystem restoration projects. (Sec. 10) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to allow non-profit entities to enter into agreements to pay non-Federal shares of the costs of projects for beneficial uses of dredged material. (Sec. 11) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with non-Federal and non-profit entities to facilitate collaborative efforts for environmental protection and restoration, natural resources, conservation, and recreation in connection with the development, operation, and management of water resources projects. (Sec. 12) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1936 to allow contributions by States and political subdivisions to be used for environmental restoration activities. (Sec. 13) Authorizes the Secretary during FY 1999 through 2002 to withhold a specified amount of recreation user fees for backlogged repair and maintenance projects, interpretation, signage, habitat or facility enhancement, resource preservation, annual operation, maintenance, and law enforcement related to public use at recreation sites. (Sec. 14) Directs the Secretary, within a year after enactment of this Act and every five years thereafter, to review the Shoreline Management Program administered by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) at Army projects to determine Program costs. (Sec. 15) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to permit studies undertaken by the Secretary concerning the Pacific region to include flood damage reduction and environmental restoration. (Sec. 16) Establishes the Water Resources Foundation, a nonprofit District of Columbia corporation, to:  (1) encourage, accept, and administer gifts of money and property for Corps activities and services in managing natural resources at Army water resources development projects; and (2) undertake and conduct other activities to further the conservation and management of natural, scenic, historic, and recreational resources at such projects.  Provides, with respect to the Foundation, for:  (1) conflict of interest prohibitions; (2) tax-exempt status; (3) a Board of Directors; (4) corporate powers and obligations; and (5) an authorization of appropriations for FY 1999 through 2001. (Sec. 17) Directs the Secretary to establish and collect fees from applicants for the evaluation of commercial permit applications, the preparation of environmental impact statements in connection with such applications, and the delineation of wetlands for major developments affecting wetlands.  Establishes in the Treasury the Army Civil Works Regulatory Program Account for the deposit and expenditure of such fees. (Sec. 18) Authorizes the Secretary to acquire from willing sellers land and property in the vicinity of Pierre, South Dakota, or to floodproof or relocate other property, in order to provide full operational capability for the Missouri River Main Stem dams that are part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program.  Requires non- Federal interests to pay 35 percent of such costs. (Sec. 19) Directs the Secretary to finalize a report, together with recommendations, identifying a general implementation strategy and overall plan for environmental restoration and protection along the Lower Missouri River between Gavins Point Dam and the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. (Sec. 20) Authorizes the Secretary to permit the non-Federal sponsor for the project for flood control, Moorefield, West Virginia, to pay without interest the remaining non-Federal project cost over a period to be determined by the Secretary, but not to exceed 30 years.",2025-08-21T16:13:54Z,
105-s-2041,105,s,2041,"A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation and reuse of water, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-05-07,1998-10-08,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]",OR,R,S001142,1,"Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation and reuse of wastewater within and outside of the service area of Salem, Oregon. Limits the Federal share of the cost of such project to 25 percent. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for project operation and maintenance.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hconres-261,105,hconres,261,Recognizing the importance of rivers to the United States and supporting efforts to inform and educate the people of the United States regarding rivers and the importance of their preservation.,Water Resources Development,1998-04-28,1998-04-28,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,House,"Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]",RI,D,K000113,0,Recognizes the importance of rivers and streams to the Nation and supports activities to promote public education about river and stream preservation.,2025-01-02T17:43:45Z,
105-hr-3737,105,hr,3737,"To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the remainder of the project at East Boothbay Harbor, Maine.",Water Resources Development,1998-04-28,1998-05-11,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]",ME,D,A000357,0,"Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the remainder of the project for navigation at East Boothbay Harbor, Maine.",2025-01-02T17:50:08Z,
105-hr-3715,105,hr,3715,Pine River Project Conveyance Act,Water Resources Development,1998-04-23,1998-07-16,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.,House,"Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]",CO,R,M000477,0,"Pine River Project Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Pine River Irrigation District, Colorado, a specified interest of the Pine River Project (a water facilities project which includes the Vallecito Dam and Reservoir in Colorado, along with related easements and appurtenances).  Authorizes the Secretary to convey a remaining fractional interest in such Project to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of Colorado, pursuant to a specified memorandum of understanding. Provides for:  (1) the transfer of certain inundated lands along the Dam and Reservoir; and (2) appropriate administrative jurisdiction over such lands after such transfer. Requires the conveyance under this Act to occur promptly after the completion of specified events, including compliance with applicable environmental laws, issuance of a statement by the Ute Tribe that their trust assets have been protected, and development of a flood control plan by the Secretary of the Army which shall direct the District in the operation of the Vallecito Dam for such purpose.  Directs the Secretary, if the transfer is not substantially completed, to report to specified congressional committees within 18 months after the enactment of this Act on the transfer's status, obstacles, and anticipated completion date.",2025-08-21T16:14:08Z,
105-hr-3706,105,hr,3706,Clear Creek Distribution System Conveyance Act,Water Resources Development,1998-04-22,1998-07-16,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.,House,"Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]",CA,R,H000528,0,"Clear Creek Distribution System Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to the Clear Creek Distribution System, California, to the Clear Creek Community Services District under the terms and conditions of a specified agreement between the United States and such District. Deauthorizes the Distribution System as a Federal reclamation project facility on the date of such conveyance.",2025-08-21T16:12:35Z,
105-hr-3698,105,hr,3698,"To provide for improved flood protection along the American River Watershed, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-04-21,1998-05-04,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5]",CA,D,M000249,4,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to:  (1) complete a feasibility study of enlarging the river outlets of the Folsom Dam, California, and constructing new river outlets below its emergency spillway; and (2) modify an Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) prior report, if necessary.  Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the Folsom Dam and levee modification as described in the report. Directs the Secretary to complete a study of feasible options for the safe passage of 180,000 cubic feet of flow water under the Howe Avenue bridge, California, or a replacement crossing for such bridge. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a project to implement the best option. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the downstream levee improvement project of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project as described in the Corps report. Sets at 75 percent the Federal share of the costs for loss of water and power resources as a result of the above projects.  Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a long-term plan to finance such share. Directs the Secretary, upon completion of such projects, to operate the Folsom Dam and Reservoir to the variable 400,000-600,000 acre-feet of flood control storage capacity. Directs the Secretary to complete the American River Watershed Investigation and report results to the Congress, together with recommendations for reducing Watershed flood risks.",2025-04-07T15:33:25Z,
105-hr-3669,105,hr,3669,Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-04-01,1998-04-13,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]",CO,R,M000477,0,"Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1998 - Limits to $100 million the costs of capital projects undertaken for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River recovery implementation programs (as agreed to in 1988). Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to undertake capital projects under this Act.  Terminates in 2005 and 2007, respectively, the authority of the Secretary to request appropriations to implement such projects for the recovery programs in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River basins.   Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) enter into agreements for non-federal contributions to project costs; and (2) utilize for such projects power revenues collected pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act.  Limits such contributions with respect to each recovery program.  Requires the Secretary to report to specified committees and subcommittees on the utilization of such power revenues. Authorizes the retention of appropriated but unexpended project funds for use in future fiscal years. States that nothing in this Act shall restrict the Secretary from funding activities or capital items in accordance with the Federal Government's Indian trust responsibility.",2025-08-21T16:12:20Z,
105-hr-3677,105,hr,3677,"To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain works, facilities, and titles of the Gila Project, and Designated Lands within or adjacent to the Gila Project, to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-04-01,1998-07-16,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.,House,"Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-2]",AZ,D,P000099,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior, after payment to the United States of appropriate consideration, to transfer certain works, facilities, and titles of the Gila Project, Arizona, as well as designated lands within or adjacent to such Project, to the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District in Arizona.  Requires the Secretary to continue to deliver water to the District under the terms of a current consolidated contract. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the status of such transfer, any transfer obstacles, and the anticipated transfer completion date.",2025-04-07T15:33:31Z,
105-hr-3687,105,hr,3687,Canadian River Project Prepayment Act,Water Resources Development,1998-04-01,1998-10-30,Became Public Law No: 105-316.,House,"Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]",TX,R,T000238,2,"Canadian River Project Prepayment Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in consideration of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority accepting the obligation of the Federal Government for the Canadian River Project, Texas (a water reclamation project), and subject to a specified payment by the Authority, to convey the Project to the Authority as provided under the Canadian River Project Authorization Act. Directs the Secretary, acting through the National Park Service, to continue to operate the Lake Meredith National Recreation Area. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to continue to prescribe regulations for the use of storage allocated to flood control at Lake Meredith as prescribed in a certain Letter of Understanding. Grants the Authority the right to occupy and use without payment of lease or rental charges or license or user fees the property retained by the Bureau of Reclamation at Sanford Dam for use as a headquarters and maintenance facility. Provides party rights and obligations under current contract obligations and in relationship to other laws.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-1904,105,s,1904,"A bill to amend the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to provide further for the acquisition and removal of the Elwha dam and acquisition of Glines Canyon dam and the restoration of the Elwha River ecosystem and native anadromous fisheries, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1998-04-01,1998-04-24,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3578-3579),Senate,"Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA]",WA,R,G000333,0,"Amends the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as sums are appropriated, to acquire the Elwha and Glines Canyon Projects (Clallam County, Washington, hydroelectric power projects) for a purchase price of $29.5 million.  Conditions such acquisition on a release of the owners and local industrial consumer from liability to the United States arising from such Projects.  Prohibits the United States from assuming or satisfying the liability of such owners or consumer to any federally recognized Indian tribe. Directs the Secretary:  (1) after acquiring the Elwha Project, to remove the Elwha dam, taking necessary action to ensure the continued availability of current water quality and quantity to specified areas and users; (2) for a period of 12 years during such removal, to thoroughly evaluate the removal's impact on fish runs; and (3) to pay specified compensation to the Clallam County Board of Commissioners for revenues lost due to such removal (with a specified condition). Directs the Secretary to continue operation of, and not commence removal of, the Glines Canyon dam for a period of 12 years after the Elwha dam has been removed.  Authorizes the Secretary, after such period, to remove the Glines Project if the benefit to fisheries and natural restoration of the Elwha River exceeds the value of power and the desirability of the lake by a margin sufficient to warrant the expenditure of the removal cost.  Directs the Secretary to:  (1) complete a Glines Canyon engineering and design study concerning the reconfiguration of Canyon transmission lines and dam operational controls during the 12-year period; and (2) evaluate the impact that managing such Project for fisheries restoration will have on future hydropower operations. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a comprehensive fish enhancement plan with the Elwha Citizens Commission, the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and other entities directly affected by management decisions on the Elwha River. Prohibits, unless specifically authorized by an Act of Congress, any Federal or State agency from taking any action that would impair or reduce the flood control facilities, power generation capabilities, reservoir levels, and related components within the Columbia-Snake River basin.  Prohibits any action above Columbia River mile 106 that would reduce the congressionally required minimum 14-foot navigation channel and navigation lock sill clearance at minimum regulated flow, except as necessary for flood control or maintenance and repairs. Limits Federal or State judicial review with respect to actions concerning such basin.  Provides a civil action for persons whose interests may be adversely affected by a violation of this section.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
105-s-1749,105,s,1749,Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-03-12,1998-03-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]",CO,R,A000109,1,"Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery Act of 1998 - Limits to $100 million the costs of capital projects undertaken for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River recovery implementation programs (as agreed to in 1988). Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to undertake capital projects under this Act.  Terminates in 2003 and 2007, respectively, the authority of the Secretary to request appropriations to implement such projects for the recovery programs in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River basins.  Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) enter into agreements for non-federal contributions to project costs; and (2) utilize for such projects power revenues collected pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act.  Limits such contributions with respect to each recovery program.  Requires the Secretary to report to specified committees and subcommittees on the utilization of such power revenues. Authorizes the retention of appropriated but unexpended project funds for use in future fiscal years. States that nothing in this Act shall restrict the Secretary from funding activities or capital items in accordance with the Federal Government's Indian trust responsibility.",2025-08-21T16:11:10Z,
105-hres-380,105,hres,380,Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no change in the water level of Lake Powell is justified or appropriate.,Water Resources Development,1998-03-05,1998-03-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.,House,"Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]",UT,R,C000116,27,Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that no change in the water level of Lake Powell is justified or appropriate.,2025-01-02T17:44:34Z,
105-s-1716,105,s,1716,Sonny Bono Memorial Salton Sea Restoration Act,Water Resources Development,1998-03-05,1998-10-21,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12905-12906),Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,1,"Sonny Bono Memorial Salton Sea Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to prepare an action plan to restore the Salton Sea, located in Imperial and Riverside Counties, California.  Outlines plan requirements, including reducing and stabilizing salinity, stabilizing surface elevation, restoring fish and wildlife resources, and enhancing recreational use and economic development.  Requires the plan to include a feasibility study of the various alternatives for such remediation, the development of one or more of such options, and the development of a remediation plan implementing such options. Requires the feasibility study to be completed under a memorandum of understanding between the Secretary, the Salton Sea Authority, and the Governor of California. Preserves all current rights and obligations concerning Colorado River water use. Requires an interim and final report from the Secretary to the Congress on the findings and recommendations of the action plan.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary, 30 days after submission of such final report, to carry out a Salton Sea remediation project based on the preferred option recommended in the final report, unless otherwise directed by the Congress.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, concurrently with the action plan, to enter into contracts, cooperative grants and agreements with Federal and non-federal entities to conduct studies of hydrology, wildlife pathology, and toxicology relating to wildlife resources of the Salton Sea.  Directs the Secretary to establish the Salton Sea Research Management Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary on study topics and their management.  Authorizes appropriations. Renames the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge as the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. Requires the Secretary, if it is determined during such studies that environmental conditions at the Salton Sea warrant immediate emergency action to stabilize salinity, to report to the Congress on such conditions and make recommendations for remediation.",2025-08-21T16:14:31Z,
105-hr-3260,105,hr,3260,"To amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act to exclude Lake Champlain from the definition of the Great Lakes, which was added by the National Sea Grant College Program Reauthorization Act of 1998.",Water Resources Development,1998-02-25,1998-03-02,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]",MI,R,U000031,33,"Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act to explicitly exclude Lake Champlain from the definition of ""Great Lakes.""  (Current law explicitly includes Lake Champlain in that definition.)",2025-01-02T17:49:31Z,
105-hr-3267,105,hr,3267,Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-02-25,1998-11-12,Became Public Law No: 105-372.,House,"Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]",CA,R,H000981,36,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Salton Sea Feasibility Study      Title II:  Emergency Action to Improve Water Quality in the           Alamo River and New River Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 1998 - Title I:  Salton Sea Feasibility Study - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, by January 1, 2000, to complete all feasibility studies and cost analyses with respect to a feasibility study for the reclamation of the Salton Sea, located in Imperial and Riverside Counties, California, which shall include options for achieving salinity reduction and stabilization, stabilizing surface elevation, restoring fish and wildlife resources, and enhancing recreational use and economic development.  Requires a report to specified congressional committees containing proposed options and recommendations.  Directs the Secretary to carry out the study under a memorandum of understanding entered into by the Secretary, the Salton Sea Authority, and the Governor of California. Prohibits the inclusion of any option that relies on the importation of any new or additional water from the Colorado River.  Preserves all current rights and obligations concerning Colorado River water use. Directs the Secretary to conduct, concurrently with the feasibility study, studies of hydrology, wildlife pathology, and toxicology relating to wildlife resources of the Salton Sea by Federal and non-Federal sources.  Directs the Secretary to establish the Salton Sea Research Management Committee to select and manage such studies. Authorizes appropriations. Renames the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge as the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. Title II:  Emergency Action to Improve Water Quality in the Alamo River and New River - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to promptly conduct research and construct river reclamation and wetlands projects to improve water quality in the Alamo and New Rivers in Imperial County, California, by treating water in those rivers and irrigation drainage water that flows into those rivers.  Directs the Secretary to establish a long-term monitoring program to maximize the effectiveness of any wetlands developed under this Act.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-07T15:32:24Z,
105-s-1672,105,s,1672,Missouri River Erosion Control Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-02-24,1998-02-24,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,1,"Missouri River Erosion Control Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to alleviate bank erosion and related problems associated with reservoir releases along the Missouri River between Fort Peck Dam, Montana, and a point 77 (currently, 58) miles downstream of Gavins Point Dam, South Dakota, and Nebraska.  Increases from $3 million to $6 million per fiscal year the authorized costs for such measures. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire land along River segments administered as recreational rivers. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake River erosion control measures on behalf of a non-Federal entity if such entity agrees to contribute 35 percent of the costs.",2025-08-21T16:14:03Z,
105-hr-3243,105,hr,3243,Alternative Water Source Development Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1998-02-12,1998-02-26,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5]",FL,D,T000253,21,"Alternative Water Source Development Act of 1998 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program for making grants for the development and construction of alternative water source projects to State, interstate, and intrastate water resource development agencies and local government agencies that have authority to develop water resources for potable, commercial, industrial, or agricultural uses.  Permits grants only for agencies in States experiencing critical water supply needs. Requires the Administrator to carry out such program to:  (1) demonstrate methods of developing alternative water source technologies; and (2) protect groundwater from overpumping and to preserve minimum flows and levels of surface water bodies. Permits grants only to agencies that have:  (1) engaged in a planning effort to assess the availability of water resources and the need to develop alternative sources and have produced a comprehensive water resource plan to meet expected water resource needs for a 20-year period; (2) demonstrated that currently available water resources will not be sufficient to provide for expected potable, commercial, industrial, and agricultural needs over the next 20 years; and (3) agreed to provide 50 percent of the cost of the project to be funded with the grant. Makes agencies of States eligible for assistance or receiving funds under the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 ineligible for grants under this Act. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress on the program, together with an analysis of whether program purposes have been realized and recommendations for administrative and legislative actions. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:14:30Z,
105-s-1607,105,s,1607,"A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to carry out an environmental restoration and enhancement project at the Eastern Channel of the Lockweeds Folly River, Brunswick County, North Carolina.",Water Resources Development,1998-02-04,1998-02-04,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC]",NC,R,F000437,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out an environmental restoration project at the Eastern Channel of the Lockwoods Folly River, Brunswick County, North Carolina.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-07T13:48:08Z,
105-hr-3056,105,hr,3056,"To provide for the preservation and sustainability of the family farm through the transfer of responsibility for operation and maintenance of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, Montana.",Water Resources Development,1997-11-13,1998-10-12,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 456.",House,"Rep. Hill, Rick [R-MT-At Large]",MT,R,H000605,2,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to offer to enter into a contract with the irrigation district for the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, under which the district will operate and manage the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, including the right to use permanent easements purchased under a prior Act.  Outlines contract requirements, including U.S. fulfillment of trust responsibilities to such Tribe, the maintenance of water flows, and the continuation of certain existing cost repayment obligations.",2025-04-07T15:31:32Z,
105-s-1527,105,s,1527,Walker River Basin Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-11-13,1997-11-14,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]",NV,D,R000146,0,"Walker River Basin Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, specified locally affected interests, and the State of California to initiate negotiations for the comprehensive and permanent settlement of all claims to waters of the Walker River in California and Nevada.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on any legislation required under the terms of such settlement. Authorizes the Secretary to provide funds and technical assistance for the development and implementation of studies, pilot projects, or long-term projects necessary in the negotiation of such settlement. Makes the Federal share 75 percent of the total cost of any such study or project, with the remaining amounts allocated among the locally affected interests, California, and Nevada.  Authorizes appropriations. Provides for the protection and administration of U.S. water rights in Walker River water. Provides a moratorium against any other claims concerning Walker River water for one year after the enactment of this Act and during the period of any required study or project. Prohibits:  (1) information derived from a study or project from being used for purposes other than the negotiation of a settlement; and (2) the Secretary from undermining, contradicting, or diminishing the water rights confirmed under the Walker River Decree (a decree issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada).",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-1531,105,s,1531,"A bill to deauthorize certain portions of the project for navigation, Bass Harbor, Maine.",Water Resources Development,1997-11-13,1998-06-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,Senate,"Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]",ME,R,S000663,1,"Deauthorizes described portions of the project for navigation, Bass Harbor, Maine, originally authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1960.",2025-04-07T15:23:27Z,
105-s-1532,105,s,1532,"A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the remainder of the project at East Boothbay Harbor, Maine.",Water Resources Development,1997-11-13,1998-10-21,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,Senate,"Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]",ME,R,S000663,1,"Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the remainder of the project for navigation at East Boothbay Harbor, Maine.",2025-04-07T15:23:27Z,
105-s-1515,105,s,1515,Dakota Water Resources Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-11-10,1998-07-14,Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Hearings held.,Senate,"Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]",ND,D,C000705,1,"Dakota Water Resources Act of 1997 - Amends Federal provisions relating to the Garrison water diversion unit, North Dakota (part of the Missouri River Basin Project), to include within the authorized purposes of such unit the development of municipal, rural, and industrial water systems, groundwater recharge, augmented stream flows, irrigation, and enhanced fish and wildlife habitat and other natural resources.  (Currently, only irrigation is authorized.) Authorizes the State of North Dakota (currently, only the Secretary of the Interior) to plan and construct within North Dakota a multipurpose water resource development irrigation project.  Makes nonreimbursable all features constructed by the Secretary before the enactment of this Act.  Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with North Dakota for the operation and maintenance of the completed unit facilities and the design and construction by the State of new unit facilities.  Makes the Secretary responsible for mitigation and enhancement measures associated with features so constructed. (Sec. 3) Repeals a provision prohibiting the Secretary from altering the status of Sheyenne Lake National Wildlife Refuge prior to the completion of construction of Lonetree Dam and Reservoir. (Sec. 4) Excludes certain areas in North Dakota within which the Secretary is authorized to develop irrigation facilities. (Sec. 5) Prohibits irrigation costs from resulting in any reallocation of project costs or increased rates to Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin customers. (Sec. 6) Revises provisions authorizing the construction of municipal, rural, and industrial water systems in North Dakota to:  (1) reduce from 25 to 15 percent the non-Federal share of construction costs; (2) authorize the State to use Federal and non-Federal funds for grants or loans for such systems; (3) make additional projects eligible for such funding; (4) direct the Secretary and the State to jointly submit to the Congress a report on the comprehensive water quality and quantity needs of the Red River Valley and the options for meeting those needs; (5) direct the Secretary to prepare and complete a draft environmental impact statement with respect to such needs; (6) direct the State to select one or more options for meeting such needs; (7) authorize the State to develop and implement a State water conservation program; and (8) make nonreimbursable the cost of certain water system features constructed on the Missouri River by the Secretary of the Army before the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 7) Authorizes and directs the Secretary to construct a feature or features to deliver water to the Sheyenne River water supply and release facility or such other feature(s) as selected by the State. Deauthorizes the Lonetree Dam and Reservoir.  Authorizes and directs the Secretary to contract with the State for the operation and maintenance of the Lonetree wildlife conservation area. (Sec. 8) Prohibits authorized Federal funds from being used to subsidize the irrigation of any crop at the Oakes Test Area after one year after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 9) Authorizes additional appropriations to carry out provisions added by this Act. (Sec. 10) Renames the Wetlands Trust (as established under the prior Federal provisions) the Natural Resources Trust and provides additional Federal contributions to such Trust. (Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to cause to be performed a review of the options for bank stabilization of the Missouri River downstream of the Garrison Dam in North Dakota.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-3012,105,hr,3012,Dakota Water Resources Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-11-09,1997-11-19,Executive Comment Requested from Bur Reclamation.,House,"Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]",ND,D,P000422,0,"Dakota Water Resources Act of 1997 - Amends Federal provisions relating to the Garrison water diversion unit, North Dakota (part of the Missouri River Basin Project), to include within the authorized purposes of such unit the development of municipal, rural, and industrial water systems, groundwater recharge, augmented stream flows, irrigation, and enhanced fish and wildlife habitat and other natural resources.  (Currently, only irrigation is authorized.) Authorizes the State of North Dakota (currently, only the Secretary of the Interior) to plan and construct within North Dakota a multipurpose water resource development irrigation project.  Makes nonreimbursable all features constructed by the Secretary before the enactment of this Act.  Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with North Dakota for the operation and maintenance of the completed unit facilities and the design and construction by the State of new unit facilities.  Makes the Secretary responsible for mitigation and enhancement measures associated with features so constructed. (Sec. 3) Repeals a provision prohibiting the Secretary from altering the status of Sheyenne Lake National Wildlife Refuge prior to the completion of construction of Lonetree Dam and Reservoir. (Sec. 4) Excludes certain areas in North Dakota within which the Secretary is authorized to develop irrigation facilities. (Sec. 5) Prohibits irrigation costs from resulting in any reallocation of project costs or increased rates to Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin customers. (Sec. 6) Revises provisions authorizing the construction of municipal, rural, and industrial water systems in North Dakota to:  (1) reduce from 25 to 15 percent the non-Federal share of construction costs; (2) authorize the State to use Federal and non-Federal funds for grants or loans for such systems; (3) make additional projects eligible for such funding; (4) direct the Secretary and the State to jointly submit to the Congress a report on the comprehensive water quality and quantity needs of the Red River Valley and the options for meeting those needs; (5) direct the Secretary to prepare and complete a draft environmental impact statement with respect to such needs; (6) direct the State to select one or more options for meeting such needs; (7) authorize the State to develop and implement a State water conservation program; and (8) make nonreimbursable the cost of certain water system features constructed on the Missouri River by the Secretary of the Army before the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 7) Authorizes and directs the Secretary to construct a feature or features to deliver water to the Sheyenne River water supply and release facility or such other feature(s) as selected by the State. Deauthorizes the Lonetree Dam and Reservoir.  Authorizes and directs the Secretary to contract with the State for the operation and maintenance of the Lonetree wildlife conservation area. (Sec. 8) Prohibits authorized Federal funds from being used to subsidize the irrigation of any crop at the Oakes Test Area after one year after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 9) Authorizes additional appropriations to carry out provisions added by this Act. (Sec. 10) Renames the Wetlands Trust (as established under the prior Federal provisions) the Natural Resources Trust and provides additional Federal contributions to such Trust. (Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to cause to be performed a review of the options for bank stabilization of the Missouri River downstream of the Garrison Dam in North Dakota.",2025-08-21T16:11:31Z,
105-hr-2947,105,hr,2947,Walker River Basin Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-11-08,1997-11-19,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]",NV,R,G000152,0,"Walker River Basin Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, specified locally affected interests, and the State of California to initiate negotiations for the comprehensive and permanent settlement of all claims to waters of the Walker River in California and Nevada.  Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on any legislation required under the terms of such settlement. Directs the Secretary to assist in the development and implementation of studies, pilot projects, or long-term projects necessary in the negotiation of such settlement.  Makes the Federal share 75 percent of the total cost of any such study or project, with the remaining amounts allocated among the locally affected interests, California, and Nevada.  Authorizes appropriations. Provides for the protection and administration of U.S. water rights in Walker River water. Provides a moratorium against any other claims concerning Walker River water for one year after the enactment of this Act and during the period of any required study or project. Prohibits:  (1) information derived from a study or project from being used for purposes other than the negotiation of a settlement; and (2) the Secretary from undermining, contradicting, or diminishing the water rights confirmed under the Walker River Decree (a decree issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada).",2025-08-21T16:12:39Z,
105-hr-2949,105,hr,2949,To authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project to protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat of the Missouri River and the middle Mississippi River.,Water Resources Development,1997-11-08,1997-11-21,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]",MO,R,H000948,5,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan for a project to protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat of the Missouri River and middle Mississippi River (from the mouth of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Missouri River).  Prohibits such plan from adversely affecting:  (1) the water-related needs of the region surrounding such rivers; and (2) private property rights.  Requires specified plan activities, and requires such activities to be integrated with other related Federal and State activities. Directs the Secretary to provide for public review and comment on such plan.  Requires plan compliance with applicable environmental laws.  Provides Federal and non-Federal shares of project costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2004.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
105-hr-2973,105,hr,2973,Sportfishing and Boating Improvement Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-11-08,1998-03-03,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]",TN,D,T000038,38,"Sportfishing and Boating Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends the Act popularly known as the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act to increase: (1) the regional average that States must allocate from specified appropriations for certain recreational boating purposes; and (2) the limit on State funding for aquatic resource education, outreach, and communications (currently, for aquatic resource education and outreach) programs. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop and implement a national plan for outreach and communications.  Authorizes grants and contracts to carry out the plan.  Requires States to develop an outreach and communications plan. (Sec. 4) Requires that, of the balance remaining after the annual initial distribution of funds from appropriations to carry out the Act, certain amounts be used for programs and projects under specified provisions of:  (1) Federal law relating to State recreational boating safety programs; (2) the Clean Vessel Act of 1992; and (3) this Act. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to adopt a national framework for a public boat access needs assessment.  Requires States to conduct the assessments unless the Secretary certifies that a State is implementing a plan that ensures adequate access.  Allows States to fund the assessments from amounts dedicated to access to recreational waters under existing provisions. Mandates matching grants to States for up to 75 percent of the cost of facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels. (Sec. 6) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the date on which the tax rate on diesel fuel and nonaviation gasoline decreases and the date until which amounts attributable to motorboat fuel taxes must be transferred from the Highway Trust Fund to the Boat Safety Account in the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund.  Decreases the aggregate limit on transfers during any fiscal year and removes the limit on the amount in the Account.  Extends the date until which amounts attributable to small-engine fuel taxes must be transferred from the Highway Trust Fund into the Sport Fish Restoration Account in the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund and the date until which Boat Safety Account funds are available for expenditures to carry out recreational boat safety provisions.",2025-08-21T16:12:30Z,
105-s-1398,105,s,1398,Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1997-11-07,1998-10-21,Referred to the House Committee on Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]",WY,R,T000162,3,"Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to extend through December 31, 2000, each of ten specified water service or repayment contracts for the Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project. Requires such contracts to be extended for the same term that the Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research and Other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats Along the Central Platte River, Nebraska, is extended, but not beyond December 31, 2001. Provides that the contracts shall be subject to renewal on the date that such Agreement terminates if it terminates before December 31, 2000.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-1399,105,s,1399,A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project to protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat of the Missouri River and the middle Mississippi River.,Water Resources Development,1997-11-07,1997-11-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]",MO,R,B000611,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan for a project to protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat of the Missouri River and middle Mississippi River (from the mouth of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Missouri River).  Prohibits such plan from adversely affecting:  (1) the water-related needs of the region surrounding such rivers; and (2) private property rights.  Requires specified plan activities, and requires such activities to be integrated with other related Federal and State activities. Directs the Secretary to provide for public review and comment on such plan.  Requires plan compliance with applicable environmental laws.  Provides Federal and non-Federal shares of project costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2004.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
105-s-1425,105,s,1425,"A bill to provide for the preservation and sustainability of the family farm through the transfer of responsibility for operation and maintenance of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, Montana.",Water Resources Development,1997-11-07,1997-11-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]",MT,R,B001126,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within one year after the enactment of this Act, to offer to enter into a contract with the irrigation district for the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, under which the district will operate and manage the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project, including the right to use permanent easements purchased under a prior Act. Terminates any such contract if a U.S. court finds that the district has operated, and persists in operating, the Project in such a manner as likely to damage tribal trust assets.",2025-06-20T19:33:16Z,
105-s-1456,105,s,1456,"A bill to authorize an interpretive center at Fort Peck Dam, Montana.",Water Resources Development,1997-11-07,1997-11-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.,Senate,"Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]",MT,D,B000243,1,"Authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife to construct and equip a historical, cultural, and paleontological interpretive center and museum at Fort Peck Dam, Montana.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-01-02T17:54:45Z,
105-hr-2795,105,hr,2795,Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1997-11-04,1998-10-27,Became Public Law No: 105-293.,House,"Rep. Barrett, Bill [R-NE-3]",NE,R,B000179,3,"Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to extend through December 31, 2000, each of ten specified water service or repayment contracts for the Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project. Requires such contracts to be extended for the same term that the Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research and other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats Along the Central Platte River, Nebraska, is extended, but not beyond December 31, 2001. Provides that if such cooperative agreement terminates prior to December 31, 2000, such contracts shall be subject to renewal on the date of such termination.",2025-04-07T15:32:44Z,
105-s-1367,105,s,1367,"A bill to amend the Act that authorized the Canadian River reclamation project, Texas to direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow use of the project distribution system to transport water from sources other than the project.",Water Resources Development,1997-11-04,1997-11-05,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]",TX,R,H001016,1,"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to allow use of the project distribution system for transport of water to municipalities from the Canadian River Conjunctive Use Groundwater Project , subject to an environmental review under a specified memorandum of understanding between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority and a review of the engineering design of the interconnection facilities to assure the continued integrity of the Canadian River reclamation project in Texas.  Directs the Authority to bear the costs:  (1) of construction, operation, and maintenance of the Project; and (2) incurred by the Secretary in conducting the environmental review.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-1268,105,s,1268,"A bill to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to modify provisions relating to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1997-10-08,1997-10-22,Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works by unanimous consent.,Senate,"Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]",TN,R,F000439,0,"Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to revise the membership, operation, and duties of the Board of Directors, expanding its size from three to nine members, and requiring such members to be legal residents of the service area.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-1230,105,s,1230,Small Reclamation Water Resources Project Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-09-26,1997-10-07,Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-358.,Senate,"Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]",ID,R,C000858,0,"Small Reclamation Water Resources Project Act of 1997 - Amends the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 (the Act) to:  (1) include the development of irrigation projects as an authorized purpose under the Act; (2) include as an authorized water resources project (project) a development or rehabilitation project carried out by a non-Federal organization (organization) under the Federal reclamation laws in one or more of the 17 western reclamation States; and (3) define ""water quality improvements"" for purposes of such Act. Establishes within the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior a program under which the Secretary of the Interior may make grants to organizations to carry out projects.  Requires any organization applying for such assistance to submit to the Secretary a project proposal which shall include a project plan and estimated costs comparable to those included in preauthorization reports required for a Federal reclamation project. Directs the Secretary to require each organization to contribute no less than 25 and no more than 40 percent of the estimated project costs.  Provides a maximum allowable Federal share of project costs of $30 million per project. Requires project approval or disapproval within one year of submission. Outlines project contract terms and conditions to be negotiated by the Secretary upon approval of any project proposal.  Limits loan terms to no less than 15 and no more than 25 years. Establishes within the Bureau the Small Reclamation Water Resources Management Partnership Program for a small grant and loan program. Limits grants to $5 million for a single project, to be matched on a 50-50 basis.  Limits loans to $1.5 million per project. Provides funding.  Requires loans to be repaid within five years of project completion.  Includes as eligible activities for such grants and loans:  (1) water conservation; (2) fish and wildlife enhancement; (3) public safety; (4) public outdoor recreation; and (5) archaelogical surveys.  Authorizes the Secretary to add to such list as considered appropriate, requiring 60 days' prior notice and publication of the proposed additions.  Outlines application requirements and terms and conditions of project work. Establishes within the Bureau a demonstration program to guarantee loans for projects receiving loans or grants under the Act.  Authorizes the Secretary to expend up to ten percent of amounts available under the Act for such program.  Directs the Secretary to use competitive procedures in the selection of loan guarantee recipients, using specified criteria.  Requires 75 percent of the loan guarantee funding to be expended for the general grant and loan program, and 25 percent to be expended for the small grant and loan program.  Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the beneficial use and suggested improvements associated with the use of loan guarantees as a mechanism for project construction. Requires:  (1) each proposal for a loan, grant, or guarantee under the Act to be accompanied by payment of a specified proposal fee; and (2) each loan, grant, or guarantee recipient to be solely responsible for planning, constructing, operating, and maintaining such project.  Gives priority to approved proposals which are related to presently authorized reclamation projects that will benefit from work carried out under the proposal.  Authorizes the head of any Federal department or agency to make available to the organization any appropriate information and material useful to the planning, design, construction, or operation and maintenance of a project.  Requires project planning and construction to be in compliance with the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-1222,105,s,1222,Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1997-09-25,1998-10-21,Referred to House Agriculture,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,26,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Estuary Habitat Restoration      Title II:  Chesapeake Bay and Other Regional Initiatives Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act of 1998 - Title I: Estuary Habitat Restoration - Establishes the Estuary Habitat Restoration Collaborative Council, to be composed of specified Federal officials. (Sec. 105) Directs the Council to develop an estuary habitat restoration strategy to ensure a comprehensive approach to the selection and prioritization of estuary habitat restoration projects and the coordination of Federal and non-Federal activities related to such restoration. Sets forth factors to be considered by the Council in determining project assistance eligibility. Grants a restoration project a higher priority for funding if it meets selection criteria and:  (1) it is part of an approved Federal estuary management or habitat restoration plan; (2) the non-Federal share of the project exceeds 50 percent; or (3) there is a program within the project watershed that addresses sources of water pollution that would otherwise re-impair the restored habitat. Permits the Council to pay up to 25 percent of the cost of interim actions of restoration activity, pending completion of the strategy. Prohibits selection of a project until non-Federal interests have entered into specified written cooperation agreements.  Requires such agreements to provide for project maintenance and monitoring. Authorizes appropriations for the Council. (Sec. 106) Requires non-Federal applicants for assistance to demonstrate that a project meets this title's requirements and criteria established by the Council.  Limits the Federal share of assistance to 65 percent of a project's cost. (Sec. 107) Directs the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce to maintain a database of information on projects funded under this title. (Sec. 110) Makes certain funds provided under the Water Resources Development Acts of 1986 and 1996 available to States and non-Federal persons in carrying out interim actions or projects under this title. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 111) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit certain grants for the development of estuary conservation and management plans to be used for the implementation of plans as well. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Estuary Program through FY 2000. (Sec. 112) Requires the Secretary of the Army to give estuary habitat restoration projects the same consideration as irrigation, navigation, or flood control projects and to establish such restoration as a primary mission of the Army Corps of Engineers. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such projects. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress and the Secretary on the extent to which the Council needs additional personnel and administrative resources to carry out this title, including recommendations for necessary additional funding. Title II:  Chesapeake Bay and Other Regional Initiatives - Revises provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to:  (1) continue the Chesapeake Bay Program; and (2) maintain a Program Office to provide specified support to the Chesapeake Executive Council. Authorizes the Administrator to provide technical assistance and assistance grants to nonprofit private organizations and individuals, State and local governments, colleges and universities, and interstate agencies to carry out the Program.  Provides the Federal and non-Federal share of various Program costs.  Provides for Chesapeake Bay Agreement (an agreement among signatory members to restore and protect the Bay's ecosystem) signatory management mechanism implementation grants, with specified Federal and non-Federal shares. Requires any Federal agency that owns or operates a facility within the Bay watershed to participate in regional and subwatershed planning and restoration programs. Directs the Administrator to ensure that management plans are developed and that implementation is begun by Agreement signatories for the Bay tributaries to achieve specified nutrient, water quality, toxics reduction, and habitat restoration and protection goals. Authorizes the Administrator to offer technical assistance and assistance grants for cooperative tributary basin strategies that address the Bay's water quality and living resource needs or locally-based protection and restoration programs that complement such strategies. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on Program goals, effects, and needs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical and financial assistance to:  (1) identify, conserve, restore, and interpret natural, recreational, historical, and cultural resources within the Bay watershed; (2) identify and utilize such resources as Chesapeake Bay Gateways sites for enhancing public education of and access to the Bay; (3) link such Gateways sites with trails, roads, byways, and other connections; (4) develop and establish Chesapeake Bay Watertrails comprising water routes and connections to the Gateways sites and other land resources within the watershed; and (5) create a network of Gateways sites and Watertrails, including within such network State or Federal parks or refuges, historic seaports, and archaeological, cultural, historical, or recreational sites. Requires the Secretary to establish a Chesapeake Bay Gateways Grants Assistance Program. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 203) Directs the Administrator, the Secretary of Commerce (acting through the Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service), the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Directors of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and the Secretary of Agriculture to:  (1) establish a research program for the eradication or control of Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins; and (2) make grants to colleges, universities, and other entities in affected States for the eradication or control of Pfiesteria and other aquatic toxins. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 204) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for specified activities related to the Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study. (Sec. 205) Authorizes the Administrator to provide financial assistance to the National Environmental Waste Technology Testing and Evaluation Center in Butte, Montana. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-07T15:32:30Z,
105-hr-2506,105,hr,2506,Collbran Project Unit Conveyance Act,Water Resources Development,1997-09-18,1998-04-30,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]",CO,R,M000477,0,"Collbran Project Unit Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within one year after enactment of this Act, to convey to the Ute Water Conservancy District and the Collbran Conservancy District all U.S. rights and interests in the Collbran Reclamation Project.  Provides for:  (1) the granting of easements to the Districts for National Forest System lands and the Southside Canal; (2) payment to the United States by the Districts for the Project; (3) the deposit and authorized uses of such payments; (4) Project operation and use by the Districts for 40 years; (5) a required annual plan from the Districts for such operation; and (6) conveyance subject to specified agreements between the United States and Colorado relating to the construction and operation of recreational facilities at Vega Reservoir. Requires the Project's power component and facilities to be operated in substantial conformity with its past operation.  Provides for Project power marketing under existing agreements.  Requires the Districts, after the expiration of such agreements, to provide all Project power produced to the Western Area Power Administration at a specified rate.  Grants a 40-year license to the Districts for Project operation. States that any dam licensed or constructed under the Project shall not be considered a Government dam for purposes of the Federal Power Act. Makes the ""major Federal action"" provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 inapplicable to such conveyance. Terminates certain previous agreements upon such conveyance. Makes the Districts liable for all acts or omissions relating to the operation and use of the Project subsequent to the conveyance.",2025-08-21T16:11:13Z,
105-hr-2398,105,hr,2398,Small Reclamation Water Resources Project Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-09-04,1997-09-11,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-43]",CA,R,C000059,0,"Small Reclamation Water Resources Project Act of 1997 - Amends the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 (the Act) to:  (1) include the development of irrigation projects as an authorized purpose under the Act; (2) include as an authorized water resources project (project) a development or rehabilitation project carried out by a non-Federal organization (organization) under the Federal reclamation laws in one or more of the 17 western reclamation States; and (3) define ""water quality improvements"" for purposes of such Act. Establishes within the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior a program under which the Secretary of the Interior may make grants to organizations to carry out projects.  Requires any organization applying for such assistance to submit to the Secretary a project proposal which shall include a project plan and estimated costs comparable to those included in preauthorization reports required for a Federal reclamation project.  Directs the Secretary to require each organization to contribute no less than 25 and no more than 40 percent of the estimated project costs. Provides a maximum allowable Federal share of project costs of $30 million per project. Requires project approval or disapproval within one year of submission. Outlines project contract terms and conditions to be negotiated by the Secretary upon approval of any project proposal.  Limits loan terms to no less than 15 and no more than 25 years. Establishes within the Bureau the Small Reclamation Water Resources Management Partnership Program for a small grant and loan program. Limits grants to $5 million for a single project, to be matched on a 50-50 basis.  Limits loans to $1.5 million per project. Provides funding.  Requires loans to be repaid within five years of project completion.  Includes as eligible activities for such grants and loans:  (1) water conservation; (2) fish and wildlife enhancement; (3) public safety; (4) public outdoor recreation; and (5) archaelogical surveys.  Authorizes the Secretary to add to such list as considered appropriate, requiring 60 days' prior notice and publication of the proposed additions.  Outlines application requirements and terms and conditions of project work. Establishes within the Bureau a demonstration program to guarantee loans for projects receiving loans or grants under the Act.  Authorizes the Secretary to expend up to ten percent of amounts available under the Act for such program.  Directs the Secretary to use competitive procedures in the selection of loan guarantee recipients, using specified criteria.  Requires 75 percent of the loan guarantee funding to be expended for the general grant and loan program, and 25 percent to be expended for the small grant and loan program.  Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the beneficial use and suggested improvements associated with the use of loan guarantees as a mechanism for project construction. Requires:  (1) each proposal for a loan, grant, or guarantee under the Act to be accompanied by payment of a specified proposal fee; and (2) each loan, grant, or guarantee recipient to be solely responsible for planning, constructing, operating, and maintaining such project.  Authorizes the head of any Federal department or agency to make available to the organization any appropriate information and material useful to the planning, design, construction, or operation and maintenance of a project.  Requires project planning and construction to be in compliance with the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.",2025-08-21T16:12:26Z,
105-hr-2402,105,hr,2402,Water-Related Technical Corrections Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-09-04,1998-10-07,By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 105-377.,House,"Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]",CA,R,D000429,0,"Water-Related Technical Corrections Act of 1997 - Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to reduce (from 60 to 30 days after the Secretary of the Interior has transmitted a report on an existing dam to the Congress) the required waiting period before the obligation of reclamation funds provided under such Act.  Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the:  (1) Albuquerque Metropolitan Area Water Reclamation and Reuse Project; and (2) Phoenix Metropolitan Water Reclamation and Reuse Project.  Adds as a purpose of the Albuquerque project to reclaim and use nonpotable surface water in the Albuquerque metropolitan area. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to refund all amounts received by the United States as collections under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 for charges that were assessed for failure to file certain certification or reporting forms.  Allows certain administrative fees to be retained.  Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 6) Amends the Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1996 to extend the period of contract repayment for:  (1) the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Nueces River Authority under the Nueces River reclamation project, Texas; and (2) the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority under the Canadian River reclamation project, Texas. (Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with the Solano County Water Agency, or any of its member unit contractors for water from the Solano Project, California, pursuant to the Act of February 21, 1911 (subject to a limitation on the portion of the Project that may be used) for:  (1) the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes, using any facilities associated with the Project; and (2) the exchange of water among Project contractors for such purposes, using facilities associated with the Project. (Sec. 8) Amends the Act of December 29, 1950, authorizing construction, operation, and maintenance of the Canadian River reclamation project, Texas, to direct the Secretary to allow use of the project distribution system for transport of water from the Canadian River Conjunctive Use Groundwater Project to municipalities that are receiving water from the project, subject to specified environmental and engineering reviews.  Requires the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority to bear the responsibility for all construction, operation, and maintenance costs of the Project and for costs of the environmental review. (Sec. 9) Authorizes the Secretary to use otherwise available amounts to provide up to $2 million in financial assistance to the Medford Irrigation District and the Rogue River Valley Irrigation District for the design and construction of fish passage and protective facilities at North Fork Little Butte Creek Diversion Dam and South Fork Little Butte Creek Diversion Dam in the Rogue River basin, Oregon, if the Secretary determines in writing that these facilities will enhance the fish recovery efforts currently underway at the Rogue River Basin Project, Oregon.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-2350,105,hr,2350,"To authorize certain uses of water from the Solano Project, California.",Water Resources Development,1997-07-31,1997-08-11,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.,House,"Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]",CA,D,M000725,0,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, using facilities associated with the Solano Project, California, to enter into water contracts with the Solano County Water Agency or any of its member contractors for:  (1) the impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other purposes; and (2) the exchange of water among such contractors for such purposes.",2024-03-26T13:06:56Z,
105-hr-2355,105,hr,2355,Nueces River Drought Relief Extension Act,Water Resources Development,1997-07-31,1997-08-11,Executive Comment Requested from Interior.,House,"Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27]",TX,D,O000107,0,"Nueces River Drought Relief Extension Act - Amends the Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to extend the period for repayment by the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Nueces River Authority relating to the Nueces River reclamation project, Texas, until:  (1) August 1, 2029, for repayment of the municipal and industrial water supply benefits of the project; and (2) August 1, 2044, for repayment of the fish, wildlife, and recreation benefits of the project.",2025-08-21T16:14:51Z,
105-s-1099,105,s,1099,"A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to acquire such land in the vicinity of Pierre, South Dakota, as the Secretary determines is adversely affected by the full wintertime Oahe Powerplant release.",Water Resources Development,1997-07-31,1997-07-31,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]",SD,D,D000064,1,"Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in order to provide capability to carry out the authorized purposes of the Missouri River Main Stem dams that are part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program, to acquire lands in the vicinity of Pierre, South Dakota, that are adversely affected by the full wintertime Oahe Powerplant release.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
105-hr-2306,105,hr,2306,Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-07-30,1998-06-18,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Hill, Rick [R-MT-At Large]",MT,R,H000605,0,"Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to plan, design, construct (including replacement of structures and equipment), operate, maintain, and replace the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System (Water System). Directs the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board regarding the Water System. Provides that title to the Water System be held in trust by the United States for the Fort Peck Tribes and not be transferred unless a transfer is authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the enactment of this Act. Limits the availability of Water System construction funds until certain requirements are met. Directs the Water System to use power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program for operation.  Considers use of the power to be a project use pumping requirement of Pick-Sloan. Directs the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with appropriate non-Federal entities to provide Federal funds for the planning, design, and construction of the Roosevelt, Sheridan, Daniels, and Valley Counties Water System (Counties System), Montana, outside the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.  Limits the Federal share to 75 percent.  Requires cooperative agreement concurrence by the Water System Board.  Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) interconnect the Counties System with the Water System; and (2) provide for the delivery of water to the Counties System, without charge, from the Missouri River through the Water System.  Prohibits Federal funds from being used for operation and maintenance expenses associated with water deliveries to the Counties System. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:12:15Z,
105-hr-2203,105,hr,2203,"Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998",Water Resources Development,1997-07-21,1997-10-21,"For actions pursuant to the Line Item Veto Act (P.L. 104-130), see House Document 105-157.",House,"Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10]",PA,R,M000399,0,"(On June 25, 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that the Line Item Veto Act (Public Law 104-130) is unconstitutional, thus restoring provisions that had been cancelled as summarized below.) (On October 17, 1997, the President exercised the line-item veto to cancel the dollar amounts of discretionary budget authority in connection with the following projects contained in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998:  (1) dredging of Lake George, Hobart, Indiana; (2) removal of debris and sediment from the channel of Neabsco Creek, Prince William County, Virginia; (3) dredging of Sardis Lake, Mississippi; (4) dredging of Chena River, Fairbanks, Alaska; (5) dredging of Allegheny River, Pennsylvania; (6) In-situ Copper Mining Research Project, Applied Science and Technology Program, Bureau of Reclamation; (7) Department of Energy, Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program for a research and development partnership to manufacture electric transmission lines using aluminum matrix composite materials; and (8) Nuclear Regulatory Commission multi-purpose canister licensing.)  (Note:  The high degree of the items cancelled precluded their inclusion in the original law's summary.  As a result, the original law's summary and the summary of the law after the item vetoes are identical.  For more information on the specific items vetoed, see the text of the conference report for H.R. 2203, H.Rept.  105-271, and Presidential Cancellation Numbers 97-57 through 97-64.) TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Department of Defense--Civil      Title II:  Department of the Interior      Title III:  Department of Energy      Title IV:  Independent Agencies      Title V:  General Provisions Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for FY 1998 for:  (1) authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes; (2) expenses necessary for the collection and study of information related to such purposes; (3) the prosecution of authorized water development and related projects; (4) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (5) water development projects operation and maintenance; (6) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; (7) flood control and coastal emergencies; (8) Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program; and (9) general expenses. Authorizes use of the Revolving Fund to construct an addition to the United States Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District main office building on Elmendorf Air Force Base. (Sec. 101) Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary of the Army shall provide planning, design and construction assistance to non-Federal interests in implementing water-related environmental infrastructure and environmental resources development projects in Alaska. (Sec. 102) Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from using any funds to carry out any plan for, or otherwise construct, the Oak Way or the Sky Top detention structures in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, as part of the flood control project, Green Brook Sub-basin, Raritan River Basin, New Jersey. Title II:  Department of the Interior - Makes FY 1998 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for:  (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation; (3) water and related resources; (4) Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; (5) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; (6) California Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration; and (7) general administrative expenses. Title III:  Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1998 for:  (1) energy supply and uranium supply and enrichment activities; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (4) science activities; (5) the Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund; (6) DOE administration; (7) Office of the Inspector General; (8) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (9) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (10) defense facilities closure projects; (11) other DOE defense activities; (12) defense nuclear waste disposal; (13) the various geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including specified costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams under the Western Area Power Administration); and (14) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Sec. 301) Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act or any other Act to award a management and operating contract unless the contract award uses competitive procedures, or award or modify a contract in an manner that deviates from the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless the Secretary of Energy grants a waiver on a case-by-case basis. (Sec. 303) Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act or any other Act to:  (1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan that covers DOE employees, or provides enhanced severance payments or other benefits for such employees pursuant to specified statute; or (2) prepare or initiate Requests for Proposals for a program that has not been funded by the Congress. (Sec. 306) Permits the transfer of unexpended balances from prior appropriations for activities in this Act to appropriation accounts established under this Act.  Permits such transfers to be:  (1) merged with funds in established accounts; and (2) accounted for thereafter as one fund for the same period as originally enacted. Title IV:  Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1998 for:  (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); (4) the NRC Office of the Inspector General; (5) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (6) the Tennessee Valley Authority. Title V:  General Provisions - Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the Congress, other than for specified communications. (Sec. 502) Declares the sense of the Congress that all equipment and products bought with funds under this Act should be American-made. Requires each Federal agency to give notice of this policy to any entity to which it provides financial assistance or contracts.  Prohibits contracts with persons falsely labeling products as ""Made in America."" (Sec. 503) Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act:  (1) for contracts or grants to any institution of higher education that is currently ineligible for contracts and grants under specified law; (2) for any contract with a contractor who has not submitted the most recent mandatory report under specified law; or (3) for the Animas-La Plata Project in Colorado and New Mexico, except for specified activities. (Sec. 506) Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area Water Reclamation and Reuse Project, including the reclamation and use of nonpotable surface water. (Sec. 507) Amends the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Treaty Settlement Act of 1994 to increase authorizations for construction determined at 1997 prices. (Sec. 508) Grants the State of West Virginia credit towards a specified contractual contribution for the cost of recreational facilities (except golf course development) to be constructed by a joint venture of the State in cooperation with private interests for recreation development at Stonewall Jackson Lake.  Directs the Corps of Engineers to revise both the 1977 recreation cost-sharing agreement and a specified lease to remove the requirement that such recreation facilities are to be owned by the Government at the time of their completion. (Sec. 509) Mandates that funds transferred by the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) to the Department of Energy be specifically retained and used for research and demonstration of Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation (AVLIS) technology for uranium enrichment. (Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of any funds under this Act to determine the final discharge point for the San Luis Unit interceptor drain until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California of a plan which complies with federally approved State water quality standards. Mandates repayment of the costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program pursuant to specified Repayment Plans prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. (Sec. 511) Amends the USEC Privatization Act to provide that statutory guidelines governing the authority of DOE contractors to carry firearms and make arrests in providing security at Federal installations, shall also require the presence of an adequate number of security guards carrying sidearms at all times at the Gaseous Diffusion Plants in Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio. (Sec. 512) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to restart the High Flux Beam Reactor.",2025-04-07T15:33:52Z,
105-hr-2161,105,hr,2161,To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Palmetto Bend Project to the State of Texas.,Water Resources Development,1997-07-15,1998-07-16,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 9 - 2.,House,"Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]",TX,R,P000583,0,"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Palmetto Bend reclamation project in Texas to the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority or, at the election of the Texas Water Development Board, to the Authority and the Board, jointly, in exchange for the present value of the payment obligation for the reimbursable costs of the Project.  Sets forth conditions for such conveyance, including the recipient's agreement to assume all responsibility and liability for the Project.",2025-04-07T15:33:31Z,
105-s-1004,105,s,1004,"Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998",Water Resources Development,1997-07-10,1997-07-28,Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8175),Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I:  Department of Defense--Civil      Title II:  Department of the Interior      Title III:  Department of Energy      Title IV:  Independent Agencies      Title V:  General Provisions Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for FY 1998 for:  (1) authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes; (2) expenses necessary for the collection and study of information related to such purposes; (3) the prosecution of authorized water development and related projects; (4) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (5) water development projects operation and maintenance; (6) the navigable waters and wetlands regulatory program; (7) flood control and coastal emergencies; and (8) general expenses. Authorizes use of the Revolving Fund to construct an addition to the United States Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District main office building on Elmendorf Air Force Base. (Sec. 101) Instructs the Secretary of the Army to advertise specified hopper dredge volume for competitive bid. (Sec. 102) Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary of the Army shall provide planning, design and construction assistance to non-Federal interests in implementing water-related environmental infrastructure and environmental resources development projects. (Sec. 103) Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from using any funds to carry out any plan for, or otherwise construct, the Oak Way or the Sky Top detention structures in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, as part of the flood control project, Green Brook Sub-basin, Raritan River Basin, New Jersey. (Sec. 104) Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from using any funds under this Act to consider any application for a permit that, if granted, would result in the diversion of groundwater from the Great Lakes Basin. Title II:  Department of the Interior - Makes FY 1998 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for:  (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation; (3) water and related resources; (4) Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; (5) California Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration; (6) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; and (7) general administrative expenses and special funds. Title III:  Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1998 for:  (1) non-defense energy research programs; (2) non-defense environmental management; (3) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (4) the Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund; (5) general DOE science and research activities; (6) DOE administration; (7) Office of the Inspector General; (8) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (9) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (10) other DOE defense activities; (11) defense nuclear waste disposal; (12) DOE administration expenses; (13) the various geographical power marketing administrations of DOE (including specified costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams under the Western Area Power Administration); and (14) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Title IV:  Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1998 for:  (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); (4) the NRC Office of the Inspector General; (5) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (6) the Tennessee Valley Authority. Title V:  General Provisions - Declares the sense of the Congress that all equipment and products bought with funds under this Act should be American-made.  Requires each Federal agency to give notice of this policy to any entity to which it provides financial assistance or contracts. (Sec. 502) Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area Water Reclamation and Reuse Project, including the reclamation and use of nonpotable surface water. (Sec. 503) Amends the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Treaty Settlement Act of 1994 to increase authorizations for construction determined at 1997 prices. (Sec. 504) Grants the State of West Virginia credit towards a specified contractual contribution for the cost of recreational facilities to be constructed by a joint venture of the State in cooperation with private interests for recreation development at Stonewall Jackson Lake.  Directs the Corps of Engineers to revise both the 1977 recreation cost-sharing agreement and a specified lease to remove the requirement that such recreation facilities are to be owned by the Government at the time of their completion. (Sec. 505) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, for FY 1998 and each subsequent fiscal year, to use Bureau of Reclamation appropriations to enter into cooperative watershed restoration and enhancement agreements with private landowners for fish and wildlife restoration on public and private lands that benefit the water and lands within a watershed containing a Bureau of Reclamation project. Prescribes contract terms and conditions.",2025-04-07T15:33:52Z,
105-hr-2082,105,hr,2082,TVA 2000 Regional Commission Act,Water Resources Development,1997-06-26,1997-07-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5]",TN,D,C000503,0,"TVA 2000 Regional Commission Act - Establishes the TVA 2000 Regional Commission to conduct a comprehensive legal and factual study of the navigational, flood control, economic development, recreational, and economic impacts of the future structure, competitiveness, and financial viability of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on:  (1) Federal, State and local governments; and (2) communities, citizens, businesses, and the environment within the TVA region. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission 60 days after the Commission submits the report required under this Act.",2025-08-21T16:13:12Z,
105-hr-2032,105,hr,2032,To make correct certain provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.,Water Resources Development,1997-06-24,1997-07-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.,House,"Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-29]",CA,D,W000215,0,Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to extend State authority to make expenditures from capitalization grants to delineate and assess source water protection areas through FY 1998.,2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
105-hr-2007,105,hr,2007,"To amend the Act that authorized the Canadian River reclamation project, Texas, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow use of the project distribution system to transport water from sources other than the project.",Water Resources Development,1997-06-20,1998-01-28,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,House,"Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]",TX,R,T000238,2,"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to allow use of the project distribution system for transport of water to municipalities from the Canadian River Conjunctive Use Groundwater Project, subject to an environmental review under a specified memorandum of understanding between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority and a review of the engineering design of the interconnection facilities to assure the continued integrity of the Canadian River reclamation project in Texas.  Directs the Authority to bear the costs:  (1) of construction, operation, and maintenance of the Project; and (2) incurred by the Secretary in conducting the environmental review.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-1905,105,hr,1905,"To direct the Secretary of the Army to carry out an environmental restoration project at the Eastern Channel of the Lockwoods Folly River, Brunswick County, North Carolina.",Water Resources Development,1997-06-17,1997-06-30,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]",NC,D,M000485,0,"Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out an environmental restoration project at the Eastern Channel of the Lockwoods Folly River, Brunswick County, North Carolina.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-04-07T14:46:46Z,
105-s-908,105,s,908,Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation Project Authorization Act,Water Resources Development,1997-06-16,1997-06-17,Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.,Senate,"Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]",OR,R,S001142,1,"Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation Project Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, at the request of the Tumalo Irrigation District, Oregon, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of a comprehensive water conservation project by the District.  Limits the Federal share of project costs to 50 percent. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-895,105,s,895,"A bill to designate the reservoir created by Trinity Dam in the Central Valley project, California, as ""Trinity Lake"".",Water Resources Development,1997-06-12,1997-09-10,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Department of the Interior.,Senate,"Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]",CA,D,B000711,1,"Redesignates Clair Engle Lake, the reservoir created by Trinity Dam in the Central Valley project, California, as Trinity Lake.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-1842,105,hr,1842,To terminate further development and implementation of the American Heritage Rivers Initiative.,Water Resources Development,1997-06-10,1998-10-09,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2001-2004),House,"Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1]",ID,R,C000345,52,"Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available to a Federal agency from being used to develop, implement, or carry out the American Heritage Rivers Initiative or any similar initiative.",2025-04-07T15:33:13Z,
105-hr-1811,105,hr,1811,Columbia River Habitat Protection and Recreational Access Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-06-05,1997-06-16,"Executive Comment Requested from Interior, DOE.",House,"Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]",WA,R,H000329,5,"Columbia River Habitat Protection and Recreational Access Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to convey to the State of Washington and to Adams, Grant, and Franklin counties in Washington specified portions of the Hanford Works, an area of property along the Columbia River in Washington.  Allows such conveyances only after the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has made specified certifications to the Secretary with respect to the appropriate environmental cleanup of such area. Directs the State of Washington to enter into a joint agreement with Benton, Franklin, and Grant Counties to establish the Hanford Reach Protection and Management Commission, which shall develop and implement a plan to manage the lands conveyed by the Secretary in order to protect and enhance plant, fish and wildlife, and cultural resources, as well as recreational access to, and other uses of, Hanford Reach (a 51-mile stretch of land along the Columbia River containing fish, wildlife, and other resources). Requires Adams, Grant, and Franklin Counties to submit to the Secretary:  (1) a risk analysis of debris slides in the White Bluffs Wasteway; and (2) a comprehensive land use plan of the Wahluke Slope.",2025-08-21T16:12:21Z,
105-s-841,105,s,841,Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-06-05,1997-10-07,Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-358.,Senate,"Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]",MT,R,B001126,1,"Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to plan, design, construct (including replacement of structures and equipment), operate, maintain, and replace the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System (Water System). Directs the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board regarding the Water System. Provides that title to the Water System be held in trust by the United States for the Fort Peck Tribes and not be transferred unless a transfer is authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the enactment of this Act. Limits the availability of construction funds for the construction of the Water System until certain requirements are met. Directs the Water System to use power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program for operation.  Considers use of the power to be a project use pumping requirement of Pick-Sloan. Directs the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with appropriate non-Federal entities to provide Federal funds for the planning, design, and construction of the Roosevelt, Sheridan, Daniels, and Valley Counties Water System (Counties System), Montana, outside the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.  Limits the Federal share to 75 percent.  Requires cooperative agreement concurrence by the Water System Board.  Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) interconnect the Counties System with the Water System; and (2) provide for the delivery of water to the Counties System, without charge, from the Missouri River through the Water System.  Prohibits Federal funds from being used for operation and maintenance expenses associated with water deliveries to the Counties System. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-hr-1688,105,hr,1688,Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-05-21,1998-06-18,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Thune, John [R-SD-At Large]",SD,R,T000250,2,"Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 1997 -Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning and construction of a water supply system to provide service to specified counties in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. Requires the Secretary to make grants and other funds available to the System and other private, State, and Federal entities for the initial development of the environmental enhancement component. Requires the System to establish a water conservation program that ensures that System users use the best practicable technology and management techniques to conserve water use.  Requires periodic review and revision of such program. Specifies that mitigation for fish and wildlife losses incurred as a result of the construction and operation of the water supply system be on an acre-for-acre basis, based on ecological equivalency, concurrent with project construction. Requires the Western Area Power Administration to make available the capacity and energy required to meet the pumping and incidental operational requirements of the water supply system during the period beginning May 1, and ending October 31, of each year from power designated for future irrigation and drainage pumping for the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program. Provides that this Act shall not:  (1) limit the authorization for water projects in South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota; or (2) preempt State water rights.  Specifies the Federal and non-Federal share of the cost.  Requires the Secretary to provide funds for the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, equal to 50 percent of the incremental cost of its participation in the project. Authorizes the Secretary to allow the Bureau of Reclamation to provide project construction oversight to the water supply system and environmental enhancement component. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:13:25Z,
105-hr-1691,105,hr,1691,Coeur d'Alene River Basin Environmental Restoration Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-05-21,1997-06-18,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.",House,"Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1]",ID,R,C000345,1,"Coeur d'Alene River Basin Environmental Restoration Act of 1997 - Establishes in the Treasury the Coeur d'Alene Trust Fund for transfer of funds to the Secretary of the Army for use by the State of Idaho for the Coeur d'Alene River Basin Commission (established by this Act) to develop an action plan to support and enhance natural recovery of the Coeur d'Alene River Basin.  Requires submission to the Secretary of a completed action plan by the Governor of Idaho within two years after enactment of this Act. Establishes the Coeur d'Alene River Basin Commission. Limits liability, with exceptions, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or the Solid Waste Disposal Act for damages attributable to activities in the basin undertaken before enactment of this Act.  Exempts:  (1) the Governor, Commission, and State of Idaho from liability for any action taken in developing such action plan or for any environmental costs or response resulting from any release or threatened release of a hazardous substance due to mining activity in the Basin undertaken before the enactment of this Act; and (2) any current or former landowner within the Basin from environmental response or action costs or requirements with respect to a mining activity undertaken before the enactment of this Act if the person establishes that any such liability would arise solely on the basis of the transport of the hazardous substance by air, surface, or groundwater pathways from outside the boundaries of such person's property. Permits the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the Governor and the Commission. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:12:30Z,
105-s-774,105,s,774,Coeur d'Alene River Basin Environmental Restoration Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-05-21,1997-05-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]",ID,R,C000858,1,"Coeur d'Alene River Basin Environmental Restoration Act of 1997 - Establishes in the Treasury the Coeur d'Alene Trust Fund for transfer of funds to the Secretary of the Army for use by the State of Idaho for the Coeur d'Alene River Basin Commission (established by this Act) to develop an action plan to support and enhance natural recovery of the Coeur d'Alene River basin.  Requires submission to the Secretary of a completed action plan by the Governor of Idaho within two years after enactment of this Act. Establishes the Coeur d'Alene River Basin Commission. Limits liability, with exceptions, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or the Solid Waste Disposal Act for damages attributable to activities in the Basin undertaken before enactment of this Act.  Exempts:  (1) the Governor, Commission, and State of Idaho from liability for any action taken in developing such action plan or for any environmental costs or response resulting from any release or threatened release of a hazardous substance due to mining activity in the Basin undertaken before the enactment of this Act; and (2) any current or former landowner within the Basin from environmental response or action costs or requirements with respect to a mining activity undertaken before the enactment of this Act if the person establishes that any such liability would arise solely on the basis of the transport of the hazardous substance by air, surface, or groundwater pathways from outside the boundaries of such person's property. Permits entrance by the Secretary into cooperative agreements with the Governor and the Commission. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-21T16:13:22Z,
105-s-777,105,s,777,Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 1997,Water Resources Development,1997-05-21,1998-10-08,Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 614. (consideration: CR S12036),Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,5,"Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 1997 - Directs the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture (System Funding Agencies) to make grants to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning and construction of a water supply system to provide service to specified counties in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. Requires the System Funding Agencies to make grants and other funds available to the System and other private, State, and Federal entities for the initial development of the environmental enhancement component. Requires the System to establish a water conservation program that ensures that System users use the best practicable technology and management techniques to conserve water use.  Requires periodic review and revision of such program. Specifies that mitigation for fish and wildlife losses incurred as a result of the construction and operation of the water supply system be on an acre-for-acre basis, based on ecological equivalency, concurrent with project construction. Requires the Western Area Power Administration to make available the capacity and energy required to meet the pumping and incidental operational requirements of the water supply system during the period beginning May 1, and ending October 31, of each year from power designated for future irrigation and drainage pumping for the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program. Provides that this Act shall not:  (1) limit the authorization for water projects in South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota; or (2) preempt State water rights.  Specifies the Federal and non-Federal share of the cost.  Requires the System Funding Agencies to provide funds for the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, equal to 50 percent of the incremental cost of its participation in the project. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Bureau of Reclamation to provide project construction oversight to the water supply system and environmental enhancement component. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,
105-s-744,105,s,744,Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System Act of 1998,Water Resources Development,1997-05-14,1998-11-03,Became Public Law No: 105-352.,Senate,"Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]",SD,D,J000177,1,"Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for the Federal share of the costs of the planning and construction of the Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System, Inc.  Prohibits the obligation of System construction funds until:  (1) Federal environmental compliance requirements have been met; and (2) a final System engineering report and plan for a water conservation program have been prepared and submitted to the Congress for at least a 90-day period. Requires the mitigation of fish and wildlife losses during System construction and operation. Directs the Western Area Power Administration to make available, from power produced under the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program, the capacity and energy required to meet the pumping and incidental operational requirements of the System from May 1 to October 31 of each year.  Provides power use conditions. States that this Act does not limit:  (1) the authorization for water projects in South Dakota under any law; or (2) current water rights. Provides the Federal share (70 percent) of System costs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Reclamation, to provide construction oversight for areas of the System.  Limits the amount of funds that may be used by the Secretary for planning and construction of the System. Authorizes appropriations.",2026-03-24T12:48:03Z,