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| 93-hr-17640 | 93 | hr | 17640 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide relief to the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District due to delivery of water to the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation lands. | Water Resources Development | 1974-12-16 | 1974-12-16 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-13] | CA | R | L000020 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to relieve the Santa Ynez Water Conservation District, California of payments due the United States for repayment of a Small Reclamation Projects loan in the amount of $1,120 per year due to the delivery of water to the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation lands within such district. | 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z | |
| 93-hr-17624 | 93 | hr | 17624 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide relief to the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District due to delivery of water to the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation lands. | Water Resources Development | 1974-12-12 | 1974-12-12 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-13] | CA | R | L000020 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to relieve the Santa Ynez Water Conservation District, California of payments due the United States for repayment of a Small Reclamation Projects loan in the amount of $1,120 per year due to the delivery of water to the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation lands within such district. | 2024-08-01T18:39:24Z | |
| 93-hr-17516 | 93 | hr | 17516 | A bill to provide that the reservoir formed by the lock and dam referred to as the Jones Bluff Lock and Dam on the Alabama River, Ala., shall hereafter be known as the R. E. "Bob" Woodruff Reservoir. | Water Resources Development | 1974-11-25 | 1974-11-25 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. Nichols, Bill [D-AL-3] | AL | D | N000095 | 0 | Provides for the designation of the reservoir formed by the lock and dam referred to as the "Jones Bluff Lock and Dam" on the Alabama River, Alabama, as the R. E. "Bob" Woodruff Reservoir, in honor of the late Probate Judge R. E. "Bob" Woodruff of Lowndes County, Alabama. | 2024-08-01T18:39:18Z | |
| 93-s-4186 | 93 | s | 4186 | A bill to provide that the reservoir formed by the lock and dam referred to as the "Jones Bluff lock and dam" on the Alabama River, Ala. shall hereafter be known as the R. E. "Bob" Woodruff Reservoir. | Water Resources Development | 1974-11-25 | 1974-11-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL] | AL | D | A000127 | 1 | Provides for the designation of the reservoir formed by the lock and dam referred to as the "Jones Bluff Lock and Dam" on the Alabama River, Alabama, as the R. E. "Bob" Woodruff Reservoir, in honor of the late Probate Judge R. E. "Bob" Woodruff of Lowndes County, Alabama. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 93-s-3704 | 93 | s | 3704 | A bill to amend section 1 of Public Law 90-503 (82 Stat. 853). | Water Resources Development | 1974-06-26 | 1974-06-26 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000200 | 1 | Provides for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities to deliver a water supply to the city of Frederick, Oklahoma, from the Mountain Park reclamation project. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-s-3565 | 93 | s | 3565 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of a water supply delivery system for the city of Yuma, Ariz. | Water Resources Development | 1974-06-03 | 1974-06-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Fannin, Paul J. [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000013 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of a water supply delivery system for the city of Yuma, Arizona. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-s-3529 | 93 | s | 3529 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct necessary interim anadromous fish passage facilities at Savage Rapids Dam, Grants Pass Division, Rogue River Basin project, Oregon, under Federal reclamation laws. | Water Resources Development | 1974-05-22 | 1974-05-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct necessary interim anadromous fish passage facilities at Savage Rapids Dam, Grants Pass Division, Rogue River Basin project, Oregon, under Federal reclamation laws. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-hjres-979 | 93 | hjres | 979 | Joint resolution granting consent of the Congress that the State of Maryland, the State of Delaware, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and other States, negotiate and enter into a compact providing for joint participation in the more efficient use of the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. | Water Resources Development | 1974-04-11 | 1974-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Bauman, Robert E. [R-MD-1] | MD | R | B000244 | 15 | Interstate Compact - Grants the consent of the Congress that the State of Maryland, the State of Delaware, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and other States, negotiate and enter into a compact providing for joint participation in the more efficient use of the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. | 2024-08-01T18:27:46Z | |
| 93-hr-13952 | 93 | hr | 13952 | A bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to increase the authorization of appropriation for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. | Water Resources Development | 1974-04-03 | 1974-04-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14] | OH | D | S000230 | 15 | Increases the authorization of appropriations for the Land and Water Conservation Fund from a minimum of $300,000,000 to a minimum of $900,000,000 for each fiscal year hereafter through 1989. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 460l-5) | 2024-08-01T18:36:51Z | |
| 93-hr-13954 | 93 | hr | 13954 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of water supply delivery system for the city of Yuma, Ariz. | Water Resources Development | 1974-04-03 | 1974-04-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Steiger, Sam [R-AZ-3] | AZ | R | S000846 | 2 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of a water supply delivery system for the city of Yuma, Arizona. | 2024-08-01T18:36:51Z | |
| 93-s-3149 | 93 | s | 3149 | A bill to authorize appropriations for the saline water program for fiscal year 1975. | Water Resources Development | 1974-03-11 | 1974-03-11 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and InsularAffairs. | Senate | Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] | WA | D | J000013 | 1 | Authorizes appropriation of $3,029,000 for the saline water program for fiscal year 1975. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-hr-13221 | 93 | hr | 13221 | An Act to authorize appropriations for the saline water program for fiscal year 1975, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 1974-03-05 | 1974-07-10 | Public law 93-342. | House | Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-2] | CA | D | J000135 | 3 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Authorizes the appropriation of $13,910,000 during fiscal year 1975 to carry out the provisions of the Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971. Authorizes, in addition to such sum, the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, or other employee benefits authorized by law or other nondiscretionary costs. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-hr-13254 | 93 | hr | 13254 | A bill to permit the diversion and withdrawal of additional water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 1974-03-05 | 1974-03-05 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. O'Hara, James G. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | O000055 | 17 | Authorizes the diversion and withdrawal of additional water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway. Requires the Chief of Enginers, Department of the Army, to at all times have direct control and supervision of the amounts of water directly diverted from Lake Michigan under this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:36:22Z | |
| 93-hr-12834 | 93 | hr | 12834 | International Salinity Control Project, Colorado River | Water Resources Development | 1974-02-14 | 1974-02-14 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Haley, James A. [D-FL-8] | FL | D | H000041 | 0 | International Salinity Control Project, Colorado River - Authorizes the Secretary of State, through the Commissioner of the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, who shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior and may delegate such authority to the Secretaries of Agriculture, the Army, and the Interior, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to: (1) construct, operate, and maintain a desalting complex, including a desalting plant within the boundaries of the United States and a bypass drain for the discharge of the reject stream from the plant and other Wellton-Mohawk drain water to the Santa Clara Slough in Mexico, with the part in Mexico to be constructed by the appropriate agencies of the Government of Mexico with funds transferred through the Commission; (2) accelerate cooperative management programs with the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District; (3) acquire lands or interest in lands within the Wellton-Mohawk division, Gila project, to reduce the seventy-five thousand irrigable acres known as the Gila River Reauthorization Act, and to dispose of or use such lands or interests therein on terms consistent with the objective of this Act; (4) assist water users in the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District in installing onfarm systems, as a means of reducing saline drainage flows through improved irrigation efficiencies; (5) reduce repayment obligations of the district to the United States under existing contracts; (6) contract with the Coachella Valley County Water District to provide for reimbursement by the United States for its use of the water saved through the rehabilitation and betterment of the Coachella Canal as a temporary source of water for meeting the obligations of minute numbered 242; (7) reduce repayment obligations of the Imperial Irrigation District to the United States under existing contracts; (8) acquire lands or interest in lands within the Imperial Irrigation District on the East Imperial Mesa which receive, or … | 2025-09-03T12:47:50Z | |
| 93-s-2940 | 93 | s | 2940 | Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act | Water Resources Development | 1974-02-01 | 1974-06-12 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 12165 passed in lieu. | Senate | Sen. Fannin, Paul J. [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000013 | 2 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act - =Title I: Programs Downstream from Imperial Dam= - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to proceed with a program of works of improvement for the enhancement and protection of the quality of water available in the Colorado River for use in the United States and the Republic of Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to construct, operate, and maintain a desalting complex, including: (1) a desalting plant to reduce the salinity of drain water from the Wellton-Mohawk division of the Gila project, Arizona, (2) the necessary appurtenant works including the intake pumping plant system, product waterline, power transmission facilities, and permanent operating facilities; (3) the necessary extension of the existing bypass drain to carry the reject stream from the desalting plant and other drainage waters to the Santa Clara Slough in Mexico, subject to arrangements made pursuant to this Act; (4) replacement of the metal flume in the existing main outlet drain extension with a concrete siphon; (5) reduction of irrigation return flows through acquisition of lands to reduce the size of the division, and irrigation eficiency improvements to limit return flows; and (6) all associated facilities including roads, railroad, and transmission lines. Requires that the Secretary shall use sources of electric power supply for the desalting complex that will not diminish the supply power to preference customers from Federal power systems operated by the Secretary. Authorizes the appropriation of $155,500,000 to accomplish the purposes of this title. =Title II: Measures Upstream from Imperial Dam= - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the salinity control policy adopted for the Colorado River in the "Conclusions and Recommendations" Published in the Proceedings of the Reconvened Seventh Session of the Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the Color… | 2025-09-03T12:52:39Z | |
| 93-hr-12165 | 93 | hr | 12165 | Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act | Water Resources Development | 1974-01-21 | 1974-06-24 | Public law 93-320. | House | Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-2] | CA | D | J000135 | 11 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act - =Title I: Programs Downstream from Imperial Dam= - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to proceed with a program of works of improvement for the enhancement and protection of the quality of water available in the Colorado River for use in the United States and the Republic of Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to construct, operate, and maintain a desalting complex, including: (1) a desalting plant to reduce the salinity of drain water from the Wellton-Mohawk division of the Gila project, Arizona; (2) the necessary appurtenant works including the intake pumping plant system, product waterline, power transmission facilities, and permanent operating facilities; (3) the necessary extension of the existing bypass drain to carry the reject stream from the desalting plant and other drainage waters to the Santa Clara Slough in Mexico, subject to arrangements made pursuant to this Act; (4) replacement of the metal flume in the existing main outlet drain extension with a concrete siphon; (5) reduction of irrigation return flows through acquisition of lands to reduce the size of the division, and irrigation efficiency improvements to limit return flows; and (6) all associated facilities including roads, railroad, and transmission lines. Requires that the Secretary shall use sources of electric power supply for the desalting complex that will not diminish the supply power to preference customers from Federal power systems operated by the Secretary. Authorizes the appropriation of $155,500,000 to accomplish the purposes of this title. =Title II: Measures Upstream from Imperial Dam= - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the salinity control policy adopted for the Colorado River in the "Conclusions and Recommendations" published in the Proceedings of the Reconvened Seventh Session of the Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the Col… | 2024-08-01T18:35:40Z | |
| 93-hr-12015 | 93 | hr | 12015 | A bill to permit the diversion and withdrawal of additional water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois waterway. | Water Resources Development | 1973-12-18 | 1973-12-18 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. O'Hara, James G. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | O000055 | 0 | Authorizes the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, to determine and to direct the rate of diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway. Provides for limitations to the authority based upon maximum rates of diversion, flooding, and water levels. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to make feasibility studies for increasing the maximum rate of diversion. | 2024-08-01T18:35:32Z | |
| 93-hr-9237 | 93 | hr | 9237 | A bill to amend the Rivers and Harbor Act of 1946, as amended and modified. | Water Resources Development | 1973-07-12 | 1973-07-12 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1] | OK | D | J000232 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to reassign the storage provided in the Oologah reservoir, under the Rivers and Harbor Act, to such other authorized purposes as he may determine to be in the public interest. | 2024-08-01T18:33:33Z | |
| 93-s-2075 | 93 | s | 2075 | An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigation of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1973-06-26 | 1973-10-09 | Public law 93-122. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 1 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a feasibility study of the following potential water resource developments: (1) Hood Clay unit, American River division, Central Valley project in Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties, California; (2) McGee Creek Reservoir in Atoka County in southeastern Oklahoma; (3) Moorehead unit, Powder division in Powder River County, Montana; and (4) Geary project in Blaine and Custer Counties, Oklahoma. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-s-1956 | 93 | s | 1956 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer title to Mirage Flats Irrigation Project works to the landowners within the Mirage Flats Irrigation District. | Water Resources Development | 1973-06-07 | 1973-06-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer title to the Mirage Flats irrigation project works, Nebraska, to the landowners within the Mirage Flats Irrigation District. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-hr-8440 | 93 | hr | 8440 | Pacific Southwest Water Yield Improvement Act | Water Resources Development | 1973-06-06 | 1973-06-06 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000188 | 3 | Pacific Southwest Water Yield Improvement Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to enable the Federal Government to cooperate with States and their subdivisions to improve the quantity and quality of water and other renewable resources. Outlines rules of construction and gives definitions for terms used in this Act. Allows either the Secretary of Agriculture or Interior to administer the Act by carrying out investigations and surveys and developing water yield plans. Allows either Secretary to participate in any funded plan on behalf of his own Department or any other agency of the United States. Directs either Secretary to publish in the Federal Register any intended policies be intends to pursue, which will not constitute rulemaking under the United States Code. Outlines requirements for any proposed plan which includes the requirement that occupants of not less than 50 percent of the lands within a watershed area will participate in the plan. Outlines conditions whereby the Secretary may allocate appropriated funds. Limits the amount allocated for grants or loans within any State in any fiscal year to 25 percent of the total amount allocated in all States under this Act. Prohibits funds from being allocated on the basis of acreage distribution formulas. Allows either Secretary to prepare, award or supervise contracts for the funded plans. Allows either Secretary to make one or more grants to any participating person under any given funded plan but limits such grant or loan to the cost and expenses incurred by the person. Outlines conditions whereby one or more loans to any participating person may be made under any funded plan. Makes due final repayment of any loan not later than 25 years after the date, as determined by the Secretary, on which the principal benefits first became available. Authorizes appropriations, without fiscal year limitation, not exceeding $150,000,000. Limits funded plans under this Act to lands in the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. | 2025-09-03T12:45:31Z | |
| 93-hr-8192 | 93 | hr | 8192 | A bill to amend Public Law 90-503 (82 Stat. 853) to authorize construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities to deliver water to the city of Frederick, Okla., from the Mountain Park reclamation project. | Water Resources Development | 1973-05-29 | 1973-05-29 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Steed, Tom [D-OK-4] | OK | D | S000829 | 0 | Authorizes the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities to deliver water to the city of Frederick, Oklahoma, from the Mountain Park reclamation projects. Increases the previous authorization of appropriations by $3,200,000. | 2024-08-01T18:32:40Z | |
| 93-hr-8074 | 93 | hr | 8074 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1973-05-23 | 1973-05-23 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Camp, John N. Happy [R-OK-6] | OK | R | C000073 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of certain potential water resource developments in the Geary project on the Canadian River in Blain and Custer Counties, Oklahoma. | 2024-08-01T18:32:40Z | |
| 93-hr-7961 | 93 | hr | 7961 | A bill to require reimbursement of road construction costs at water resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 1973-05-21 | 1973-05-21 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. McSpadden, Clem Rogers [D-OK-2] | OK | D | M000603 | 0 | Requires reimbursement of road construction costs at water resources development projects in Oklahoma Lake, Oklahoma, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army. | 2024-08-01T18:32:34Z | |
| 93-hr-7808 | 93 | hr | 7808 | A bill to allow non-Federal public bodies to repay in yearly installments cash payments due the Federal Government in connection with any resource water project undertaken by the Secretary of the Army. | Water Resources Development | 1973-05-15 | 1973-05-15 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. Hebert, F. Edward [D-LA-1] | LA | D | H000437 | 0 | Permits non-Federal public bodies to repay in yearly installments cash payments due the Federal Government in connection with any resource water project undertaken by the Secretary of the Army. Sets forth the method for determing interest rates for such payments and the requirements for such an agreement to repay. | 2024-08-01T18:32:27Z | |
| 93-hr-7820 | 93 | hr | 7820 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigation of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1973-05-15 | 1973-05-15 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Melcher, John [D-MT-2] | MT | D | M000635 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigation of potential water resource developments at the Moorhead unit, Powder Division, Pick Sloan Missouri Basin Program, in Montana and Wyoming. | 2024-08-01T18:32:26Z | |
| 93-s-1807 | 93 | s | 1807 | Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act | Water Resources Development | 1973-05-14 | 1973-05-14 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Tunney, John V. [D-CA] | CA | D | T000410 | 13 | Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act - Title I: Objective - Gives recognition to the problems caused to the States of Arizona, California, Nevada, due to the increasing salinity of the Colorado River. Declares it to be Congress' intent to institute a salinity control program based upon the policy adopted in the Conclusions and Recommendations published in the proceedings of the reconvened seventh session of the conference in the matter of the pollution of the interstate waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries in the States of California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming held in Denver, Colorado on April 26-27, 1972, and approved on June 9, 1972 by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Directs the Secretary of Interior to implement the program generally as described in Chapter VI of the Secretary's report entitled, "Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program", October 1972. Title II: Initial Stage - Authorizes the Secretary to construct as initial units of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program, the La Verkin Springs unit, Paradox Valley unit, and Grand Valley unit. Title III: Continuing Program - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to expedite completion of the planning report on specified units. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in his actions toward salinity control. Title IV: Advisory Council - Creates a Colorado River Salinity Control Advisory Council composed of no more than three members appointed by the Governor from each of the seven Colorado River Basin states. States that the Council is to be advisory to the Secretary of the Interior in his work of carrying out the salinity control program. Title V: Allocation of Costs, Repayments - Provides for allocation and repayment of costs. Provides that 75 percent of the total costs of construction, operation, and maintenance and replacement of each unit of the salinity control projects is declared to be non-reimbursable and that the remaining 2… | 2025-09-03T12:52:02Z | |
| 93-hr-7715 | 93 | hr | 7715 | A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, to restore the rural water grant program. | Water Resources Development | 1973-05-10 | 1973-05-10 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Litton, Jerry [D-MO-6] | MO | D | L000360 | 9 | Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for projects on the development, storage, treatment, purification, or distribution of water in rural areas. Permits the Secretary to make grants for projects involving the collection, treatment, or disposal of waste in such areas. States that the aggregate amount of authorized appropriations for such purposes may not exceed $300,000,000 in any fiscal year. | 2024-08-01T18:32:24Z | |
| 93-s-1720 | 93 | s | 1720 | A bill to amend the Water Resources Planning Act to extend the authority for financial assistance to the States for water resources planning. | Water Resources Development | 1973-05-07 | 1973-05-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID] | ID | D | C000388 | 0 | Extends the authority for financial assistance to the States for water resources planning under the Water Resources Planning Act. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-hr-7293 | 93 | hr | 7293 | A bill to authorize the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, to increase the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway in order to control and eliminate water erosion on the shoreline of Lake Michigan and to improve the quality of the water in the Illinois Waterway. | Water Resources Development | 1973-04-30 | 1973-04-30 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] | WI | D | A000224 | 0 | Authorizes the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, to increase the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway in order to control and eliminate water erosion on the shoreline of Lake Michigan and to improve the quality of the water in the Illinois Waterway. | 2024-08-01T18:32:15Z | |
| 93-hr-7176 | 93 | hr | 7176 | A bill to authorize the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, to test, on a 3-year basis, the effect of increasing the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 1973-04-18 | 1973-04-18 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. Young, Samuel H. [R-IL-10] | IL | R | Y000052 | 0 | Authorizes the State of Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, to test, on a three-year basis, the effect of increasing the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway. | 2024-08-01T18:32:02Z | |
| 93-hr-6831 | 93 | hr | 6831 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1973-04-11 | 1973-04-11 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Camp, John N. Happy [R-OK-6] | OK | R | C000073 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of potential water resource development at the McGee Creek Reservoir project in Atoka County, Oklahoma. | 2024-08-01T18:31:56Z | |
| 93-hr-6807 | 93 | hr | 6807 | A bill to amend section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970. | Water Resources Development | 1973-04-10 | 1973-04-10 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Suspends, until January 1, 1975, the requirement of the Flood Control Act of 1970 that a written agreement be entered into prior to the construction of any water resources project by the Secretary of the Army. | 2024-08-01T18:31:56Z | |
| 93-s-1525 | 93 | s | 1525 | A bill to remove certain limitations on annual operation and maintenance expenditures applicable to the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico. | Water Resources Development | 1973-04-10 | 1973-04-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Fulbright, James [D-AR] | AR | D | F000401 | 0 | Removes the appropriation limitations on annual operation and maintenance expenditures applicable to the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 93-s-1501 | 93 | s | 1501 | A bill to amend the Water Resources Planning Act to provide for continuing authorization for appropriations. | Water Resources Development | 1973-04-06 | 1973-07-01 | Public law 93-55. | Senate | Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] | WA | D | J000013 | 1 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Provides for an authorization of appropriations under the Water Resources Planning Act of $3,500,000 annually for the fiscal years 1974-75. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-hr-6673 | 93 | hr | 6673 | A bill to authorize the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, to increase the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway in order to control and eliminate water erosion on the shoreline of Lake Michigan and to improve the quality of the water in the Illinois Waterway. | Water Resources Development | 1973-04-05 | 1973-04-05 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. Rostenkowski, Dan [D-IL-8] | IL | D | R000458 | 1 | Authorizes the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, to increase the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway in order to control and eliminate water erosion on the shoreline of Lake Michigan and to improve the quality of the water in the Illinois Waterway. | 2024-08-01T18:31:50Z | |
| 93-hr-6576 | 93 | hr | 6576 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigation of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1973-04-04 | 1973-09-13 | Measure laid on table in House, S.2075 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Moss, John E. [D-CA-3] | CA | D | M001035 | 3 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of potential water resource developments in specified counties of California, Oklahoma, Montana, and Wyoming. | 2024-08-01T18:31:44Z | |
| 93-hr-6338 | 93 | hr | 6338 | A bill to amend the Water Resources Planning Act to provide for continuing authorization for appropriations. | Water Resources Development | 1973-03-29 | 1973-06-19 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 1501 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-2] | CA | D | J000135 | 6 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Provides for an authorization of appropriations under the Water Resources Planning Act of $3,500,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-75. | 2024-08-01T18:31:39Z | |
| 93-s-1386 | 93 | s | 1386 | An Act to authorize appropriations for the saline water program for fiscal year 1974, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 1973-03-27 | 1973-07-01 | Public law 93-51. | Senate | Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] | WA | D | J000013 | 1 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1974 of $9,127,000 to carry out the saline water program of the Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-hr-5541 | 93 | hr | 5541 | Rural Drinking Water Assistance Act | Water Resources Development | 1973-03-13 | 1973-03-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Robison, Howard W. [R-NY-27] | NY | R | R000357 | 0 | Rural Drinking Water Assistance Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Surgeon General of the United States, in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency, to provide for the improved health and welfare of rural residents of the United States to the maximum extent possible by encouraging the efforts of such residents to develop water supply systems which would dispense hygienic drinking water and water for other human needs, with the ultimate goal being to make such water readily available at a reasonable cost to every resident of the United States. Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water Supply, shall conduct a survey, to be completed no later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, of rural drinking water assistance areas. Establishes the Rural Water Council which shall consist of the Secretary, who shall be chairman, the Surgeon General, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and nine additional members appointed without regard to civil service laws by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of the Council. Requires the Surgeon General to continuously review the rural water supply projects assisted under this Act to determine whether they are so constructed and operated as to comply with public health drinking water standards established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Provides that no further assistance shall be given under this Act to any recipient of assistance while such recipient is determined by the Surgeon General to be in noncompliance with the public health drinking water standards established by the Administrator. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research relating to the provision of adequate water quantity and quality and the utilization of improved methods of establishing rural water … | 2025-09-03T12:44:06Z | |
| 93-hr-5464 | 93 | hr | 5464 | A bill to authorize appropriations for the saline water program for fiscal year 1974, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 1973-03-12 | 1973-06-19 | Measure laid on table in House, S. 1386 passed in lieu. | House | Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-2] | CA | D | J000135 | 3 | (LATEST SUMMARY) Authorizes to be appropriated $9,127,000 during fiscal year 1974 to carry out the provisions of the Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971. Specifies the allotment of such funds among the Act's programs. Limits administrative discretion to transfer funds among the various programs under the Act by establishing percentage maximums on amounts transferrable. Authorizes such additional amounts as necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, or other employee benefits authorized by law. | 2024-08-01T18:31:04Z | |
| 93-hr-5395 | 93 | hr | 5395 | Safe Drinking Water Act | Water Resources Development | 1973-03-08 | 1973-03-08 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Carter, Tim Lee [R-KY-5] | KY | R | C000201 | 0 | Safe Drinking Water Act - Provides that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, shall issue proposed regulations prescribing national primary and secondary drinking water standards within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Restricts the authority of the Administrator to prescribe the addition of any substance to water systems other than for the purpose of treating contaminants. Requires the Administrator to review the adequacy of any national primary or secondary drinking water standards issued under this Act every three years. Authorizes the Administrator to render financial, technical, and other assistance to public agencies, institutions, water supply utilities, and individuals in the conduct of research and investigations relating to contaminants in drinking water or to the provision of adequate supplies of safe drinking water. Authorizes the Administrator to finance any project or activity which is designed: (1) to develop, expand, or carry out a program for training persons for occupations involving the management and operation of drinking water systems; and (2) to train instructors to teach such programs. Provides for the state water supply program plans to enforce the national drinking water standards. Sets forth requirements for such State plans. Authorizes the Administrator to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for judicial review of such regulations. States that nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of any State or local governmental unit to establish drinking water standards, except that such standards shall not be less stringent than the requirements of this Act. Specifies activities which are prohibited under this Act. Sets forth penalties for any such violations. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief under this Act. Makes the provisions of this Act applicable to Federal facilities. Authorizes the Administrator to w… | 2025-09-03T12:44:01Z | |
| 93-hr-5416 | 93 | hr | 5416 | A bill to amend the Housing Amendments of 1955, to extend certain financial assistance for construction of waterworks to private corporations. | Water Resources Development | 1973-03-08 | 1973-03-08 | Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. | House | Rep. Johnson, Albert W. [R-PA-23] | PA | R | J000115 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, under the Housing Amendments of 1955, to extend financial assistance for construction of water works to private corporations. | 2024-08-01T18:31:02Z | |
| 93-hr-5297 | 93 | hr | 5297 | A bill to authorize construction of the Little Cypress Lake and Reservoir, Texas. | Water Resources Development | 1973-03-07 | 1973-03-07 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. Patman, Wright [D-TX-1] | TX | D | P000103 | 0 | Authorizes construction of the Little Cypress Lake and Reservoir, Texas. | 2024-08-01T18:31:04Z | |
| 93-hr-5368 | 93 | hr | 5368 | Safe Drinking Water Act | Water Resources Development | 1973-03-07 | 1973-03-07 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Staggers, Harley O. [D-WV-2] | WV | D | S000778 | 1 | Safe Drinking Water Act - Provides that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, shall issue proposed regulations prescribing national primary and secondary drinking water standards within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Restricts the authority of the Administrator to prescribe the addition of any substance to water systems other than for the purpose of treating contaminants. Requires the Administrator to review the adequacy of any national primary or secondary drinking water standards issued under this Act every three years. Authorizes the Administrator to render financial, technical, and other assistance to public agencies, institutions, water supply utilities, and individuals in the conduct of research and investigations relating to contaminants in drinking water or to the provision of adequate supplies of safe drinking water. Authorizes the Administrator to finance any project or activity which is designed: (1) to develop, expand, or carry out a program for training persons for occupations involving the management and operation of drinking water systems; and (2) to train instructors to teach such programs. Provides for the state water supply program plans to enforce the national drinking water standards. Sets forth requirements for such State plans. Authorizes the Administrator to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for judicial review of such regulations. States that nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of any State or local governmental unit to establish drinking water standards, except that such standards shall not be less stringent than the requirements of this Act. Specifies activities which are prohibited under this Act. Sets forth penalties for any such violations. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action for injunctive relief under this Act. Makes the provisions of this Act applicable to Federal facilities. Authorizes the Administrator to w… | 2025-09-03T12:44:00Z | |
| 93-hr-4562 | 93 | hr | 4562 | A bill to provide for adjustments in the lands or interests therein acquired for the Clark Hill Reservoir, Ga., by the reconveyance of certain lands or interests therein to former owners thereof. | Water Resources Development | 1973-02-21 | 1973-02-21 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. Stephens, Robert G., Jr. [D-GA-10] | GA | D | S000860 | 0 | Provides for adjustments in the lands or interests therein acquired for the Clark Hill Reservoir, Georgia, by the reconveyance of lands or interests therein to former owners thereof. | 2024-08-01T18:30:35Z | |
| 93-hjres-352 | 93 | hjres | 352 | Joint resolution directing the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study the economic and engineering feasibility of acquiring riparian rights from the Republic of Mexico to water in the Gulf of California for the piping and pumping of water from the Gulf of California to Arizona for irrigation purposes, and to acquire a permit to locate a desalinization plant within the territorial limits of the Republic of Mexico. | Water Resources Development | 1973-02-20 | 1973-02-20 | Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House | Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000188 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study the economic and engineering feasibility of acquiring riparian rights from the Republic of Mexico to water in the Gulf of California for the piping and pumping of water from the Gulf of California to Arizona for irrigation purposes, and to acquire a permit to locate a desalinization plant within the territorial limits of the Republic of Mexico. Requires the Secretaries to report to Congress the results, and its recommendations, of such study within three years after enactment of this joint resolution. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution. | 2024-08-01T18:27:29Z | |
| 93-s-900 | 93 | s | 900 | A bill to amend the Act of April 7, 1956, relating to the lower Rio Grande rehabilitation project, Texas, Mercedes Division. | Water Resources Development | 1973-02-19 | 1973-02-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Authorizes the Hidalgo and Cameron Counties (Texas) Water Control and Improvement District to construct a water metering system, a pumping plant, and to provide for replacement of pumps and meters for the Rio Grande rehabilitation project, Mercedes division. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 93-hr-3616 | 93 | hr | 3616 | A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a water bank program. | Water Resources Development | 1973-02-05 | 1973-02-05 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Denholm, Frank E. [D-SD-1] | SD | D | D000234 | 1 | Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Water Bank Act, to enter into agreement with landowners in important migratory waterfowl nesting and breeding areas for the conservation of water on specified farm, ranch, or other wetlands identified in a conservation plan developed in cooperation with the Soil and Water Conservation District in which the lands are located, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 1302) | 2024-08-01T18:29:58Z | |
| 93-hr-3652 | 93 | hr | 3652 | A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to review certain requirements for the project for Anaheim Bay, California. | Water Resources Development | 1973-02-05 | 1973-02-05 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works. | House | Rep. Hosmer, Craig [R-CA-32] | CA | R | H000802 | 0 | Requires the Secretary of the Army to rewiew the reqirements of local participation for the project for Anaheim Bay, California, with particular reference to Federal and non-Federal cost sharing, and to report his findings to Congress within one year after enactment. | 2024-08-01T18:30:01Z | |
| 93-hr-2594 | 93 | hr | 2594 | A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish and carry out a bottled drinking water control program. | Water Resources Development | 1973-01-22 | 1973-01-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 0 | Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program of bottled drinking water to protect the public health and safety. Provides that the Adminstrator shall develop and administer uniform minimum standards of health and safety for bottled drinking water. Authorizes the Administrator to collect and make available research results for the health and safety of bottled drinking water and to make grants to public and private nonprofit agencies to determine health standards for bottled drinking water. Requires the first health standards to be published within a year of enactment of this Act. Directs that these standards will not apply to water for export if properly labeled and meeting the standards of the importing country. Requires imported bottled drinking water to meet United States standards. Makes it unlawful to distribute or import bottled water that does not meet the prescribed standards. Provides that the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations of this Act. Provides a civil penalty of a fine not in excess of $1,000 for violations of the regulations. Allows States to impose more restrictive standards than the Federal standards prescribed by this Act. | 2024-08-01T18:29:29Z | |
| 93-hr-2292 | 93 | hr | 2292 | A bill to amend the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, as amended, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 1973-01-18 | 1973-01-18 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 6 | Prohibits the issuance of Federal permits, under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, authorizing water resource development by non-Federal public and private agencies until such agencies reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for related investigations required by such Act. Provides that whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are proposed or authorized to be impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever, it shall be the responsibility of the person or agency proposing such project to include a report describing, to the extent known, the potential effect of such project on wildlife resources and their environment and the means and measures to be taken to prevent or substantially minimize any such adverse effects. States that the head of the appropriate Federal agency or department shall not approve any project application unless the Governor of the State or States in which the project may be located certifies in writing within ninety days after receipt of notice of application for a permit, license, or assistance, to such agency that there is reasonable assurance that the project will be located, designed, constructed, and operated so as to prevent or substantially minimize damage to wildlife. | 2024-08-01T18:29:12Z | |
| 93-s-28 | 93 | s | 28 | Water Rights Act | Water Resources Development | 1973-01-04 | 1973-01-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Moss, Frank E. [D-UT] | UT | D | M001033 | 9 | Water Rights Act - Provides that if a Federal withdrawal or reservation of Federal lands is to create a water right which shall have priority against a water right under State law, then the Federal claim shall give fair notice as to the purpose, quantity, and priority date of the water right which is claimed. Requires that the acreage limitations in the Federal reclamation law is not amended by this Act. Requires just compensation to be paid before a State can acquire under State law any vested right in the diversion, storage, or use of any navigable or nonnavigable waters. | 2025-09-03T12:50:56Z | |
| 93-hr-952 | 93 | hr | 952 | A bill to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promote the fluoridation of public water supplies. | Water Resources Development | 1973-01-03 | 1973-01-03 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Rarick, John R. [D-LA-6] | LA | D | R000065 | 0 | Provides that no part of any funds appropriated for research, or otherwise available, for expenditure by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall be expended to promote, subsidize, or propagandize for fluoridation of public water supplies, nor shall any such funds be expended to ridicule, dissuade, or disparage opposition to fluoridation of public water supplies. | 2024-08-01T18:28:27Z |
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