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| 94-hr-15533 | 94 | hr | 15533 | A bill to authorize construction of the Little Cypress Lake and Reservoir, Texas. | Water Resources Development | 1976-09-13 | 1976-09-13 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1] | TX | D | H000070 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct the Little Cypress Lake and Reservoir in Texas. | 2024-08-01T19:33:31Z | |
| 94-s-3794 | 94 | s | 3794 | A bill to authorize a study of Hilo Bay, Hawaii. | Water Resources Development | 1976-09-08 | 1976-09-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Fong, Hiram L. [R-HI] | HI | R | F000245 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to study the feasibility of improvements for the development, utilization, and conservation of water and related land resources in Hilo Bay, Hawaii. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-3795 | 94 | s | 3795 | A bill to authorize a study of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. | Water Resources Development | 1976-09-08 | 1976-09-08 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Fong, Hiram L. [R-HI] | HI | R | F000245 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to study the feasibility of improvements for the development, utilization, and conservation of water and related land resources in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-hr-15367 | 94 | hr | 15367 | A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to make a study of methods to develop, utilize, and conserve water and related land resources in the Hilo Bay area, Hawaii, and to prepare a plan for the implementation of the findings of the study. | Water Resources Development | 1976-08-31 | 1976-08-31 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI-1] | HI | D | M000250 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to study methods to develop, utilize, and conserve the land and water resources in the Hilo Bay Area in Hawaii. | 2024-08-01T19:33:13Z | |
| 94-hr-15293 | 94 | hr | 15293 | A bill providing for the construction of a flood control project on the Chehalis River, Wash. | Water Resources Development | 1976-08-26 | 1976-08-26 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] | WA | D | B000620 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct the flood control project on the Chehalis River in Washington, at an estimated Federal cost of $10,529,000. | 2024-08-01T19:33:13Z | |
| 94-hr-15266 | 94 | hr | 15266 | A bill to authorize construction of the project for Nonconnah Creek, Tenn. and Miss., and Horn Lake Creek, including Cowpen Creek, Tenn. and Miss. | Water Resources Development | 1976-08-25 | 1976-08-25 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | Authorizes construction of the projects for Nonconnah Creek and Horn Lake Creek, in Mississippi and Tennessee, at an estimated Federal cost of $57,800,000. | 2024-08-01T19:33:13Z | |
| 94-s-3724 | 94 | s | 3724 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to undertake the phase I design memorandum stage of advanced engineering and design of the project element involving the lowermost 10.1 mile-long segment of channel modification of Sowashee Creek at Meridian, Mississippi. | Water Resources Development | 1976-08-04 | 1976-08-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Stennis, John C. [D-MS] | MS | D | S000852 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake the advanced engineering and design stage of the Sowashee Creek modification project in Mississippi, at an estimated cost of $450,000. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-3725 | 94 | s | 3725 | A bill to provide increased flood protection in the vicinity of Santa Fe, New Mexico. | Water Resources Development | 1976-08-04 | 1976-08-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct a flood control project near Santa Fe, New Mexico, at an estimated cost of $3,890,000. Stipulates that the project shall not include construction of any impoundments east of the existing Nichols Dam, and that construction operations shall have a minimal adverse impact on transportation in the city of Santa Fe. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-3727 | 94 | s | 3727 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Allen Camp Unit, Pit River division, Central Valley project, California, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 1976-08-04 | 1976-09-14 | Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Allen Camp unit of the Central Valley project in California. Authorizes the Secretary to replace roads and bridges which would be inundated by the project. Places restrictions on the use of water from such project. Authorizes the appropriation of $64,220,000 for construction of the unit. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-hr-14993 | 94 | hr | 14993 | A bill to deauthorize the Lafayette Dam and Reservoir, Wabash River, Ind. | Water Resources Development | 1976-08-02 | 1976-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | F000161 | 2 | Deauthorizies the Lafayette Dam and Reservoir in Indiana. | 2024-08-01T19:33:02Z | |
| 94-hr-14973 | 94 | hr | 14973 | A bill to provide for acquisition of lands in connection with the international Tijuana River flood control project, and for other purposes. | Water Resources Development | 1976-07-30 | 1976-09-28 | Public law 94-425. | House | Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-15] | FL | D | F000041 | 1 | Amends the authorization for United States participation in the International Tijuana River flood control project to decrease the amount authorized to be appropriated for construction of such project from $12,600,000 to $10,800,000. Authorizes Federal participation with non-Federal interests for the acquisition of land for such project, contingent upon the contribution of an appropriate share of needed funds by the City of San Diego. Stipulates that no funds may be appropriated for such project for fiscal year 1977. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 94-hr-14899 | 94 | hr | 14899 | A bill to deauthorize the Lafaette Dam and Reservoir, Wabash River, Ind. | Water Resources Development | 1976-07-27 | 1976-07-27 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | F000161 | 10 | Deauthorizies the Lafayette Dam and Reservoir in Indiana. | 2024-08-01T19:32:52Z | |
| 94-hr-14720 | 94 | hr | 14720 | A bill to modify the project for flood protection on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, New York, and Pennsylvania, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army to relocate the village of Nelson, Pennsylvania. | Water Resources Development | 1976-07-19 | 1976-07-19 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10] | PA | R | M000399 | 0 | Modifies the project for flood protection on the North Branch of the Susquehannah River, New York and Pennsylvania, to direct the Secretary of the Army to relocate the village of Nelson, Pennsylvania. | 2024-08-01T19:32:40Z | |
| 94-s-3658 | 94 | s | 3658 | A bill to provide for acquisition of lands in connection with the International Tijuana River Flood Control project. | Water Resources Development | 1976-07-02 | 1976-07-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Sparkman, John J. [D-AL] | AL | D | S000701 | 0 | Amends the authorization for United States participation in the International Tijuana River flood control project to decrease the amount authorized to be appropriated for construction of such project from $12,600,000 to $10,800,000. Authorizes Federal participation with non-Federal interests for the acquisition of land for such project, contingent upon the contribution of an appropriate share of needed funds by the City of San Diego. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 94-hr-14645 | 94 | hr | 14645 | A bill to provide for acquisition of lands in connection with the international Tijuana River flood control project. | Water Resources Development | 1976-07-01 | 1976-07-01 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-15] | FL | D | F000041 | 0 | Amends the authorization for United States participation in the International Tijuana River flood control project to decrease the amount authorized to be appropriated for construction of such project from $12,600,000 to $10,800,000. Authorizes Federal participation with non-Federal interests for the acquisition of land for such project, contingent upon the contribution of an appropriate share of needed funds by the City of San Diego. | 2024-08-01T19:32:39Z | |
| 94-hr-14636 | 94 | hr | 14636 | A bill to authorize construction of the modified project for Papillion Creek and Tributaries Lakes, Nebr. | Water Resources Development | 1976-06-30 | 1976-06-30 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. McCollister, John Y. [R-NE-2] | NE | R | M000349 | 0 | Modifies the project for Papillian Creek and Tributaries Lakes in Nebraska, in accordance with the recommendations of the Corps of Engineers. | 2024-08-01T19:32:39Z | |
| 94-hr-14515 | 94 | hr | 14515 | A bill to authorize construction of the project for flood control and other purposes on the Santa Ana River, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, Calif. | Water Resources Development | 1976-06-23 | 1976-06-23 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct the flood control project on the Santa Ana River in California, at an estimated Federal cost of $655,540,000. | 2024-08-01T19:32:40Z | |
| 94-hr-14323 | 94 | hr | 14323 | A bill to authorize a dam and reservoir for flood control and other purposes on the Pembina River, near Walhalia, North Dakota. | Water Resources Development | 1976-06-11 | 1976-06-11 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Andrews, Mark [R-ND-At Large] | ND | R | A000208 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to construct the Pembina River dam and reservoir project in North Dakota, at an estimated initial cost of $24,900,000. | 2024-08-01T19:32:22Z | |
| 94-hr-14338 | 94 | hr | 14338 | A bill to authorize construction of the project for flood control and other purposes on the Santa Ana River, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, Calif. | Water Resources Development | 1976-06-11 | 1976-06-11 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38] | CA | D | P000121 | 15 | Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct the flood control project on the Santa Ana River in California, at an estimated Federal cost of $655,540,000. | 2024-08-01T19:32:30Z | |
| 94-hr-14301 | 94 | hr | 14301 | Arkansas-Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas Water Resources Development Act | Water Resources Development | 1976-06-10 | 1976-06-10 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] | OK | D | R000268 | 2 | Arkansas - Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas Water Resources Development Act - Modifies the project for water quality control in the Arkansas - Red River Basin in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to initiate construction of remaining project features designed to reduce natural salt pollution within the Wichita River Basin. | 2025-09-02T18:49:16Z | |
| 94-hr-14302 | 94 | hr | 14302 | A bill to provide for the regular initiation of construction of the project for water quality control in the Arkansas-Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. | Water Resources Development | 1976-06-10 | 1976-06-10 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] | OK | D | R000268 | 2 | Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to institute construction of the project for water quality control in the Arkansas - Red River Basin in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. | 2024-08-01T19:32:30Z | |
| 94-hr-14303 | 94 | hr | 14303 | Arkansas-Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas Water Resources Development Act | Water Resources Development | 1976-06-10 | 1976-06-10 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] | OK | D | R000268 | 2 | Arkansas-Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas Water Resources Development Act - Modifies the project for water quality control in the Arkansas Red River Basin in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to initiate construction of natural salt pollution control features of the project. | 2025-09-02T18:49:11Z | |
| 94-hr-14310 | 94 | hr | 14310 | A bill to conduct a study of nonstructural alternatives to the Trinity River project and to prepare a Trinity Natural River plan. | Water Resources Development | 1976-06-10 | 1976-06-10 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Steelman, Alan [R-TX-5] | TX | R | S000841 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to conduct a study of nonstructural alternatives to the Trinity River project in Texas. Requires the Secretary to investigate the feasibility of establishing a natural greenbelt system throughout the watershed as part of such study. Requires consideration of nonstructural flood plain management in connection with the study. Requires that public hearings be held to solicit viewpoints on the development of such a plan. Authorizes the delay of construction on projects which would reduce the effectiveness of any non-structural alternatives pending completion of the study. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:32:30Z | |
| 94-s-3523 | 94 | s | 3523 | A bill to authorize a dam and reservoir for flood control and other purposes on the Pembina River, near Walhalla, North Dakota. | Water Resources Development | 1976-06-04 | 1976-06-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] | ND | D | B001077 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to construct the Pembina River dam and reservoir project in North Dakota, at an estimated initial cost of $24,900,000. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-3480 | 94 | s | 3480 | A bill to amend the act authorizing the Caddo Lake Dam and Reservoir. | Water Resources Development | 1976-05-21 | 1976-05-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 1 | Modifies the Caddo Dam and Reservoir project in Louisiana to stipulate that the operation and maintenance of the project shall be the responsibility of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-3452 | 94 | s | 3452 | A bill to modify the project for the Cochiti Reservoir, New Mexico, in order to provide for a public access road to such reservoir. | Water Resources Development | 1976-05-19 | 1976-05-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Montoya, Joseph M. [D-NM] | NM | D | M000876 | 0 | Modifies the Cochiti Reservoir project in New Mexico to direct the Secretary of the Army to construct a public access road to such reservoir. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-3432 | 94 | s | 3432 | An original bill to authorize an increase in the monetary authorization for certain comprehensive river basin plans previously approved by the Congress. | Water Resources Development | 1976-05-13 | 1976-05-18 | Measure passed Senate. | Senate | Sen. Gravel, Mike [D-AK] | AK | D | G000388 | 1 | Authorizes the following additional appropriations for the comprehensive plan for the following river basins through the transitional quarter: (1) North Branch, Susquehanna River Basin, an additional $5,800,000; and (2) South Platte River Basin, an additional $3,200,000. Stipulates that the total amount of appropriations authorized by this Act shall not exceed $9,000,000. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-hr-13689 | 94 | hr | 13689 | A bill to deauthorize the Lafayette Dam and Reservoir, Wabash River, Ind. | Water Resources Development | 1976-05-11 | 1976-05-11 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Fithian, Floyd J. [D-IN-2] | IN | D | F000161 | 0 | Deauthorizies the Lafayette Dam and Reservoir in Indiana. | 2024-08-01T19:31:57Z | |
| 94-hr-13516 | 94 | hr | 13516 | A bill to clarify the status of certain waters in the State of New Hampshire for the purposes of the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971. | Water Resources Development | 1976-05-03 | 1976-05-03 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. D'Amours, Norman E. [D-NH-1] | NH | D | D000017 | 1 | Provides that for purposes of the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971, the following waters lying entirely within the State of New Hampshire are declared nonnavigable: Lake Winnisquam, Lake Winnipesaukee, and specified portions of the Merrimack River. | 2024-08-01T19:31:46Z | |
| 94-hr-13498 | 94 | hr | 13498 | Water Resources Planning and Research Assistance Amendments Act | Water Resources Development | 1976-04-30 | 1976-04-30 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO-2] | CO | D | W000647 | 0 | Water Resources Planning and Research Assistance Amendments Act - Title I: Amendments to Title I of the Water Resources Planning Act - The Water Resources Council: Amends the Water Resources Planning Act to revise the membership of the Water Resources Council to include Assistant Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, the Army, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation. Includes as permanent members of the Commission (1) an Assitant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, (2) a Member of the Federal Power Commission, and (3) a Chairman, possessing specified qualifications, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the President to appoint additional members to the Council as representatives of affected Federal agencies and departments. Limits such appointments to the period during which this program is in effect, subject to the condition that an Assistanct Secretary or Administrator for water-related matters shall be appointed. Lists additional duties of the Council, including periodic review of national water resources research and planning activities, assistance in the preparation of annual and long-range consideration, coordination with Federal and State agencies, and advice to the President on the water resources planning impacts on Federal budgets. Directs the President to transmit an annual water resources report to Congress, with the assistance of the Council. Establishes a non-Federal advisory committee composed of representatives from each river basin to offer advice and recommendations to the Council. Establishes within the Council an Office of Waters Resources Research, to function under the general direction of the Chairman of the Couuncil. Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 to authorize the transfer of activities under such Act from the Secretary of the Interior to the Water Resources Council. Authorizes the Council to make grants to firms, local governments, and individuals for w… | 2025-09-02T18:48:48Z | |
| 94-s-3354 | 94 | s | 3354 | A bill to provide for the regular initiation of construction of the project for water quality control in the Arkansas-Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. | Water Resources Development | 1976-04-29 | 1976-04-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 1 | Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to initiate construction of the project for water quality control in the Arkansas-Red River Basin in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-3355 | 94 | s | 3355 | Arkansas-Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas Water Resources Development Act | Water Resources Development | 1976-04-29 | 1976-04-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 1 | Arkansas-Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas Water Resources Development Act - Modifies the project for water quality control in the Arkansas-Red River Basin in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to initiate construction of remaining project features designed to reduce natural salt pollution within the Wichita River Basin. | 2025-09-02T18:52:19Z | |
| 94-s-3356 | 94 | s | 3356 | Arkansas-Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas Water Resources Development Act | Water Resources Development | 1976-04-29 | 1976-04-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 1 | Arkansas-Red River Basin, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas Water Resources Development Act - Modifies the project for water quality control in the Arkansas-Red River Basin in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to initiate construction of remaining project features designed to reduce natural salt pollution within the Wichita River Basin. | 2025-09-02T18:52:19Z | |
| 94-s-3326 | 94 | s | 3326 | A bill to authorize the construction of a water diversion structure on the Potomac River, Md., subject to execution of an agreement providing for equitable allocation of available water during low flow periods of the Potomac River. | Water Resources Development | 1976-04-26 | 1976-04-26 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Beall, J. Glenn, Jr. [R-MD] | MD | R | B000272 | 0 | Grants the consent of Congress to the construction of a water diversion structure on the Potomac River in Maryland by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. Stipulates that appropriate governmental entities must enter into a written agreement establishing a plan for allocation of such water prior to construction. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-hr-13135 | 94 | hr | 13135 | A bill to clarify the status of certain waters in the State of New Hampshire for the purposes of the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971. | Water Resources Development | 1976-04-08 | 1976-04-08 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. D'Amours, Norman E. [D-NH-1] | NH | D | D000017 | 0 | Provides that for purposes of the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971, the following waters lying entirely within the State of New Hampshire are declared nonnavigable: Lake Winnisquam, Lake Winnipesaukee, and specified portions of the Merrimack River. | 2024-08-01T19:31:31Z | |
| 94-hr-13014 | 94 | hr | 13014 | A bill to end the authorization of the Helm Reservoir Project, Skillet Fork, Illinois. | Water Resources Development | 1976-04-02 | 1976-04-02 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] | IL | D | S000423 | 1 | Terminates the authorization for the Helm Reservoir project in Illinois. | 2024-08-01T19:31:28Z | |
| 94-s-3195 | 94 | s | 3195 | A bill to extend provisions of title XIV of the Public Health Service Act for 1 1/4 years. | Water Resources Development | 1976-03-23 | 1976-03-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. | Senate | Sen. Magnuson, Warren G. [D-WA] | WA | D | M000053 | 1 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the appropriation of specified sums through fiscal year 1978 for Federal assistance to State programs for the protection of underground sources of drinking water and for Federal assistance in related research, technical assistance, information, and personnel training. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 94-s-3142 | 94 | s | 3142 | Water Resources Planning and Research Assistance Amendments Act | Water Resources Development | 1976-03-16 | 1976-03-16 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID] | ID | D | C000388 | 2 | Water Resources Planning and Research Assistance Amendments Act - Title I: Amendments to Title I of the Water Resources Planning Act-The Water Resources Council - Amends the Water Resources Planning Act to revise the membership of the Water Resources Council to include Assistant Secretarys of the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, the Army, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation. Includes as permanent members of the Commission: (1) an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (2) a member of the Federal Power Commission; and (3) a Chairman, possessing specified qualifications, to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the President to appoint additional members to the Council as representatives of affected Federal agencies and departments. Limits such appointments to the period during which this program is in effect, subject to the condition that an Assistant Secretary or Administrator for water-related matters shall be appointed. Lists additional duties of the Council, including periodic review of national water resources research and planning activities, assistance in the preparation of annual and long-range consideration, coordination with Federal and State agencies, and advice to the President on the water resources planning impacts on Federal budgets. Directs the President to transmit an annual water resources report to Congress, with the assistance of the Council. Establishes a non-Federal advisory committee composed of representatives from each river basin to offer advice and recommendations to the Council. Establishes within the Council an Office of Water Resources Research to perform under the general direction of the Chairman of the Council. Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 to authorize the transfer of activities under such Act from the Secretary of the Interior to the Water Resources Council. Authorizes the Council to make grants to firms, local governments, and individuals for water … | 2025-09-02T18:52:16Z | |
| 94-hr-11876 | 94 | hr | 11876 | A bill to amend the Water Resources Planning Act (79 Stat. 244) as amended. | Water Resources Development | 1976-02-11 | 1976-05-12 | Public law 94-285. | House | Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-1] | CA | D | J000135 | 4 | (Reported to House from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, H. Rept. 94-983) Authorizes the appropriation under the Water Resources Planning Act of $2,000,000 annually for the expenses of the Water Resources Council. Makes Guam eligible to receive water resources planning grants under such Act. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-hr-11559 | 94 | hr | 11559 | A bill to authorize appropriations for the saline water conversion program for fiscal year 1977. | Water Resources Development | 1976-01-28 | 1976-06-22 | Public law 94-316. | House | Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-1] | CA | D | J000135 | 7 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971 of $7,540,000 for fiscal year 1977 for specified categories for water research, technology development, test facility operation and maintenance, and administration and coordination. Permits expenditures and obligations authorized under any category for water resources research and for technology development to be increased by ten percent if any such increase is accompanied by a corresponding decrease in expenditures and obligations in other categories for such purposes. Makes provisions of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy, Research, and Development Act of 1974, relating to inventions and patents and application of antitrust laws, applicable to the definition of, title to, and licensing of, inventions made or conceived in the course of, or under any contract or grant pursuant to, the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 or the Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-hr-11002 | 94 | hr | 11002 | A bill to amend the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to make compliance with its provisions voluntary. | Water Resources Development | 1975-12-04 | 1975-12-04 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. | House | Rep. Steiger, William A. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | S000847 | 0 | Makes compliance with the provisions of the Flood Disaster Protection Act voluntary. Provides for procedures for calling to the attention of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the existence of flood hazards. | 2024-08-01T19:29:52Z | |
| 94-hr-10721 | 94 | hr | 10721 | A bill to amend the authorization for the West Tennessee Tributaries project. | Water Resources Development | 1975-11-12 | 1975-11-12 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Jones, Ed [D-TN-7] | TN | D | J000216 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to construct a project, under the Flood Control Act, for flood control on Harris Fork Creek and South Fulton Branch, in the States of Kentucky and Tennessee. | 2024-08-01T19:29:45Z | |
| 94-s-2658 | 94 | s | 2658 | A bill to amend the authorization for the West Tennessee Tributaries project. | Water Resources Development | 1975-11-12 | 1975-11-12 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Baker, Howard H., Jr. [R-TN] | TN | R | B000063 | 3 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, under the authorization for the west Tennessee tributaries project of the Flood Control Act, to construct a project on Harris Fork Creek and South Fulton Branch in the States of Kentucky and Tennessee for flood control. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-hr-10670 | 94 | hr | 10670 | A bill to amend X section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1950. | Water Resources Development | 1975-11-11 | 1975-11-11 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Bowen, David R. [D-MS-2] | MS | D | B000682 | 0 | Authorizes to be established and maintained, under the Flood Control Act, an emergency fund, to remain available until expended, for use by the Secretary of the Army in carrying out emergency works of improvement. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums for the initial establishment and periodic replenishment of such fund. | 2024-08-01T19:29:36Z | |
| 94-s-2505 | 94 | s | 2505 | A bill to authorize a project for flood protection in and in the vicinity of Baytown, Texas. | Water Resources Development | 1975-10-09 | 1975-10-09 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Authorizes a project for flood control in the vicinity of Baytown, Texas, at an estimated cost of $12,700,000. Provides that both the $15,000 limitation imposed under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and any changes in the fair market value of the property caused by subsidence or flooding after February 13, 1969, shall be disregarded in compensating owners of the property who were owners as of the time of flooding. Requires the State or local governments to supply 20 percent of the funding for such project. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-hr-10069 | 94 | hr | 10069 | A bill to amend the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to allow certain improvements on roads subject to frequent flooding. | Water Resources Development | 1975-10-07 | 1975-10-07 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Andrews, Mark [R-ND-At Large] | ND | R | A000208 | 0 | Authorizes the President to make contributions under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to raise the grade of any non-Federal- aid street, road, or highway damaged by flooding or high water after May 1, 1975, in a major disaster area in which future flooding or high water is reasonably foreseeable. | 2024-08-01T19:29:16Z | |
| 94-s-2484 | 94 | s | 2484 | A bill to amend Public Law 566, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended, to remove the limitation on any single loan or advancement for watershed works of improvement. | Water Resources Development | 1975-10-07 | 1976-04-26 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Packwood, Bob [R-OR] | OR | R | P000009 | 3 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Removes the $5,000,000 limitation on any single loan or advancement for watershed projects under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, and replaces it with a $10,000,000 limitation. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-s-2411 | 94 | s | 2411 | A bill to terminate the authorization of the Gaysville Dam and Lake Project. | Water Resources Development | 1975-09-25 | 1975-09-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] | VT | R | S000776 | 0 | Provides that the Gaysville Dam and Lake project, Stockbridge, Chittenden, and Rochester, Vermont, as authorized by the Flood Control Act, is not authorized after the date of enactment of this Act. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-hr-9707 | 94 | hr | 9707 | A bill to amend and clarify certain regulatory authorities of the Federal Government over work and activities in navigable waters. | Water Resources Development | 1975-09-19 | 1975-09-19 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] | LA | D | B000780 | 0 | Restricts the authority of the Army Corps of Engineers to supervise waterway activities to navigable waters which are presently used, or are susceptible to use, in their natural condition or by reasonable improvement as a means to transport interstate or foreign commerce. Abolishes Corps authority over the discharge of fill material into such waterways. Permits the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers to waive jointly any requirements they may have for review and approval of any activities on waters of the United States if the Chief of Engineers determines that such activities will not have a substantial adverse impact on the affected waters for their use to transport interstate or foreign commerce and can be effectively regulated by the State concerned. | 2024-08-01T19:28:54Z | |
| 94-hr-9717 | 94 | hr | 9717 | A bill to terminate the authorization of the Tocks Island Reservoir project, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. | Water Resources Development | 1975-09-19 | 1975-09-19 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. du Pont, Pierre S., IV [R-DE-At Large] | DE | R | D000558 | 1 | Terminates the authorization of the Tocks Island Reservoir project, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York and transfers all property acquired pursuant to the authorization for such project to the Secretary of the Interior for management by the National Park Service. | 2024-08-01T19:29:02Z | |
| 94-s-2361 | 94 | s | 2361 | A bill to reauthorize and modify McKay Dam, Umatilla Project, Oreg., for multiple functions. | Water Resources Development | 1975-09-17 | 1975-12-17 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 0 | Reauthorizes the McKay Dam and Reservoir, Umatilla project, Oregon, for the purposes of irrigation, flood control, fish and wildlife, recreation, and safety of dams. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to modify the spillway structures at McKay Dam to prevent the failure of the dam due to overtopping by floodwaters. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the return of reimbursable irrigation construction, operation and maintenance costs. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,300,000 for the modification of McKay Dam. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-hr-9465 | 94 | hr | 9465 | A bill to authorize a project for flood protection in and in the vicinity of Baytown, Tex. | Water Resources Development | 1975-09-09 | 1975-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Eckhardt, Bob [D-TX-8] | TX | D | E000035 | 0 | Authorizes a project for flood control in the vicinity of Baytown, Texas, at an estimated cost of $12,700,000. Provides that both the $15,000 limitation imposed under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and any changes in the fair market value of the property caused by subsidence or flooding after February 13, 1969, shall be disregarded in compensating owners of the property who were owners as of the time of flooding. Requires the State or local governments to supply 20 percent of the funding for such project. | 2024-08-01T19:28:45Z | |
| 94-hr-9487 | 94 | hr | 9487 | A bill to modify section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1085). | Water Resources Development | 1975-09-09 | 1975-09-09 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2] | OR | D | U000004 | 0 | Modifies the project for flood protection on Willow Creek, Oregon, as authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1965, to provide for reformulation and construction of the project for purposes of flood control, recreation, conservation and irrigation. Authorizes advance participation of the Chief of Engineers with the city of Hippner, Oregon, in the design and construction of those units of the city's water supply system which must be relocated as a result of project construction. | 2024-08-01T19:28:45Z | |
| 94-s-2303 | 94 | s | 2303 | A bill to modify section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1085). | Water Resources Development | 1975-09-09 | 1975-09-09 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 1 | Modifies the project for flood protection on Willow Creek, Oregon, as authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1965, to provide for reformulation and construction of the project for purposes of flood control, recreation, conservation and irrigation. Authorizes advance participation of the Chief of Engineers with the city of Hippner, Oregon, in the design and construction of those units of the city's water supply system which must be relocated as a result of project construction. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-2289 | 94 | s | 2289 | Tennessee Valley Authority Act Amendments | Water Resources Development | 1975-09-04 | 1975-09-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] | KY | D | F000268 | 0 | Revises the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to increase the number of members on the board of directors of such Authority to five. Provides that after the date of enactment of this Act, appointments to the board shall provide representation at all times from each of the three States consuming the largest amounts of power produced by the Tennessee Valley Authority. | 2025-09-02T18:51:42Z | |
| 94-s-2280 | 94 | s | 2280 | Devil Canyon Authorization Act | Water Resources Development | 1975-08-01 | 1975-08-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Gravel, Mike [D-AK] | AK | D | G000388 | 1 | Devil Canyon Authorization Act - States that, in order to provide essential power and a backbone transmission grid for south-central and interior Alaska, and to develop and utilize available renewable energy resources to assist in meeting long-range national objectives for conservation of petroleum and natural gas supplies, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to construct and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to operate and maintain the Devil Canyon and Watana units of the Upper Susitna River Basin project. Estimates of cost of such project at $1,200,000,000. Directs that electric power and energy generated at the project, except that portion required for project operation, shall be disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior in such a manner as to encourage the most widespread use by consumers at the lowest possible rates. | 2025-09-02T18:51:42Z | |
| 94-s-2251 | 94 | s | 2251 | A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 relating to the project to provide bank stabilization works for the protection of the Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, S. Dak. | Water Resources Development | 1975-07-31 | 1975-07-31 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] | SD | D | A000017 | 1 | Provides, under the Water Resources Development Act, that the Secretary of the Army shall not require as a condition precedent to the construction of bank stabilization works for the protection of the Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota, that such Hospital agree to hold and save the United States free from damage due to such construction. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-2194 | 94 | s | 2194 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the McGee Creek project, Oklahoma. | Water Resources Development | 1975-07-28 | 1976-09-07 | Measure passed Senate, amended. | Senate | Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000200 | 1 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs with amendment, S. Rept. 94-1184) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the McGee Creek project, Oklahoma, for the purpose of: (1) storing, regulating, and conveying water for municipal and industrial use; (2) conserving and developing fish and wildlife resources; (3) providing recreation; (4) controlling floods; and (5) developing a wildlife management area. Authorizes the appropriation of $83,239,000 plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctutations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construction involved herein. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-hr-8897 | 94 | hr | 8897 | A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 relating to the project to provide bank stabilization works for the protection of the Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, S. Dak. | Water Resources Development | 1975-07-24 | 1975-07-24 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1] | SD | R | P000513 | 1 | Provides, under the Water Resources Development Act, that the Secretary of the Army shall not require as a condition precedent to construction of bank stabilization works for the protection of the Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota, that such hospital agree to hold and save the United States free from damage due to such construction. | 2024-08-01T19:28:26Z | |
| 94-hr-8777 | 94 | hr | 8777 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Oroville-Tonasket unit extension, Okanogan-Similkameen division, Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington. | Water Resources Development | 1975-07-21 | 1975-07-21 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Foley, Thomas S. [D-WA-5] | WA | D | F000239 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate and maintain the Oroville-Tonasket unit extension, Okavogan-Similkameer division, Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington. States that the intended purpose of such project is to apply water to approximately 10,000 acres of land and to enhance the fish resources of the affected rivers and the Pacific Ocean. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate the contract of December 26, 1964, between the United States and the Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District and to execute new contracts for the payment of project costs. Directs that power required for irrigation water pumping for the project shall be made available by the Secretary from the Federal Columbia River power system at charges determined by him. Provides that no water from the project shall be used for the production on newly irrigated lands of any basic agricultural commodity if the total supply of such commodity for the maketing year in which the bulk of the crop which would normally be marketed is in excess of the normal supply. Authorizes the appropriation of $35,740,000 for construction of the works and measures authorized by this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:28:16Z | |
| 94-hr-8600 | 94 | hr | 8600 | A bill to terminate the authorization of the Mill Creek Dam and Lake project, Ohio. | Water Resources Development | 1975-07-14 | 1975-07-14 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Devine, Samuel L. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | D000279 | 0 | Terminates the authorization of the Mill Creek Dam and Lake project, Ohio, authorized under the Flood Control Act of 1962. | 2024-08-01T19:28:05Z | |
| 94-s-2102 | 94 | s | 2102 | A bill to authorize the establishment of a Water Resources Mitigation Advisory Board. | Water Resources Development | 1975-07-14 | 1975-07-14 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Buckley, James L. [R-NY] | NY | R | B001026 | 0 | Establishes a Water Resources Mitigation Advisory Board to evaluate complaints of the potential adverse impact of proposed or actual civil work projects undertaken by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, and to make recommendations on any requested mitigation. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-2013 | 94 | s | 2013 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of a potential resource development. | Water Resources Development | 1975-06-25 | 1975-06-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hansen, Clifford P. [R-WY] | WY | R | H000170 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of a potential water resource development in Wyoming. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-s-1979 | 94 | s | 1979 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1975-06-19 | 1975-06-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of potential water resource developments related to the Frenchman-Cambridge Division, Pick Sloan Missouri Basin program, in specified counties in Nebraska. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-s-1902 | 94 | s | 1902 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1975-06-09 | 1975-06-09 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Fannin, Paul J. [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000013 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of potential water resource development at Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada boundary. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-hr-7140 | 94 | hr | 7140 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Mogollon Mesa project, Arizona. | Water Resources Development | 1975-05-20 | 1975-05-20 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Steiger, Sam [R-AZ-3] | AZ | R | S000846 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Mogollon Mesa project to furnish water to the community of Flagstaff, Arizona. Authorizes to be appropriated $77,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:26:57Z | |
| 94-s-1751 | 94 | s | 1751 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1975-05-15 | 1975-05-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] | WA | D | J000013 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of specified potential water resource developments in the State of Washington. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-s-1752 | 94 | s | 1752 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1975-05-15 | 1975-05-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] | WA | D | J000013 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of specified potential water resource developments in the State of Washington. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-hr-6748 | 94 | hr | 6748 | A bill to recognize benefits to the United States from the construction of the Toledo Bend Dam and Reservoir project and exempt Sabine River Authority of Texas, from charges for the use, occupancy, and enjoyment of certain lands of the United States within the Sabine National Forest, Tex. | Water Resources Development | 1975-05-06 | 1975-05-06 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2] | TX | D | W000570 | 0 | Exempts the Sabine River Authority of Louisiana, and the Sabine River Authority of Texas from the payment of any annual charges imposed for the purpose of recompensing the United States for the use, occupancy, and enjoyment of its lands within the Sabine National Forest, Texas. Specifies that the use of such lands is necessary to the Authority for the construction and operation of the Toledo Bend Dam and Reservoir. | 2024-08-01T19:26:44Z | |
| 94-hr-6653 | 94 | hr | 6653 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of a potential resource development. | Water Resources Development | 1975-05-05 | 1975-05-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Andrews, Mark [R-ND-At Large] | ND | R | A000208 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility studies of the Versippi unit, Heart division, Pick- Sloan Missouri Basin program, Stark and Dunn Counties, North Dakota, as a potential water resource development. | 2024-08-01T19:26:47Z | |
| 94-hr-6671 | 94 | hr | 6671 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of potential water resource developments in the upper Canadian River Basin. | Water Resources Development | 1975-05-05 | 1975-05-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] | NM | R | L000506 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of potential water resource developments in the upper Canadian River Basin in Colfax County, New Mexico, and vicinity. | 2024-08-01T19:26:47Z | |
| 94-s-1596 | 94 | s | 1596 | A bill to amend the Water Resources Planning Act to increase the rate of compensation for experts and consultants and to provide continuing authorization for appropriations without limitation. | Water Resources Development | 1975-04-29 | 1975-04-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA] | WA | D | J000013 | 1 | Authorizes, for purposes of implementing the Water Resources Planning Act, the Water Resources Council to procure the services of consultants at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate for grade GS-18. Permits any river basin commission established pursuant to this Act to employ and compensate such personnel as it deems advisable at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the rate for grade GS-18. Empowers the Council to transfer funds authorized by the Act to river basin commissions and to Federal and State agencies. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | |
| 94-hr-6411 | 94 | hr | 6411 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1975-04-28 | 1975-05-01 | Rereferred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Hansen, George V. [R-ID-2] | ID | R | H000171 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations for the Minidoka project located at the Minidoka Dam on the Snake River in Minidoka, Cassia, and Blaine Counties, Idaho. | 2024-08-01T19:26:37Z | |
| 94-hr-6297 | 94 | hr | 6297 | 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 | 1975-04-23 | 1975-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. O'Hara, James G. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | O000055 | 14 | Authorizes the diversion and withdrawal of additional water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway. Requires the Chief of Engineers, 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. | 2024-08-01T19:26:26Z | |
| 94-hr-6298 | 94 | hr | 6298 | 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 | 1975-04-23 | 1975-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. O'Hara, James G. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | O000055 | 18 | Authorizes the diversion and withdrawal of additional water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway. Requires the Chief of Engineers, 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. | 2024-08-01T19:26:26Z | |
| 94-hr-6299 | 94 | hr | 6299 | 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 | 1975-04-23 | 1975-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. O'Hara, James G. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | O000055 | 18 | Authorizes the diversion and withdrawal of additional water from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway. Requires the Chief of Engineers, 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. | 2024-08-01T19:26:26Z | |
| 94-hr-6327 | 94 | hr | 6327 | A bill to amend the authorization for the project for hurricane-flood protection at Freeport and vicinity, Tex. | Water Resources Development | 1975-04-23 | 1975-04-23 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Casey, Bob [D-TX-22] | TX | D | C000228 | 0 | Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to remedy interior drainage problems associated with the hurricane-flood protection project at Freeport, Texas. Directs that such work shall include at full Federal expense, construction of such systems to collect and convey interior runoff as the Secretary deems necessary. Allows the Secretary to make changes in in the engineering requirements of the project in order to integrate the basic project with the changes required by this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:26:26Z | |
| 94-hr-6236 | 94 | hr | 6236 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1975-04-22 | 1975-04-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. McCormack, Mike [D-WA-4] | WA | D | M000365 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of potential water resource developments in the Yakima project near the Yakima River in the State of Washington. | 2024-08-01T19:26:25Z | |
| 94-hr-6237 | 94 | hr | 6237 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1975-04-22 | 1975-04-22 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. McCormack, Mike [D-WA-4] | WA | D | M000365 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of potential water resource developments for the Columbia Northside project along the White Salmon River in the State of Washington. | 2024-08-01T19:26:25Z | |
| 94-hr-6194 | 94 | hr | 6194 | A bill to modify the project for flood protection on the Minnesota River at Mankato and North Mankato, Minn. | Water Resources Development | 1975-04-21 | 1975-04-21 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Hagedorn, Thomas M. [R-MN-2] | MN | R | H000012 | 0 | Authorizes the modification of the project for flood protection on the Minnesota River at Mankato and North Mankato, Minnesota. | 2024-08-01T19:26:26Z | |
| 94-hr-6009 | 94 | hr | 6009 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of certain potential water resource developments. | Water Resources Development | 1975-04-15 | 1975-04-15 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Santini, James D. [D-NV-98] | NV | D | S000058 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of potential water resource development at Hoover Dam on the Arizone-Nevada boundary. | 2024-08-01T19:26:19Z | |
| 94-hr-5850 | 94 | hr | 5850 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior engage in feasibility investigations of potential water resources developments in the Mora River Basin, New Mexico. | Water Resources Development | 1975-04-10 | 1975-04-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1] | NM | R | L000506 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in feasibility investigations of potential water resource developments in the Mora River Basin, New Mexico. | 2024-08-01T19:26:11Z | |
| 94-hr-5859 | 94 | hr | 5859 | A bill to change the name of the Cheney Reservoir, Kansas, to the Schoeppel-Rees Lake. | Water Resources Development | 1975-04-10 | 1975-04-10 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Skubitz, Joe [R-KS-5] | KS | R | S000472 | 0 | Changes the name of the Cheney Reservoir, located on the Ninnescah River in Sedgwick County, Kansas, to the Shoeppel-Rees Lake. | 2024-08-01T19:26:12Z | |
| 94-hr-5445 | 94 | hr | 5445 | A bill to provide for the construction of a loop road at the Kaw Dam and Reservoir, Osage County, Okla. | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-25 | 1975-03-25 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] | OK | D | R000268 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to constuct a loop road approximately eight miles long at the Kaw Dam and Reservoir, Osage County, Oklahoma at an estimated cost of $740,000. | 2024-08-01T19:25:59Z | |
| 94-hr-5485 | 94 | hr | 5485 | Pacific Southwest Water Yield Improvement Act | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-25 | 1975-03-25 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000188 | 1 | Pacific South-West 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 he 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. | 2025-09-02T18:45:03Z | |
| 94-hr-5392 | 94 | hr | 5392 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cancel certain obligations, and to construct, operate, and maintain certain works in connection with the Mirage Flats irrigation project. | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-24 | 1975-03-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S000622 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to cancel specified obligations owed by Mirage Flats Irrigation District, and authorizes the funds to be used to construct, operate, and maintain works in connection with such irrigation project. | 2024-08-01T19:25:58Z | |
| 94-hr-5418 | 94 | hr | 5418 | A bill to authorize construction by the Secretary of the Interior of the Cedar Rapids Division, Nebraska, of the Pick-Sloan Missouri basin program. | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-24 | 1975-03-24 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S000622 | 5 | Provides for construction by the Secretary of the Interior of the Cedar Rapids Division, Nebraska, of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. Authorizes the appropriation of $63,000,000 for such construction, plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by changes in construction costs. | 2024-08-01T19:25:58Z | |
| 94-s-1301 | 94 | s | 1301 | Water Resources Research and Technology Development Act | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-21 | 1975-03-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID] | ID | D | C000388 | 2 | Water Resources Research and Technology Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, under the Water Resources Research Act, to make grants and finance contracts with institutions, local, State, and Federal agencies, and individuals to research water resource problems. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a water resources technology development program to develop methods and techniques which can be adopted for practical application to problems of national interest. Enumerates the activities in which the Secretary may participate in order to carry out the water resources research and technology development programs. Authorizes to be appropriated sums to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to make generally available information concerning water related research accomplishments and to take such other actions as are necessary to assure that programs under this Act are not duplicated. Repeals the Saline Water Conservsion Act. | 2025-09-02T18:51:15Z | |
| 94-s-1224 | 94 | s | 1224 | A bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended. | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-18 | 1975-03-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Eastland, James O. [D-MS] | MS | D | E000018 | 5 | Authorizes to be established and maintained, under the Flood Control Act, an emergency fund, to remain available until expended, for use by the Secretary of the Army in carrying out emergency works of improvement. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums for the initial establishment and periodic replenishment of such fund. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-s-1230 | 94 | s | 1230 | A bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended. | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-18 | 1975-06-23 | Referred to House Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Eastland, James O. [D-MS] | MS | D | E000018 | 5 | Provides that whenever the estimated Federal contribution to the construction cost of works of improvement in the plan for any watershed or subwatershed area exceeds $750,000 (currently $250,000) a copy of the plan shall be submitted to the Congress by the President. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 94-s-1202 | 94 | s | 1202 | A bill granting the consent and approval of Congress to the California-Nevada Interstate Compact. | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-17 | 1975-03-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] | NV | R | L000148 | 0 | Interstate Compact - Grants the consent and approval of Congress to the California-Nevada Interstate Compact relating to the apportionment of water between the two States. Establishes the California-Nevada Compact Commission to administer the provisions of the compact. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-hr-4963 | 94 | hr | 4963 | A bill to change the name of the Cheney Reservoir, Kansas, to the Shoeppel-Rees Lake. | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-14 | 1975-03-14 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Skubitz, Joe [R-KS-5] | KS | R | S000472 | 0 | Changes the name of the Cheney Reservoir, located on the Ninnescah River in Sedgwick County, Kansas, to the Shoeppel-Rees Lake. | 2024-08-01T19:25:35Z | |
| 94-hr-4922 | 94 | hr | 4922 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of a potential resource development. | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-13 | 1975-03-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] | OK | D | R000268 | 2 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility investigation of the Seward Project, Logan and Oklahoma Counties, Oklahoma for potential water resource development. | 2024-08-01T19:25:34Z | |
| 94-hr-4923 | 94 | hr | 4923 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the McGee Creek project, Okla. | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-13 | 1975-03-13 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2] | OK | D | R000268 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the McGee Creek project, Oklahoma, for the purpose of: (1) storing, regulating, and conveying water for municipal and industrial use; (2) conserving and developing fish and wildlife resources; and (3) providing recreation and controlling floods. Authorizes the appropriation of $40,000,000, plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construction involved herein. | 2024-08-01T19:25:34Z | |
| 94-hr-4724 | 94 | hr | 4724 | 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 | 1975-03-12 | 1975-03-12 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Thone, Charles [R-NE-1] | NE | R | T000234 | 0 | Removes, under the Water Resources Planning Act, the termination date presently to expire with fiscal year 1976 for the existing program of Federal assistance to the States to finance water resources planning. | 2024-08-01T19:25:25Z | |
| 94-hjres-284 | 94 | hjres | 284 | 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 | 1975-03-05 | 1975-03-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000188 | 0 | Authorizes the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a study into the possibility of acquiring riparian rights from the Republic of Mexico for the purpose of permitting the piping and pumping of water from the Gulf of California to Arizona. Permits the Secretary to acquire a permit to locate a desalinization plant within the territorial limits of the Republic of Mexico. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this joint resolution. | 2024-08-01T19:21:43Z | |
| 94-hr-4325 | 94 | hr | 4325 | Weather Modification and Precipitation Management Act | Water Resources Development | 1975-03-05 | 1975-03-05 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Rhodes, John J. [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000188 | 0 | Weather Modification and Precipitation Management Act - Title I: Precipitation Management Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out precipitation management projects throughout the United States designed to augment or otherwise benefit the usable water resources of the Nation. Provides that in order to carry out the provisions of this Act, the Secretary shall: (1) identify the situations in which precipitation management is advantageously applicable to meeting water needs of the Nation; (2) contract with institutions of higher education, Federal agencies, State or local governmental agencies or business concerns, skilled and experienced in weather modification, in order to conduct precipitation management activities; (3) contract or enter into other appropriate types of financial arrangements with Federal, State or local entities, benefiting from such projects for the payment of the direct costs thereof; (4) continue in close coordination with the research programs of other agencies concerned with this program; and (5) make recommendations to the Congress for additional legislation which may be required to pay the costs of such programs. Authorizes the Secretary to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, settle and pay any claim against the United States for bodily injury, death or damage to or loss of real property resulting from the modification of the weather pursuant to the provisions of this Act. States that in no event shall a payment in excess of $25,000 be made with respect to any one claim. Provides that any such program which may be expected to adversely affect another country shall be authorized only with concurrence of the Secretary of State. States that each recipient of assistance under this Act shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe. Provides that the Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the Congress an annual report which summarizes results and provides information of future plans of the precipitation management program. Authorizes to be appropriated … | 2025-09-02T18:44:34Z | |
| 94-s-859 | 94 | s | 859 | A bill directing the Corps of Engineers to undertake the relocation of certain water intakes of the city of Williston, N. Dak., threatened with siltation. | Water Resources Development | 1975-02-26 | 1975-02-26 | Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] | ND | D | B001077 | 0 | Directs the Army Corps of Engineers to undertake the relocation of water intakes of the city of Williston, North Dakota, threatened with siltation. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 94-hr-3613 | 94 | hr | 3613 | A bill authorizing the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Little White River, SD, (Rosebud site). | Water Resources Development | 1975-02-25 | 1975-02-25 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Abdnor, James [R-SD-2] | SD | R | A000009 | 0 | Authorizes the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Little White River, South Dakota (Rosebud site). Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. | 2024-08-01T19:24:45Z | |
| 94-hr-3579 | 94 | hr | 3579 | A bill to provide that the reservoir formed by the lock and dam referred to as the "Jones Bluff and Dam" on the Alabama River, Ala., shall hereafter be known as the Robert F. Henry lock and dam. | Water Resources Development | 1975-02-24 | 1975-02-24 | Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. | House | Rep. Edwards, Jack [R-AL-1] | AL | R | E000084 | 0 | Provides that the reservoir formed by the lock and dam referred to as the "Jones Bluff lock and dam" on the Alabama River, Alabama, shall hereafter be known as the Robert F. Henry lock and dam. | 2024-08-01T19:24:37Z |
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