Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 - Title I: Drought Program - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to undertake construction and other activities, including drilling wells, to minimize drought losses. Limits construction activities to temporary facilities. Allows wells drilled under this title to be permanent facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide non-financial assistance to buyers for purchasing available water supplies from willing sellers; (2) purchase water from willing sellers; and (3) participate in water banks set up by States. Permits the Secretary to make water available on a temporary basis and to use Federal Reclamation water project facilities to store and convey project and non-project water for use outside the authorized service area. Outlines provisions governing the repayment obligations of the purchasers of such water provided on a temporary basis. Authorizes the Secretary to make water available for protecting fish and wildlife resources outside the authorized project service area on a nonreimbursable basis. Provides that water made available for such purposes from the Central Valley Project in California to the Grasslands Water District in 1991 shall be nonreimbursable. Requires the Secretary to charge recipients for the use of nonproject water for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses. Requires the payment of capital costs attributable to the sale of water or the use of Federal Reclamation project facilities to be covered into the Reclamation Fund and credited to the project from which the water or facility is supplied. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to water users for undertaking construction, management, or conservation activities or the acquisition and transportation of water to mitigate drought losses. Sets forth repayment obligations. Terminates the authorities under this title ten years after the enactment of this Act. Title II: Drought Contingency Planning - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) conduct studies to identify opportunities for the conservation, augmentation, and more efficient use of the water supplies available to Federal Reclamation projects and Indian water resource developments; and (2) provide technical assistance to State, local, and tribal governments for the development, construction, and operation of water desalinization projects. Permits the Secretary to prepare cooperative drought contingency plans to prevent or mitigate the adverse effects of drought conditions. Outlines the elements which may be included in such plans and those related to Federal Reclamation projects which each such plan must identify. Authorizes the Secretary to work with other Federal and State agencies to improve hydrologic data collection systems and water supply forecasting techniques to provide more accurate and timely drought warnings that would trigger such an implementation. Requires the plans to comply with all applicable State and Federal law and provide for periodic review. Sets forth provisions providing for the submission of such plans to the Congress for review. Requires the Secretary to study whether a Reclamation Drought Response Fund is needed to defray drought contingency plan implementation expenses and to make loans for activities to prevent or mitigate adverse drought effects. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical drought contingency planning assistance to all the States and U.S. Territories (not just those traditional western States identified in the Reclamation Act of 1902). Permits the Secretary to conduct a Precipitation Management Technology Transfer Program to help augment water supplies in the West. Title III: General and Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for devices to control the temperature of water releases at Shasta Dam, California. Permits the Secretary to complete the design and specification of such devices. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with municipalities, public water districts and agencies, State and Federal agencies, and private entities, pursuant to the Warren Act, for beneficial purposes from any facilities associated with the Central Valley Project, Cachuma Project, and the Ventura River Project in California and the Truckee Storage Project and the Washoe Project in California and Nevada. Permits the Secretary to enter into contracts for the exchange of water for such purposes, using facilities associated with the Cachuma Project.
HR 355 - 102Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991
Became Public Law No: 102-250.
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Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 102-250.
Became Public Law No: 102-250.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Message on House action received in Senate.
Mr. Miller (CA) asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Senate receded from its earlier amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Amendment SP 1451 proposed by Senator Mitchell for Senator Johnston.
Amendment SP 1451 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, for consideration of the House bill, and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Miller (CA), Markey, Rahall, Vento, de Lugo, Gejdenson, Kostmayer, Lehman (CA), Young (AK), Hansen, Vucanovich, Rhodes, and Thomas (WY).
The chair appointed additional conferees from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, for consideration of secs. 102(d), 104(a), 203(a)(4), and 303(6) of the House bill, and secs. 102(d), 203(a)(4), 203(c), and 302 of the Senate amendment and modifications committed to conference: Jones (NC), Studds, and Davis.
By unanimous consent, the Speaker reserved the right to make future appointments of conferees.
Mr. Miller (CA) moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and request a conference.
On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and request a conference Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Chair announced that the Speaker would appoint conferees on the part of the House upon his return to the Chair.
Resolving differences -- House actions: House failed to agree to House amendment to Senate amendment
House failed to agree to House amendment to Senate amendment
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Amendment SP 1301 proposed by Senator Bryan for Senator Cranston.
Amendment SP 1301 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Voice Vote.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 102-185. Additional views filed.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 102-185. Additional views filed.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Committee consideration held.
Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-156.
Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Rule H. Res. 114 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 114.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 355 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by title. Bill is open to amendments. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. All points of order against said substitu te for failure to comply with the provis ions of clause 7 of rule XVI are waived.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 114 and Rule XXIII.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Esteban Edward Torres to act as Chairman of the Committee.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 355.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 387 - 23 (Roll no. 55).
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 387 - 23 (Roll no. 55).
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 355.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 114 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 355 with 1 hour 0 of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by title. Bill is open to amendments. It shall be in order to consid er the amendment in the nature of a sub stitute recommended by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. All points of order against said substitu te for failure to comply with the provis ions of clause 7 of rule XVI are waived.
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries discharged.
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 14.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. Rept. 102-21, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. Rept. 102-21, Part I.
Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries for a period ending not later than March 18, 1991 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause (n), rule X.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources Discharged.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mr. Rahall asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs have until 5:00 p.m. on March 15 to file a report on H.R. 355. Agreed to without objection.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.