A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and test the Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project, New Mexico and Texas, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Held at the desk.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct and test the Lake Meredith Salinity Control Project, New Mexico and Texas, to improve the quality of water to the Canadian River downstream of Ute Reservoir, New Mexico, and entering Lake Meredith, Texas. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority of Texas (Authority) for the design and construction management of project facilities by the Bureau of Reclamation and for the payment of construction costs by the Authority. Makes it the responsibility of the Authority to operate and maintain the facilities upon completion of construction and testing. Requires the Authority to advance all costs of construction of project facilities as the non-Federal contribution. Declares the Federal share to be all project costs for verification, design preparation, and construction management. Requires the Authority, upon termination of construction pursuant to this Act, to reimburse the Secretary a sum equal to 67 percent of all costs incurred by the Secretary in project verification, design, and construction management, reduced by any sums previously paid by the Authority to the Secretary for such purposes. States that upon such termination, the United States is under no obligation to complete the project as a nonreimbursable development. Provides for transferring control of the project works to the Authority or to a bona fide entity agreeable to New Mexico and Texas upon completion of construction and testing, or upon termination of activities at the request of the Authority and reimbursement of Federal costs pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to inventory all wetlands on Federal lands owned by or withdrawn for the use of the Bureau of Reclamation and other Federal lands associated with reclamation projects. Requires the Secretary, not later than February 1, 1990, to report to specified congressional committees a plan for the implementation of the inventory directive. Requires the Secretary to report the results of such inventory to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs by December 31, 1991.
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In the 101st Congress (1989-90), 650 of the 10,323 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 6.3 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one has no outstanding steps listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
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Who is behind it?
LLOYD BENTSEN (D-TX) introduced it on March 1, 1989, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 1, 1989, 13755 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 13495 days ago, on November 16, 1989.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 101st Congress has not finished by January 3, 1991 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- SenateHeld at the desk.
- HouseNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action