HR 3981 · 113th Congress · Water Resources Development
Accelerated Revenue, Repayment, and Surface Water Storage Enhancement Act
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 16.(2014-09-18)
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Accelerated Revenue, Repayment, and Surface Water Storage Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convert certain existing water service contracts between the United States and water users' associations to repayment contracts to allow for prepayment of such contracts, upon the request of the contractor. Specifies the manner of conversion and the terms and conditions of prepayment. Requires the receipts generated from prepayment of contracts under this Act, beyond amounts necessary to cover the amount of receipts forgone from scheduled payments under current law for the 10-year period following the enactment of this Act, to be directed to the Reclamation Surface Water Storage Account. Requires the Secretary to allocate amounts in such Account to fund or provide loans for the construction of surface water storage for: increased municipal and industrial water supply; agricultural floodwater, erosion, and sedimentation reduction; agricultural drainage improvements; agricultural irrigation; increased recreation opportunities; reduced adverse impacts to fish and wildlife from water storage or diversion projects within watersheds associated with water storage projects f…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 3981, Accelerated Revenue, Repayment, and Surface Water Storage Enhancement Act
Dec 11, 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2014
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