HR 2790 · 98th Congress · Water Resources Development
A bill to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize certain additional measures to assure accomplishment of the objectives of title II of such Act, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 98-569.(1984-10-30)
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Amends the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to declare that actions concerning water and related land resources projects upstream from the Imperial Dam shall not be governed by specified provisions of the Water Resources Planning Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to give preference to those salinity control units that reduce the salinity of the Colorado River at the least cost per unit of salinity reduction. Deletes certain provisions of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act concerning agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture for the Grand Valley unit. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct and maintain the following salinity control units according to specified directions: (1) the Stage I of the Lower Gunnison Basin unit, Colorado; (2) the McElmo Creek unit, Colorado; (3) the Stage I of the Uinta Basin unit, Utah; (4) the Palo Verde Irrigation District, California; (5) the saline water use and disposal opportunities unit, Colorado River Basin; and (6) the Sinbad Valley unit, Colorado. Requires the Secretary to carry out specified directions in implementing the construction of such units. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish…
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9 Democrats11 Republicans