S.Amdt. 4999

SA 4999. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 2848, to
provide for the conservation and development of water and related
resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various
projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 80___. EXEMPTION OF RURAL WATER PROJECTS FROM CERTAIN
RENTAL FEES.

Section 504(g) of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1764(g)) is amended in the eighth
sentence by inserting ``and for any rural water project
serving fewer than 3,300 individuals that is federally
financed (including a project that receives Federal funds
under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) or from a State drinking water treatment
revolving loan fund established under section 1452 of the
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12))'' after ``such
facilities''.
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