S.Amdt. 5025

SA 5025. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Inhofe (for
himself and Mrs. Boxer)) 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 I, add the following:

SEC. 1___. SURPLUS WATER STORAGE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary shall not charge a fee for
surplus water under a contract entered into pursuant to
section 6 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (33 U.S.C. 708)
(commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of 1944'') or the
Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b) if the contract is
for surplus water stored in the Lake Cumberland Watershed,
Kentucky and Tennessee .
(b) Offset.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), of any amounts
made available to the Secretary by title I of division D of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-
113; 129 Stat. 2397) to carry out activities under the
heading ``operation and maintenance'' under the heading
``Corps of Engineers--Civil'' that remain unobligated as of
the date of enactment of this Act, $5,000,000 is rescinded.
(2) Restriction.--No amounts that have been designated by
Congress as being for emergency requirements pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)) shall
be rescinded under paragraph (1).
(c) Termination.--The limitation under subsection (a) shall
expire on the date that is 10 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(d) Applicability.--Nothing in this section--
(1) affects the authority of the Secretary under section
2695 of title 10, United States Code, to accept funds or to
cover the administrative expenses relating to certain real
property transactions;
(2) affects the application of section 6 of the Act of
December 22, 1944 (33 U.S.C. 708) (commonly known as the
``Flood Control Act of 1944'') or the Water Supply Act of
1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b) to surplus water stored outside of the
Lake Cumberland Watershed, Kentucky and Tennessee; or
(3) affects the authority of the Secretary to accept funds
under section 216(c) of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2321a).
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