To ensure that the Secretary does not charge a fee for certain surplus water.

SA 5068. 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'') if the
contract is for surplus water stored in the Lake Cumberland
Watershed, Kentucky and Tennessee.
(b) Termination.--The limitation under subsection (a) shall
expire on the date that is 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(c) 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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