[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 2535 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. R. 2535
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 22 (legislative day, September 17), 2008
Received
October 2 (legislative day, September 17), 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
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AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the
feasibility and suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet
works, and a delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of
California to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal,
industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tule River Tribe Water Development
Act''.
SEC. 2. STUDY.
(a) Authorization.--Not later than 2 years after funds are
appropriated for this section or the signing of a reserved water rights
settlement agreement by the Tule River Tribe and other settling water
users, whichever is later, the Secretary of the Interior, acting
through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall complete a feasibility study
to evaluate alternatives (including alternatives for a phase I
reservoir storage of an amount of water not to exceed 5,000 acre feet)
for a domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial, and irrigation water
supply for the Tule River Tribe of the Tule River Reservation.
(b) Report.--Upon completion of the study conducted under
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit the study
to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on
Indian Affairs of the Senate.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $3,000,000 to carry out
this section.
SEC. 3. CONDITIONS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
No project conducted in relation to the feasibility study conducted
under section 2 shall provide water supplies for the proposed Tribal
casino to be located in proximity to California Highway 190 near Lake
Success, or any other Tribal casino, except--
(1) the casino in its current form and dimensions operated
by the Tribe on the Tule River Reservation; and
(2) any lodging, dining, entertainment, meeting space,
parking, or other similar facilities which may be constructed
in the future in support of current on-Reservation gaming
activities, or in support of any future expansion of on-
Reservation gaming activities.
Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 2008.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.