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Tumalo Water Conservation Project Act of 2007

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 247.

Official summary

Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Jun 28, 2007

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Tumalo Water Conservation Project Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Tumalo Irrigation District, to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation Project in Deschutes County, Oregon. Sets the federal share of the cost of the Project at 25%. Requires the District to pay Project operation and maintenance costs. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] · R–OR

Committees

  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
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  1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 247.

  2. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-114.

  3. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-114.

  4. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  5. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-86.

  6. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  7. Introduced in Senate

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