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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.)
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct feasibility studies to on projects that address water shortages within the Snake, Boise, and Payette River systems in Idaho and that are considered appropriate for further study by the Bureau of Reclamation water storage assessment report issued during 2006.
Requires that such study comply with Bureau of Reclamation policy standards and guidelines for studies.
Authorizes appropriations.
Terminates the authority provided by this Act ten years after the enactment of this Act.
People & committees
Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] · R–ID
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-113.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-113.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-86.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1808)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1808)
Introduced in Senate
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