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HR 970 106th Congress House

Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1999

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the Perkins County Rural Water System, Inc., for the construction of water supply facilities in Perkins County, South Dakota.

Introduced: March 3, 1999 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 23 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 7, 1999
Became Public Law No: 106-136.
Dec 7, 1999
Signed by President.
Nov 30, 1999
Presented to President.
Nov 22, 1999
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 19, 1999
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15158)
Nov 19, 1999
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15158)
Oct 27, 1999
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 347.
Oct 26, 1999
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 26, 1999
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10789-10790)
Oct 26, 1999
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H10789-10790)
Oct 26, 1999
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 970.
Oct 26, 1999
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10789-10791)
Oct 26, 1999
Mr. Doolittle moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Oct 20, 1999
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 235.
Oct 20, 1999
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-405.
Aug 4, 1999
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Aug 4, 1999
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Aug 4, 1999
Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
Mar 11, 1999
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Mar 11, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Mar 3, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Mar 3, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E328)
Mar 3, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 7, 1999

Became Public Law No: 106-136.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to the Perkins County Rural Water System, Inc., (Corporation) for the Federal share of the costs of: (1) planning and construction of the System; and (2) repairs to existing public water distribution systems to ensure conservation of resources and to make such systems functional under the new System. Prohibits the obligation of System construction funds until: (1) National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requirements have been met; and (2) a final System engineering report and plan has been prepared and submitted to Congress for at least a 90-day period.

Requires the mitigation of fish and wildlife losses during System construction and operation on an acre-for-acre basis, based on ecological equivalency, and concurrent with project construction.

Makes portions of the System constructed with assistance under this Act eligible to utilize power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program for operation from May 1 to October 31 of each year.

Provides the Federal share (75 percent) of System planning, construction, and development costs.

Authorizes the Secretary, at the Corporation's request, to provide assistance in overseeing matters relating to System construction.

Authorizes appropriations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 970: Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-970/
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