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Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 1999

Introduced: January 19, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Jan 27, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Nov 22, 1999
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 22, 1999
Held at the desk.
Nov 22, 1999
Received in the House.
Nov 19, 1999
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15156-15157)
Nov 19, 1999
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15156-15157)
Jul 30, 1999
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 242.
Jul 30, 1999
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-130.
Jul 28, 1999
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 27, 1999
Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 106-208.
Apr 21, 1999
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, OMB.
Jan 20, 1999
Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Jan 19, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 19, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S696)
Jan 19, 1999
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., for the planning and construction of a water supply project to provide service for the member entities of specified counties in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa.

Prohibits the Secretary from obligating project funds until: (1) National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requirements are met; and (2) a final engineering report and a plan for a water conservation program are submitted to Congress.

Requires the Secretary to make grants and other funds available to the System and other private, State, and Federal entities for the initial development of the environmental enhancement component.

Specifies that mitigation for fish and wildlife losses incurred as a result of the construction and operation of the water supply project shall be on an acre-for-acre basis, based on ecological equivalency, concurrent with project construction.

Requires the Western Area Power Administration to make available the capacity and energy required to meet the pumping and incidental operational requirements of the water supply project during the period beginning May 1, and ending October 31, of each year from power designated for future irrigation and drainage pumping for the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program, on specified conditions, including that: (1) the water supply system is operated on a not-for-profit basis; (2) the water supply system contracts to purchase the entire electric service requirements of the project from a qualified preference power supplier that itself purchases power from the Administration; and (3) the rate schedule applicable to the capacity and energy made available is the firm power rate schedule of the Pick-Sloan Eastern Division of the Administration.

Specifies an 80 percent Federal share of planning, construction, and development costs of the project. Requires the Secretary to provide funds for the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, equal to 50 percent of the incremental cost of its participation in the project.

Authorizes the Secretary to allow the Bureau of Reclamation to provide project construction oversight to the water supply project and environmental enhancement component.

Makes the System responsible for the annual operation and maintenance of such project.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now February 2, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1