HR 1114
5-7-07, House Agreed to Bill by Voice Vote
Placed on Senate Calendar
Calendar No. 143
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1114
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 8, 2007
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau
of Reclamation and the United States Geological Survey, to conduct a study
on groundwater resources in the State of Alaska, 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 `Alaska Water Resources Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
(1) SECRETARY- The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Interior.
(2) STATE- The term `State' means the State of Alaska.
SEC. 3. ALASKA WATER RESOURCES STUDY.
(a) Study- The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and
the Director of the United States Geological Survey, where appropriate, and
in accordance with this Act and other applicable provisions of law, shall
conduct a study that includes--
(1) a survey of accessible water supplies, including aquifers, on the Kenai
Peninsula and in the Municipality of Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough,
the city of Fairbanks, and the Fairbanks Northstar Borough;
(2) a survey of water treatment needs and technologies, including desalination,
applicable to the water resources of the State; and
(3) a review of the need for enhancement of the streamflow information collected
by the United States Geological Survey in the State relating to critical
water needs in areas such as--
(A) infrastructure risks to State transportation;
(C) resource extraction; and
(b) Report- Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
of the Senate a report describing the results of the study required by subsection
(a).
SEC. 4. SUNSET.
The authority of the Secretary to carry out any provisions of this Act shall
terminate 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry
out this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives May 7, 2007.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 143
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1114
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation
and the United States Geological Survey, to conduct a study on groundwater
resources in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
May 8, 2007
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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