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WASHINGTON REPORT
HEARING SCHEDULED IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE ON SMALL PROJECTS BILL: The
Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Energy and Natural
Resources Committee has scheduled a hearing on S . 1171 , a bill to
amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 , for 2 : 00 p . m . ,
Tuesday, July 16th. A hearing on the House version , H .R. 2025 , has
been scheduled for 1 :30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17th, before the House
Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources of the Interior and Insular
Affairs Committee . Statements, letters or telegrams supporting these
bills should be sent to:
SENATE: Senator Frank H. Murkowski
Chairman , Subcommittee on Water and Power
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Hart Senate Office Building , Room 212
Washington , D.C. 20510
HOUSE: Congressman George Miller
Chairman , Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Longworth House Office Building , Room 1522
Washington , D.C. 20515
Copies of your correspondence with the committees should be sent to
each Senator and your Congressman urging their support . On behalf of
NWRA, Executive Vice President Tom Donnelly has written to each member
of Congress concerning the Small Reclamation Projects program and
specifically detailing what is has meant to each state individually.
Copies of those letters can be obtained from your State Association
Executive or by writing the NWRA Washington office .
OMNIBUS WATER PROJECTS BILL MOVES FORWARD IN BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE:
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled markup
on S. 366 for July 16 and 18 , while the House version , H .R. 6 , is
expected to go the floor before the August recess. Senate bill 366
includes provisions for major upfront funding of water projects in
accordance with an agreement worked out between Senate leadership and
the Administration ( WATERLINE 6/28/ 85 ) . Under that agreement
feasibility studies would require a 50 percent cost sharing by local
sponsors , hydroelectric and municipal and industrial projects would
require 100 percent upfront funding and irrigation projects (Corps
only) would require 35 percent upfront funding . The house bill , H . R.
6 , contains many of the same cost sharing provisions in S . 366 ,
however , significant differences still exist. The Senate bill will be
referred to the Senate Finance Committee after it is reported by
Environment and Public Works for consideration of its inland waterway
fuel tax provisions . Action by the Finance Committee is not expected
until after the August recess . Although neither the House or Senate
bill address cost sharing on Bureau of Reclamation projects , the
requirement on Corps projects represents considerable pressure for
like requirements on BuRec projects.
FY - 85 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL GOES TO CONFERENCE: If House
and Senate Conferees can reach agreement on aid to the Nicaraguan
Contra rebels , the supplemental appropriations bill could be on the
President ' s desk next week. The supplemental contains funding for new
Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation water projects (House
version : $71 . 8 million for 31 Corps and 4 BuRec projects ; Senate
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version : ae3. . million .tor 22 Corps and 3 BuRec projects with halt of
the corps projects being unauthorized ) . The Senate version also
contains a provision which would prohibit funding for projects until
cost sharing agreements have been negotiated with local sponsors and
approved by Congress .
HOUSE CLEAN WATER REAUTHORIZATION BILL SCHEDULED FOR FLOOR ACTION: The
Clean Water Act reauthorization bill , H .R . 8 , will go to the House
floor next week. The Senate version , S. 1128 , passed unanimously on
July 13 (WATERLINE 6/28/85 ) . The major difference between the two
bills is the allocation formula for sewer construction grants . The
Senate formula is based on a 1984 Needs Survey and favors the smaller
less populated states while the House bill retains the old formula .
FY - 86 ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS BILL OUT OF SUBCOMMITTEE: The
House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to markup the FY-86 Energy
and Water bill this week. The bill reported by the Energy and Water
Subcommittee contains a total of $3. 5 billion in funding for Corps and
BuRec water resources, development programs . The Subcommittee
recommended a $293 million reduction in the budget for the Bureau of
Reclamation ( FY-85 , $1 .052 billion; FY-86 , $ . 759 billion ) , while the
Corps of Engineers budget would remain approximately the same ( FY-85 ,
$2 . 791 billion ; FY-86 , $2 . 771 billion ) . The bill reported by the
Subcommittee contains no new starts for either the Corps or the BuRec,
however , the full committee is expected to continue funding for those
new starts recommended in the FY-85 Supplemental Appropriations Bill.
Unlike previous years , the FY-86 Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Bill could be the first 1986 funding bill on the
President' s desk.
ENGINEERS NAME GENERAL HATCH TO BE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL WORKS: Major
General Henry J . Hatch has been named to succeed MG John Wall as
Director of Civil Works for the Corps of Engineers . Earlier this
month General Wall received his third star and was named to head the
Ballistic Missile Defense Command. General Hatch will assume his new
duties as Director in mid August.
ASSOCIATION NEWS
UTAH GOVERNOR BANGERTER TO ADDRESS NWRA AT WESTERN WATER SEMINAR: Utah
Director , Lynn Ludlow announced today that Governor Norman H .
Bangerter has accepted his invitation to speak at NWRA' s Western Water
Seminar this month in Park City, Utah.
SCHEDULE FOR BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT PARK CITY, UTAH:
Sunday, July 28 12: 00 noon Executive Committee
2:00 p.m. Board of Directors
Tuesday, July 30 2 : 00 p.m. Association Management
Energy Water Users
Groundwater
Indian Water Claims
3 :00 p.m. Small Projects
Wednesday, July 31 8 :00 a.m. Board of Directors
ROOM LOCATIONS TO BE POSTED IN LOBBY
Thursday, August 1 8:00 a.m. Resolutions
Little America Motel
Salt Lake City , Utah
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