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116 STAT. 16 PUBLIC LAW 107-142 —FEB. 12, 2002 Feb. 12, 2002 [H.R. 1937] Pacific Northwest Feasibility Studies Act of 2002. Federal Register, publication. Public Law 107-142 107th Congress An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in certain feasibility studies of water resource projects in the State of Washington. 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 "Pacific Northwest Feasibility Studies Act of 2002". SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of the Interior may engage in the following feasibility studies: (1) The Tulalip Tribes Water Quality Feasibility Study, to identify ways to meet future domestic and commercial water distribution needs of the Tulalip Indian Reservation on the Eastern Shore of Puget Sound, Washington. (2) The Lower Elwha Klallam Rural Water Supply Feasibility Study, to identify additional rural water supply sources for the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation on the Oljntnpic Peninsula, Washington. (3) The Makah Community Water Source Project Feasibility Study, to identify ways to meet the current and future domestic and commercial water supply and distribution needs of the Makah Indian Tribe on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF RESULTS.— The Secretary of the Interior shall make available to the public, upon request, the results of each feasibility study authorized under subsection (a), and shall promptly publish in the Federal Register a notice of the availability of those results. Approved February 12, 2002. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1937: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-155 (Comm. on Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 147 (2001): Sept. 10, considered and passed House. Vol. 148 (2002): Jan. 28, considered and passed Senate.