PUBLIC LAW 9 5 - 4 6 — J U N E 15, 1977
91 STAT. 2 2 5
Public Law 95-46 95th Congress An Act To authorize appropriations for continuation of construction of distribution systems and drains on the San Luis Unit, Central Valley project, California, to mandate the extension and review of the project by the Secretary, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1978, and to be committed for expenditure by the Secretary notwithstanding any other provision of law or contract, the sum of $31,050,000 for continuation of construction of distribution systems and drains on the San Luis Unit, Central Valley Project, California. No funds shall be expended by the Secretary prior to his obtaining a pledge of the Board of Directors of the Westlands W a t e r District, and any other affected districts, indicating their intention to repay costs associated with construction authorized by this Act. SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall, within thirty days after enactment of this section, establish a task force to review the management, organization, and operations of the San Luis U n i t to determine the extent to which they conform to the purposes and intent of the Act of June 3, 1960 (74 Stat. 156) and the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388). The task force, in conducting its review, shall hold no fewer than three public hearings, at least two of which shall be held within the State of California. Members of said task force shall include, among others, the Commissioner of Reclamation, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for L and and W a t e r, the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, the Comptroller General of the United States, or their representatives, members of the general public, representatives of the State of California, and the Westlands W^ater District. The Secretary shall appoint a task force chairman who shall set the dates of hearings, meetings, workshops, and other official task force functions in carrying out the purposes of this Act. The Secretary is authorized and directed to finance from funds available to him the reasonable expenses of the task force created by this section. The task force shall dissolve on January 1, 1978. (b) The task force shall submit to the chairmen of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, no later than January 1, 1978, a report on the San Luis Unit, including— (1) a detailed accounting of funds expended for planning or construction of facilities utilized by landowners within the San Luis Unit, and the specific legislative authority for each feature of the project; (2) an analysis of the compatibility of the present design and plan of the S a n Luis U n i t with the original feasibility report, environmental impact statement, and cost estimates;
June 15, 1977 [H.R. 4390]
Central Valley project, San Luis Unit, Calif. Appropriation authorization. Pledge.
Task force. Establishment.
Public hearings.
Membership.
Chairman.
Expenses. Termination date. Report to congressional committees.
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