Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act of 2005

Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study (including an environmental evaluation and a cost allocation) on raising the height of the Arthur V. Watkins Dam for the development of additional storage to meet water supply needs within the Weber Basin Project area and the Wasatch Front, Utah.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1811 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1811

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of 
   enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to 
  provide additional water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the 
            purposes for which that project was authorized.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 3, 2005

Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Bennett) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of 
   enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to 
  provide additional water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the 
            purposes for which that project was authorized.

    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 ``Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Arthur V. Watkins Dam is a feature of the Weber Basin 
        Project, which was authorized by law on August 29, 1949.
            (2) Increasing the height of Arthur V. Watkins Dam and 
        construction of pertinent facilities may provide additional 
        storage capacity for the development of additional water supply 
        for the Weber Basin Project for uses of municipal and 
        industrial water supply and flood control.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, is authorized to conduct a feasibility study on raising 
the height of Arthur V. Watkins Dam for the development of additional 
storage to meet water supply needs within the Weber Basin Project area 
and the Wasatch Front. The feasibility study shall include such 
environmental evaluation as required under the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and a cost allocation as 
required under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485 et 
seq.).
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