Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act

II Calendar No. 357 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1955 [Report No. 118–166] To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 13, 2023 Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. ROMNEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources APRIL 9, 2024 Reported by Mr. MANCHIN, with an amendment [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] A BILL To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to au- thorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Apr 10, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1955.RS S1955 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1955 RS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Salt Lake Stew- 2 ardship Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES IN THE GREAT 4 SALT LAKE BASIN. 5 Title II of the Central Utah Project Completion Act 6 (Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4605) is amended by 7 adding at the end the following: 8 ‘‘SEC. 213. WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES IN THE 9 GREAT SALT LAKE BASIN. 10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may use any un- 11 expended budget authority provided under subsections 12 (a)(2) and (c) of section 202 for the conduct of water con- 13 servation measures within the Great Salt Lake basin in 14 accordance with section 207. 15 ‘‘(b) COMPLIANCE WITH DEFINITE PLAN REPORT.— 16 Any water conservation measure conducted under sub- 17 section (a) shall be considered to be compliant with the 18 Definite Plan Report completed under section 205(a). ’’. 19 ‘‘(c) COMPLETION OF PROJECT.—In accordance with 20 section 207, the Secretary shall ensure that water conserva- 21 tion measures conducted under subsection (a) do not inter- 22 fere with the completion of the project under this Act.’’. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Apr 10, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S1955.RS S1955 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Apr 10, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S1955.RS S1955 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 357 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1955 [Report No. 118–166] A BILL To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of cer- tain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes. APRIL 9, 2024 Reported with an amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Apr 10, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S1955.RS S1955 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS