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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Op
Calendar No. 276
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session J SENATE 116-155
AQUIFER RECHARGE FLEXIBILITY ACT
OCTOBER 29, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1570]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1570) to provide flexibility to allow greater aq-
uifer recharge, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon with an amendment (in the nature of a
substitute) and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
AMENDMENT
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) BUREAU.-The term Bureau means the Bureau of Reclamation.
(2) COMMISSIONER.-The term Commissioner means the Commissioner of
Reclamation.
(3) ELIGIBLE LAND.-The term eligible land, with respect to a Reclamation
project, means land that-
(A) is authorized to receive water under State law; and
(B) shares an aquifer with land located in the service area of the Rec-
lamation project.
(4) NET WATER STORAGE BENEFIT.-The term net water storage benefit
means an increase in the volume of water that is-
(A) stored in 1 or more aquifers; and
(B)(i) available for use within the authorized service area of a Reclama-
tion project; or
(ii) stored on a long-term basis to avoid or reduce groundwater overdraft.
(5) RECLAMATION FACILITY.-The term Reclamation facility means each of
the infrastructure assets that are owned by the Bureau at a Reclamation
project.
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