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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-709
COLORADO RIVER SALINITY CONTROL FIX ACT
OCTOBER 22, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 7872]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 7872) to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control
Act to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control
units, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the
bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 7872 is to amend the Colorado River Basin
Salinity Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to
salinity control units, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Congress enacted the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act
(Salinity Control Act, P.L. 93-320) in June of 1974. The Salinity
Control Act authorized salinity control projects in Colorado, Wyo-
ming, Utah, and Nevada and planning studies in Arizona, Cali-
fornia, New Mexico, and Wyoming. High salinity levels in water
can reduce crop yields, and at higher concentrations over long peri-
ods, can kill trees and make the land unsuitable for agricultural
purposes. The Bureau of Reclamation's Basin States Program and
the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service's (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP) provide cost-share assistance to landowners who install sa-
linity control measures.
The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program (Program) is
funded through appropriations and power revenues. Generally, the
Program receives 70 percent of its funds from appropriations (also
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