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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-735
SWANSON AND HUGH BUTLER RESERVOIRS LAND
CONVEYANCES ACT
NOVEMBER 14, 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. 8413]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 8413) to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal
land at Swanson Reservoir and Hugh Butler Reservoir in the State
of Nebraska, 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. 8413 is to provide for the conveyance of cer-
tain Federal land at Swanson Reservoir and Hugh Butler Reservoir
in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 8413 authorizes the transfer of Bureau of Reclamation (Rec-
lamation) lands at the Swanson Reservoir and the Hugh Butler
Reservoir to Frontier County and Hitchcock County in Nebraska.
These reservoirs were created by the construction of dams for flood
control under the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program which was
authorized by the Flood Control Act in 1944. The Hugh Butler Res-
ervoir was created by the construction of the Red Willow Dam and
holds 86,630 acre-feet (AF) of water. The Swanson Reservoir was
created by the construction of the Trenton Dam between 1949 and
1953 and can store 216,291 AF. Among other benefits, these res-
ervoirs provide access to recreational outdoor activities with the
two parks containing 5,960 acres available for public access hunt-
ing and recreational fishing access for many fish species including
walleye, crappie, channel catfish, and several others.
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