A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to offer to sell to certain public agencies the indebtedness representing the remaining repayment balance of certain Bureau of Reclamation projects in Texas, and for other purposes.
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide emergency drought relief, in the form of deferred or forgiven principal and interest payments and related relief under Federal reclamation contracts, to: (1) the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the Nueces River Authority for the Nueces River Reclamation Project; and (2) the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4517-4519)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-774.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 591.
By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 104-383.
By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 104-383.
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