A bill to provide for a cooperative agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California to improve and manage the Suisun Marsh in California.
Suisun Marsh Preservation and Restoration Act of 1979 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to enter into a cooperative agreement with California to mitigate the adverse effects of the Central Valley project on the fish and wildlife resources of the Suisun Marsh and for the preservation and restoration of such resources. Specifies the requirements of such agreement which include requirements that; (1) the State of California construct and operate certain water control facilities in the Marsh; and (2) the Federal share of the costs of implementing such agreement shall be 50 percent. States that the share of costs may be altered and applied retroactively to such control facilities upon authorization of the development of a more extensive system of preservation facilities for the Marsh area.
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Federal share of costs of the construction and operation of such control facilities.
Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Measure passed House, amended.
Referred jointly to Senate Committees on Energy and Natural Resources; and Environment and Public Works.
Reported jointly to Senate from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, S. Rept. 96-928.
Reported jointly to Senate from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, S. Rept. 96-928.
Reported jointly to Senate from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 96-928.
Reported jointly to Senate from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 96-928.
Call of calendar in Senate.
Measure considered in Senate.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended.
Measure passed Senate, amended.
Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to Senate amendments.
House agreed to Senate amendments.
Enacted as Public Law 96-495
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Measure enrolled in House.
Measure enrolled in Senate.
Measure presented to President.
Measure presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Public Law 96-495.
Public Law 96-495.