San Diego Water Storage and Efficiency Act of 2007

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study to design and construct a four reservoir intertie system for the purposes of improving the water storage opportunities, water supply reliability, and water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland Reservoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, and for other purposes.

9/16/2008--Reported to Senate without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) San Diego Water Storage and Efficiency Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, to undertake a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a four reservoir intertie system to improve water storage opportunities, water supply reliability, and water yield of the existing non-federal water storage system. Directs that the feasibility study:
(1) document the Secretary's engineering, environmental, and economic investigation of the proposed reservoir and intertie project, taking into consideration the needs of and potential benefits to the area; and
(2) indicate whether the proposed project is recommended. Limits the federal cost share and total federal costs. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) consult and cooperate with appropriate state, regional, and local authorities; and
(2) submit to Congress a feasibility report and seek specific authority to develop and construct any recommended project. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment.


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• Rep. Duncan Hunter [R, CA-52]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
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Committees

• Senate Energy and Natural Resources
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  • Senate Energy and Natural Resources
  • House Natural Resources
  • House Natural Resources
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 29, 2007		October 22, 2007

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• Added to calendar on Sep 16, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1017..
• Sep 16, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. Without written report.
• Added to calendar on Sep 11, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably..
• Sep 11, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• Apr 24, 2008: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
• Apr 24, 2008: Subcommittee on Water and Power. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-366. 2:15 p.m.
• Oct 23, 2007: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Oct 22, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
• Oct 22, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1803.
• Oct 22, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Oct 22, 2007: Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
• Apr 11, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
• Mar 29, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
• Introduced on Mar 29, 2007.

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• Federal-local relations
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• Hydraulic engineering
• Infrastructure
• Intergovernmental fiscal relations
• Irrigation
• Maintenance and repair
• Reservoirs
• State and local government
• Water storage
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November 20, 2008 Fresh Talk: Another sell off!

... Pact of 2007 - Oct 27, 2008; Report: Budget Report for H.R. 1803: San Diego Water Storage and Efficiency Act of 2007 - Sep 30, 2008; Bill Action: Law Enacted: H.R. 1424: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Oct 2, 2008 ...

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