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On the recordSeptember 24, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4094) to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4094 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act''. SEC. 2. WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE BASIN. Title II of the Central Utah Project Completion Act (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4605) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 213. WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE BASIN. ``(a) In General.-- The Secretary may use any unexpended budget authority provided under subsections (a)(2) and (c) of section 202 for the conduct of water conservation measures within the Great Salt Lake basin in accordance with section 207. ``(b) Compliance With Definite Plan Report.--Any water conservation measure conducted under subsection (a) shall be considered to be compliant with the Definite Plan Report completed under section 205(a).''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman) and the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Ocasio- Cortez) each will control 20 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Arkansas.…
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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