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 94 STAT. 1062

PUBLIC LAW 96-335—SEPT. 4, 1980

Public Law 96-835 96th Congress

An Act Sept. 4, 1980 [H.R. 507]

Trinity River Division, Central Valley project. Stream rectification.

Matching funds.

Appropriation authorization.

Funding conditions.

To authorize Federal participation in stream rectification, Trinity River Division, Central Valley project, California, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, is authorized to design, construct, operate, and maintain, or to contract with the State of California for the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of, a sand dredging system on the Trinity River immediately downstream from Grass Valley Creek, a tributary of the Trinity River, and a debris dam and associated facilities on Grass Valley Creek, in Trinity County, California, in general conformity to the plan of development described and set forth in the Grsiss Valley Creek Sediment Control Study, April 1978, prepared for the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force: Provided, That any such contract entered into pursuant to this section shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. SEC. 2. The contract authorized by section 1 of this Act shall provide that the State of California, on a doUar-for-doUar basis, will match the funds provided by the Water and Power Resources Service for constructing, operating, and maintaining the sand dredging system. SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, to remain available until expended the sum of $3,500,000 (April 1978 price levels), plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs indexes applicable to the type of construction involved herein. There are also authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be required for the Federal share of operation and maintenance. All costs incurred pursuant to this Act shall be nonreimbursable and nonretumable. No funds shall be expended hereunder until the Board of Supervisors of Trinity County adopts adequate timber road and subdivision standards to protect the Grass Valley Creek watershed, and until an agreement has been executed with the State of California which shall provide that the State of California, on a doUar-for-doUar basis, will match the funds provided by the Water and Power Resources Service for constructing, operating, and maintaining the sand dredging system. Approved September 4, 1980.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-514 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 96-893 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 125 (1979): Oqt. 22, considered and passed House. Vol. 126 (1980): Aug. 18, considered and passed Senate, amended. Aug. 21, House concurred in Senate amendments.

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