An amendment to codify into law a recent Interior Department decision to make a substantial increase in the water supply of the Trinity River Basin fishery in California. The Department would be required to provide a minimum of 340,000 acre-feet of water to the fishery each year through 1996. Water flow requirements thereafter would be established on the basis of recommendations of study to be conducted by the Department of the Interior.

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Amendment Number
201
Description
An amendment to codify into law a recent Interior Department decision to make a substantial increase in the water supply of the Trinity River Basin fishery in California. The Department would be required to provide a minimum of 340,000 acre-feet of water to the fishery each year through 1996. Water flow requirements thereafter would be established on the basis of recommendations of study to be conducted by the Department of the Interior.
Purpose
Amendment codified into law a recent Department of the Interior decision and requires the Department to provide a minimum of 340,000 acre-feet of water to the Trinty River fishery in northern California each year through 1996. Thereafter, adjustment of the flows will be based on the results of a task force study.
Congress
102
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jun 20, 1991
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Riggs amendment (A002) Agreed to by recorded vote: 300 - 95 (Roll no. 186).
Latest Action Time
15:23:01
Submitted Date
Jun 20, 1991
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jul 10, 2021
Amendment 201 — Informed