SA 1140. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1495, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__X. RATHBUN LAKE, IOWA.
(a) Right of First Refusal.--The Secretary shall provide, in accordance with the recommendations in the Rathbun Lake Reallocation Report approved by the Chief of Engineers on July 22, 1985, the Rathbun Regional Water Association with the right of first refusal to contract for or purchase any increment of the remaining allocation (8,320 acre-feet) of water supply storage in Rathbun Lake, Iowa.
(b) Payment of Cost.--The Rathbun Regional Water Association shall pay the cost of any water supply storage allocation provided under subsection (a).


(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on May 16, 2007.)