H.R. 5234: Eastern Santa Clara River Basin Protection Act
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H.R. 5234: Eastern Santa Clara River Basin Protection Act
108th Congress · introduced 2004-10-06 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-10-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Eastern Santa Clara River Basin Protection Act
Plain summary
Eastern Santa Clara River Basin Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of the Army to participate in studies and other investigative activities and in the construction, planning, and design of projects determined by the Secretary to offer a long-term solution to groundwater perchlorate contamination in the Eastern Santa Clara River Basin in Santa Clarita, California. Requires investigative activities and projects to include sites that are sources of perchlorate and located in Santa Clarita. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary to provide environmental infrastructure and construction assistance for such projects. Directs the Secretary to allow credit for in-kind services provided by a non-Federal sponsor before initiation of a project.
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Official text
Eastern Santa Clara River Basin Protection Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr5234.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr5234 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108