S. 802: Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2011
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S. 802: Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-13 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2011
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to amend an existing contract or enter into one or more new contracts with the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District for the storage and conveyance of nonproject water in Norman project facilities to augment municipal and industrial supplies for the cities served by the District, if the Secretary determines that there is enough excess capacity in the reservoir on the Little River known as Lake Thunderbird that nonproject water can be stored there. Makes the costs of constructing, operating, and maintaining any additional infrastructure needed to enable the storage and conveyance of nonproject water in Norman project facilities under any provision of this Act the responsibility of the non-federal entity contracting with the Secretary for storage and conveyance rights.
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Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
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Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s802.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s802 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112