Lake Tahoe Restoration Act
Public Law 106-506 · H.R. 3388 · 106th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Nov 13, 2000 · Water Resources Development
Sponsor: Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA-4)
Cosponsors (2): Rep. Jim Gibbons, Rep. Robert Matsui
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Lake Tahoe Restoration Act - States that the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, in accordance with this Act and the laws applicable to the National Forest System.
(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to consult with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and other specified entities.
(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to develop an environmental restoration priority list for the Lake Tahoe Basin. Sets forth project areas, including: (1) erosion and sediment control; (2) acquisition of environmentally sensitive land; (3) fire risk reduction; (4) cleaning up methyl tertiary butyl ether contamination; and (5) parking and traffic management.
Directs the Secretary to make a specified payment to the Agency and the South Tahoe Public Utility District to develop a hydrocarbon contamination cleanup plan.
Authorizes appropriations for priority projects.
(Sec. 7) Amends Federal law with respect to certain environmental improvement payments to localities in the Basin area to: (1) make public utilities eligible recipients; (2) revise funding provisions, including limiting fund use to projects that are part of the environmental improvement program adopted by the Agency; and (3) authorize appropriations.
(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to: (1) coordinate fire risk reduction activities with State and local agencies, including local fire departments and volunteer groups; and (2) minimize related ground disturbances.
(Sec. 9) States that funding under this Act shall be in addition to other funding and shall not reduce allocations for other National Forest System Regions.. Sets forth matching requirements for Nevada and California.
(Sec. 10) Amends Federal law to require Basin land acquisitions only from willing (private) sellers.
(Sec. 12) Authorizes appropriations.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Agriculture Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee- Natural Resources Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 21 actions.
- Nov 13, 2000Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 106-506.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Nov 2, 2000PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 27, 2000FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 23, 2000FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Gibbons moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 7, 2000CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Agriculture Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Jul 26, 2000CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Natural Resources Committee
- May 16, 2000CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- May 11, 2000CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 30, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee
- Nov 18, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Nov 17, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Nov 16, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Agriculture Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Natural Resources Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.