The Desert Terminal Lakes Program , enacted in Section [?] of the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 2507), authorizes the transfer of $ 200 million from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to the Bureau of Reclamation to provide water to "at risk natural desert terminal lakes."
2-419: The legislation provided $ 200 million to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation "to provide water to at-risk natural desert terminal lakes " but prohibited leasing or purchasing water rights. A series of subsequent modifications have specifically directed funding for the acquisition of water rights from willing sellers to benefit Walker Lake, including Public Law 108–7, enacted February 20, 2003, specified that funding
4-505: Was to be used to provide water and assistance only for Pyramid , Summit , and Walker lakes in the state of Nevada . Public Law 109–103, enacted November 19, 2005, allocated $ 95 million, as follows: Public Law 110–161, enacted December 26, 2007, allocated $ 68.25 million, as follows: Public Law 110–234, Section 2807, enacted May 22, 2008, appropriated an additional $ 175 million, “to provide water to at-risk natural desert terminal lakes.“ It also specifies that when there are willing sellers,
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