EXPORT OF WATER FROM GREAT LAKES.

SEC. 504. EXPORT OF WATER FROM GREAT LAKES. (a) Additional Finding.—Section 1109(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–20(b)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: “(2) to encourage the Great Lakes States, in consultation with the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, to develop and implement a mechanism that provides a common conservation standard embodying the principles of water conservation and resource improvement for making decisions concerning the withdrawal and use of water from the Great Lakes Basin;”, (b) Approval of Governors for Export of Water.—Section 1109(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–20(d)) is amended by— (1) inserting “or exported” after “diverted”; and (2) inserting “or export” after “diversion”. (c) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should work with the Canadian Government to encourage and support the Provinces in the development and implementation of a mechanism and standard concerning the withdrawal and use of water from the Great Lakes Basin consistent 114 STAT. 2645with those mechanisms and standards developed by the Great Lakes States.