S.Amdt. 1226

SA 1226. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Franken, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 37, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

Sec. 2 __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for ongoing construction work on rural water regional programs of the Bureau of Reclamation that is in addition to the amount requested in the annual budget submission of the President (including funds for related settlements) shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior to carry out any rural water supply project authorized as of the date of enactment of this Act unless the Secretary of the Interior, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issues a work plan prioritizing funding of rural water supply projects carried out by the Bureau of Reclamation based on the following criteria to better utilize taxpayer dollars:

(1) The percentage of the rural water supply project to be carried out that is complete (as of the date of enactment of this Act) or will be completed by September 30, 2012.

(2) The number of people served or expected to be served by the rural water supply project.

(3) The amount of non-Federal funds previously provided or certified as available for the cost of the rural water supply project.

(4) The extent to which the rural water supply project benefits tribal components.

(5) The extent to which there is an urgent and compelling need for a rural water supply project that would--

(A) improve the health or aesthetic quality of water;

(B) result in continuous, measurable, and significant water quality benefits; or

(C) address current or future water supply needs of the population served by the rural water supply project.