[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3597 Received in Senate (RDS)]
2d Session
H. R. 3597
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 29, 2004
Received
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AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of
Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on the Alder Creek water
storage and conservation project in El Dorado County, California, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STUDY AND REPORT.
(a) Study.--Pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 388)
and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, the Secretary of
the Interior (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''),
through the Bureau of Reclamation, and in consultation and cooperation
with the El Dorado Irrigation District, is authorized to conduct a
study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project on Alder
Creek in El Dorado County, California, to store water and provide water
supplies during dry and critically dry years for consumptive use,
recreation, in-stream flows, irrigation, and power production.
(b) Report.--
(1) Transmission.--Upon completion of the study authorized
by subsection (a), the Secretary shall transmit to the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a
report containing the results of the study.
(2) Contents of report.--The report shall contain
appropriate cost sharing options for the implementation of the
project based upon the use and possible allocation of any
stored water.
(3) Use of available materials.--In developing the report
under this section, the Secretary shall use reports and any
other relevant information supplied by the El Dorado Irrigation
District.
(c) Cost Share.--
(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the costs of the
feasibility study authorized by this section shall not exceed
50 percent of the total cost of the study.
(2) In-kind contribution for non-federal share.--The
Secretary may accept as part of the non-Federal cost share the
contribution such in-kind services by the El Dorado Irrigation
District as the Secretary determines will contribute to the
conduct and completion of the study.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out this section.
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2004.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.