[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 1662 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 675
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1662
[Report No. 110-323]
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 5, 2007
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
April 10, 2008
Reported by Mr. Bingaman, without amendment
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AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to seek limited
reimbursement for site security activities, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Bureau of Reclamation Site Security
Costs Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CAPITAL COSTS.
Costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior for the physical
fortification of Bureau of Reclamation facilities to satisfy increased
post-September 11, 2001, security needs, including the construction,
modification, upgrade, or replacement of such facility fortifications,
shall be nonreimbursable.
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF SECURITY-RELATED OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS.
(a) Reimbursable Costs.--The Secretary of the Interior shall
include no more than $18,900,000 per fiscal year, indexed each fiscal
year after fiscal year 2008 according to the preceding year's Consumer
Price Index, of those costs incurred for increased levels of guards and
patrols, training, patrols by local and tribal law enforcement
entities, operation, maintenance, and replacement of guard and response
force equipment, and operation and maintenance of facility
fortifications at Bureau of Reclamation facilities after the events of
September 11, 2001, as reimbursable operation and maintenance costs
under Reclamation law.
(b) Costs Collected Through Water Rates.--In the case of the
Central Valley Project of California, site security costs allocated to
irrigation and municipal and industrial water service in accordance
with this Act shall be collected by the Secretary exclusively through
inclusion of these costs in the operation and maintenance water rates.
SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.
(a) Policies and Procedures.--The Secretary is authorized to
develop policies and procedures with project beneficiaries, consistent
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), to provide for the
payment of the reimbursable costs described in section 3.
(b) Notice.--On identifying a Bureau of Reclamation facility for a
site security measure, the Secretary shall provide to the project
beneficiaries written notice--
(1) describing the need for the site security measure and
the process for identifying and implementing the site security
measure; and
(2) summarizing the administrative and legal requirements
relating to the site security measure.
(c) Consultation.--The Secretary shall--
(1) provide project beneficiaries an opportunity to consult
with the Bureau of Reclamation on the planning, design, and
construction of the site security measure; and
(2) in consultation with project beneficiaries, develop and
provide timeframes for the consultation described in paragraph
(1).
(d) Response; Notice.--Before incurring costs pursuant to
activities described in section 3, the Secretary shall consider cost
containment measures recommended by a project beneficiary that has
elected to consult with the Bureau of Reclamation on such activities.
The Secretary shall provide to the project beneficiary--
(1) a timely written response describing proposed actions,
if any, to address the recommendation; and
(2) notice regarding the costs and status of such
activities on a periodic basis.
(e) Report.--The Secretary shall report annually to the Natural
Resources Committee of the House of Representatives and the Energy and
Natural Resources Committee of the Senate on site security actions and
activities undertaken pursuant to this Act for each fiscal year. The
report shall include a summary of Federal and non-Federal expenditures
for the fiscal year and information relating to a 5-year planning
horizon for the program, detailed to show pre-September 11, 2001, and
post-September 11, 2001, costs for the site security activities.
SEC. 5. PRE-SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 SECURITY COST LEVELS.
Reclamation project security costs at the levels of activity that
existed prior to September 11, 2001, shall remain reimbursable.
Calendar No. 675
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1662
[Report No. 110-323]
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to seek limited
reimbursement for site security activities, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 10, 2008
Reported without amendment