3.0.0 2218 2023-01-15T11:03:08Z 2023-01-15T11:03:08Z Senate S S 2004-03-22 108 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg07 Water and Power Subcommittee Hearings by 2004-03-25T21:42:11Z Referred to 2004-03-22T20:10:01Z 2004-03-25 sseg07 Water and Power Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-539. Committee 2004-03-22 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2004-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI N Water Resources Development Congress Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Cost effectiveness Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Federal aid to water resources development Federal-Indian relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Housing and Community Development Hydraulic engineering Indexing (Economic policy) Indian claims Indian economic development Indian lands Indian water rights Infrastructure Intergovernmental fiscal relations Maintenance and repair Minorities Native Americans Potable water Regional planning Water conservation Water quality Water rates Water rights Water supply Water treatment plants Watersheds Wells Water Resources Development 00 2004-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-27T14:11:45Z Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a competitive program to plan, design, and construct rural water supply projects in cooperation with non-Federal project entities in States and areas referred to in the Reclamation Act of 1902. Requires that each rural water supply project be performed in cooperation with a qualifying non-Federal project entity.

Directs the Secretary to develop and publish criteria for determining which projects are eligible for participation, considering factors such as whether a project serves rural areas and communities or Indian tribes, shows economic benefits, and is cost-effective and whether and to what extent the local project sponsors can meet certain cost-share and repayment criteria.

Authorizes the Secretary to undertake: (1) appraisal investigations to identify and study opportunities for construction of projects to determine if they meet the criteria; and (2) studies to determine the feasibility of rural water supply systems recommended for study. Limits the Federal cost share of feasibility studies to 50 percent of total study costs, with an exception.

Declares that non-Federal entities must have the capability to pay all operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the project facilities.

Directs the Secretary to coordinate with existing Federal and State rural water and wastewater programs to determine the most appropriate agency to undertake recommended projects and to otherwise facilitate the most efficient and effective solution to meeting the water needs of the non-Federal project sponsors.

]]> Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2004 Display Title Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a rural water supply program in the Reclamation States for the purpose of providing a clean, safe, affordable, and reliable water supply to rural residents and for other purposes, to authorize the Secretary to conduct appraisal and feasibility studies for rural water projects, and to establish the guidelines for any projects authorized under this program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-22T05:00:00Z 2004-03-25 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-539. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.