[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2460 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2460

    To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cost share 
 assistance to construct reservoir structures for the storage of water 
                in rural areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 1993

 Mr. Everett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cost share 
 assistance to construct reservoir structures for the storage of water 
                in rural areas, 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. COST SHARE ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL WATER SUPPLY.

    (a) In General.--The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act 
is amended by inserting after section 3A (16 U.S.C. 1003a) the 
following new section:

``SEC. 3B. COST SHARE ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL WATER SUPPLY.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
provide at least 50 percent of the cost of constructing reservoir 
structures for the storage of water and main water transmission lines, 
to increase the water supply in a rural area. Such rural water supply 
will not exceed 50 percent of total project costs.
    ``(b) Purpose.--In order to qualify for assistance under this 
section, a project must be designed to increase the supply of water in 
a rural area that is experiencing a severe problem with the quality or 
quantity of water.
    ``(c) Rural Area Defined.--As used in this section, the term `rural 
area' means any area that is not within the outer boundary of any city 
having a population of 55,000 or more, according to the most recent 
decennial census of the United States.''.
    (b) Definition of Works of Improvement.--Section 2 of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 1002) is amended by striking ``Each project must contain'' and 
all that follows through ``benefits of the project.''.

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