[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1201 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1201

    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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 1 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

  Mr. Heflin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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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 RESERVOIRS 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 RESERVOIRS FOR RURAL WATER SUPPLY.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to the other requirements of this 
section, the Secretary may provide the Federal share of the cost of 
constructing a reservoir structure for the storage of water to increase 
the water supply in a rural area. The Federal share shall be not less 
than 50 percent, as determined by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Limitation.--The cost of increasing the water supply of a 
rural area in connection with a project assisted under subsection (a), 
excluding the cost of constructing main water transmission lines, may 
not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the project.
    ``(c) Purpose.--In order to qualify for assistance under this 
section, a project must increase the supply of water in an agricultural 
or rural community in a rural area that is experiencing a severe 
problem with the quality or quantity of water.
    ``(d) Rural Area.--As used in this section, the term `rural area' 
means any area other than an area within a standard metropolitan 
statistical area (based on 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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