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[S. 1467 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1467

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 An Act


 
To authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply 
  System, to authorize assistance to the Fort Peck Rural County Water 
 District, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning, design, and 
    construction of the water supply system, 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 ``Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply 
System Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act:
        (1) Construction.--The term ``construction'' means such 
    activities associated with the actual development or construction 
    of facilities as are initiated on execution of contracts for 
    construction.
        (2) District.--The term ``District'' means the Fort Peck Rural 
    County Water District, Inc., a nonprofit corporation in Montana.
        (3) Feasibility study.--The term ``feasibility study'' means 
    the study entitled ``Final Engineering Report and Alternative 
    Evaluation for the Fort Peck Rural County Water District'', dated 
    September 1994.
        (4) Planning.--The term ``planning'' means activities such as 
    data collection, evaluation, design, and other associated 
    preconstruction activities required prior to the execution of 
    contracts for construction.
        (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (6) Water supply system.--The term ``water supply system'' 
    means the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System, to be 
    established and operated substantially in accordance with the 
    feasibility study.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Upon request of the District, the Secretary shall 
enter into a cooperative agreement with the District for the planning, 
design, and construction by the District of the water supply system. 
Title to this project shall remain in the name of the District.
    (b) Service Area.--The water supply system shall provide for safe 
and adequate rural water supplies under the jurisdiction of the 
District in Valley County, northeastern Montana (as described in the 
feasibility study).
    (c) Amount of Federal Contribution.--
        (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), under the 
    cooperative agreement, the Secretary shall pay the Federal share 
    of--
            (A) costs associated with the planning, design, and 
        construction of the water supply system (as identified in the 
        feasibility study); and
            (B) such sums as are necessary to defray increases in the 
        budget.
        (2) Federal share.--The Federal share referred to in paragraph 
    (1) shall be 75 percent and shall not be reimbursable.
        (3) Total.--The amount of Federal funds made available under 
    the cooperative agreement shall not exceed the amount of funds 
    authorized to be appropriated under section 4.
        (4) Limitations.--Not more than 5 percent of the amount of 
    Federal funds made available to the Secretary under section 4 may 
    be used by the Secretary for activities associated with--
            (A) compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
        of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
            (B) oversight of the planning, design, and construction by 
        the District of the water supply system.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$5,800,000. This authorization shall terminate after a period of 5 
complete fiscal years after the date of enactment of this Act unless 
the Congress has appropriated funds for the construction purposes of 
this Act. This authorization shall be extended 1 additional year if the 
Secretary has requested such appropriation. The funds authorized to be 
appropriated may be increased or decreased by such amounts as are 
justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in development costs 
incurred after October 1, 1994, as indicated by engineering cost 
indices applicable to the type of construction project authorized under 
this Act. All costs which exceed the amounts authorized by this Act, 
including costs associated with the ongoing energy needs, operation, 
and maintenance of this project shall remain the responsibility of the 
District.

SEC. 5. CACHUMA PROJECT, BRADBURY DAM, CALIFORNIA.

    The prohibition against obligating funds for construction until 60 
days from the date that the Secretary of the Interior transmits a 
report to the Congress in accordance with section 5 of the Reclamation 
Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 509) is waived for the Cachuma 
Project, Bradbury Dam, California.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.