[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2248 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2248

To assist in the development and implementation of projects to provide 
for the control of drainage water, storm water, flood water, and other 
    water as part of water-related integrated resource management, 
 environmental infrastructure, and resource protection and development 
          projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed, California.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 2000

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To assist in the development and implementation of projects to provide 
for the control of drainage water, storm water, flood water, and other 
    water as part of water-related integrated resource management, 
 environmental infrastructure, and resource protection and development 
          projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed, California.

    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 ``Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated 
Resources Management Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) District.--The term ``District'' means the Colusa Basin 
        Drainage District, California.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) State statute.--The term ``State statute'' means 
        section 413 of the California Statutes 1987, chapter 1399 
        (commonly known as the ``Colusa Basin Drainage Act''), as in 
        effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.

    The Secretary may provide financial assistance to the District for 
use by the District or by local agencies acting under the State 
statute, for planning, design, environmental compliance, and 
construction required in carrying out eligible projects in the Colusa 
Basin Watershed--
            (1) to--
                    (A) reduce the risk of damage to urban and 
                agricultural areas from flooding or the discharge of 
                drainage water or tailwater;
                    (B) assist in groundwater recharge efforts to 
                alleviate overdraft and land subsidence; or
                    (C) construct, restore, or preserve wetland and 
                riparian habitat; and
            (2) to capture, as an incidental purpose of any of the 
        purposes described in paragraph (1), surface water or 
        stormwater for conservation, conjunctive use, and increased 
        water supplies.

SEC. 4. PROJECT SELECTION.

    (a) Eligible Projects.--A project shall be an eligible project for 
purposes of section 3 if the project is--
            (1) identified in the document entitled ``Colusa Basin 
        Water Management Program'', dated February 1995; and
            (2) carried out in accordance with that document and all 
        environmental documentation requirements that apply to the 
        project under the laws of the United States and the State of 
        California.
    (b) Compatibility Requirement.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
projects for which assistance is provided under this Act are not 
inconsistent with watershed protection and environmental restoration 
efforts being carried out under the Central Valley Project Improvement 
Act (106 Stat. 4706 et seq.) or the CALFED Bay-Delta Program.

SEC. 5. COST SHARING.

    (a) Non-Federal Share.--The Secretary shall require that the 
District and cooperating non-Federal agencies or organizations pay--
            (1) 25 percent of the costs associated with construction of 
        any project carried out with assistance provided under this 
        Act; and
            (2) 100 percent of any operation, maintenance, and 
        replacement and rehabilitation costs with respect to such a 
        project.
    (b) Planning, Design, and Compliance Assistance.--Funds made 
available under this Act may be used to fund all costs incurred for 
planning, design, and environmental compliance activities by the 
District or by local agencies acting under the State statute, in 
accordance with agreements with the Secretary.
    (c) Treatment of Contributions.--For purposes of this section, the 
Secretary shall treat the value of land, interests in land (including 
rights-of-way and other easements), and necessary relocations 
contributed by the District to a project as payment by the District of 
the costs of the project.

SEC. 6. NONREIMBURSABILITY OF COSTS.

    Amounts expended under this Act shall be considered nonreimbursable 
for purposes of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), 
and Acts amendatory of and supplemental to that Act.

SEC. 7. AGREEMENTS.

    Funds made available under this Act may be made available to the 
District or a local agency only if the District or local agency, as 
applicable, enters into a binding agreement with the Secretary that--
            (1) provides that the District or the local agency shall 
        pay the non-Federal share of the costs of construction required 
        by section 5(a); and
            (2) governs the funding of planning, design, and compliance 
        activities costs under section 5(b).

SEC. 8. REIMBURSEMENT.

    For project work (including work associated with studies, planning, 
design, and construction) carried out by the District or by a local 
agency acting under the State statute before the date on which amounts 
are provided for the project under this Act, the Secretary shall, 
subject to amounts being made available in advance in appropriations 
Acts, reimburse the District or the local agency, without interest, an 
amount equal to the estimated Federal share of the cost of such work 
under section 5.

SEC. 9. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may enter into cooperative 
agreements and contracts with the District to assist the Secretary in 
carrying out this Act.
    (b) Subcontracting.--Under a cooperative agreement or contract, the 
Secretary may authorize the District to enter into contracts and 
receive reimbursements, subject to amounts being made available in 
advance in appropriations Acts, for work carried out under the contract 
or subcontract.

SEC. 10. RELATIONSHIP TO RECLAMATION REFORM ACT OF 1982.

    Activities carried out, and financial assistance provided, under 
this Act shall not be considered a supplemental or additional benefit 
for purposes of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa et 
seq.).

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this Act $25,000,000, plus such additional amount, if any, as may 
be required by reason of changes in costs of services of the types 
involved in the District's projects as shown by engineering and other 
relevant indexes, to remain available until expended.
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