[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3597 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3597

   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of 
 Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on the Alder Creek water 
 storage and conservation project in El Dorado County, California, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2003

Mr. Doolittle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of 
 Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on the Alder Creek water 
 storage and conservation project in El Dorado County, California, 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. STUDY AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Authorization.--Pursuant to reclamation laws, the Secretary of 
the Interior (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), 
through the Bureau of Reclamation, and in consultation and cooperation 
with the El Dorado Irrigation District, is authorized to conduct a 
study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project on Alder 
Creek in El Dorado County, California, to store water and provide water 
supplies during dry and critically dry years for consumptive use, 
recreation, in-stream flows, irrigation, and power production.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) Transmission.--Upon completion of the study authorized 
        by subsection (a), the Secretary shall transmit to Committee on 
        Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing 
        the results of the study.
            (2) Contents of report.--The report shall contain 
        appropriate cost sharing options for the implementation of the 
        project based upon the use and possible allocation of any 
        conserved water.
            (3) Use of available materials.--In developing the report 
        under this section, the Secretary shall use reports and any 
        other relevant information supplied by the El Dorado Irrigation 
        District.
    (c) Cost Share.--
            (1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the costs of the 
        feasibility study authorized by this section shall not exceed 
        50 percent of the total cost of the study.
            (2) In-kind contribution for non-federal share.--The 
        Secretary may accept as part of the non-Federal cost share the 
        contribution such in-kind services by the El Dorado Irrigation 
        District as the Secretary determines will contribute to the 
        conduct and completion of the study.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $500,000 to carry out this section.
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