[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4645 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4645

 To authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide Federal assistance 
for environmental infrastructure projects in northern and northeastern 
                               Kentucky.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2004

Mr. Lucas of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide Federal assistance 
for environmental infrastructure projects in northern and northeastern 
                               Kentucky.

    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 ``PRIDE Plus Act''.

SEC. 2. NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

    (a) Northern and Northeastern Kentucky Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``Northern and Northeastern Kentucky'' means the counties of 
Bath, Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Elliot, Fleming, 
Gallatin, Grant, Greenup, Harrison, Henry, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, 
Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson, Scott, and Trimble, 
Kentucky.
    (b) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of the Army may 
establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal 
interests in Northern and Northeastern Kentucky.
    (c) Form of Assistance.--Assistance under this section may be in 
the form of design and construction assistance for water-related 
environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development 
projects in Northern and Northeastern Kentucky, including projects for 
wastewater treatment and related facilities, water supply and related 
facilities, environmental restoration, and surface water resource 
protection and development.
    (d) Public Ownership Requirement.--The Secretary may provide 
assistance for a project under this section only if the project is 
publicly owned.
    (e) Local Cooperation Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--Before providing assistance under this 
        section, the Secretary shall enter into a local cooperation 
        agreement with a non-Federal interest to provide for design and 
        construction of the project to be carried out with the 
        assistance.
            (2) Requirements.--Each local cooperation agreement entered 
        into under this subsection shall provide for the following:
                    (A) Plan.--Development by the Secretary, in 
                consultation with appropriate Federal and State 
                officials, of a facilities or resource protection and 
                development plan, including appropriate engineering 
                plans and specifications.
                    (B) Legal and institutional structures.--
                Establishment of such legal and institutional 
                structures as are necessary to ensure the effective 
                long-term operation of the project by the non-Federal 
                interest.
            (3) Cost sharing.--
                    (A) In general.--The Federal share of the project 
                costs under each local cooperation agreement entered 
                into under this subsection shall be 75 percent. The 
                Federal share may be in the form of grants or 
                reimbursements of project costs.
                    (B) Credit for design work.--The non-Federal 
                interest shall receive credit for the reasonable costs 
                of design work completed by the non-Federal interest 
                before entering into a local cooperation agreement with 
                the Secretary for a project.
                    (C) Credit for interest.--In case of a delay in the 
                funding of the non-Federal share of a project that is 
                the subject of an agreement under this section, the 
                non-Federal interest shall receive credit for 
                reasonable interest incurred in providing the non-
                Federal share of the project's costs.
                    (D) Land, easements, and rights-of-way credit.--The 
                non-Federal interest shall receive credit for land, 
                easements, rights-of-way, and relocations toward the 
                non-Federal share of project costs (including all 
                reasonable costs associated with obtaining permits 
                necessary for the construction, operations, and 
                maintenance of the project on publicly owned or 
                controlled land), but not to exceed 25 percent of total 
                project costs.
                    (E) Operations and maintenance.--The non-Federal 
                share of operation and maintenance costs for projects 
                constructed with assistance provided under this section 
                shall be 100 percent.
    (f) Applicability of Other Federal and State Laws.--Nothing in this 
section waives, limits, or otherwise affects the applicability of any 
provision of Federal or State law that would otherwise apply to a 
project to be carried out with assistance provided under this section.
    (g) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2005, the Secretary shall 
transmit to Congress a report on the results of the program carried out 
under this section, including a recommendation concerning whether the 
program should be implemented on a national basis.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000. Such funds shall 
remain available until expended.
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