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[S. 2511 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.2511

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 An Act


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study 
 of a Chimayo water supply system, to provide for the planning, design, 
and construction of a water supply, reclamation, and filtration facility 
            for Espanola, New Mexico, 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 ``Chimayo Water Supply System and 
Espanola Filtration Facility Act of 2004''.

                  TITLE I--CHIMAYO WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
        (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
        (2) Study area.--The term ``study area'' means the Santa Cruz 
    River Valley in the eastern margin of the Espanola Basin.
        (3) System.--The term ``system'' means a water supply system 
    described in section 102(a).
        (4) Town.--The term ``Town'' means the town of Chimayo, New 
    Mexico, located in Rio Arriba County and Santa Fe County, New 
    Mexico.
    SEC. 102. CHIMAYO WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM FEASIBILITY STUDY.
    (a) In General.--The Secretary, in cooperation with appropriate 
State and local authorities, shall conduct a study to determine the 
feasibility of constructing a water supply system for the Town in the 
study area that includes potable water transmission lines, pump 
stations, and storage reservoirs.
    (b) Scope of Study.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall--
        (1) consider operating the system in connection with the 
    Espanola Water Filtration Facility;
        (2) consider various options for supplying water to the Town, 
    including connection to a regional water source, local sources, 
    sources distributed throughout the Town, and sources located on 
    adjacent Bureau of Land Management land;
        (3) consider reusing or recycling water from local or regional 
    sources;
        (4) consider using alternative water supplies such as surface 
    water, brackish water, nonpotable water, or deep aquifer 
    groundwater; and
        (5) determine the total lifecycle costs of the system, 
    including--
            (A) long-term operation, maintenance, replacement, and 
        treatment costs of the system; and
            (B) management costs (including personnel costs).
    (c) Deadline for Study.--As soon as practicable, but not later than 
3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
complete the study.
    (d) Cost Sharing.--The Federal share of the cost of the study shall 
be 75 percent.
    (e) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate activities of the 
Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management, and the United 
States Geological Survey in the furtherance of the study, including--
        (1) accessing any Bureau of Land Management land adjacent to 
    the study area that is necessary to carry out this section; and
        (2) the drilling of any exploratory wells on Bureau of Land 
    Management land adjacent to the study area that are necessary to 
    determine water resources available for the Town.
    (f) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 
results of the feasibility study not later than the earlier of--
        (1) the date that is 1 year after the date of completion of the 
    feasibility study; or
        (2) the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of 
    this Act.
    SEC. 103. EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.
    (a) In General.--The Secretary may enter into contracts with water 
authorities in the study area to provide emergency water supply 
development assistance to any eligible person or entity, as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate.
    (b) Eligible Activities.--The Secretary may provide assistance 
under subsection (a) for--
        (1) hauling water;
        (2) the installation of water purification technology at the 
    community wells or individual point-of-use;
        (3) the drilling of wells;
        (4) the installation of pump stations and storage reservoirs;
        (5) the installation of transmission and distribution pipelines 
    to bring water to individual residential service connections;
        (6) the engineering, design, and installation of an emergency 
    water supply system; and
        (7) any other eligible activity, as the Secretary determines to 
    be appropriate.
    (c) Cost Sharing.--The Federal share of the cost of any activity 
under this section shall be 75 percent.

SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated--
        (1) to carry out section 102, $2,000,000 for the period of 
    fiscal years 2005 through 2008; and
        (2) to carry out section 103, $3,000,000 for the period of 
    fiscal years 2005 through 2010.
    (b) Limitation.--Amounts made available under subsection (a)(1) 
shall not be available for the construction of water infrastructure for 
the system.

              TITLE II--ESPANOLA WATER FILTRATION FACILITY

SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
        (1) Component.--The term ``component'' means a water delivery 
    infrastructure development described in section 202(b).
        (2) Facility.--The term ``facility'' means the Espanola water 
    filtration facility described in section 202(a).
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation.
    SEC. 202. ESPANOLA WATER FILTRATION FACILITY.
    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide financial assistance 
to the city of Espanola, New Mexico, for the construction of an 
Espanola water filtration facility consisting of projects--
        (1) to divert and fully use imported water to meet future 
    demands in the greater Espanola, New Mexico region, including 
    construction of--
            (A) presedimentation basins for removal of sediments;
            (B) an influent pump station to supply water into treatment 
        facilities;
            (C) a pretreatment facility;
            (D) filtration facilities;
            (E) finished water storage facilities;
            (F) a finished water booster pump station;
            (G) sludge dewatering facilities; and
            (H) potable water transmission lines to connect into the 
        water distribution facilities of the city of Espanola, New 
        Mexico; and
        (2) to use reclaimed water to enhance groundwater resources and 
    surface water supplies.
    (b) Participation.--The Secretary may provide financial assistance 
to the Santa Clara and San Juan Pueblos of New Mexico and the non-
Federal sponsors of the facility for the study, planning, design, and 
construction of a water delivery infrastructure development for the 
Santa Clara and San Juan Pueblos as a component of the facility.
    (c) Cost Sharing.--The Federal share of the total cost of the 
facility and the component shall not exceed 25 percent.
    (d) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Funds provided by the Secretary 
may not be used for the operation or maintenance of the facility or the 
component.

SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated for the construction of the 
facility $3,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2005 through 2009.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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