[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1190 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1190

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study 
   to design and construct a four reservoir intertie system for the 
  purposes of improving the water storage opportunities, water supply 
 reliability, and water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and 
Loveland Reservoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation and 
 cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study 
   to design and construct a four reservoir intertie system for the 
  purposes of improving the water storage opportunities, water supply 
 reliability, and water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and 
Loveland Reservoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation and 
 cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, 
                        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 ``San Diego Water Storage and 
Efficiency Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. APPRAISAL INVESTIGATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation and 
cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, 
public water agency, shall undertake, an appraisal investigation to 
identify and study opportunities for construction of a four reservoir 
intertie system to improve water storage opportunities, water supply 
reliability, and water yield of the existing non-Federal water storage 
system. The appraisal report shall include a determination of whether 
or not to recommend the initiation of a feasibility study for the 
proposed intertie system.
    (b) Cooperation.--The Secretary shall consult and cooperate with 
appropriate State, regional, and local authorities during the 
performance of the appraisal investigation conducted pursuant to this 
section.
    (c) Costs.--The Federal obligations for costs of the appraisal 
investigation conducted pursuant to this section shall conform with 
Reclamation policy (Reclamation Manual number CMP-05-01).

SEC. 3. FEASIBILITY STUDY, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, COST SHARE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation and cooperation 
with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, is authorized 
to undertake a study to determine the feasibility of the reservoir and 
intertie system recommended for such study pursuant to section 2. The 
feasibility report shall document the Secretary's engineering, 
environmental, and economic investigation of the proposed reservoir and 
intertie project under section 2, taking into consideration the range 
of potential solutions and the circumstances and needs of the area to 
be served by the proposed reservoir and intertie project, the potential 
benefits to the people of that service area, and improved operations of 
the proposed reservoir and intertie system. The Secretary shall 
indicate in the feasibility report required under subsection (c) 
whether the proposed reservoir and intertie project is recommended for 
implementation.
    (b) Federal Cost Share.--The Federal share of the costs of the 
feasibility study shall not exceed 50 percent of the total study costs. 
The Secretary may accept as part of the non-Federal cost share, any 
contribution of such in-kind services by the City of San Diego and the 
Sweetwater Authority that the Secretary determines will contribute 
toward the conduct and completion of the study.
    (c) Feasibility Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
feasibility report for the project the Secretary recommends, and to 
seek, as the Secretary deems appropriate, specific authority to develop 
and construct any recommended project. This report shall include--
            (1) good faith letters of intent by the City of San Diego 
        and the Sweetwater Authority and its non-Federal partners to 
        indicate that they have committed to share the allocated costs 
        as determined by the Secretary; and
            (2) a schedule identifying the annual operation, 
        maintenance, and replacement costs that should be allocated to 
        the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, as well as 
        the current and expected financial capability to pay operation, 
        maintenance, and replacement costs.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL RECLAMATION PROJECTS.

    Nothing in this Act shall supersede or amend the provisions of 
Federal Reclamation laws or laws associated with any project or any 
portion of any project constructed under any authority of Federal 
Reclamation laws.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The Federal costs for the appraisal and feasibility study to be 
conducted and pursuant to this Act shall not exceed $3,000,000 of the 
total amount appropriated to carry out this section.
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