[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 519 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 519

 To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and 
Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities 
                 under that Act, and for other purposes


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2005

Mrs. Hutchison 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 amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and 
Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities 
                 under that Act, 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 ``Lower Rio Grande Valley Water 
Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES UNDER THE 
              LOWER RIO GRANDE WATER CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Additional Projects.--Section 4(a) of the Lower Rio Grande 
Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106-576; 114 Stat. 3067) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(20) In Cameron County, Texas, Bayview Irrigation 
        District No. 11, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in the March 3, 2004, engineering report by NRS 
        Consulting Engineers at a cost of $1,425,219.
            ``(21) In the Cameron County, Texas, Brownsville Irrigation 
        District, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in the February 11, 2004, engineering report by NRS 
        Consulting Engineers at a cost of $722,100.
            ``(22) In the Cameron County, Texas Harlingen Irrigation 
        District No. 1, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in the March, 2004, engineering report by Axiom-
        Blair Engineering at a cost of $4,173,950.
            ``(23) In the Cameron County, Texas, Cameron County 
        Irrigation District No. 2, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the February 11, 2004, engineering 
        report by NRS Consulting Engineers at a cost of $8,269,576.
            ``(24) In the Cameron County, Texas, Cameron County 
        Irrigation District No. 6, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in an engineering report by Turner 
        Collie Braden, Inc., at a cost of $5,607,300.
            ``(25) In the Cameron County, Texas, Adams Gardens 
        Irrigation District No. 19, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the March, 2004, engineering report 
        by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $2,500,000.
            ``(26) In the Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, Texas, Hidalgo 
        and Cameron Counties Irrigation District No. 9, water 
        conservation and improvement projects as identified by the 
        February 11 engineering report by NRS Consulting Engineers at a 
        cost of $8,929,152.
            ``(27) In the Hidalgo and Willacy Counties, Texas, Delta 
        Lake Irrigation District, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the March, 2004, engineering report 
        by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $8,000,000.
            ``(28) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County 
        Irrigation District No. 2, a water conservation and improvement 
        project identified in the engineering reports attached to a 
        letter dated February 11, 2004, from the district's general 
        manager, at a cost of $5,312,475.
            ``(29) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County 
        Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation and improvement 
        projects identified in an engineering report dated March 5, 
        2004, by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $5,595,018.
            ``(30) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County 
        Irrigation District No. 6, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the March, 2004, engineering report 
        by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $3,450,000.
            ``(31) In the Hidalgo County, Texas Santa Cruz Irrigation 
        District No. 15, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in an engineering report dated March 5, 2004, by 
        Melden and Hunt at a cost of $4,609,000.
            ``(32) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Engelman Irrigation 
        District, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in an engineering report dated March 5, 2004, by 
        Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,251,480.
            ``(33) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Valley Acres Water 
        District, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in an engineering report dated March, 2004, by 
        Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $500,000.
            ``(34) In the Hudspeth County, Texas, Hudspeth County 
        Conservation and Reclamation District No. 1, water conservation 
        and improvement projects as identified in the March, 2004, 
        engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of 
        $1,500,000.
            ``(35) In the El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County Water 
        Improvement District No. 1, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the March, 2004, engineering report 
        by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $10,500,000.
            ``(36) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Donna Irrigation 
        District, water conservation and improvement projects 
        identified in an engineering report dated March 22, 2004, by 
        Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,500,000.
            ``(37) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County 
        Irrigation District No. 16, water conservation and improvement 
        projects identified in an engineering report dated March 22, 
        2004, by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,800,000.
            ``(38) The United Irrigation District of Hidalgo County 
        water conservation and improvement projects identified in a 
        March, 2004, engineering report by Sigler Winston, Greenwood 
        and Associates at a cost of $6,067,021.''.
    (b) Inclusion of Activities to Conserve Water or Improve Supply; 
Transfers Among Projects.--Section 4 of the Lower Rio Grande Valley 
Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106-576; 114 Stat. 3067) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Inclusion of Activities to Conserve Water or Improve 
Supply.--In addition to the activities identified in the engineering 
reports referred to in subsection (a), each project that the Secretary 
conducts or participates in under subsection (a) may include any of the 
following:
            ``(1) The replacement of irrigation canals and lateral 
        canals with buried pipelines.
            ``(2) The impervious lining of irrigation canals and 
        lateral canals.
            ``(3) Installation of water level, flow measurement, pump 
        control, and telemetry systems.
            ``(4) The renovation and replacement of pumping plants.
            ``(5) Other activities that will result in the conservation 
        of water or an improved supply of water.
    ``(d) Transfers Among Projects.--Of amounts made available for a 
project referred to in any of paragraphs (20) through (38) of 
subsection (a), the Secretary may transfer and use for another such 
project up to 10 percent.''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR LOWER RIO GRANDE 
              CONSTRUCTION.

    Section 4(e) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources 
Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-576; 114 Stat. 
3067) (as redesignated by section 2(b)) is amended by inserting before 
the period the following: ``for projects referred to in paragraphs (1) 
through (19) of subsection (a), and $42,356,145 (2004 dollars) for 
projects referred to in paragraphs (20) through (38) of subsection 
(a)''.
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