[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1803 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1803


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 23, 2007

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
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 2007''.

SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, COST SHARE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter 
referred to as ``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 constructing 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 feasibility study shall document the Secretary's 
engineering, environmental, and economic investigation of the proposed 
reservoir and intertie project 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 (d) 
whether the proposed reservoir and intertie project is recommended for 
construction.
    (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) Cooperation.--The Secretary shall consult and cooperate with 
appropriate State, regional, and local authorities in implementing this 
section.
    (d) 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. 3. 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. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $3,000,000 
for the Federal cost share of the study authorized in section 2.

SEC. 5. SUNSET.

    The authority of the Secretary to carry out any provisions of this 
Act shall terminate 10 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 22, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.