[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 496 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 496

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the planning, 
   design, and construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District Water 
           Conservation Project in Deschutes County, Oregon.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 16, 2007

Mr. Walden of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the planning, 
   design, and construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District Water 
           Conservation Project in Deschutes County, Oregon.

    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 ``Tumalo Water Conservation Project 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) District.--The term ``District'' means the Tumalo 
        Irrigation District, Oregon.
            (2) Project.--The term ``Project'' means the Tumalo 
        Irrigation District Water Conservation Project authorized under 
        section 3(a).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION TO PLAN, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE TUMALO WATER 
              CONSERVATION PROJECT.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the 
District--
            (1) may participate in the planning, design, and 
        construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District Water 
        Conservation Project in Deschutes County, Oregon; and
            (2) for purposes of planning and designing the Project, 
        shall take into account any appropriate studies and reports 
        prepared by the District.
    (b) Cost-Sharing Requirement.--
            (1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the total cost of 
        the Project shall be 25 percent, which shall be nonreimbursable 
        to the United States.
            (2) Credit toward non-federal share.--The Secretary shall 
        credit toward the non-Federal share of the Project any amounts 
        that the District provides toward the design, planning, and 
        construction before the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Title.--The District shall hold title to any facilities 
constructed under this Act.
    (d) Operation and Maintenance Costs.--The District shall pay the 
operation and maintenance costs of the Project.
    (e) Effect.--Any assistance provided under this Act shall not be 
considered to be a supplemental or additional benefit under Federal 
reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), 
and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et 
seq.).

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the 
Federal share of the cost of the Project $4,000,000.

SEC. 5. SUNSET.

    The authority of the Secretary to carry out this Act shall expire 
on the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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