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II Calendar No. 254 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 839 [Report No. 110–120] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 20, 2007 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources June 28, 2007 Reported by Mr. Bingaman, without amendment AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to provide additional water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for which that project was authorized.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act.

2.

Findings

Congress finds the following: (1)Arthur V. Watkins Dam is a feature of the Weber Basin Project, which was authorized by law on August 29, 1949. (2)Increasing the height of Arthur V. Watkins Dam and construction of pertinent facilities may provide additional storage capacity for the development of additional water supply for the Weber Basin Project for uses of municipal and industrial water supply, flood control, fish and wildlife, and recreation.

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Authorization of feasibility study

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized to conduct a feasibility study on raising the height of Arthur V. Watkins Dam for the development of additional storage to meet water supply needs within the Weber Basin Project area and the Wasatch Front. The feasibility study shall include such environmental evaluation as required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and a cost allocation as required under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485 et seq.).

4.

Cost shares

(a)

Federal Share

The Federal share of the costs of the study authorized in section 3 shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the study. (b)

In-Kind Contributions

The Secretary shall accept, as appropriate, in-kind contributions of goods or services from the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District. Such goods and services accepted under this section shall be counted as part of the non-Federal cost share for the study.

5.

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $1,000,000 for the Federal cost share of the study authorized in section 3.

6.

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.

June 28, 2007 Reported without amendment