I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 352 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2009 Mr. Walden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 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.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Tumalo Water Conservation Project Act of 2009.

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.

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.).

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.

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.