[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6281 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6281

 To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize 
    the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants and enter into 
   cooperative agreements for integrated regional water conservation 
                     plans, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2010

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize 
    the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants and enter into 
   cooperative agreements for integrated regional water conservation 
                     plans, 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 ``Western Water Supply Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT.

    (a) Cost Sharing.--Section 9504(a)(3)(E)(ii) of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(a)(3)(E)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III) and 
        in such subclause, by inserting before the period the 
        following: ``(other than Federal power marketing agencies)''; 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subclause (I) the following:
                                    ``(II) consider non-Federal funds 
                                secured and committed to the planning, 
                                design, or construction of improvements 
                                authorized for assistance under 
                                subsection (b), even if such funds are 
                                secured and committed in advance of an 
                                application to receive a grant, or 
                                enter into an agreement with the 
                                Secretary under paragraph (1); and''.
    (b) Integrated Regional Water Conservation Plans; Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements.--Section 9504 of such Act is amended by 
redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (c) through 
(f), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) Integrated Regional Water Conservation Plans--Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements.--
            ``(1) Authority of secretary.--Consistent with subsection 
        (a), the Secretary may provide a grant to, or enter into an 
        agreement with, any eligible applicant to assist the eligible 
        applicant in planning, designing, or constructing any 
        improvements as part of a multiyear regional, integrated, and 
        coordinated water conservation and management plan.
            ``(2) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant from, 
        or enter into an agreement with, the Secretary under paragraph 
        (1), an eligible applicant shall--
                    ``(A) be located within the States and areas 
                referred to in the first section of the Act of June 17, 
                1902 (43 U.S.C. 391); and
                    ``(B) submit to the Secretary an application that 
                includes--
                            ``(i) a long-term (minimum 5 years) water 
                        conservation and management plan based on a 
                        regional, coordinated, and integrated water 
                        conservation and management model for--
                                    ``(I) an entire watershed or river 
                                basin; or
                                    ``(II) a regional effort that 
                                includes multiple partnering irrigation 
                                or municipal entities; and
                            ``(ii) a proposed budget and schedule for 
                        improvements or activities to be planned, 
                        designed, constructed, or implemented by the 
                        eligible applicant consistent with the plan 
                        submitted.
            ``(3) Requirements of grants and cooperative agreements.--
                    ``(A) Compliance with requirements.--Each grant and 
                agreement entered into by the Secretary with an 
                eligible applicant under paragraph (1) shall be in 
                compliance with each requirement described in 
                subsection (a), and with subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Cost sharing.--
                            ``(i) Maximum amount.--The amount provided 
                        to an eligible applicant through a grant or 
                        other agreement under paragraph (1) shall be 
                        not more than $15,000,000 for each 5-year 
                        period covered by the plan.
                            ``(ii) Geographic limitations.--In 
                        considering awards of grants provided to 
                        eligible applicants under paragraph (1), the 
                        Secretary shall consider providing at least one 
                        grant to at least two of the five Reclamation 
                        Regions having submitted a valid grant 
                        application.''.
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