[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1600 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1600
To require that certain funds provided by the Department of
Transportation for high-speed rail development in the State of
California that are rescinded or otherwise reimbursed be made available
to the Secretary of the Interior for water storage projects, and to the
Secretary of Agriculture for nitrate contamination reduction grants and
new well construction grants.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 7, 2019
Mr. McCarthy (for himself, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cook, Mr. Hunter, Mr.
LaMalfa, Mr. McClintock, and Mr. Nunes) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to
the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural
Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To require that certain funds provided by the Department of
Transportation for high-speed rail development in the State of
California that are rescinded or otherwise reimbursed be made available
to the Secretary of the Interior for water storage projects, and to the
Secretary of Agriculture for nitrate contamination reduction grants and
new well construction grants.
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 ``Repurposing Assets to Increase Long-
term Water Availability and Yield Act'' or the ``RAILWAY Act''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS DEDICATED FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL
DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
(a) Treatment of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other law, the covered
funds described in subsection (b) shall be immediately deposited as
follows:
(1) 90 percent of funds in the Reclamation Water Storage
Account which shall be made available to the Secretary of the
Interior for water storage projects authorized pursuant to
section 4007 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the
Nation Act (Public Law 114-322) (43 U.S.C. 390b note).
(2) 5 percent of funds in the Rural Water and Waste
Disposal Program Account which shall be made available to the
Secretary of Agriculture for grants under section 306F of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
(3) 5 percent of funds in the Rural Water and Waste
Disposal Program Account which shall be made available to the
Secretary of Agriculture for grants under section 306G of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
(b) Covered Funds.--The covered funds are the following:
(1) The Federal funds received by the Department of
Transportation as a result of the Department of
Transportation's termination and de-obligation of Cooperative
Agreement No. FR-HSR-0118-12-01-01 between the Federal Railroad
Administration and the California High-Speed Rail Authority,
notwithstanding the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public
Law 111-117).
(2) The Federal funds that are recovered by the Department
of Transportation relating to Cooperative Agreement No. FR-HSR-
0009-10-01-06 between the Federal Railroad Administration and
the California High-Speed Rail Authority, notwithstanding the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-
5).
(3) Any funds determined to be offsets by the Federal
Railroad Administration or the Department of Transportation,
consistent with Cooperative Agreement No. FRA-HSR-0009-10-01-
06.
(c) Cost Share for Water Storage Projects.--Funds made available
pursuant this Act shall not count toward the cost-share provisions of
section 4007 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation
Act.
SEC. 3. NITRATE CONTAMINATION REDUCTION GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Subtitle A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922-1936c) is amended by inserting after
section 306E the following:
``SEC. 306F. NITRATE CONTAMINATION REDUCTION GRANTS.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide grants in accordance
with this section to public or private nonprofit entities for projects
designed to reduce the level of nitrates in, or remove nitrates from,
drinking water in a rural community where the level of nitrates in
drinking water exceeds applicable Federal or State standards.
``(b) Use of Funds.--Grants made under this section may be used--
``(1) for waterline extensions from existing systems,
laying of new waterlines, repairs or maintenance to an existing
system, digging of new wells or development of other sources of
water designed to replace sources of drinking water with high
levels of nitrates, equipment replacement, and hook-up fees;
and
``(2) in the case of a project designed to benefit a rural
community outside the jurisdiction of the grantee, to maintain
existing water supplies of the grantee that will be reduced as
a result of the project.
``(c) Rural Community.--In this section, the term `rural community'
does not include--
``(1) any area in any city or town with a population in
excess of 10,000 inhabitants according to the most recent
decennial census of the United States; or
``(2) any area with a median household income in excess of
the State nonmetropolitan median household income.
``(d) Full Funding.--Grants under this section shall be made in an
amount equal to 100 percent of the costs of the projects conducted
under this section.
``(e) Application.--Subsection (h) of section 306A shall apply with
respect to the administration of applications for grants under this
section.''.
(b) Repeal.--Effective 5 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act, section 306F of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, as added by the amendment made by subsection (a), is repealed.
SEC. 4. NEW WELL CONSTRUCTION GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Subtitle A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922-1936c) is further amended by inserting
after section 306F the following:
``SEC. 306G. NEW WELL CONSTRUCTION GRANTS.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide grants in accordance
with this section to public or private nonprofit entities for projects
designed to supply drinking water to rural communities in which a
significant number of dwellings with private drinking water wells have
wells that are not producing water.
``(b) Use of Funds.--Grants made under this section may be used--
``(1) for waterline extensions from existing systems,
laying of new waterlines, repairs or maintenance to an existing
system, digging of new wells or development of other sources of
water designed to replace sources of drinking water with high
levels of nitrates, equipment replacement, and hook-up fees;
and
``(2) in the case of a project designed to benefit a rural
community outside the jurisdiction of the grantee, to maintain
existing water supplies of the grantee that will be reduced as
a result of the project.
``(c) Rural Community.--In this section, the term `rural community'
does not include--
``(1) any area in any city or town with a population in
excess of 10,000 inhabitants according to the most recent
decennial census of the United States; or
``(2) any area with a median household income in excess of
the State nonmetropolitan median household income.
``(d) Full Funding.--Grants under this section shall be made in an
amount equal to 100 percent of the costs of the projects conducted
under this section.
``(e) Application.--Subsection (h) of section 306A shall apply with
respect to the administration of applications for grants under this
section.''.
(b) Repeal.--Effective 5 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act, section 306G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, as added by the amendment made by subsection (a), is repealed.
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