[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 110 (Wednesday, September 15, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9326-S9327]
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ARCH HURLEY CONSERVANCY DISTRICT WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT FEASIBILITY 
                                 STUDY

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 1071) to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
conduct a feasibility study on a water conservation project within the 
Arch Hurley Conservancy District in the State of New Mexico, and for 
other purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources, with an amendment, as follows:

       (Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the 
     part shown in italic)

                                S. 1071

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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     SECTION 1. STUDY AUTHORIZATION.

       (a) Authorization.--Pursuant to reclamation laws, the 
     Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, 
     and in consultation and cooperation with the Arch Hurley 
     Conservancy District and the State Engineer in New Mexico, is 
     authorized to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of 
     implementing a water conservation project that will minimize 
     water losses from the irrigation conveyance works of the Arch 
     Hurley Conservancy District, and to consider--
       (1) options for utilizing any saved water made available 
     from the conservation project including the possible 
     conveyance of such water, in accordance with State law, to 
     the Pecos River basin to address water supply issues in that 
     basin;
       (2) the impacts that the conservation project could have on 
     the local water supply in and around the Arch Hurley 
     Conservancy District and any appropriate mitigation that may 
     be necessary if the project is implemented; and
       (3) appropriate cost-sharing options for implementation of 
     the project based on the use and possible allocation of any 
     conserved water.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) Upon completion of the feasibility study authorized by 
     this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall transmit to 
     Congress a report containing the results of the study.
       (2) In developing the report, the Secretary shall utilize 
     reports or any other relevant information supplied by the 
     Arch Hurley Conservancy District or the State Engineer in New 
     Mexico.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Amount.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     [$500,000] $2,500,000 to carry out this Act.
       (b) Cost Share.--
       (1) The Federal share of the costs of the feasibility study 
     shall not exceed 50 percent of the total, except that the 
     Secretary of the Interior is authorized to waive or limit the 
     required non-Federal cost share for the feasibility study if 
     the Secretary determines, based upon a demonstration of 
     financial hardship on the part of the Arch-Hurley Conservancy 
     District, that the District is unable to contribute such 
     required share.
       (2) The Secretary of the Interior may accept as part of the 
     non-Federal cost share the contribution of such in-kind 
     services by the Arch Hurley Conservancy District as the 
     Secretary determines will contribute substantially toward the 
     conduct and completion of the study.
  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1071), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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