[House Report 107-677]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-677
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    TOM GREEN COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1; 
                       REPAYMENT PERIOD EXTENDED

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 September 24, 2002.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Hansen, from the Committee on Resources, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 4910]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill 
(H.R. 4910) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water 
Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo project, 
Texas, and for other purposes, having considered the same, 
report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that 
the bill as amended do pass.
  The amendment is as follows:
  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. TOM GREEN COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 
                    1; REPAYMENT PERIOD EXTENDED.

  The Secretary of the Interior may revise the repayment contract with 
the Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 
numbered 14-06-500-369, by extending the period authorized for 
repayment of reimbursable constructions costs of the San Angelo project 
from 40 years to 50 years.

                          PURPOSE OF THE BILL

    The purpose of H.R. 4910 is to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green 
County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo 
project, Texas, and for other purposes.

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    Because of the ongoing drought in the area serviced by the 
Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, 
the District has very limited quantities of water to deliver to 
their constituents and limited revenues to repay their required 
repayment obligation to the Bureau of Reclamation which built 
facilities for the water district. The Bureau of Reclamation 
does not have the authority to extend the repayment period 
without an act of Congress. By extending the repayment period, 
the annual payments will remain constant and allow for 
repayment of the remaining obligation, albeit over a longer 
time period. This bill authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 
to revise the repayment contract by extending the period 
authorized for repayment of reimbursable construction costs of 
the San Angelo project from 40 years to 50 years.

                            COMMITTEE ACTION

    H.R. 4910 was introduced on June 11, 2002, by Congressman 
Charles W. Stenholm (D-TX). The bill was referred to the 
Committee on Resources, and within the Committee to the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power. On July 25, 2002, the 
Subcommittee held a hearing on the bill. Immediately following 
the hearing, the Subcommittee met to mark up the bill. An 
amendment was offered by Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) to 
strike section 2 of the bill. The amendment was adopted by 
voice vote. The bill, as amended, was then ordered favorably 
reported to the Full Committee by voice vote. On September 12, 
2002, the Full Resources Committee met to consider the bill. No 
further amendments were offered and the bill as amended was 
then ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives 
by unanimous consent.

            COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Resources' oversight findings and recommendations 
are reflected in the body of this report.

                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

    Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

    1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and 
a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be 
incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B) 
of that rule provides that this requirement does not apply when 
the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted 
cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    2. Congressional Budget Act. As required by clause 3(c)(2) 
of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this 
bill does not contain any new budget authority, spending 
authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in tax 
expenditures. According to the Congressional Budget Office, 
enactment of this bill would result in a loss to the federal 
government of less than $1 million during the 2003-2018 time 
period, which would be offset by an increase of an equal amount 
over the 2019-2031 time period. Over the next ten years, the 
bill would cost less than $70,000 a year.
    3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. This bill does 
not authorize funding and therefore, clause 3(c)(4) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives does not 
apply.
    4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause 
3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives and section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate 
for this bill from the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                Washington, DC, September 23, 2002.
Hon. James V. Hansen,
Chairman, Committee on Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 4910, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise a repayment 
contract with the Tom Green County Water Control and 
Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo project, Texas, and for 
other purposes.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Julie 
Middleton.
            Sincerely,
                                          Barry B. Anderson
                                    (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).
    Enclosure.

H.R. 4910--A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise 
        a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water Control 
        and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo project, Texas, and 
        for other purposes

    H.R. 4910 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
through the Bureau of Reclamation to revise its repayment 
contract with the Tom Green County Water Control and 
Improvement District in Texas for reimbursable construction 
costs of the San Angelo project. This bill would extend the 
repayment period from 40 years to 50 years.
    CBO estimates that H.R. 4910 would have no significant 
impact on the federal budget. The district has been unable to 
make regular payments of the reimbursable construction costs 
due to a severe drought. By extending the repayment period, the 
district would be able to make smaller payments to the federal 
government over a longer period of time.
    CBO estimates that implementing this bill would result in a 
loss of about $1 million in offsetting receipts over the 2003-
2018 period, which would be offset by an increase of an equal 
amount over the 2019-2031 period. Because enacting H.R. 4910 
would affect offsetting receipts (a form of direct spending), 
pay-as-you-go procedures would apply. Over the next 10 years, 
however, we estimate that enactment of H.R. 4910 would cost 
less than $70,000 a year.
    H.R. 4910 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and 
would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Julie Middleton. 
This estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy 
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4

    This bill contains no unfunded mandates.

                PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

    This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or 
tribal law.

                        CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

    If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing 
law.

                                
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