[107th Congress Public Law 351]
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LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ACT
OF 2002
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Public Law 107-351
107th Congress
An Act
To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and
Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects under that Act,
and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 17, 2002 - [H.R. 2990]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Lower Rio Grande
Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2002.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Rio Grande Valley Water
Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS UNDER THE LOWER RIO GRANDE
VALLEY WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF
2000.
Section 4(a) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources
Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-576; 114 Stat.
3067) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5) In the United Irrigation District of Hidalgo County,
Texas, a pipeline and pumping system as identified in the
Sigler, Winston, Greenwood, Associates, Incorporated, study
dated January 2001.
``(6) In the Cameron County, Texas, Irrigation District No.
2, proposed improvements to Canal C, as identified in the
February 8, 2001, engineering report by Martin, Brown, and
Perez.
``(7) In the Cameron County, Texas, Irrigation District No.
2, a proposed Canal C and Canal 13 Inner Connect, as identified
in the February 12, 2001, engineering report by Martin, Brown,
and Perez.
``(8) In Delta Lake Irrigation District of Hidalgo and
Willacy Counties, Texas, proposed water conservation projects,
as identified by the AW Blair Engineering report of February 13,
2001.
``(9) In the Hidalgo and Cameron County, Texas, Irrigation
District No. 9, a proposed project to salvage spill water using
automatic control of canal gates as identified in the AW Blair
Engineering report dated February 14, 2001.
``(10) In the Brownsville Irrigation District of Cameron
County, Texas, a proposed main canal replacement as outlined in
the Holdar-Garcia & Associates engineering report dated February
14, 2001.
``(11) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Irrigation District No.
16, a proposed off-district pump station project as identified
by the Melden & Hunt, Incorporated, engineering report dated
February 14, 2001.
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``(12) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Irrigation District No.
1, a proposed canal replacement of the North Branch East Main,
as outlined in the Melden & Hunt, Incorporated, engineering
analysis dated February, 2001.
``(13) In the Donna (Texas) Irrigation District, a proposed
improvement project as identified by the Melden & Hunt,
Incorporated, engineering analysis dated February 13, 2001.
``(14) In the Hudspeth County, Texas, Conservation and
Reclamation District No. 1, the Alamo Arroyo Pumping Plant water
quality project as identified by the engineering report and
drawings by Gebhard-Sarma and Associates dated July 1996 and the
construction of a 1,000 acre-foot off-channel regulating
reservoir for the capture and conservation of irrigation water,
as identified in the engineering report by AW Blair Engineering
dated June 2002.
``(15) In the El Paso County, Texas, Water Improvement
District No. 1, the Riverside Canal Improvement Project Phase I
Reach A, a canal lining and water conservation project as
identified by the engineering report by AW Blair Engineering
dated June 2002.
``(16) In the Maverick County, Texas, Water Improvement and
Control District No. 1, the concrete lining project of 12 miles
of the Maverick Main Canal, identified in the engineering report
by AW Blair Engineering dated June 2002.
``(17) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Irrigation District No.
6, rehabilitation of 10.2 miles of concrete lining in the main
canal between Lift Stations Nos. 2 and 3 as identified in the
engineering report by AW Blair Engineering dated June 2002.
``(18) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Irrigation District No.
2, Wisconsin Canal Improvements as identified in the Sigler,
Winston, Greenwood & Associates, Incorporated, engineering
report dated February 2001.
``(19) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Irrigation District No.
2, Lateral `A' Canal Improvements as identified in the Sigler,
Winston, Greenwood & Associates, Incorporated, engineering
report dated July 25, 2001.''.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY WATER RESOURCES
CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2000.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and
Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-576; 114 Stat. 3065 et seq.) is
further amended as follows:
(1) Section 3(a) <<NOTE: 114 Stat. 3065.>> is amended in
the first sentence by striking ``The Secretary'' and all that
follows through ``in cooperation'' and inserting ``The
Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall
undertake a program under cooperative agreements''.
(2) Section 3(b) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Project Review.--Project proposals shall be reviewed and
evaluated under the guidelines set forth in the document published by
the Bureau of Reclamation entitled `Guidelines for Preparing and
Reviewing Proposals for Water Conservation and Improvement Projects
Under P.L. 106-576', dated June 2001.''.
(3) Section 3(d) is amended by inserting before the period
at the end the following: ``, including operation, maintenance,
repair, and replacement''.
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(4) Section 3(e) <<NOTE: 114 Stat. 3065.>> is amended by
striking ``the criteria established pursuant to this section''
and inserting ``the guidelines referred to in subsection (b)''.
(5) Subsection (f) of section 3 is amended by striking ``to
prepare'' and all that follows through the end of the subsection
and inserting ``to have the Secretary prepare the reports
required under this section. The Federal share of the cost of
such preparation by the Secretary shall not exceed 50 percent of
the total cost of such preparation.''.
(6) Section 3(g) is amended by striking ``$2,000,000'' and
inserting ``$8,000,000''.
(7) Section 4(b) <<NOTE: 114 Stat. 3067.>> is amended--
(A) in the first sentence by striking ``costs of any
construction'' and inserting ``total project cost of any
project''; and
(B) in the last sentence by inserting ``the actual''
before ``funds''.
(8) Section 4(c) is amended by striking ``$10,000,000'' and
inserting ``$47,000,000 (2001 dollars)''.
Approved December 17, 2002.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2990:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-580 (Comm. on Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002):
July 22, considered and passed House.
Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate.
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