To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities under that Act, and for other purposes.

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lower Rio Grande Valley Water 
Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES UNDER THE 
              LOWER RIO GRANDE WATER CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Additional Projects.--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:
            ``(20) In Cameron County, Texas, Bayview Irrigation 
        District No. 11, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in the March 3, 2004, engineering report by NRS 
        Consulting Engineers at a cost of $1,425,219.
            ``(21) In the Cameron County, Texas, the Brownsville 
        Irrigation District, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the February 11, 2004 engineering 
        report by NRS Consulting Engineers at a cost of $722,100.
            ``(22) In the Cameron County, Texas Harlingen Irrigation 
        District No. 1, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in the March, 2004, engineering report by Axiom-
        Blair Engineering at a cost of $4,173,950.
            ``(23) In the Cameron County, Texas, Cameron County 
        Irrigation District No. 2, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the February 11, 2004 engineering 
        report by NRS Consulting Engineers at a cost of $8,269,576.
            ``(24) Braden, Inc. at a cost of $5,607,300.
            ``(25) In the Cameron County, Texas, Adams Gardens 
        Irrigation District No. 19, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the March, 2004 engineering report by 
        Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $2,500,000.
            ``(26) In the Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, Texas, the 
        Hidalgo and Cameron Counties Irrigation District No. 9, water 
        conservation and improvement projects as identified by the 
        February 11 engineering report by NRS Consulting Engineers at a 
        cost of $8,929,152.
            ``(27) In the Hidalgo and Willacy Counties, Texas, Delta 
        Lake Irrigation District, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the March, 2004 engineering report by 
        Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $8,000,000.
            ``(28) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County 
        Irrigation District No. 2, a water conservation and improvement 
        project identified in the engineering reports attached to a 
        letter dated February 11, 2004, from the district's general 
        manager, at a cost of $5,312,475.
            ``(29) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County 
        Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation and improvement 
        projects identified in an engineering report dated March 5, 
        2004 by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $5,595,018.
            ``(30) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County 
        Irrigation District No. 6, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the March, 2004, engineering report 
        by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $3,450,000.
            ``(31) In the Hidalgo County, Texas Santa Cruz Irrigation 
        District No. 15, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in an engineering report dated March 5, 2004 by 
        Melden and Hunt at a cost of $4,609,000.
            ``(32) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Engelman Irrigation 
        District, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in an engineering report dated March 5, 2004 by 
        Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,251,480.
            ``(33) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Valley Acres Water 
        District, water conservation and improvement projects as 
        identified in an engineering report dated March, 2004 by Axiom-
        Blair Engineering at a cost of $500,000.
            ``(34) In the Hudspeth County, Texas, Hudspeth County 
        Conservation and Reclamation District No. 1, water conservation 
        and improvement projects as identified in the March, 2004, 
        engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of 
        $1,500,000.
            ``(35) In the El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County Water 
        Improvement District No. 1, water conservation and improvement 
        projects as identified in the March, 2004, engineering report 
        by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $10,500,000.
            ``(36) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Donna Irrigation 
        District, water conservation and improvement projects 
        identified in an engineering report dated March 22, 2004 by 
        Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,500,000.
            ``(37) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County 
        Irrigation District No. 16, water conservation and improvement 
        projects identified in an engineering report dated March 22, 
        2004 by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,800,000.
            ``(38) The United Irrigation District of Hidalgo County 
        water conservation and improvement projects as identified in a 
        March 2004 engineering report by Sigler Winston, Greenwood and 
        Associates at a cost of $6,067,021.''.
    (b) Inclusion of Activities to Conserve Water or Improve Supply; 
Transfers Among Projects.--Section 4 of such Act (Public Law 106-576; 
114 Stat. 3067) is further amended by redesignating subsection (c) as 
subsection (e), and by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Inclusion of Activities to Conserve Water or Improve 
Supply.--In addition to the activities identified in the engineering 
reports referred to in subsection (a), each project that the Secretary 
conducts or participates in under subsection (a) may include any of the 
following:
            ``(1) The replacement of irrigation canals and lateral 
        canals with buried pipelines.
            ``(2) The impervious lining of irrigation canals and 
        lateral canals.
            ``(3) Installation of water level, flow measurement, pump 
        control, and telemetry systems.
            ``(4) The renovation and replacement of pumping plants.
            ``(5) Other activities that will result in the conservation 
        of water or an improved supply of water.
    ``(d) Transfers Among Projects.--Of amounts made available for a 
project referred to in any of paragraphs (20) through (38) of 
subsection (a), the Secretary may transfer and use for another such 
project up to 10 percent.''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR LOWER RIO GRANDE 
              CONSTRUCTION.

    Section 4(e) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources 
Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-576; 114 Stat. 
3067), as redesignated by section 2(b) of this Act, is further amended 
by inserting before the period the following: ``for projects referred 
to in paragraphs (1) through (19) of subsection (a), and $42,356,145 
(2004 dollars) for projects referred to in paragraphs (20) through (38) 
of subsection (a)''.




                                                 

Summary: Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize specified additional projects, including projects for water conservation and improvement in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties, Texas. Permits each project that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, conducts or participates in to include: (1) the replacement of irrigation canals and lateral canals with buried pipelines, (2) the impervious lining of irrigation canals and lateral canals. (3) the installation of water level, flow measurement, pump control, and telemetry systems, (4) the renovation and replacement of pumping plants. And (5) other activities that will result in water conservation or an improved water supply. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer and use for another such project up to ten percent of amounts made available for a project. Reauthorizes appropriations for Lower Rio Grande construction.