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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1803 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study to 

design and construct a four reservoir intertie system for the purposes 

of improving the water storage opportunities, water supply reliability, 

and water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland 

Reservoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2007 

Mr. HUNTER (for himself and Mrs. DAVIS of California) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility 

study to design and construct a four reservoir intertie 

system for the purposes of improving the water storage 

opportunities, water supply reliability, and water yield 

of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland Reservoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation 

and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the 

Sweetwater Authority, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘San Diego Water Stor3 age and Efficiency Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, 

5 COST SHARE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 

7 (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation 

8 and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweet9 water Authority, is authorized to undertake a study to de10 termine the feasibility of constructing a four reservoir 

11 intertie system to improve water storage opportunities, 

12 water supply reliability, and water yield of the existing 

13 non-Federal water storage system. The feasibility study 

14 shall document the Secretary’s engineering, environ15 mental, and economic investigation of the proposed res16 ervoir and intertie project taking into consideration the 

17 range of potential solutions and the circumstances and 

18 needs of the area to be served by the proposed reservoir 

19 and intertie project, the potential benefits to the people 

20 of that service area, and improved operations of the pro21 posed reservoir and intertie system. The Secretary shall 

22 indicate in the feasibility report required under subsection 

23 (d) whether the proposed reservoir and intertie project is 

24 recommended for construction. 

25 (b) FEDERAL COST SHARE.—The Federal share of 

26 the costs of the feasibility study shall not exceed 50 perVerDate Aug 31 2005 05:42 Apr 04, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1803.IH H1803

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1 cent of the total study costs. The Secretary may accept 

2 as part of the non-Federal cost share, any contribution 

3 of such in-kind services by the City of San Diego and the 

4 Sweetwater Authority that the Secretary determines will 

5 contribute toward the conduct and completion of the 

6 study. 

7 (c) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall consult and 

8 cooperate with appropriate State, regional, and local au9 thorities in implementing this section. 

10 (d) FEASIBILITY REPORT.—The Secretary shall sub11 mit to Congress a feasibility report for the project the Sec12 retary recommends, and to seek, as the Secretary deems 

13 appropriate, specific authority to develop and construct 

14 any recommended project. This report shall include— 

15 (1) good faith letters of intent by the City of 

16 San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority and its 

17 non-Federal partners to indicate that they have com18 mitted to share the allocated costs as determined by 

19 the Secretary; and 

20 (2) a schedule identifying the annual operation, 

21 maintenance, and replacement costs that should be 

22 allocated to the City of San Diego and the Sweet23 water Authority, as well as the current and expected 

24 financial capability to pay operation, maintenance, 

25 and replacement costs. 


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1 SEC. 3. FEDERAL RECLAMATION PROJECTS. 

2 Nothing in this Act shall supersede or amend the pro3 visions of Federal Reclamation laws or laws associated 

4 with any project or any portion of any project constructed 

5 under any authority of Federal Reclamation laws. 

6 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec8 retary $3,000,000 for the Federal cost share of the study 

9 authorized in section 2. 

10 SEC. 5. SUNSET. 

11 The authority of the Secretary to carry out any provi12 sions of this Act shall terminate 10 years after the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act. 

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