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109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 109–443 

CONJUNCTIVE USE OF SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER IN 

JUAB COUNTY, UTAH 

APRIL 27, 2006.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. POMBO, from the Committee on Resources, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 4013] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill 

(H.R. 4013) to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 

Adjustment Act of 1992 to provide for conjunctive use of surface 

and groundwater in Juab County, Utah, having considered the 

same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 4013 is to amend the Reclamation Projects 

Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to provide for conjunctive use of surface and groundwater in Juab County, Utah. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

The federal Central Utah Project has enabled the State of Utah 

to beneficially use a substantial portion of its allotted share of Colorado River water under the Colorado River Compact. During initial Project feasibility studies, planners had envisioned developing 

water supplies in the northern mountainous region and delivering 

them through a series of reservoirs, tunnels and pipelines to the 

southern basin areas, including Juab County. That plan never materialized because it was initially determined that the water would 

stay north to meet the growing population demands of the northern 

counties rather than agricultural needs in the southern counties. 

Although Juab County continues to pay into the Project, it is not 

receiving benefits. 


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As local water demands grow, Juab County is seeking to more effectively use its existing water supplies through conjunctive use of 

surface and groundwater sources. H.R. 4013 amends Reclamation 

Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 

102–575) by adding Juab County to the list of Utah counties eligible to receive federal funds for this conjunctive use purpose. 

COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 4013 was introduced on October 7, 2005, by Congressman 

Chris Cannon (R–UT). The bill was referred to the Committee on 

Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on 

Water and Power. On February 8, 2006, the Subcommittee held a 

hearing on the bill. On March 29, 2006, the Full Resources Committee met to consider the bill. The Subcommittee on Water and 

Power was discharged from further consideration of the bill by 

unanimous consent. No amendments were offered, and the bill was 

ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by 

unanimous consent. 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

Section 1. Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater in Juab 

County, Utah 

This section amends section 202(a)(2) of the Reclamation Projects 

Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–575) to 

make Juab County, Utah, eligible to receive federal grants to study 

conjunctive use of surface and groundwater resources. 

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 revenues or tax expenditures. 


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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: 

H.R. 4013—A bill to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization 

and Adjustment Act of 1992 to provide for conjunctive use of 

surface and groundwater in Juab County, Utah 

CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4013 would not affect direct 

spending or revenues, but would increase spending subject to appropriation from amounts previously authorized. This bill would 

add the county of Juab, Utah, to a list of counties that are eligible 

to receive federal funding for a type of water distribution system 

that stores water runoff from the surface in groundwater aquifers. 

Such systems are known as conjunctive use projects. The Central 

Utah Project Completion Act authorized the appropriation of $10 

million for these conjunctive use projects. To date, the Congress 

has appropriated $2.5 million for a project in Salt Lake County. 

Based on information from the East Juab Water Conservancy 

District, CBO estimates that the federal share of a conjunctive use 

project in that county would be $5 million. 

H.R. 4013 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 bill 

would benefit Juab County by authorizing the county to use surface 

and ground water as part of the Utah Division of Water Resources 

Project. 

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 MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (new matter is printed in italic 

and existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in 

roman): 


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SECTION 202 OF THE RECLAMATION PROJECTS 

AUTHORIZATION AND ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1992 

SEC. 202. BONNEVILLE UNIT WATER DEVELOPMENT. 

(a) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in section 201, 

the following amounts shall be available only for the following features of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project: 

(1) * * * 

(2) CONJUNCTIVE USE OF SURFACE AND GROUND WATER.—

$10,000,000 for a feasibility study and development, with public involvement, by the Utah Division of Water Resources of 

systems to allow ground water recharge, management, and the 

conjunctive use of surface water resources with ground water 

resources in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Juab, Wasatch, and 

Weber Counties, Utah. 

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