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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1467

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 8, 1996

Referred to the Committee on Resources

AN ACT

To authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County

Water Supply System, to authorize assistance to the

Fort Peck Rural County Water District, Inc., a nonprofit

corporation, for the planning, design, and construction

of the water supply system, 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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Peck Rural Coun5 ty Water Supply System Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

2 For the purposes of this Act:

3 (1) CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘construction’’

4 means such activities associated with the actual de5 velopment or construction of facilities as are initi6 ated on execution of contracts for construction.

7 (2) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the

8 Fort Peck Rural County Water District, Inc., a non9 profit corporation in Montana.

10 (3) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—The term ‘‘feasibility

11 study’’ means the study entitled ‘‘Final Engineering

12 Report and Alternative Evaluation for the Fort Peck

13 Rural County Water District’’, dated September

14 1994.

15 (4) PLANNING.—The term ‘‘planning’’ means

16 activities such as data collection, evaluation, design,

17 and other associated preconstruction activities re18 quired prior to the execution of contracts for con19 struction.

20 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

21 the Secretary of the Interior.

22 (6) WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘water

23 supply system’’ means the Fort Peck Rural County

24 Water Supply System, to be established and oper25 ated substantially in accordance with the feasibility

26 study.
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1 SEC. 3. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR WATER SUPPLY SYS2 TEM.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Upon request of the District, the

4 Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with

5 the District for the planning, design, and construction by

6 the District of the water supply system.

7 (b) SERVICE AREA.—The water supply system shall

8 provide for safe and adequate rural water supplies under

9 the jurisdiction of the District in Valley County, north10 eastern Montana (as described in the feasibility study).

11 (c) AMOUNT OF FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3),

13 under the cooperative agreement, the Secretary shall

14 pay the Federal share of—

15 (A) costs associated with the planning, de16 sign, and construction of the water supply sys17 tem (as identified in the feasibility study); and

18 (B) such sums as are necessary to defray

19 increases in the budget.

20 (2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share re21 ferred to in paragraph (1) shall be 80 percent and

22 shall not be reimbursable.

23 (3) TOTAL.—The amount of Federal funds

24 made available under the cooperative agreement

25 shall not exceed the amount of funds authorized to

26 be appropriated under section 4.
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1 (4) LIMITATIONS.—Not more than 5 percent of

2 the amount of Federal funds made available to the

3 Secretary under section 4 may be used by the Sec4 retary for activities associated with—

5 (A) compliance with the National Environ6 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et

7 seq.); and

8 (B) oversight of the planning, design, and

9 construction by the District of the water supply

10 system.

11 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

12 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

13 this Act $5,800,000, to remain available until expended.

14 The funds authorized to be appropriated may be increased

15 or decreased by such amounts as are justified by reason

16 of ordinary fluctuations in development costs incurred

17 after October 1, 1994, as indicated by engineering cost

18 indices applicable to the type of construction project au19 thorized under this Act.

Passed the Senate May 7, 1996.

Attest: KELLY D. JOHNSTON,

Secretary.