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Calendar No. 348

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1467

[Report No. 104–242]

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

DECEMBER 11, 1995

Mr. BURNS (for himself and Mr. BAUCUS) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

MARCH 15, 1996

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment

A BILL

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Peck Rural Coun3 ty Water Supply System Act of 1995’’.

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

5 For the purposes of this Act:

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

7 means such activities associated with the actual de8 velopment or construction of facilities as are initi9 ated on execution of contracts for construction.

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

11 Fort Peck Rural County Water District, Inc., a non12 profit corporation in Montana.

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

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

15 Report and Alternative Evaluation for the Fort Peck

16 Rural County Water District’’, dated September

17 1994.

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

19 activities such as data collection, evaluation, design,

20 and other associated preconstruction activities re21 quired prior to the execution of contracts for con22 struction.

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

24 the Secretary of the Interior.

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

26 supply system’’ means the Fort Peck Rural County
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1 Water Supply System, to be established and oper2 ated substantially in accordance with the feasibility

3 study.

4 SEC. 3. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR WATER SUPPLY SYS5 TEM.

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

7 Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with

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

9 the District of the water supply system.

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

11 provide for safe and adequate rural water supplies under

12 the jurisdiction of the District in Valley County, north13 eastern Montana (as described in the feasibility study).

14 (c) AMOUNT OF FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—

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

16 under the cooperative agreement, the Secretary shall

17 pay the Federal share of—

18 (A) costs associated with the planning, de19 sign, and construction of the water supply sys20 tem (as identified in the feasibility study); and

21 (B) such sums as are necessary to defray

22 increases in the budget.

23 (2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share re24 ferred to in paragraph (1) shall be 80 percent and

25 shall not be reimbursable.
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1 (3) TOTAL.—The amount of Federal funds

2 made available under the cooperative agreement

3 shall not exceed the amount of funds authorized to

4 be appropriated under section 4.

5 (4) LIMITATIONS.—Not more than 5 percent of

6 the amount of Federal funds made available to the

7 Secretary under section 4 may be used by the Sec8 retary for activities associated with—

9 (A) compliance with the National Environ10 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et

11 seq.); and

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

13 construction by the District of the water supply

14 system.

15 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

16 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

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

18 The funds authorized to be appropriated may be increased

19 or decreased by such amounts as are justified by reason

20 of ordinary fluctuations in development costs incurred

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

22 indices applicable to the type of construction project au23 thorized under this Act.

Calendar No. 348

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1467

[Report No. 104–242]

A BILL

To authorize the construction of the Fort Peck

supply system, and for other purposes.planning, design, and construction of the waterDistrict, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for theassistance to the Fort Peck Rural County WaterRural County Water Supply System, to authorize

MARCH 15, 1996

Reported without amendment