II

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3078

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities

Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the

Santa Fe Regional Water Management and River Restoration Project.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 20, 2000

Mr. DOMENICI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater

Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of

the Interior to participate in the Santa Fe Regional

Water Management and River Restoration Project.

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 ‘‘Reclamation Recycling

5 and Water Conservation Act of 2000’’.
2

•S 3078 IS

1 SEC. 2. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, REGIONAL WATER MAN2 AGEMENT AND RIVER RESTORATION

3 PROJECT.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and

5 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h

6 et seq.) is amended—

7 (1) by inserting after section 1601 the fol8 lowing:

9 ‘‘Subtitle A—Specific Projects’’;

10 (2) by redesignating sections 1631, 1632, 1633,

11 and 1634 (43 U.S.C. 390h–13, 390h–14, 390h–15,

12 390h–16) as sections 1633, 1671, 1672, and 1631,

13 respectively;

14 (3) by moving section 1631 (as redesignated by

15 paragraph (2)) to follow section 1630;

16 (4) by inserting before section 1671 (as redesig17 nated by paragraph (2)) the following:

18 ‘‘Subtitle B—Studies and

19 Research’’;

20 and

21 (5) by inserting after section 1631 (as redesig22 nated by paragraph (2)) the following:

23 ‘‘SEC. 1632. SANTA FE REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT

24 AND RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT.

25 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation

26 with the appropriate State and local authorities, may par-
3

•S 3078 IS

1 ticipate in the design, planning, and construction of a

2 Santa Fe, New Mexico, regional water management and

3 river restoration project, consisting of projects to—

4 ‘‘(1) divert and fully reuse imported water to

5 meet future demands in the greater Santa Fe, New

6 Mexico, area;

7 ‘‘(2) convert irrigation uses from potable water

8 to reclaimed water; and

9 ‘‘(3) use reclaimed water to restore Santa Fe

10 River flows, recharge groundwater resources, and

11 enhance regional surface water supplies.

12 ‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost

13 of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed

14 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

15 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary

16 shall not be used for the operation or maintenance of the

17 project described in subsection (a).’’.

18 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

19 (1) The Reclamation Wastewater and Ground20 water Study and Facilities Act is amended—

21 (A) in section 1640(a) (43 U.S.C. 390h–

22 13(a)) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)),

23 by striking ‘‘1630’’ and inserting ‘‘1632’’;

24 (B) in section 1671(c) (43 U.S.C. 390h–

25 14(c)) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)),
4

•S 3078 IS

1 by striking ‘‘section 1633’’ and inserting ‘‘sec2 tion 1672’’; and

3 (C) in section 1672 (43 U.S.C. 390h–15)

4 (as redesignated by subsection (a)(2))—

5 (i) in the section heading, by inserting

6 ‘‘FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY’’ before

7 the period; and

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 1632’’ and in9 serting ‘‘section 1671’’.

10 (2) The table of contents in section 2 of the

11 Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment

12 Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. prec. 371; Public Law 102–

13 575) is amended—

14 (A) by inserting after the item relating to

15 section 1601 the following:

‘‘Subtitle A—Specific Projects’’;

16 and

17 (B) by striking the items relating to sec18 tions 1631 through 1634 and inserting the fol19 lowing:

‘‘Sec. 1631. Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project.

‘‘Sec. 1632. Santa Fe regional water management and river restoration project.

‘‘Sec. 1633. Authorization of appropriations.

‘‘Subtitle B—Studies and Research

‘‘Sec. 1671. Groundwater study.

‘‘Sec. 1672. Authorization of appropriations for groundwater study.’’.
5

•S 3078 IS

1 SEC. 3. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION TRIBAL AFFAIRS PAR2 TICIPATION IN THE SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO,

3 REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT AND RIVER

4 RESTORATION STRATEGY.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act6 ing through the Commissioner of Reclamation and in con7 sultation and cooperation with the San Ildefonso Pueblo

8 and the non-Federal sponsors of the Santa Fe regional

9 water management and river restoration strategy, may—

10 (1) participate in the feasibility study, design,

11 planning, and construction of a water resource and

12 infrastructure development plan for the San

13 Ildefonso Pueblo; and

14 (2) conduct a feasibility study for a regional

15 backbone pipeline to convey potable water to the

16 pueblos of San Ildefonso, Pojoaque, Nambe, and

17 Tesuque.

18 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

19 authorized to be appropriated $3,500,000 to carry out this

20 section.

Æ