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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 832 

To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and 

Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities 

under that Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2013 

Mr. HINOJOSA (for himself, Mr. VELA, Mr. GALLEGO, and Mr. O’ROURKE) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources 

Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize 

additional projects and activities under that Act, 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 ‘‘Lower Rio Grande Val5 ley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act 

6 of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AND 

2 ACTIVITIES UNDER THE LOWER RIO GRANDE 

3 WATER CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 

4 PROGRAM. 

5 (a) ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.—Section 4(a) of the 

6 Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation 

7 and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–576; 114 

8 Stat. 3067) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(20) In Cameron County, Texas, Bayview Irri10 gation District No. 11, water conservation and im11 provement projects as identified in the March 3, 

12 2004, engineering report by NRS Consulting Engi13 neers at a cost of $1,425,219. 

14 ‘‘(21) In the Cameron County, Texas Harlingen 

15 Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation and im16 provement projects as identified in the March 2004 

17 engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a 

18 cost of $5,133,432.00. 

19 ‘‘(22) In the Cameron County, Texas, Cameron 

20 County Irrigation District No. 2, water conservation 

21 and improvement projects as identified in the Feb22 ruary 11, 2004, engineering report by NRS Con23 sulting Engineers at a cost of $8,269,576. 

24 ‘‘(23) In the Cameron County, Texas, Cameron 

25 County Irrigation District No. 6, water conservation 

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1 neering report by Turner Collie Braden, Inc., at a 

2 cost of $5,607,300. 

3 ‘‘(24) In the Cameron County, Texas, Adams 

4 Gardens Irrigation District No. 19, water conserva5 tion and improvement projects as identified in the 

6 March 2004 engineering report by Axiom-Blair En7 gineering at a cost of $3,025,000. 

8 ‘‘(25) In the Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, 

9 Texas, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties Irrigation 

10 District No. 9, water conservation and improvement 

11 projects as identified by the February 11 engineer12 ing report by NRS Consulting Engineers at a cost 

13 of $8,929,152. 

14 ‘‘(26) In the Hidalgo and Willacy Counties, 

15 Texas, Delta Lake Irrigation District, water con16 servation and improvement projects as identified in 

17 the March 2004 engineering report by Axiom-Blair 

18 Engineering at a cost of $8,000,000. 

19 ‘‘(27) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 

20 County Irrigation District No. 2, water conservation 

21 and improvement projects identified in the engineer22 ing reports attached to a letter dated February 11, 

23 2004, from the district’s general manager, and the 

24 renovation of a pumping plant for flood protection 


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1 identified in by Sigler, Winston, Greenwood Associ2 ates at a cost of $13,117,710. 

3 ‘‘(28) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 

4 County Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation 

5 and improvement projects identified in an engineer6 ing report dated March 5, 2004, by Melden and 

7 Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $5,595,018. 

8 ‘‘(29) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 

9 County Irrigation District No. 6, water conservation 

10 and improvement projects as identified in the March 

11 2004 engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering 

12 at a cost of $3,450,000. 

13 ‘‘(30) In the Hidalgo County, Texas Santa 

14 Cruz Irrigation District No. 15, water conservation 

15 and improvement projects as identified in an engi16 neering report dated March 5, 2004, by Melden and 

17 Hunt at a cost of $4,609,000. 

18 ‘‘(31) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Engelman 

19 Irrigation District, water conservation and improve20 ment projects as identified in an engineering report 

21 dated March 5, 2004, by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at 

22 a cost of $2,251,480. 

23 ‘‘(32) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Valley 

24 Acres Water District, water conservation and im25 provement projects as identified in an engineering 


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1 report dated March 2004 by Axiom-Blair Engineer2 ing at a cost of $500,000. 

3 ‘‘(33) In the Hudspeth County, Texas, 

4 Hudspeth County Conservation and Reclamation 

5 District No. 1, water conservation and improvement 

6 projects as identified in the March 2004 engineering 

7 report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of 

8 $1,500,000. 

9 ‘‘(34) In the El Paso County, Texas, El Paso 

10 County Water Improvement District No. 1, water 

11 conservation and improvement projects as identified 

12 in the March 2004 engineering report by Axiom13 Blair Engineering at a cost of $10,500,000. 

14 ‘‘(35) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 

15 County Irrigation District No. 16, water conserva16 tion and improvement projects identified in an engi17 neering report dated March 22, 2004, by Melden 

18 and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,800,000. 

19 ‘‘(36) The United Irrigation District of Hidalgo 

20 County water conservation and improvement 

21 projects as identified in a March 2004 engineering 

22 report by Sigler Winston, Greenwood and Associates 

23 at a cost of $6,067,021.’’. 

24 (b) INCLUSION OF ACTIVITIES TO CONSERVE WATER

25 OR IMPROVE SUPPLY; TRANSFERS AMONG PROJECTS.— 


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1 Section 4 of such Act (Public Law 106–576; 114 Stat. 

2 3067) is further amended by redesignating subsection (c) 

3 as subsection (e), and by inserting after subsection (b) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(c) INCLUSION OF ACTIVITIES TO CONSERVE

6 WATER OR IMPROVE SUPPLY.—In addition to the activi7 ties identified in the engineering reports referred to in 

8 subsection (a), each project that the Secretary conducts 

9 or participates in under subsection (a) may include any 

10 of the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) The replacement of irrigation canals and 

12 lateral canals with buried pipelines. 

13 ‘‘(2) The impervious lining of irrigation canals 

14 and lateral canals. 

15 ‘‘(3) Installation of water level, flow measure16 ment, pump control, and telemetry systems. 

17 ‘‘(4) The renovation and replacement of pump18 ing plants. 

19 ‘‘(5) Other activities that will result in the con20 servation of water or an improved supply of water. 

21 ‘‘(d) TRANSFERS AMONG PROJECTS.—Of amounts 

22 made available for a project referred to in any of para23 graphs (20) through (36) of subsection (a), the Secretary 

24 may transfer and use for another such project up to 10 

25 percent.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

2 LOWER RIO GRANDE CONSTRUCTION. 

3 Section 4(e) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water 

4 Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 

5 (Public Law 106–576; 114 Stat. 3067), as redesignated 

6 by section 2(b) of this Act, is further amended by inserting 

7 before the period the following: ‘‘for projects referred to 

8 in paragraphs (1) through (19) of subsection (a), and 

9 $45,389,954 for projects referred to in paragraphs (20) 

10 through (36) of subsection (a)’’. 

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