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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6281 

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize 

the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants and enter into cooperative 

agreements for integrated regional water conservation plans, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 

2009 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 

grants and enter into cooperative agreements for integrated regional water conservation plans, 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 ‘‘Western Water Supply 

5 Enhancement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT. 

2 (a) COST SHARING.—Section 9504(a)(3)(E)(ii) of the 

3 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 

4 U.S.C. 10364(a)(3)(E)(ii)) is amended— 

5 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

6 end; 

7 (2) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause 

8 (III) and in such subclause, by inserting before the 

9 period the following: ‘‘(other than Federal power 

10 marketing agencies)’’; and 

11 (3) by inserting after subclause (I) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(II) consider non-Federal funds 

14 secured and committed to the plan15 ning, design, or construction of im16 provements authorized for assistance 

17 under subsection (b), even if such 

18 funds are secured and committed in 

19 advance of an application to receive a 

20 grant, or enter into an agreement 

21 with the Secretary under paragraph 

22 (1); and’’. 

23 (b) INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER CONSERVATION

24 PLANS; GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Sec25 tion 9504 of such Act is amended by redesignating sub26 sections (b) through (e) as subsections (c) through (f), reVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:52 Oct 09, 2010 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6281.IH H6281

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1 spectively, and by inserting after subsection (a) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(b) INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER CONSERVATION

4 PLANS—GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—Consistent 

6 with subsection (a), the Secretary may provide a 

7 grant to, or enter into an agreement with, any eligi8 ble applicant to assist the eligible applicant in plan9 ning, designing, or constructing any improvements 

10 as part of a multiyear regional, integrated, and co11 ordinated water conservation and management plan. 

12 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

13 grant from, or enter into an agreement with, the 

14 Secretary under paragraph (1), an eligible applicant 

15 shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) be located within the States and 

17 areas referred to in the first section of the Act 

18 of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391); and 

19 ‘‘(B) submit to the Secretary an applica20 tion that includes— 

21 ‘‘(i) a long-term (minimum 5 years) 

22 water conservation and management plan 

23 based on a regional, coordinated, and inte24 grated water conservation and manage25 ment model for— 


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1 ‘‘(I) an entire watershed or river 

2 basin; or 

3 ‘‘(II) a regional effort that in4 cludes multiple partnering irrigation 

5 or municipal entities; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) a proposed budget and schedule 

7 for improvements or activities to be 

8 planned, designed, constructed, or imple9 mented by the eligible applicant consistent 

10 with the plan submitted. 

11 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS OF GRANTS AND COOPER12 ATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIRE14 MENTS.—Each grant and agreement entered 

15 into by the Secretary with an eligible applicant 

16 under paragraph (1) shall be in compliance with 

17 each requirement described in subsection (a), 

18 and with subparagraph (B). 

19 ‘‘(B) COST SHARING.— 

20 ‘‘(i) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The 

21 amount provided to an eligible applicant 

22 through a grant or other agreement under 

23 paragraph (1) shall be not more than 

24 $15,000,000 for each 5-year period covered 

25 by the plan. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS.—In 

2 considering awards of grants provided to 

3 eligible applicants under paragraph (1), 

4 the Secretary shall consider providing at 

5 least one grant to at least two of the five 

6 Reclamation Regions having submitted a 

7 valid grant application.’’. 

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