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Calendar No. 670 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1025 

[Report No. 110–318] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 8, 2007 

Received 

MAY 9, 2007 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

APRIL 10, 2008 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, without amendment 

AN ACT 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 

study to determine the feasibility of implementing a 

water supply and conservation project to improve water 

supply reliability, increase the capacity of water storage, 

and improve water management efficiency in the Republican River Basin between Harlan County Lake in Nebraska and Milford Lake in Kansas. 

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 ‘‘Lower Republican 

3 River Basin Study Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPUBLICAN RIVER BASIN FEASIBILITY STUDY. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF STUDY.—Pursuant to rec6 lamation laws, the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

7 through the Bureau of Reclamation and in consultation 

8 and cooperation with the States of Nebraska, Kansas, and 

9 Colorado, may conduct a study to— 

10 (1) determine the feasibility of implementing a 

11 water supply and conservation project that will— 

12 (A) improve water supply reliability in the 

13 Republican River Basin between Harlan County 

14 Lake in Nebraska and Milford Lake in Kansas, 

15 including areas in the counties of Harlan, 

16 Franklin, Webster, and Nuckolls in Nebraska 

17 and Jewel, Republic, Cloud, Washington, and 

18 Clay in Kansas (in this section referred to as 

19 the ‘‘Republican River Basin’’); 

20 (B) increase the capacity of water storage 

21 through modifications of existing projects or 

22 through new projects that serve areas in the 

23 Republican River Basin; and 

24 (C) improve water management efficiency 

25 in the Republican River Basin through con26 servation and other available means and, where 


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1 appropriate, evaluate integrated water resource 

2 management and supply needs in the Repub3 lican River Basin; and 

4 (2) consider appropriate cost-sharing options 

5 for implementation of the project. 

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

7 of the study shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost 

8 of the study, and shall be nonreimbursable. 

9 (c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 

10 shall undertake the study through cooperative agreements 

11 with the State of Kansas or Nebraska and other appro12 priate entities determined by the Secretary. 

13 (d) COMPLETION AND REPORT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (2), not later than 3 years after the date of 

16 the enactment of this section the Secretary of the 

17 Interior shall complete the study and transmit to the 

18 Congress a report containing the results of the 

19 study. 

20 (2) EXTENSION.—If the Secretary determines 

21 that the study cannot be completed within the 3-year 

22 period beginning on the date of the enactment of 

23 this Act, the Secretary— 

24 (A) shall, at the time of that determina25 tion, report to the Congress on the status of the 


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1 study, including an estimate of the date of com2 pletion; and 

3 (B) complete the study and transmit to the 

4 Congress a report containing the results of the 

5 study by not later than that date. 

6 (e) SUNSET OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of the 

7 Secretary to carry out any provisions of this Act shall ter8 minate 10 years after the date of the enactment of this 

9 Act. 


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Calendar No. 670 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1025 

[Report No. 110

–318] 

AN ACT 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conand Milford Lake in Kansas. Basin between Harlan County Lake in Nebraska management efficiency in the Republican River capacity of water storage, and improve water to improve water supply reliability, increase the menting a water supply and conservation project duct a study to determine the feasibility of impleAPRIL 10, 2008 

Reported without amendment 


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