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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1139 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2007 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to plan, design 

and construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, 

municipal, domestic, and other uses from the Bunker 

Hill Groundwater Basin, Santa Ana River, California, 

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 ‘‘Riverside-Corona 

3 Feeder Water Supply Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 

6 apply: 

7 (1) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 

8 Western Municipal Water District, Riverside Coun9 ty, California. 

10 (2) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Project’’ means the 

11 Riverside-Corona Feeder Project and associated fa12 cilities. 

13 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

14 the Secretary of the Interior. 

15 SEC. 3. PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE 

16 RIVERSIDE-CORONA FEEDER. 

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

18 with the Western Municipal Water District, is authorized 

19 to participate in the planning, design, and construction of 

20 a water supply project, the Riverside-Corona Feeder, 

21 which includes 20 groundwater wells, groundwater treat22 ment facilities, water storage and pumping facilities, and 

23 28 miles of pipeline in San Bernardino and Riverside 

24 Counties, California. 


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1 (b) AGREEMENTS AND REGULATIONS.—The Sec2 retary may enter into such agreements and promulgate 

3 such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. 

4 (c) FEDERAL COST SHARE.— 

5 (1) PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION.—The 

6 Federal share of the cost to plan, design, and con7 struct the project described in subsection (a) shall be 

8 not more than 25 percent of the total cost of the 

9 project, not to exceed $50,000,000. 

10 (2) STUDIES.—The Federal share of the cost to 

11 complete the necessary planning studies associated 

12 with the project described in subsection (a) shall not 

13 exceed 50 percent of the total study cost and shall 

14 be included as part of the limitation on funds pro15 vided in paragraph (1). 

16 (d) IN-KIND SERVICES.—In-kind services performed 

17 by the Western Municipal Water District shall be part of 

18 the local cost share to complete the project described in 

19 subsection (a). 

20 (e) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 

21 under this section shall not be used for operation or main22 tenance of the project described in subsection (a). 

23 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

24 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 


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1 out this Act $50,000,000 or 25 percent of the total cost 

2 of the Project, whichever is less. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 

By DEBORAH M. SPRIGGS, 

Deputy Clerk. 


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