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Calendar No. 675 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1662 

[Report No. 110–323] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 5, 2007 

Received; 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 seek limited 

reimbursement for site security activities, 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 ‘‘Bureau of Reclamation 

5 Site Security Costs Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CAPITAL COSTS. 

2 Costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior for 

3 the physical fortification of Bureau of Reclamation facili4 ties to satisfy increased post-September 11, 2001, security 

5 needs, including the construction, modification, upgrade, 

6 or replacement of such facility fortifications, shall be non7 reimbursable. 

8 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF SECURITY-RELATED OPERATION 

9 AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. 

10 (a) REIMBURSABLE COSTS.—The Secretary of the 

11 Interior shall include no more than $18,900,000 per fiscal 

12 year, indexed each fiscal year after fiscal year 2008 ac13 cording to the preceding year’s Consumer Price Index, of 

14 those costs incurred for increased levels of guards and pa15 trols, training, patrols by local and tribal law enforcement 

16 entities, operation, maintenance, and replacement of 

17 guard and response force equipment, and operation and 

18 maintenance of facility fortifications at Bureau of Rec19 lamation facilities after the events of September 11, 2001, 

20 as reimbursable operation and maintenance costs under 

21 Reclamation law. 

22 (b) COSTS COLLECTED THROUGH WATER RATES.— 

23 In the case of the Central Valley Project of California, 

24 site security costs allocated to irrigation and municipal 

25 and industrial water service in accordance with this Act 

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1 clusion of these costs in the operation and maintenance 

2 water rates. 

3 SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

4 (a) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The Secretary is 

5 authorized to develop policies and procedures with project 

6 beneficiaries, consistent with the requirements of sub7 sections (b) and (c), to provide for the payment of the 

8 reimbursable costs described in section 3. 

9 (b) NOTICE.—On identifying a Bureau of Reclama10 tion facility for a site security measure, the Secretary shall 

11 provide to the project beneficiaries written notice— 

12 (1) describing the need for the site security 

13 measure and the process for identifying and imple14 menting the site security measure; and 

15 (2) summarizing the administrative and legal 

16 requirements relating to the site security measure. 

17 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall— 

18 (1) provide project beneficiaries an opportunity 

19 to consult with the Bureau of Reclamation on the 

20 planning, design, and construction of the site secu21 rity measure; and 

22 (2) in consultation with project beneficiaries, 

23 develop and provide timeframes for the consultation 

24 described in paragraph (1). 


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1 (d) RESPONSE; NOTICE.—Before incurring costs pur2 suant to activities described in section 3, the Secretary 

3 shall consider cost containment measures recommended by 

4 a project beneficiary that has elected to consult with the 

5 Bureau of Reclamation on such activities. The Secretary 

6 shall provide to the project beneficiary— 

7 (1) a timely written response describing pro8 posed actions, if any, to address the recommenda9 tion; and 

10 (2) notice regarding the costs and status of 

11 such activities on a periodic basis. 

12 (e) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report annually to 

13 the Natural Resources Committee of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Energy and Natural Resources Com15 mittee of the Senate on site security actions and activities 

16 undertaken pursuant to this Act for each fiscal year. The 

17 report shall include a summary of Federal and non-Fed18 eral expenditures for the fiscal year and information relat19 ing to a 5-year planning horizon for the program, detailed 

20 to show pre-September 11, 2001, and post-September 11, 

21 2001, costs for the site security activities. 

22 SEC. 5. PRE-SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 SECURITY COST LEVELS. 

23 Reclamation project security costs at the levels of ac24 tivity that existed prior to September 11, 2001, shall re25 main reimbursable. 


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Calendar No. 675 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1662 

[Report No. 110

–323] 

AN ACT 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to seek 

and for other purposes. limited reimbursement for site security activities, 

APRIL 10, 2008 

Reported without amendment 


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