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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1662 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 5, 2007 

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

Resources 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bureau of Reclamation 

3 Site Security Costs Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CAPITAL COSTS. 

5 Costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior for 

6 the physical fortification of Bureau of Reclamation facili7 ties to satisfy increased post-September 11, 2001, security 

8 needs, including the construction, modification, upgrade, 

9 or replacement of such facility fortifications, shall be non10 reimbursable. 

11 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF SECURITY-RELATED OPERATION 

12 AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. 

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

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

15 year, indexed each fiscal year after fiscal year 2008 ac16 cording to the preceding year’s Consumer Price Index, of 

17 those costs incurred for increased levels of guards and pa18 trols, training, patrols by local and tribal law enforcement 

19 entities, operation, maintenance, and replacement of 

20 guard and response force equipment, and operation and 

21 maintenance of facility fortifications at Bureau of Rec22 lamation facilities after the events of September 11, 2001, 

23 as reimbursable operation and maintenance costs under 

24 Reclamation law. 

25 (b) COSTS COLLECTED THROUGH WATER RATES.— 

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


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1 site security costs allocated to irrigation and municipal 

2 and industrial water service in accordance with this Act 

3 shall be collected by the Secretary exclusively through in4 clusion of these costs in the operation and maintenance 

5 water rates. 

6 SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

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

8 authorized to develop policies and procedures with project 

9 beneficiaries, consistent with the requirements of sub10 sections (b) and (c), to provide for the payment of the 

11 reimbursable costs described in section 3. 

12 (b) NOTICE.—On identifying a Bureau of Reclama13 tion facility for a site security measure, the Secretary shall 

14 provide to the project beneficiaries written notice— 

15 (1) describing the need for the site security 

16 measure and the process for identifying and imple17 menting the site security measure; and 

18 (2) summarizing the administrative and legal 

19 requirements relating to the site security measure. 

20 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall— 

21 (1) provide project beneficiaries an opportunity 

22 to consult with the Bureau of Reclamation on the 

23 planning, design, and construction of the site secu24 rity measure; and 


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1 (2) in consultation with project beneficiaries, 

2 develop and provide timeframes for the consultation 

3 described in paragraph (1). 

4 (d) RESPONSE; NOTICE.—Before incurring costs pur5 suant to activities described in section 3, the Secretary 

6 shall consider cost containment measures recommended by 

7 a project beneficiary that has elected to consult with the 

8 Bureau of Reclamation on such activities. The Secretary 

9 shall provide to the project beneficiary— 

10 (1) a timely written response describing pro11 posed actions, if any, to address the recommenda12 tion; and 

13 (2) notice regarding the costs and status of 

14 such activities on a periodic basis. 

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

16 the Natural Resources Committee of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Energy and Natural Resources Com18 mittee of the Senate on site security actions and activities 

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

20 report shall include a summary of Federal and non-Fed21 eral expenditures for the fiscal year and information relat22 ing to a 5-year planning horizon for the program, detailed 

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

24 2001, costs for the site security activities. 


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

2 Reclamation project security costs at the levels of ac3 tivity that existed prior to September 11, 2001, shall re4 main reimbursable. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 4, 

2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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