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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4645
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide Federal assistance for 
environmental infrastructure projects in northern and northeastern Kentucky. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2004
Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide Federal 
assistance for environmental infrastructure projects in 
northern and northeastern Kentucky.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PRIDE Plus Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. 
(a) NORTHERN
AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Northern and 
Northeastern Kentucky’’ means the counties of Bath, 
Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Elliot, 
Fleming, Gallatin, Grant, Greenup, Harrison, Henry,
Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pen-
dleton, Robertson, Scott, and Trimble, Kentucky. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
of the Army may establish a program to provide environ-
mental assistance to non-Federal interests in Northern 
and Northeastern Kentucky. 
(c) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this 
section may be in the form of design and construction as-
sistance for water-related environmental infrastructure 
and resource protection and development projects in 
Northern and Northeastern Kentucky, including projects 
for wastewater treatment and related facilities, water sup-
ply and related facilities, environmental restoration, and 
surface water resource protection and development. 
(d) PUBLIC OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary may provide assistance for a project under this sec-
tion only if the project is publicly owned. 
(e) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistance 
under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a 
local cooperation agreement with a non-Federal in-
terest to provide for design and construction of the 
project to be carried out with the assistance.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each local cooperation 
agreement entered into under this subsection shall 
provide for the following: 
(A) PLAN.—Development by the Secretary, 
in consultation with appropriate Federal and 
State officials, of a facilities or resource protec-
tion and development plan, including appro-
priate engineering plans and specifications. 
(B) LEGAL
AND
INSTITUTIONAL
STRUC-
TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti-
tutional structures as are necessary to ensure 
the effective long-term operation of the project 
by the non-Federal interest. 
(3) COST SHARING.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the project costs under each local cooperation 
agreement entered into under this subsection 
shall be 75 percent. The Federal share may be 
in the form of grants or reimbursements of 
project costs. 
(B) CREDIT
FOR
DESIGN
WORK.—The 
non-Federal interest shall receive credit for the 
reasonable costs of design work completed by 
the non-Federal interest before entering into a
local cooperation agreement with the Secretary 
for a project. 
(C) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In case of a 
delay in the funding of the non-Federal share 
of a project that is the subject of an agreement 
under this section, the non-Federal interest 
shall receive credit for reasonable interest in-
curred in providing the non-Federal share of 
the project’s costs. 
(D) LAND, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF-
WAY CREDIT.—The non-Federal interest shall 
receive credit for land, easements, rights-of-
way, and relocations toward the non-Federal 
share of project costs (including all reasonable 
costs associated with obtaining permits nec-
essary for the construction, operations, and 
maintenance of the project on publicly owned or 
controlled land), but not to exceed 25 percent 
of total project costs. 
(E) OPERATIONS
AND
MAINTENANCE.—
The non-Federal share of operation and mainte-
nance costs for projects constructed with assist-
ance provided under this section shall be 100 
percent.
(f) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE 
LAWS.—Nothing in this section waives, limits, or other-
wise affects the applicability of any provision of Federal 
or State law that would otherwise apply to a project to 
be carried out with assistance provided under this section. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2005, 
the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the 
results of the program carried out under this section, in-
cluding a recommendation concerning whether the pro-
gram should be implemented on a national basis. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000. Such funds shall remain available until ex-
pended.
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