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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4791 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study to 
design and construct a three-reservoir intertie system for the purposes 
of improving the water supply reliability and water yield of San Vicente, 
El Capitan, and Loveland Reservoirs in San Diego County, California 
in consultation and cooperation with the Sweetwater Authority, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2004 
Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility 
study to design and construct a three-reservoir intertie 
system for the purposes of improving the water supply 
reliability and water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, 
and Loveland Reservoirs in San Diego County, California 
in consultation and cooperation with the Sweetwater Au-
thority, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘San Diego Water Stor-
age and Efficiency Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. APPRAISAL INVESTIGATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in 
consultation and cooperation with the Sweetwater Author-
ity, public water agency, shall undertake, an appraisal in-
vestigation to identify and study opportunities for con-
struction of a 3-reservoir intertie system to improve water 
supply reliability and water yield of the existing non-Fed-
eral water storage system. The appraisal report shall in-
clude a determination of whether or not to recommend the 
initiation of a feasibility study for the proposed intertie 
system. 
(b) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall consult and 
cooperate with appropriate State, regional, and local au-
thorities during the performance of the appraisal inves-
tigation conducted pursuant to this section. 
(c) COSTS.—The Federal obligations for costs of the 
appraisal investigation conducted pursuant to this section 
shall conform with Reclamation policy (Reclamation Man-
ual number CMP–05–01). 
SEC. 3. FEASIBILITY STUDY, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, 
COST SHARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
and cooperation with the Sweetwater Authority, is author-
ized to undertake a study to determine the feasibility of 
the reservoir and intertie system recommended for such 
study pursuant to section 2. The feasibility report shall 
document the Secretary’s engineering, environmental, and 
economic investigation of the proposed reservoir and 
intertie project under section 2, taking into consideration 
the range of potential solutions and the circumstances and 
needs of the area to be served by the proposed reservoir 
and intertie project, the potential benefits to the people 
of that service area, and improved operations of the pro-
posed reservoir and intertie system. The Secretary shall 
indicate in the feasibility report required under subsection 
(c) whether the proposed reservoir and intertie project is 
recommended for implementation. 
(b) FEDERAL COST SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the costs of the feasibility study shall not exceed 50 per-
cent of the total study costs. The Secretary may accept 
as part of the non-Federal cost share, any contribution 
of such in-kind services by the Sweetwater Authority that 
the Secretary determines will contribute toward the con-
duct and completion of the study. 
(c) FEASIBILITY REPORT.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a feasibility report for the project the Sec-
retary recommends, and to seek, as the Secretary deems
appropriate, specific authority to develop and construct 
any recommended project. This report shall include— 
(1) good faith letters of intent by Sweetwater 
Authority and its non-Federal partners to indicate 
that they have committed to share the allocated 
costs as determined by the Secretary; and 
(2) a schedule identifying the annual operation, 
maintenance, and replacement costs that should be 
allocated to the Sweetwater Authority, as well as the 
current and expected financial capability to pay 
OM&R costs. 
SEC. 4. FEDERAL RECLAMATION PROJECTS. 
Nothing in this Act shall supersede or amend the pro-
visions of Federal Reclamation laws or laws associated 
with any project or any portion of any project constructed 
under any authority of Federal Reclamation laws. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The Federal costs for the appraisal and feasibility 
study to be conducted and pursuant to this Act shall not 
exceed $3,000,000 of the total amount appropriated to 
carry out this section. 
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