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evant to water resource planning and manage-
ment for the Verde River Basin;
(C) describe the estimated cost and duration
of the proposed studies and analyses; and
(D) designate as a study priority the com-
pilation of a water budget analysis for the Verde
Valley.
(b) VERDE VALLEY WATER BUDGET ANALYSIS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of
appropriations, not later than 14 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the U.S.
Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Director,
shall prepare and submit to the Partnership a report
that provides a water budget analysis of the portion
of the Verde River Basin within the Verde Valley.
(2) COMPONENTS.—The report submitted under
paragraph (1) shall include—
(A) a summary of the information available
on the hydrologic flow regime for the portion of
the Middle Verde River from the Clarkdale
streamgauging station to the city of Camp Verde
at United States Geological Survey Stream
Gauge 09506000;
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(B) with respect to the portion of the Middle
Verde River described in subparagraph (A), esti-
mates of—
(i) the inflow and outflow of surface
water and groundwater;
(ii) annual consumptive water use;
and
(iii) changes in groundwater storage;
and
(C) an analysis of the potential long-term
consequences of various water use scenarios on
groundwater levels and Verde River flows.
(c) PRELIMINARY REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—
.
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 16 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, using the in-
formation provided in the report submitted under
subsection (b) and any other relevant information, the
Partnership shall submit to the Secretary, the Gov-
ernor of Arizona, and representatives of the Verde
Valley communities, a preliminary report that sets
forth the findings and recommendations of the Part-
nership regarding the long-term available water sup-
ply within the Verde Valley.
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(2) CONSIDERATION
OF
RECOMMENDATIONS.—
The Secretary may take into account the rec-
ommendations included in the report submitted under
paragraph (1) with respect to decisions affecting land
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, including any
future sales or exchanges of Federal land in the Verde
River Basin after the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) EFFECT.—Any recommendations included in
the report submitted under paragraph (1) shall not
affect the land exchange process or the appraisals of
the Federal land and non-Federal land conducted
under sections 103 and 104.
SEC. 1725. VERDE RIVER BASIN PARTNERSHIP FINAL RE-
PORT.
Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Partnership shall submit to the Secretary and
the Governor of Arizona a final report that—
(1) includes a summary of the results of any
water resource assessments conducted under this sub-
title in the Verde River Basin;
(2) identifies any areas in the Verde River Basin
that are determined to have groundwater deficits or
other current or potential water supply problems;
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(3) identifies long-term water supply manage-
ment options for communities and water resources
within the Verde River Basin; and
(4) identifies water resource analyses and moni-
toring needed to support the implementation of man-
agement options.
SEC. 1726. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
The Secretary (acting through the Chief of the Forest
Service) and the Secretary of the Interior, shall enter into
a memorandum of understanding authorizing the United
States Geological Survey to access Forest Service land (in-
cluding stream gauges, weather stations, wells, or other
points of data collection on the Forest Service land) to carry
out this subtitle.
SEC. 1727. EFFECT.
Nothing in this title diminishes or expands State or
local jurisdiction, responsibilities, or rights with respect to
water resource management or control.
TITLE 
XVIII—PACTOLA 
RES-
ERVOIR REALLOCATION AU-
THORIZATION ACT OF 2004
SEC. 1801. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Pactola Reservoir Re-
allocation Authorization Act of 2004’’.
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SEC. 1802. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) it is appropriate to reallocate the costs of the
Pactola Dam and Reservoir, South Dakota, to reflect
increased demands for municipal, industrial, and fish
and wildlife purposes; and
(2) section 302 of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152) prohibits such a re-
allocation of costs without congressional approval.
SEC. 1803. REALLOCATION OF COSTS OF PACTOLA DAM AND
RESERVOIR, SOUTH DAKOTA.
The Secretary of the Interior may, as provided in the
contract of August 2001 entered into between Rapid City,
South Dakota, and the Rapid Valley Conservancy District,
reallocate, in a manner consistent with Federal reclamation
law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093),
and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43
U.S.C. 371 et seq.)), the construction costs of Pactola Dam
and Reservoir, Rapid Valley Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri
Basin Program, South Dakota, from irrigation purposes to
municipal, industrial, and fish and wildlife purposes.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental
funding and other services that are necessary to assist
certain local school districts in the State of California in
providing educational services for students attending
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schools located within Yosemite National Park, to author-
ize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries
of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and for
other purposes.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.