IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 540 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 17, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance Yard 
Facility to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—NEWLANDS PROJECT HEADQUARTERS AND 
MAINTENANCE YARD FACILITY TRANSFER 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Conveyance of Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance 
Yard Facility. 
TITLE II—INLAND EMPIRE AND CUCAMONGA VALLEY 
RECYCLING PROJECTS 
Sec. 201. Inland Empire and Cucamonga Valley recycling projects. 
TITLE III—RIVERSIDE-CORONA FEEDER WATER PROJECT 
Sec. 301. Planning, design, and construction of the Riverside-Corona Feeder. 
Sec. 302. Project authorizations. 
TITLE IV—AINSWORTH UNIT, SANDHILLS DIVISION, PICK-SLOAN 
MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM 
Sec. 401. Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Pro-
gram. 
TITLE V—WICHITA PROJECT EQUUS BEDS DIVISION 
Sec. 501. Short title. 
Sec. 502. Equus Beds Division. 
TITLE VI—LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY WATER RESOURCES 
CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Authorization of additional projects and activities under the lower rio 
grande water conservation and improvement program. 
Sec. 603. Reauthorization of appropriations for lower rio grande construction. 
Sec. 604. Sunset provision. 
TITLE VII—BROWNSVILLE PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD WATER 
RECYCLING AND DESALINIZATION PROJECT 
Sec. 701. Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and desalinization 
project. 
TITLE VIII—EL PASO, TEXAS, WATER RECLAMATION, REUSE, 
AND DESALINIZATION PROJECT 
Sec. 801. El Paso, Texas, water reclamation, reuse, and desalinization project.
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TITLE I—NEWLANDS PROJECT 
HEADQUARTERS AND MAIN-
TENANCE 
YARD 
FACILITY 
TRANSFER 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Newlands Project 
Headquarters and Maintenance Yard Facility Transfer 
Act’’. 
SEC. 102. CONVEYANCE OF NEWLANDS PROJECT HEAD-
QUARTERS AND MAINTENANCE YARD FACIL-
ITY. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall convey to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, 
Nevada, as soon as practicable after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and in accordance with all applicable law 
and the terms of the memorandum of agreement between 
the District and the Secretary dated June 9, 2003 (Con-
tract No. 3–LC–20–8052), all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to real property within the 
Newlands Projects, Nevada, known as 2666 Harrigan 
Road, Fallon, Nevada, and identified for disposition on the 
map entitled ‘‘Newlands Project Headquarters and Main-
tenance Yard Facility’’. 
(b) TREATMENT
OF
PROCEEDS
FROM
FALLON 
FREIGHT YARD
AS CONSIDERATION.—Notwithstanding
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any other provision of law to the contrary, amounts re-
ceived by the United States for the lease and sale of 
Newlands Project lands comprising the Fallon Freight 
Yard shall, for purposes of this section, be treated as pay-
ment in full of consideration for the property conveyed 
under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—If the Secretary has not completed 
such conveyance within 12 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the Congress explaining the reasons the conveyance has 
not been completed and stating the date by which the con-
veyance will be completed. 
(d) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, REMEDIATION, AND 
REMOVAL.—The Secretary may not make any conveyance 
under this section until the completion with respect to the 
conveyance, in accordance with the memorandum of agree-
ment referred to in subsection (a), of— 
(1) compliance with requirements relating to 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. et seq. 4321 et seq.) and cultural resources; 
and 
(2) environmental site assessments, remedi-
ation, or removal. 
(e) LIABILITY.—The United States shall not be liable 
for damages of any kind arising out of any act or omission
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by, or occurrence relating to, the Truckee-Carson Irriga-
tion District or its employees, agents, or contractors relat-
ing to the property conveyed under this section and occur-
ring prior to, on, or after the date of such conveyance. 
TITLE II—INLAND EMPIRE AND 
CUCAMONGA VALLEY RECY-
CLING PROJECTS 
SEC. 201. INLAND EMPIRE AND CUCAMONGA VALLEY RECY-
CLING PROJECTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Initiative’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 
575, Title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1637. INLAND EMPIRE REGIONAL WATER RECYCLING 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, may participate 
in the design, planning, and construction of the Inland 
Empire regional water recycling project described in the 
report submitted under section 1606(c). 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project.
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‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for operation and maintenance of the 
project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000. 
‘‘(e) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to 
carry out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 
years after the date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 
1638. 
CUCAMONGA 
VALLEY 
WATER 
RECYCLING 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Cucamonga Valley Water District, may partici-
pate in the design, planning, and construction of the 
Cucamonga Valley Water District satellite recycling plants 
in Rancho Cucamonga, California, to reclaim and recycle 
approximately 2 million gallons per day of domestic waste-
water. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the capital cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for operation and maintenance of the 
project described in subsection (a).
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‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$10,000,000. 
‘‘(e) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to 
carry out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 
years after the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 1636 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘1637. Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Program. 
‘‘1638. Cucamonga Valley Water Recycling Project.’’. 
TITLE III—RIVERSIDE-CORONA 
FEEDER WATER PROJECT 
SEC. 301. PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE 
RIVERSIDE-CORONA FEEDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in 
cooperation with the Western Municipal Water District, 
may participate in a project to plan, design, and construct 
a water supply project, the Riverside-Corona Feeder, 
which includes 20 groundwater wells and 28 miles of pipe-
line in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California. 
(b) AGREEMENTS
AND REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary may enter into such agreements and promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. 
(c) FEDERAL COST SHARE.—
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(1) PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION.—The 
Federal share of the cost to plan, design, and con-
struct the project described in subsection (a) shall be 
the lesser of 35 percent of the total cost of the 
project or $50,000,000. 
(2) STUDIES.—The Federal share of the cost to 
complete the necessary planning study associated 
with the project described in subsection (a) shall not 
exceed 50 percent of the total study cost. 
(d) IN-KIND SERVICES.—In-kind services performed 
by the Western Municipal Water District shall be consid-
ered a part of the local cost share to complete the project 
described in subsection (a). 
(e) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
under this section shall not be used for operation or main-
tenance of the project described in subsection (a). 
(f) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to carry 
out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
SEC. 302. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 
575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 163l. YUCAIPA VALLEY REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY 
RENEWAL PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the Yucaipa Valley Water District, may partici-
pate in the design, planning, and construction of projects 
to treat impaired surface water, reclaim and reuse im-
paired groundwater, and provide brine disposal within the 
Santa Ana Watershed described in the report submitted 
under section 1606. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for operation or maintenance of the 
project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000. 
‘‘(e) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to 
carry out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 
years after the date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 163l. CITY OF CORONA WATER UTILITY, CALI-
FORNIA, WATER RECYCLING AND REUSE 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the City of Corona Water Utility, California, is
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authorized to participate in the design, planning, and con-
struction of, and land acquisition for, a project to reclaim 
and reuse wastewater, including degraded groundwaters, 
within and outside of the service area of the City of Co-
rona Water Utility, California. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project authorized by this section shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 
funds for the operation and maintenance of the project 
authorized by this section. 
‘‘(d) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to 
carry out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 
years after the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 163l the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 163l. Yucaipa Valley Regional Water Supply Renewal Project. 
‘‘Sec. 163l. City of Corona Water Utility, California, water recycling and reuse 
project.’’.
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TITLE 
IV—AINSWORTH 
UNIT, 
SANDHILLS DIVISION, PICK- 
SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PRO-
GRAM 
SEC. 401. AINSWORTH UNIT, SANDHILLS DIVISION, PICK- 
SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
extend for the period described in subsection (b) the water 
service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Divi-
sion, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska, con-
sisting of— 
(1) the water service contract entered into by 
the Secretary of the Interior under— 
(A) section 9(e) of the Reclamation Project 
Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(e)); 
(B) section 9(c) of the Act of December 
22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665); 
(C) the Act of August 21, 1954 (68 Stat. 
757, chapter 781); and 
(D) the Act of May 18, 1956 (70 Stat. 
160, chapter 285); and 
(2) the water service contract for the set project 
located in Cherry, Brown, and Rock Counties, Ne-
braska, for the use of a part of the waters of the 
Snake River, a tributary of the Niobrara River.
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(b) PERIOD OF EXTENSION.—The water service con-
tract described in subsection (a) shall be extended for 4 
years after the date on which the contract expires under 
the water service contract and law in existence before the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE V—WICHITA PROJECT 
EQUUS BEDS DIVISION 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Wichita Project Equus 
Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 502. EQUUS BEDS DIVISION. 
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the construc-
tion of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation 
project, Kansas, and for other purposes’’ (Public Law 86– 
787; 74 Stat. 1026) is amended by adding the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 10. EQUUS BEDS DIVISION. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may assist in the funding and implementation of the 
Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Component 
which is a part of the ‘Integrated Local Water Supply 
Plan, Wichita, Kansas’ (referred to in this section as the 
‘Equus Beds Division’). Construction of the Equus Beds 
Division shall be in substantial accordance with the plans 
and designs.
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‘‘(b) OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPLACE-
MENT.—Operation, maintenance, and replacement of the 
Equus Beds Division, including funding for those pur-
poses, shall be the sole responsibility of the City of Wich-
ita, Kansas. The Equus Beds Division shall be operated 
in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. 
‘‘(c) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into, or agree to amendments of, cooperative 
agreements and other appropriate agreements to carry out 
this section. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—From funds made 
available for this section, the Secretary of the Interior may 
charge an appropriate share related to administrative 
costs incurred. 
‘‘(e) PLANS AND ANALYSES CONSISTENT WITH FED-
ERAL LAW.—Before obligating funds for design or con-
struction under this section, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall work cooperatively with the City of Wichita, Kansas, 
to use, to the extent possible, plans, designs, and engineer-
ing and environmental analyses that have already been 
prepared by the City for the Equus Beds Division. The 
Secretary of the Interior shall assure that such informa-
tion is used consistent with applicable Federal laws and 
regulations, including principles and guidelines used in 
preparing feasibility level project studies.
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‘‘(f) TITLE; RESPONSIBILITY; LIABILITY.—Nothing 
in this section or assistance provided under this section 
shall be construed to transfer title, responsibility, or liabil-
ity related to the Equus Beds Division (including portions 
or features thereof) to the United States. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated as the Federal share of 
the total cost of the Equus Beds Division, an amount not 
to not exceed 25 percent of the total cost or $30,000,000 
(January, 2003 prices), whichever is less, plus or minus 
such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of 
ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by 
engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construc-
tion involved herein, whichever is less. Such sums shall 
be nonreimbursable. 
‘‘(h) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to 
carry out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 
years after the date of the enactment of this section.’’.
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TITLE VI—LOWER RIO GRANDE 
VALLEY WATER RESOURCES 
CONSERVATION 
AND 
IM-
PROVEMENT 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Lower Rio Grande 
Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement 
Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 602. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AND 
ACTIVITIES UNDER THE LOWER RIO GRANDE 
WATER CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.—Section 4(a) of the 
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation 
and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–576; 114 
Stat. 3067) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) In Cameron County, Texas, Bayview Irri-
gation District No. 11, water conservation and im-
provement projects as identified in the March 3, 
2004, engineering report by NRS Consulting Engi-
neers at a cost of $1,425,219. 
‘‘(21) In the Cameron County, Texas, Browns-
ville Irrigation District, water conservation and im-
provement projects as identified in the February 11,
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2004, engineering report by NRS Consulting Engi-
neers at a cost of $722,100. 
‘‘(22) In the Cameron County, Texas Harlingen 
Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation and im-
provement projects as identified in the March, 2004, 
engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a 
cost of $4,173,950. 
‘‘(23) In the Cameron County, Texas, Cameron 
County Irrigation District No. 2, water conservation 
and improvement projects as identified in the Feb-
ruary 11, 2004, engineering report by NRS Con-
sulting Engineers at a cost of $8,269,576. 
‘‘(24) In the Cameron County, Texas, Cameron 
County Irrigation District No. 6, water conservation 
and improvement projects as identified in an engi-
neering report by Turner Collie Braden, Inc., at a 
cost of $5,607,300. 
‘‘(25) In the Cameron County, Texas, Adams 
Gardens Irrigation District No. 19, water conserva-
tion and improvement projects as identified in the 
March, 2004, engineering report by Axiom-Blair En-
gineering at a cost of $2,500,000. 
‘‘(26) In the Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, 
Texas, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties Irrigation 
District No. 9, water conservation and improvement
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projects as identified by the February 11 engineer-
ing report by NRS Consulting Engineers at a cost 
of $8,929,152. 
‘‘(27) In the Hidalgo and Willacy Counties, 
Texas, Delta Lake Irrigation District, water con-
servation and improvement projects as identified in 
the March, 2004, engineering report by Axiom-Blair 
Engineering at a cost of $8,000,000. 
‘‘(28) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 2, a water conserva-
tion and improvement project identified in the engi-
neering reports attached to a letter dated February 
11, 2004, from the district’s general manager, at a 
cost of $5,312,475. 
‘‘(29) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation 
and improvement projects identified in an engineer-
ing report dated March 5, 2004, by Melden and 
Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $5,595,018. 
‘‘(30) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 6, water conservation 
and improvement projects as identified in the 
March, 2004, engineering report by Axiom-Blair En-
gineering at a cost of $3,450,000.