I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4420 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use designated funding to 
pay for construction of authorized rural water projects, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2014 
Mr. DAINES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use designated 
funding to pay for construction of authorized rural water 
projects, 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 ‘‘Authorized Rural 
Water Projects Completion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Rec-
lamation Rural Water Construction Fund estab-
lished by section 3(a). 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. RECLAMATION RURAL WATER CONSTRUCTION 
FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the 
‘‘Reclamation Rural Water Construction Fund’’, con-
sisting of— 
(1) such amounts as are deposited in the Fund 
under subsection (b); and 
(2) any interest earned on investment of 
amounts in the Fund under subsection (d). 
(b) DEPOSITS TO FUND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2030, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall deposit in the Fund $80,000,000 of the reve-
nues that would otherwise be deposited for the fiscal 
year in the reclamation fund established by the first 
section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, 
chapter 1093). 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts de-
posited in the Fund under paragraph (1) shall— 
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(A) be available in accordance with this 
section, without further appropriation; and 
(B) be in addition to amounts appropriated 
for such purposes under any other provision of 
law. 
(3) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding paragraphs 
(1) and (2), no amounts may be deposited in, or 
made available from, the Fund under those para-
graphs if the transfer or availability of the amounts 
would increase the deficit. 
(c) EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) EXPENDITURES.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2035, the Secretary may expend from 
the Fund not more than the sum of— 
(i) $80,000,000; and 
(ii) the amount of interest accrued in 
the Fund for the fiscal year in which the 
expenditures are made. 
(B) ADDITIONAL
EXPENDITURES.—Not-
withstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
may expend more than $80,000,000 for any fis-
cal year listed in subparagraph (A) if such 
amounts are available in the Fund due to ex-
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penditures not reaching $80,000,000 in 1 or 
more prior fiscal years. 
(2) USE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary may use amounts 
from the Fund to complete construction of 
rural water projects— 
(i) authorized to be carried out by the 
Secretary on or before the date of enact-
ment of this Act; or 
(ii) for which— 
(I) pursuant to section 106(e) of 
the Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 
(43 U.S.C. 2405(e)), a feasibility 
study has been submitted to the Sec-
retary by September 30, 2012; and 
(II) an Act of Congress after the 
date of enactment of this Act has au-
thorized 
the 
construction 
of 
the 
project. 
(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not 
use amounts from the Fund to pay for any op-
eration and maintenance costs of an authorized 
rural water project. 
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(3) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary shall not ex-
pend any amounts from the Fund until the date on 
which the Secretary develops— 
(A) programmatic goals to carry out this 
section that— 
(i) would enable the completion of 
construction of the authorized rural water 
projects as expeditiously as possible; and 
(ii) reflect— 
(I) the goals and priorities identi-
fied in the laws authorizing the au-
thorized rural water projects; and 
(II) the goals of the Reclamation 
Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43 
U.S.C. 2401 et seq.); and 
(B) funding prioritization criteria to serve 
as a formula for distributing funds under this 
section that take into account— 
(i) an evaluation of the urgent and 
compelling need for potable water supplies 
in the affected rural and tribal commu-
nities; 
(ii) the status of the current stages of 
completion of the authorized rural water 
project; 
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(iii) the financial needs of the affected 
rural and tribal communities; 
(iv) the potential economic benefits of 
the expenditures on job creation and gen-
eral economic development in the affected 
rural and tribal communities; 
(v) the ability of the authorized rural 
water project to address regional and wa-
tershed level water supply needs; 
(vi) the ability of the authorized rural 
water project— 
(I) to minimize water and energy 
consumption; and 
(II) to encourage the develop-
ment of renewable energy resources, 
such as wind, solar, and hydropower 
elements; 
(vii) the need for the authorized rural 
water project to address— 
(I) the needs of Indian tribes and 
members of Indian tribes; and 
(II) other community needs or 
interests; and 
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(viii) such other factors as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate to 
prioritize the use of available funds. 
(d) INVESTMENTS OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall invest 
such portion of the Fund as is not, in the judgment 
of the Secretary, required to meet current with-
drawals. 
(2) CREDITS TO FUND.—The interest on, and 
the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any ob-
ligations held in the Fund shall be credited to, and 
form a part of, the Fund. 
(e) TRANSFERS OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amounts required to be 
transferred to the Fund under this section shall be 
transferred at least monthly from the general fund 
of the Treasury to the Fund on the basis of esti-
mates made by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—Proper adjustment shall 
be made in amounts subsequently transferred to the 
extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than 
the amounts required to be transferred. 
(f) TERMINATION.—On September 30, 2035— 
(1) the Fund shall terminate; and 
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(2) the unexpended and unobligated balance of 
the Fund shall be transferred to the reclamation 
fund established by the first section of the Act of 
June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093). 
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