I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1855 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Madera 
Irrigation District for purposes of supporting the Madera Water Supply 
Enhancement Project. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2007 
Mr. RADANOVICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Reclamation to enter into a cooperative 
agreement with the Madera Irrigation District for pur-
poses of supporting the Madera Water Supply Enhance-
ment Project. 
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 ‘‘Madera Water Supply 
Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act: 
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(1) The term ‘‘District’’ means the Madera Irri-
gation District, Madera, California. 
(2) The term ‘‘Project’’ means the Madera 
Water Supply Enhancement Project, a groundwater 
bank on the 13,646 acre Madera Ranch in Madera, 
California, owned, operated, maintained, and man-
aged by the District that will plan, design, and con-
struct recharge, recovery, and delivery systems able 
to store up to 250,000 acre-feet of water and recover 
up to 55,000 acre-feet of water per year. 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the United States Department of the Interior. 
(4) The term ‘‘total cost’’ means all reasonable 
costs, such as the planning, design, permitting, fi-
nancing, and construction of the Project and the fair 
market value of lands used or acquired by the Dis-
trict for the Project. The total cost of the Project 
shall not exceed $90,000,000. 
SEC. 3. NO FURTHER STUDIES OR REPORTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the Bureau of 
Reclamation and others have conducted numerous studies 
regarding the Project, including, but not limited to the 
following: 
(1) Bureau of Reclamation Technical Review 
Groups Final Findings Memorandum, July 1997. 
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(2) Bureau of Reclamation Madera Ranch Arti-
ficial Recharge Demonstration Test Memorandum, 
December 1997. 
(3) Bureau of Reclamation Madera Ranch 
Groundwater Bank Phase 1 Report, 1998. 
(4) Draft Memorandum Recommendations for 
Phase 2 Geohydrologic Work, April 1998. 
(5) Bureau of Reclamation Madera Ranch 
Water Banking Proposal Economic Analysis—MP– 
340. 
(6) Hydrologic Feasibility Report, December 
2003. 
(7) Engineering Feasibility Report, December 
2003. 
(8) Feasibility Study of the Preferred Alter-
native, Water Supply Enhancement Project, 2005. 
(9) Engineering Feasibility Report, June 2005. 
(10) Report on Geologic and Hydrologic Test-
ing Program for Madera Ranch. 
(11) Engine Driver Study, June 2005. 
(12) Wetlands Delineation, 2000, 2001, 2004, 
and 2005. 
(13) Madera Ranch Pilot Recharge: Interim 
Technical Memorandum, May 2005. 
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(14) Integrated Regional Water Management 
Plan, July 2005. 
(15) Certified California Environmental Quality 
Act (CEQA) Environmental Impact Report (EIR), 
September 2005. 
(16) Baseline Groundwater Level Monitoring 
Report, January 2006. 
(17) Final Appraisal Study, Madera Irrigation 
District Water Supply Enhancement Project, Octo-
ber, 2006. 
(18) WDS Groundwater Monitoring Status Re-
port to Madera Ranch Oversight Committee, Novem-
ber 2006. 
(b) NO FURTHER STUDIES OR REPORTS.—Pursuant 
to the Reclamation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 388) and Acts 
amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, the Project 
is feasible and the Bureau of Reclamation shall not con-
duct any further studies or reports related to determining 
the feasibility of the Project. 
SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. 
All planning, design, and construction of the Project 
authorized by this Act shall be undertaken in accordance 
with a cooperative agreement between the Secretary and 
the District for the Project. Such cooperative agreement 
shall set forth in a manner acceptable to the Secretary 
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and the District the responsibilities of the District for par-
ticipating, which shall include— 
(1) engineering and design; 
(2) construction; and 
(3) the administration of contracts pertaining 
to any of the foregoing. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MADERA WATER SUPPLY 
AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Sec-
retary, acting pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws 
(Act of June 17, 1902; 32 Stat. 388), and Acts amend-
atory thereof or supplementary thereto, as far as those 
laws are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, 
is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement 
through the Bureau with the District for the support of 
the design, and construction of the Project. 
(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the capital 
costs of the Project shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 
cost as defined in section 2(4). Capital, planning, design, 
permitting, financing, construction, and land acquisition 
costs incurred by the District prior to the date of the en-
actment of this Act shall be considered a portion of the 
non-Federal cost share. 
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(c) IN-KIND SERVICES.—In-kind services performed 
by the District shall be considered a part of the local cost 
share to complete the Project authorized by subsection (a). 
(d) CREDIT FOR NON-FEDERAL WORK.—The Dis-
trict shall receive credit toward the non-Federal share of 
the cost of the Project for— 
(1) reasonable costs incurred by the District as 
a result of participation in the planning, design, per-
mitting, financing, and construction of the Project; 
and 
(2) for the fair market value of lands used or 
acquired by the District for the Project. 
(e) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 
funds for the operation or maintenance of the Project au-
thorized by this section. The operation, ownership, and 
maintenance of the Project shall be the sole responsibility 
of the District. 
(f) PLANS AND ANALYSES CONSISTENT WITH FED-
ERAL LAW.—Before obligating funds for design or con-
struction under this section, the Secretary shall work co-
operatively with the District to use, to the extent possible, 
plans, designs, and engineering and environmental anal-
yses that have already been prepared by the District for 
the Project. The Secretary shall ensure that such informa-
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tion as is used is consistent with applicable Federal laws 
and regulations. 
(g) TITLE; RESPONSIBILITY; LIABILITY.—Nothing in 
this section or the assistance provided under this section 
shall be construed to transfer title, responsibility or liabil-
ity related to the Project to the United States. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this Act $22,500,000 or 25 percent of the total cost 
of the Project, whichever is less. 
SEC. 6. SUNSET. 
The authority of the Secretary to carry out any provi-
sions of this Act shall terminate 10 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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