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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1327 
To amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the construction of the 
Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation project, Kansas, and for 
other purposes’’ to authorize the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita 
Project. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2005 
Mr. TIAHRT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the con-
struction of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal rec-
lamation project, Kansas, and for other purposes’’ to 
authorize the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita 
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 ‘‘Wichita Project Equus 
Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. 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. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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.’’. 
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