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‘‘(31) In the Hidalgo County, Texas Santa 
Cruz Irrigation District No. 15, water conservation 
and improvement projects as identified in an engi-
neering report dated March 5, 2004, by Melden and 
Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $4,609,000. 
‘‘(32) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Engelman 
Irrigation District, water conservation and improve-
ment projects as identified in an engineering report 
dated March 5, 2004, by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at 
a cost of $2,251,480. 
‘‘(33) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Valley 
Acres Water District, water conservation and im-
provement projects as identified in an engineering 
report dated March, 2004, by Axiom-Blair Engineer-
ing at a cost of $500,000. 
‘‘(34) 
In 
the 
Hudspeth 
County, 
Texas, 
Hudspeth County Conservation and Reclamation 
District No. 1, water conservation and improvement 
projects as identified in the March, 2004, engineer-
ing report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of 
$1,500,000. 
‘‘(35) In the El Paso County, Texas, El Paso 
County Water Improvement District No. 1, water 
conservation and improvement projects as identified
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in the March, 2004, engineering report by Axiom- 
Blair Engineering at a cost of $10,500,000. 
‘‘(36) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Donna Ir-
rigation District, water conservation and improve-
ment projects identified in an engineering report 
dated March 22, 2004, by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at 
a cost of $2,500,000. 
‘‘(37) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 16, water conserva-
tion and improvement projects identified in an engi-
neering report dated March 22, 2004, by Melden 
and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,800,000. 
‘‘(38) The United Irrigation District of Hidalgo 
County 
water 
conservation 
and 
improvement 
projects as identified in a March 2004, engineering 
report by Sigler Winston, Greenwood and Associates 
at a cost of $6,067,021.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF ACTIVITIES TO CONSERVE WATER 
OR IMPROVE SUPPLY; TRANSFERS AMONG PROJECTS.— 
Section 4 of such Act (Public Law 106–576; 114 Stat. 
3067) is further amended by redesignating subsection (c) 
as subsection (e), and by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following: 
‘‘(c) INCLUSION
OF
ACTIVITIES
TO
CONSERVE 
WATER OR IMPROVE SUPPLY.—In addition to the activi-
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ties identified in the engineering reports referred to in 
subsection (a), each project that the Secretary conducts 
or participates in under subsection (a) may include any 
of the following: 
‘‘(1) The replacement of irrigation canals and 
lateral canals with buried pipelines. 
‘‘(2) The impervious lining of irrigation canals 
and lateral canals. 
‘‘(3) Installation of water level, flow measure-
ment, pump control, and telemetry systems. 
‘‘(4) The renovation and replacement of pump-
ing plants. 
‘‘(5) Other activities that will result in the con-
servation of water or an improved supply of water. 
‘‘(d) TRANSFERS AMONG PROJECTS.—Of amounts 
made available for a project referred to in any of para-
graphs (20) through (38) of subsection (a), the Secretary 
may transfer and use for another such project up to 10 
percent.’’. 
SEC. 603. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
LOWER RIO GRANDE CONSTRUCTION. 
Section 4(e) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water 
Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–576; 114 Stat. 3067), as redesignated 
by section 602(b) of this title, is further amended by in-
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serting before the period the following: ‘‘for projects re-
ferred to in paragraphs (1) through (19) of subsection (a), 
and $42,356,145 (2004 dollars) for projects referred to 
in paragraphs (20) through (38) of subsection (a)’’. 
SEC. 604. SUNSET PROVISION. 
The authority of the Secretary to carry out the 
projects added by paragraphs (20) through (38) of the 
amendment made by section 602(a) of this title shall ter-
minate 10 years after the date of the enactment of this 
section. 
TITLE VII—BROWNSVILLE PUB-
LIC UTILITY BOARD WATER 
RECYCLING AND DESALINIZA-
TION PROJECT 
SEC. 701. BROWNSVILLE PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD WATER 
RECYCLING AND DESALINIZATION PROJECT. 
(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 new section: 
‘‘SEC. 163ll. BROWNSVILLE PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD 
WATER RECYCLING AND DESALINIZATION 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Brownsville Public Utility Board, may participate
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in the design, planning, and construction of facilities to 
reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters in the Browns-
ville, Texas, area. 
‘‘(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 and maintenance of the 
project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(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 AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by 
inserting after the last item relating to title XVI the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘163l. 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. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law
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102–575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 16xx. EL PASO, TEXAS, WATER RECLAMATION, REUSE, 
AND DESALINIZATION PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the State and local authorities, is authorized to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the 
El Paso Water Reclamation, Reuse, and Desalinization 
project to reclaim and reuse wastewater and to treat and 
reuse impaired and brackish groundwater in the service 
area of the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board, 
El Paso, Texas. 
‘‘(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) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
in section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 16xx the following:
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‘‘Sec. 16xx. El Paso, Texas, water reclamation, reuse, and desalinization 
project.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.