‘‘(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.
‘‘(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.’’.
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,
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
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.