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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 38 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to plan, design and construct 
facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, and other 
uses from the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, Santa Ana River, Cali-
fornia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to plan, design 
and construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, 
municipal, domestic, and other uses from the Bunker 
Hill Groundwater Basin, Santa Ana River, California, 
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 ‘‘Riverside-Corona 
Feeder Water Supply Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 
Western Municipal Water District, Riverside Coun-
ty, California. 
(2) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Project’’ means the 
Riverside-Corona Feeder Project and associated fa-
cilities. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE 
RIVERSIDE-CORONA FEEDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Western Municipal Water District, is authorized 
to participate in the planning, design, and construction of 
a water supply project, the Riverside-Corona Feeder, 
which includes 20 groundwater wells, groundwater treat-
ment facilities, water storage and pumping facilities, and 
28 miles of pipeline in San Bernardino and Riverside 
Counties, California. 
(b) AGREEMENTS
AND REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary may enter into such agreements and promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. 
(c) FEDERAL COST SHARE.— 
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(1) PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION.—The 
Federal share of the cost to plan, design, and con-
struct the project described in subsection (a) shall be 
not more than 25 percent of the total cost of the 
project, not to exceed $50,000,000. 
(2) STUDIES.—The Federal share of the cost to 
complete the necessary planning studies associated 
with the project described in subsection (a) shall not 
exceed 50 percent of the total study cost and shall 
be included as part of the limitation on funds pro-
vided in paragraph (1). 
(d) IN-KIND SERVICES.—In-kind services performed 
by the Western Municipal Water District shall be part of 
the local cost share to complete the project described in 
subsection (a). 
(e) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
under this section shall not be used for operation or main-
tenance of the project described in subsection (a). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this Act $50,000,000 or 25 percent of the total cost 
of the Project, whichever is less. 
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