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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6281 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants and enter into cooperative 
agreements for integrated regional water conservation plans, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
grants and enter into cooperative agreements for inte-
grated regional water conservation plans, 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 ‘‘Western Water Supply 
Enhancement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT. 
(a) COST SHARING.—Section 9504(a)(3)(E)(ii) of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 
U.S.C. 10364(a)(3)(E)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause 
(III) and in such subclause, by inserting before the 
period the following: ‘‘(other than Federal power 
marketing agencies)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subclause (I) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(II) consider non-Federal funds 
secured and committed to the plan-
ning, design, or construction of im-
provements authorized for assistance 
under subsection (b), even if such 
funds are secured and committed in 
advance of an application to receive a 
grant, or enter into an agreement 
with the Secretary under paragraph 
(1); and’’. 
(b) INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER CONSERVATION 
PLANS; GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Sec-
tion 9504 of such Act is amended by redesignating sub-
sections (b) through (e) as subsections (c) through (f), re-
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spectively, and by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER CONSERVATION 
PLANS—GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY
OF
SECRETARY.—Consistent 
with subsection (a), the Secretary may provide a 
grant to, or enter into an agreement with, any eligi-
ble applicant to assist the eligible applicant in plan-
ning, designing, or constructing any improvements 
as part of a multiyear regional, integrated, and co-
ordinated water conservation and management plan. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant from, or enter into an agreement with, the 
Secretary under paragraph (1), an eligible applicant 
shall— 
‘‘(A) be located within the States and 
areas referred to in the first section of the Act 
of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391); and 
‘‘(B) submit to the Secretary an applica-
tion that includes— 
‘‘(i) a long-term (minimum 5 years) 
water conservation and management plan 
based on a regional, coordinated, and inte-
grated water conservation and manage-
ment model for— 
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‘‘(I) an entire watershed or river 
basin; or 
‘‘(II) a regional effort that in-
cludes multiple partnering irrigation 
or municipal entities; and 
‘‘(ii) a proposed budget and schedule 
for improvements or activities to be 
planned, designed, constructed, or imple-
mented by the eligible applicant consistent 
with the plan submitted. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS OF GRANTS AND COOPER-
ATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) 
COMPLIANCE
WITH
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Each grant and agreement entered 
into by the Secretary with an eligible applicant 
under paragraph (1) shall be in compliance with 
each requirement described in subsection (a), 
and with subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) COST SHARING.— 
‘‘(i) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The 
amount provided to an eligible applicant 
through a grant or other agreement under 
paragraph (1) shall be not more than 
$15,000,000 for each 5-year period covered 
by the plan. 
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‘‘(ii) GEOGRAPHIC
LIMITATIONS.—In 
considering awards of grants provided to 
eligible applicants under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall consider providing at 
least one grant to at least two of the five 
Reclamation Regions having submitted a 
valid grant application.’’. 
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