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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2917
To authorize the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers to
make capital improvements for the Washington Aqueduct, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 31, 1996
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps
of Engineers to make capital improvements for the
Washington Aqueduct, 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. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE WASHING-
TON AQUEDUCT.
(a) AUTHORIZATIONS.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
MODERNIZATION.—
Subject to approval in, and in such amounts as may
be provided in appropriations Acts, the Chief of En-
gineers of the Army Corps of Engineers is author-
ized to modernize the Washington Aqueduct.
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Army
Corps of Engineers borrowing authority in amounts
sufficient to cover the full costs of modernizing the
Washington Aqueduct. The borrowing authority
shall be provided by the Secretary of the Treasury,
under such terms and conditions as are established
by the Secretary of the Treasury, after a series of
contracts with each public water supply customer
has been entered into under subsection (b).
(b) CONTRACTS WITH PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY CUS-
TOMERS.—
(1) CONTRACTS TO REPAY CORPS DEBT.—To
the extent provided in appropriations Acts, and in
accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), the Chief
of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers is au-
thorized to enter into a series of contracts with each
public water supply customer under which the cus-
tomer commits to repay a pro-rata share of the prin-
cipal and interest owed by the Army Corps of Engi-
neers to the Secretary of the Treasury under sub-
section (a). Under each of the contracts, the cus-
tomer that enters into the contract shall commit to
pay any additional amount necessary to fully offset
the risk of default on the contract.
(2) OFFSETTING OF RISK OF DEFAULT.—Each
contract under paragraph (1) shall include such ad-
ditional terms and conditions as the Secretary of the
Treasury may require so that the value to the Gov-
ernment of the contracts is estimated to be equal to
the obligational authority used by the Army Corps
of Engineers for modernizing the Washington Aque-
duct at the time that each series of contracts is en-
tered into.
(3) OTHER
CONDITIONS.—Each contract en-
tered into under paragraph (1) shall—
(A) provide that the public water supply
customer pledges future income from fees as-
sessed to operate and maintain the Washington
Aqueduct;
(B) provide the United States priority over
all other creditors; and
(C) include other conditions that the Sec-
retary of the Treasury determines to be appro-
priate.
(c) BORROWING AUTHORITY.—Subject to an appro-
priation under subsection (a)(2) and after entering into
a series of contracts under subsection (b), the Secretary,
acting through the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps
of Engineers, shall seek borrowing authority from the Sec-
retary of the Treasury under subsection (a)(2).
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY CUSTOMER.—The
term ‘‘public water supply customer’’ means the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the county of Arlington, Virginia,
and the city of Falls Church, Virginia.
(2) VALUE TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The term
‘‘value to the Government’’ means the net present
value of a contract under subsection (b) calculated
under the rules set forth in subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of section 502(5) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)), excluding section
502(5)(B)(i) of the Act, as though the contracts pro-
vided for the repayment of direct loans to the public
water supply customers.
(3) 
WASHINGTON
AQUEDUCT.—The 
term
‘‘Washington Aqueduct’’ means the water supply
system of treatment plans, raw water intakes, con-
duits, reservoirs, transmission mains, and pumping
stations owned by the Federal Government located
in the metropolitan Washington, District of Colum-
bia, area.
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