I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4719 
To establish a Southwest Border Region Water Task Force. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2010 
Mr. RODRIGUEZ (for himself, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. TEAGUE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, and Mr. REYES) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish a Southwest Border Region Water Task Force. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SOUTHWEST BORDER REGION WATER TASK 
FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be a task force to 
be known as the ‘‘Southwest Border Region Water Task 
Force’’. 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The task force shall be com-
posed of one representative of each of the following 
entities, to be appointed by the head of the entity— 
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(A) the Southwest Border Regional Com-
mission; 
(B) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(C) the Department of Agriculture; 
(D) the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development; 
(E) the Army Corps of Engineers; 
(F) the Economic Development Adminis-
tration; 
(G) the Indian Health Service; 
(H) the Bureau of Reclamation; and 
(I) any relevant State agency (within the 
meaning given in paragraph (2)). 
(2) ‘‘RELEVANT
STATE
AGENCY’’.—In para-
graph (1)(I), the term ‘‘relevant State agency’’ 
means any State agency designated for the purpose 
of this paragraph by the Governor of Arizona, Cali-
fornia, New Mexico, or Texas. 
(c) ASSESSMENT
FUNCTIONS.—The task force 
shall— 
(1) assess the water needs of communities in 
the Southwest border region; 
(2) assess whether those needs are being met; 
and 
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(3) if those needs are not being met, make pro-
posals as to how those needs could be met. 
(d) COORDINATION FUNCTIONS.—The task force 
shall establish procedures— 
(1) for determining the relative priority of 
water projects in the Southwest border region; 
(2) for coordinating the policies of the entities 
specified in subsection (b)(1), so far as those policies 
relate to meeting the water needs of communities in 
the Southwest border region; and 
(3) for coordinating the activities of the entities 
specified in subsection (b)(1), so far as those activi-
ties are aimed at meeting the water needs of com-
munities in the Southwest border region. 
(e) REPORTS.—The task force shall prepare a report 
every 6 months on the carrying out of its functions under 
subsections (c) and (d). The task force shall— 
(1) submit a copy of each report to Congress, 
and 
(2) make a copy of each report available to the 
public. 
(f) SOUTHWEST BORDER REGION.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Southwest border region’’ means the region de-
scribed in section 15732 of title 40, United States Code. 
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