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Union Calendar No. 188 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3626 
[Report No. 109–339] 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of enlarging 
the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to provide 
additional water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes 
for which that project was authorized. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2005 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
DECEMBER 13, 2005 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MATHESON and Mr. CANNON 
DECEMBER 13, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 29, 2005] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasi-
bility of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber 
Basin Project, Utah, to provide additional water for the 
Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for which 
that project was authorized.
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 ‘‘Arthur V. Watkins Dam 
Enlargement Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Arthur V. Watkins Dam is a feature of the 
Weber Basin Project, which was authorized by law on 
August 29, 1949. 
(2) Increasing the height of Arthur V. Watkins 
Dam and construction of pertinent facilities may pro-
vide additional storage capacity for the development 
of additional water supply for the Weber Basin 
Project for uses of municipal and industrial water 
supply, flood control, fish and wildlife, and recre-
ation. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, is authorized to conduct a feasibility 
study on raising the height of Arthur V. Watkins Dam for 
the development of additional storage to meet water supply 
needs within the Weber Basin Project area and the Wasatch 
Front. The feasibility study shall include such environ-
mental evaluation as required under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 
a cost allocation as required under the Reclamation Project 
Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485 et seq.). 
SEC. 4. COST SHARES. 
(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the costs 
of the study authorized in section 3 shall not exceed 50 per-
cent of the total cost of the study. 
(b) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary shall ac-
cept, as appropriate, in-kind contributions of goods or serv-
ices from the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District. 
Such goods and services accepted under this section shall 
be counted as part of the non-Federal cost share for the 
study. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$1,000,000 for the Federal cost share of the study authorized 
in section 3. 
SEC. 6. SUNSET. 
The authority of the Secretary to carry out any provi-
sions of this Act shall terminate 10 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
Union Calendar No. 188 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3626 
[Report No. 109–339] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study 
the feasibility of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins 
Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to provide ad-
ditional water for the Weber Basin Project to 
fulfill the purposes for which that project was au-
thorized. 
DECEMBER 13, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed