‘‘(28) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 2, a water conserva-
tion and improvement project identified in the engi-
neering reports attached to a letter dated February 
11, 2004, from the district’s general manager, at a 
cost of $5,312,475. 
‘‘(29) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation 
and improvement projects identified in an engineer-
ing report dated March 5, 2004 by Melden and Hunt, 
Inc. at a cost of $5,595,018. 
‘‘(30) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 6, water conservation 
and improvement projects as identified in the March, 
2004, engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering 
at a cost of $3,450,000. 
‘‘(31) In the Hidalgo County, Texas Santa Cruz 
Irrigation District No. 15, water conservation and 
improvement projects as identified in an engineering 
report dated March 5, 2004 by Melden and Hunt at 
a cost of $4,609,000. 
‘‘(32) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Engelman 
Irrigation District, water conservation and improve-
ment projects as identified in an engineering report
dated March 5, 2004 by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a 
cost of $2,251,480. 
‘‘(33) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Valley 
Acres Water District, water conservation and im-
provement projects as identified in an engineering re-
port dated March, 2004 by Axiom-Blair Engineering 
at a cost of $500,000. 
‘‘(34) In the Hudspeth County, Texas, Hudspeth 
County Conservation and Reclamation District No. 1, 
water conservation and improvement projects as iden-
tified in the March, 2004, engineering report by 
Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $1,500,000. 
‘‘(35) In the El Paso County, Texas, El Paso 
County Water Improvement District No. 1, water 
conservation and improvement projects as identified 
in the March, 2004, engineering report by Axiom- 
Blair Engineering at a cost of $10,500,000. 
‘‘(36) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Donna Irri-
gation District, water conservation and improvement 
projects identified in an engineering report dated 
March 22, 2004 by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost 
of $2,500,000. 
‘‘(37) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 16, water conservation 
and improvement projects identified in an engineer-
ing report dated March 22, 2004 by Melden and 
Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,800,000. 
‘‘(38) The United Irrigation District of Hidalgo 
County water conservation and improvement projects 
as identified in a March 2004 engineering report by 
Sigler Winston, Greenwood and Associates at a cost 
of $6,067,021.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF ACTIVITIES TO CONSERVE WATER 
OR IMPROVE SUPPLY; TRANSFERS AMONG PROJECTS.— 
Section 4 of such Act (Public Law 106–576; 114 Stat. 3067) 
is further amended by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e), and by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) INCLUSION OF ACTIVITIES TO CONSERVE WATER 
OR IMPROVE SUPPLY.—In addition to the activities identi-
fied in the engineering reports referred to in subsection (a), 
each project that the Secretary conducts or participates in 
under subsection (a) may include any of the following: 
‘‘(1) The replacement of irrigation canals and 
lateral canals with buried pipelines. 
‘‘(2) The impervious lining of irrigation canals 
and lateral canals. 
‘‘(3) Installation of water level, flow measure-
ment, pump control, and telemetry systems.
‘‘(4) The renovation and replacement of pump-
ing plants. 
‘‘(5) Other activities that will result in the con-
servation of water or an improved supply of water. 
‘‘(d) TRANSFERS AMONG PROJECTS.—Of amounts 
made available for a project referred to in any of para-
graphs (20) through (38) of subsection (a), the Secretary 
may transfer and use for another such project up to 10 per-
cent.’’. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
LOWER RIO GRANDE CONSTRUCTION. 
Section 4(e) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water 
Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–576; 114 Stat. 3067), as redesignated by 
section 2(b) of this Act, is further amended by inserting 
before the period the following: ‘‘for projects referred to in 
paragraphs (1) through (19) of subsection (a), and 
$42,356,145 (2004 dollars) for projects referred to in para-
graphs (20) through (38) of subsection (a)’’.
Union Calendar No. 470 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4588 
[Report No. 108–758] 
A BILL 
To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Re-
sources Conservation and Improvement Act of 
2000 to authorize additional projects and activi-
ties under that Act, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lower Rio Grande Val-
ley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 
2004’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AND 
ACTIVITIES UNDER THE LOWER RIO GRANDE 
WATER CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ADDITIONAL
PROJECTS.—Section 4(a) of the 
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation 
and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–576; 114 
Stat. 3067) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) In Cameron County, Texas, Bayview Irri-
gation District No. 11, water conservation and im-
provement projects as identified in the March 3, 2004, 
engineering report by NRS Consulting Engineers at 
a cost of $1,425,219. 
‘‘(21) In the Cameron County, Texas, the 
Brownsville Irrigation District, water conservation 
and improvement projects as identified in the Feb-
ruary 11, 2004 engineering report by NRS Con-
sulting Engineers at a cost of $722,100. 
‘‘(22) In the Cameron County, Texas Harlingen 
Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation and im-
provement projects as identified in the March, 2004,
engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a 
cost of $4,173,950. 
‘‘(23) In the Cameron County, Texas, Cameron 
County Irrigation District No. 2, water conservation 
and improvement projects as identified in the Feb-
ruary 11, 2004 engineering report by NRS Con-
sulting Engineers at a cost of $8,269,576. 
‘‘(24) Braden, Inc. at a cost of $5,607,300. 
‘‘(25) In the Cameron County, Texas, Adams 
Gardens Irrigation District No. 19, water conserva-
tion and improvement projects as identified in the 
March, 2004 engineering report by Axiom-Blair En-
gineering at a cost of $2,500,000. 
‘‘(26) In the Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, 
Texas, the Hidalgo and Cameron Counties Irrigation 
District No. 9, water conservation and improvement 
projects as identified by the February 11 engineering 
report by NRS Consulting Engineers at a cost of 
$8,929,152. 
‘‘(27) In the Hidalgo and Willacy Counties, 
Texas, Delta Lake Irrigation District, water conserva-
tion and improvement projects as identified in the 
March, 2004 engineering report by Axiom-Blair En-
gineering at a cost of $8,000,000.
‘‘(28) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 2, a water conserva-
tion and improvement project identified in the engi-
neering reports attached to a letter dated February 
11, 2004, from the district’s general manager, at a 
cost of $5,312,475. 
‘‘(29) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation 
and improvement projects identified in an engineer-
ing report dated March 5, 2004 by Melden and Hunt, 
Inc. at a cost of $5,595,018. 
‘‘(30) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 6, water conservation 
and improvement projects as identified in the March, 
2004, engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering 
at a cost of $3,450,000. 
‘‘(31) In the Hidalgo County, Texas Santa Cruz 
Irrigation District No. 15, water conservation and 
improvement projects as identified in an engineering 
report dated March 5, 2004 by Melden and Hunt at 
a cost of $4,609,000. 
‘‘(32) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Engelman 
Irrigation District, water conservation and improve-
ment projects as identified in an engineering report
dated March 5, 2004 by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a 
cost of $2,251,480. 
‘‘(33) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Valley 
Acres Water District, water conservation and im-
provement projects as identified in an engineering re-
port dated March, 2004 by Axiom-Blair Engineering 
at a cost of $500,000. 
‘‘(34) In the Hudspeth County, Texas, Hudspeth 
County Conservation and Reclamation District No. 1, 
water conservation and improvement projects as iden-
tified in the March, 2004, engineering report by 
Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $1,500,000. 
‘‘(35) In the El Paso County, Texas, El Paso 
County Water Improvement District No. 1, water 
conservation and improvement projects as identified 
in the March, 2004, engineering report by Axiom- 
Blair Engineering at a cost of $10,500,000. 
‘‘(36) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Donna Irri-
gation District, water conservation and improvement 
projects identified in an engineering report dated 
March 22, 2004 by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost 
of $2,500,000. 
‘‘(37) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo 
County Irrigation District No. 16, water conservation 
and improvement projects identified in an engineer-
ing report dated March 22, 2004 by Melden and 
Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,800,000. 
‘‘(38) The United Irrigation District of Hidalgo 
County water conservation and improvement projects 
as identified in a March 2004 engineering report by 
Sigler Winston, Greenwood and Associates at a cost 
of $6,067,021.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF ACTIVITIES TO CONSERVE WATER 
OR IMPROVE SUPPLY; TRANSFERS AMONG PROJECTS.— 
Section 4 of such Act (Public Law 106–576; 114 Stat. 3067) 
is further amended by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e), and by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) INCLUSION OF ACTIVITIES TO CONSERVE WATER 
OR IMPROVE SUPPLY.—In addition to the activities identi-
fied in the engineering reports referred to in subsection (a), 
each project that the Secretary conducts or participates in 
under subsection (a) may include any of the following: 
‘‘(1) The replacement of irrigation canals and 
lateral canals with buried pipelines. 
‘‘(2) The impervious lining of irrigation canals 
and lateral canals. 
‘‘(3) Installation of water level, flow measure-
ment, pump control, and telemetry systems.
‘‘(4) The renovation and replacement of pump-
ing plants. 
‘‘(5) Other activities that will result in the con-
servation of water or an improved supply of water. 
‘‘(d) TRANSFERS AMONG PROJECTS.—Of amounts 
made available for a project referred to in any of para-
graphs (20) through (38) of subsection (a), the Secretary 
may transfer and use for another such project up to 10 per-
cent.’’. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
LOWER RIO GRANDE CONSTRUCTION. 
Section 4(e) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water 
Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–576; 114 Stat. 3067), as redesignated by 
section 2(b) of this Act, is further amended by inserting 
before the period the following: ‘‘for projects referred to in 
paragraphs (1) through (19) of subsection (a), and 
$42,356,145 (2004 dollars) for projects referred to in para-
graphs (20) through (38) of subsection (a)’’.
Union Calendar No. 470 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4588 
[Report No. 108–758] 
A BILL 
To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Re-
sources Conservation and Improvement Act of 
2000 to authorize additional projects and activi-
ties under that Act, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed