Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-832
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2013-02-26
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Department of the Interior

Executive agency funding and structure

Floods and storm protection

Pipelines

Texas

Water resources funding

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize specified additional projects, including projects for water conservation and improvement in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties, Texas.</p><p>Permits each project that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, conducts or participates in to include: (1) the replacement of irrigation canals and lateral canals with buried pipelines; (2) the impervious lining of irrigation canals and lateral canals; (3) the installation of water level, flow measurement, pump control, and telemetry systems; (4) the renovation and replacement of pumping plants; and (5) other activities that will result in water conservation or an improved water supply.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 832 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2013 Mr. Hinojosa (for himself, Mr. Vela , Mr. Gallego , and Mr. O’Rourke ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities under that Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2013 . 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 Irrigation District No. 11, water conservation and improvement 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 Harlingen Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation and improvement projects as identified in the March 2004 engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $5,133,432.00. (22) In the Cameron County, Texas, Cameron County Irrigation District No. 2, water conservation and improvement projects as identified in the February 11, 2004, engineering report by NRS Consulting Engineers at a cost of $8,269,576. (23) In the Cameron County, Texas, Cameron County Irrigation District No. 6, water conservation and improvement projects as identified in an engineering report by Turner Collie Braden, Inc., at a cost of $5,607,300. (24) In the Cameron County, Texas, Adams Gardens Irrigation District No. 19, water conservation and improvement projects as identified in the March 2004 engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $3,025,000. (25) In the Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, Texas, 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. (26) In the Hidalgo and Willacy Counties, Texas, Delta Lake Irrigation District, water conservation and improvement projects as identified in the March 2004 engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $8,000,000. (27) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2, water conservation and improvement projects identified in the engineering reports attached to a letter dated February 11, 2004, from the district’s general manager, and the renovation of a pumping plant for flood protection identified in by Sigler, Winston, Greenwood Associates at a cost of $13,117,710. (28) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 1, water conservation and improvement projects identified in an engineering report dated March 5, 2004, by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $5,595,018. (29) 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. (30) 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. (31) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Engelman Irrigation District, water conservation and improvement projects as identified in an engineering report dated March 5, 2004, by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,251,480. (32) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Valley Acres Water District, water conservation and improvement projects as identified in an engineering report dated March 2004 by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $500,000. (33) In the Hudspeth County, Texas, Hudspeth County Conservation and Reclamation District No. 1, water conservation and improvement projects as identified in the March 2004 engineering report by Axiom-Blair Engineering at a cost of $1,500,000. (34) 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. (35) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 16, water conservation and improvement projects identified in an engineering report dated March 22, 2004, by Melden and Hunt, Inc. at a cost of $2,800,000. (36) 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 subsection (e), and by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Inclusion of activities To conserve water or improve supply In addition to the activities identified 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 measurement, pump control, and telemetry systems. (4) The renovation and replacement of pumping plants. (5) Other activities that will result in the conservation of water or an improved supply of water. (d) Transfers among projects Of amounts made available for a project referred to in any of paragraphs (20) through (36) of subsection (a), the Secretary may transfer and use for another such project up to 10 percent. . 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 $45,389,954 for projects referred to in paragraphs (20) through (36) of subsection (a) .